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07ZAGREB1044	CROATIA 2007 INCSR REPORT - PART II: FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] Below is post's submission per reftel of part II of the INCSR on money laundering. 2. Croatia is a middle income transition economy that is neither a financial center nor a venue of choice for money laundering activities. Tourism and services make up the largest portion of GDP. Croatian [...]	2007-11-29 07:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN HR

07ZAGREB1074	Ademi-Norac Trial Transferred from ICTY Continues, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The trial of Croatian Army Generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the only so-called 11 bis case transferred from the ICTY to Croatia, continued throughout November in Zagreb. The two are the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in do [...]	2007-12-13 13:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB159	CROATIAN PROSECUTOR LEADS THE REGION IN "PALIC [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic told Ambassador Bradtke and Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson on February 7 that he has transferred evidence in five war crimes cases to Belgrade War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic under an October 2006 [...]	2007-02-13 09:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB163	CROATIAN CENTRAL BANK MOVES TO LIMIT CREDIT GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Increasingly concerned by high credit growth, Croatia's Central Bank moved recently to further limit lending by the country's banks. The new measures aim to limit credit growth to 12 percent annually, a significant drop from the 20 percent plus growth of the last several years. [...]	2007-02-13 15:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HR
07ZAGREB208	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. In 2006, Croatia was ranked as tier two and Post recommends retaining that ranking for the current reporting period. The Government of Croatia (GOC) continued to improve its cooperation with NGOs to identify and ass [...]	2007-03-01 14:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR
07ZAGREB243	MORE COORDINATION AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING BUT [...] (C) Summary: The recent establishment of an inter-ministerial working group on money laundering is a positive development in Croatia's weak institutional framework for tackling economic crime. The aim of the new working group, comprised of eleven different ministries, agencies and offices is [...]	2007-03-09 10:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCOR KTFN HR
07ZAGREB285	Commerce DAS Dyck meets Croatian Ministers of Economy and [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Paul Dyck discussed possible investment opportunities in Croatia with Croatia's Minister of Economy and Minister of Finance. Dyck also commended Croatia for its economic progress, notably in working to resolve IPR issues. He also raised concerns e [...]	2007-03-26 05:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV HR
07ZAGREB399	OSCE MISSION HEAD OPTIMISTIC ON CLOSURE, FLEXIBLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 15:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE HR REGIONAL AFFAIRS
07ZAGREB46	CROATIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, accompanied by low inflation, a stable exchange rate and growth in the tourism sector. At the same time, the government has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy in an effort to [...]	2007-01-17 15:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
07ZAGREB551	CROATIAN PM SEEKS CLOSURE OF ZAGREB OSCE MISSION, [...] (C) MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic gave Ambassador May 31 a "confidential" non-paper (text para 8) advocating closure of the Croatia OSCE mission and proposing a mechanism to ensure that war crimes trials are monitored. 2. (C) The non-paper commits the GOC to fulfill remaining obliga [...]	2007-06-05 15:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE KAWC HR
07ZAGREB608	PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO VIEWS ON KEY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a relaxed June 22 lunch in Podgorica with Charge Barnes and visiting Ambassador Bradtke, Montenegro President Vujanovic discussed bilateral, regional, and domestic issues. Vujanovic, who had just returned from the Southeastern Europe Energy Summit in Zagreb, described Rus [...]	2007-06-26 15:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR MW
07ZAGREB623	FANS' BEHAVIOR AT CONCERT ANGERS CROATIA'S JEWISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Nationalist domestic pop star Marko Perkovic (aka - Thompson) was again in the spotlight following a June 17th concert in Zagreb's Maksimir stadium. With an estimated attendance of 50,000 people, the controversial performer refrained from making his earlier pro-Ust [...]	2007-06-29 12:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL HR HUMAN RIGHTS
07ZAGREB642	OSCE MISSION TO CROATIA: WINDING DOWN ITS MANDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT. This is a joint Embassy Zagreb and USOSCE cable and represents our strategy in moving forward toward OSCE Croatia mission closure. While we believe full closure could be achieved by the end of 2007, there is no consensus on this issue among European missions in Zag [...]	2007-07-03 15:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE PREF KWCI HR WAR CRIMES REFUGEES
07ZAGREB68	CROATIAN POLITICIANS PUT POSITIVE SPIN ON SERBIAN [...] (U) Croatia's political leaders have unanimously portrayed results in Serbia's January 21 elections (reftel) as positive for the region. Reacting quickly to allay any domestic concerns over the Serb Radical Party's plurality, PM Ivo Sanader stressed that the results offered the chance for for [...]	2007-01-23 14:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR HR
07ZAGREB792	APPARENT DOMESTIC CONSENSUS ON PLAN FOR CROATIA-SLOVENIA [...] SUMMARY: In what was portrayed as a breakthrough in its long-standing border dispute with its northern neighbor, Croatian PM Ivo Sanader joined Slovenian PM Janez Jansa after a meeting at Lake Bled on August 26 to announce bilateral agreement to refer the dispute to the International Court of J [...]	2007-08-27 15:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SI HR
07ZAGREB816	SDP CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER CRITICIZED FOR OPPOSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ljubo Jurcic, Prime-Ministerial candidate of Croatia's leading opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP),in late August commented that Serbian investment would not be welcomed in Croatia. All of Croatia's other centrist parties, including the governing HDZ, seeing nat [...]	2007-09-06 06:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB832	CROATIA SEEKS ADDITIONAL GAS IMPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Although Croatia has ample supplies of natural gas to meet current demand, increasing consumption, combined with dwindling domestic production and static imports, means the country could face shortfalls in the coming years without new sources of supply. Demand is forecast to ex [...]	2007-09-11 15:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL HR RS
07ZAGREB833	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE 2007 UNGA - INPUT FROM [...] USG programs in Croatia for the past several years have supported activities to bolster Human Rights in the areas of refugee return and reintegration, minority rights, and continued assistance to civil society organizations. We have, together with our European partners, the OSCE and UNHCR, wor [...]	2007-09-11 15:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HR
07ZAGREB86	CROATIA'S EXPORT OFFENSIVE [...] Summary: Hoping to reduce its chronic trade deficits and accelerate economic growth, the Government of Croatia launched an "Export Offensive" on January 22 aimed at boosting the number of businesses involved in the export sector by 25% over the next three years. At the core of the plan is the [...]	2007-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV HR
07ZAGREB876	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MESIC-AHMADINEJAD MEETING [...] (C) Prior to departing for EUR Energy Conference in Istanbul on September 20, Ambassador telephoned President Mesic,s Foreign Policy Advisor Loncar to carry out demarche (ref A) on the planned meeting between Mesic and Iranian President Ahmadinejad Drawing on points in para two of reftel, Am [...]	2007-09-21 12:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR HR
07ZAGREB907	TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: CROATIA [...] In response to reftel, the following are the main sector data for the Croatian textiles and apparel industry. According to information from the Croatian Chamber of Economy and Central Bureau of Statistics: -- Total industrial production- sale value: (2005 - most recent official data availabl [...]	2007-09-28 12:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX HR
07ZAGREB908	CROATIA SHOCKED BY ICTY VERDICT ON "VUKOVAR 3" [...] (U) SUMMARY: The ICTY ruling on 27 September against the so-called "Vukovar Three," former Yugoslav army officers accused of war crimes in Vukovar, caused widespread shock, disbelief, and anger in Croatia. One officer received 20 years imprisonment, but another, who personifies the crime for [...]	2007-09-28 12:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KAWC PREL HR ICTY
07ZAGREB933	GOC PLEDGES CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH ICTY; PM TO [...] (C) Parties from across the political spectrum in Croatia have denounced the ICTY's verdicts on the "Vukovar Three" (reftel) as "shameful", but only fringe groups have called into question Croatia's continued cooperation with the ICTY. Nonetheless, public frustrations continue to simmer, and p [...]	2007-10-11 14:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB950	SCENESETTER FOR CROATIA'S NOVEMBER 25 PARLIAMENTARY [...] This is the first in a series of reports on Croatia's upcoming elections, providing a general overview of the issues central to the election. Further installments will discuss specific parties and issues in greater detail. 2. SUMMARY: As Croatia gears up for parliamentary elections tentati [...]	2007-10-17 12:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB956	REGIONAL PROSECUTORS MEET ON WAR CRIMES COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between 2-4 October, on the island of Hvar in Croatia, S/WCI and DoJ OPDAT hosted a regional conference on war crimes cooperation that gathered Chief State Prosecutors and their deputies from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, together with representatives of ICTY, [...]	2007-10-19 13:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB996	CROATIA INCSR 2006/2007 - PART ONE [...] (U) Below please find, per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. Croatia I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling through th [...]	2007-11-06 09:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR
08ABIDJAN138	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to emerge from a five-year crisis during which the country was divided in two, with government forces controlling the southern half of the country and rebel forces, known as the New Forces (NF),in control of the north. President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces [...]	2008-03-03 16:13:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
08ABIDJAN279	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES IN COTE D'IVOIRE. [...] (SBU) Summary. The global price rise in basic foodstuff commodities is having a serious impact on Cote d'Ivoire, particularly the rise in rice prices. Imported rice has become substantially more expensive compared to its local competition in the past 18 months. The government has attempted [...]	2008-05-02 14:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL
08ABIDJAN346	AF/W DIRECTOR DOUGHERTY DISCUSSES FINANCING THE [...] (C) Summary: State AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty discussed the pivotal question of financing for the end of crisis package ("sortie de crise" in French) with a number of key interlocutors during his May 14-18 visit to Abidjan. Interlocutors discussed Cote d'Ivoire's Highly Indebted Poor Coun [...]	2008-05-29 16:34:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AFDB EAID ECON IMF IBRD IV PREL
08ABIDJAN36	COTE D'IVOIRE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Despite the ongoing political/economic crisis, the Ivorian government actively encourages foreign investment through mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, takeovers, or startups. There are no significant limits on foreign investment nor are there generally diffe [...]	2008-01-16 14:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC USTR KTDB ECON ETRD
08ABIDJAN62	COTE D'IVOIRE ADOPTS BUDGET ON TIME; IMF, WORLD [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire adopted its 2008 budget in late December 2007, fulfilling a key demand from the international financial institutions engaged in ongoing assistance negotiations with the government. The budget is 8.5 percent higher than that of 2007, reflecting higher personnel co [...]	2008-01-28 16:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IDA IMF PGOV PREF USTR EITI IV
08ABUDHABI1011	UAE MEGA PROJECTS: UNCERTAIN SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) The leadership of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi is using its vast wealth to build international name recognition, play "catch-up" with Dubai, and secure a prosperous future for its citizens. The numerous mega projects underway in Abu Dhabi (refs A, B, C and D) and Dubai (refs H and I) represen [...]	2008-09-08 08:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV SENV PGOV SOCI PHUM AE US
08ABUDHABI1062	ADNOC LOOKS TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES (AND NEW POLICIES) TO MEET [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is exploring the application of new technologies to increase the supply of natural gas to the domestic market. ADNOC officials report that the company is developing nitrogen injection capacity as well as testing the impact of temporary reduc [...]	2008-09-22 03:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV AE
08ABUDHABI1109	UAE PRESIDENT DEPLOYS PERSONAL CHARITY FOUNDA [...] (U) Summary: Under the patronage of its namesake, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation is increasingly involved in Abu Dhabi assistance efforts, both domestic and international. End summary. 2. (SBU) In a September 18 visit to the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the UAE Pr [...]	2008-09-28 15:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SCUL AE
08ABUDHABI1124	UAE WOMEN SHATTERING STEREOTYPES [...] (U) Summary: The UAE takes pride in noting that the prominent roles women play in UAE society defy traditional stereotypes of women in the Arab world. A series of recent appointments of women to high profile positions is seen as testaments to progressiveness of the country's leadership as we [...]	2008-10-06 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI AE
08ABUDHABI1162	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THE UNITED [...] (U) We warmly welcome your visit, both for the Forum for the Future and for bilateral meetings with the UAE's leadership. 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powerhouses of the region (our largest export market in the Middle East) an [...]	2008-10-15 14:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL KNNP IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI1187	Assistant Secretary Kramer, Minister of Justice Review NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: A/S Kramer met on the margins of the BMENA Forum for the Future in Abu Dhabi with Jordanian Minister of Justice Ayman Odeh and Jordanian Ambassador to UAE. The Minister solicited and responded to DRL's concerns about the new Jordanian NGO law, and suggested possible ways to allev [...]	2008-10-20 12:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KMPI JO
08ABUDHABI1221	UAE'S RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Like the US and Europe, the UAEG has taken a number of steps to stave off the worst of the global financial crisis impact. While the initial steps may have been poorly coordinated, the full court press that began October 12 seems to have had the desired impact. Investors and dep [...]	2008-10-22 14:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE
08ABUDHABI1225	ABU DHABI EYEING INVESTMENT IN DUBAI [...] (C) Summary. While the international financial crisis may bring a slowdown to the UAE (Ref A),Abu Dhabi residents seem confident their financial future is secure. Financial insiders report that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority remains flush with cash despite its paper losses. Everyone is [...]	2008-10-23 14:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AE
08ABUDHABI1237	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ABUDHABI1247	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE FIFTH MINISTERIAL MEETING IN ABU DHABI OCTOBER 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ABUDHABI1285	ABU DHABI HOUSING DEMAND EXPECTED TO GROW [...] (SBU) Summary: At a November 9 conference on Abu Dhabi's economy, several senior real estate officials expressed confidence that the Abu Dhabi residential market is likely to weather the current world financial downturn. While some projects, including the high-profile Saadiyat Island megaproje [...]	2008-11-10 04:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV AE
08ABUDHABI1312	PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO THE UAE [...] As the UAE hosts to an increasing number of USG travelers, the Mission offers the following perspective on how to plan for a successful visit, with a caution about overextended demands on the UAE leadership and a chronic lack of hotel capacity in Abu Dhabi, with periodic problems related to ho [...]	2008-11-16 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL OVIP OTRA AE
08ABUDHABI1360	THE UAE FINANCIAL SITUATION AND THE KUBLER ROSS MODEL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (C) Summary. The UAE, Dubai in particular, appears to be moving rapidly through the five stages of grieving identified in the Kubler-Ross model. While most Emirati contacts initially claimed that global financial cr [...]	2008-11-26 07:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AE
08ABUDHABI1440	MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DISMISSED EIGHTY THREE EMIRATI TEACHERS [...] (C) Summary: In 2007, eighty three Emirati teachers were unexpectedly reassigned from the Ministry of Education to other ministries for alleged Islamist tendencies. In a recent conversation with PolOff, two of the teachers lamented the dismissal of Emirati nationals from a school system domi [...]	2008-12-22 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF SOCI AE
08ABUDHABI289	DAS KENT PATTON DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: On a February 24-25 visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, DAS Kent Patton spoke with government leaders and civil society figures about expanding political space in the UAE. With MFA he focused on fall 2008 plans for Forum for the Future meetings in Abu Dhabi, stressing the importance [...]	2008-03-05 06:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI KPAO ELAB AE
08ABUDHABI326	ACTING A/S MCNERNEY MEETS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary: On February 25 and 26, UAEG officials asserted that the UAE's export control law was in force, but that it was being amended to make it easier to implement. The UAE would create an autonomous organization to implement the export control law. The UAE interlocutors raised concerns [...]	2008-03-16 11:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AE
08ABUDHABI371	UAE CABINET APPROVES PLAN TO ASSESS DEVELOPMENT OF PEACEFUL [...] (U) This cable contains suggested press points in para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 23, the UAE cabinet formally set out a policy memorandum on the potential development of nuclear energy. If the UAE develops nuclear power, it will formally renounce domestic reprocessing or enrichment capab [...]	2008-03-24 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP AE
08ABUDHABI372	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN JEFFERY III [...] Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome the April 6-8 visit of Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery. Economic and Financial Growth Strong ------------------------------------ 2. (U) UAE economic growth continues to be strong, on the b [...]	2008-03-24 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AE
08ABUDHABI377	EMBASSY CONVERSATION WITH UAEG ON SHARLA'S CITY OF HOPE [...] (C) In March 25, 2008 conversation with MinState for Foreign Affairs (and Chairman of National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking) Anwar Gargash, Charge emphasized the very positive experiences both the Embassy and ConGen have had with Sharla Musabih's City of Hope, with the shelter having [...]	2008-03-25 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE
08ABUDHABI379	TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 15:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE
08ABUDHABI382	TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is home to a broad array of communities, including those vulnerable to exploitive human traffickers. The population is comprised of over 80 percent foreigners, many of whom provide unskilled or minimally skilled labor to a fast-growing economy. In thi [...]	2008-03-26 11:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE
08ABUDHABI39	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY: A columnist in Al-Bayan believes that Israel will continue to influence American presidents toward igniting international wars after President Bush leaves. An editorial in Gulf News considers President Bush's visit as an attempt to salvage his administration's reputation in the M [...]	2008-01-10 09:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
08ABUDHABI45	UAE EVALUATING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (C) sUMMARY: The UAE is evaluating the development of peaceful nuclear power. UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (ABZ) summoned nuclear supplier states' ambassadors on January 10 to present a white paper and soli [...]	2008-01-10 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP ECON EINV AE
08ABUDHABI579	U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-11 09:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC KNNP ETRD TRGY UNSC AE
08ABUDHABI711	UAE-IRAQ RELATIONS ON THE EVE OF FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (S) As the U.S. and Iraq prepare to co-host, on UAE soil, the Friends of Iraq Conference June 17-19, we offer a few thoughts on the UAE's policy vis-a-vis Iraq and potential opportunities to deepen mutual engagement between the two nations. The Conference follows closely after UAE Foreign Min [...]	2008-06-15 15:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI791	UPDATE ON UAE'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Econchief and TDY Econoff met with Executive Affairs Authority Director of Economic Affairs David Scott and EAA member Hamad Al-Kaabi on July 1 to discuss UAE progress on the Section 123 Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and t [...]	2008-07-06 04:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP ECON EINV AE
08ABUDHABI945	ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: MASDAR ZERO-CARBON RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Abu Dhabi Government, guided by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),is pursuing the renewable energy and sustainable development initiative "Masdar" to maintain Abu Dhabi's role as a global energy player in the long term. The Masdar initiative includes the Masdar Institute [...]	2008-08-20 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US
08ABUDHABI950	UAE MARKET FLUCTUATIONS NOT AS DIRE AS EARLY PRESS REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE markets have shown some signs of volatility over the past few weeks, contributing factors including fears of a real estate slowdown and media reports citing the likelihood of the Central Bank tightening its lending policies to hedge against inflation and speculative behavior [...]	2008-08-21 13:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR ECON EFIN AE
08ABUDHABI975	ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: POWERS BEHIND THE DREAM [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE and one of the richest cities in the world, is taking bold steps to change its landscape (reftels A, B, C). With approximately 1,460,000 residents in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (the majority in the city of Abu Dhabi itself),one-tenth of the planet's oil, [...]	2008-08-28 10:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US
08ABUJA1062	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA DOES "MEDIA CHAT" [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 29, President Yar'Adua conducted a live television "media chat" to mark the one year anniversary of his administration as well as to celebrate Nigeria's Democracy Day (a national holiday commemorating the country's return to democracy on May 29, 1999 after 16 years of mili [...]	2008-06-09 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ENRG NI
08ABUJA107	NIGERIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Overview -------- With an estimated population of 140 million, Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic [...]	2008-01-17 06:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR NI
08ABUJA1079	NIGERIA: NEW EFCC CHAIR AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders paid a courtesy call on newly confirmed (June 5) Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on June 10, where she underscored the importance the U.S. places on the EFCC maintaining its vigor and fight against corruption, noting tha [...]	2008-06-11 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KCOR NI
08ABUJA1082	NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS [...] (U) Summary: During May 5-12 meetings with U.S Trade and Development Agency (USTDA),Nigerian government (GON) officials expressed interest in USTDA providing technical assistance centered on sustainable capacity building, technical training, international standards development, guidance on ess [...]	2008-06-11 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
08ABUJA112	NIGERIAN & ECOWAS EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information concerning Nigerian and ECOWAS efforts to combat drug trafficking. This cable has been cleared by DEA/Lagos and Legatt/Lagos. ------- NIGERIA ------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking a [...]	2008-01-17 13:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR EAID SOCI NI
08ABUJA1227	NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN (JUNE 2008) [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes Congressman Howard Berman and his Congressional delegation to Abuja. Your visit comes just after President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has completed his first year in office. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections in April 2007, h [...]	2008-06-24 15:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EPET NI
08ABUJA1245	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- The Presidency -- Niger Delta -- Oil and Gas -- General Economic News -- Other Important Issues [...]	2008-06-26 09:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI
08ABUJA1250	NIGERIA: GON CALLS FOR DELAY OF ZIMBABWE POLL [...] After resolutions by both the Senate and the House of Representatives urging the Nigerian government to intervene in the Zimbabwe crisis, the GON publicly called for the postponement of Zimbabwe's presidential run-off. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement late on June 26 which s [...]	2008-06-27 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NI ZI
08ABUJA1261	NIGERIA: SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION [...] In response to reftel questions, the palm oil plant is indigenous to Nigeria, and palm oil is widely used domestically for cooking. Local demand for palm oil is high, and local production supplies can't meet demand. A report by the Agro-Raw Material Survey indicates that Nigeria produces 785 [...]	2008-06-30 10:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG ECON SENV NI
08ABUJA127	FINANCE MINISTER, BANK GOVERNOR: NIGERIA MOVING [...] (SBU) Participants at an Economist Magazine roundtable in Abuja kept up a drumbeat of concern that the Yar'Adua Government is not moving quickly enough to deepen reforms and respond to economic needs, including infrastructure. Finance Minister Usman made a strong case that the GON is preparing [...]	2008-01-22 12:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
08ABUJA1289	NIGERIA: NIGERIA SEEKS A SECOND PSI WITH IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, the IMF briefed Development Partners on a mid-May visit to Nigeria regarding discussions for a second Policy Support Instrument (PSI) between Nigeria and the IMF. The IMF mission commented that Nigeria's economic performance remained strong; output had grown, inflat [...]	2008-07-03 14:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI
08ABUJA1347	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH YAR'ADUA ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 07:53:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV MASS MARR NI
08ABUJA1364	NIGERIA: GON IPR OFFICIALS ENTHUSIASTIC FOLLOWING USG [...] (U) Summary. The United States Patents and Trademarks Office (USPTO) and the U.S Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) with sponsorship from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) held two concurrent workshops from June 24 to 26 for GON intell [...]	2008-07-17 08:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON NI
08ABUJA1456	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COOPERATION, TRADE WITH AG MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Agriculture Minister agreed to create an Agriculture Working Group under the U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership as a way to better engage with the Agricultural Ministry in a meeting in Abuja June 24. The Ministry is moving to implement robust plans for agricu [...]	2008-07-28 13:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG ECON SENV NI
08ABUJA1461	NIGERIA: NEW NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources (MOA) has developed a new National Food Security Program to address the inefficiencies in Nigeria's agricultural production system and to ensure greater food security. In June 2008, the National Council on Agriculture reviewe [...]	2008-07-29 15:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA1481	NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 25 meeting, U/S Jeffery and FonMin Maduekwe discussed US technical support for efforts to improve the Nigerian power sector, changing attitudes in Nigeria toward corruption, and the GoN's desire to improve the business climate and encourage investment in Nigeria. The Am [...]	2008-07-31 06:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG EPET EINV NI
08ABUJA1482	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-16 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-31 06:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA1542	NIGERIA: 14 KILOMETERS OF LOST PRODUCTIVITY [...] (SBU) On a recent trip to Ilorin, Poloff passed a 14 kilometer (8.7 mile) line of tractor trailer trucks waiting to pick up cement from the Obajana Cement Factory in Obajana, Kogi State (135 miles southwest of Abuja). The cement factory, owned by Aliko Dangote of Dangote Industries Limited, w [...]	2008-08-05 16:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV NI
08ABUJA1563	NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 24 meeting with Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Energy Ministry officials requested urgent technical assistance and sought help from the USG to 1) find financing to close a $3.8 billion funding gap for new energy projects, 2) improve Nigeria's image [...]	2008-08-08 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA1564	NIGERIA: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 24 meeting with visiting Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery, senior Finance Ministry officials said their priorities were the Niger Delta, increasing power generation and transmission, and improving Nigeria's infrastructure to strengthen transportation [...]	2008-08-08 09:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON EINV PGOV NI
08ABUJA1593	NIGERIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON (AUGUST [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes Congressman Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. and his delegation to Abuja. Your visit comes three months into President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's second year in office. Though the President came to power through deeply flawed elections, he was initially praised [...]	2008-08-11 14:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EPET NI
08ABUJA1599	NIGERIA-CENTRAL BANK REFORMS AND CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governors briefed Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery on Bank priorities and the Nigerian economy during his visit to Abuja on July 25. Officials said the CBN continues to work towards achieving its core mandate of maintaini [...]	2008-08-12 07:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI
08ABUJA1600	NIGERIA: DELTA OFFICIALS BRIEF U/S JEFFERY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from Delta and Rivers states briefed Under Secretary Jeffery July 24 during his visit to Abuja on the current situation in the Niger Delta, specific security concerns, oil bunkering, and what each government is doing in response to increased lawlessness in the area. R [...]	2008-08-12 09:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN NI
08ABUJA1632	NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDS [...] (C) Summary: The transfer of authority over the Bakassi Peninsula happened as scheduled on August 14. GON Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa headed the Nigerian delegation, and GRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Ahmadu Ali led that of Cameroon. The ceremony took place in [...]	2008-08-15 06:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM
08ABUJA1695	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------------------------------- [...]	2008-08-25 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS NI
08ABUJA1792	NIGERIA: HOUSE SPEAKER ACCUSES STATE OIL COMPANY OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian Speaker of the House accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NPPC) of systematically underpaying what it owes the Government of Nigeria for the sale of crude oil. NNPC sells the government's crude oil on the international markets, but in theory NNPC do [...]	2008-09-04 14:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV NI
08ABUJA1827	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 16-31, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Military, Security, and Bakassi --Economic and Business --Southern Political --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------- [...]	2008-09-09 13:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ETRD KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI
08ABUJA1847	NIGERIA: A/S KRAMER VISITS NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David J. Kramer met with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Executive Secretary, Mrs. Kehinde Foloshade Ajoni, during a September 8-9 visit to Abuja. Discussions focused on the role of the Commission in polic [...]	2008-09-11 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AF NI
08ABUJA1925	NIGERIA: GOOD NEWS-GON DROPS SOME IMPORT BANS [...] Summary. In a major breakthrough, September 25 the Government of Nigeria (GON) announced the number of banned import categories would decrease from 44 to 26 items, and that there would be tariff reductions on a wide range of products. Bright Okogu, Director General of the Budget Office of th [...]	2008-09-26 14:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ECIN EAGR EINV PREL PGOV NI
08ABUJA193	AGBIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL FOR NIGERIA [...] Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) has signed the Convention of Biosafety, participated in the Cartagena Protocol and has begun the legal framework for biotechnology legislation. FAS/Lagos has proposed an orientation program in the United States for GON regulators and lawmakers through th [...]	2008-01-30 15:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ETRD SENV PGOV NI
08ABUJA1930	NIGERIA ORDERS JOINT VENTURES TO PROVIDE NATURAL GAS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unmet demand for electricity is pushing the Gas Ministry to price and deliver gas to specific power plants, as outlined in the Strategic Plan for the Sustainability of the Power Sector (Refs A and B),to achieve 6,700 average MW by December 2009. In February 2008, the Federal E [...]	2008-10-01 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA1942	NIGERIA: USG COLLABORATES WITH WORLD BANK & DFID TO ASSIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders met with the Minister of Energy (Gas) Odusina on September 25 and offered U.S. support to assist with implementing the GON's gas policy, master plan, and pricing formula, funded through the Africa Infrastructure Program (AIP) program funded and managed by USAID [...]	2008-10-03 11:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA1950	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of September 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Trafficking in Persons --National Assembly --Oil and Gas --Southern Politics ----------- [...]	2008-10-06 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI
08ABUJA1956	CHEVRON ON BUNKERING AND SECURITY, GAS FLARING, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Chevron Nigeria Chairman and Managing Director Fred Nelson told Ambassador on September 25 that the Joint Task Force has put a stop to illegal bunkering in and around Chevron's onshore operations. He noted that increased supplies of gas from the Escravos field have not led to [...]	2008-10-06 07:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ELAB ECON SENV PGOV NI
08ABUJA1977	NIGERIA - 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 147 million. 2006 GDP was $115.3 billion; 2006 GNI per capita was $620 (World Bank 2008 data). Nigeria continues to struggle to consolidate its fragile democracy following a ci [...]	2008-10-07 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON NI
08ABUJA2008	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPT 16-30, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos Compilation of September 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- Corruption -- Military Affairs -- Labor -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Criminal Justic [...]	2008-10-10 16:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI
08ABUJA202	NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS'S MEETING WITH SGF KINGIBE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and AF DAS Moss met with Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Kingibe SIPDIS January 23, and discussed the situation in the Niger Delta, the recent sidelining of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Ribadu, and the court case again [...]	2008-02-01 08:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ECON MARR NI
08ABUJA2045	NIGERIA: INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS HINDER EXPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The overall state of Nigeria's infrastructure is poor. Rapid population growth and lack of investment and maintenance have greatly deteriorated existing infrastructure. In many areas of Nigeria, water supply, sewerage, sanitation, drainage, roads, electricity and waste disposal [...]	2008-10-16 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAIR ELTN ECON PGOV EAID NI
08ABUJA2077	NIGERIA: FLOUR INDUSTRY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 15 meeting with Aminu Abdulqadir Imam, Chief Administrative Officer of Bua Flour Mills, Imam reported that the flour milling business is very lucrative in Nigeria because domestic flour demand has grown. Despite profits production hurdles, such as epileptic power, [...]	2008-10-21 11:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL NI

08ABUJA2142	NIGERIA'S NOMINEE FOR THE 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] (U) Mission Nigeria is pleased to nominate Mrs. Josephine Effah-Chukwuma as its nominee for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Her biographical details and nomination justification follow. 2. NOMINEE'S BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: FULL LEGAL NAME: Josephine Effah- [...]	2008-10-29 16:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO NI
08ABUJA2146	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late on October 29, President Yar'Adua announced the dismissal of 9 Ministers and eleven Ministers of State, believed to be the first step in his long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle (reftel). The Ministers of Commerce, National Planning, Mines and Steel Development, Air Transport, Ed [...]	2008-10-30 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON NI
08ABUJA217	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...]	2008-02-04 09:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EPET MOPS KCOR SENV NI
08ABUJA2170	NIGERIA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 10:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NI IZ
08ABUJA2197	NIGERIA 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information is Nigeria's 2009 National Trade Estimate. . Trade Summary ------------- . 2. The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $30.0 billion in 2007, an increase of $4.4 billion from $25.6 billion in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $2.8 billion, up 24.8 percen [...]	2008-11-07 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EAID EINV PGOV NI
08ABUJA2212	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 16-31, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Fishing and Agriculture --Environment --Health --Financial News --Education --Labor --Corruption --Political/Int [...]	2008-11-12 08:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2295	NIGERIA: CUSTOMS AND STANDARDS ORGANIZATION ENTHUSIASTIC [...] (SBU) Summary. During the USG Intellectual Property Working Group (IPWG) October 27-28 visit to Abuja, Nigeria intellectual property rights officials expressed appreciation for USG technical assistance (TA). While enforcement remains weak, some agencies are enthusiastic to work with the USG t [...]	2008-11-21 11:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINV ETRD ECON EAID NI
08ABUJA23	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...]	2008-01-07 07:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI
08ABUJA2302	NIGERIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AG PRODUCT EXPORTS [...] Summary: Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel C). A review of the tariff book demonstrates that in several products there may be significant o [...]	2008-11-24 10:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI
08ABUJA2312	NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff attended the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP) 13th National Stakeholder's Consultative Forum in Abuja on October 30. Representatives from various civil society organizations; the Nigeria Police Force; Nigerian Customs; Nigeria Immigratio [...]	2008-11-26 07:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KTIP NI
08ABUJA2313	NIGERIA: USG LED CIVIL AVIATION PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP [...] Summary. The U.S. Mission led a public private partnership (PPP) aviation workshop on November 17-18 with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Boeing Company to catapult Nigeria one step closer to attaining U.S. Federal Aviation Authority Category 1 status. The workshop rallied [...]	2008-11-26 08:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD PREL NI
08ABUJA233	NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking and money laundering activity and is still ranked as one of the world's most corrupt countries. Nigerian criminal organizations dominate the African drug trade and transport narcotics to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and oth [...]	2008-02-05 14:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NI IZ
08ABUJA2348	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIBADU ISSUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a luncheon at the home of Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Sunday, November 30, the Ambassador had a private one-hour meeting with the FonMin to discuss the GON's total mishandling of issues surrounding former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Rib [...]	2008-12-02 11:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS NI
08ABUJA236	NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Although the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not an offshore financial center, Nigeria's large economy is a hub for the trafficking narcotics and other contraband. Nigeria is also a center of criminal financial activity, reportedly for the entire continent. Individuals and criminal organizations [...]	2008-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR KTFN KCRM NI
08ABUJA2360	NIGERIA: 2008-2012 TARIFF BOOK REVIEW [...] Summary. Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel I). The Government of Nigeria's (GON) tariff policy for 2008 to 2012 reduces the number of ban [...]	2008-12-03 08:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV SENV NI
08ABUJA2365	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA PRESENTS THE 2009 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. President Umaru Musa Yar'Adau presented the 2.87 trillion naira ($24.53 billion),budget for calendar year 2009 to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 2, 2008. The 2009 budget is a slight increase from the final 2008 budget of 2.7 trillion naira ($23 billion) re [...]	2008-12-04 11:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08ABUJA2486	NIGERIA: AGRIBUSINESS CLIMATE IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In November, the USAID contractor Booze Allan Hamilton (BAH),conducted a survey on the agricultural business climate in Nigeria focusing on agribusiness, trade, access to credit and property. What they found is that poor infrastructure in the country contributes to increased b [...]	2008-12-19 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI
08ABUJA2518	ECOWAS: 35TH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 19, the ECOWAS 35th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government met in Abuja. The one-day summit capped off a week of ministerial-level discussions that primarily focused on limiting the effects of the global economic crisis on the region, encouraging infrastruct [...]	2008-12-23 16:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECOWAS NI
08ABUJA285	NIGERIA: G/TIP GRANT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, post is submitting five grant proposals for consideration for G/TIP managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. Summaries of the proposals recommended by post follow. End Summary. TIP IN NIGERIA -------------- 2. (U) Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination countr [...]	2008-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC NI
08ABUJA293	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR LAGON'S VISIT TO ABUJA [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a January 22 visit to Abuja, Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, Mark Lagon, emphasized the importance of increased prosecutions of traffickers, the protection of victims, and the prevention of human trafficking. [...]	2008-02-13 14:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NI
08ABUJA301	UPDATE ON STATUS OF FORCES DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Department desires Post to pursue a broad Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the Government of Nigeria, citing the limited nature of the protections afforded DOD personnel under the current 2000 bilateral diplomatic note. We believe that given the current engageme [...]	2008-02-15 12:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
08ABUJA312	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) During a wide ranging February 15 discussion on bilateral issues with President Yar'Adua, the Ambassador discussed U.S. support for Kosovo's impending independence, President Bush's plans to recognize Kosovo upon a declaration of independence by its legislature, and stressed USG desire for [...]	2008-02-19 16:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PREL PGOV NI
08ABUJA313	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...]	2008-02-20 07:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET PHUM EFIN ETRD KCOR KDEM ELAB MOPS
08ABUJA322	NIGERIA: KOGI BY-ELECTION MARCH 29 [...] (U) Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the gubernatorial by-election in Kogi State will be held March 29. This will be the first time a gubernatorial poll has been re-run in Nigeria, and its conduct will set precedent for other state races, and possibly, [...]	2008-02-21 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA344	NIGERIA NOT INCLINED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] (C) Ref A suggests that the GON has privately indicated its inclination to recognize Kosovo. In ref B, we reported that President Yar'Adua had indicated to the Ambassador that Nigeria would take time to see what its neighbors were doing, and would evaluate what was in its best interest before [...]	2008-02-22 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KV NI
08ABUJA345	NIGERIA: AN ANALYSIS - YAR'ADUA AND HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of two analytical cables that will take a close look at President Yar,Adua and his government during their first eight months in office, providing a report card of how we think he and his administration have done. This will be followed by a "Look Ah [...]	2008-02-22 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON KPKO NI
08ABUJA364	NIGERIA: TRIBUNAL UPHOLDS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) On February 26, the Presidential Election Tribunal in Abuja upheld the April 2007 election of President Musa Umaru Yar'Adua and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan (People's Democratic Party - PDP). In a packed courtroom surrounded by tight security, Justice Abdulkadir Abubakar Jega spent t [...]	2008-02-26 16:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA372	AF DAS MOSS' MEETINGS WITH NIGERIAN CENTRAL BANK AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) told AF DAS Todd Moss and the Ambassador that the CBN will soon issue a policy on foreign banks merging with or acquiring Nigerian banks. The upcoming policy is not/not aimed at restricting other entry or operations by foreign [...]	2008-02-27 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV KCRIM KJUS NI
08ABUJA404	NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. Trafficking also occu [...]	2008-02-29 13:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NI
08ABUJA503	ECOWAS STANDBY FORCE: ITS PRESENT STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) is frequently mentioned by those in the African security community as the best developed of the African rapid-reaction brigades called for by the African Union (AU) in July 2004. Indeed, ECOWAS has come a long way from the days of the ECOWAS Monito [...]	2008-03-14 13:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV ECOWAS XY NI
08ABUJA521	NIGERIA Q 2008 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] In response to reftel, this cable contains Nigeria's submission for the 2008 President's Report on AGOA. . Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- -- . 2. A new government headed by Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was sworn in on May [...]	2008-03-18 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON NI
08ABUJA536	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES MARCH 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-16, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Human Rights, Migr [...]	2008-03-20 16:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KIRF NI
08ABUJA538	NIGERIA: TERRORISM SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL [...] (U) The Abuja Federal High Court granted bail March 12 to Muhammad Ashafa, who has been in police custody since 2004 when the GON extradited him from Pakistan for alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Ashafa's counsel Ifeyinwa Obegolu told PolOff March 12 that the Nigerian police and State Security Servic [...]	2008-03-20 16:40:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PTER KJUS KISL NI
08ABUJA619	NIGERIA: MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION THREATENS TO LEAVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. In two separate meetings with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI),it is clear that there exists poor cooperation between industry and the NCC on IPR. The NCC claimed a December 2007 raid shut down two optical di [...]	2008-04-04 10:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR PGOV NI
08ABUJA629	NIGERIA DESK OFFICER DISCUSSES TRADE/INVESTMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Visiting Nigeria Desk Officer and PolOff visited Plateau and Bauchi States March 19-22 and met Plateau Governor Jonah Jang and Bauchi Governor Isa Yuguda to discuss increasing trade with, and investment from, the United States in various sectors, particularly agriculture, food pro [...]	2008-04-07 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV ENRG ETRD SENV KPWR NI
08ABUJA630	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF STATE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker, along with the Ambassador, met with Minister of State for Finance Aderemi Babalola on March 17. The meeting focused on the financial sector and efforts towards combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Babalola told the Senators that [...]	2008-04-07 14:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV OREP KCOR PREL NI
08ABUJA637	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF STATE SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Shelby, Gregg and Corker, along with the Ambassador, met with Minister of State for Finance Aderemi Babalola on March 17. The meeting focused on the financial sector and efforts towards combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Babalola told the Senators that [...]	2008-04-08 09:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV OREP KCOR PREL NI
08ABUJA64	NIGERIAN MILITARY DELIVERS ITS AMISOM EQUIPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 8, Embassy Abuja's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff's (COAS) list of equipment requirements for the 231 Infantry Battalion, expected to be deployed to Somalia within the next few months. Pending since November 16, in Post's [...]	2008-01-10 17:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MASS PREL PGOV NI
08ABUJA686	NIGERIA: KOGI BY-ELECTION SEES LITTLE IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 29 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election was better organized than the April 2007 general elections, but was still plagued by problems including missing voting materials, late opening of polling stations, underage voting, poorly organized voter registers, and some viole [...]	2008-04-14 18:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
08ABUJA734	NIGERIA: REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM VIDEO (C-D18-00223) [...] (S) Following is Post's keyed-in responses to reftel request for Government of Nigeria (GON) preparations for, public reactions to, and related responses to the release of Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders' film, which is allegedly critical of Islam. A. (S//NF) IDENTIFY HOST NATION SECURI [...]	2008-04-18 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KISL KIRF NI
08ABUJA74	SPEAKER LOOKING TO BUILD HOUSE, ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's Speaker of the House, Oladimeji Bankole, expressed his determination to make the National Assembly a co-equal branch of government. He expects to visit Washington in February and will seek U.S. support for his efforts. He says his approach is to "follow the money" to [...]	2008-01-11 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG BEXP NI
08ABUJA760	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- National Assembly -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Other News [...]	2008-04-24 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA812	NIGERIA: PDP WINS CREDIBLE ADAMAWA RE-RUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 26, PolOffs and PolSpec observed the gubernatorial by-election in the north-eastern state of Adamawa. Though not totally without problems, PolOffs agree with the popular assessment that the election was, for the most part, free and fair. With an estimated turnout of aro [...]	2008-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
08ABUJA817	NIGERIA: RISING FOOD PRICES YET NO SHORTAGES [...] Summary. Rising food and agricultural commodity prices are having a significant impact in Nigeria. Since late 2007, basic food prices have risen sharply. The Ministry of Agriculture calculates that 71% of Nigerians are underfed and the World Bank estimates that 54% of the population earns le [...]	2008-05-06 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL NI
08ABUJA863	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 16-30 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-Runs -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Economi [...]	2008-05-12 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA882	NIGERIA: PASSAGE OF THE 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signed the 2008 budget appropriation bill into law on April 14, 2008. Due to disagreements between the President and the National Assembly (NA) budget passage was held up for five months, stalling government economic activities. The Government of N [...]	2008-05-15 09:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI
08ABUJA892	NIGERIAN LABOR SUPPORTS OSHIOMHOLE, CRITICIZES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Abuja May Day celebration (May 1),cosponsored by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC),was in general a lackluster and unenthusiastic event, with only half-hearted cheers from the crowd to "aluta continua" (the fight continues). The arrival of fo [...]	2008-05-16 07:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM NI PHUM
08ABUJA951	NIGERIA: NDI HOSTS USG-FUNDED WORKSHOP FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 5-6, the USAID-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) hosted a workshop for officials and staff of the 22-member Electoral Reform Committee (ERC). The ERC was formed by President Yar'Adua in September 2007 to address both domestic and international concerns about Niger [...]	2008-05-27 14:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV NI
08ABUJA962	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA GOVERNMENT'S REPORT CARD AT ONE [...] (S) This is the second cable in our series to address U.S. Mission Nigeria's analysis of President Yar'Adua's performance as head of state. Our first report card on him appeared at just over the halfway mark of his first year in office (ref A). This cable looks at what he has or has not done [...]	2008-05-28 18:39:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PINR KCOR PREL ECON NI
08ACCRA1006	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary. The Electoral Commission on July 31 began the voter registration exercise, after months of delay. NPP supporters continue to wait for a decision on a running mate for Presidential Candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, who has assumed the role of the party's leader from President Kufuor. The [...]	2008-08-05 16:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF GH IV
08ACCRA1324	Ghana: Input for AGOA Eligibility Review [...] Ghana is a country of 22 million people with a constitutional democracy dominated by a strong presidency. President John Kufuor has governed since assuming office democratically in January 2001, succeeding Jerry Rawlings, who ruled for 19 years. Presidential elections are scheduled for 2008. [...]	2008-10-10 12:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD GH
08ACCRA1383	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AKUFO-ADDO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP),to underline USG's expectation for free and fair elections in Ghana. Akufo-Addo assured Ambassador that the NPP was a party steeped in democratic principles, a [...]	2008-10-23 16:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1386	GHANAIAN ELECTIONS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for December 7. This cable provides background for the framework and process. END SUMMARY. 2. Ghana is governed by the 1992 constitution that created the Fourth Republic. It is a constitutional democracy with a [...]	2008-10-23 16:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL
08ACCRA1449	GHANAQS 2009 TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ghana was $217 million in 2007, an increase of $120 million from $97 million in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $416 million, up 43.7 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Ghana were $199 million, up 3.4 percent. Ghan [...]	2008-11-14 09:42:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN GH
08ACCRA1504	GHANA: AMERICAN BUSINESSES AIR VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Board members of the Ghana American Chamber of Commerce mentioned areas of concern for their businesses to econoff in a Board meeting. Several members complained of a lack of bureaucratic support for foreign investors. Mining giant Newmont talked about the drive to limit exp [...]	2008-11-25 16:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND GH
08ACCRA1515	GHANA TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHLIGHTS, [...] SUMMARY: A. Ghana's civil aviation sector is poised for expansion, based on the combination of increased passenger loads and the expected increased demand for air travel associated with growth in the oil and gas sector. An infrastructure expansion plan worth USD 122 million has been approv [...]	2008-12-02 07:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN ELAB EWWT EINV EFIN KMCA GH
08ACCRA1517	GHANA AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS, DECEMBER [...] SUMMARY: A. Ghana has benefitted this year from higher cocoa prices and increased U.S. investment in cocoa processing facilities. B. The EU and Ghana signed an agreement to combat the export of illicit timber to be implemented in 2009. This could potentially impact more than 50 percent [...]	2008-12-02 12:09:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV SENV GH
08ACCRA1521	GHANA MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCE HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER 2008 [...] SUMMARY: A. (U) According to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Accra's financial isolation may provide the country with a temporary respite from the global economic downturn unfolding in international financial centers, while leaving open the potential for a slide if traditional exports, F [...]	2008-12-02 14:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EINV GH
08ACCRA1523	GHANA ENERGY SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A. (U) New hydro generation projects are moving ahead with Chinese and Brazilian financial assistance and tied contractors. Based on the assumption that new gas-fired thermal plants will also be online by 2011, the Minister of Energy has announced a target power price of 9 [...]	2008-12-03 07:59:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV EIND EFIN GH
08ACCRA153	GHANA - TRADE MINISTER ON FTA CONSULTATION [...] (SBU) Ghana's Minister for Trade, Industries, Private Sector Development and President's Special Initiatives, Joe Baidoo-Ansah met the Ambassador January 29 and raised the issue of a Ghana-U.S. FTA. The Minister is aware of USTR,s desire to visit Ghana to discuss issues and a way forward in [...]	2008-01-29 12:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OTRA GH
08ACCRA1530	GHANA'S NORTH- HOLDING CALM PRIOR TO ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The people of Northern Ghana are preparing for the December 7 election with the same mix of campaigning, rallies and calls for peace as the rest of the nation. The north's history of violence-- including some campaign related clashes earlier this political season-- is a source of [...]	2008-12-04 14:54:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM GH
08ACCRA1543	CALM PREVAILS AS GHANAIANS GO TO THE POLLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghanaians voted last Sunday for President and members of Parliament in an election that was remarkably orderly and peaceful. The Electoral Commission, true to its word, was well prepared, and very few problems were reported throughout the day. The presidential election, two day [...]	2008-12-09 15:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1545	GHANA ELECTIONS: HEADING FOR A RUNOFF DECEMBER 28 [...] (U) The Electoral Commision has announced that Ghana's next president will be determined by a runoff election on December 28. EC Chairman Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan announced the results of the December 7 Presidenial race at a December 10 press conference. With all 230 constituencies reporting, th [...]	2008-12-10 17:24:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS GH
08ACCRA1581	CODEL NELSON CALLS ON MINISTER, MEETS ELECTION [...] (U) Senator Bill Nelson called on Ghana's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Abraham Ossei-Aidooh, on December 14 to congratulate the Minister and the Ghanaian people on their recent successful presidential and parliamentary elections and to assure the Minister of continued U.S. support for [...]	2008-12-17 16:59:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1592	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO GHANA, [...] U.S. Mission Accra warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary Frazer and Staff Assistant Dana Banks to Ghana, with a scheduled arrival on a UN flight on December 26 at approximately 11:00, and departure on December 28 at 21:55 on a KLM/NWA flight 8590 to Amsterdam. Control officer for th [...]	2008-12-19 07:48:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH
08ACCRA1611	GHANA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports on Ghana,s current civilian uses of atomic technology and their plans to become a nuclear power producer (response to REF A). Ghanaian atomic science research is established institutionally, but at a low level of technical sophistication. Ghana,s atomic scien [...]	2008-12-24 07:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINT TRGY TBIO EINV BEXP BTIO GH
08ACCRA1612	GHANA'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports on Ghana,s current civilian uses of atomic technology and their plans to become a nuclear power producer (response to REF A). Ghanaian atomic science research is established institutionally, but at a low level of technical sophistication. Ghana,s atomic scien [...]	2008-12-24 07:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINT TRGY TBIO EINV BEXP BTIO GH
08ACCRA219	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - GHANA [...] Summary: Ghana has made progress in recent years in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) under both domestic and international law. Most domestic intellectual property laws have been revised to become compliant with Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The n [...]	2008-02-12 18:31:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR GH
08ACCRA338	GHANA: CIVIL SOCIETY PREPARES TO MEDIATE ELECTION CONFLICT [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings between Poloff and representatives of Ghanaian media, think tanks, and religious coalitions, civil society leaders predicted a contentious December presidential election but believed violence could be averted. The leaders conveyed a generally positive view [...]	2008-03-12 07:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR GH
08ACCRA545	Court Rules that Liberians May be Deported [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 24 an Accra Court ruled that 23 unregistered Liberians detained by the Ghana Immigration Service since March 17 are living in Ghana illegally and may be deported to Liberia. The ruling could set a precedent for the treatment of the approximately 15,000 unregistered Lib [...]	2008-04-28 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM LI GH
08ACCRA561	REGIONAL FISHIERIES NEWS [...] SUMMARY: Chinese industrial fishing practices off the coast of Cameroon are described as destructive and threatening. Ghanaian fishermen allege Chinese commercial trawling methods are damaging the artisanal fishing equipment. China completes site survey in Ghana for potential aquaculture si [...]	2008-04-29 16:42:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV XA CM GH
08ACCRA602	Ghana - Impact of Rising Food/Agricultural Commodity Prices [...] Summary: Ghana is a net food importer and has seen a significant increase in the price of food staples, some portion of which may be explained in part by seasonal factors and the high cost of petroleum. In general, Ghana tends to record surpluses in tubers and deficits in cereals and the sit [...]	2008-05-06 16:34:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL GH
08ACCRA614	China's Engagement in Ghana [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While China's close ties to Ghana date to the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, economic and commercial ties are growing, with China focused on a series of high-profile infrastructure projects. The Chinese have shown little interest, however, in coordinating with ot [...]	2008-05-08 16:46:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY GH
08ACCRA674	AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (SBU) On November 19, 2007, the OPDAT Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) arrived at post and commenced her Trafficking in Person (TIP) Program. To date, the OPDAT ILA has trained law enforcement officers from the Ministry of Women and Children (MOWAC),the Department of Social Welfare (DSW),th [...]	2008-05-22 14:24:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS KWMN GH
08ACCRA725	Kufuor Announces Tax and Tariff Relief as Fiscal Woes Mount [...] (SBU)Summary: In response to concerns about rising food and fuel prices, President Kufuor on May 22 called for elimination of tariffs on several food staples, provision of subsidies for fertilizer and expansion of tractor subsidies. He also called for elimination of excise tax and debt recove [...]	2008-06-04 16:18:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR ENRG ETRD GH
08ACCRA746	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary: President Kufuor plans to bestow Ghana's highest civilian award on opposition presidential candidate John Atta Mills, to the vocal consternation of top New Patriotic Party leaders. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) accuses President Kufuor of confli [...]	2008-06-11 10:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SNAR PREL GH
08ACCRA89	GHANA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 09:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN OPIC USTR
08ADDISABABA1000	ELECTIONS HERALD 7: THE INEVITABLE - OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, just over one week before the initial polling date (April 13) in Ethiopia's local elections, the largest participating opposition party, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) formally outlined seven demands that they insist must be met by the National Electio [...]	2008-04-10 14:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA105	ETHIOPIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] As requested in Reftel, post is pleased to submit the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Ethiopia. Begin Text: 2. Openness to Foreign Investment 2006/2007 HIGHLIGHTS -- In a bid to curb increasing food prices the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) levied a 10 percent surtax on selected import [...]	2008-01-14 13:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON KTDB USTR OPIC ET
08ADDISABABA1065	ELECTIONS HERALD 8: A TALE OF TWO TURNOUTS [...] (SBU) Ethiopia voted on April 13 in the first round of local elections. With only a handful of unknown or apparently-partisan domestic election observer organizations authorized by the National Electoral Board (NEB) and a pointed statement to diplomats and foreigners not to loiter or linger a [...]	2008-04-17 06:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1154	REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRACY! [...] (C) Understanding Ethiopia's domestic political (and economic) actions, and developing a strategy for moving the ruling party forward democratically, requires understanding the ruling Tigrean People's Liberation Front's (TPLF) prevailing political ideology: Revolutionary Democracy. Hard-line T [...]	2008-04-28 14:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA116	EVIDENCE OF INCREASED MARIJUANA CULTIVATION AND POSSIBLE [...] SUMMARY: A recent seizure of 73 kilograms of cannabis (marijuana) and the arrest of five people indicates a possible up-tick in commercial drug cultivation in Ethiopia. Additionally, sources indicate that drug growers are using machines to manufacture hashish from cannabis plants, a new develo [...]	2008-01-15 09:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ET
08ADDISABABA1189	IMF CITES OVERHEATING ECONOMY, CREDIT BUBBLE [...] (C) IMF Senior Resident Representative Arnim Schwidrowski (strictly protect) expressed to Pol/Econ Chief growing concern about Ethiopia's "overheating" economy, increasingly tenuous foreign reserves level, mounting inflation, and increasing signs of a credit bubble in a wide-ranging April 21 d [...]	2008-04-30 08:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1223	DRAFT CIVIL SOCIETY LAW CLAMPS DOWN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On May 6, in a hastily called "consultative" meeting, Minister of Justice Assefa Kessito outlined for a group of several hundred NGO leaders the many changes outlined in the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) draft law governing civil society released on May 2. In th [...]	2008-05-07 15:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM KJUS ET
08ADDISABABA1228	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES- ETHIOPIA [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia is witnessing significant food inflation. However, this inflation appears to be caused primarily by internal forces rather than global market forces. An expected poor upcoming Belg season harvest is likely to exacerbate further the already-tenuous food situation. The U.S. Ag [...]	2008-05-08 11:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID ET
08ADDISABABA1299	EXCEPTIONAL ISSUANCE OF IMPORT LICENSES TO CHINESE FIRMS [...] The influence of the Chinese Government on Ethiopian economic sectors continues to gain traction. The Ethiopian Council of Ministers recently approved an exception to issued licenses previously reserved for domestic investors to two Chinese government firms to import and distribute heavy const [...]	2008-05-14 08:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET EEB
08ADDISABABA1361	ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS OFFER VIEWS ON 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (S/NF) Parts I-IV of this series (refs A, B, C, D) outlined how, in the views of Ethiopian scholars, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is consolidating de facto one-party rule, weakening state institutions, and creating conditions that risk Ethiopia's stabili [...]	2008-05-16 08:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1439	IMF: ETHIOPIA NEEDS "BRIDGE FINANCING" TO AVOID [...] (C) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV Mission Team Leader Robert Corker told representatives from the Addis Ababa diplomatic corps on May 19 that Ethiopia will require $1-2 billion in "highly concessional bridge financing" over the coming year or two avoid a significant disruption of [...]	2008-05-23 11:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA145	THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT CHEWS THE CUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the course of the week of January 7, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEB) hammered what appear to be the final nails in the coffin of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) party. Since their surprise showing in the 2005 elections, gaining enough sea [...]	2008-01-17 15:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1571	ETHIOPIA'S BROKEN PROMISES [...] (S/NF) A paradigm shift must occur in the United States' discourse with Ethiopia on foreign assistance. Over the past year, the United States Government (USG) has delivered on all Ethiopian government (GoE) claims of "broken promises" in order to enhance the security of the Ethiopian state and [...]	2008-06-09 12:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MASS MOPS ET
08ADDISABABA1592	AMBASSADOR SETS DEMOCRATIC SPACE MARKER WITH [...] (SBU) In a June 3-4 visit to Tigray, Ambassador conveyed a clear message of concern over political space and the need for the core ruling party, the Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF),to ease its stranglehold on civil society and the political opposition in order to maintain stability in [...]	2008-06-11 04:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PBTS ET
08ADDISABABA1593	MELES ON NEW CSO/NGO LAW: BRACE FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassadors from the UK, France and the U.S. that the new CSO/NGO law (Ref. A) would be introduced to the Parliament before the July 7 recess and would become law probably by September. Meles presented a forceful argument for the new law. Characterizin [...]	2008-06-11 04:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL ET
08ADDISABABA165	MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] SUMMARY -- Ethiopian Government's (GoE) 2006/07 macroeconomic performance report indicates economic growth was broad based and sustainable. -- GoE projects double digit economic growth in 2007/08, the fifth year in a row; -- The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) changed the base year of the [...]	2008-01-22 13:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA1674	DISMANTLING ETHIOPIA'S POLITICAL SPACE [...] (S/NF) This is the first in a series of cables outlining policy options on U.S.-Ethiopia relations in light of recent restrictions on political and democratic space (Refs. A and B). 2. (S/NF) The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power in 1991 under mu [...]	2008-06-19 08:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET
08ADDISABABA1746	"FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC DIALOGUE IN ETHIOPIA": A NEW [...] (U) On June 24, 2008, representatives from the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF),Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM),Somali Democratic Alliance Forces (SDAF),Arena Tigray for Democracy and Sovereignty (Arena),former President of Ethiopia Dr. Negasso Gidada, and former Defens [...]	2008-06-26 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA189	ELEPHANTS AND BIOFUEL DON'T BLEND [...] (U) The conflict between conservation and investment in Ethiopia has escalated. Caught in the cross-fire is a chronically food insecure community that welcomes the opportunity to grow a cash crop. In 2007, the regional government of Oromia granted the Israeli-German firm, Flora EcoPower (FEP) [...]	2008-01-24 12:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EAGR ECON EAID ET
08ADDISABABA1948	PARLIAMENT PASSES 2008/09 FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ethiopian Parliament passed a federal budget of US$5.6 billion for 2008/09 fiscal year that runs from July 8, 2008 to July 7, 2009. The budget is 16 percent higher than the US$4.9 billion budget endorsed last year. Given that annual general inflation in June 2008 was 55.3 pe [...]	2008-07-17 10:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA2078	A DIALOGUE ON ETHIOPIA'S DEMOCRATIZATION: DRL A/S [...] (C) In a broad-ranging 90-minute conversation, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer effectively noted senior Washington concerns about recent developments in Ethiopia's progress toward democratization with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on July 23. In response, the Prime Minister conveyed the mo [...]	2008-07-29 07:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2103	DRL A/S KRAMER NOTES U.S. CONCERN ON CSO LAW [...] (SBU) DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer highlighted significant U.S. concerns over the likely impact and potentially unintended consequences of Ethiopia's draft Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law in meetings with Prime Minister Meles, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, [...]	2008-07-31 08:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2105	Prime Minister Meles set on new CSO/NGO law in autumn [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the UK, France and US on July 30 during the third of a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Organizations Law (CSO) has become so politicized that it has exacerbated animosities within the Central Committe [...]	2008-07-31 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL ET

08ADDISABABA2116	GOVERNMENT RELEASES POLITICAL PRISONER ON [...] (SBU) Seven days after Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor David Kramer asked senior Ethiopian Government (GoE) officials to grant political detainee Assefa Abraha parole in accordance with standard Ethiopian judicial practice, the GoE released the former senior offic [...]	2008-08-04 09:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA214	PM'S ADVISOR BEREKET DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND VOA [...] (C) In a broad-ranging discussion with visiting Africa Bureau PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield on January 17, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bereket Simon, offered his version of history and less than wholly accurate assurances to comfort the USG that the Government and ruling Ethiopian Pe [...]	2008-01-29 04:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAO PREL ET
08ADDISABABA215	PM'S ADVISOR BEREKET DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND VOA [...] (C) In a broad-ranging discussion with visiting Africa Bureau PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield on January 17, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Bereket Simon, offered his version of history and less than wholly accurate assurances to comfort the USG that the Government and ruling Ethiopian Pe [...]	2008-01-29 05:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAO PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2223	ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well [...]	2008-08-12 12:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER ET
08ADDISABABA2254	GOVERNMENT DIVERTS WORLD BANK PROJECT FUNDING TO [...] (SBU) The Ethiopian Council of Ministers on August 1 approved the transfer of U.S. $301 million from on-going World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) projects to provide subsidized fertilizer to the agricultural sector. The funding -- U.S. $237 million from World Bank projects and U.S. [...]	2008-08-15 11:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2265	GOE SUMMONS TFG, TFG LEADERS REMAIN ENTRENCHED [...] (S) Despite clear and stern messages from the Ethiopian Government (GoE) to resolve personality conflicts and move on with governance and reconciliation, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur (Adde) Hassan Hussein remained entrenched in their re [...]	2008-08-18 14:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PREL SO ET
08ADDISABABA2461	UN'S JOHN HOLMES RAISES OGADEN FOOD DELIVERY CRISIS [...] (SBU) The UN Emergency Response Coordinator and Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed select representatives of the donor community September 3 on his discussions with the Ethiopian Government (GoE) on the "malnutrition crisis" in Ethiopia . He noted that, while [...]	2008-09-05 07:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA249	STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tekeda Alemu, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield asked about Ethiopia's SIPDIS outlook for the new Somali government, the Ethiopian relationship with Sudan, as well as noted the importan [...]	2008-02-04 07:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA2531	COMMERCE VISIT PUNCTUATED BY MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT DOING [...] (U) U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Holly Vineyard's August 17-20 visit to Ethiopia highlighted an economy offering significant opportunities as well as great challenges. While the Ethiopian economy has shown significant growth in recent years, business and developm [...]	2008-09-15 14:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2569	FOREIGN EXCHANGE SHORTAGE HURTS U.S. BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) The limited supply of foreign exchange (forex) in Ethiopia's banks has begun to take a toll on U.S. commercial interests as private and public entities have increasingly become unable to import essential consumer inputs and industrial capital goods from abroad or get hard currency to repa [...]	2008-09-17 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET
08ADDISABABA2645	GOVERNMENT FOOD SUBSIDIES INEFFECTIVE [...] (U) Since 2005, the Ethiopian Grain Trade Enterprise (EGTE) has provided over 500,000 metric tons of subsidized grain to the country's urban centers. While the initiative is nominally intended to cushion the landless urban poor from the mounting food inflation, urban food prices still remain w [...]	2008-09-23 11:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA2800	ETHIOPIA SEEKING IMF FACILITY TO STEM FOREX CRISIS [...] (SBU) The Ethiopian Government (GoE) has decided to approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an emergency balance of payments loan facility to mitigate the country's foreign exchange crisis (reftel). The loan would be Ethiopia's first formal arrangement with the IMF in years. With [...]	2008-10-07 10:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD BEXP ET
08ADDISABABA2802	ETHIOPIA'S LACKLUSTER PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA [...] (U) Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis presented the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) parliamentary agenda at the October 6 opening session of Parliament. Peppered with dry calls for administrative proclamations, quality control standards and institutes, and the improvement of key sectors suc [...]	2008-10-08 07:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ECON ET
08ADDISABABA2816	GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA LIFTS FUEL SUBSIDY [...] (U) The government of Ethiopia's (GoE) Council of Ministers lifted subsides on domestic fuel prices effective October 4. The move came after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) objected to the fuel subsidy before considering a balance of payments loan (reftel). The Council also authorized t [...]	2008-10-14 04:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA2837	BEIJING OLYMPICS IMPRESS ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Discussions with Ethiopian officials, political opposition leaders, and professional colleagues suggest that China impressed Ethiopia by hosting one of the most precisely orchestrated and technically impressive Olympic Games in memory. While news of pre-games demonstrations did reach the E [...]	2008-10-14 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ET CH
08ADDISABABA2846	ETHIOPIA'S CSO/NGO LAW READY FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the U.K., France and U.S. during the fourth in a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law) will be sent, after further minor modifications, to the Council of Ministers this Friday, Octob [...]	2008-10-15 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA2901	THE VIEW FROM AFAR [...] (U) In two separate September forays into southern and western areas of Afar regional state, Embassy staff found a marginalized population, neglected by formal central government structures, and dependent on their communal pastoralist lifestyle to sustain them through the three months of the y [...]	2008-10-21 15:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA2945	A/S KRAMER PRESSES PRIME MINISTER MELES ON CSO [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) David J. Kramer met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on October 20 to discuss continued United States Government (USG) concerns over Ethiopia's draft Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law and the overall narrowing of [...]	2008-10-28 07:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF EAID ECON ET
08ADDISABABA3	ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TRIAL WRAPS UP, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 26, the trial of civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie came to a conclusion after nearly two years of proceedings. In a bittersweet ending, the two remaining defendants from among the 131 originally charged in the political trial of Hailu Shawel [...]	2008-01-02 10:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA3060	PROFILE OF ETHIOPIA'S DEBT SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Although the government of Ethiopia (GoE) has assumed only minimal new official external bilateral and multilateral debt since completing two rounds of external debt relief, state-owned enterprises (SOE) are accumulating off-budget external (and domestic) debt at an alarming rate. The Go [...]	2008-11-10 04:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA3082	ETHIOPIA FRUSTRATED BY IGAD, BUT NOT DETERRED [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin on November 7 told the Ambassador that the status quo in Somalia was hopeless, and that bringing Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia/Djibouti (ARS) head Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his faction into the government would increas [...]	2008-11-12 10:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
08ADDISABABA3092	PRIME MINISTER MELES DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Professional Staff Member (PSM) Michael V. Phelan met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on November 6 to discuss potential United States support for agricultural development to enhance food security in countries and regions receiving a signifi [...]	2008-11-13 08:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR OTRA EAID ET SO
08ADDISABABA3159	GOE CLAMPS DOWN ON OROMOS, OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (C) Over the past two weeks, the Ethiopian government (GoE) has arrested at least 53 ethnic Oromos (some reports are as high as 200) and supporters of the mainstream political opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) for alleged support to the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). [...]	2008-11-20 11:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA316	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following five (5) submissions on anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 20 and 21 of reftel. Full proposals will be sent via e-mail. [...]	2008-02-11 04:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
08ADDISABABA3188	RECONCILING THE OROMO LIBERATION FRONT AND [...] (SBU) Recognizing that the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) is widely supported -- at least in principle -- among Ethiopia's largest ethnic group, Embassy Addis Ababa has long held that reconciliation between the Ethiopian Government (GoE) and OLF is critical to the long-term political st [...]	2008-11-24 09:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ET
08ADDISABABA3289	USAU: GENERATING DONOR SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The USAU Ambassador convened a meeting of the U.K., the EU, and the U.S. on December 8 to discuss the amount and kind of support each might be able to provide in order to expand and sustain AMISOM. From this initial [...]	2008-12-09 11:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UNSC AU
08ADDISABABA3298	BENZENE FUEL SUPPLY BOTTLENECK SQUEEZES MARKET [...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) decision to require regular benzene to be blended with ethanol has led to severe benzene fuel supply gaps, exacerbating an already inefficient fuel supply chain. The ethanol blending program has hampered the GoE's ability to maintain adequate benzene fu [...]	2008-12-09 14:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG ET
08ADDISABABA3343	EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Ethiopia to help the Ethiopian government (GoE) build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects hum [...]	2008-12-12 08:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ET SO
08ADDISABABA335	ETHIOPIA: TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SHUT DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest set-back for civil society in Ethiopia, the independent Ethiopian Teachers, Association (ETA),which claims to represent the bulk of Ethiopia's teachers, has had its doors shut once and for all by the judicial system. On February 7, the Supreme Court ruled that the [...]	2008-02-11 13:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA3370	REVISED POLITICAL PARTIES REGISTRATION PROCLAMATION [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's revised Political Parties Registration Proclamation (reftel) came into effect on September 24, 2008 instituting additional new reporting requirements that will further dampen opposition parties' ability to raise funds and compete in Ethiopia's ever-shrinking political space. [...]	2008-12-17 12:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA338	ETHIOPIA: CENTCOM COMMANDER AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Visiting USCENTCOM commander Admiral William J. Fallon met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on February 7 to reinforce CENTCOM's relationship with Ethiopia and to discuss regional dynamics. On Kenya, Meles suggested that the United States might look to informal non-s [...]	2008-02-11 14:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO KE
08ADDISABABA3462	IFIS' ACTIONS IN ETHIOPIA REMAIN IFFY [...] (C) As Ethiopia grapples with an increasingly dire economic crisis its need for financial and development assistance from international financial and development institutions (IFIs) is acute. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (the Bank) have not engaged the Ethiopian Govern [...]	2008-12-30 05:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV EFIN PREL IBRD ET
08ADDISABABA3467	ETHIOPIA CLAIMS MINIMAL IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (U) In statements to Parliament on October 16 and December 11, Prime Minister Meles has argued that the Ethiopian economy will be largely unaffected by the global financial crisis. Noting with pride that Ethiopia's financial system is insulated from global finance -- with foreign financial se [...]	2008-12-30 13:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN ET
08ADDISABABA3476	ETHIOPIA UNCOMPROMISING ON REJAILING OF OPPOSITION [...] (S/NF) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Meles on December 31 in an effort to secure the release from prison of prominent opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa, who had been jailed on the evening of December 29 (Reftel). Birtukan was arrested on alleged charges of violating the terms of her [...]	2008-12-31 15:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA438	ETHIOPIA'S SUGAR RUSH [...] SUMMARY: The sugar and ethanol industries have recently garnered much attention in Ethiopia, with India's ExIm Bank providing a $640 million line of credit to fund expansion of Ethiopia's state-owned Finchaa sugar factory and construction of a new factory at Tendaho. Ethiopia is expanding sugar [...]	2008-02-21 07:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON EAGR ENRG SENV ET
08ADDISABABA585	ELECTIONS HERALD 2: SLOW NEB PROGRESS; WILL [...] (SBU) In a February 14 meeting with Ambassador, National Electoral Board (NEB) Chairman Dr. Merga and Vice Chairman Dr. Adissu commented on the positive progress that the NEB has made since being appointed. While the NEB has made positive progress toward implementing the April 13 and 20 local [...]	2008-03-03 11:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID ET
08ADDISABABA596	ELECTIONS HERALD 3: SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From January 28 to February 1, Poloff and senior political FSN visited several areas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and the southern portion of the Oromiya region, to meet with opposition leaders, government administrators and NGOs in order to [...]	2008-03-04 06:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA614	ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. (U) Number of hours spent in preparation of TIP report cable: [...]	2008-03-04 10:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ET PRM ASEC PREL
08ADDISABABA615	ETHIOPIA INPUT FOR 2008 PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL AGOA REPORT [...] Post submits the following input for the 2008 President's Annual AGOA report: 2. Status: AGOA-eligible, including for textile and apparel benefits. 3. AGOA Trade and Investment: Ethiopia's 2006 exports under AGOA and its GSP provisions were valued at $7.2 million, representing 9 perce [...]	2008-03-04 14:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA ECON ET
08ADDISABABA716	MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY 2008 [...] SUMMARY -- The Ethiopian Parliament passed a law imposing taxes on the export of raw and semi-processed leather and hides; the Council of Ministers lifted 5 percent duty and 10 percent surtax on imports of computers. -- The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) adjusted domestic oil prices effective [...]	2008-03-12 12:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA910	ETHIOPIA: TIGHTER GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT OF THE [...] (SBU) In his March 18 performance report of the government to the House of People's Representatives, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi avoided commenting on political, security, or foreign policy dynamics focusing his comments instead on the state of the economy. Meles' main points were that the Et [...]	2008-04-02 14:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA929	EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW [...] (S) The Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 3 to review the Embassy's security posture following the March 18 designation of Al-Shabaab as a foreign terrorist organization FTO) (Ref A),Ethiopia's continued military involvement in Somalia, developments on [...]	2008-04-04 07:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	ASEC CASC PREL PGOV ET
08AITTAIPEI1002	Taiwan COA Minister and AIT Director Discuss [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 2 introductory call at the Council of Agriculture (COA) on new Chairman, Chen Wu- hsiung, the AIT Director raised the importance of resolving key access issues for U.S. agricultural products including beef, pork, and rice. Responding on beef, the Chairman expressed c [...]	2008-07-09 09:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1062	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI11	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI110	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 09:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1138	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused August 2-4 news coverage on the Olympic Games in Beijing; on President Ma Ying-jeou's call for "workable diplomacy" in Taiwan's foreign relations; on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; and on the domestic oil price adjustment policy. Several pa [...]	2008-08-04 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI124	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 09:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1252	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, GEORGIA [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused August 20 news coverage on the continuing investigation into former President Chen Shui-bian and his family members' alleged money laundering, and on Chinese Taipei's defeat by the United States at the Beijing Olympic baseball competitio [...]	2008-08-20 09:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1296	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 07:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1311	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1349	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU'S CROSS-STRAIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 09:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1353	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 13-15 on Typhoon Sinlaku's pounding of Taiwan over the weekend and the import of tainted Chinese milk powder to Taiwan. In terms of editorials and commentaries, the centrist, KMT-leaning "China Times" published a [...]	2008-09-15 06:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1424	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS DEALS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 27-30 on Super Typhoon Jangmi, which pounded Taiwan heavily Sunday and Monday, bringing massive rains and causing considerable damage to the island; on the House of Representatives' veto of the Bush Administration [...]	2008-10-01 01:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1450	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage October 7 on the arrest of Yeh Sheng-mao, former Director of the Ministry of Justice's Investigation Bureau (MJIB); National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Henry Tsai's remarks that SARS was a bio-chemical warfare a [...]	2008-10-07 09:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1492	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, U.S. FINANCIAL [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their October 21 news coverage on a Taiwan Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) and its two pilots that went missing near Penghu [Pescadores] Monday on a training mission; and on the continuing probe into former first family's money launderi [...]	2008-10-21 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1565	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT TALKS, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: The four agreements signed between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang and China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin Tuesday concerning the three links across the Taiwan Strait received extensive coverage in Tai [...]	2008-11-05 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1567	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese- and English-language dailies all gave significant straight news reporting and editorial coverage November 6 to the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the next U.S. president. News coverage also focused on the mass protests in Taipei Wednesday against the vis [...]	2008-11-06 09:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1572	TAIWAN: PART ONE OF 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The U.S. goods trade deficit with Taiwan was $11.9 billion in 2007, a decrease of $3.2 billion from $15.2 billion in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $26.4 billion, up 14.4 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were $38.3 billion, up 0.2 percent. Taiwan is [...]	2008-11-07 08:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN TW
08AITTAIPEI1575	TAIWAN: PART TWO OF 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Taiwan has identified both the medical device and pharmaceutical sectors as priorities for development, resulting in Taiwan agencies sometimes appearing to favor the interests of local companies over foreign firms. In addition, Taiwan bans imports from China of about 30 medical products. Due t [...]	2008-11-07 08:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN TW
08AITTAIPEI1576	TAIWAN: PART THREE OF 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Foreign certified public accountants may serve as private agents contracted by Taiwan authorities to provide notary services or conduct audits only if they pass Taiwan's public certified accountant qualification tests, although foreign CPAs are exempt from some portions of the tests. Foreign C [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN TW
08AITTAIPEI1580	TAIWAN: PART ONE OF 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The U.S. goods trade deficit with Taiwan was $11.9 billion in 2007, a decrease of $3.2 billion from $15.2 billion in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $26.4 billion, up 14.4 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Taiwan were $38.3 billion, up 0.2 percent. Taiwan is [...]	2008-11-07 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN TW
08AITTAIPEI1587	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 8-10 on students' sit-in campaign in protest of the police's excessive use of force against demonstrators during the Taiwan visit of China's Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen [...]	2008-11-10 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1635	DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL CRISIS COORDINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 21 meeting with Vice Premier Paul Chiu, the Director observed that the current APEC leaders' meeting in Peru presents a useful opportunity for Taiwan to coordinate with counterparts on the global financial crisis. He stressed U.S. interest in fast action on opening T [...]	2008-11-21 08:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR TW
08AITTAIPEI1638	TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK DARKENS, BUT FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, official GDP figures showed the Taiwan economy contracted by 1.02% year-on-year (yoy) in the third quarter, a sharply lower figure than had been predicted just weeks earlier. The government's 2008 GDP growth forecast is now 1.87%, and the official estimate for 200 [...]	2008-11-23 21:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1667	MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS IN TAIWAN, CHINESE MILITARY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage November 27-28 on the economic difficulties that Taiwan need to deal with now; on the former first family's corruption scandals; on the political confrontation in Thailand; and on the Mumbai attacks. 2. In terms of edit [...]	2008-11-28 08:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1715	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 8, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O. 13224 on November 20, 2008, for supporting terrorism. These three [...]	2008-12-11 07:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW
08AITTAIPEI1716	USTR VISIT FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During December 8-9 meetings in Taipei, USTR Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs Tim Wineland and AIT/W Director of Trade and Commercial Programs Rick Ruzicka pressed their Taiwan interlocutors on key agricultural market access issues, including beef, pork, and rice. Winel [...]	2008-12-11 08:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1719	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 12 news coverage on the Central Bank's biggest interest cuts in 26 years; the probe into former President Chen Shui-bian's corruption cases; and the police's surprise eviction of members of the "Wild Strawberry" Student Movement [...]	2008-12-12 07:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1744	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O.13224 on November 20, 2008 for supporting terrorism: --Ahmed Abdi Aw-Moh [...]	2008-12-17 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW
08AITTAIPEI1767	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused December 20-22 news coverage on the confirmation of the H5N2 avian flu epidemic situation in southern Taiwan; on the fourth KMT-CCP forum held in Shanghai; and on the local economic downturn. 2. Following the recently-concluded forum [...]	2008-12-22 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1773	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 05:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI193	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 10:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI222	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on four individuals (including Ahmed Foruzandeh) and one entity (Al Zawra Television Station) designated by the U.S. Department of Tre [...]	2008-02-19 10:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI226	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on seven individuals (including Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi) with ties to the Iraqi insurgency and the former Iraqi regime. 2. The FSC a [...]	2008-02-19 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI271	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage February 27 on the island's March presidential poll and the UN referenda; on a Taiwan policy report recently released by former U.S. officials Randall Schriver and Dan Blumenthal; on Taiwan's officials being barred from att [...]	2008-02-27 09:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI293	AIT DIRECTOR OUTLINES TRADE AGENDA WITH MOEA [...] (C) On March 4, Director met with Minister of Economic Affairs Steve Ruey-long Chen to review the bilateral trade relationship and the TIFA agenda. Chen observed that the U.S.-Taiwan economic and political relationship has been strained for the past year, but expressed hope that after the Mar [...]	2008-03-05 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EINV KIPR TW
08AITTAIPEI302	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following four individuals and one entity designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13438 on January 9, 2008: Four individu [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI303	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following individual designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13224 on December 6, 2007: --Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi, and th [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI422	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, U.S. [...] Summary: The Chinese-language and English-language dailies in Taiwan gave significant reporting and editorial coverage March 22-24 to Saturday's presidential election, in which KMT's Ma Ying-jeou won a landslide victory over DPP's Frank Hsieh. The two controversial referenda proposed by the K [...]	2008-03-24 23:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI430	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their March 25 news coverage on the aftermath of Taiwan's presidential election last Saturday, including the soaring Taiwan stock index and NT dollar appreciation Monday, the new cabinet to be formed by president-elect Ma Ying [...]	2008-03-25 08:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI462	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their March 29-31 news coverage on their interviews with president-election Ma Ying-jeou Friday, who talked about his views on the future of cross-Strait relations, Taipei-Washington relations, and Taiwan's domestic policies; on AIT Chai [...]	2008-03-31 08:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI480	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 08:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI510	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 11 on vice president-elect Vincent Siew's attendance at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) and Siew's expected meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao; on the Ministry of National Defense (MND)'s alleged violation of free [...]	2008-04-11 12:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI560	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA AND TIBET, IRAQ [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their April 23 news coverage on the recent announcement of the new Cabinet appointments; on a group of Chinese real estate tycoons' visit to Taiwan; and on president-elect Ma Ying-jeou's platform to levy an energy tax in the f [...]	2008-04-23 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI654	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 10-12 on the continuing investigation into Taiwan's Papua New Guinea diplomatic fund scandal; on the sudden death of Taiwan's Interior Minister-designate Liao Fung-te; and on the lineup of Taiwan's President-elect Ma Yi [...]	2008-05-12 09:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI675	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 09:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI704	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU'S INAUGURAL SPEECH [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant news reporting and editorial coverage May 21 to President Ma Ying-jeou's inauguration ceremony and his inaugural speech Tuesday, in which he emphasized that both sides across the Taiwan Strait will resume dialogue based on the " [...]	2008-05-21 12:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI771	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 23:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI808	VICE PRESIDENT SIEW OUTLINES TAIWAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 10 meeting with ADIR and visiting AIT/W Director for Trade and Commercial Policy, Vice President Vincent Siew said the Ma administration is now concentrating on inflation control, stimulating domestic demand, and expanding cross-Strait economic ties through implementing [...]	2008-06-10 07:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PROG PREL TW CH
08AITTAIPEI845	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT TALKS, TAIWAN-JAPAN DISPUTE, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage on June 17 to the dispute between Taiwan and Japan over the Diaoyutai (generally anglicized in Taiwan as "Tiaoyutai") Islands and to the resignation of Taiwan's representative to Japan. Local newspapers devo [...]	2008-06-17 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI873	CROSS-STRAIT LIBERALIZATION WILL BOOST TAIWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the July 11-14 SEF-ARATS agreements (ref a) to implement cross-Strait weekend charter flights and ease restrictions on PRC tourist travel to Taiwan, the Taiwan travel and tourism sector is anticipating a shot in the arm from an expected surge in Chinese visitors. T [...]	2008-06-19 23:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI964	TAIWAN: RESULT OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T conducted telephone interviews and a site visit with the foreign consignee Super Wong Industrial Company (Super Wong). While AIT/T's findings confirmed the bona fides of the consignee, it appears Super Wong may have previously received the subject technology an [...]	2008-07-03 07:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TW
08AITTAIPEI966	MEDIA REACTION: THE LAUCHING OF DIRECT CHARTER FLIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08ALGIERS1003	RESURGENCE OF "ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM" TARGETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Bouteflika's public blaming of foreign investors for Algeria's lagging economy outside of the hydrocarbons sector (ref A),the Algerian government has begun to impose new taxes and restrictions on foreign companies doing business here. Apparently sobered by t [...]	2008-09-16 16:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON AG
08ALGIERS1087	INTERIOR MINISTRY SNUFFS EBERT CENTER EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of October 4, the interior ministry quietly informed the Friedrich Ebert Center in Algiers that the political discussion it had organized for the following morning would not take place and "was not appreciated." The October 5 event, a debate on the 20th anniversa [...]	2008-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1120	FINANCE MINISTER DETERMINED TO BUILD PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Karim Djoudi told the Ambassador that Algeria's economic situation is generally strong, and that Algeria will weather the current global economic crisis relatively unscathed. Djoudi shared his vision for the Algerian economy, and said that his priority now lie [...]	2008-10-15 17:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AG
08ALGIERS1147	NUCLEAR ENERGY IN ALGERIA: U.S. COOPERATION BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as countries such as France, Russia, China and Argentina have pursued nuclear cooperation agreements with Algeria, Algerian experts and French diplomats say Algeria is still 20 to 30 years away from developing nuclear power. A team of experts from Lawrence Livermore Nationa [...]	2008-10-22 15:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL IAEA AG
08ALGIERS1172	2009 GOVERNMENT BUDGET PAINTS ROSY PICTURE [...] SUMMARY. The Algerian parliament approved the government's 2009 budget with few amendments. Spending will increase six percent over 2008 levels, and the budget law estimates economic growth of 4.1 percent overall and 6.6 percent outside of the hydrocarbons sector. The budget uses an oil re [...]	2008-11-04 17:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV AG
08ALGIERS1232	CROSSING THE ALGERIAN BORDER: AVENUES FOR REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Economic integration in the Maghreb is effectively blocked by the physical border closure between Algeria and Morocco. While there may be hope for a "quiet" rapprochement on the Moroccan side (ref A),Algerian policy makers voice such ardent, public distrust of their Moroccan co [...]	2008-11-19 08:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL ENRG ECON AG

08ALGIERS1282	UNDER THE TLEMCEN SUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fertile farming region that is home to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and a disproportionate number of his ministers and advisers, the western wilaya (province) of Tlemcen appears at first glance to be a step ahead of other Algerian cities in reviving its economy and education [...]	2008-12-09 12:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR MO CN AG
08ALGIERS1307	CENTRAL BANK CHIEF STAYS THE REGULATORY COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bank of Algeria Governor Mohamed Laksaci told the Ambassador December 7 that he and his organization are focused almost to a fault on bank regulation rather than on financial system modernization. Laksaci has been with the central bank in various positions since 1990, and remain [...]	2008-12-18 08:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS143	STALE BUT NOT YET ROTTED: AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN [...] SUMMARY: Algeria's agriculture sector has been stagnant for years because of a combination of factors that includes decades of Soviet-style government agrarian policies, underdeveloped industrial transportation systems, drought, and terrorist activity that disrupted business and distracted g [...]	2008-02-09 06:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS191	ALGERIA GOES WTO SHOPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 4 visit of European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to Algiers, EU diplomats told us the Algerians were "forthcoming and eager" on WTO accession, but the Europeans remain skeptical of rapid progress. They felt the Algerians were shopping for the ea [...]	2008-02-20 09:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTO ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS205	TIP DVC DEEPENS DIALOGUE [...] (U) A digital video conference on February 19 between Department officials and Algerian counterparts was the latest step in our ongoing engagement with the Algerian government on trafficking in persons. Representing the Algerian government were MFA U.S. desk officer Rachid Ouali, MFA director [...]	2008-02-24 07:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF AG
08ALGIERS208	ALGERIA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the 2003 enactment of TRIPs-compliant legislation, Algeria has demonstrated it is capable of active and prompt attention to intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes (ref B),but progress has been sporadic and inconsistent rather than systematic. Although some Algerian [...]	2008-02-24 14:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AG
08ALGIERS248	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 13:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS253	OFFICIAL INFLATION STATS MASK STUNTED MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although official figures show a relatively modest inflation rate of 3.5 percent, Algerians are complaining loudly about the high and rising cost of living in Algeria. Economists and even Algerian government officials argue that official inflation calculations underestimate what [...]	2008-03-03 13:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR AG
08ALGIERS254	ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL: GOT GAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALGERIAN ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL TOLD OPIC CEO MOSBACHER FEBRUARY 23 THAT ALTHOUGH ALGERIA CAN MEET ITS CURRENT NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS AND INTERNAL CONSUMPTION DEMAND, THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO FIND MORE GAS. IN ORDER TO INCREASE GAS CAPACITY, KHELIL SAID THAT HYDROCARBON PARASTATAL SON [...]	2008-03-03 13:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD AG
08ALGIERS255	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS258	OFFICIAL INFLATION STATS MASK STUNTED MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although official figures show a relatively modest inflation rate of 3.5 percent, Algerians are complaining loudly about the high and rising cost of living in Algeria. Economists and even Algerian government officials argue that official inflation calculations underestimate what [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR AG
08ALGIERS262	ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL: GOT GAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALGERIAN ENERGY MINISTER KHELIL TOLD OPIC CEO MOSBACHER FEBRUARY 23 THAT ALTHOUGH ALGERIA CAN MEET ITS CURRENT NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS AND INTERNAL CONSUMPTION DEMAND, THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO FIND MORE GAS. IN ORDER TO INCREASE GAS CAPACITY, KHELIL SAID THAT HYDROCARBON PARASTATAL SON [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD AG
08ALGIERS291	APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS PRESS DEFAMATION VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 4 an appellate court in Jijel upheld a May 27, 2007 verdict against the director of French-language daily El Watan and its lead columnist. The two were convicted of defaming Ahmed Maabed, the wali (governor) of Jijel. They were sentenced to two months in prison and ord [...]	2008-03-10 17:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO AG
08ALGIERS293	ALGERIAN OFFICIALS PRIVATELY BACKTRACK ON [...] (C) MFA Counselor Ambassador Abdallah Baali (protect) pulled Ambassador aside after a discussion about the Western Sahara (septel) to discuss privately the Algerian government's public criticism of the American Embassy (refs). Baali said he had asked the Director General (roughly equivalent [...]	2008-03-11 12:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AG
08ALGIERS332	WOULD THE REAL AUTONOMOUS UNIONS PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first two months of 2008 have witnessed a coordinated level of independent labor union activity on a nationwide scale. The strikes of early 2008 appear to have been effective in mobilizing participants across the entire country. The three major nationwide strikes so far this [...]	2008-03-20 09:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI AG
08ALGIERS437	PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is scheduled to hold its next presidential election in April 2009. Parliamentary and local elections in 2007 saw very low turnout and our contacts warn us of broad disinterest in the political system. In order to help avoid radicalization of some elements of the disench [...]	2008-04-21 16:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AG
08ALGIERS465	SLIPPING TOWARDS ADDICTION: ALGERIA'S EVOLVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is evolving from primarily a transit point for drugs entering Europe into a destination and producer of drugs. The first few months of 2008 have featured a wave of front-page press reports on domestic drug production, announcing that areas of the southern Sahel region ar [...]	2008-04-24 09:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAGR PREL PTER ECON AG
08ALGIERS481	PACKAGING AND REPACKAGING ALGERIA'S WTO BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's chief WTO negotiators said in press interviews surrounding an Algerian Senate-sponsored conference about Algerian WTO membership negotiations that Algeria's WTO bid was in an "advanced state" and that they are preparing for a new round of talks that they expect to occur [...]	2008-04-28 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS493	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...]	2008-05-03 05:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD
08ALGIERS494	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...]	2008-05-03 05:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD
08ALGIERS537	ALGERIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 2008 [...] The following is a summary of some economic developments in Algeria for April 2008: -- NEW SUBSIDIES TO STABILIZE FOOD PRICES -- NEW PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT OPENS IN ALGERIA -- FOREIGN INSURERS ENTER THE ALGERIAN MARKET -- SONATRACH COMMERCIALIZES GAS SALES TO EUROPE PRICE CHECK: ALGERIA [...]	2008-05-12 10:52:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EPET ETRD AG
08ALGIERS690	COMMERCE MINISTER SAYS PRIVATIZATION WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaboub told the Ambassador that Algeria is determined to go forward with the privatization of public enterprises, but admitted that it has more parastatals than interested buyers. Djaboub said he noted a trend over the last decade within the govern [...]	2008-06-13 10:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV AG
08ALGIERS773	ALGERIA FREES UP PUBLIC LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algeria has moved to free up industrial and commercial property for private development by auctioning parcels of land in the growing community of Blida, near Algiers, a move Industry Minister Abdelhamid Temmar called a "micro-revolution." The newly-formed National Agency for Lan [...]	2008-07-08 15:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON AG
08ALGIERS780	EVANGELICAL CONVERTS RECEIVE FINES, SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two Algerian Christians, Rachid Seghir and Djammal Dahmani, were convicted on July 2 of proselytizing and illegally practicing a non-Muslim religion. The Algerian court fined the defendants 100,000 dinars (1,540 USD) and handed out six-month suspended prison sentences. Non-Mus [...]	2008-07-09 17:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF AG
08ALGIERS800	CODEL MCCOLLUM MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 meeting with Codel McCollum, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia proved surprisingly forthcoming about Algeria's past mistakes and his own aggressive anti-Islamist credentials, while professing support for WTO accession and religious freedom within Algeria. His offered some [...]	2008-07-16 14:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS904	ALGERIA HAS NO GAS TO SPARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite speculation in the press and pleas from Moroccan officials regarding new sales of Algerian natural gas to Morocco (ref A),as we have previously reported (refs B, C),Algeria will likely have little or no excess gas export capacity starting in 2009, and might face an expo [...]	2008-08-13 17:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ECON PREL MO AG
08ALGIERS930	NEW FINANCE LAW MIXES PROTECTIONISM AND FITFUL [...] SUMMARY: The 2008 supplemental finance law adopted on July 27 raised the per-barrel oil price used to calculate government revenue and included measures to stimulate business growth and develop the country's moribund agricultural sector. At the same time, the law alienated many with a contro [...]	2008-08-23 07:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD AG
08AMMAN1107	Jordan's Implementation of the International Health [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) held a meeting March 31 of focal points from all relevant GOJ ministries, and local representatives of concerned non-governmental organizations and international organizations, to discuss requirements under the International Health Regulations (IHR). Jordan's Mi [...]	2008-04-15 09:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL AORC WHO JO
08AMMAN1121	JORDAN AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Jordan's security interests in a Palestinian state are manifold, and felt very deeply both at the senior levels and in the street. The GOJ rejects any suggestion that Jordan assume security responsibilities in the West Bank, or that the fulfillment of Palestinian national aspirations be [...]	2008-04-15 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO
08AMMAN1265	ROYAL COURT CHIEF AWADALLAH TELL S/I SATTERFIELD [...] (C) Summary: In a discussion with Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah on April 17, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to consider the significant accomplishments the Baghdad government has made recently, particularly the resp [...]	2008-04-24 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	IR PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN1325	2008 SWANEE HUNT AWARD NOMINATION [...] Per Reftel, post nominates Ms. Basma Amawi, senior Cultural Affairs Specialist at U.S. Embassy Amman. Citation: "For advancing the public role of Jordanian women and helping empower them in the judicial and political spheres. Ms. Amawi undertook sustained, outstanding, and creative use of ex [...]	2008-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AMGT APER JO
08AMMAN1395	THE PILLARS OF OFFICIAL ISLAM IN JORDAN [...] (C) Official Islam in Jordan -- or government-sanctioned and -controlled Islamic institutions -- consists of three main pillars that run the Islamic affairs of the state: 1) the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites; 2) the Department of the Supreme Justice; and 3) the National Fatw [...]	2008-05-08 09:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
08AMMAN146	JORDAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] Since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne in 1999, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward- oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in the info [...]	2008-01-15 09:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR
08AMMAN1465	REVISED LAW ON ASSOCIATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament will likely consider the new draft of an associations law during a June extraordinary session. The previous draft, widely criticized as too restrictive, was withdrawn by the PM in January. As currently written, the new law consolidates responsibility for reg [...]	2008-05-14 06:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1533	DEBATE OVER PUBLIC GATHERINGS LAW BALANCES CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is working on a new public gatherings law which will replace the much-criticized statute now in force. As the system currently operates, requests for demonstrations and public meetings must be approved by the regional governor. The criteria by which those re [...]	2008-05-20 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN1558	JORDANIAN TOURISM EXECUTIVES SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT INDUSTRY [...] Summary: The World Economic Forum (WEF) in its second annual Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report ranked Jordan 53rd out of 130 rated countries, a drop from 46th in 2007. During a conference sponsored by USAID, 200 tourism executives criticized the report's methodology and discussed the i [...]	2008-05-22 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EAID SOCI JO
08AMMAN1579	KING AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS PEACE PROCESS, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, a delegation of eleven Congressional staffers met with King Abdullah and Queen Rania as part of a trip organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The King was relatively downbeat on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Lebanon. He identified events [...]	2008-05-26 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KWBG IS IZ LE JO
08AMMAN1612	GROWING DEMAND AND PRICES FOR POTASH AND PHOSPHATE: JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: With growing world demand and rising prices, the combined exports of fertilizer, potash, and phosphate replaced apparel as Jordan's top export worldwide in the first quarter of 2008. The Chairman of the Arab Potash Company (APC) confirmed rapidly growing profits, prices, and stoc [...]	2008-05-28 08:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD JO
08AMMAN1616	JORDAN TESTING A RANGE OF PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE MORE ANIMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's current animal feed subsidy program is based on an inaccurate count of sheep and goats, and consumes a steadily increasing share of the Government of Jordan's (GOJ) budget. An animal tagging project is expected to decrease the fodder subsidy by USD 87 million. As it mo [...]	2008-05-28 10:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN JO
08AMMAN1639	Jordan Strikes Deal for Israeli Water Assistance; Domestic [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is preparing for a rough summer of water supply constraints, a result of the recent winter providing less precipitation than expected. To mitigate the impact, Jordan has reached an agreement with Israel in which the latter will provide an additional 11 million cubic mete [...]	2008-06-01 11:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR PGOV PREL JO IS
08AMMAN1666	STAFFDEL DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, REGIONAL EVENTS, [...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Jordan organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a ten-member U.S. congressional staffdel met with a variety of senior figures, including Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, Advisor to the Chief of Defense [...]	2008-06-03 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KIRF KPAL IS SY IZ IR LE JO
08AMMAN1725	PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN, PART 2: [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second cable of a four-part series examining the world of Jordan's Palestinian refugee camps. Part one focused on the different categories of refugees, and the basic structure of the camp system as it exists in Jordan. Part two will examine the isolation of the camps [...]	2008-06-10 08:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PREF JO
08AMMAN1736	SATELLITE GARMENT FACTORIES BEING ESTABLISHED TO [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has started a pilot project with garment companies already established in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) to build satellite factories with 100% Jordanian workforces outside the QIZs in rural areas of high female unemployment. The goal is to [...]	2008-06-10 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KTEX PGOV JO
08AMMAN1821	JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO G/TIP REPORT: SURPISED AT [...] (U) Summary: Following Post delivery of Ref A points and an advance copy of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Jordan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there has been moderate press coverage and limited civil society reaction. The general feeling among media, civil society, and go [...]	2008-06-19 11:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM QIZ JO
08AMMAN1859	JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO G/TIP REPORT: SURPISED AT [...] (U) Summary: Following Post delivery of Ref A points and an advance copy of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on Jordan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there has been moderate press coverage and limited civil society reaction. The general feeling among media, civil society, and go [...]	2008-06-23 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM QIZ JO
08AMMAN1903	LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT PASSES SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Lower House of Parliament passed a 500 million JD ($705 million) supplemental budget for 2008 in early June. The supplement includes funds for fuel subsidies provided in January and February, wheat and fodder subsidies, increased civil servant salaries, and some c [...]	2008-06-29 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN1983	JORDANIAN FOREIGN POLICY REACHES INTO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Jordan, with the heavy personal engagement of King Abdullah, has been reaching beyond the Middle East for partners on a variety of energy, economic, and political issues. Of particular note are the efforts expended on improving and expanding ties with former Soviet republics in [...]	2008-07-02 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KISL ZK ZJ TU IR JO
08AMMAN1997	Jordan's Electricity Sector Providing High-Quality Service [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Electricity demand in Jordan grew 13% in 2007 to reach 2,100 megawatts (MW). In response to rising fuel prices, the Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) raised electricity tariffs in mid-March 2008, which has hel [...]	2008-07-07 08:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON KPAO JO
08AMMAN2132	Jordan's Jewelry Sector Has Potential to Export More to the [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to USTR inquiries on opportunities for Jordan to increase exports of gold and silver jewelry to the U.S. (ref A). Jordan has registered about 275 factories and workshops of gold and other jewelry, which are mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that cat [...]	2008-07-16 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO
08AMMAN2206	LABOR LAW: WORKER PROTECTION IMPROVED, BUT FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Four of six proposed amendments to Jordan's Labor Law - including one expanding its coverage to domestic and agricultural workers - were endorsed by the Parliament during its special session. However, an amendment that would have allowed Jordan's legal foreign workers - 450,000 [...]	2008-07-22 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV JO
08AMMAN2292	"WHAT ABOUT OUR PRISONERS?" JORDANIANS ASK AFTER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordan's front pages have been crowded over the past two weeks with demands from local figures and advocacy groups for the release of four Jordanians, currently detained in Jordanian jails, who were turned over by Israel in July of 2007 (Ref A). These groups, includi [...]	2008-07-31 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER JO IS
08AMMAN2366	Jordanian Request for Assistance to Address Food Security [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: Jordan is a net importer of food, and the continuing global increase in food and agricultural commodity prices could not have come at a worse time. Government of Jordan (GOJ) efforts to lower its debt burden, such as buying back $2 billion in debt from Paris [...]	2008-08-12 10:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON SOCI JO
08AMMAN2381	AFTER IRAQ VIST, JORDAN'S KING TO PUSH PEERS TO [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and the senior officials who accompanied him to Iraq on August 11 consider the visit a success, and one that will lead to intensified bilateral contacts. The King also hopes to use the example he has just set to convince other Arab leaders to follow suit. Our cont [...]	2008-08-13 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EPET IZ JO
08AMMAN2414	IN REVERSAL, JORDAN SET TO RELEASE "QAFQAFA FOUR" [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian government appears set to release soon the four prisoners whom Israel turned over to Jordan in July 2007. The government justifies the move - which on the surface seems to contradict a bilateral Israeli-Jordanian understanding that they were to remain in jail for 1 [...]	2008-08-18 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER JO IS
08AMMAN2483	MFA SEES ISRAEL AS NONRESPONSIVE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) PolOff spoke on August 25 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Planning and Research Director Omar Nahar, the MFA's pointman on the subject of a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate. The conversation took place days after Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir's convocation of the P5 and ot [...]	2008-08-25 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG
08AMMAN2490	PLANS FOR INCREASING COMPETITION IN JORDAN'S MOBILE PHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of mobile phone subscribers in Jordan has risen to 4.8 million and represents an 84% penetration rate with possible room for growth. Jordan is currently served by four incumbent providers who view amenities as new ways to generate revenue. The Telecommunications Regu [...]	2008-08-26 08:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV TINT JO
08AMMAN264	STAFFDEL CAMMACK VIEWS IRAQIS IN JORDAN THROUGH [...] (C) Summary: During their January 6-7 visit to Amman, Staffdel Cammack (Senate Committee staff members Perry Cammack and Sharon Waxman) visited with senior GOJ officials and were shepherded though Amman by UNHCR, which gave them open access to its registration office, community centers, medic [...]	2008-01-24 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO
08AMMAN2669	SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET NEEDED FOR SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Finance has drafted a temporary law for a second supplemental budget of $106 million to cover additional social safety net payments to civil servants, retirees, armed forces members, and welfare recipients. The supplement will be funded by an equivalent $106 mil [...]	2008-09-15 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN2696	DESPITE SLOWDOWN IN CEMENT DEMAND, JORDAN'S PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: After five years of 10-15% growth in cement demand and 3.8% growth in production, domestic demand for cement in Jordan has begun to drop due to inflation and a slow down in construction. Despite this trend, Jordan's annual cement production is set to double from 4.5 to 11 million t [...]	2008-09-18 10:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV JO
08AMMAN2701	ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS: A COMPARATIVE VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Civil society's suggested amendments to the Law on Associations are ambitious and far-reaching. Many of them touch on sensitive areas which may produce an adverse government reaction. The amendments would largely take the power of government oversight away from cabinet ministe [...]	2008-09-18 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN279	MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 17 meeting with environmental attorney Diane Bodman (wife of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman),Minister of Environment Khaled Irani provided a historical perspective on Jordan's environmental issues, the strong relationship of the government with environmental NGOs, [...]	2008-01-27 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
08AMMAN2819	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 12-14 VISIT OF ISN PDAS [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the October 13-14 visit to Jordan of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau PDAS McNerney. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement [...]	2008-10-09 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN2822	JORDAN DECLARES COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING TIP DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) discussed steps taken by the GOJ to eliminate trafficking conditions in Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and solutions to deal with trafficking-relate [...]	2008-10-09 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP BG ID CE RP IN JO
08AMMAN2941	MAJALI SPREADS THE WEALTH IN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament spent the first week of its ordinary session electing its leadership. Abdulhadi Al-Majali comfortably won re-election to the speakership, and his National Democratic Trend parceled out leadership jobs and committee chairmanships with the National Fraternal Blo [...]	2008-10-26 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
08AMMAN2945	INFLATION PUSHES WOMEN IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff recently met with forty women in the Wahdat and Zarqa Palestinian refugee camps to talk about the impact inflation is having on their daily lives. While the conservative culture of the camps is still a barrier to employment, economic necessity is pushing an increasing n [...]	2008-10-27 06:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ECON PGOV KPAL KWMN JO
08AMMAN2965	IMPLEMENTING MUGHRABI GATE PROJECT REMAINS [...] (C) The MFA's Director of Policy Planning and Research, Omar Nahar - Post's primary GOJ contact on the matter of planned construction of a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount - gave PolOff a readout of the GOJ's latest views on October 21. The meeting [...]	2008-10-28 11:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN2982	Jordan's 2009 Budget Grows Deficit with Bonuses and [...] (U) Summary: The Finance Ministry presented the $8.69 billion 2009 central budget to Parliament on October 26. The budget is 8.2% larger than 2008 because of growing capital expenditures including the King's housing initiative, as well as bonuses for civil servants and pensioners. This budge [...]	2008-10-30 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN2994	GOJ Officials Confirm to ISN PDAS Jordan's Commitment to [...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashi [...]	2008-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO
08AMMAN3079	Jordan Media Reaction to Obama Election [...] Summary: nearly all columnists and editors writing in the Jordanian press today welcomed the election of Senator Obama as the next U.S. President, with the dominant theme being that he would bring very positive change to an America allegedly tarnished by the bush presidency. Following are exc [...]	2008-11-06 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO KMDR PREL
08AMMAN3122	JORDANIAN-QATARI RELATIONS START TO THAW IN BUSINESS AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi led a high-level November 8-9 delegation to Qatar which included the Ministers of Labor, Industry and Trade, and Media Affairs. According to press reports, Jordan and Qatar agreed to establish a joint investment fund, with up to $1 billion from Qatar, and to se [...]	2008-11-17 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO QA
08AMMAN3125	IRAQI MEDIA OUTLETS BASED IN JORDAN: PROFILES [...] (U) A number of Iraqi satellite television channels have established operations in Amman since 2005. These channels offer news and entertainment programming aimed at primarily Sunni audiences in Iraq and in neighboring countries. Following is a profile of the major channels, based on intervie [...]	2008-11-17 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR IZ JO
08AMMAN3136	Two-Day Strike by Truckers Results in Some Fuel Shortages; [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixty-five Jordanian oil transportation companies held a two-day strike on November 13 and 14 in protest of what they consider to be low transportation fees paid by the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JRPC) and an alleged unfair bidding process for the transport of oil from I [...]	2008-11-19 10:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN EPET JO IZ
08AMMAN3167	U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian Foreign Ministry hosted senior department officials and Embassy Amman for the kick-off of a strategic policy dialogue on November 17. The dialogue is an offshoot of the assistance Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in September with the GOJ, outlining furthe [...]	2008-11-20 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
08AMMAN3171	JORDAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past six months, Jordan made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons. Progress includes an increase in trafficking-related cases being tried, the approval of a joint labor inspector and police investigation unit, the creation of a Humanitarian and L [...]	2008-11-23 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN IZ IS SY ID
08AMMAN3173	IN SPITE OF GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES JORDANIANS ARE [...] (U) Summary: After years of steady GDP growth near 6% and inflation near 5%, skyrocketing inflation in Jordan in 2008 has dwarfed wage growth and created new challenges for GOJ. While wages have increased an estimated 25% since 2002, the Consumer Price Index has increased an average of 44%, an [...]	2008-11-23 10:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI JO
08AMMAN3262	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS PUSH THE LIMITS WITH GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) has recently launched a campaign to lift the siege on Gaza with a series of rallies and petitions and the proposed dispatch of a ship of humanitarian supplies. On December 3, IAF members staged a walkout in Parliament when [...]	2008-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3292	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT OF [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the December 14-16 visit to Jordan of Codel Dorgan. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summa [...]	2008-12-11 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JO OREP PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3329	U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE ADDRESSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Following the signature of a joint MOU on assistance September 22, the first session of a U.S.-Jordan political dialogue convened in Amman on November 17 (Reftel). Jordan was represented by FM Salah Al-Bashir and members of his staff, while the American side was represented by S [...]	2008-12-17 09:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS JO
08AMMAN3335	JORDAN: THE DAHABI GOVERNMENT, ONE YEAR ON [...] (C) Summary. A year after taking office, Jordan's PM Nader Dahabi and his government enjoy strong support from the political elite and average Jordanians. Ongoing concerns about the economy remain, but Dahabi and his government have successfully explained the need for restructuring in the fa [...]	2008-12-17 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM JO
08AMMAN3359	Proposed QIZ Satellite Garment Factories Adhering to [...] (U) As requested ref A, Emboffs have sought to verify that the ten proposed Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) satellite factories are creating new job opportunities for rural Jordanians and not currently exporting garments under the QIZ agreement. 2. (U) Of the ten areas identified by the G [...]	2008-12-23 03:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON KTEX JO
08AMMAN3368	IPR PIRACY AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THREATEN GROWTH AND [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's Information Technology (IT) sector grew 15% in 2007, but 2008 statistics, when released, are expected to reflect a decline because of the worldwide economic slowdown. Nevertheless, for a country which lacks natural resources, but has an abundance of educated human capital [...]	2008-12-23 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT ETRD KIPR JO
08AMMAN3385	SUCCESSFUL JORDANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT STUDY TOUR [...] SUMMARY: A ten-person Jordanian delegation from the Ministry of Environment (MOE),the Environmental Rangers, and the Royal Society for Conservation of Nature (RSCN),participated in an October 22-November 4, 2008, Inspection and Enforcement study tour in the U.S. The comprehensive study tour [...]	2008-12-28 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
08AMMAN391	THE RIGHT OF RETURN: WHAT IT MEANS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: The right of return for Palestinians is one of the issues at the heart of the debate over what it means to be Jordanian. Though our GOJ interlocutors insist that the theoretical option of return remains, they are now more engaged with the issue of compensation, both for individua [...]	2008-02-06 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KPAL JO
08AMMAN410	PHILIPPINE GOVERMENT BARS WORKERS FROM JORDAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 17, the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment announced a temporary ban on Filipino workers going to Jordan due to the "growing number of distressed Filipino workers being housed in the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Jordan". Philippine diplomats in Amm [...]	2008-02-07 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM JO RP CE
08AMMAN551	Jordan's Trade Deficit Widens Significantly [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's trade deficit increased 23.4% to $7.8 billion in 2007, equivalent to about one-half of its GDP (reftels). Jordanian economists attribute the expanding trade gap primarily to a 17.2% increase in imports, which reached $13.5 billion. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) reported [...]	2008-02-21 10:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
08AMMAN605	AS FUEL SUBSIDIES VANISH, JORDANIAN POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary: Now that Jordan's parliament has endorsed a budget free from fuel subsidies (Refs A & B),politicians are beginning to talk about how the decision will impact the political world. Among members of parliament, the government gets high marks for preparing public opinion for the re [...]	2008-02-26 07:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JO
08AMMAN655	DOMESTIC IT SECTOR GROWS DESPITE LURE OF DUBAI [...] (U) Summary: The Jordanian information technology (IT) sector grew an estimated 25 percent in 2007, and is exploiting strong technical, entrepreneurial and Arabic cultural awareness skills. A growing mobile and broadband internet telecommunications sector is a strong complement, and the govern [...]	2008-03-02 06:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EINV TINT JO
08AMMAN705	JORDANIAN IDENTITY POLITICS TRUMP GENDER CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The issue of who can and cannot transmit citizenship is an ongoing concern of many women in Jordan, and was revived in the public consciousness during recent parliamentary elections. Jordanian women married to non-Jordanian men do not transmit citizenship to their children. This create [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KPAL KDEM JO
08AMMAN76	STAFFDEL DIAMOND DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA, [...] (C) Summary: During the visit of Staffdel Diamond to Jordan January 6-7, the group discussed the peace process, Jordanian relations with Syria, Iraqi refugee issues, and nuclear energy with Jordanian officials. Interlocutors stressed the need for concrete steps that would create immediate t [...]	2008-01-09 07:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ENRG JO IS SY
08AMMAN772	JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...]	2008-03-10 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO
08AMMAN776	JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...]	2008-03-11 09:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
08AMMAN949	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DISI WATER PSC [...] (SBU) Summary: In order to foster greater efficiency in Jordan's water sector, post recommended a series of conditions precedent (CPs) related to water reform as part of the annual cash transfer portion of ESF to the Government of Jordan (GOJ),which the GOJ has agreed in principle to implement [...]	2008-03-31 09:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV SENV JO
08ANKARA1	TURKEY'S 2008 ENERGY SECTOR PRIORITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told the Ambassador December 28 that energy issues will continue to play a central role in the GOT's domestic and foreign policy agendas for 2008. Guler noted three main priorities: 1) expanded investment [...]	2008-01-01 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1000	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1006	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1022	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (C) Summary. FM Ali Babacan is projecting a business-as-usual image as Turkey's domestic political situation continues to roil over the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). With the Prime Ministry focused on Iraq issues and the Presidency tracking Turkey's relations with A [...]	2008-06-02 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID TU
08ANKARA1023	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1025	EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) This report was coordinated with FAS Ankara. 2. (C) Summary: Agricultural Biotechnology is a very sensitive subject in Turkey about which there currently is little public debate. Turkey is taking its lead on biotech policy from Europe, in part due to its desire to join the European Un [...]	2008-06-03 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO TU

08ANKARA1026	TURKEY: WHY INVESTORS ARE NERVOUS [...] Summary: Both economic and financial indicators show the honeymoon is over for the Turkish economy. Expectations are negative and Turkish assets are losing value. Our investment banking contacts see more nervousness from investors, occasionally setting Turkey apart from other emerging mark [...]	2008-06-03 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1029	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1040	TURKEY/IRAN: NO STATEMENT ON IAEA REPORT, [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Department Head for Iranian Affairs Devrim Ozturk and MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Bora Kerimoglu on June 3. Ozturk offered the following response: -- Turkey appreciates the reftel information and has been studying the IAE [...]	2008-06-04 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IR
08ANKARA105	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1054	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1057	TURKISH GENERALS SPEAK OUT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: At a June 5-6 symposium on the Middle East in Istanbul organized by the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) Strategic Studies Research Center, TGS Chief General Buyukanit provided a pessimistic outlook on the Middle East in remarks characterized by implicit criticism of the West. Buyuk [...]	2008-06-09 03:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR IS SY
08ANKARA1061	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1070	TURKEY: GULER UPBEAT ON GAS SUPPLY POST-NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan,s meeting with Azerbaijan President Aliyev June 4 in Naxchivan may have produced enough agreement on new Azeri gas supplies for Turkey to unblock the Nabucco and Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas transit negotiations, Energy Minister Guler suggested to Ambassador June 9. [...]	2008-06-10 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1071	TURKEY UNVEILS SCHEDULE FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. On May 30 and June 4, we met with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel and MFA Energy Issues Department Head Berris Ekinci, respectively. Both understood that Turkey is being blamed for lack of progress on Nabucco and they detailed a re-invigorated GOT approach to Nabucco t [...]	2008-06-10 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1074	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1076	TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...]	2008-06-10 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU
08ANKARA1081	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1085	BOTAS CONFIRMS SOCAR GAS OFFER [...] (C) Summary. June 4 talks between PM Erdogan and Azerbaijan President Aliev resulted in a SOCAR offer to sell 50% of the Shah Deniz phase II export volumes to Turkey (roughly 5 bcm),BOTAS Chairman Duzyol told the Ambassador on June 11. Duzyol went on at length about Turkey's need for gas; [...]	2008-06-12 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1088	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1090	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1098	EXPERT VIEWS ON TURKISH MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week with Central Bank (CBRT) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) managers, we heard similar complaints about GOT shortfalls in economic management and fiscal policy. Central Bank Markets Department Manager Cigdem Kose said the CBRT will have trouble [...]	2008-06-13 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA11	TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL'S JANUARY VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Abdullah Gul is Turkey's first president to visit Washington since 1999. He took office in August following a sharp confrontation between the government and military in April and an overwhelming Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory in parliamentary elections in July. Gul's move f [...]	2008-01-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU
08ANKARA1121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 06:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1134	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1135	EU REACTIONS TO TURKISH CLOSURE CASE [...] (c) UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird has expressed concern to Ambassador about where EU thinking may be heading on reactions to the AKP closure case. Of immediate concern, Baird understands that Enlargement Commissioner Rehn now believes a Constitutional Court ruling to close the party and [...]	2008-06-18 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
08ANKARA1138	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR AND MFA U/S APAKAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan, Ambassador urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the P5 1 package (ref a),sought MFA's assistance in modernizing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in counterterrorism, and recommended Turkey do more to develop a coordinated message on Nabucc [...]	2008-06-18 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN TU
08ANKARA1145	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1149	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1150	TURKEY: ISRAEL-SYRIA PEACE TALKS' DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Since the media began reporting on the latest round of Israel-Syria peace talks, Turkey's regional leadership role has resonated particularly well with its domestic audience, at a time when the government could use a foreign policy success. The talks are the first major victory f [...]	2008-06-20 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SY TU
08ANKARA1156	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1158	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-24 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1172	EU SUPPORTS TURKEY AS A NATURAL GAS HUB [...] Summary. On June 20, Turkey,s Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel told us the EU and Turkey reached a new level of understanding during June 14-15 talks with the EU Nabucco Coordinator's Assistant Brendan Devlin. Goksel supports the EU's new position which shifts focus from Nabucco to the larg [...]	2008-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1173	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1175	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1179	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1187	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA119	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1193	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1196	TURKEY LESS OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTAN FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOT is more pessimistic about the prospect for Pakistani political unity following Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zardari's June 27-28 visit, according to MFA Section Head Ilhan Sener. Zardari, who stopped in Turkey enroute to Socialist International meetings in Athens, explain [...]	2008-07-01 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA12	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1202	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1222	SCENESETTER FOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 10-13 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit coincides with political uncertainty surrounding the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to a closure case against it pending in the Constitutional Court. Recent high-profile detentions in connection with a year-long investigation into suspec [...]	2008-07-07 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1223	TURKEY -- A FINE MESS [...] (c) Summary: The next four weeks in Turkey will likely be as dramatic as any in over a decade. This time frame will probably see a ruling by the Constitutional Court on the AKP closure case, an indictment in the alleged Ergenekon plot by retired military and other Kemalists to overthrow the [...]	2008-07-07 16:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1224	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 03:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1226	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1239	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1241	TURKEY EVALUATING SARGSIAN'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Turkey has received the written invitation to President Gul from Armenian President to attend the Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualification match in Yerevan, September 9 (reftel),according to MFA South Caucasus and Central Asia DDG Umit Yardim. Yardim told us that the invitation was receiv [...]	2008-07-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM GA TU
08ANKARA1248	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1255	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA126	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1260	THE CASE FOR NON-CLOSURE OF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. There are signs that at least some in Turkey think that closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by the Constitutional Court -- deemed inevitable by many since the case was filed in March -- may not occur. Signals that AKP opponents see value in not c [...]	2008-07-11 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1264	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1265	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...]	2008-07-14 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU
08ANKARA1277	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's chief foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told visiting DAS Matt Bryza July 11 that Erdogan's July 10 Baghdad meetings were a "good start." The Turks discussed alternate sources of gas for the Nabucco pipeline with Iraqi officials, acknowledgin [...]	2008-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ AM CY TU
08ANKARA1280	TURKEY: PRIVATIZATION SUCEEDS DESPITE POLTICAL TURMOIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the global economic downturn and Turkish domestic political turmoil, the GOT successfully privatized two electricity distribution companies earlier this month. This sale demonstrated Turkey's continuing ability to attract foreign investment, to command a good price and [...]	2008-07-16 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA1283	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1284	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-16 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1286	CORRECTED: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-17 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1288	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1296	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1301	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1303	TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SO FAR UNHINDERED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Domestic political uncertainty arising from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case and Ergenekon prosecution (reftel) has not constrained PM Erdogan from painting himself the statesman through bold foreign policy activism. Turkey's foreign and security appa [...]	2008-07-21 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1312	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1314	ECONOMIC IMPACT IF COURT CLOSES AKP [...] (SBU) Summary: Investors agree that AKP,s closure is the most likely outcome of the court,s deliberations and therefore, the effect of the closure has already been largely factored into market behavior. However, two key unknowns, the fate of PM Erdogan and AKP,s current economic policies, wi [...]	2008-07-23 19:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1327	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1342	AKP INSIDERS DISCUSS CLOSURE CASE [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Turkish Constitutional Court deliberations in the AKP closure case that begin July 28, the outcome is impossible to predict. A senior AKP-affiliated journalist told Ambassador July 24 that he is hopeful the Turkish Constitutional Court may avoid ruling to close the [...]	2008-07-25 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA1348	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1353	TURKEY: EC ENERGY DELEGATION VISIT YIELDS NO [...] (C) Summary. Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Energy Security at the EC Directorate General for Energy Transportation led a technical-level delegation to Ankara for talks with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel on July 17-18. The talks were to prepare the groundwork for the visit of Com [...]	2008-07-29 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1359	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1369	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1370	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1372	TURKEY: GUL-ALIYEV/SAAKASHVILI BILATERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy issues and Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations monopolized President Gul's bilateral with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, July 24, MFA U/S Cevikoz told the DCM July 29. Gul also had an unexceptional discussi [...]	2008-07-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD ENRG EPET AJ AM GG TX TU
08ANKARA1377	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1383	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 08:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1390	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1402	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1407	TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: UNORTHODOX BUT WORKABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent extended discussions with Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, we reviewed Turkey's legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. In response to our concern that Turkey's current terrorism law too narrowly focuses on domestic terrorism and does no [...]	2008-08-06 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA1410	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1415	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1424	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1449	TURKEY: KURDS TIRING OF ANKARA'S BIG STICK [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations in southeastern Turkey suggest that, regardless of GOT military successes against the terrorist PKK, sympathy for "the organization" is unwavering. Developments in 2008 ) stepped-up military operations, human ri [...]	2008-08-12 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU
08ANKARA1458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA146	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1475	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1494	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1498	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1504	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1508	HOW TURKEY'S YOUTH VIEW THE US: LOSING A [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Turkey faces a "demographic window of opportunity," with 60% of its population under the age of 30. Politically disengaged and generally neglected as a resource by political parties (refA),young Turks face high unemployment and a country struggling to balance tradit [...]	2008-08-21 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1512	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1519	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1532	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1547	TURKEY LINKS USS MOUNT WHITNEY PASSAGE WITH GLOBAL [...] (S/NF) This is an urgent action message. Post requests immediate guidance on request for USS Mount Whitney to transit the Turkish Straits. 2. (S/NF) As noted in ref b, Turkey has granted permission for overflight of its airspace by Global Hawk missions to conduct surveillance over Georgi [...]	2008-08-27 10:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM GG TU
08ANKARA1549	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1559	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA156	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1575	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1580	TURKEY'S ENERGY DEAL WITH IRAN STALLED [...] (C) Summary. Local press continues to speculate that Energy Minister Guler will travel to Iran soon to conclude a detailed energy agreement. In private, Energy Acting Under Secretary Selahattin Cimen told us the deal has no legs. He confirmed that technical negotiations between Iran and Tur [...]	2008-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1595	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1596	TURKEY: NEW MILITARY CHIEF'S FIRST POLICY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: During new Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Ikler Basbug,s nationally televised speech at his August 28 change of command ceremony, Basbug: -- Highlighted the importance of US-Turkey bilateral relations and preserving the "perfect level of cooperation" against the PKK; -- Vo [...]	2008-09-04 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU

08ANKARA1600	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1604	TURKEY: STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY IN ANKARA, SEPT. 1-2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 1-2 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation in Georgia, energy issues, and the ongoing Israel-Syria talks with senior Turkish government officials at the Presidency, Prime Ministry, and Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-09-05 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1606	TURKEY: MILITARY CHIEF VISITS LARGEST KURDISH CITY [...] (U) GEN Ilker Basbug, in his first domestic trip as the new chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS),traveled to 2nd Army Headquarters (primary responsibility of which is to prosecute the war against the PKK) in Malatya, and Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish city. During his visit to 2nd [...]	2008-09-05 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1607	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1611	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 5 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, Turkish President Gul said his trip to Yerevan the next day is intended to lay the foundation for progress in bilateral relations. He spoke at length about his private "blunt" discussions with Iranian President Ahmadinejad [...]	2008-09-09 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1625	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1627	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1628	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 22:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1633	CJCS VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) The timing of your visit to Turkey is ideal. The President's commitment in November to provide enhanced intelligence against the PKK immensely strengthened US engagement here. But we are now at some pivot points: -- in Turkey, a new CHOD and DCHOD, both critical people for our work on [...]	2008-09-11 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR GG IZ TU
08ANKARA1634	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1639	TURKISH GDP GROWTH SLOWED SHARPLY IN SECOND QUARTER [...] Summary: TurkStat data released on September 10 showed Turkey's GDP grew only 1.9% (YOY) in the second quarter, far below market forecasts of 3.7% and down sharply from 6.7% growth in the first quarter. While first half growth was still a respectable 4.2%, the sharp slowdown from quarter to q [...]	2008-09-12 08:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA164	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1640	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1652	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1657	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1664	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1669	SCENESETTER FOR USG-GOT UNGA MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials will be highly visible in New York for this year,s UN General Assembly as their years-long effort to secure election to a UN Security Council seat representing the Western European and Others group comes to a climax. U.S. officials will want to engage the Turks o [...]	2008-09-18 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA1675	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1679	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-22 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1686	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA169	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1693	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1699	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-24 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA170	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1701	TURKEY: MORE ARRESTED IN ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION; [...] (C) Summary: As many as 17 more suspects were detained on September 23 in the latest round of police action in the investigation of the alleged anti-government Ergenekon organization. Detainees included a former Istanbul district mayor, a former senior police official, a prominent journalis [...]	2008-09-24 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM TU
08ANKARA1709	TURKEY/TIP: NEW PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOT has launched a media campaign, including posters, TV and radio spots, to raise public awareness of TIP and promote the "157" hotline, and is taking additional steps to generate public support in the fight against TIP. A draft GOT-commissioned report on demand for TIP i [...]	2008-09-25 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU
08ANKARA1710	NEAR-TERM IRAQI GAS TO TURKEY? [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the near-term possibility of importing Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe with the Chairman of Turkerler Group, Kazim Turker, on September 23. Turker said his Iraqi partner, Dana Gas, is committed to use early gas to supply Iraqi domestic needs but gas for expo [...]	2008-09-25 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1711	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1719	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA173	TURKEY: KARAMANLIS VISIT PAVES WAY FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Turkey symbolizes the improved state of Turkish-Greek relations. During his meeting with PM Erdogan, the two Prime Ministers focused on how to overcome the three most contentious bilateral issues -- Cyprus, the Aegean, and mi [...]	2008-01-30 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA1738	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1760	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1762	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 04:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1763	BANKS CLAIM LIMITED EXPOSURE TO GLOBAL CRISIS [...] Summary: While the world financial crisis continues, the Turkish banking sector is relatively robust thanks to its strong balance sheets and limited foreign exposure. The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) is confident about the financial position of the sector, and says banker [...]	2008-10-10 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1766	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1771	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel request for third-party transfer of M113 armored personnel carriers to Yemen on October 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz. Ozyildiz pledged that MFA would give the request serious consideration but said the decisi [...]	2008-10-10 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM YM TU
08ANKARA1781	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA180	TURKEY: ERDOGAN'S CRITICISM OF ISRAEL SPARKS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish/Israeli relations became tenser following Prime Minister Erdogan's January 23 comments criticizing the GOI for its siege of Gaza. In remarks to his party's parliamentary caucus, Erdogan called the Gaza Strip an "open air prison" and blamed Israel for this "humanitarian tr [...]	2008-01-31 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
08ANKARA1801	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1809	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1824	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 13:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1829	FIRST WAVES OF FINANCIAL CRISIS REACH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The financial crisis is affecting Turkey by reducing its GDP growth, employment, and exports, and by reducing capital and credit flows into Turkey. Combined, these have the potential to undermine Turkey,s relatively well-capitalized and lightly-leveraged banks (reftels). Economic [...]	2008-10-21 04:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1839	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1850	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1854	TURKEY: A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a three-hour meeting October 21 with EUR A/S Fried, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan said that Turkey: -- hopes to wrap up an agreement with Armenia before the end of the year; -- wants both the U.S. and EU to join the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform in its se [...]	2008-10-24 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1871	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1879	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1885	TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES UNSC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Hasan Gogus told DCM October 26 the GOT has begun initial preparations for Turkey's 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. Gogus reported MFA has yet to de [...]	2008-10-30 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TU
08ANKARA1888	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA189	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1897	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1898	TURKEY: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION GATHERING REQUEST: [...] (C) The GOT has not yet publicly offered any ideas on reform of Bretton Woods institutions. GOT contacts say that they are awaiting the Summit agenda before meeting to discuss Turkey,s position on the specific agenda items. The Prime Minister and Treasury Minister have publicly said that T [...]	2008-11-03 05:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1901	EU COMMISSIONER PIEBALGS TO GET TURKEY TO DROP [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, an EU Commission delegation led by Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Conventional Energy Sources, Directorate General for Transportation and Energy met with Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Selahattin Cimen, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Selim Kuneralp and other GOT off [...]	2008-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU XG
08ANKARA1902	SCENESETTER FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT OF TURKISH [...] (C) Admiral Atac's visit will permit us to further cement strong bilateral military ties through the service with which we have perhaps the strongest bond. This visit will allow Atac to raise the most pressing issues for the Turkish Navy today: -- U.S. naval presence in the Black Sea in re [...]	2008-11-03 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS IZ RU TU
08ANKARA1904	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1905	TURKEY: UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY BRIEFING TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) At the military's request, the Chief of Turkish General Staff (TGS) Ilker Basbug briefed the Council of Ministers on Monday, October 27 on the military's counterterrorism efforts. This reportedly marked the first time the head of the Turkish military briefed the Council of Ministers and [...]	2008-11-03 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU
08ANKARA1911	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1918	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1922	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1926	TURKEY: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Following is Mission Turkey's submission of the Drugs and Chemical Control Section for the 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Turkey I. Summary Turkey continues to be a major transit route for Southwest Asian opiates moving to Europe, and serves as a staging area f [...]	2008-11-06 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
08ANKARA1928	DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TU
08ANKARA1932	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1936	GOT AND PIEBALGS AGREE ON CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ankara EU Commission Economic Counselor Ulrike Hauer described EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs' November 6 visit to Ankara as very successful. Piebalgs met with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Treasury Minister Simsek and Energy Undersecretary Cimen. Gul told Piebalgs he [...]	2008-11-07 17:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1937	TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT CITES LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey released November 5 met with mixed reaction here. Referring to the assessment as "balanced," GOT officials publicly highlighted its positive aspects, including Turkey's contributions to regional and energy security and progress [...]	2008-11-07 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1938	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...]	2008-11-07 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR TU
08ANKARA1939	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...]	2008-11-10 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR TU
08ANKARA1950	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1957	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA196	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1965	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1978	TURKISH REAL SECTOR BEING SQUEEZED FROM ALL SIDES [...] (SBU) Summary: With the financial crisis hitting both Turkey and the region, the real sector finds itself squeezed between a sharp economic slowdown in key export markets and a tightening of credit. With $191 billion in FX debt (combined real and financial sector) outstanding, Turkey,s priva [...]	2008-11-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA198	TRENDS FOR TURKISH ECONOMY IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: 2008 will be a challenging year for the Turkish economy and the government's economic policies. Turkey already has felt effects from the global credit crisis and investor risk re-assessment and it remains vulnerable because of its external financing needs. Economic growth is s [...]	2008-02-04 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN TU
08ANKARA1985	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1991	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1994	TURKEY: MINISTER GULER IN TEHRAN TO TRY TO CLOSE [...] (C) On November 15, a delegation led by Turkish Energy Minister Guler went to Tehran to try to conclude negotiations begun in July 2007 to develop natural gas in Iran's large South Pars field and to construct a dedicated pipeline to bring Iranian gas to Turkey (reftel). The delegation also i [...]	2008-11-17 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1996	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA200	GOT EXPLAINS WHY GAS TO GREECE IS SHUT OFF [...] (C) Summary: BOTAS (state gas pipeline company) Chairman and General Manager Saltuk Duzyol told us that he cannot supply both the domestic Turkish market and meet supply commitments to Greece because of both deep and sustained supply cuts from Iran and supply reductions from Azerbaijan. Duyz [...]	2008-02-05 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA2004	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2017	ILL-TIMED RATE REDUCTIONS IN TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In a move analysts called "shocking, premature, futile, and destructive," the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) on November 19 cut its overnight borrowing rate to 16.25% (down from 16.75%) and its [...]	2008-11-20 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA2018	TURKEY: MFA'S AFRICA DEPARTMENT RAMPING UP FOR UNSC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The MFA's Africa Department (AFGY) is ramping up its efforts to prepare for Turkey's rapidly approaching 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. While MFA leadership has not determined how the decision-making process will work, the three-man department is taking nascent [...]	2008-11-21 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TU
08ANKARA2025	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2038	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2039	TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN GAS TALKS HELD UP BY RESALE [...] (C) On November 20, BOTAS International Relations Department Head Emre Unger described to us the state of play on Turkey-Azerbaijan gas negotiations. He said the two sides are nearing agreement on how much Azerbaijan Shah Deniz Phase II (SD II) gas would be available for purchase by Turkey. [...]	2008-11-24 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ TU
08ANKARA2051	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2056	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2058	AN IRAN VIGNETTE; DUAL EXISTENCES IN DAILY LIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a September interview with Leila E, an official with the Iranian Ministry of Interior, she offered insights into political, social, and religious issues occurring in Iran. She described pervasive efforts by the regime to monitor and control the activities of the Iranian po [...]	2008-11-26 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU
08ANKARA206	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2063	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2066	TURKISH WOMEN TOO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's young but steadily growing women's rights movement can claim progress in recent years. A handful of committed NGO's pushed the GOT to make women's rights one of the centerpieces of the government's 2003-2004 effort to accelerate EU-related reforms. They succeeded: the [...]	2008-11-28 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2077	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2078	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2089	TURKEY: ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary: To respond to the Department's call for action in recognition of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the United Nations' "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" (ref A),Embassy Ankara: --engaged with a diverse array of ci [...]	2008-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM TU
08ANKARA2119	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

08ANKARA212	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2137	TURKEY: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER BID PASSES FIRST [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) announced December 19 that it accepted the technical merits of the bid by a Russian-led consortium to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The consortium consists of Russian companies Atomstroyexport and Inter RAO UES and Turkish fin [...]	2008-12-19 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ENRG EPET RS TU
08ANKARA2147	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2148	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2151	TURKEY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Domestic and transnational terrorist groups have targeted Turkish nationals and foreigners in Turkey, including, on occasion, USG personnel, for more than 40 years. Terrorist groups that operated in Turkey have included Kurdish separatist, Marxist-Leninist, radical Islamist, and pro-Chechen gr [...]	2008-12-22 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PTER TU
08ANKARA2157	TURKEY: IRAQI VP HASHIMI SEEKS GOT SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Iraqi VP Tariq Al-Hashimi visited Turkey December 20-21 for meetings with President Gul and PM Erdogan. According to MFA Iraq Department Head Aydin Acikel, Hashimi complained about PM Maliki's administration to GOT officials and reported on discussions Iraqi Sunni, Kurdish, and some Shia p [...]	2008-12-22 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2166	TURKEY: RELATIONS WITH GREECE STEADILY [...] (C) During a December 19 courtesy call with Greek Ambassador Fotios Xydas, he and Ambassador agreed that there remain a number of problems in Turkey-Greece relations, including delimitation of borders and EEZs in the Aegean, flow of third-country migrants, treatment of religious minorities and [...]	2008-12-24 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA2172	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2177	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2192	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA2194	TURKEY/TIP: STRONG COMMITMENT, UNEVEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: GOT, NGO, and IOM experts discussed with visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly December 15-17 the considerable progress Turkey has made in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) sin [...]	2008-12-31 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
08ANKARA2195	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA22	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA224	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA242	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA248	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA264	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA273	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA284	RE-STARTING THE IRAN DIALOGUE WITH TURKEY [...] (S) Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan February 12 the need significantly to intensify our consultations with Turkey on Iran under the Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue paper on which the Secretary and then-FM Gul agreed in July 2006. He suggested that these consultations shou [...]	2008-02-14 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MNUC UNSC TU IR
08ANKARA289	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA30	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA309	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA31	TURKEY: GOT ON NON-MILITARY SOLUTIONS TO PKK [...] (C) Summary and comment. The GOT is taking preliminary steps to address the political and economic demands of its Kurdish population, in conjunction with recent military attacks against terrorist PKK targets in northern Iraq. Both PM Erdogan's government and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) u [...]	2008-01-08 06:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA316	TURKEY NEEDS GAS TO BE A RELIABLE TRANSIT PARTNER [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is under increasing pressure to conclude a transit agreement with Azerbaijan to clear the way for Caspian gas to flow into Europe. The negotiation between Turkey and Azerbaijan is not only about transit but also about supply. Our Caspian Strategy needs to look at Turkey [...]	2008-02-20 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA319	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA320	TURKEY: HEADSCARF DEBATE REVEALS FISSURES [...] (C) Turkey again finds itself in a state of domestic tension and polarization. Among politicians, the debate over the headscarf (whether or not to allow girls who cover their heads into universities) has degenerated into a series of sophomoric arguments. They're not battling it out on the st [...]	2008-02-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA328	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA331	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 1: TURKEY LAUNCHES GROUND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has publicly announced that Turkish forces have launched a ground operation into northern Iraq, which began at 1700 hours Zulu on February 21. Predator imagery has identified two columns of approximately 800 dismounted infantry six kilometers in [...]	2008-02-22 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA335	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA336	BUSINESS GROUPS WARN GOT ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Three major business organizations warned the government on February 21 about rising unemployment and slowing industrial activity. The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB),Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) and Turkish Clothing [...]	2008-02-22 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TU
08ANKARA34	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA356	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA36	Turkish Parliament Ratifies 2008 Budget [...] (U) Summary: The most significant aspect of Turkey's 2008 budget is the decrease in the primary surplus target to 5.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). For five years, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has used a primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GDP. In working to achieve the amb [...]	2008-01-09 05:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
08ANKARA369	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA378	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA392	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA416	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA423	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA424	TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hou [...]	2008-03-04 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA426	TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: VICTIM PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE -------------------------------- A. (SBU) Foreign victims identified by Turkish authorities may apply f [...]	2008-03-04 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
08ANKARA43	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA430	TURKEY: MILITARY LASHES OUT AT OPPOSITION IN [...] (C) Summary: In an ironic twist, controversy over the Turkish military's pull-out from Iraq has pitted the Turkish General Staff (TGS) against its erstwhile political allies, the Republican People's Party (CHP),and has driven the TGS closer to PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) [...]	2008-03-05 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS TU IZ
08ANKARA435	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA436	TURKEY: KURDISH REACTIONS TO THE CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU IZ
08ANKARA440	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, GEORGIA WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Bryza stressed to FM Babacan and MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),Africa, East Asia and Pacific Cevikoz, March 3, the need to move forward on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations and resolving Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K),though this will be difficult until [...]	2008-03-06 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV NATO AM AJ GG TU
08ANKARA442	SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Since your 2002 visit, US-Turkey relations have been buffeted by differences over Iraq, combatting the PKK, and the House Armenian genocide resolution. We are pulling out of that tailspin, largely due to recently expanded cooperation against the PKK. Anti-Americanism is easing and we are [...]	2008-03-06 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER ECON IZ TU
08ANKARA444	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA448	TURKEY'S COMPULSORY RELIGION COURSES ILLEGAL, TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's highest administrative court ruled March 3 that students may be exempted from mandatory religious education classes. Alevis welcomed the ruling as a major victory, urging its immediate implementation. The EU called it a landmark decision, noting the court relied not [...]	2008-03-07 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA449	ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN URGES TURKEY TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Summary. On February 25-26, Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steve Mann met with GOT officials to discuss gas and oil issues. Energy Minister Guler stressed that security of supply is Turkey's most urgent priority. He suggested Turkey and the U.S. work together to develop Iraqi [...]	2008-03-07 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA452	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA464	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA465	TURKEY ADVOCATES DIALOGUE, UNDERSTANDING IN MIDST [...] (C) Summary: In the months following Annapolis, Turkey has adopted an increasingly responsible and constructive tone in its engagement with Israel and Palestine. The Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government has reduced its casual use of anti-Israel rhetoric and added a more conciliat [...]	2008-03-10 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
08ANKARA468	YOUNG TURKS VISIT ARMENIA: BUILDING TIES THAT BIND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Several Turkish alumni of British universities who visited Armenia January 20-25 shared with us a taste of their unique experience and the favorable impressions made by their Armenian contacts. The realization [...]	2008-03-10 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL OPRC AM TU
08ANKARA471	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA473	TURKEY: FINANCING GAP LOOMS [...] (C) Summary: There is a growing likelihood that Turkey will face a financing gap this year, which would pressure the exchange rate and make private sector borrowing much more difficult. Most of Turkey's financial indicators are deteriorating, and recent GOT announcements that indicate substan [...]	2008-03-11 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA481	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA482	TURKEY AND TALAT ON THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: "TRNC President" Talat's March 6 visit to Ankara underscored the congruity of Turkish views and those of their Turkish Cypriot counterparts on the way forward toward resuming comprehensive settlement talks. The GOT position remains unchanged: it wants to push forward on comprehen [...]	2008-03-12 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
08ANKARA490	TURKEY: GAS PRICE HOLDS UP GAS TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary. Our focus on getting Turkey to quickly conclude a bilateral agreement with Azerbaijan for gas supply does not address the most important issue for Turkey: price, and how the price is determined. The Turks do not believe they can get a good price from Azerbaijan in bilateral nego [...]	2008-03-13 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA497	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA508	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA514	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA522	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA527	TURKEY REVISES GDP UP SHARPLY, BUT NEGATIVE TREND [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkstat, the Turkish statistical agency, released a long-awaited GDP revision on March 8, increasing Turkey's 2006 GDP by 31.6%, and making upward revisions to all Turkish GDP calculations since 1998. Final 2007 GDP figures will be released on March 31, and the upward revisio [...]	2008-03-19 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA529	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA54	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA543	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA552	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA562	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA564	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA568	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA575	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL'S NEW TAKE ON ACTIVISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Six months into his tenure as Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul was striding confidently across the world stage while walking more carefully on the domestic tightrope. It is an image that encapsulated his presidency up to March 14, 2008, the day the chief public prosecutor filed [...]	2008-03-27 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA579	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 06:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA583	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA600	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES TO HEAR AKP [...] (SBU) After a four-hour meeting March 31, Constitutional Court Vice President Osman Paksut announced that the Court agreed to hear the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Paksut stated the Court voted unanimously on all parts of the indictment (reftel) except [...]	2008-03-31 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA611	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA62	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA620	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA623	TURKEY'S POLICY ON GAS TRANSIT FIRMLY UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey is at least considering a change in its strategy on natural gas transit from Azerbaijan to Europe. They appear to have gotten the message that their 15% reserve at net-back price formula (reftel A) is not viable. However, they have not yet come up with an al [...]	2008-04-03 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA627	TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]	2008-04-03 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA629	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA63	TURKEY: PKK DEMOBILIZATION IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The idea of an amnesty as part of a comprehensive plan to deal with the PKK issue is under broad discussion in Turkey (reftel). Suggesting leniency, even for PKKers without blood on their hands, poses political risks. But for Turkey to resolve this decades-old insurgency, it must [...]	2008-01-11 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA640	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA642	TURKEY: PRIVATIZATION PROCESS ADVANCES, DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has 16 major privatizations on its 2008 agenda that are expected to begin and/or be completed this year. Their estimated sales prices are USD 24.475 billion, although the GOT would not actually receive much of that money until 2009. These deals are estimated to draw in [...]	2008-04-04 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN TU
08ANKARA644	TURKEY: A LOST CHANCE [...] (C) Summary. Murat Mercan, the chair of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and a long-time contact, is pessimistic about Turkey's future in light of the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). He echoed AKP Vice Chair Saban Disli's description (reftel) of AKP' [...]	2008-04-04 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA659	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA670	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA673	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA684	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA687	TURKEY PRIORITIZES ITS OWN GAS NEEDS OVER NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler confirmed that Turkey has offered to buy all 12 bcm of Shah Deniz Phase II gas, but said it really wants "only" 8-9 bcm. The Ambassador noted that this would leave only 3-4 bcm for transit to Europe, undermining th [...]	2008-04-11 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA688	ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER [...] (C) The EPC has added balance to a bilateral relationship that has been heavily weighted to political and security cooperation. At the start of last year's EPC meeting, Turkey's economy was in its sixth year of strong growth, the government was steering a steady course, and the business clim [...]	2008-04-11 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
08ANKARA691	IMPLICATIONS OF AKP CLOSURE CASE AND OUR PUBLIC [...] (c) Summary: The closure case against Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is a blow to this country's future. It reflects unresolved conflicts about the nature of Turkey, the state, the extent of popular democracy and the role of religion in society. It also results from fai [...]	2008-04-11 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA7	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA700	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA708	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA712	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA72	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA721	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA725	BP VALIDATES TURKEY,S DEMAND FOR LARGE GAS [...] (C) Summary. BP Natural Gas Manager Oktay Sen shared with us his view that the GOT,s play for large volumes of gas from Shah Deniz Phase II development is based on realistic projections of Turkey's future gas needs. Turkish industrial consumers and households will continue to convert to nat [...]	2008-04-18 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET TU

08ANKARA727	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA728	EU PRESIDENT BARROSO GOES "BACK TO BASICS" IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso's April 11-12 visit to Turkey coincided with intense national debate and polarization over the March 14 indictment to close the ruling Justice and Develop [...]	2008-04-18 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA752	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA755	TURKEY: SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH ISRAEL AND THE [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref a request. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT supports the Annapolis process and the Road Map, and increasingly sees itself as an impartial regional facilitator, capable of playing a constructive role in the Middle East peace process. Ankara hosted PA President A [...]	2008-04-22 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL TU
08ANKARA770	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA781	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA797	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA817	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA834	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - TURKEY [...] This report was coordinated with FAS Ankara. 2. SUMMARY: Turkey has the highest per capita wheat consumption in the world, and in a normal year is not only self-sufficient but exports wheat flour to neighboring countries. Severe drought in 2007 slashed Turkish crop yields, and commodity pri [...]	2008-04-30 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA843	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA852	TURKEY WILL PLEDGE AT PARIS AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT [...] (C) The GOT expects to make a fresh pledge at the June 12 Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan, MFA Pakistan/Afghanistan Section Head Ilhan Sener told us May 1. He promised to convey reftel points to his superiors; we will continue to monitor Turkey's position in advance of the conference [...]	2008-05-02 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF TU
08ANKARA853	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA859	TURKEY: SENIOR AKP INSIDERS SEND PM ERDOGAN STRONG [...] (C) Summary and comment. Three senior members of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) are separately sending strong messages to PM Erdogan to pursue confidence building measures and decrease tensions that have polarized Turkey. AKP MP Vehit Erdem, former Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener and Depu [...]	2008-05-05 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA860	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA873	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA879	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA887	TURKEY: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) During April 28-29 meetings in Ankara with MFA Undersecretary Apakan, Presidency advisor Turkoglu, PM advisor Davutoglu, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) president Cakiroglu, six members of parliament, and Turkish General Staff J-5 LTG Zorlu, UNVIE Ambassador Schulte urged continued [...]	2008-05-08 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KNUC UNSC IR TU
08ANKARA891	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA899	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA90	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA902	GSP PROGRAM VITAL TO TURKISH EXPORTERS [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish officials and businessmen have already begun expressing their concern about this year's review of Turkey's participation in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program. Turkey's GSP exports account for one-quarter of its total $4.6 billion exports to the U.S. A [...]	2008-05-09 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON TU
08ANKARA91	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA910	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA920	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST CONTACTS HOPEFUL ON GOT-IRAQ [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate Adana-Embassy Ankara message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Kurdish leaders in Turkey's southeast are pleased that Ankara has initiated formal contacts with northern Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG),reflecting a more pragmatic Turkish approach to the reg [...]	2008-05-13 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ
08ANKARA925	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA931	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA937	TURKEY: EU TROIKA, IN ANKARA, FOCUSES ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU continued its intense engagement with Turkey (following EC President Barroso's recent visit) with a May 6 EU Troika meeting in Ankara. The EU delegation stressed the accession door remains very much open for Turkey, but reforms must be reinvigorated. Turkish [...]	2008-05-15 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EUN
08ANKARA940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA952	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA958	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA966	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA975	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA979	TURKISH JUDICIARY LASHES OUT AT GOVERNMENT - AND [...] (C) Summary and comment. In a May 21 statement, the Court of Appeals (Yargitay) publicly accused the government of pressuring the judiciary while two critical cases are pending, one of them the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The court criticized the gover [...]	2008-05-23 09:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
08ANKARA982	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA999	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANTANANARIVO162	MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or des 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silva 3. (U) As requested in Ref A, Embassy Antananarivo submits the followi -- 27 A-D. (U) Available statistics and reports do not indicate that Ma [...]	2008-02-29 11:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO164	MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...]	2008-02-29 11:52:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA
08ANTANANARIVO224	LIFE IN A "WILD WEST" SAPPHIRE MINING TOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ilakaka, a town in Madagascar's southwest, is known both for the lucrative sapphire trade and its social consequences, including crime and exploitative labor. Most stories depict a dangerous town reminiscent of the "Wild West," where men stroll around carrying guns on their hips. [...]	2008-03-19 14:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SMIG ECON ELAB EAID SOCI MA
08ANTANANARIVO399	GOODS PRODUCED BY CHILD LABOR IN MADAGASCAR AND THE [...] (U) Per REF A, Post provides the following information regarding the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in Madagascar and the Comoros. MADAGASCAR - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Post has previously reported on cases of child labor, mostly within the family unit, in the sapphire mine [...]	2008-06-03 15:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM GTIP SMIG ELAB MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO499	COMOROS RESHUFFLE PORTENDS FEW CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi reshuffled his cabinet with only minor changes. Main embassy interlocutors remained largely the same, with the exception of Abdourahim Bacar, who was downgraded from Minister of Education to Minister of Post and Te [...]	2008-07-14 13:46:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO691	MAYOR TO PRESIDENT: JUST LET ME DO MY JOB [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting between Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina and Ambassador Marquardt, the Mayor outlined his ongoing difficulties with President Ravalomanana and his party, TIM, painting himself as an eager but frustrated reformer who wants nothing more than to do his job. While he b [...]	2008-10-09 13:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
08ANTANANARIVO744	OBSTACLES TO INVESTMENT: THE VIEW OF A PROMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malagasy industrial magnate Salim Ismail outlined the negative factors confronting potential investors in Madagascar during a recent meeting with the Ambassador. These factors include a complicated business environment, an unfair legal system, problems with the state-owned power [...]	2008-11-05 07:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD MA
08ANTANANARIVO772	ELECTORAL REFORM ON A SLOW ROAD TO NOWHERE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ravalomanana pledged to undertake needed electoral reforms following senate elections in April 2008; however, the GOM has taken no action on these issues, instead leaving the ball in civil society's court. Civil society groups, while in broad agreement on goals, have [...]	2008-11-18 15:10:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AORC SOCI MA
08ANTANANARIVO778	SUBJECT: COMOROS POLITICAL FIGHT PUTS IMF DEAL IN JEOPARDY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 09:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO84	MADAGASCAR ADOPTS NEW INVESTMENT LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: In thorough consultation with Malagasy and international private sector, and with donors, the GOM drafted and adopted a new Investment Law to facilitate business entry into Madagascar. The law is a significant improvement in facilitating investment and makes the Economic Developm [...]	2008-01-31 10:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN PGOV MA
08ANTANANARIVO849	MADAGASCAR: PRESIDENT AND MAYOR TAKING THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-long feud between Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina and President Marc Ravalomanana entered a new and more volatile chapter on the one year anniversary of Rajoelina's 2007 election. Following the GOM's surprise closure on December 13 of VIVA TV, owned by Rajoelina, the [...]	2008-12-19 07:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MA
08ANTANANARIVO852	MADAGASCAR: GOM (AGAIN) DENIES DAEWOO LAND DEAL [...] (U) The following diplomatic note dated December 12 was delivered to Post in response to recent media reports concerning a major agricultural investment by South Korea's Daewoo Logistics (reftel). The story was reported on extensively in both foreign and domestic media despite an immediate deni [...]	2008-12-19 09:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV EAGR MA
08ANTANANARIVO871	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION [...] (U) On December 23, the Charge and Russian DCM Dmitri Kirizliev delivered reftel joint demarche to MFA Secretary General Mboara Andrianarimanana, inviting Malagasy participation in the 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague. He responded that the GOM intends to be present, most l [...]	2008-12-23 14:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MA
08ANTANANARIVO879	IMF DISPLEASED OVER GOM POLICY DECISIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to open source reports concerning several recent GOM economic policy decisions, IMF and World Bank officials raised their concerns in a 12 December letter to Minister of Finance and Budget Haja Nirina Razafinjatovo. In the last month, the government has purchased an [...]	2008-12-30 13:48:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV MA
08ASHGABAT1007	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CSTC-A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1008	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1016	TURKMENISTAN: CURRENCY REFORM A NET POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the first few months of relative stability since currency unification, prices remain high and locals struggle to adjust. The investment climate seems to have visibly improved, however, despite the continued lack of a stable financial framework to support entrepreneurs and p [...]	2008-08-05 14:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT1026	TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTION REVISION PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's review of proposed additions or changes to the constitutional draft is nearly complete, and it appears that almost all stakeholders have had a chance to make their suggestions. The Constitutional Commission will receive the final proposed draft before the e [...]	2008-08-06 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1045	TURKMENISTAN: ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF ITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Few would disagree that China's relationship with Turkmenistan centers almost exclusively on its expanding energy partnership and trade. Regular political and economic engagement between the two states during [...]	2008-08-12 10:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV EIND CH TX
08ASHGABAT1049	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER 6-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-12 14:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KDEM MARR SCUL SOCI SNAR
08ASHGABAT1051	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our continuing bilateral dialogue. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-13 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1055	TURKMENISTAN: IDHR DIRECTOR AKHMEDOVA'S JULY 5-12 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova led a delegation to the UK July 5-12 to explore UK best practices in human rights, civil society regulation, and penal, judicial, and legal reform. Akhmedova told her hosts that the meetings were all very useful an [...]	2008-08-13 11:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KJUS TX
08ASHGABAT1102	TURKMENISTAN'S MEDIA: WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently, President Berdimuhamedov again called for the state-controlled mass media to improve and to project Turkmenistan's image abroad and reflect the age of revival better. In addition, he has reprimanded a ma [...]	2008-08-22 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1104	TURKMENISTAN: HIGH TURNOUT AT INTERNATIONAL ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The August 21-23 International Exhibit and Scientific Conference entitled "The Main Growth Trends of the Power Energy of Turkmenistan" was devoted to electrification and capacity of Turkmenistan's power stations. [...]	2008-08-22 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT116	TURMENISTAN'S CONSTRUCTION MINISTRY SHOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 meeting at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Construction and Construction Materials Industry, officials representing all departments expressed enthusiasm about learning from the U.S. experience, espe [...]	2008-01-23 10:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1168	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN ENERGY COMPANIES PRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the summer, some foreign oil and gas companies, hoping to make progress on proposals they submitted to the government months ago, were in a "wait and see" mode, after Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon officials gave them subtle hints that responses could be forthcoming or policie [...]	2008-09-04 16:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1177	TURKMENISTAN: PRIVATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2007, President Berdimuhamedov's government has publicly acknowledged the drastic situation in the agricultural sector and has introduced several measures to improve it. The reforms, which follow two main tr [...]	2008-09-05 09:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR EAID TX
08ASHGABAT1179	EU/TURKMENISTAN: SEEKING TO ENGAGE DESPITE HUMAN [...] (SBU) During a September 3 courtesy call, the European Commission's Regional Political Affairs Adviser for Central Asian Countries, Alessandro Liamine, told the A/DCM that the European Commission is determined to move its relationship with Turkmenistan ahead. Although a number of EU countries [...]	2008-09-05 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EU TX
08ASHGABAT1209	TURKMENISTAN: SHOOTING INCIDENT IN KHITROVKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 9, two men, one armed with an AK-47, killed a soldier in a three-person foot patrol and wounded another soldier and the policeman with him. The suspects escaped. Police sources claim the suspects were extremists or at least influenced by outsiders. It is unc [...]	2008-09-11 14:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SOCI KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT1292	TURKMENISTAN: UNHCR HELPS REVISE LAW ON REFUGEES, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) office in Turkmenistan helps integrate a large group of former refugees and works with a much smaller group of current refugees. The UNHCR representative said the numbe [...]	2008-09-29 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT1331	TURKMENAIR CHAIRMAN TO COMMERCE DAS DYCK: WE,LL [...] (SBU) During his September 29-30 visit to Turkmenistan, Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck met with the Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Service Gurbanyaz Tirkishov to discuss Boeing,s activities in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan Airlines, fleet is almost exclusively [...]	2008-10-08 07:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EINV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1332	TURKMENAIR CHAIRMAN TO COMMERCE DAS DYCK: WE,LL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During his September 29-30 visit to Turkmenistan, Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary Paul Dyck met with the Chairman of the National Civil Aviation Service Gurbanyaz Tirkishov to discuss Boeing,s activities in T [...]	2008-10-08 07:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1336	DONORS AGREE THAT TURKMENISTAN WILL CONTINUE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Various donors from the international community gathered on September 29 to discuss the state of Turkmenistan's reforms with U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck and U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration Director [...]	2008-10-08 08:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN ETRD EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1353	EBRD PREVIEWS TURKMENISTAN TRANSITION REPORT; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Ashgabat office gave a preview of the Bank's annual Transition Report on Turkmenistan and discussed the consumer price index and inflation [...]	2008-10-11 08:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET AORC SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1359	TURKMENSITAN'S RESPONSE TO LONDON PLENARY SESSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note, dated September 29, 2008, addressed to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of countries-participants of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF): Begin Text: [...]	2008-10-15 09:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ECON KNNC TX
08ASHGABAT1394	TURKMENISTAN: NEW WEALTH FUND, BUDGET FIGURES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on October 21, the government announced that Turkmenistan's 2009 state budget will be 39.5 percent higher than the 2008 budget. Expenditures on education and healthcar [...]	2008-10-22 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT14	TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT OF PART I OF II: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydrocarbon resources. The government reg [...]	2008-01-04 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX
08ASHGABAT1420	TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHERAN ON [...] (C) Summary: The Hungarian ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan, based in Teheran, spoke at length with the Charge earlier October 28, giving a read-out on Iran's worsening economic situation, the upcoming Iranian and U.S. presidential elections, views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Ira [...]	2008-10-30 06:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT1443	TURKMENISTAN: OBSTACLES APLENTY FOR TAPI PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progress on the Asian Development Bank's ("ADB") proposed gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to India is beset by challenges as the proposed project enters its sixth year. Working group meetings to finalize key agreements have been repeatedly postponed. From the Turkmen side, auth [...]	2008-11-05 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL ADB ZK XD TX
08ASHGABAT1454	TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT SKEPTICAL ON IPI PIPELINE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 03:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET IR PGOV PINR PK PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1468	TURKMENISTAN/CHINA: BILATERAL RELATIONS ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrived Chinese ambassador Wu Hongbin describes bilateral relations as positive because of mutual respect and understanding between the two nations. He underscored that China's chief interest in Turkmenistan is energy and that his country's pipeline project serves as a c [...]	2008-11-07 03:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1480	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows Department of Comme [...]	2008-11-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
08ASHGABAT1484	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan during the 13th Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Conference as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue concerning the further d [...]	2008-11-12 06:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT1488	TURKMENISTAN: OVERVIEW OF USG BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] The following report about USG border security assistance to Turkmenistan is post's response to reftel request by the Export Control and Related Border Security Interagency Working Group (IWG) for Central Asia to compile an overview of all of nonproliferation, law enforcement, counter-narcotic [...]	2008-11-13 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT1491	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT SILENT ON OUTCOME OF COTTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the second year in a row, the Turkmen government has not released cotton production figures. Numerous challenges result in a harvest that falls short of the record harvests of the Soviet era. The impact of last year's increase in the price paid to cotton farmers, intended [...]	2008-11-14 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EIND ECON TX
08ASHGABAT15	TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT OF PART II OF II: RIGHT TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND ESTABLISHMENT Foreign and domestic private entities in Turkmenistan have the right to establish and own business enterprises, though this is as [...]	2008-01-04 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX
08ASHGABAT1506	TURKMENISTAN: ROTTEN IMPORTED INDIAN EGGS CAUSE A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has imported eggs from India since spring 2008 because it cannot satisfy the consumer appetite for eggs from domestic sources. However, Turkmenistan does not properly store the eggs, and they conseq [...]	2008-11-21 05:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ETRD SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1513	TURKMENISTAN: NEW COMMERCIAL MARITIME CODE, TRADEMARK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan recently enacted three laws in the commercial sphere - a Commercial Maritime Code, a Trademark Protection Law, and a Law on Inventions and Industrial Designs. If the Trademark Protection Law and the La [...]	2008-11-21 14:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1588	TURKMENISTAN OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION: LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent international oil and gas exhibition in Ashgabat attracted participation from a wide-range of foreign companies looking for opportunities in Turkmenistan. Government officials repeated their willingness to work with foreign partners. However, the gap between Turkmen [...]	2008-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TX
08ASHGABAT159	TURKMENISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MOVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The commission responsible for ensuring that Turkmenistan meets its international human rights obligations (reftel) has constructed a game plan for revising or drafting needed legislation within the timeline to [...]	2008-02-01 09:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1601	TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff spent December 8 in the northern city of Turkmenabat to see how preparations were coming regarding the December 14 Mejlis elections. Provincial officials organized meetings with a deputy hakim (governor) [...]	2008-12-09 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1602	TURKMEN ELECTION OFFICIALS AND NGO REPS EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 2-4 working visit to Ashgabat, representatives from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems ("IFES") met with officials of the Central Election Commission ("CEC"),as well as other international organizations and local contacts, to discuss internatio [...]	2008-12-15 08:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1619	TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARIAN ENVOY VISITS TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's special envoy for Nabucco was in Turkmenistan December 16-17 to promote Turkmen participation at the January Nabucco summit in Budapest. Hungary's proactiveness on Nabucco results from its desire to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. He highlighted the summit's pl [...]	2008-12-18 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV PREL HU TX
08ASHGABAT1644	LOCAL GAZPROM OFFICIAL DISCUSSES FIRM'S PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite ongoing discussion of an expanded Caspian gas pipeline to Russia, a local Gazprom official recently suggested that the project's prospects might be dimmed by the current financial crisis. Both political and commercial factors would influence an ultimate decision. Agreeme [...]	2008-12-30 07:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EIND PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1653	TURKMENGAS WILL RELY ON SERVICES COMPANIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Chairman of Turkmengas, the company will rely on foreign oilfield services companies for the development of Turkmenistan's major gas deposits. He suggested that negotiations with such firms are ongoing, but would not share details. Concerning possible involvement [...]	2008-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT170	IRAN'S NATURAL GAS WOES [...] (C) Iran has no gas to sell to customers and carries on gas negotiations with various countries in an attempt to show it is not isolated, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge during a February 1 lunch. In a discussion that covered a number of Caspian and Central Asian energy issues [...]	2008-02-04 11:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT188	TURKMENISTAN GAS PRICE HIKE: BEHIND THE SCENES [...] (C) A long-time Embassy diplomatic source, who has resided in Ashgabat for many years, told us a behind-the-scenes account of what happened following President Berdimuhamedov's announcement at a January 11 cabinet meeting that Turkmenistan would introduce higher gasoline prices (reftel) that [...]	2008-02-06 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT209	TURKMENISTAN: INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on energy. Paragraph 2 offers a brief overview of the energy situation in Turkmenistan, paragraph 3 lists energy-related U.S. objectives, paragraph 4 offers a short description of [...]	2008-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD TX
08ASHGABAT23	TURKMENISTAN: SATELLITE DISHES START TO COME DOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen love their satellite television. The four local (state-controlled) Turkmen stations are deadly dull and provide a fare that consists primarily of President Berdimuhamedov's meetings, President Berdimuhamedov's [...]	2008-01-07 11:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT230	TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC REFORM TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on February 8, President Berdimuhamedov said Turkmenistan's industrial sector should operate according to the principles of transparency, privatization, market diversit [...]	2008-02-13 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT247	TURKMENISTAN: UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE PRACTICES GAINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During January and the first week of February, the government has maintained the commercial exchange rate of 20,000 manat per dollar and eliminated almost all black-market foreign exchange transactions by barring [...]	2008-02-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT248	TURKMENISTAN: VISIT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR UPCOMING USAID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30-31, Almaty-based USAID/CAR Senior Economist Michael Boyd met with several new economic institutions in Turkmenistan to discuss potential cooperation with USAID's upcoming Enhancing Reforms for Econom [...]	2008-02-15 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TX
08ASHGABAT259	TURKMENISTAN PROVIDES MORE HUMANITARIAN AID, THIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following on its decision to send aid to Afghanistan (reftel),Turkmenistan donated fuel as humanitarian assistanceto Tajikistan on February 13, publicly demonstrating the strong bilateral ties it shares with it [...]	2008-02-21 08:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TI TX
08ASHGABAT303	TURKMENISTAN: USTDA EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an effort to explore the potential for using U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) programs to promote U.S. equipment manufacturer sales to Turkmenistan, a USTDA delegation met with Turkmen Motor Roads Stat [...]	2008-03-05 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAGR ECON EIND ELTN IR TX

08ASHGABAT332	TURKMENISTAN: POTENTIAL OF THE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided to enter the petrochemical sector by building a new refinery and oil and gas cracker at a Soviet-era, white-elephant refinery in eastern Turkmenistan that never did reach its full producti [...]	2008-03-12 06:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT343	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhamedov told a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) consultant on March 11 that his Ministry is eager to establish a petrochemical industry to receive higher value for [...]	2008-03-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT347	TURKMENISTAN'S NEW STATE COUNTERNARCOTICS SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While wearing his colonel uniform -- and a new patch from the newly-formed State Counternarcotics Service, which he heads -- Murad Islamov said in a meeting with Embassy representatives on March 11 that the United [...]	2008-03-17 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR TX
08ASHGABAT369	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW LAW ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on March 17 unveiled a new government program to promote domestic entrepreneural development and foreign investment, including substantial changes to Turkmenistan [...]	2008-03-24 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV BTIO KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT370	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING STEPS TOWARD A MARKET ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov delivered a policy statement on the Government of Turkmenistan's support of advancing entrepreneurship and foreign investment. To solidify his statements on improving the busine [...]	2008-03-25 04:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX
08ASHGABAT413	TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCE DEVELOPING, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials in Lebap Province, bordering Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, are sagging under an array of tasks they have been given to facilitate rural and economic development. Hampered by limited implementa [...]	2008-04-02 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT430	TURKMENISTAN: NEW TRANSPARENCY IN DISCUSSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, the state-owned, Russian-language daily, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," prominently featured on page 2 an article written by the Deputy Head of Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecast at Turkmenistan's newly [...]	2008-04-07 08:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT45	TURKMENISTAN: BITTER COLD SNAP KNOCKS ASHGABAT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe cold weather hit Ashgabat and the rest of Central Asia on January 6, and has been challenging the government's ability to keep the city up and operating. The weather has been causing damage to the city's in [...]	2008-01-10 06:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT455	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR U/S REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy and economic reform issues. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly [...]	2008-04-11 12:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT469	TURKMEN-AFGHAN ENERGY DIALOGUE - PROTOCOL A BREAKTHOUGH ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Following intensive meetings on April 8-9, officials from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Energy and Industry (MOEI) and Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) signed a landmark agreement to supply additional 3 [...]	2008-04-15 10:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX
08ASHGABAT474	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT TRIES TO KICK-START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 14 held a marathon cabinet meeting at which he announced a number of new initiatives in the economic/financial, media, and construction sectors directed toward accelerating reform. Most significantly, he ordered a one-year process [...]	2008-04-15 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN SCUL TX
08ASHGABAT485	TURKMENISTAN'S CURRENCY RE-DENOMINATION; EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On April 14 President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree that spells out more details about the forthcoming re-denomination of Turkmenistan's currency -- the manat - first announced on September 11, 2007. The re-denomin [...]	2008-04-17 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT49	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (U) See action request in para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Byrammurat Muradov, told the Charge that press reports that each of the three countries involved in const [...]	2008-01-10 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET RS KZ TX
08ASHGABAT511	TURKMENISTAN: U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 21 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery visited Ashgabat on April 21. The overall tone of the visit was decidedly positive, even though several of the meetings were head-bangingly Soviet. Alt [...]	2008-04-24 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT526	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: International and domestic state media accurately covered Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery's April 21-22 visit to Turkmenistan. The accurate state media coverage reflects the Turkmen government's continued c [...]	2008-04-28 06:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT546	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan relies heavily on imports of many basic foodstuffs. As a result of economic reforms in the country (including an 800% increase in gasoline prices),low domestic food production due to years of bad ag [...]	2008-04-30 11:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT551	AT LONG LAST, A UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 1, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan announced a unified exchange rate of 14,250 manat per $1. The final impact of the four-month process for unifying the dual exchange rate is yet unclear. Immediately evident is the fact that the arbitrary devaluation of the dollar ha [...]	2008-05-01 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EIND ETRD EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT558	TURKMENISTAN: SOCIAL ILLS WORSEN IN DASHOGUZ PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Life in Dashoguz, a mid-sized city with 100,000 residents close to the Uzbek border, has always been hard. The city and central governments favor Turkmen and offer limited opportunities for educational advancement [...]	2008-05-02 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT562	TURKMENISTAN: PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE - COST OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Just a day after Turkmenistan unified its dual currency exchange rate at 14,250 manats to the dollar (Ref A) -- a rate which many experts here thinks inflates the manat's real value against the dollar -- authorities seem pr [...]	2008-05-02 14:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT565	TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE ON OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan is a tightly-controlled dictatorship where citizens are not permitted to engage in direct human rights advocacy work. There are no international human rights organizations present, including from United Natio [...]	2008-05-05 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT577	FROM ASHGABAT TO MASHHAD: WESTERN DIPLOMATS GET A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two female Western diplomats made a visit recently to Mashhad, Iran, and got a feel for the city and its residents. Although the city was historically and culturally interesting, the visitors increasingly felt [...]	2008-05-06 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI SCUL TX IR
08ASHGABAT587	TURKMENISTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM GETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers and citizens alike were caught off-guard when Turkmen television reported April 18 that the government had kicked off an effort to revise the national constitution. Although authorities want to presen [...]	2008-05-07 07:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT6	TURKMENISTAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Text of Embassy Ashgabat's Investment Climate Statement for 2008 is as follows: BEGIN TEXT: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydrocarbon resources. The government regularly proclaims [...]	2008-01-02 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR TX
08ASHGABAT60	TURKMENISTAN: MOVING TOWARDS A UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government continues to prohibit almost all currency exchange operations outside of banks. Although the "commercial" rate remains stable for cash operations, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan has not yet issued [...]	2008-01-14 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT62	TURKMENISTAN: SFRC MINORITY CHAIRMAN SENATOR [...] (C) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: Senator Richard Lugar Kenneth A. Meyers III, Republican Senior Professional Staff Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Foreign Affairs [...]	2008-01-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR EPET EU AZ GG RS TX
08ASHGABAT653	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the areas of education and the human dimension. President Bush met briefly with Preside [...]	2008-05-21 09:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT665	LOCAL IMF REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local International Monetary Fund (IMF) Liaison/Research Officer Jennet Hojanazarova is very optimistic about economic and financial reforms underway in Turkmenistan. According the Hojanazarova, the current team of economic leaders is working well together, and that they are al [...]	2008-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT668	TURKMENISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS NON-PAPER DELIVERED [...] (SBU) As instructed reftel, Charge delivered on May 27 to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov the English original and Russian translation of the non-paper, "Steps for Further Democratic Reform and Human Rights Protection," noting SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher coul [...]	2008-05-27 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TX
08ASHGABAT670	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY SPECIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-05-27 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT684	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ITS TIME TO OPEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of banning foreign companies from its gas fields onshore (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this new thinking is a need to [...]	2008-05-29 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT692	FOLLOW-UP TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] Per reftel request, the Embassy on April 30, 2008 conveyed to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs a diplomatic note regarding USTDA's plan to organize a follow-up conference in September 2008 in Baku, Azerbaijan to the April 2007 Central and South Asia Regional Telecommunications Policy [...]	2008-05-30 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EINT ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT712	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NAVCENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows Assist [...]	2008-06-04 04:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SCUL SNAR SOCI KDEM
08ASHGABAT734	TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov told U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray on June 5 Turkmenistan welcomes investment by U.S. companies and promotes multiple export routes, including Westward across [...]	2008-06-09 07:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT745	TURKMENISTAN: TREASURY DELEGATION ENCOUNTERS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of four U.S. Department of the Treasury assistance advisors representing public finance and management, economic policy, and banking visited Ashgabat June 2-6 to evaluate possible areas of technical cooperation with Turkmenistan. The delegation met with various governm [...]	2008-06-11 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT751	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 06:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA TX
08ASHGABAT76	TURKMENISTAN: NO MORE SUBSIDIZED GASOLINE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the president's first cabinet meeting this year on January 11, the Government decided to establish a quota-based fuel-distribution mechanism. Under this plan, Turkmenistan nationals will be given a certain [...]	2008-01-15 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG EPET TX
08ASHGABAT794	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYERS "WAIT AND SEE" TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Local employees for foreign companies and organizations working in Turkmenistan, most of who are paid in dollars, effectively lost 40% value of their salaries since Turkmenistan's government started unifying the dua [...]	2008-06-25 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AMGT APER ABUD TX
08ASHGABAT802	TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION ALLOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Turkmenistan's Parliament passed an adjusted State Budget for the 2008 financial year. The revision took place due to the appreciation of the manat against the U.S. dollar -- the currency of Turkmenistan [...]	2008-06-27 05:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON TX
08ASHGABAT809	TERRORISM FINANCE: INFORMATION ON U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER EFIN KTFN ETTC UNSC TX
08ASHGABAT819	TURKMENISTAN: CURRENT STATE OF RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took office in February 2007, Turkmenistan's relations with Russia have been gradually expanding, especially the economic relationship. However, contrary to Russian press reports, the degree to which the Turkmen government has been ente [...]	2008-07-02 05:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EPET MARR RS TX
08ASHGABAT829	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING CHANGES TO [...] (C) British Petroleum (BP) is continuing its efforts to register a new office in Ashgabat -- although very slowly, the company's Country Manager for Turkmenistan told EmbOff during a July 3 meeting. For the time being, the country manager is continuing to commute between his home in Baku and [...]	2008-07-07 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT886	TURKMENISTAN: BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a U.S. information technology expert who has been in Turkmenistan for about one year, the business environment has become more obstructionist. Over the past year, in order to clear deals between his company and Turkmen state agencies, he has encountered increasing [...]	2008-07-15 06:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT913	TURKMENISTAN: INCREASE IN AIRFARES HAS LED TO IMPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan Airlines (Turkmenistan Hawayollary),previously known for its ridiculously cheap airfares and chaotic, corrupt and inconvenient service, is taking a stab at professionalizing itself. Effective June 1, [...]	2008-07-18 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT915	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF COMMUNCIATIONS WELCOMES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 17 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Minister of Communications Hojagurbanov acknowledged Turkmenistan's need to stren [...]	2008-07-18 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECPS EIND AJ TX
08ASHGABAT926	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS MINISTER EAGER FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings on July 16, Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, Baymurat Hojamuhammedov, offered U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Department of Energy Director for Rus [...]	2008-07-21 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT933	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 21 extended cabinet meeting, held to review the government's work over the last six months, President Berdimuhamedov said the country's economic indicators are good enough to increase wages and pens [...]	2008-07-23 10:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT96	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 03:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN TX
08ASHGABAT981	TURKMENISTAN: AT FRONT END OF PREPARATION TO MEET [...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. Department of Treasury team focusing on assessing Turkmenistan's anti-money laundering law enforcement capacity met with relevant state financial, legal, and legislative entities, as well as two of the three foreign banks currently operating here. Turkmenistan's banks a [...]	2008-07-29 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN TX
08ASMARA258	ERITREA'S DIESEL DIET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Diesel fuel remains an extremely scarce commodity in Eritrea. UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have not received their diesel allocations from the Eritrean government since April 10. Many of the Eritrean government's civilian vehicles are [...]	2008-05-14 07:47:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENER PINR ER
08ASMARA300	ERITREA - NO FUEL BY JULY? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Eritrea has fuel reserves of only one month, and poor prospects for purchasing more, according to Total's Managing Director in Eritrea. Eritrea's Kuwaiti suppliers reportedly have not been paid since December 2007, and will not supply more fuel until the government makes paym [...]	2008-06-04 18:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA317	SUNRIDGE STRIKES GOLD NEAR ASMARA [...] (SBU) Vancouver-based Sunridge Gold Corporation of Eritrea chief engineer David Doud (protect) told Conoff of a large discovery of gold, silver, copper, and zinc at Adi Nefas, 4 miles northwest of Asmara. Doud conservatively estimated gross revenues from the find at around $1 billion, less ca [...]	2008-06-13 06:40:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ER
08ASMARA325	PRESIDENT ISAIAS - BREAD AND PASTA ARE LUXURIES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Isaias Afwerki appeared to be preparing the Eritrean people for future reduced supplies of basic foodstuffs in recent interviews and speeches, including his May 24 Liberation Day address. High import costs and heavy subsidies have combined to lead Eritrea's command ec [...]	2008-06-18 09:14:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR PGOV ER
08ASMARA356	CARGIL'S BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) Cargil's business activities are thriving in Eritrea, according to Redaegzy Gebremedhin (protect),the company's Eritrean representative. Cargil has operated in Eritrea since 1998, and sold 250,000 tons of grain, sugar, and other agricultural commodities to Eritrea in 2007. It is likel [...]	2008-07-16 08:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ER
08ASMARA38	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] The following responses are keyed to reftel paragraph 15. Post submitted the 2006 Investment Climate Statement by email only, thus no reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, pushi [...]	2008-01-28 11:23:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ER
08ASMARA488	INSIGHTS ON ERITREA'S STATE-OWNED FISHING INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eritrea will sustainably harvest 80,000 metric tons (MT) of fish per year, according to Minister of Fisheries Ahmed Haj Ali. Eritrea recently built three port facilities and purchased eight industrial fishing vessels and put them under the control of the parQatal NatQal Fishing [...]	2008-10-07 08:12:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PGOV ECON ER
08ASMARA493	ERITREAN AIRLINES' DYSFUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Eritrean Airlines' operations are hampered by internal conflicts, incompetent management, and general socio-economic conditions in Eritrea. The Eritrean government appointed managers based on patronage rather than skill or experience, resulting in poor decision making and an unc [...]	2008-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ER
08ASMARA586	ASMARA ANGST [...] (C) Asmara is awash in speculation about domestic instability stemming from food shortages, economic decline, and stepped-up repression from the Isaias regime. In an isolated society with no media freedoms, Eritreans depend on "bado seleste," (akin to the grapevine or bush telegraph) for info [...]	2008-12-11 04:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV SOCI ASEC ER
08ASMARA603	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The following is keyed to reftel, para 15. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, with government activities crowding out most private investment. Investors in Eritrea face significant risks, including: lack of transparen [...]	2008-12-23 10:37:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV ER
08ASMARA92	ERITREA'S DIESEL SITUATION: SHORTAGE OR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Claims by the Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE) since December that UNMEE's fuel crisis results from its own shortage of supply, raises the question "What is the situation with Eritrea's fuel supply?" Diesel fuel stocks in Eritrea have decreased over the past few years fo [...]	2008-02-22 08:35:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO ECON EPET PGOV PREL ER
08ASTANA1022	CODEL RAHALL DISCUSSES ENERGY, SECURITY, DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Codel Rahall traveled to Astana on May 28 for meetings with President Nazarbayev, Prime Minister Masimov, Foreign Minister Tazhin, State Secretary Saudabayev, and members of both houses of Parliament. The delegation's Kazakhstani interlocutors praised U.S. - Kazakhstan relations. [...]	2008-06-02 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1121	TIMUR KULIBAYEV VISITS THE EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Timur Kulibayev, Chairman of KazEnergy Association and son-in-law of President Nazarbayev, met with the Ambassador on June 12 and toured the Embassy. During his conversation with the Ambassador, Kulibayev discussed changes at KazMunayGas, described relations with Russia as improvin [...]	2008-06-16 11:39:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1158	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN FOR [...] (SBU) Your visit to Kazakhstan for the annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly comes at a particularly opportune time. With its recent selection as 2010 OSCE chairman and thriving energy sector, Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The country is r [...]	2008-06-20 05:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OSCE OVIP OTRA KZ
08ASTANA1195	PAVLODAR - CIVIL SOCIETY SHOWS SIGNS OF INCREASED [...] (SBU) Emboffs visited Pavlodar during June 4 to June 6 and met with the Akimat (local government administration),the ruling Nur Otan party, opposition political parties, a representative of the Central Election Commission, media, and NGOs. Akimat officials were upbeat regarding both the poli [...]	2008-06-30 12:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON KZ
08ASTANA1210	ASSET STRUCTURE OF KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL OIL AND GAS [...] (U) KazMunayGas (KMG),Kazakhstan's state-owned oil and gas company, is a vertically integrated company holding 25 subsidiaries in oil and gas exploration, extraction, processing, transportation, and sales. KMG produces 16% of Kazakhstan's oil output, transports 65% of its oil, and manages 10 [...]	2008-07-03 05:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1211	SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN - ASIA SOCIETY CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Asia Society's Second Kazakhstan International Business Conference was held June 12-14 in Astana. The event brought together businessmen from Kazakhstan and abroad, government officials, diplomats, and academics to discuss obstacles to and opportunities for economic development in Kaz [...]	2008-07-03 06:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
08ASTANA1222	KAZAKHSTAN - CODEL HASTINGS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) President Nazarbayev told CODEL Hastings on June 29 that Kazakhstan is committed to deepening its cooperation with the U.S. He explained that Kazakhstan's crude production would increase significantly in the coming years, and that transport remains the big issue to resolve. Nazarbayev rem [...]	2008-07-08 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA1271	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 22-23 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Astana will acquaint you more intimately with the dynamic developments in Kazakhstan's energy sector. U.S. and Kazakhstani strategic interests are essentially aligned regarding Kazakhstan's vast energy resources. The Kazakhstanis agree with us that U.S. and Western compani [...]	2008-07-16 04:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1279	KAZAKHSTAN - ASTANA CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN GRAND [...] (SBU) Astana celebrated its 10th anniversary as Kazakhstan's capital on July 6. The jubilee consisted of a week of events, ranging from monument dedications and gala concerts to an official anniversary ceremony attended by nine foreign heads of state, including Russian President Medvedev. The [...]	2008-07-17 01:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PREL ECON KZ
08ASTANA1321	KAZAKHSTAN - LAUNCH OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and Commerce DAS Paul Dyck joined Kazakhstani Prime Minister Masimov and a delegation of U.S. and Kazakhstani public and private sector officials to launch the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-Private Economic Partnership Initia [...]	2008-07-23 01:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID PREL PGOV KZ
08ASTANA133	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - KAZAKHSTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 02:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL OPIC KTDB USTR
08ASTANA1355	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID'S AUGUST 7-8 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your visit to Kazakhstan comes at a particularly opportune time. With its recent selection as 2010 OSCE chairman and thriving energy sector, Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The country is rightly proud of its achievements: a booming economy, larg [...]	2008-07-28 04:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV ECON OVIP OTRA KZ
08ASTANA1374	KAZAKHSTAN - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) Nazarbayev advisor (and former Culture and Information Minister) Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador on July 21 that the government is looking for a way to bring in a multi-party parliament before taking over the OSCE chairmanship in 2010. Early elections, he explained, are not li [...]	2008-07-31 11:55:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ
08ASTANA1381	KAZAKHSTAN - SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) During July 22 meetings, Kazakhstani government officials expressed optimism to visiting Special Envoy Boyden Gray regarding the restructuring of Kashagan. They explained that Kazakhstan was moving forward with Azerbaijan and the companies on the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System ( [...]	2008-08-01 14:48:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1382	KAZAKHSTAN - SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) During July 22 meetings, Kazakhstani government officials expressed optimism to visiting Special Envoy Boyden Gray regarding the restructuring of Kashagan. They explained that Kazakhstan was moving forward with Azerbaijan and the companies on the Kazakhstan-Caspian Transportation System ( [...]	2008-08-04 02:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA146	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - KAZAKHSTAN [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel request. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy since its independence in 1991. The European Union in 2000 and the U.S. Department of [...]	2008-01-29 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON EINV PREL OPIC KTDB USTR
08ASTANA1499	KAZAKHSTAN - DAS KROL DISCUSSES IAEA BOG, MADRID [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting in Astana, SCA DAS George Krol stressed to DFM Kairat Sarybai the urgency of Kazakhstan's moving forward on its candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG). Sarybai said he has heard from Vienna that most of the Arab members of the MESA group have [...]	2008-08-12 06:47:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA EAID PGOV KDEM KZ
08ASTANA1501	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 20 - AUGUST 2, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Minimum Reserve Requirements for Banks -- Kazakhstan's Foreign Reserves -- HSBC Expands in Kazakhstan -- Cooperation with Brazil -- No Increase in Kazakhstani Wheat Pric [...]	2008-08-12 11:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1531	KAZAKHSTAN TO LIFT WHEAT EXPORT BAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Masimov announced at an August 16 meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture that Kazakhstan would lift its ban on wheat exports, effective September 1. This move was long anticipated. Our government interlocutors had previously emphasized to us on several occasions that the [...]	2008-08-19 11:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL EAID KZ
08ASTANA1558	TFGG01: KAZAKHSTAN CAUTIOUS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) Kazakhstan will likely continue its cautious approach toward the Georgian-Russian conflict to preserve its equities with both countries. Nevertheless, the Kazakhstanis appear genuinely concerned about the long-term implications of Russia's actions for other CIS states. While Kazakhstan is [...]	2008-08-21 07:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KZ GG RS
08ASTANA1617	GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN EXPLORES OPTIONS FOR EXPANDING [...] In response to a request from Kazakhstan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, on August 21, USAID completed and presented a study on options for stimulating investment in new electricity generation capacity through the use of capacity markets. The study will be presented to stakeholders [...]	2008-08-29 02:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EAID EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1646	KAZAKHSTAN - KARACHAGANAK FACES DIFFICULTIES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's Karachaganak field has large proven reserves of natural gas, but further Karachaganak expansion (i.e., a Phase III) faces obstacles, including administrative delays. The Karachaganak consortium, KPO, maintains that it was recently pressured into paying an environmen [...]	2008-09-03 06:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1697	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP PROMISES BOUCHER FOLLOW [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov and Foreign Minister Tazhin, citing President Nazarbayev's public commitment, told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 2 that Kazakhstan would follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Masimov looked forward to next steps on the Public-Priv [...]	2008-09-08 07:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE ECON KZ
08ASTANA1699	KAZAKHSTAN - MASIMOV AND MYNBAYEV STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) The 3rd annual KazEnergy Eurasian Energy Forum was held in Astana during September 4-5. In opening remarks, Prime Minister Masimov promised that Kazakhstan "will always be a reliable and dependable international partner," stressing that Kazakhstan's "principled stand" is "to ensure stabili [...]	2008-09-08 08:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1702	KAZAKHSTAN - NEW PRESIDENT OF KAZMUNAIGAZ ON NATIONAL OIL [...] (SBU) New KazMunaiGas (KMG) head Kairgeldy Kabyldin outlined for the Ambassador his company's strategic priorities in a September 2 meeting. He said that despite the conflict in Georgia, Kazakhstan remained committed to exporting crude through the Caucasus. Kabyldin explained that the Kazakhst [...]	2008-09-08 10:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1721	KAZAKHSTAN - IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL CREDIT CRUNCH ON THE [...] Even in resource-rich Kazakhstan, the global credit crunch is having a major impact. This impact is being felt throughout the financial system; however, the microcredit industry has been surprisingly resilient. Long a partner in fostering microcredit industry growth, USAID support has spanned [...]	2008-09-11 05:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EAID KZ
08ASTANA1850	KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS HEADED TOWARD [...] (C) The Mazhilis will hold its second reading on a package of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law on September 24. The latest text is an improvement over the June version that was passed at the first reading, although it still includes several problematic provisions. Civil society and r [...]	2008-09-22 12:33:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1865	KAZAKHSTAN - ATYRAU OIL REFINERY LOOKS TO UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Charge and Energy Officer met with Kairat Urazbayev, First Deputy General Director of the Atyrau oil refinery, on September 18 and toured the refinery's processing facilities. The original plant was built in 1936, but was upgraded most recently in 2006. It is therefore, said Urazbayev, [...]	2008-09-24 11:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1869	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, AUGUST 31 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazyna Upgrades Legal Status -- Samara-Uralsk Fiber Optic Line -- German Technical Assistance to Help Labor Ministry -- August Inflation -- Kazakhstani Investment in G [...]	2008-09-25 02:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1872	KAZAKHSTAN - CRIMINAL CASE OPENED UP AGAINST KEY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on September 24 that it has opened a criminal case against several key opposition figures -- Azat's Bulat Abilov, OSDP's Amirzhan Kosanov, Alga's Vladimir Kozlov, and the Shanyrak movement's Asylbek Kozhakhmetov -- for allegedly concealing the w [...]	2008-09-25 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ
08ASTANA1977	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BRIEF AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Several international oil companies active in Kazakhstan briefed the Ambassador on their current operations and future plans in separate meetings during September 30 to October 2. They reported that negotiations on [...]	2008-10-06 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV ELAB TX GG RS KZ
08ASTANA206	OIL COMPANIES AND AMBASSADORS DISCUSS OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Foreign oil company representatives told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Mann on January 25 that much remains to be worked out in finalizing the details of the new Kashagan agreement, including the role of KazMunaiGaz (KMG). The EC head of delegation to Kazakhsta [...]	2008-02-04 08:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL KZ
08ASTANA2079	KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office (INL) met with Colonel Nygmedzhan Saparov, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drug Traffic [...]	2008-10-20 11:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA2092	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMON WORLD FORUM MINISTERIAL BRINGS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad led the U.S. delegation to the October 17 Common World Forum ministerial meeting in Astana. Aimed at promoting understanding between the Muslim world and the [...]	2008-10-22 10:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2095	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 15 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, World Bank Country Manager for Kazakhstan Sergei Shatalov provided his views on the state of the Kazakhstani economy, discussed the government's [...]	2008-10-22 12:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
08ASTANA2101	KAZAKHSTAN: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2008 KAZAKHSTAN [...] SUMMARY: The 16th annual Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (KIOGE) was held during October 7-10 in Almaty. The exhibition featured more than 550 companies from 30 countries and was visited by more than 15,000 oil and gas industry professionals. The conference in [...]	2008-10-23 08:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS GG KZ
08ASTANA2116	KAZAKHSTAN: CITIBANK EXECUTIVES DISCUSS THEIR LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Shirish Apte, CEO of Citibank Central and Eastern Europe, and Dan Connelly, CEO of Citibank Kazakhstan, described Citibank as doing very well in Kazakhstan. They [...]	2008-10-24 11:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2124	KAZAKHSTAN: UST-KAMENOGORSK,S EASTERN MINING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met on September 10 in Ust-Kamenogorsk with the Director of the Eastern Mining Institute, a largely self-financing research entity that had been part of a mining conglomerate during the Soviet era. He dis [...]	2008-10-28 08:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN BTIO TNGD KZ
08ASTANA2166	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Kazakhstan will be most useful to reinforce the importance we place on the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership. Both Secretary of State Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad visited Astana in October. With its selection as 2010 OSCE ch [...]	2008-11-03 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET OREP KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2175	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL'S CANDID CONVERSATION WITH UK EURASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, energy officer was the only non-British government official invited to a briefing by Neil Carmichael (protect),Shell's General Manager for Business Development in Central Asia, given to British ene [...]	2008-11-04 11:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2195	KAZAKHSTAN: CRUDE EXPORT DUTY RAISES CONCERNS, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan introduced an export duty on crude oil and oil products through a government decree issued on April 8. The rate for the crude duty is calculated based on a formula linked to the price of Brent crude. I [...]	2008-11-07 06:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ

08ASTANA2226	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED TAX CODE CHANGES COULD IMPACT OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In September, the Ministry of Finance submitted several proposed changes to the tax code to Parliament. If Parliament adopts the amendments, the changes will take effect January 1, 2009. A major objective of the [...]	2008-11-10 02:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA225	KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AND KMG DISCUSS KASHAGAN, OIL AND [...] (C) Senior Kazakhstani officials and KazMunaiGaz (KMG) executives told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Mann on January 25 that they welcomed the Administration's decision to reestablish the energy coordinator's office. They explained that the GOK pressed to renegotia [...]	2008-02-04 13:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL KZ
08ASTANA2259	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR TOURS TENGIZ AND KASHAGAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador toured the supergiant oil fields Tengiz and Kashagan on November 11 and 12 respectively, discovering in the process new facts about future production, transportation options, public perceptions, lab [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SENV KZ
08ASTANA2267	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN BRIEFED ON [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on U.S. policy on Afghan reconciliation to Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin on November 18, stressing that reconciliation comes with strict conditions that insurgents must lay down their arms, return to normal life, recognize the democratically elected [...]	2008-11-18 11:03:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF KZ
08ASTANA2291	KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, Timur Kulibayev, newly-appointed Deputy Chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, gave the Ambassador his assessment of the domestic impact of the global financial crisis and an update o [...]	2008-11-21 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EPET EINV SOCI KPAO RS IR AJ
08ASTANA2293	KAZAKHSTAN: OCTOBER ENVIRONMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. [...]	2008-11-24 04:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAGR TSPL ZK KZ
08ASTANA2317	KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with Kazakhstan,s National Shipping company, Kazmortransflot (KMTF),to discuss its business structure and operations. KMTF identified the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System [...]	2008-11-24 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EPET EWWT AJ KZ
08ASTANA2320	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT MOVES SWIFTLY TO STABILIZE BANKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is the first in a three-part series analyzing Kazakhstan's response to the global financial crisis. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, President Nazarbayev announced a series of sweeping measures to be enacted by the G [...]	2008-11-24 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2346	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD MUSIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 24, the Ambassador met Aslan Musin, Head of the Presidential Administration, to discuss Kazakhstan's broad goals as Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and the package of legislative amendments currently be [...]	2008-11-25 10:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM ECON EFIN EINV SOCI KNNP KDEM KPAO
08ASTANA2349	MANGYSTAU - KAZAKHSTAN'S OTHER OIL CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with several oil companies to discuss the state of the energy industry in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. Oil companies in Mangystau noted the region,s untapped potential, good i [...]	2008-11-25 14:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EPET CH IR KZ
08ASTANA2352	KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The fundamental strategic aim of the U.S. Mission is a stable, secure, democratic and prosperous Kazakhstan. The strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan for border security is based on our common security interests including bolstering Central Asian sovere [...]	2008-11-26 02:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC SNAR KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA2380	KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR REPORT, PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, please find below Part 1 of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is still affected by the expansion of international drug trafficking [...]	2008-12-02 01:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA2391	GE REGIONAL CEO DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, DCM and energyoff met Ron Pollett, President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Russia/CIS, who said that GE will break ground in 2009 on a locomotive production facility in Astana. Konstantin Nazar [...]	2008-12-03 13:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND ENRG ETRD BEXP BTIO KZ
08ASTANA2392	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, November 9 - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- National Bank Eases Reserve Requirements -- Use of the National Fund Criticized -- New Appointme [...]	2008-12-04 01:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2449	KARACHAGANAK: KAZAKHSTAN'S UNSUNG SUPERGIANT OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-4, Energy Officer toured the vast Karachaganak oil and gas field near the small town of Aksai (pop. 35,000),40 kilometers from the Russian border in northwestern Kazakhstan. Although less well-know [...]	2008-12-11 03:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV RS KZ
08ASTANA2470	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, NOVEMBER 23 - [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Budget Code Signed by President -- Regional Trade News -- ArcelorMittal Guarantees Employment to Share Purchasers -- Renaissance Capital Advisor for Distressed A [...]	2008-12-18 16:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2535	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, this report summarizes the structure, plans, projects, and players of Kazakhstan's civilian nuclear energy sector. Kazakhstan has the world's second largest uranium reserves after Australia and is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Ca [...]	2008-12-23 06:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KGIC KNNP EINV ENRG KZ
08ASTANA2538	KAZAKHSTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to combat domestic terrorism and extremism aggressively and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information-sharing with the United States and international organizations. Kazakhstan a [...]	2008-12-23 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ
08ASTANA2561	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, December 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Ready to Negotiate Debt Restructuring -- Banks to Receive Government Assistance by March -- Conservative Scenario for 2009 National Budget -- Economic S [...]	2008-12-30 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2572	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CONVENES FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5, President Nazarbayev chaired the biannual Foreign Investors Council in Almaty, which was attended by the entire Cabinet and the top 15 foreign investors in Kazakhstan. The meeting was notable for it [...]	2008-12-30 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ELAB EPET KZ
08ASTANA280	NAZARBAYEV'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) President Nazarbayev's 2009 state of the nation address focused largely on the economy, as well as on government social programs. He only touched briefly on foreign policy, highlighting Kazakhstan's selection as OSCE chairman for 2010. He said little about democratic reforms. End Summary [...]	2008-02-08 02:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA281	SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your trip to Kazakhstan follows January visits from Senator Lugar, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Mann, and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Central Asia Shivers. The steady traffic of high-level visitors to and from Kazakhstan (Prime Minister M [...]	2008-02-08 02:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA341	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES, [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov told Assistant Secretary Boucher during a February 11 meeting that he was seeking to implement further structural economic reforms in Kazakhstan, including tax reform. The government would also be focusing greater attention on developing human capital. Masimov stre [...]	2008-02-19 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL WTO KZ
08ASTANA358	KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME REPORT FOR 2007 [...] According to the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, 10,502 drug-related crimes were committed during 2007. The number of individuals that committed these crimes decreased 1.2% to 8,147. Drug seizures in 2007 decreased 6.2% from the previous year. Total seizures in 2007 w [...]	2008-02-21 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA392	SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (S) Summary: Kazakhstani officials have stated consistently that Kazakhstani troops will stay in Iraq the duration of coalition engagement. The absence of Chapter VII UNSCR authority will not affect Kazakhstan's Iraq strategy. Kazakhstan's committment in Iraq is based on political considerati [...]	2008-02-28 06:34:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ KZ
08ASTANA4	PRESIDENTIAL VISIT SIGNALS HEIGHTENED TURKISH [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 13:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA407	FIGHTING TB IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] Summary: Many of the guidelines stated in the Berlin Declaration have long been implemented in Kazakhstan, and the country is currently in line with WHO-DOTS tuberculosis (TB) guidelines. However, many of the TB-focused bodies are under-funded, and some operate under outdated guidelines. The m [...]	2008-03-03 11:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO WHO KZ
08ASTANA474	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2 - 22, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Bilateral Talks with Canada Completed -- New Head of Samgau Holding Appointed -- General Electric Begins New Era of Cooperation -- EBRD to Invest over $1 Bln in Kazakhs [...]	2008-03-11 01:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA525	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) 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. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...]	2008-03-17 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ
08ASTANA555	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) 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. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...]	2008-03-19 03:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ
08ASTANA584	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) 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. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...]	2008-03-19 04:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ
08ASTANA618	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Quota for Sugar Imports -- Financial Sector News -- Results of 2005 EITI Report -- KazMunayGas To Explore Zhambyl Block of Caspian Shelf -- Kazakhstan-China Joint Vent [...]	2008-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA703	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, FEBRUARY-MARCH 2008 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. -- Koksaray Water Reservoir To Be Built in South Kazakhstan -- Ecological Tax To Replace Pollution Fees -- Kazakhstan Expects Russia To Cut Toxic Rocket Fuel Use -- Science Funding To Soar By [...]	2008-04-10 10:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ENRG EPET KZ
08ASTANA760	LIFESTYLES OF THE KAZAZHSTANI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Kazakhstan's political elites appear to enjoy typical hobbies -- such as travel, horseback riding, and skiing. Not surprisingly, however, they are able to indulge in their hobbies on a grand scale, whether flying Elton John to Kazakhstan for a concert or trading domestic property for a pal [...]	2008-04-17 10:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KZ
08ASTANA769	AMBASSADOR OPENS AMERICAN CORNER, MEETS WITH KEY [...] (C) The Ambassador attended the official opening of the eighth American Corner in Kazakhstan on April 8 at the Aktobe branch of the Republican Science Technical Library. While in Aktobe, he also held meetings with oblast (regional) and city officials, NGO's representatives, and local businessm [...]	2008-04-18 12:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KZ
08ASTANA824	KAZAKHSTAN - FORWARD MOVEMENT ON AMENDING MEDIA [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on April 24 with Anastasiya Shchegortsova, head of the Information and Culture Ministry's Strategic Planning Department, and Bogatoz Kaipova, from the Presidential Administration's Domestic Policy Department, to discuss Kazakhstan's Madrid commitment to amend the countr [...]	2008-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA869	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel, which requested specific information regarding the impact in host country of rising food and agricultural commodity prices. 2. (SBU) DEMAND: The most important foods and agricultural commodities consumed in Kazakhstan include flour, b [...]	2008-05-06 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KZ
08ASTANA962	KAZAKHSTAN - OIL EXPORT DUTY GOES INTO EFFECT, BUT [...] (U) Kazakhstan's recently announced duty on the export of crude oil and oil products went into effect on May 17. The duty does not apply to companies whose contracts set fixed tax regimes, which means that Kazakhstan's three principal oil and gas projects -- Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan [...]	2008-05-19 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ETRD PGOV KZ
08ASTANA970	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RAHALL'S MAY 25-27 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Kazakhstan comes at a particularly opportune time. With its thriving energy sector and recent selection as 2010 chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The [...]	2008-05-22 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET OVIP OTRA KZ
08ASTANA975	KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) On May 22, Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref A, B, and C demarches to Kazakhstani Vice Minister of Agriculture Dulat Aitzhanov, explaining the USG approach to the global food crisis, the President's global food security initiative, and USG positions on Doha, food staple export restrictions, a [...]	2008-05-22 13:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON KZ
08ASUNCION138	PARAGUAY: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) Paraguay's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons (TIP) are as follows: A. Is Paraguay a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked [...]	2008-03-05 10:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PA
08ASUNCION140	PARAGUAYAN RESPONSE TO DEATH OF FARC COMMANDER [...] (SBU) President Nicanor Duarte Frutos condemned March 4 Colombia's actions in killing FARC Commander Raul Reyes, stating that Paraguay condemned Colombia's "external agression" and reaffirmed "the sovereignty of nations" such as Ecuador. A confidential message from the Paraguayan government [...]	2008-03-06 10:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO ER PA
08ASUNCION178	BLANCA OVELAR'S VISION FOR PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colorado Party standard-bearer told Ambassador March 18 she will seek to broaden and deepen relations with the United States should she win Paraguay's April 20 presidential elections. She spoke of the need to reform the state, fight corruption, increase citizen participation in [...]	2008-03-19 21:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PA
08ASUNCION196	CRAWLING CRABS TO FLYING GEESE: OVELAR'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colorado presidential candidate Blanca Ovelar presented February 28 her economic platform to the American-Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). Ovelar's main themes were building an economic agenda based on active collaboration between civil society, the public, and private se [...]	2008-03-31 14:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION228	PARAGUAY-VENEZUELA ENERGY AGREEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Paraguay signed April 1 in Caracas a food-for-oil Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Venezuela. The MOU includes Paraguay's agro technology transfers to Venezuela, and an option for Venezuelan public and private investment in the sector. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro wi [...]	2008-04-09 22:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PA VZ
08ASUNCION233	UN CONFIRMS PARAGUAY TOP POT PRODUCER IN SOUTH [...] (U) The United Nation's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB, or JIFE in Spanish) declared Paraguay the top South American producer of marijuana in its 2007 report, published March 5. The report (available on www.incb.org website) noted that Paraguay now is by far the region's primary [...]	2008-04-11 17:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION259	OAS AND IFES KEEPING PRESSURE ON ELECTORAL COURT [...] (C) The National Electoral Court (TSJE) is ready for Paraguay's April 20 elections. The Organization of American States (OAS) and IFES electoral missions report that the TSJE accepted and has acted on all ten of the political opposition's recommendations regarding the electoral process. The [...]	2008-04-18 17:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION263	LUGO LANDSLIDE FOR CHANGE IN PARAGUAY [...] SUMMARY: Former bishop Fernando Lugo is Paraguay's president-elect. Despite high tensions, the elections were seemingly fraud free with record turnout. With all exit polls indicating a clear win for Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) candidate Lugo, confirmed by official quick count resul [...]	2008-04-21 02:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION326	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1803 AND IRANIAN [...] (SBU) PolOff spoke with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of International Organizations Carlos Ruckelshaussen May 8 and delivered reftel demarches. PolOff briefed Ruckelshaussen on U.S. support for UNSCR 1803 and left a copy of the UNSCR 1803 text and annexes as non-papers (ref [...]	2008-05-20 21:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP UNSC PARM IAEA NSG EFIN AORC ETRD
08ASUNCION365	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH SPECIAL [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the f [...]	2008-06-03 12:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION379	REVISED: TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),Drug Enforcement Agency Attache, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). I [...]	2008-06-10 20:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION400	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) [...]	2008-06-19 12:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION476	PARAGUAYANS OUTRAGED AT EU IMMIGRATION ACCORD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies and Foreign Ministry declared the European Union Parliament's new immigration accord a violation of human rights. The Foreign Ministry's Special Affairs Minister Victor Hugo Pena said June 25 that the Paraguayan government considers the EU acc [...]	2008-07-09 21:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN OAS PREL SMIG PA
08ASUNCION48	COLORADOS' ELECTION TRIBUNAL DECLARES OVELAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Colorado Party has declared President Duarte's chosen successor, Blanca Ovelar, as the party's candidate for April's presidential elections. Former Vice President Castiglioni, however, has legally appealed to block Ovelar's formal insciption as the Colorado candidate, claimin [...]	2008-01-22 18:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION505	CHILD AND FORCED LABOR IN GOODS PRODUCTION [...] (U) This cable responds to the Department of Labor's request for information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of Paraguayan goods as mandated in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (reftel). Per reftel, this cable focuses on labor [...]	2008-07-23 16:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PA
08ASUNCION516	FOREIGN MINISTER NOMINATION IGNITES CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request in paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) President-elect Fernando Lugo's decision to designate Paraguayan Ambassador to Lebanon Alejandro Hamed Franco as his foreign minister July 23 ignited a domestic political controversy. In 2007 [...]	2008-07-29 13:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL CVIS PA
08ASUNCION526	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (POB) Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here (reft [...]	2008-07-30 20:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION535	SCENE-SETTER FOR LUGO INAUGURATION [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and members of the U.S. delegation attending the August 15 inauguration of President Fernando Lugo. The Lugo administration represents the first interruption in Colorado Party rule in 61 years. Your visit provides an o [...]	2008-08-01 18:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION590	CHAVEZ BREAKS ALL THE RULES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Chavez attempted to steal President Lugo's limelight on and around his August 15 inauguration, but most of his efforts backfired, making him the object of widespread criticism in the Paraguayan press. Chavez did, however, get a good amount of "face time" with [...]	2008-08-25 22:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION592	LUGO STEERS MODERATE COURSE IN INAUGURATION SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After taking his oath with an emphatic "I swear," President Fernando Lugo delineated his ideals for Paraguay in an emotive inauguration speech, some of which he delivered in Guarani. Lugo marked a strong affinity with the left as he emphasized the cause of the poor and the indig [...]	2008-08-26 12:50:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PA
08ASUNCION606	LUGO AND HAMED FRIENDLY WITH A/S SHANNON BUT LIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his August 28 meeting with President Lugo, Assistant Secretary Shannon reinforced Secretary Gutierrez' message to Lugo about U.S. interests in strengthening commercial ties, and also expressed support for Lugo's social agenda. Above all else, Lugo said he wants to strengthen P [...]	2008-08-29 18:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
08ASUNCION611	COUP RUMORS: JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARAGUAY [...] (C) After swirling rumors and exaggerated press reports of an attempted coup on September 1, President Lugo appeared on national television with his military cabinet behind him. Lugo assured his people that he remained in control and that he would not tolerate any attempts to undermine Paraguay [...]	2008-09-02 21:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PA
08ASUNCION62	THREE PLUS ONE READOUT [...] (C) The January 10-11 Three-Plus-One Security Dialogue with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and the United States in Asuncion played out as expected, with fruitful coordination on the margins of the meeting, but plenary interventions from the three focused primarily on crime fighting and preserving [...]	2008-01-29 17:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PGOV GTIP SNAR PA BR AR
08ASUNCION665	INSIDE SCOOP ON REGIONAL POLITICS AND UNASUR [...] (C) Chilean Ambassador Fabio Vio Ugarte told Ambassador September 17 that he met privately with Chilean President Bachelet when he returned to Santiago for a COM meeting to prepare for the UNASUR Summit. To his surprise, she firmly stated her dislike for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Howev [...]	2008-09-25 20:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PA
08ASUNCION667	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR CIVIL MILITARY [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here. In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) Liliana [...]	2008-09-26 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION696	SCENE-SETTER FOR BUSH-LUGO MEETING: PARAGUAY [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in Colorado Party's 61-year stranglehold on power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. President Bush's October 27 meeting with President Lugo offers the United States an opportunity to reaffirm it [...]	2008-10-14 18:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION747	SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Engel November 11-13. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in the Colorado Party's 61-year streak in power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. Just on the heels of President Lugo's October 27 [...]	2008-11-04 12:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08ASUNCION847	PARAGUAY'S THRESHOLD PROGRAM WORKING TO FORMALIZE [...] (U) Ambassador and Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce Martin Heisecke visited December 10 manufacturers in Ciudad del Este (CDE) supported by USAID's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Program. Ambassador and Heisecke visited Qin Yi America and Cortinerias del Paragua [...]	2008-12-19 16:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON PA
08ASUNCION99	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH CANDIDATE LUGO [...] (C) In his first meeting with bishop-turned-presidential front-runner Fernando Lugo, Ambassador delivered a strong message that the United States wants good relations with whomever becomes Paraguay's next president, and we have numerous opportunities to work together toward common interests. [...]	2008-02-14 15:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PGOV PA
08ATHENS1023	SCENE SETTER FOR ATHENS GREECE (U) [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Athens, we look forward to your important visit which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Since your visit last July, ADM Fitzgerald (2-3 April),Lt Gen McFann (2 July),and LTG Eikenberry (3 July) visited Athens and met with key Greek m [...]	2008-07-17 08:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO TU MK GR
08ATHENS1027	GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS RESPONDS TO GRUEVSKI [...] (U) Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis has responded in a July 18 public letter (full text in para 4) to the July 14 letter from Macedonian Prime Minister Gruevski (ref A) in which Gruevski asks that Greece address issues related to property restitution and citizenship of ethnic Macedonians who [...]	2008-07-18 14:49:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS1043	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S JULY 27 - 29 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. I am pleased that you are coming and the Embassy stands ready to make your visit a success. Your visit is opportune, as the Greeks are thinking carefully about Iran. On the one hand, those handling non-proliferation matters largely share international community concern [...]	2008-07-23 08:28:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR
08ATHENS1064	STAFFDEL TALWAR - ATHENS (JULY 25-28) [...] Embassy Athens welcomes Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar to Athens, Greece, on July 25-28, 2008 in order to attend the Middle East Regional Security and Cooperation meeting. 2. Embassy Athen's Administrative POC for STAFFDEL Talwar is: Kelsie Murray, Political Assistant (Office) [...]	2008-07-25 10:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OREP GR
08ATHENS1089	CODEL COSTELLO - GREECE (AUGUST 2-3) [...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Costello to Souda Bay, Crete, Greece, on August 2-3. 2. Embassy Athens Administrative POC for CODEL Costello is: Bill Murad, Public Diplomacy Officer Office: 30-210-720-2298 Cell: 30-6948-601-961 Home: 30-210-725-5605 Fax: 30-210- [...]	2008-07-30 13:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN GR OREP
08ATHENS1110	CODEL REYES - ATHENS (AUGUST 5-6) [...] Embassy Athens welcomes CODEL Reyes to Athens, Greece, on August 5-6 in conjunction with matters of concern to the committee. 2. Embassy Athens' Administrative POC for CODEL Reyes are: Anne Lessman Office: 30 210.720.2700 Mobile: 30 693.444.8041 Fax: 30 210.720.2584 Email: Lessman [...]	2008-08-01 13:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OREP OVIP
08ATHENS1111	STAFFDEL JONES - GREECE (AUGUST 6-8) [...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the visit of STAFFDEL Jones to Athens, Greece, on August 6-8 on official business. 2. Embassy Athens' Administrative POC for STAFFDEL Jones is: Mr. Adamantios D. Coulouris, Regional Affairs Section Office: 30 210.720.2373 ell: 30 693.611.8014 Unclass Fa [...]	2008-08-01 13:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OREP OVIP GR
08ATHENS1120	NEW GREEK DOMESTIC TERROR GROUP EMERGES [...] (SBU) Greek anti-terrorist investigators believe that a new terrorist group has emerged following bombing incidents on June 24 and July 28. In the first incident, a small explosion was set off outside an officAthens suburb of MarouQwQ In both incidents, "died improvised devic verified manner [...]	2008-08-04 16:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER GR
08ATHENS1203	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR LAGON'S SEPTEMBER 1-3 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to press Greece to show progress on TIP issues if it wishes to avoid a Tier-Two Watch-List rating. Your visit comes at a particularly delicate moment in U.S.-Greece relations. A NATO ally and EU member, Greece has been helpful in [...]	2008-08-26 15:37:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PGOV PHUM PREL
08ATHENS1290	GREECE/CYPRUS: GOG SUPPORTS UN PROCESS BUT WORRIED [...] (C) PM Karamanlis and FM Bakoyannis are pleased with the momentum on Cyprus, sending positive signals about the September 3 start of UN-brokered talks. Cyprus has been center stage in Athens with visits from UN Special Envoy Downer and Cypriot Foreign Minister Kyprianou. PM Karamanlis and F [...]	2008-09-10 14:50:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR CY UN
08ATHENS1294	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRAPSAS' VISIT TO D.C. [...] (C) The visit of General Demetrius Grapsas, Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, to Washington is an important opportunity to recognize Greece's support of multiple U.S. Navy and Air Force operations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, including Iraq through ove [...]	2008-09-11 14:27:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS1299	GOG TO EMB SKOPJE DCM: POSITION FIRM BUT READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece is prepared to make a deal on the name dispute with Macedonia "tomorrow," senior Greek officials told visiting Embassy Skopje DCM Navratil in meetings August 22 in Athens, but Greece's position on a composite name and its universal international usage -- "ergo omnes" -- rema [...]	2008-09-12 12:16:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR MK
08ATHENS1326	FM BAKOYANNIS PLEDGES ENGAGEMENT ON NIMETZ [...] (S) To help lay the groundwork for New York meetings on the Macedonia name issue, on September 16 Ambassador Speckhard spoke with Foreign Minister Bakoyannis to urge her not to reject the most recent Nimetz proposal, to engage constructively in negotiating textual changes Greece may need to be [...]	2008-09-18 07:25:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL GR MK
08ATHENS1351	AVIAN INFLUENZA: GREECE IS READY TO RESPOND [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Pierroutsakos, Chairman of the Hellenic Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (HCDCP) and to Sotiris Tsiodras, an expert on infectious diseases at the Greek Ministry of Health (MOH). Both officials outlined a clear and articulat [...]	2008-09-23 15:21:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL GR
08ATHENS1380	TOUGH TIMES FOR PM KARAMANLIS [...] (C) Recent weeks have not been kind to PM Karamanlis. His ruling New Democracy (ND) party is now polling lower than major opposition party PASOK. His razor-thin two-vote majority in Parliament has been further reduced to a one-vote majority, following a September 30 expulsion from the ruling [...]	2008-09-30 17:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS1387	GREEK SLANDS: A GATEWAY TO EUROPE FOR ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) ver-increasing numbers of illegal immigrants Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, and ohers) are using boats and rafts to travel fro Turkey to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, making the islands the preferred route for these immigrants into the EU. The wave of newcomers has all but o [...]	2008-10-02 05:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PRL PGOV PBTS PTER PHUM GR
08ATHENS1411	ENVIRONMENTALISTS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT IN GREECE [...] (C) Summary: As part of the Embassy's initiative to expand its dialogue on the environment, the Ambassador hosted a September 23 lunch for Greek NGO environmentalists. A key point raised included the challenges of protecting the environment against big business interests, such as tourism an [...]	2008-10-09 04:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY GR
08ATHENS1427	GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS POSITIVE ON NIMETZ [...] (C) In a 10/9 conversation with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said Greece considered UN mediator Nimetz' latest proposal to be a "good basis," but with some remaining areas for refinement - particularly stronger provisions on bilateral usage of the new name. Bakoyannis laid out the GOG [...]	2008-10-10 11:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MK GR
08ATHENS1476	VATOPAIDION SCANDAL CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM IN GREEK [...] (C) On October 23, one of Prime Minister Karamanlis's closest aides, Minister of State and GoG spokesman Theodoris Roussopoulos, resigned in connection with the Vatopaidion real estate scandal -- the second minister to do since September. Roussopoulos is expected to remain in his seat in Parl [...]	2008-10-27 07:07:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1515	THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMPACT ON GREECE AND [...] (SBU) While the Greek banking system has not been hit by first-round effects of the global financial crisis given its limited exposure to the complex financial products at the center of the storm, it has been affected by the ensuing freeze in the capital markets and the increased cost of rais [...]	2008-11-04 17:08:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GR
08ATHENS1528	GREECE/TERRORISM: NOVEMBER 17 SOUNDS OFF, [...] (SBU) An imprisoned assassin from Greece's most famous domestic terrorist group, November 17 (17N),recently published an unrepentant manifesto in a Greek newspaper, while another group with a similar ideology, Revolutionary Struggle (RS),may have launched a new bomb attack, possibly its firs [...]	2008-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC GR
08ATHENS153	RULING PARTY MAJORITY RAZOR THIN FOLLOWING MP [...] (SBU) On January 31, the ruling New Democracy party's already-thin majority was shaved further (152 to 151 seats of 300) when ND MP Kostas Koukodimos announced he was leaving the party following allegations of corruption in connection with the parties to the overheated Zachopoulos scandal (refs [...]	2008-02-01 16:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1539	GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...]	2008-11-10 15:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG
08ATHENS1561	GREECE: 2008-2009 INCSR PART I [...] (U) The full text of the draft 2008-2009 INCSR Part I for Greece follows: Greece[DVM1] 2008-2009 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed f [...]	2008-11-17 05:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1569	GREEK RESPONSE TO MACEDONIAN ICJ LAWSUIT STRONG [...] (SBU) Greek reaction was swift and forceful to the announcement by the Republic of Macedonia that it had filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord by blocking MacedoniaQs NATO accession (reftel). Almo [...]	2008-11-18 15:52:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR MK EU NATO
08ATHENS1607	GREECE: 18-DAY PRISON STRIKES END WITH GOG [...] (SBU) On November 21, an estimated 8,000 inmates nationwide ended their 18-day hunger strike against overcrowding in Greek prisons following GOG announcement that it would release almost half of Greece's prison population. Since November 3, the unrest in prison detention centers propelled supp [...]	2008-11-28 15:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP GR
08ATHENS1635	GREECE/CHINA: GREEKS SEE PRC AS MORE "AGGRESSIVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Embassy and Greek MFA readouts painted very different pictures of Chinese President Hu's recent visit to Athens. The Chinese saw the visit as fulfilling three goals: repaying Greece for President Papoulias' visit during the Olympics; cementing the Chinese-Greece "comprehe [...]	2008-12-05 14:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD GR PGOV PREL CH
08ATHENS1652	EMBASSY ATHENS WELCOMES CODEL POE [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the December 15-16 visit of CODEL Poe to Athens. Control Officer for the visit to Athens will be Political Officer Elaine Paplos, 30-210-720-2756 (Office),30-694-439-0185 (cell),30-210-729-5313. The Control Officer will meet you at the Athens Airport acc [...]	2008-12-10 06:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ASEC GR
08ATHENS1655	Greece's 2009 Budget Seen as Unrealistic and Out of Context [...] (U) The GoG's draft 2009 budget submitted to Parliament November 21 has been criticized by the press, citizens, opposition parties, and informed observers alike as being unrealistic and out of context with the current economic crisis and resulting slowdown. Although all economic indicators or [...]	2008-12-10 13:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GR
08ATHENS1667	GREECE TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greece is willing to increase its already active role in international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Greece informed us December 12 that it would become a founding member of our proposed contact group on piracy, and recommended that the UN urge all s [...]	2008-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC EUN SO GR
08ATHENS1671	GREECE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens provides the following submission for Greece for the "Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) 2008." 2. Begin report: Greece Greece is increasingly an EU entry point for illegal immigrants coming from the Middle East. As such there is ongoing concern that it could be used as [...]	2008-12-12 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC GR

08ATHENS1680	PM KARAMANLIS DEFENDS GOVERMENT, PASOK LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite mounting domestic criticism of his handling of the recent demonstrations and violence, PM Karamanlis defended his government's restrained approach and criticized opposition parties for failing to come together during the crisis at a December 12 press conference in Bruss [...]	2008-12-15 16:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER GR

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