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08SINGAPORE647	U.S. NEEDS "COUNTER-STRATEGY" FOR CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew discussed regional stability in the face of China's economic, political, and military rise with Senator Joseph Lieberman, joined by the Ambassador, May 30. Lee called on the United States to develop a "counter-strategy" to respond to China's growing [...]	2008-06-06 09:18:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR OVIP CH IZ RS SN

08SINGAPORE749	SINGAPORE STILL UNCONVINCED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA Europe Directorate Director Lawrence Anderson told us July 1 that Singapore understood the points we had presented on the developing situation in Kosovo but thought that recognition remained a "complex" issue. He indicated Singapore is among "many coun [...]	2008-07-03 09:18:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV SN
08SKOPJE231	CODEL PRICE'S MACEDONIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) CODEL Price visited Macedonia March 15 to 18. CODEL members met with parliamentary leaders to advise on effective parliamentary procedures. The CODEL also met with President Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Gruevski, Foreign Minister Milososki, and Defense Minister Elenovski to discuss Mace [...]	2008-03-27 06:39:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL MK
08SKOPJE32	MACEDONIA: GETTING TO "YES" ON NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) A NATO invitation for Macedonia would strengthen domestic reforms and inter-ethnic relations here, bolstering Macedonia's positive influence as a factor for regional stability as Kosovo status develops. NATO Ambassadors in Skopje share that view, and believe Macedonia has met NATO perform [...]	2008-01-17 10:13:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08SKOPJE538	MACEDONIA: CRVENKOVSKI POSITIVE ON NAME NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS [...] (C) UN Name Negotiator Nimetz's latest proposals are workable but the clock is ticking, President Crvenkovski told the Ambassador August 22. Macedonia can compromise on the name and its scope of use, but not on the adjective ("Macedonian") to describe the country's language and people. Howeve [...]	2008-08-25 15:19:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK GG RS
08SKOPJE556	GEORGIA: MACEDONIA SUPPORTS GEORGIA QUIETLY, ALSO SEEKS [...] (C) Charge called on FonMin Milososki Sept. 3 to reinforce reftel points condemning Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and called on the GoM to make a forceful public statement to that effect. Milososki replied that "we will never recognize" these territories, and Macedonia wan [...]	2008-09-04 05:23:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS MK
08SKOPJE600	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' OCT 7-8 VISIT TO MACEDONIA [...] (S) Summary: Macedonia faces an uncertain international future, quiet but deep-seated domestic divisions, and an economy still struggling to reach full potential. Their appreciation for U.S. support and friendship remains very strong. We have concerns about recent GoM steps in rule of law, r [...]	2008-10-01 11:05:00	Embassy Skopje	SECRET	PREL MOPS MK
08SKOPJE601	AMBASSADOR MEETS MACEDONIAN LEADERSHIP AS [...] (C) In their first official meeting, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador Sept. 29 that NATO and EU membership remain the GoM's top strategic priorities, adding that despite their political differences he and President Crvenkovski have a similar strategic view of the name issue with Greece. Gruevsk [...]	2008-10-01 18:55:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC ENRG MK GR KV SR MW RS
08SOFIA101	BULGARIA: INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORT TO [...] (U) The following is Embassy Sofia's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on energy. BACKGROUND: BULGARIA: INCREASINGLY AT THE CENTER OF ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES 2. (U) Bulgaria is increasingly on the front line of European energy security issues. [...]	2008-02-15 14:58:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD
08SOFIA102	DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 15:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
08SOFIA110	BULGARIA: GINGERLY SEEKING EXPANDED TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian FM Mottaki visited Sofia on January 22 and a Bulgarian parliamentary delegation visited Tehran January 21-24. Bulgarian officials downplayed the contacts as "nothing special" but at the same time described plans to revive the Bulgaria-Iran Joint Economic Council and se [...]	2008-02-21 13:31:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENER PREL IR BU
08SOFIA114	BULGARIA'S KOSOVO BALANCING ACT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Poriazov told us Bulgarian recognition of Kosovo would not happen for at least several weeks. The Kosovars first had to incorporate the Ahtisaari Plan into their constitution, then the Council of Ministers would start the two-week process on recognition. [...]	2008-02-21 15:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU BU
08SOFIA124	BULGARIA: 2008 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen a significant energizing o [...]	2008-02-29 11:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
08SOFIA14	BULGARIANS HIRE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Bulgargaz, the Bulgarian state-owned energy company, has hired the U.S. law firm Paul Hastings to advise the Bulgarian side as it negotiates an intergovernmental agreement with the Russians on the South Stream pipeline. Paul Hastings partner Mark Lewis confirmed to us January 4 that his [...]	2008-01-09 11:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BU
08SOFIA17	ONE YEAR IN, BULGARIA FINDS EU MEMBERSHIP BRINGS [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria welcomed January 1, 2007 with more than just fireworks -- it joined the EU with high expectations and hopes for rapid change. One year later, Bulgarians still overwhelmingly support the EU, but with a collective sigh (or shrug) about membership benefits. Bulgarians we [...]	2008-01-10 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA18	BULGARIA'S RULING SOCIALISTS SURVIVE FIRST POST-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's Socialist-led coalition government successfully bucked the trend of new EU members changing governments during the first post-accession year. Although shaken by a high-profile corruption scandal and social protests, PM Sergei Stanishev's government is intact, with a [...]	2008-01-10 12:50:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
08SOFIA180	BULGARIA ON THE WESTERN BALKANS AND RUSSIA IN [...] (U) On March 26 we delivered REFTEL points to MFA's European Correspondent Sergei Tassev. Tassev thanked us for the points and said Bulgaria wanted the EU to maintain engagement with the Western Balkans, encouraging their future membership in Trans-Atlantic institutions. The EU needs to giv [...]	2008-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BU
08SOFIA212	BULGARIA INTERESTED IN THE TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Bulgaria has expressed interest in hooking up to the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas pipeline to begin taking one bcm of Azeri gas before Nabucco comes on line. Bulgaria would build a 60 kilometer interconnector from Hasko [...]	2008-04-09 15:18:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL BG
08SOFIA229	INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Stanishev forced Interior Minister Petkov,s hand into a resignation after two weeks of a deepening scandal that had trashed Bulgaria,s international image and fed domestic cynicism over government collusion with criminals. Intense international pressure made the difference i [...]	2008-04-15 14:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR BU
08SOFIA23	BULGARIANS MAKE NEW OFFER ON SOUTH STREAM IN [...] (C) Deputy Minister of Energy and lead Bulgarian South Stream negotiator Galina Tosheva told us January 11 that the Russians were unwilling to work from the new, Paul Hastings-drafted, South Stream intergovernmental agreement (IGA) during January 9 negotiations in Sofia (reftel). The IGA ver [...]	2008-01-11 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BU
08SOFIA234	PRESIDENT PARVANOV'S VISIT TO ISRAEL: GOOD TERMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgarian President Parvanov's state visit to Israel March 25-27 -- which included a four hour visit to Gaza -- focused on strengthening bilateral ties while maintaining good relations with the Palestinians. The Bulgarians signed a number of bilateral agreements with Israel an [...]	2008-04-17 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA25	EUR DAS BRYZA'S ENERGY SECURITY MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador Beyrle met with Bulgarian Regional Development Minster Asen Gagauzov on December 6, 2007, to discuss energy security issues, including diversity of supply, economic viability of the Nabucco Project, and strengthening Bulgaria's negotiating position [...]	2008-01-14 11:27:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU ECON ENRG PGOV
08SOFIA255	BULGARIAN ACTIVISM IN THE EU (C-RE8-00416) [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable is in response to REFTEL A questions posed by Washington Analysts regarding how the CE-10 are operating in the EU. Washington analysts may also refer to Embassy Sofia's previous cables on Bulgaria and the EU for additional information (REFTEL B, C, D, E). Post's r [...]	2008-04-23 11:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR EUN PREL BU
08SOFIA272	DISCOURAGING RUSSIA FROM UPGRADING RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
08SOFIA305	BULGARIA NEEDS U.S. SUPPORT TO BREAK AIR FORCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Rapidly losing capability, the Bulgarian Air Force is in dire need of modernization, but meaningful transformation is made impossible by Bulgaria's overwhelming dependence on Russian airframes. The use of aging Russian aircraft not only limits Bulgarian capabilities, but ma [...]	2008-05-14 11:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA310	PRESIDENT PARVANOV'S VISIT TO EGYPT: BOOSTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgarian President Parvanov's April 13-15 visit to Egypt highlighted Bulgaria's desire to reinvigorate relations with Arab states primarily for commercial and energy purposes. While in Cairo, the Bulgarians signed agreements on investment and cooperation in defense industries [...]	2008-05-16 11:24:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA317	AFTER SOUTH STREAM SIGNING, BULGARIA STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: As a counterweight to its January agreement with Russia on the South Stream pipeline, the Government of Bulgaria is working to show its commitment to Nabucco and diversification. It is hosting a series of high-profile European energy conferences focusing on Nabucco and energy [...]	2008-05-20 11:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL BU
08SOFIA329	SOFIA: STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR DOE ENERGY ATTACHE [...] (SBU) The Department of Energy's Attach Program is a resounding success. As DOE considers possible locations for its next Energy Attach, Embassy Sofia encourages a hard look at the superior value we offer. An office here would bracket coverage, analysis, and advocacy in Russia, the Caspian, [...]	2008-05-23 11:41:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER BU
08SOFIA33	BULGARIA: PUTIN'S VISIT TO BULGARIA: ENERGY [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Bulgarian leaders have publicly stated they hope Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day official visit to Bulgaria January 17-18 will lead to improved, more pragmatic bilateral relations, but Putin's "all business" agenda and the Russians' heavy-handed negotiating style [...]	2008-01-16 10:53:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA331	SOFIA: STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR DOE ENERGY ATTACHE [...] (SBU) The Department of Energy's Attache Program is a resounding success. As DOE considers possible locations for its next Energy Attache, Embassy Sofia encourages a hard look at the superior value we offer. An office here would bracket coverage, analysis, and advocacy in Russia, the Caspia [...]	2008-05-23 13:06:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER BU
08SOFIA354	BULGARIA MOST INTERESTED IN U.S-EU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 10:23:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL PHUM CU
08SOFIA44	BULGARIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 09:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
08SOFIA443	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO SOFIA [...] (C) The Bulgarians are delighted to host you and bestow their highest honor, the Stara Planina award, for your help in freeing the Bulgarian nurses wrongly held by Libya for eight years. Public support for the nurses has faded since their emotional homecoming last July 24, and relations bet [...]	2008-07-01 14:39:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR BG
08SOFIA453	SUPPORTING BULGARIAN MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C/NF) Summary. Based on an understanding reached at Prime Minister Stanishev's 17 June meeting with Secretary Gates, the Bulgarian Government is expecting a DOD team in July 2008 to consult on Bulgaria's military modernization plans. Post welcomes and fully supports this visit, which repr [...]	2008-07-03 16:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR BU IZ
08SOFIA471	BULGARGAZ CEO ON CUTS OF GAS FLOW TO GREECE [...] (C) State-owned Bulgargaz CEO Lubomir Denchev told us July 17 that recent interruptions of gas supply to Greece were the result of planned annual maintenance of pipeline infrastructure on Ukrainian territory. He said the year's pipeline maintenance plan is negotiated during annual "dispatch [...]	2008-07-18 08:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET BU
08SOFIA473	BULGARIANS LOOK FOR U.S. ADVICE ON PROPOSED ENERGY [...] (C) During his June U.S. visit, PM Stanishev raised the idea that Bulgaria host a regional energy summit; he returned to that theme during the July 9 visit to Sofia by Secretary Rice, who offered to explore the possibility of a U.S. senior official consulting with the Bulgarians. The PM's Di [...]	2008-07-18 10:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON BU
08SOFIA48	BULGARIA SIGNS SOUTH STREAM INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] (C) After an intense round of negotiations which lasted into the morning of January 18, the GOB signed an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Russia on the South Stream pipeline. Lead Bulgarian South Stream negotiator Deputy Energy Minister Galina Tosheva told us hours before the documen [...]	2008-01-18 13:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BU
08SOFIA503	SOUTH STREAM RATIFIED; MORE ON GAS CUTS TO GREECE [...] (C) After several days of contentious debate, Parliament ratified the South Stream Intergovernmental Agreement with Russia July 25. The vote was 140 in favor, 47 against. After the vote, BSP MP and former Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov defended South Stream, saying it was in line with Europ [...]	2008-07-25 12:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON BU
08SOFIA512	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL BORDALLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Delegate Bordallo, Representative Wilson and Representative Sanchez, Embassy Sofia warmly welcomes you and looks forward to a very successful visit. Your visit comes one month after Secretary Rice's consultations in Sofia and two months after Prime Minister Stanishev's meeting [...]	2008-07-29 09:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP BG
08SOFIA552	BULGARIA: ACTIVE ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy FM Keremedchiev agreed on a firm, united EU message to Russia and said Bulgaria would take an active role in providing and facilitating humanitarian assistance. It declined a Georgian request for military assistance. FM Kalfin will offer use of the port of Burgas as a [...]	2008-08-12 17:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG BU
08SOFIA561	CODEL BORDALLO DISCUSSES DEFENSE COOPERATION, F-16S, VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Bordallo visited Bulgaria from August 5-8, at the invitation of Parliament Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Solomon Passy, to tour the Novo Selo Training Area and meet with senior Bulgarian officials and parliamentarians. The CODEL expressed satisfaction with the No [...]	2008-08-15 12:30:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP BU
08SOFIA566	TFGG01: BULGARIA STANDS BY GEORGIA; STILL AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Ambassador Ukleba told Ambassador McEldowney that Tbilisi has not accepted a Bulgarian offer to host talks between Russia and Georgia, which Deputy FM Keremedchiev later confirmed. Ukleba stressed that Tbilisi values U.S. support and humanitarian assistance and looks for [...]	2008-08-19 16:29:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS RU GG BU
08SOFIA592	BULGARIAN FM: GEORGIA CRISIS STRENGTHENS CASE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin told Ambassador Russia is using the Georgia crisis to create zones of influence throughout the former Soviet republics. This makes it all the more important that both Georgia and Ukraine be offered MAP at the NATO Ministerial in December. He urged continued U.S. inv [...]	2008-09-04 15:32:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU SR BU GG
08SOFIA600	BULGARIA AND RUSSIA: NEXT STEPS [...] (S) The crisis in Georgia has begun to rouse the normally reticent Bulgarian mindset and prompted some to question whether Russia's ultimate objectives will prove intolerable. Like many of our European partners, the Bulgarians will shy away from taking on Moscow in a direct or public manner, b [...]	2008-09-08 11:36:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL ENRG MARR PGOV BU
08SOFIA602	CJCS AND SACEUR VISIT TO BULGARIA [...] (C) Admiral Mullen and General Craddock: It is a pleasure to welcome you to Bulgaria. The timing of your visit will ensure extensive discussion of the Georgia-Russia conflict, next steps in Iraq, and our bilateral security partnership. The Bulgarians will be looking to you for judgment ab [...]	2008-09-09 16:16:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA609	BULGARIAN MEDIA INCLUDES CRITICISM OF RUSSIA IN GEORGIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Initial, widespread coverage in the Bulgarian media of the Georgia-Russia conflict was generally thin on hard facts, often derived from other, Western outlets, and generally critical of Georgia's actions leading up to the conflict. Over time, the story moved off the front page, bu [...]	2008-09-11 08:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PROP PREL PBTS PINS OPRC PGOV GG BU
08SOFIA624	BULGARIA: MORE TOUGH TALK FROM PUTIN ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. Russian PM Putin told Bulgarian PM Stanishev that Russian forces would complete their withdrawal from Georgia proper following the deployment of an EU observer mission in early October. At the same time, the intensity of Putin's rhetoric and the depth of his emotion toward Saa [...]	2008-09-19 15:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV BU
08SOFIA625	SOUTH STREAM NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME [...] (C) Summary: Gazprom negotiators arrive in Bulgaria September 29 to launch a new round of negotiations with Bulgargaz on a pre-shareholders agreement. In a sharp about-face, Bulgargaz appears to be depending heavily on its outside legal counsel, the U.S. firm Paul Hastings, to extract the [...]	2008-09-19 15:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL ECON BU
08SOFIA633	BULGARIA: POLITICAL MANEUVERING INTENSIFIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's three party ruling coalition is limping through its last year, gasping to complete its five year mandate. Smelling blood, the opposition is hounding the government through joint protests and calls for early elections. Suffering from low ratings and growing domestic [...]	2008-09-26 12:38:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA640	MILITARY COOPERATION WITH BULGARIA: LEVERAGING OUR [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and Bulgarian militaries are now conducting the largest-ever bilateral exercises, with 900 U.S. and 300 Bulgarian soldiers, supplemented by joint Air Force training involving approximately 250 U.S. airmen and 12 F-16s. President Parvanov will attend the October 15 Di [...]	2008-10-02 09:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA641	BULGARIA AND THE ENERGY KNOT: SCENESETTER FOR OCT [...] (C) Summary: The quandary over energy facing all our European partners is particularly acute here in Bulgaria. With few hydrocarbons of its own, Bulgaria relies on Russia for seventy percent of its total energy needs and over ninety percent of its gas. Though previously a net exporter of e [...]	2008-10-02 10:02:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BU
08SOFIA664	BULGARIA'S ENERGY SUMMIT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: As a result of Special Envoy Boyden Gray's October 6-7 Sofia visit, the Bulgarians have refined their plans for a major energy summit planned for April 2009. The Sofia summit will bring together heads of state of major supplier, consumer and transit nations and try to gain agr [...]	2008-10-17 09:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL BU
08SOFIA668	BULGARIA: PUSHING PARLIAMENT TO BOOST PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to promote greater support for the U.S. military presence in Bulgaria, Ambassador held a meeting and joint press event with the combined leadership of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committees in Parliament. Noting that sixty percent of the Bulgarian public view th [...]	2008-10-20 14:49:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA67	FOREIGN MINISTER KALFIN ON SOUTH STREAM [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin told Ambassador January 25 the signing of the South Stream intergovernmental agreement (IGA) had been in doubt until the last hours of Putin's January 18-19 visit. Kalfin defended the late night negotiations and last minute signing saying Bulg [...]	2008-01-29 15:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV BU
08SOFIA672	BULGARIA'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The odds-on favorite to become Bulgaria's next Prime Minister is Sofia Mayor Boyko Borissov. A rough hewn and volatile figure with rumored links to organized crime, Borissov exploits the electorate's yearning for a dominant leader to reverse the perceived failures of current P [...]	2008-10-22 07:18:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
08SOFIA681	BULGARIA: MFA ON NATO EXPANSION, KOSOVO, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. MFA Security Policy Director Petio Petev stressed Bulgaria's support for MAP for Georgia and Ukraine and eventual NATO membership for all of the Western Balkans. While pessimistic on resolving differences between NATO and Russia, he was upbeat on Bulgaria's ability to contribute [...]	2008-10-28 12:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA707	THE PRESIDENT'S ENERGY LETTER: PARVANOV TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Bulgarian President Parvanov welcomed President Bush's October 21 energy letter, skewered EU energy policy dithering, and warned of Russian advances in Central Asia and the Caucasus. Parvanov is actively engaging Azerbaijan and Cent [...]	2008-11-05 06:27:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA708	FURTHER ENERGY ENGAGEMENT WITH BULGARIA [...] (C) Summary: The recent visit of Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Boyden Gray highlighted a number of areas for closer U.S.- Bulgarian energy engagement. We should actively engage Bulgaria as it plans a major energy security summit for April 2009 (reftel). We can advance Bulgarian diversif [...]	2008-11-05 09:32:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV BU
08SOFIA711	BULGARIANS EAGER TO SEE F-16 PROPOSAL [...] (C) In a November 3 meeting with Ambassador, President Parvanov and his Chief of Cabinet, General Kolev, expressed great interest in seeing the Letter of Agreement for the eight "Block 25" F-16's for which Defense Minister Tsonev signed a Letter of Request on October 24. The President said [...]	2008-11-06 11:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA723	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS JONES TO SOFIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Sofia comes at a high point in our bilateral cooperation and a tough time internally for the Bulgarian government. Bulgaria has been a solid partner on key security issues, with deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, and joint military exercises unde [...]	2008-11-14 15:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU
08SOFIA738	BULGARIA AND RUSSIAN INFLUENCE: SHIFTING [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian public opinion is consistently positive toward Russia for several reasons: shared culture, language and religion; a popular mythology about Russia "liberating" Bulgaria from Ottoman Turkey; and shady business connections. Russia also wields influence with a generation [...]	2008-11-21 13:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG BU
08SOFIA749	BULGARIA: FMF/IMET ESSENTIAL TO MODERNIZATION AND [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has the political will to increase its participation in overseas operations, but lacks resources and capacity. Last year's 33 percent reduction to its FMF budget was a dramatic and painful shock to the Bulgarian government. Despite being the poorest member of the Eur [...]	2008-11-26 12:10:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA815	OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (U) This is Embassy Sofia's response to Ref A Department of Commerce request for information on Bulgaria's civil nuclear energy program. OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Bulgaria ratified the Statute of th [...]	2008-12-29 13:41:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BU
08SOFIA89	PUTIN'S BULGARIA VISIT: FRICTION AND "FRIENDSHIP" [...] (C) Summary: The whirlwind that was Russian President Putin's January 17-18 visit to Sofia ended up generating as much friction as friendship with the Bulgarians. Heavy-handed Russian pressure in securing the signing of the South Stream deal, plus seven other bilateral agreements, had Bulga [...]	2008-02-12 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ENRG RS BU
08STATE100758	ACTION REQUEST: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON [...] (U) This is an action message for posts in all NATO capitals, USOSCE and USNATO. It follows up on discussion at the September 11 HLTF regarding appropriate CFE contacts with Russia in light of events in Georgia (discussed in detail Ref A). Posts should brief this information orally, not/not [...]	2008-09-19 23:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS
08STATE100790	SEEKING ALLIED SUPPORT FOR NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On August 19, NATO Foreign Ministers agreed that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship, following Russia's brutal military action in Georgia, and Russia's subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Osset [...]	2008-09-20 03:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS
08STATE100791	GEORGIA - DEMARCHE REQUEST - ABKHAZ AND SOUTH [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Posts, with the exception of Moscow, should approach host government at Foreign Minister/NSA or appropriately high level immediately to urge them to oppose participation by separatist leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Georgia) in UN Security Council discussi [...]	2008-09-20 03:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSCR PREL GG
08STATE100866	INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS -- GETTING THE [...] (U) This is an action request for USUN, see para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary. During recent consultations in Vienna, the Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reiterated its interest in working closely with the 1540 Committee. The TPB sought c [...]	2008-09-22 03:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CW IAEA KPAO OSCE PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE100929	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 9 MEETING [...] (U) September 9, 2008; 2:00-3:00 p.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Shannon (WHA) Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama Ambassador Federico Humbert 3. (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Panamanian Ambassador Federico Humbert [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS VE RS NU GG KV PM
08STATE100946	SECRETARY RICE'S SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) September 16, 2008; 9:30-10:00 a.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Barbara Stephenson Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama President Martin Torrijos First Vice Preside [...]	2008-09-22 14:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS RS GG KV BL PM
08STATE100958	JUNE 25, 2008 U.S.-RUSSIA JOINT DATA EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 25, a U.S. interagency delegation led by State/L conducted talks at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow to discuss liability provisions in the JDEC Memorandum of Agreement (MoA). Failure to resolve liability and taxation issues has been an impediment to th [...]	2008-09-22 14:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL RS
08STATE101218	AFGHANISTAN: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC RENEWAL OF THE [...] The Department instructs USUN to support UNSC adoption of the Italian draft resolution (para 4) renewing the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mandate in Afghanistan. The Department also refers USUN to the following guidance in negotiating the final text of the resolution. U [...]	2008-09-22 22:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC ISAF AF
08STATE101233	NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 23:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM
08STATE102240	MISSILE DEFENSE:PATRIOT/PAC III STILL AT CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After agreeing to submit the PAC-III (Patriots) issue to a subgroup for further study, A/S Mull's delegation and their Polish counterparts agreed July 23 to begin looking at the transition of some work on Poland's military modernization from the bilateral Security Cooperation Cons [...]	2008-09-24 19:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PL PREL MASS
08STATE102660	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050122921 for the export of infrared searchlights to Russia. Post is requested to complete t [...]	2008-09-25 15:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE102928	INSTRUCTION CABLE - U.S. INTERVENTION AT OSCE [...] The Department requests that USUN deliver the following statement during the September 26 OSCE Chairman-in-Office Briefing to the UN Security Council. 2. Begin statement: I also would like to welcome the Chairman-in-Office and thank him for his comprehensive overview of OSCE activities un [...]	2008-09-25 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSCR PREL GG
08STATE103384	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S SEPTEMBER 23, [...] Classified by WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 23, 2008; 5:15 p.m.; New York. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Shannon Hillary Thompson (Notetaker) NICARAGUA FM Santos (Notetaker) 4. (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Shannon m [...]	2008-09-26 19:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BL CG CU NU PREL UNGA
08STATE103443	ISN DAS HAYWARD'S MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward, accompanied by a State Department delegation, briefed Israeli officials September 11 on the delegation's September 8 meeting in Cairo on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC),and nucle [...]	2008-09-26 20:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE103511	NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] (SBU) This message is NIACT due to potential fast-breaking events, and urgent action is required from action addressees. 2. (U) Classified by Acting DAS James Knight, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 3. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-7. OBJECTIVES ---------- 4. (S/Rel to Ukrai [...]	2008-09-27 03:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08STATE103919	REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, [...] (SBU) The State Department,s Bureau of Economics and Energy (EEB) and Embassy Athens will host a conference on Eurasian Energy with energy officers from the region October 14-15 in Athens. The purpose of this meeting will be to provide energy officers a forum to discuss energy developments i [...]	2008-09-29 19:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET
08STATE104488	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov on September 26 in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. Norov told Burns that the Government of Uzbekistan was satisfied with the U.S.-Uzbek relationship, and hoped the relationship would grow in a balan [...]	2008-09-30 20:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC NATO PHUM KDEM PREL KMAR AF RS UZ
08STATE104519	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) In a forty minute meeting on September 25, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Under Secretary William Burns discussed the U.S.-Tajik relationship and Rahmon's views on issues facing South and Central Asia. Rahmon expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan stressing that, i [...]	2008-09-30 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM PMAR PK AF TI
08STATE104535	MOVING IMPLEMENTATION FORWARD -- UNSCR 1540 -- [...] (U) This is an action request for USOSCE and UNVIE, see paras 4 and 7 below. 2. (SBU) Summary. In efforts to strengthen UNSCR 1540 implementation capacity, USOSCE and UNVIE have raised understanding among OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC about existing U.S. programs that promote 1540 implementation [...]	2008-09-30 22:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KPAO OSCE PREL PTER UNSC EUN
08STATE104547	HALTING SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING OF GEORGIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Moscow -- see para. 4. Berlin, London and Paris -- see para. 5. USEU, USNATO, USOSCE, USUN and info addressees -- see para. 6. 2. (U) Notwithstanding the August 12 ceasefire in the Russo-Georgian war, there have been persistent reports of attacks on ethnic [...]	2008-09-30 23:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG
08STATE104778	QUINT POLITICAL DIRECTORS SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Political Directors (U.S., France, Germany, UK, and Italy) met on September 26 with EU Special Envoy for Georgia Pierre Morel to discuss the October 15 Geneva talks on Georgia. Morel presented his vision of the talks proceeding along two tracks: a plenary session that is co [...]	2008-10-01 14:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC RS GG
08STATE105029	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): NORTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "North Korea's Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for d [...]	2008-10-01 19:50:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE105173	IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) OBJECTIVE: To reaffirm the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) adopted on Iran following the adoption of UNSCR 1835. 3. (U) BACKGROUND: On Saturday, 27 September 2008, the UN Securi [...]	2008-10-02 01:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR MNUC PARM
08STATE105450	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ROMANIAN [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary PM A/S Mark Kimmitt EUR DAS Judy Garber Mary Sue Conaway, D Special Assistant Alex Tratensek, Notetaker Romania ------- Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu Ambassador Adrian Vierita Lt. Gen. Sorin Ioan, Romanian Military Representative [...]	2008-10-02 16:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR RO
08STATE105685	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 26, [...] (U) September 26, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; New York. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Fried Elaine Samson, Spain Desk Officer SPAIN Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada Chief of Staff Juan Sell Belen Alfaro, Spanish Mission to the UN 3. (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary F [...]	2008-10-02 20:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SP KV RU GG AF
08STATE105786	(U) Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister?s [...] (U) Classified by EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Glyn Davies, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b),(d),(h). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso?s foreign policies will remain consistent with those of Fukuda and Abe, assured Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae during back-to-back meet [...]	2008-10-02 22:02:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL AF KS KN PK JA MARR
08STATE105791	(SBU) Secretary Rice's September 29, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) September 29, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer SCA Noteta [...]	2008-10-02 22:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM KZ UNSC CONDOLEEZZA RICE
08STATE106079	TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns hosted his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, at the TSD Senior Offi [...]	2008-10-03 17:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AS JA PREL
08STATE106151	BOUCHER AND NOROV: PRAGMATIC STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister, Vladimir Norov, met September 27 on the margins of the UN General Assembly and discussed: overland supply to Afghanistan, human rights, religious freedom, the Red Cross, counter nar [...]	2008-10-03 18:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM PMAR PK AF UZ
08STATE106338	BACKGROUND AND TALKING [...] (SBU) The United States supports reducing Russia's dominance in European gas markets through development of a Southern Corridor bringing gas from the Caspian region through Turkey to European markets. Nordstream bolsters Gazprom's position in European gas markets and could negatively impact [...]	2008-10-04 00:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET GM SW RS
08STATE108064	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 13. We expect the formal agenda to include: Zimbabwe, Georgia/Russia, Belarus, and Uzbekis [...]	2008-10-08 19:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS SIPDIS
08STATE108136	(S) POSSIBLE NEW RUSSIAN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. BACKGROUND 2. (S/NF) RECENT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE COME TO AN INITIAL AGREEMENT ON THE PROVISION OF ADVANCED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO IRAN. THESE SYSTEMS COULD BE PROVIDE [...]	2008-10-08 23:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL MASS RS IR
08STATE108236	RUSSIAN FIRM SELLING INTEGRATED OPTICAL CHIPS AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow, please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States Government has information indicating that since at least early 2007, the Russian firm Optolink facilitated the sale of integrated optical chips (IOCs) to the Advanced [...]	2008-10-09 13:09:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS PK CH
08STATE109115	NATO/VCC: BIDS FOR VD99 VERIFICATION ACTIVITY IN [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 2. 2. (C/REL NATO) Ref document requests Allies submit national bids for Vienna Document 1999 inspection and evaluation activity before October 15, 2008, indicating the countries in which they plan to carry out VD 99 evaluation visits and inspections [...]	2008-10-10 19:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL
08STATE109383	GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER WASSENAAR GENERAL WORKING [...] (SBU) Following is guidance for the October 14-17 meetings of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) General Working Group (GWG). The Security and Intelligence Experts Sub-Group will meet on October 14; the GWG will meet October 15-16. In addition, there will be an Outreach meeting with Belarus on [...]	2008-10-13 13:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL MASS

08STATE109919	Second Meeting of the GNEP Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services [...] Summary. The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Working Group on Reliable Nuclear Fuel Services held its second meeting September 3 - 4 2008 in Vienna Austria. The Group decided to establish two sub-groups, one on fact-finding and a second on the back end of the fuel cycle. The Fact Fin [...]	2008-10-14 21:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY AU
08STATE110204	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050097822 for the export of rifles to Canada. Posts are requested to complete this Blue Lanter [...]	2008-10-15 18:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE110623	SIGNING OF HOTLINE CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT [...] This is an action request. Post is requested to convey, under cover of a diplomatic note, the information at para 2 to appropriate host government officials. Post assistance is appreciated. 2. Text of diplomatic note: Complimentary opening ...and has the honor to refer to the Embassy [...]	2008-10-16 17:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL RS
08STATE110754	KUDOS ON JAPANESE REPORTING AND ADVOCACY [...] (U) As we in Washington are well aware, the last few months have been very challenging ones for staff at Embassy Tokyo and the consulates. You have been forced to juggle responsibilities associated with Japan's G-8 year, a busy summer transfer season, and Washington's need for information abo [...]	2008-10-16 21:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL JA
08STATE110756	IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Moscow please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (INKSNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that th [...]	2008-10-16 21:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
08STATE111267	DAS KROL'S CONVERSATION WITH MIROSLAW JENCA OF THE UN CENTER FOR PREVENTATIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 15 telephone conversation with SCA DAS George Krol, Miroslaw Jenca, Director of the UN Center for Preventative Diplomacy in Ashgabat, noted the leaders of the five Central Asian states who met separately during the recent CIS summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan had manag [...]	2008-10-17 20:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KSUM UN TX UZ TI KZ KG EPET
08STATE111310	SOUTH STREAM - BACKGROUND FOR POSTS' USE [...] (U) Department is aware that posts do or may contend with questions about South Stream. In the interest of keeping posts apprised of Washington thinking on this issue, we offer the below background on South Stream for your use in discussing the issue with host governments. This background su [...]	2008-10-17 23:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EU BG GR HU RS SL SB IT AS
08STATE111761	BURNS-SASAE-LEE TRILATERAL MEETING OCTOBER 14, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 14, Under Secretary Burns hosted a US-Japan-ROK trilateral meeting with Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae and ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong-joon. The wide-ranging meeting covered Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran sanctions, dealing with a resurgent [...]	2008-10-20 22:22:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EAID PREL JA KS
08STATE111775	(U) Secretary Rice's October 9, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Dan Smith, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) October 9, 2008, 9:00 - 9:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist, EUR Sean McCormack, PA C [...]	2008-10-21 00:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG LH EN
08STATE111997	NORWAY HOSTS INFORMAL ARCTIC MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The Norwegian foreign ministry hosted an informal sub-ministerial Arctic meeting, outside the Arctic Council, in Tromso October 13-14. Arctic Council member states, Permanent Participants and state observers were briefed on the influence of non-CO2 drivers in Arctic warming; to [...]	2008-10-21 17:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG NO PREL SENV KGHG XT XG
08STATE112253	JCIC-DIP-08-007: SATISFYING START TREATY ARTICLE [...] (U) This is an action cable (See paragraph 5). 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article XVII of the START Treaty, no later than December 5, 2008, the United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine must "meet to consider" whether the START Trea [...]	2008-10-21 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08STATE112510	INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPPORT INSCRIPTION OF HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. See the objectives listed in para 2. Department requests Mission to coordinate with the Ukrainian Mission to the United Nations and offer support to their efforts to inscribe an agenda item on the Great Famine in Ukraine for the 63rd General Assembly, [...]	2008-10-22 17:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
08STATE112584	GEORGIA PM LAYS OUT ECONOMIC CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian PM Gurgenidze told U/S Jeffery October 13 that the economic situation in Georgia was still highly fragile because of the now combined effects of the August Russian invasion and the possible regional contagion from the financial crisis. He stated that in light of the glo [...]	2008-10-22 18:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EU GG KCRS KMCA PREL RS
08STATE112655	READOUT OF AUGUST STRATEGIC COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Mark Kimmitt and DAS/D Dan Fata co-chaired the fifth formal meeting of the bilateral Strategic Cooperation Consultative Group (SCCG) in Washington, DC on 26 August. Topics discussed included updates on Polish LORs submitted in mid-August, the status of SOFA negotiations, and [...]	2008-10-22 20:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PL
08STATE112713	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Remler to the Permanent Council today. His report bears witness to the continuing energy and focus of [...]	2008-10-22 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PBTS KDEM MD RS
08STATE114173	NORDIC AND BALTIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 2 [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, political directors and other senior officials from the nine members of the Expanded Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE),including EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried, met in Vilnius for semi-annual consultations. The principal issues discussed were Georgia, U [...]	2008-10-27 16:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PREL EUR BO GG RS UP XG SW NO LG LH IC EN FI
08STATE114917	"THE WAR OF IDEAS" BRIEFING TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (C ) I want to share with you my recent presentation to the President and Vice President on the War of Ideas given at the State Department, October 16, 2008. This is a somewhat expanded version that takes into account questions posed during the briefing. I hope you will find it useful as you [...]	2008-10-28 20:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OPRC OIIP
08STATE115017	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...]	2008-10-28 23:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY
08STATE115259	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 16:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	GG OSCE PHUM PREL
08STATE115948	PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN PARIS, [...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]	2008-10-30 19:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE116103	INSTRUCTIONS: TURKMENISTAN'S UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] This is an Action Request (see paragraphs 3 and 4) containing instructions for USUN (reftel A) during discussion of the Turkmen's proposed UN General Assembly (GA) Resolution entitled "Reliable and stable transit of energy and its role in ensuring stable economic development and international [...]	2008-10-30 23:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ENRG ZK EPET PREL
08STATE116174	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-7. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of radiation tolerant DC/DC converters to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...]	2008-10-31 11:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE116304	U.S. AND EU DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. and EU officials held their biannual discussions on East Asia (termed COASI, or Consultations on Asia) in Washington on October 3. In addition to a general review of developments in the region, this session included an exchange of views on the future of India, China, and ASEA [...]	2008-10-31 14:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU XB NK CH
08STATE116392	(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PALESTINIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Palestinian Issues (paragraph 3-end) and encourages Department personnel at post to assist in compiling Palestinian biographic information (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD results f [...]	2008-10-31 15:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KSPR ECON KPAL PREL PTER XF
08STATE116428	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]	2008-10-31 15:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE117478	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 4, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-22 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 23-36 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 37-50 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 51-58 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 59-68 7. [...]	2008-11-04 20:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
08STATE117570	CHINA-PAKISTAN CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 12-13. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Following the return of Pakistani President Zardari from China, FM Sheh Mahmood Quereshi was quoted in the media announcing new civil nuclear cooperation with China to build two additional nuclea [...]	2008-11-04 22:39:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV PTER PK EAID ECON EFIN CH ETTC AORC
08STATE117859	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 17:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV MO
08STATE119280	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: The biannual EU-Russia Summit will take place on November 14 in Nice, France. In the wake of the crisis in Georgia, the French EU Presidency has announced that the discussions will focus on the implementation of the provis [...]	2008-11-07 23:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS SIPDIS
08STATE119781	USUN GUIDANCE: UKUN SUDAN SANCTIONS NON-PAPER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (U) The strategic objective is to support efforts that will allow the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan to carry out it [...]	2008-11-11 00:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL SU UNSC
08STATE120153	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): 2008 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the press statement issued at the conclusion of the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. Addressee and info addressee posts may share this statement with interested parties as appropriate. Further information on the results of the Plenary will be forthcoming [...]	2008-11-12 18:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL PARM KSCA TSPA ETTC
08STATE120342	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna if needed to respond to a Russian Federation statement on the OSCE monitors in Georgia. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States notes the statement by the Russian [...]	2008-11-13 00:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV GG
08STATE120660	CFE: NOV 5-7 ROMANIAN-HOSTED HLTF OFF-SITE: [...] (C) Summary. At the November 5-7 Romanian-hosted off-site HLTF, Allies discussed the current situation regarding CFE; examined options for a unified way forward; and agreed on themes for NAC communique language on CFE to deliver a solid NATO message at the upcoming NATO and OSCE Ministerials [...]	2008-11-13 20:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO OSCE
08STATE120692	BLUE LANTERN SITE VISIT TO LOM PRAHA S.P. [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel Poloff and PM/DDTC team conducted a site visit at Lom Praha S. P. (LP) in order to verify its relationship with the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense and establish the bona fides of this export involving communication and navigation equipment for the Mi-171 hel [...]	2008-11-13 21:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC EZ
08STATE120951	U.S.-EU INVESTMENT DIALOGUE MEETING, OCTOBER 14, [...] Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 2. (SBU) At the third face-to-face meeting of the U.S.-EU Investment Dialogue (EUID) in Washington, D.C., U.S. and Commission participants agreed that soverign wealth funds (SWF) must demonstrate their commercial orientation, rather than pursue stra [...]	2008-11-14 13:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD EINV
08STATE121002	RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...]	2008-11-14 14:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE121011	BLUE LANTERN OUTREACH TO PRAGUE: DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affair,s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls met September 8-9 with Embassy Prague, Czech Ministry of Defense (CMOD),Ministry of Trade and Industry officials (MTI) and local defense industry to discuss the Blue Lantern en [...]	2008-11-14 15:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC KOMC EZ
08STATE121038	BLUE LANTERN OUTREACH TO POLAND: DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Directorate of Defense Trade Controls in the (PM/DDTC) met September 10 and 11 with country team, Polish Ministry of Defense (PMOD),and local defense industry to discuss the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program an [...]	2008-11-14 15:57:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC KOMC PL
08STATE121430	SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR UK AND [...] This is an action cable see paragraph 2. 2. Posts are requested to demarche host governments at the appropriate level to relay USG concerns about French and British edits to the draft UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) on Somalia piracy. Post may draw from the background in paras 4 a [...]	2008-11-15 00:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE121624	USUN INSTRUCTION: VOTE IN FAVOR OF SOMALIA [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will expand the current UNSC Somalia sanctions regime from a comprehensive arms embargo to include targeted measures (asset freeze and travel ban) for those threatening t [...]	2008-11-16 20:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN PGOV PREL PTER SO XW UNSC
08STATE122098	URGENT ACTION NEEDED FROM UZBEKISTAN TO ADDRESS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7. ------------------ SUMMARY ------------------ 2. (S//NF) Washington is considering options for USG implementation of the October 16 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) call for strengthened preventive measures against Uzb [...]	2008-11-18 00:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08STATE122273	OIL FOR FOOD GUIDANCE [...] (S) This cable is to respond to reftel request for guidance from the Department. 2. (S) The Department appreciates the Embassy's reporting on the outstanding issues with the Oil-for-Food Program (OFF). While the Department has no objection to the Government of Iraqi (GOI) proposing another [...]	2008-11-18 16:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL UNSC ECON PGOV IZ
08STATE123048	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 20, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes you, Ambassador Talvitie, and commends your efforts ) and those of EU Special Representative Mo [...]	2008-11-19 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE123068	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF OFFICE COORDINATOR IN UKRAINE [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 20 meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is, indeed, a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Kopaj back to the Permanent Council, and to thank him for his very comprehensive repo [...]	2008-11-19 23:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE UP PREL
08STATE123081	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]	2008-11-20 01:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE123985	DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONTINUATION OF UN ARRANGEMENTS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing on points in paragraph 5, Embassy should discuss actions required to extend the UN arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) at the highest appropriate level and as soon as judged practicable. Embassy shoul [...]	2008-11-21 22:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
08STATE124950	INSTRUCTION - MINSK GROUP RESPONSE TO SYG RE: [...] The Department instructs USUN to deliver the response below to the Secretary General. The response was jointly drafted and agreed upon by the Co-Chairs of the Minsk Group (United States, Russia and France). The Co-Chairs agreed that the U.S. would deliver the joint response under U.S. cover [...]	2008-11-25 19:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ FR PREL RS ZJ XJ
08STATE125496	JOINT DEMARCHE WITH EUROPEAN LIKEMINDED ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5-6. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Government of Switzerland to prompt its implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGROU [...]	2008-11-26 18:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE125626	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The annual OSCE Ministerial will take place in Helsinki 4-5 December. The Secretary will attend a portion of the meeting which forty-nine ministers are expected to attend. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. object [...]	2008-11-26 21:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08STATE125658	COORDINATED DEMARCHE ON IRAN WITH EUROPEAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To participate in a joint demarche with France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to the Republic of Korea and Malaysia regarding the implementation of national sanctions measures on Iran. 3. (SBU) BACKGR [...]	2008-11-26 22:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE125684	JCIC-DIP-08-006: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: When the START Treaty was signed, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to provide annual declarations concerning their planned deployments of nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs) for the duration of the [...]	2008-11-27 01:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START JCIC
08STATE1264	SECOND DEMARCHE FOR CHINA REGARDING CHINA'S JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-06 19:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
08STATE126440	DEMARCHE TO NATO AND COALTION PARTNERS ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 3-6. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partne [...]	2008-12-01 19:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL
08STATE1265	REQUEST TO ALLIES FOR NEW DEMARCHE TO CHINA REGARDING CHINA'S JANUARY 2007 ANTI-SATELLITE TEST [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-06 19:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
08STATE12652	DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 14 MEETING WITH TOP [...] (C) Summary: EUR On the margins of Nagorno-Karabakh discussions, DAS Matt Bryza discussed energy security on January 14 in Baku with State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) President Rovnaq Abdullayev, President Aliyev, and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. Bryza briefed the three [...]	2008-02-07 13:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL AJ TX
08STATE126579	SOMALIA: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC RESOLUTION [...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the following UN Security Council resolution on Somalia piracy, to be considered on Tuesday, December 2. 2. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, especially resolution [...]	2008-12-02 00:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08STATE126816	OPEN SKIES TREATY REIMBURSEMENT [...] The United States shared an Open Skies Treaty mission with Turkey over the Russian Federation the week of 4 August. According to the joint modalities agreed on May 13, 2008, the U.S. agreed to pay the Government of Turkey no more than $5,000 U.S. dollars as reimbursement for our share of the [...]	2008-12-02 18:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TU OSCE
08STATE126923	INSTRUCTION: USUN TO SOLICIT P3 VIEWS ON DRAFT [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN present to French and British representatives no later than December 3 the proposed draft UNSC resolution to extend arrangements and immunities associated with the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),Iraq's oil and gas exports, and revenues [...]	2008-12-02 20:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
08STATE126999	SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) Background: As outlined in Ref C, Washington has long been concerned about the possible existence of improperly secured, highly radioactive sources in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. We worked with the Georgian and Russian governments and the IAEA over the past few years to seek the removal of these so [...]	2008-12-02 21:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM PREL GG RS
08STATE127398	RETRANSMITTAL: DEMARCHE TO NATO AND COALTION [...] (U) This is a retransmittal of STATE 125512 to include KOLONIA, KOROR, and MAJURO for INFO. Classified portions have been removed for transmittal to KOROR. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The Unite [...]	2008-12-03 18:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM NATO MOPS PREL
08STATE128096	POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 3 below. 2. (C) On November 26, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed to Embassy Moscow a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itum-Kalinsk (Itumkale),Chechnya. The nonpaper requested from [...]	2008-12-04 23:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG PL RS
08STATE129756	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States wishes to call attention to reports of ongoing violence in the South Ossetian and Abkhaz regions of Geor [...]	2008-12-10 16:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE129940	FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND [...] (U) Summary. Agricultural biotechnology has great potential to help address the challenges of food insecurity and rural economic development. To realize this potential, and to protect the interests of U.S. farmers and exporters, we seek to promote understanding of the technology and en [...]	2008-12-10 22:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
08STATE129941	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) The Secretary will participate in a Ministerial at the UN Security Council on December 16 that we expect will adopt a resolution calling for intensified and coordinated international efforts against piracy off the Horn of Africa. We plan to build on this resolution to seek establishment of [...]	2008-12-10 22:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE129943	FINDING A WAY FORWARD ON UKRAINE NATO PFP TRUST [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Despite months of senior-level demarches, the Government of Ukraine (GoU) has not agreed to resume small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) destruction under the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) d [...]	2008-12-10 22:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE129974	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] This message updates the statement transmitted reftel. 2. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States condemns the December 10 attack on our unar [...]	2008-12-10 23:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE130187	FINDING A WAY FORWARD ON UKRAINE NATO PFP TRUST [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Despite months of senior-level demarches, the Government of Ukraine (GoU) has not agreed to resume small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) destruction under the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) d [...]	2008-12-11 16:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE130301	CORRECTED COPY: CONSOLIDATED FY 2011 MISSION [...] Summary: The following cable provides consolidated guidance from Washington to missions for the preparation of FY 2011 Mission Strategic Plans (MSP). This cable is divided into the following sections: Regional Bureau Guidance; Bureau of Resource Management (RM),Office of Strategic and Perform [...]	2008-12-11 19:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AMGT EAID KICA KSEP KSPR PREL EAP
08STATE130472	ACTION REQUEST: RESPONSE TO GOR'S DIPNOTE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Department requests Ambassador pass to the Government of Russia (GOR) the results of Multi-National Force Iraq's (MNF-I) investigation into purported U.S. military involvement in a traffic accident with a Russian convoy in Baghdad. The Ambassador may draw upon these talking points: -- A [...]	2008-12-11 23:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ RS
08STATE130577	NOTIFYING ALLIES OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (U) This is an action message for embassies in all NATO capitals and USNATO. USOSCE should follow up as appropriate. 2. (C) Posts should contact appropriate host government authorities (USNATO should inform appropriate members of the International Staff) as soon as possible to let them k [...]	2008-12-12 14:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREF PARM RS NATO
08STATE130622	EU COMMISSION STABILITY PROGRAM -- THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Multiple ISN Bureau and interagency officers met with the European Commission (EC) on November 18-19 to discuss further nonproliferation programs and activities as originally envisioned in March (reftel) regarding the U.S.-EU Summit commitment to greater coordination through U [...]	2008-12-12 14:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN KNNP OSCE PARM PREL SC UNVIE
08STATE130687	UPDATED GEORGIA TRAVEL WARNING [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Georgia. This travel warning replaces the one dated September 10, 2008 to note travel restrictions for official Americans in Georgia and the risk that unexploded ordnance poses in the areas where fighting took place in Aug [...]	2008-12-12 16:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC GG
08STATE130963	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] (U) NIACT precedence required for Sunday action at addressee posts. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Secretary requests that Ambassadors or charges demarche Foreign Ministers at the earliest opportunity to press for support for a UN Security Council Resolution on the Annapolis pro [...]	2008-12-13 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC
08STATE13105	JANUARY 30 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting (GPWG) of the Japanese G-8 Presidency, which took place on January 30, 2008 in Tokyo, focused on expanding the geographic scope of GP activities and developing benchmarks to ensure that current pledges for GP projects in Rus [...]	2008-02-07 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR
08STATE131264	Secretary Rice's December 5, 2008 Meeting with [...] (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador James Cain A/S Sean McCormack, PA PDAS Marcie Ries, EUR Damon Wilson, NSC Staff John Rath (Embassy Note taker) Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister Kirsten Dybvad, Permanent Secretary of State Ulrik Federspiel, MFA Permanent [...]	2008-12-15 17:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL DA
08STATE131277	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S DECEMBER 8 MEETING [...] (S) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried met December 8, 2008 with Turkish Undersecretary Apakan and a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a two-hour discussion on European issues as part of the Shared Vision strategic dialogue. They covered U.S.-Turkish cooperation and share [...]	2008-12-15 17:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08STATE131552	ADVISING RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OF CONCERN FOR CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 9, DRL A/S David Kramer called Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak in to the Department to discuss civil society in Russia. Kramer expressed his condolences for Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Alexiy II's death. Kramer then gave Kislyak a copy of the Departme [...]	2008-12-16 13:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RS
08STATE131885	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 10, 2008, the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) approved the addition of four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) for targeted sanctions (including asset f [...]	2008-12-16 23:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC PK
08STATE131994	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIA [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on December 18. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On December 14, Police in Moscow and St. Petersburg detained over 200 peaceful protestors at demonstrations, for which permission was not granted, l [...]	2008-12-17 13:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS OSCE
08STATE132159	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, December 17, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 7-17 3. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 18-29 4. (U) Trends and Analysis - Paragraphs 30-54 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 55-63 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 64-82 7 [...]	2008-12-17 19:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
08STATE132759	PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...]	2008-12-19 03:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08STATE133199	INVITATION TO CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] This is an action request. UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1851, adopted unanimously on December 16, 2008, calls for the establishment of a mechanism for international cooperation to deal with all aspects of combating piracy off Somalia,s coast. Pursuant to resolution 1851, the U.S has [...]	2008-12-20 01:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE133417	CFE: A/S FRIED'S DECEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and an interagency team met for five-plus hours December 17 in Geneva to review the status of the CFE Parallel Actions Package with Russian Disarmament Director Anatoliy Antonov and his experts. The discussion combined Russian maximalism on CFE -- an [...]	2008-12-22 15:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE133419	ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals, Embassy Tbilisi, and Embassy Chisinau are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. For full readout of the con [...]	2008-12-22 15:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE1335	SUBJECT: SUDAN - SUPPORT FOR JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Sudan,s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),signed on January 9, 2005, calls for the formation of Joint-Integrated Units (JIUs) comprised of forces from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPL [...]	2008-01-07 13:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08STATE133540	CORRECTED COPY - ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. Department will brief Georgian and Moldovan officials in Washington [...]	2008-12-22 18:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS
08STATE133691	FFD CONFERENCE REAFFIRMS MONTERREY CONSENSUS - [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 29 - December 2 United Nations "International Conference to review implementation of the Monterrey Consensus" adopted the "Doha Declaration on Financing for Development" (FfD) that reaffirms the path breaking 2002 Monterrey Consensus. The economic uncertainty caus [...]	2008-12-22 21:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID UN AORC
08STATE133750	INVITATION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PRE-MEETING [...] This is an action request. Per reftel A, Assistant Secretary-level officials from 26 states and organizations are invited to the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) on January 13-14, 2009 in New York City. There will be a pre-CGSP meeting on the 13th with eight key [...]	2008-12-22 23:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08STATE134228	U.S. RESPONSE TO FRENCH GLOBAL INF PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an Action Cable for Embassy Paris, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Background: During a P-3 meeting in Paris on November 7, 2008 (Ref A),the French provided Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, John Rood, a draft French proposal to globalize the INF Tr [...]	2008-12-24 01:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT JCIC START INF RS US FR
08STATE134229	DEMARCHE: U.S. DRAFTED SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. Department requests posts urge host governments to support our redrafted United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution (in paragraph 10 below),establishing a UN peacekeeping operation in Mogadishu, Somalia and its environs. Department also requests USUN to d [...]	2008-12-24 01:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET
08STATE134444	ENTRY INTO FORCE NOTE FOR PROTOCOLS TO [...] This is an action request; please see para 3 for action. 2. Background: On June 16, 2006, then-Ambassador William Burns and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak signed a protocol extending the U.S.-Russia Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Umbrella Agreement (formal title: Agree [...]	2008-12-24 17:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	RS
08STATE134448	SUBJECT: U.S. RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN NON-PAPER: [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Per reftel A, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed a nonpaper which requested any materials the USG has regarding an alleged incident of illegal trafficking of Polish MANPADS in Georgia. The Government of Ru [...]	2008-12-24 18:14:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08STATE134960	PROGRESS ON U.S. COUNTER-PIRACY AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UN/Kenya International Conference on Piracy around Somalia was held in Nairobi, Kenya on December 10-11, 2008. The U.S. delegation was led by Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Mark Kimmitt, and included representatives from AF, L, Embassy Nairobi' [...]	2008-12-29 23:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KE SO XA XW
08STATE13631	ICAO: INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT OFFENSES IN [...] Work is underway in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to amend the Montreal and The Hague aviation security conventions to strengthen their provisions against aviation-related terrorist acts. In November 2007, as a result of successful U.S. and Australian outreach (reftel) [...]	2008-02-08 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX
08STATE14284	DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN THE OSCE [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 5). Posts are requested to deliver this demarche to the highest-ranking host-government official responsible for OSCE affairs. 2. (C) The purpose of this demarche is to: -- Alert host government to Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin [...]	2008-02-12 00:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE
08STATE14285	OSCE - DEFENDING THE U.S. KOSOVO POSITION IN [...] (U) This cable is an action request (see para 3) and responds to USOSCE's reftel request for guidance. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: We understand that Serbia intends to invoke the Berlin Mechanism immediately after an expected declaration of independence (DI) from Kosovo. We believe that Serbia's [...]	2008-02-12 00:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE
08STATE15047	RUSSIAN AIR NAVIGATION FEES POLICY [...] (U) This message provides interim guidance to post on handling diplomatic clearance requests for U.S. official state flights through or into Russian territorial airspace. 2. (C) Background: Effective 1 November 2007, the government of Russia (GOR) implemented a new policy with respect to [...]	2008-02-13 21:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AMGT PREL RS
08STATE15110	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: CONTINGENCY GUIDANCE ON [...] Should Serbia raise Kosovo at the February 14 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, Post is authorized to present the following contingency statement in response. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States along with our European partners have been actively engaged in promoti [...]	2008-02-14 00:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI
08STATE15126	KOSOVO - GUIDANCE FOR STATEMENT DURING FEBRUARY [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the points contained in paragraph 2 for use during the UNSC consultations on the situation in Kosovo on February 14. 2. Begin Points: Mr. President: For over two years Belgrade and Pristina have been negotiating to resolve the status of Kosovo. [...]	2008-02-14 02:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL UNMIK YI EU
08STATE1514	U.S.-JAPAN-KOREA POLICY PLANNING TALKS - WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning Director David Gordon opened United States-Japan-Korea Policy Planning Talks by hosting Japanese Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai, and Korean Deputy Foreign Minister In-kook Park for a working dinner December 16, during which they exchanged [...]	2008-01-07 17:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL JA KS

08STATE15220	(S) FURTHER SCHEMING BY GERMAN FIRM TO EXPORT TEST CHAMBER TO IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 14:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC GM IR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL
08STATE15778	DEMARCHE ON INCARCERATION POLICIES IN RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests Post express at an appropriate level our serious human rights and humanitarian concerns about certain issues regarding incarceration practices in Russia. For USOSCE, Post should understand that the current demarche is intended to be raised in the course of our [...]	2008-02-15 14:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM RS
08STATE15838	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050087908 for the export of infrared searchlight equipment to Russia. Post is reques [...]	2008-02-15 16:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE16032	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIAN [...] Post is authorized to present the following response to Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic at the special Permanent Council meeting on February 19. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes Minister Jeremic back to the Permanent Council at a critical moment in his [...]	2008-02-15 20:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE UNMIK KV YI SR
08STATE16235	KOSOVO: GUIDANCE FOR EMERGENCY UNSC SESSION [...] (U) This cable includes background (para 2) and talking points (para 3) about Kosovo in the event that Russia or other UNSC members call for an emergency UN Security Council session immediately following Kosovo's declaration of independence but before the President has decided on recognition. [...]	2008-02-16 16:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNKIK YI
08STATE16269	PRESS GUIDANCE FOR KOSOVO DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Posts are requested to use the following points in responding to questions about Kosovo's declaration of independence. 2. (U) Background: Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci called a special meeting of the Assembly today, where parliamentarians voted to pass a dec [...]	2008-02-17 15:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08STATE16275	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) In televised proceedings, PM Thaci underscored his commitment to building a multi-ethnic, European state and underlined Kosovo is not a precedent for other conflicts. U.S. Office Pristina reports President Sejdiu officially requested the United States recognize Kosovo and establish ful [...]	2008-02-17 19:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE16287	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 02 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports Serbian riot police used tear gas to disperse 1,500-2,000 demonstrators who caused superficial damage to post. The Albanian, Austrian, and French embassies also faced sizeable demonstrations. Rioters broke into the Slovenian Embassy and caused considerable damag [...]	2008-02-18 00:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE16305	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) The EUR Front Office reports the Serbian Ambassador to the United States delivered a letter addressed to President Bush, in which President Tadic exhorted UN members to respect the territorial integrity of Serbia, demanded the Secretary General?s Special Representative annul the unilate [...]	2008-02-18 17:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE16350	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 06 [...] (U) Serbian President Tadic called on UNSYG Ban to instruct his special envoy in Kosovo to invalidate yesterday's declaration of independence, media report. Russia and China supported Tadic's request. South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, Libya, and Burkina Faso expressed skepticism over the leg [...]	2008-02-19 04:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE16441	MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports it will review its security posture at 1700 local time (2300 EST) February 19, anticipating large February 21 demonstrations led by political parties. U.S. Office Pristina reports ?calm? in Pristina. Media report Serbs opposed to Kosovo?s newly-declared indepe [...]	2008-02-19 15:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE18130	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 12, 2008 [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary EUR DAS Judith Garber D Staff Gustavo Delgado Valda Vikmanis Keller, EUR note taker Slovakia -------- FM Jan Kubis Ambassador Rastislav Kacer First Secretary Martin Kaco Chief of Staff Miroslav Jenca 2. (U) SUMMARY. During their [...]	2008-02-22 19:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LO
08STATE18214	U.S-RUSSIA STATE FLIGHTS DISPUTE: RUSSIA REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Russian and American delegations, led by Alexander Neradko, Head of the Russian Federal Air Navigation Authority (FANA),and PM Senior Advisor Ambassador Jackson McDonald, respectively, reviewed and reaffirmed their existing positions regarding payment of air naviga [...]	2008-02-22 22:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR AMGT FAA RS
08STATE18318	TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) A convoy of 66 Embassy Belgrade staff and family members reached Zagreb, according to Embassy Zagreb. Embassy Belgrade reports six private American citizens left with the group. A smaller convoy of 21 USAID personnel has arrived in Budapest, according to Embassy Budapest. (Kosovo TF/Emb [...]	2008-02-24 07:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE18361	TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 17 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports Serbian authorities deployed two armored vehicles and 60 riot police to the Chancery, following the USG's request for additional protective measures. Post could reopen as early as February 26. (Kosovo TF/Embassy Belgrade telcon and e- mail) NORTH KOSOVO PRO [...]	2008-02-24 21:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE18470	TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 18 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports the capital remains calm and the International School is open. At the chancery, the installation of steel plating and other reinforcement work should be completed today. The EAC recommended the Embassy remain closed February 26 as a precaution, reopening for l [...]	2008-02-25 14:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE18785	UN HOSTS NEW YORK MEETING OF JCMB COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat hosted a meeting in New York for representatives from Joint Coordination and Monitoring Group (JCMB) countries February 19 to deliver a readout of the recent meeting in Tokyo, and to discuss the upcoming Security Council renewal of the mandate for the United N [...]	2008-02-25 21:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF UNSC
08STATE18812	TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) U.S. Office Pristina reports a crowd of 1,200 gathered on the north side of the Mitrovica bridge, but the situation remained calm. Demonstrators burned the EU flag. (Kosovo TF/U.S. Office Pristina e-mail) --------------------------------------------- ----- NO NORMAL RELATIONS WITH ST [...]	2008-02-25 21:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE18819	NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 22:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU
08STATE18821	CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...]	2008-02-25 22:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR
08STATE19046	PROMETHEUS GAS CHAIRMAN: NO SOUTHSTREAM THROUGH [...] (C) Prometheus Gas Chairman Dimitri Copelouzos told the Ambassador and the acting Economic Deputy in a meeting on February 15 that he does not see Gazprom moving ahead with Southstream through Greece for many years. Copelouzos also indicated Prometheus Gas could supply another 3 bcm to Gree [...]	2008-02-26 14:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
08STATE19438	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 13, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee General Ray Henault briefed that ISAF is seeking to diversify its fuel supply away from reliance on Pakistani transit. SHAPE Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations MG Rudy Wright described a dramatic drop [...]	2008-02-26 22:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08STATE19657	PROMETHEUS GAS CHAIRMAN: NO SOUTHSTREAM THROUGH [...] (C) Prometheus Gas Chairman Dimitri Copelouzos told the Ambassador and the acting Economic Deputy in a meeting on February 15 that he does not see Gazprom moving ahead with Southstream through Greece for many years. Copelouzos also indicated Prometheus Gas could supply another 3 bcm to Gree [...]	2008-02-27 16:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
08STATE2021	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050077022 for the export of ammunition components to Russia. Post is requested to complete th [...]	2008-01-08 20:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC RS KOMC
08STATE20329	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: U/S Burns met for two hours on January 29 with his new Japanese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, to discuss G8, UNSC reform, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Burma. Sasae described Japan's priorities for the G8, which include climate ch [...]	2008-02-28 17:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV EAID XB XC XD XE XH JA
08STATE2033	VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...]	2008-01-08 20:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08STATE2034	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 5-9, 2007 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary meeting in Athens, the 34 MTCR Partners reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening missile-related export controls and thereby discouraging missile activities and programs of concern. They discussed [...]	2008-01-08 20:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GR
08STATE21209	GUIDANCE FOR AZERBAIJANI UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para. 2. 2. Action request: Department requests that USUN urge Azerbaijan's mission to the UN to work on an UNGA resolution that stresses that Kosovo is not a precedent for Nagarno-Karabakh (NK) or any other conflict. In order to secure U.S. supp [...]	2008-02-29 22:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL AM AJ RU GE UP PBTS
08STATE21770	UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On 3 March 2008, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1803 by a vote of 14 to 0, with one abstention. This resolution imposes further sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply with its obliga [...]	2008-03-04 01:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR
08STATE22047	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY 25 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary. Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei and Under Secretary Burns met February 25 immediately prior to the P5 1 Political Directors, meeting on Iran. AFM He highlighted U.S.-Chinese agreement on the strategic importance of diplomatic approaches to North Korea and Iran. [...]	2008-03-04 17:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BM CH ECON ENRG IR PGOV PREL XD
08STATE22352	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...]	2008-03-04 22:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08STATE22377	REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo no later than March 7. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Urge host government to follow the OIC Secretary General's lead in expressing support for Kosovo's independence at [...]	2008-03-05 00:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08STATE22941	SECURING IRAQI SUPPORT TO PROPOSE AN UNSCR TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The Deputies Committee tasked State with laying the groundwork for a UN Security Council Resolution that would sanction those who threaten the peace or stability of Iraq similar to the measu [...]	2008-03-06 00:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF
08STATE2476	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO INCOMING [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 10 Special Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: We are honored to welcome Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva to the Permanent Council as the Chairman in Office for 2008. The United States fully supports the object [...]	2008-01-09 16:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE PHUM CFED FI
08STATE26643	VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR AZERBAIJAN UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (C) This is an action request. Department continues to urge Azerbaijan to consider our proposed changes to the text of its UNGA resolution "on the situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and to delay a vote on the resolution, in the hope of allowing us (and our Minsk Group Co-C [...]	2008-03-13 20:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA AZ PBTS PREL
08STATE27211	ANNUAL DECLARATION OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Background/Action Request: Request the Mission deliver the USG interagency-cleared paper in paragraph 3 to Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) Immediate Central Contact (ICC) at earliest opportunity for distribution to all HCOC subs [...]	2008-03-14 20:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EC ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM TSPA AORC
08STATE2731	PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...]	2008-01-09 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX
08STATE2736	DEMARCHE REQUESTS TO FOLLOW UP UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] PURPOSE: The Department asks posts to demarche host governments at the highest appropriate level to follow up deployment issues concerning the deployment of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) pursuant to reftel (NOTAL). Posts may draw upon the following themes in th [...]	2008-01-10 00:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU CH
08STATE27642	DESIGNATION OF FUTURE BANK, BAHRAIN UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (U) Washington requests that addressees notify host Government/EU officials that the United States designated Future Bank, Bahrain under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass [...]	2008-03-17 16:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR BA
08STATE28948	AFGHANISTAN - INSTRUCTION FOR UNAMA MANDATE [...] The Department instructs USUN to join consensus and vote in favor of the resolution renewing for one year the UN Mission in Afghanistan's mandate, to be considered by the Security Council on Thursday, March 20. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Council, PP1 Recalling its previous [...]	2008-03-20 02:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PHUM PGOV PREL MARR AF
08STATE29096	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...]	2008-03-20 14:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR
08STATE29319	RUSSIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH CENTRAL ASIAN CENTER - [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 19:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR RU KZ
08STATE29398	PRESENTATION OF FINCEN ADVISORY ON IRAN-RELATED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) In response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 and the Financial Action Task Force's February 2008 statement on the deficiencies of Iran's anti-money laundering and combating ter [...]	2008-03-20 20:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR PREL PARM
08STATE29748	BORDER STRATEGY COORDINATION CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) During a meeting with the EU's Council Working Group on Eastern Europe and Russia (COEST) on February 28 in Brussels, the EU asked A/S Boucher whether the United States would support a border management coordination conference in Dus [...]	2008-03-21 17:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL SNAR TI PARM
08STATE30027	KUDOS FOR JAPANESE EMBASSY AND CONSULATE REPORTING [...] (U) Congratulations again to Embassy Tokyo, ConGens Naha and Osaka and Consulate Nagoya on the consistently outstanding quality of your political and economic reporting. Your reputation for hard work and insightful reporting is well-known and widely appreciated here in Washington. The intera [...]	2008-03-21 22:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN MARR PGOV PREL JA
08STATE30237	U.S.-EU STRATEGIC ENERGY REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: On March 3, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery co-chaired the second annual U.S.-EU Strategic Energy Review, established at the June 2006 U.S.-EU Summit to review progress in U.S.-EU energy cooperation. Discussions covered cooperation on energ [...]	2008-03-24 15:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EUN KGHG SENV
08STATE30247	INFORMATION ON IRAN,S USE OF BANK MELLAT SEOUL FOR PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 15:46:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EINV MNUC IR
08STATE30340	(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PARAGUAY [...] (S/NF) This cable reports the results of a recent Washington review of reporting and collection needs for Paraguay. The review produced a list of priorities (paragraph 5) intended to guide participating USG agencies as they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on Paragua [...]	2008-03-24 18:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KPRP ECON PREL PGOV ETRD PA
08STATE30504	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal meeting (GYMNICH) in Ljubljana on March 28-29. We expect the agenda to include: Western Balkans (Serbia/Kosovo),Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Lebanon-Syria, China/Tibet, and [...]	2008-03-25 01:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS SY LE RS CH
08STATE31896	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON, [...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]	2008-03-27 21:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31939	PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN LONDON, [...] The sixteenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in London, UK on February 4-6, 2008. Immediately following the OEG on February 7, the UK Ministry of Defense hosted an outreach day with six invited countries from the Gulf/Levant region. [...]	2008-03-27 21:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE31971	GUIDANCE: UN DEMOCRACY FUND ADVISORY BOARD [...] (U) This is an action request with guidance for USUN to participate in the March 28 UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Advisory Board meeting. Please see para 4 for action requested. 2. (SBU) Per reftel A, the March 28 Advisory Board meeting will include a discussion of: a) the second funding round [...]	2008-03-27 23:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL
08STATE33674	IRAN: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3 for action. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE: To encourage countries to prohibit the travel of designated Iranian proliferators as authorized by UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 and solicit information on domestic procedures in place to ensure that designated [...]	2008-04-01 23:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC
08STATE33804	EU COMMISSION CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) A five-member delegation from the European Commission met USG nonproliferation experts at the Department of State March 11-12, and held an exchange of program activities and country priorities that both sides agreed will serve as the basis for better coordination. ISN Deputy Assistant [...]	2008-04-02 22:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PEL KNNP SC EU OSCE UNVIE EUN
08STATE34269	GUIDANCE: UNOMIG RESOLUTION NEGOTIATIONS -- [...] (U) This is an Action Message, see para 2. 2. (U) USUN may draw from the guidance in paras 2-4 below during negotiations with the Friends of Georgia (Germany, UK, France, U.S., and Russia) concerning the UNOMIG renewal resolution. See para 5 for additional background and para 6 for the [...]	2008-04-02 21:06:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GE PREL PBTS
08STATE34310	REINTEGRATION MINISTER AGREES FIVE-PLUS-TWO REQUIRES CBM'S [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Reintegration Sova agreed with the Ambassador that a successful "long Five-plus-Two" requires preparation, confidence-building measures (CBM's),and goals. While drawing red lines on troop withdrawal and the integrity of the state, he declared himself flexible and read [...]	2008-04-03 02:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MD
08STATE34695	UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...]	2008-04-03 18:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE35962	MARCH 26 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) AT THE MARCH 26 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP MEETING (GPWG),RUSSIA POURED MORE COLD WATER ON THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (GP) ACTIVITIES BEYOND RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) -- THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY ALL OTHER G-8 MEMBERS AND THE MAJOR GP [...]	2008-04-07 20:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA CBC ETTC FR GM JA KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY UK
08STATE36044	BAHRAIN WELCOME INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph three. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Bahrain became a partner nation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) on March 24 when Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa presented Secretary Rice with a formal [...]	2008-04-07 22:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	DTRA PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA
08STATE36718	DEMARCHE TO SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to seek a meeting at the earliest possible date with UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari to convey the concern of the United States that Gambari's public statements overestimating minimal concessions made by the regime in response to the UN Good [...]	2008-04-09 00:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08STATE3728	A/S WELCH'S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH LIBYAN FM [...] (U) January 3, 2008, 12:00 p.m., Washington 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S Welch Amanda Johnson, NEA/MAG (notetaker) Libya Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Shalgam Secretary for Americas Affairs Ahmed Fituri SIPDIS Ambassador Ali Aujali Director of Americas Affairs Mohamed al-Matri ---------- [...]	2008-01-11 23:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KPKO MARR LY UN SU YI
08STATE38599	GUIDANCE: GEORGIA CONSULTATIONS, APRIL 14 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN may draw from the points in para 2 below during consultations on Georgia on April 14. 2. (U) Begin points. -- The U.S. welcomes the Secretary General,s report and appreciates efforts by UNOMIG and the Special Representative of the Secretary General [...]	2008-04-11 23:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC GE PREL PBTS
08STATE39193	GUIDANCE: UNOMIG MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to vote to approve the UNOMIG resolution in para 2 below. 2. (U) Begin resolution text. The Security Council, PP1 Recalling all its relevant resolutions including resolution 1781 of 15 October 2007 (S/RES/1781); PP2 Welcom [...]	2008-04-15 01:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC GE PREL PBTS
08STATE41023	THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP [...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]	2008-04-18 15:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	IS MARR MCAP PINS PREL
08STATE41979	KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and now seeks to let governments that have previously expressed interest in recognizing Kos [...]	2008-04-21 21:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV ES CO EC
08STATE42285	HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (U) This is an action request. Mission please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Guidance for use by the UNVIE Rep to the April 23, 2008 "Informal Meeting on the HCOC" is provided in paragraph 3. 3. (C) BEGIN GUIDANCE: The U.S. understands that the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic [...]	2008-04-22 15:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08STATE42903	GUIDANCE: UNSC EMERGENCY MEETING ON GEORGIA [...] Action request: Department requests that USUN deliver the following statement in para 2 below at the UNSC meeting on Georgia scheduled for Wednesday, April 23. End Action Request. 2. Begin statement: -- Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to welcome Georgian Foreign Minister Bakr [...]	2008-04-23 16:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PBTS GE RU
08STATE42905	US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the April 10 U.S.-EU-Canada trilateral meetings on Iran for the Slovenian EU Presidency, all three delegations agreed that Iran sought to undermine everything that the international community sought to achieve in the Middle East, and that its nuclear program and state spo [...]	2008-04-23 16:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
08STATE43742	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 28-29 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 16. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on April 28-29. [...]	2008-04-24 21:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS SY LE CH
08STATE44438	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) [...] (C) The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) held a productive Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 10, 2008. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Martin Briens chaired the meeting. RPOC discussion focused on r [...]	2008-04-28 11:52:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KSCA ETTC MTCRE FR
08STATE45414	U.S.-RUSSIA STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings in Washington, D.C., on March 26-27, 2008, senior-level U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John C. Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak, respectively, discussed the draft text for [...]	2008-04-29 20:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC MARR RS
08STATE46991	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING WESTERN FRIENDS' [...] This is an action request. Department requests that Embassies London, Paris, and Berlin urge host governments to vote in support of the Georgian UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees currently scheduled for consideration around May 9. Post [...]	2008-05-02 23:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNGA GE PREL
08STATE47534	U.S.-RUSSIA AGREEMENT FOR PEACEFUL NUCLEAR [...] The President has approved the proposed Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russia Federation Concerning Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy and has authorized its execution (P.D. 2008-19 dated 5 May 2008). A copy [...]	2008-05-05 23:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG KTIA PREL RS
08STATE48065	(U) Secretary Rice's April 25, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: KURT VOLKER, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS, REASONS: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) April 25, 2008, 9:20 - 10:50 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Charles W. Larson, Jr. Acting Assistant Secretary K [...]	2008-05-06 20:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA MARR PREL PINS NATO
08STATE48545	KOSOVO RECOGNITION LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES IN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See talking points in paragraph 6 and questions and answers in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and [...]	2008-05-07 20:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV GA GH GV LI MI ML MR MP
08STATE49259	LEBANON NEEDS ITS FRIENDS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 below. Posts should draw from the background in paras 5-7 below when making this demarche. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests posts communicate our assessment of the situation in Lebanon and ask that the "friends of Leb [...]	2008-05-08 22:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
08STATE49795	DEMARCHE REQUEST - POULTRY TECHNICAL REGULATIONS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request - please see para 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action request: The GOR issued a draft technical regulation (TR) May 4 that would effectively block imports of poultry meat from (among others) the United States (reftel). The hasty adoption of this TR, coinciding [...]	2008-05-09 22:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO RS
08STATE49806	DEMARCHE REQUEST: SOLICIT GOI RESPONSE TO DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 8. ---------- Objectives ---------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to pursue the following objectives with the GOI: -- Share with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution that imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities [...]	2008-05-09 23:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK
08STATE49813	DEMARCHE: FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) The Department requests action addressees to contact host governments (with the exception of France) immediately at an appropriately high level to urge them to consider a draft resolution prepared by France describing the humanitarian situation in Burma and calling on the regime to remov [...]	2008-05-10 01:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
08STATE50265	OECD: MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY ON INFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: The meeting of the WPISP centered on discussions to finalize the Working Party's contributions to the OECD Ministerial on the Future of the Internet Economy that will take place in Seoul, Korea in June. In addition, the Working Party considered its future work program for the next [...]	2008-05-12 20:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINT
08STATE50705	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-6. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of radiation tolerant DC/DC converters to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...]	2008-05-13 19:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	DA ETTC KOMC RS UK
08STATE52042	KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO UNSYG ON UNMIK TRANSITION [...] (C) This is an action request for a demarche to UN SYG Ban Ki-moon in response to reftel request for guidance. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) The objective of this demarche is to underscore to UNSYG that the Quint is unified in its position that UNMIK must reconfigure after June 15, that [...]	2008-05-15 22:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV UNMIK KO YI
08STATE52481	(S) NIAG 8064: IRAN SEEKS RUSSIAN-ORIGIN NEUTRON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) Washington has information that a Malaysian firm with ties to Iran is seeking Russian-origin neutron generators from the All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics (II) (VNIIA). Neutro [...]	2008-05-16 18:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR
08STATE53922	U/S JEFFERY AND ITALIAN ENI CEO SCARONI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery met with Italian energy firm Eni's CEO Paolo Scaroni on May 6 in Washington. Scaroni came to Washington seeking U.S. views on Eni's activities in Iran and to discuss its growing relationship with Russia's Gazprom. U/S Jeffery pushed back hard when [...]	2008-05-20 21:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN EUN LY AG TU RS IR IT
08STATE54639	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 26-27 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 27. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on May 26-27. [...]	2008-05-21 22:01:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO
08STATE54671	Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic [...] (C) The following guidance is provided to the U.S. delegation participating in the HCOC Annual Meeting, in Vienna, on May 29-30, 2008. 2. (C) BEGIN GUIDANCE: In discussing HCOC Annual Meeting agenda items, the delegation should seek HCOC outcomes that are consistent with U.S. foreign [...]	2008-05-22 00:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC
08STATE55234	(S) POTENTIAL SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE DELIVERY TO [...] (S) Summary: Russia is planning to ship SA-24 (Igla-S) air defense equipment to Syria in late May. Despite repeated assurances to the U.S. beginning in 2005 that Russia would only provide Syria with vehicle-mounted systems, we have reason to be concerned that Russia may provide man-portable [...]	2008-05-22 22:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS SY
08STATE55508	2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMV [...]	2008-05-23 15:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL
08STATE55587	U.S. AND RUSSIA LAUNCH ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In its first formal meeting, the U.S.-Russia Economic Dialogue reviewed areas of mutual interest on investment, trade and energy. U/S Jeffery and First DFM Denisov fostered a warm and informative exchange of views on such topics as open investment, sovereign wealth funds, and e [...]	2008-05-23 17:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL RS
08STATE56172	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050104476 for the export of rifles to Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern ch [...]	2008-05-27 13:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RU
08STATE56861	E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...]	2008-05-28 15:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC
08STATE57532	SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]	2008-05-29 18:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE57827	GUIDANCE: UNSC SESSION CONCERNING RUSSIAN DOWNING [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during UNSC consultations on Georgia scheduled for May 30. 2. Begin points: -- UNOMIG's report on the downing of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Georgian territory offers further troublin [...]	2008-05-30 12:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC GE PBTS PREL RU
08STATE57869	USG COMMENTS ON VORONIN DRAFT SETTLEMENT PACKAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In an April 14 meeting, President Voronin asked DAS Merkel to review a package of Moldovan proposals meant to serve as the basis for a political settlement with Transnistria. He further requested that the U.S. present this package to the 5 2. DAS Merkel agreed [...]	2008-05-30 13:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE MD PBTS PGOV PREL
08STATE57994	GUIDANCE: UNSC SESSION CONCERNING RUSSIAN DOWNING [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during UNSC consultations on Georgia scheduled for May 30. 2. Begin points: -- UNOMIG's report on the downing of a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Georgian territory offers evidence of Russi [...]	2008-05-30 15:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC GE PBTS PREL RU
08STATE58446	THE WAY FORWARD ON UNMEE [...] This is an action request. Department requests action addressees in London, Paris, Moscow, and Brussels, to approach host governments, as UN Security Council (UNSC) Members, to discuss our proposed way forward on the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) and a potential follow-on UN pres [...]	2008-05-30 23:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE FR UK RS
08STATE59140	KUDOS FOR DEFT HANDLING OF GEORGIA ISSUES IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 00:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN GE RU
08STATE59707	SEEKING GERMAN SUPPORT ON ENDING RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. SUMMARY 2. (C) U.S. officials have provided briefings to countries on Russian arms sales of concern and asked appropriate officials to raise these sales with Russian officials. German Chancellor Merkel is meeting with Russian Preside [...]	2008-06-03 22:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08STATE60043	NON-PAPER ON FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 3. 2. (U) Objective: To advance our bilateral discussions with the Russians on the future of the ISTC. Please pass the non-paper at paragraph 3 to the appropriate host government officials. 3. (U) Begin Text Transformation of the I [...]	2008-06-04 17:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PBIO RS
08STATE60123	ICI ANNUAL REVIEW CONFERENCE - STOCKHOLM, MAY 29, [...] (U) Posts may draw upon this report as needed in their discussions with host governments about Iraq. 2. (U) Summary: In a meeting that most participants and commentators agreed helped to improve international perceptions of Iraq, eighty-four countries and twelve international organizations [...]	2008-06-04 18:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL SW EUN

08STATE60216	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Department requests action addressees to urge host governments to send high-level representatives to the donors' conference to be held in Vienna June 23 and to contribute generously to the joint appe [...]	2008-06-04 20:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA
08STATE60269	REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]	2008-06-04 22:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE60282	KOSOVO: SUPPORTING UN RECONFIGURATION PLANS [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN. The Department requests that USUN give its support to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's initiative to reconfigure the UN presence in Kosovo. Our support should be made conditional on the understanding that Ban will move forward with all elements of r [...]	2008-06-04 22:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE60525	REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]	2008-06-05 15:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE60813	UNSCR 1267-INSTRUCTIONS TO USUN TO SUBMIT ONE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) The United States on May 6, 2008 prenotified (Ref A) our intent to request the listing under UNSCR 1267 of the Kuwait-based international Islamic charity Revival of Islamic Heritage [...]	2008-06-05 20:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC
08STATE61194	Walk-in Guidance for 2008: Administrative [...] (S/NF) Summary: The information in this telegram must be handled with utmost discretion and due diligence. This telegram contains updated guidance and procedures for handling foreign national walk-ins, defectors and asylum seekers at overseas posts. It describes procedures to be followed in re [...]	2008-06-06 16:22:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CVIS PINR PREF
08STATE61385	COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR 51ST SESSION OF UN COMMITTEE [...] FOLLOWING IS GUIDANCE FOR THE 51ST SESSION OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS). THIS GUIDANCE WILL FOCUS ON MATTERS THAT REQUIRE SPECIFIC ACTION BY THE COMMITTEE. USDEL SHOULD DRAW ON DETAILED GUIDANCE IN REFTEL A (SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE) AND REFTEL [...]	2008-06-06 20:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNPUOS UNGA PARM
08STATE61842	SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATING 4 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) At the highest level appropriate, USUN and Embassy Paris are requested to urge the French to support the addition of the four names in para 3, including Daoussa DEBY ITNO, to the consolidated asset freeze and travel ban list maintained by the [...]	2008-06-09 17:34:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU
08STATE62235	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern chec [...]	2008-06-10 14:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC FI KOMC RS UK UP
08STATE62450	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17 [...] (U) Classified by Jeffrey Giauque, Senior Political Officer, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 24. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on Jun [...]	2008-06-10 18:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE
08STATE62452	Under SECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ, KOSOVO, [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- U/S WILLIAM J. BURNS, P PDAS KURT VOLKER, EUR SUMONA GUHA, SPECIAL ASSISTANT, P H. MARTIN MCDOWELL, EUR/NB DESK (NOTETAKER) SWEDEN ------ CARL BILDT, FOREIGN MINISTER AMBASSADOR JONAS HAFSTROM HAKAN MALMQVIST, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, SWEDISH MFA ERIKA F [...]	2008-06-10 19:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS SENV PINR KO RS
08STATE63111	G8 NPDG CONSIDERS NONPROLIFERATION STATEMENT [...] (SBU) At its June 5 meeting, the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) agreed on most of the nonproliferation language for the G8 Summit statement, but left some key issues unresolved. These included the G8's view of the way forward on nuclear disarmament, the DPRK (whether to mention ab [...]	2008-06-11 20:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC
08STATE63183	SEEKING A SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Action request: Action addresses are asked to demarche host governments at the highest possible level on an urgent basis and report back to contacts listed below in advance of the Security Council informal consultations on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe, scheduled for 10 a.m. on [...]	2008-06-12 01:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC ZI
08STATE63369	ACTION REQUEST: REQUESTING EU JOINT DEMARCHE WITH [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: For several years the USG has sought to persuade the Government of Mexico (GOM) to fulfill its pledge under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) to convert a single HEU (Highly [...]	2008-06-12 14:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PARM KNNP MX EUN
08STATE63551	REAFFIRMING RUSSIA,S COMMITMENT TO THE WMD [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 3). 2. (SBU) At the recent weapons of mass destruction terrorism (Wmd-t) sub-group meeting of the U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG) in washington in February, the united states and russia adopted a robust work plan that marked a strong [...]	2008-06-12 18:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT OTRA PREL PTER RS
08STATE63666	HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (U) The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) held its Seventh Regular Meeting of Subscribing States on May 29-30, 2008, at the Vienna International Center (VIC),in Vienna, Austria. 75 of 130 Subscribing States registered for the meeting. Many Subscribing St [...]	2008-06-12 20:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
08STATE63686	U.S.-ICELAND SECURITY DIALOGUE MEETING, APRIL 30 [...] (C) Summary. U.S. and Icelandic officials April 30 reviewed Iceland,s defense developments and bilateral security cooperation at working-level Security Dialogue meetings in Washington, D.C. Iceland previewed creation of the Icelandic Defense Agency this year, its plan to host a high-level NA [...]	2008-06-12 20:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IC NATO PGOV PREL
08STATE63960	ACTION REQUEST:P5+1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION: In advance of Javier Solana,s planned June 14 trip to Iran to present the updated P5 1 incentives package, action posts should immediately brief senior host government officials drawing upon the talking points in paragr [...]	2008-06-13 15:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PREL UNSC KNNP PARM FR UK CH RS BA KU MO JO TS
08STATE64210	REPORT: 2008 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The second meeting of the NPT PrepCom in the current review cycle was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 28 - May 9. One hundred six Parties participated, including a U.S. delegation led by Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Christopher Ford, and were able [...]	2008-06-13 20:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE64270	KOSOVO -- DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF UN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts in Tripoli, Jakarta, Panama, San Jose, Ouagadougou, and Pretoria are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo at the highest appropriate level before Tuesday June 17. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Encourage host go [...]	2008-06-14 00:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL UNMIK KO
08STATE65284	URGENT DEMARCHE REQUESTED -- JUNE 19, 2008 [...] This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. Summary: Embassies Beijing, Moscow, Hanoi, and Jakarta are urgently requested to demarche host governments at the highest possible level to support consensus adoption on Thursday, June 19, of a U.S. resolution in the Security [...]	2008-06-18 00:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN KWMN PHUM
08STATE65834	DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONTINUE ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 6. 2. (C) Per Ref A, on May 15, Embassy Baghdad shared with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution (Ref B),which imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in or provide support for acts of violence that thr [...]	2008-06-18 23:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK
08STATE66179	SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 18, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] Classified by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer for reason 1.4(d). 2. (U) June 18, 2008; 11:00 a.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger Rachel Meyers, AF/E Notet [...]	2008-06-19 18:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID PGOV PREL MOPS KE ZI ZU
08STATE66361	DIPLOMATIC NOTE TO CONVEY HELICOPTER FLIGHT [...] This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. Two U.S. citizens have requested USG assistance in transmitting their private request for flight clearance to the Russian Federal Air Navigation Authority (FANA). These individuals seek to circumnavigate the globe by helicopter and so must fly t [...]	2008-06-20 00:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON RS
08STATE66778	FAA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] This is an Action request -- see para 3. 2. The Federal Aviation Administration requests that Embassy Moscow transmit the attached text to the appropriate Russian authorities in response to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note No. 2307 in which the GOR requests USG assistance c [...]	2008-06-20 20:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON RS
08STATE66780	FAA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. Post is instructed to deliver the following response to the Russian Government's request for an FAA investigation into a safety-related incident at Emelyanovo airport involving a U.S.-registered private aircraft in November 2007. 3. Begin [...]	2008-06-20 20:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON RS
08STATE6686	APPLICATION OF THE U.S.-RUSSIA CTR AND MPC&A [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Reference B is a letter dated January 23, 2003 (sic 2004) from V. Kuchinov, director of MINATOM's Department for International and Foreign Economic Cooperation to David Huizenga, (DOE/NNSA). 2. BACKGROUND: By diplomatic note transmitte [...]	2008-01-22 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CTR PARM PREL RS
08STATE67437	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]	2008-06-23 21:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE67965	FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM TO SOCHI COMMITMENTS: GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department requests Post relay at a high level a proposal to the Russian government to initiate a follow-up mechanism for our joint commitments to respect the rule of law, international law, human rights, tolerance of diversity, political freedom, and a free market approach to eco [...]	2008-06-24 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM RS
08STATE67989	NOTIFICATION REGARDING NASA-CNSA CIVIL SPACE [...] 1. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. BACKGROUND: A. (S) On January 6, 2008, the State Department instructed nine posts to deliver Washington's request to allied host governments for their continued assistance in applying diplomatic pressure on China concerning the [...]	2008-06-24 23:37:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	CH KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL
08STATE69020	ANOUNCEMENT OF ACTIONS ON SIX-PARTY TALKS SECOND [...] OBJECTIVE: The following background points should be used in responding to host government or press inquiries regarding actions taking place June 26, 2008, related to the Six-Party Talks "Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement." Posts are encouraged at their discre [...]	2008-06-26 20:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KN KNNP
08STATE69343	PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 28-29, 2008 PSI 5TH [...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonp [...]	2008-06-27 15:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE69357	PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 28-29, 2008 PSI 5TH [...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonp [...]	2008-06-27 16:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE69934	PRESS STATEMENT ON STEPS TO END DPRK NUCLEAR [...] ACTION REQUEST - USUN is instructed to support and vote for in the Council meeting of Monday, June 30 the text in para 2 below of a UNSC press statement on latest steps towards securing denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. End of action request. 2. Begin text of press statement: T [...]	2008-06-30 14:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC USNC KN
08STATE69991	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050105887 for the export of fuel pump bearings to the United Arab Emirates. Post is requeste [...]	2008-06-30 15:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TC
08STATE70801	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION -- [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. BACKGROUND. In June 2008, the Committee on NGOs (CNGO) of the UN Economic and Social Council rejected the application for ECOSOC consultative status of a U.S. NGO called the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). Cuba -- with [...]	2008-07-01 21:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN NGO PHUM
08STATE70827	UNSC 1718 INFORMAL MEETING, JULY 2, 2008 [...] Mission should draw upon the statement below in July 2 UNSC informal consultations on UNSCR 1718 on nonproliferation in North Korea. 2. The Security Council meets today to discuss events concerning the DPRK and the implementation of UNSCR 1718 concerning nuclear nonproliferation. I am ve [...]	2008-07-02 00:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC KN
08STATE70835	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting, the Deputy Secretary discussed Australian PM Rudd's proposed Asia Pacific Community (APC) with Special Envoy Richard Woolcott. Woolcott emphasized his consultations on the proposed APC would be exploratory in nature, with no predetermined outcome, and likel [...]	2008-07-02 00:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL AS
08STATE71264	REPLY: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE MV LEHMANN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing from the points in paragraph 3 below, Department requests Posts respond to diplomatic notes from the Embassy of Estonia (received 24 June, 2008) and from the Embassy of Ukraine (received 23 June, 2008) requesting supplies and assistance to Ukrainia [...]	2008-07-02 18:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHSA BM CY EN GM NATO RS SO UK UP
08STATE71695	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-license check on distribution agreement (DA) 2592-05 for the export of defense services and technical data related to App [...]	2008-07-03 15:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC GM
08STATE72058	GUIDANCE FOR CCW DELEGATION: JULY 7-25 [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: The U.S. delegation has participated actively in the first two rounds of negotiations (in January and April) on the issue of cluster munitions in the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to the Convention on Certain Convention Weapons (CCW). These two sessions resulted in [...]	2008-07-03 23:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ARM PREL PGOV UN
08STATE73171	DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request for all UNSC posts except Tripoli. Please see paragraph 2. Embassy Moscow also see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. The Arab Group at the UN in New York has been circulating in recent weeks a draft Security Council resolution on Israeli settlem [...]	2008-07-09 02:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PREL SY UNSC
08STATE73807	(U) SECRETARY RICE'S JULY 2, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAN SMITH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, S/ES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.4. (B) AND (D) 2. (U) JULY 2, 2008, 10:30 - 11:15, WASHINGTON, D.C. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. THE SECRETARY AMBASSADOR JOHN CLOUD ACTING UNDER SECRETARY JOHN ROOD, T ASSISTANT SECRETARY D [...]	2008-07-10 00:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG AF IZ
08STATE74375	URGENT DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE NEGOTIATIONS IN SOUTH [...] (U) Summary and Action request: On July 8, the U.S. tabled a draft Security Council resolution on Zimbabwe. The vote planned for July 9 was postponed for procedural reasons. While not yet scheduled, the vote is likely on the morning of July 11. The Russians and the Chinese continue to oppos [...]	2008-07-10 22:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU
08STATE74750	DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON IRANIAN BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States, France and the United Kingdom will jointly, through their respective UN missions, provide information to the UNSC President and Chairman of the Iran Sanctions Committee on Iranian [...]	2008-07-11 19:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IO ISN NEA IR TREAS
08STATE74888	U.S.-RUSSIA JDEC EXPERTS MEETINGS (SITE SECURITY [...] Mr. Brad Martin (Strategic Command - Head of Delegation) 2. Mr. Philip Jamison (Office of the Secretary of Defense - Policy Lead for JDEC) 3. Lt Col Steve Smiley (Air Force - Lead Military Service for JDEC) 4. Mr. Tracy Herbert (Defense Threat Reduction Agency/JSIVA - Physical Secur [...]	2008-07-11 23:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL RS
08STATE74922	(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...]	2008-07-12 14:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08STATE75378	PSI: SUMMARY OF MAY 28-29, 2008 PSI 5TH [...] SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fifth anniversary since the President's announcement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. hosted a PSI Senior Level Meeting and PSI Outreach Workshop on May 28-29, 2008 in Washington, DC. The May 28 senior level meeting was for senior nonp [...]	2008-07-14 19:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE76294	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 29 through October 10 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG concerns on host government [...]	2008-07-16 15:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM
08STATE76371	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF [...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTR judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]	2008-07-16 17:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM XA
08STATE7679	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...]	2008-01-24 23:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU
08STATE77144	NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS PLAN PATH FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Atomic energy, law enforcement and policy experts from nearly 30 countries met in Sofia, Bulgaria June 17-19 under the auspices of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) to share experience on nuclear forensics and illicit trafficking issues. The I [...]	2008-07-17 20:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC BE KNNP PREL PTER ENRG MNUC
08STATE77357	T LETTER OF THANKS TO MFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY: French MFA Assistant Secretary for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament Philippe Carre led the opening panel of the Senior-Level Meeting for all states endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) held May 28, 2008, in Washington, DC, on the occasion of the PSI's Fif [...]	2008-07-18 13:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL FR
08STATE77757	GEORGIA -- GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DISCUSSION ON [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points in paragraph two during the discussion of recent events in Georgia in the UN Security Council on Monday, July 21. 2. Begin Points: Mr. President: I would like to welcome Ambassador Alasania from the Republic of Georgia t [...]	2008-07-18 22:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE79520	ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S MEETING WITH PLA LTG [...] (S) In the first-ever meeting between the International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) bureau and the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney met with Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng on July 14. Discus [...]	2008-07-23 21:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	CH KNNP MCAP PREL
08STATE79981	SEEKING UN SECRETARIAT BRIEFING ON ZIMBABWE AND [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 2. Department would like to see Haile Menkerios appointed as the UN,s &Special Envoy8 to the Zimbabwe negotiations or at least continue his work as the Secretary General's envoy on Zimbabwe, and for Menkerios to brief the Council as soon as possible. [...]	2008-07-24 19:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC XA ZI
08STATE80034	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]	2008-07-24 20:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE80673	GEORGIA -- STATEMENT FOR JULY 29 UNSC DISCUSSION [...] The Department requests that USUN deliver the following statement during the July 29 UN Security Council discussion of the Secretary General's report on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). 2. Begin statement: Mr. President: I would like to welcome Ambassador Alasania to the Co [...]	2008-07-26 00:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC UNOMIG PREL GG
08STATE82971	REQUEST TO PASS INFORMATION ON MODALITIES TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 15:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET TX AJ
08STATE83009	GUAM BATUMI SUMMIT STRESSES TRADE, TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, the Black Sea port of Batumi played host to the 2008 Summit of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, familiarly known as GUAM for its members Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Georgia assumed the year-long GUAM presidency from Azerbaijan under [...]	2008-08-01 15:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE83014	EUR DAS MERKEL,S MEETINGS WITH THE GUAM NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Merkel met with the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) National Coordinators and Secretary General in advance of the GUAM Summit in Batumi on July 1. DAS Merkel also discussed GUAM and the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a separate meeting on June [...]	2008-08-01 16:06:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE83017	EUR DAS MERKEL,S JULY 1 MEETING WITH UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the Batumi GUAM Summit, Ukrainian Foreign Minsiter Ogryzko told EUR DAS Merkel that the most important factors affecting Ukraine,s NATO aspirations are Germany and Russia. The Foreign Minister said that Ukraine is trying to work with Russia but will not accept a [...]	2008-08-01 16:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS BO GM PHUM PGOV MARR
08STATE83136	P3 MEETING ON ACTION PLAN FOR IRAN [...] (S/REL UK AND FRANCE) ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime Daniel Glaser on July 25 met with UK and French counterparts in Paris to discuss individual and collective P3 actions in the event Iran r [...]	2008-08-01 19:37:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN
08STATE83244	URGING RUSSIA TO LIFT HOLDS IN THE UN 1518 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) On October 22, 2007, pursuant to UNSCR 1483, we proposed for listing by the UN 1518 Committee 6 former regime elements (FRE) linked to Saddam Hussein. All 6 individuals (see para 3 for additional [...]	2008-08-02 00:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
08STATE84105	WMD COMMISSION: RUSSIA TRAVEL [...] This is an action cable - please see paragraph 8 for Embassy assistance requests. 2. Summary: The Commission on Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism will travel to Moscow, Russia during the period of September 22-26, 2008 to assess and update, as appropriate, the Department of Ene [...]	2008-08-05 20:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY
08STATE84902	U.S.-RUSSIA DIALOGUE ON AREAS OF RULE OF LAW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Department requests Post relay the proposal in para 7 to the Russian government to establish a government-to-government dialogue on areas of rule of law relevant to anti-corruption and law enforcement with the Russian [...]	2008-08-07 17:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV RS SOCI
08STATE85639	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 04 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-10 13:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE85678	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 05:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG
08STATE85725	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:12:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE85940	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref C, the U.S. circulated to MTCR small group members in June a suggested proposal on Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) outreach t [...]	2008-08-11 16:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE86130	GEORGIA - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON DRAFT UNSC [...] (C) This is an action request. Addressees should demarche their host government at the highest appropriate level to gain support for a draft UN Security Council Resolution addressing the conflict in Georgia (text at para 8). We are seeking an early vote on this text in the Council. Objecti [...]	2008-08-12 02:04:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GE PREL PBTS
08STATE86156	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 04:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT
08STATE86173	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi reports the city is calm, despite fears of a Russian advance into the capital. The OSCE mission reports the road to Tskinvali is clear. The Georgian government confirms reports of fresh Russian missile strikes in Gori, and notes it no longer has sufficient emergency ser [...]	2008-08-12 11:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE86603	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 9 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 00:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE86716	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) MEDIA REPORT THE GEORGIANS AND RUSSIANS AGREED TO A SIX-POINT CEASE-FIRE PLAN. DAS BRYZA NOTES THE PLAN WILL NOT BE SIGNED, BUT WILL BE THE BASIS OF A UNSC RESOLUTION. (TF/EUR E-MAIL, REUTERS) 2. (C) THE RUSSIAN MFA NOTED RUSSIA WOULD TAKE A HARDER LINE OVER SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKH [...]	2008-08-13 12:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE8687	GUIDANCE FOR GEORGIA CONSULTATIONS, JANUARY 29 [...] (SBU): The UNSC will hold consultations on the situation in Georgia on January 29. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 below during consultations and other meetings related to the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and Georgia. 2. (U) Begin points. -- The U.S. welcomes [...]	2008-01-28 20:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC GE PREL
08STATE87197	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RECENT [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the August 14, 2008, special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, We appreciate so much that you scheduled this special session of the Permanent Council, and express our full support for [...]	2008-08-13 23:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
08STATE87557	TFGG01 GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi received unconfirmed reports Russian forces re-entered Gori, placed landmines around a Russian encampment, and established a presence in Poti in order to inspect the cargo of any incoming U.S. vessels. 2. (U) Media report Russian forces intend to hand over Gori to [...]	2008-08-14 18:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE87756	1540 COMMITTEE: GUIDANCE TO DELAY CONSIDERATION [...] (U) REFTELS request guidance as to a Russian proposal to introduce a new, ninth member to the 1540 Committee of Experts. 2. (C) USUN is asked to seek a postponement on a decision regarding the Russian initiative. Department thinks benefits of this initiative could overcome the baseline U.S [...]	2008-08-15 00:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08STATE87773	TFGG01 GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (S/NF) Although Russian forces remain in and around Gori, Georgian police forces have begun re-establishing control over the city. (TF/EUCOM e-mail) 2. (S/NF) Russian aircraft reportedly are confining their activity to Russian airspace and naval forces have moved north toward Sukhumi. ( [...]	2008-08-15 08:06:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE87776	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 09:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR
08STATE88156	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (U) A Russian convoy advanced to within 30 miles of Tbilisi, halting in Igoeti. 2. (U) Russian forces in Poti are destroying the port's equipment and infrastructure. 3. (SBU) Russian roadblocks are hindering the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies to South Ossetia and areas w [...]	2008-08-15 20:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE88209	INSTRUCTIONS TO LOBBY COSTA RICA ON OIL-FOR-FOOD [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: On March 28, the Russian Presidency of the UNSC circulated a draft letter to the Secretary-General on closing down the OFF program. This letter would have granted the Government of Iraq (GOI) 45 days to provide Confirmations of Arrival (COAs) for the remaining [...]	2008-08-15 22:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC IZ EFIN
08STATE88251	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Russian troops blew up a bridge at Kaspi, a main railroad link between Tbilisi and Gori. According to DAS Matt Bryza, this attack could destabilize the Georgian economy and complicate humanitarian assistance efforts. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail) 2. (SBU) Russian armored personnel ca [...]	2008-08-16 13:22:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE88262	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) FM Lavrov said Russian forces will begin their withdrawal after additional security measures are put in place, media report. Lavrov's comments on "finishing the task" are angering the Georgians, according to Embassy Tbilisi. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon, Reuters) 2. (SBU) Various media [...]	2008-08-16 21:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE88303	TGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 19 [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi could not confirm any Russian troop withdrawals. EU parliamentarians entered Gori after being stopped at the outskirts. They saw no troops in the city, but the Russian military has established checkpoints at major junctions along the road from Gori to Khashuri, giv [...]	2008-08-17 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE88304	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 20 [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow reports the Russian Deputy Chief of the General Staff said preparations for a withdrawal are underway. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon). 2. (S/NF) Georgian forces established a checkpoint north of Kaspi within 1 km of Russian troops. (TF/EUCOM e-mail) 3. (S/NF) T [...]	2008-08-17 22:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE88308	RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT [...] IN REFERENCE TO RUSSIA'S ACTIONS IN GEORGIA, PRESIDENT BUSH STATED THE FOLLOWING: (QUOTE) "WITH ITS ACTIONS IN RECENT DAYS RUSSIA HAS DAMAGED ITS CREDIBILITY AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONS OF THE FREE WORLD. BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE WAYS TO CONDUCT FOREIGN POLICY I [...]	2008-08-18 00:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR OIIP PBTS PREL RU GG
08STATE88329	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 21 [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi cannot confirm the movements of Russian troops, though journalists traveling between Gori and Tbilisi told post the troops expect to depart ?soon.? (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 2. (U) De facto South Ossetian President Kokoity dismissed his cabinet due to delays in t [...]	2008-08-18 11:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR
08STATE88627	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Russian checkpoints remain on the Gori-Tbilisi highway. Russia may raise a failed POW exchange as a reason for not withdrawing. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 2. (SBU) Russia denies allegations it blew up the Kaspi bridge. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 3. (SBU) Russia denied acces [...]	2008-08-18 19:06:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE88784	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) A Russian general threatened to advance on Tbilisi August 19 if Russian POWs are not released. Georgians believe Russian prisoner numbers have been exaggerated. ICRC observes no signs of mistreatment of either Russian or Georgian POWs. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail, TF/ICRC telcon) PR [...]	2008-08-19 06:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT
08STATE89062	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi confirms an exchange of five Russian and 20-21 Georgian prisoners, facilitated by the French Ambassador to Georgia. Meanwhile, Russians detained 20 Georgian police officers in Poti. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail, Reuters) 2. (SBU) Post confirms Russian troops seized fi [...]	2008-08-19 17:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE89470	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.26 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 14:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE89540	TFGG01: GEORGIA - GUIDANCE ON FRENCH DRAFT UN [...] The Department requests that USUN support in consultations the draft resolution on Georgia circulated by the French on August 19. Please refer all proposed changes to the Department for guidance. The Department authorizes USUN to vote in favor of this resolution if there are no further chang [...]	2008-08-20 16:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE89674	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Georgian students, trade unionists, and businessmen confronted Russian forces at a checkpoint between Gori and Tbilisi, and near a Russian base near Senaki. (Tbilisi 1403) RUSSIA TO ALLOW OSCE MONITORS TO ENTER TSKHINVALI --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (S [...]	2008-08-20 19:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE89776	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Russian forces built a sentry post 30 miles from Tbilisi, according to media. Embassy Tbilisi is concerned Russia could block not only international relief but also economic reconstruction. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi email, AP) RAILWAY BRIDGE REPAIRS EXPECTED TO TAKE 30 DAYS ------------ [...]	2008-08-21 03:15:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE89870	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 29 [...] (SBU) Russian troops are using armored personnel carriers to block the bridge into Poti, media report. Embassy Tbilisi received reports of Gori checkpoints being moved to the city outskirts. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon, AP) 2. (SBU) Explosions were reported throughout August 20 at Senaki ba [...]	2008-08-21 13:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE89919	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050118911 for the export of a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera system to Russia. Post [...]	2008-08-21 14:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RS
08STATE90334	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 30 [...] (C) The timing for a Russian withdrawal and the size of its remaining peacekeeping force is unclear. (Moscow 2496) 2. (C) Separatist leader Kokoity told a rally in Tskhinvali he will ask the Kremlin to recognize South Ossetia's independence, according to media. Embassy Moscow notes the [...]	2008-08-21 23:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE90378	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) Defense Minister Serdyukov said Russian troops would begin to withdraw into South Ossetia at 0600 local time, and be completed by the end of the day. 500 "peacekeepers" would remain in the "security zone." The withdrawing forces would depart South Ossetia for Russia over the next ten d [...]	2008-08-22 11:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT

08STATE90863	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (C) OSCE monitors patrolling east and west of Gori confirm Russian forces are heading north outside the city. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail) 2. (C) Embassy Tbilisi reports Russia intends to establish demilitarized "buffer zones" extending outside the boundaries of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. [...]	2008-08-22 21:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE90917	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 33 [...] (U) The Russian military spokesman stated Russian forces have withdrawn from Georgia to South Ossetia and are in full compliance with international agreements. (cnn.com) 2. (U) President Saakashvili welcomed the start of the withdrawal, noting it occurred after unprecedented internatio [...]	2008-08-23 11:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE90979	DEMARCHE: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. TRANSPORTATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Moscow is requested to inform immediately appropriate senior Russian officials concerning U.S. ships in the Black Sea transporting humanitarian assistance to Georgia. Currently, USS McFaul is scheduled to reach the Georg [...]	2008-08-23 17:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID GG MARR PHUM PREL RS
08STATE90980	GEORGIA: REBUTTING SPURIOUS RUSSIAN CLAIMS [...] (U) This is an action request for all posts, see end of para 2. 2. (C) Reftel lays out Russian efforts to misinterpret the August 12 Georgia ceasefire agreement mediated by French President Sarkozy. Among other things, Russia is claiming that the ceasefire allows for creation of a ?buffer z [...]	2008-08-23 18:03:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR GG RU
08STATE90996	TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia to include the return of U.S. Embassy eligible family members to Tbilisi, the resumption of visa services, and the status of roads within the country. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Ge [...]	2008-08-23 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER OTRA ASEC GG RS
08STATE90999	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 34 [...] (SBU) Georgian military units will return immediately to bases in Gori and Senaki under terms of the cease-fire agreement. Georgia is considering returning military personnel to Poti. (TF/Georgian Embassy telcon) 2. (SBU) Russian troops have left Gori, Igoeti, and Kashuri. (Tbilisi 1 [...]	2008-08-23 21:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE91017	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 35 [...] (C) MFA officials claim the Russian peacekeeping presence will expand significantly within South Ossetia. They defended the need for a buffer zone and do not believe OSCE forces constitute an international mechanism. (Moscow 2523) 2. (U) Media report Russian troops are setting up a pe [...]	2008-08-24 12:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE91036	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) OSCE monitors confirm a potential flashpoint in the village of Akhalgori, where the Georgian MFA claims 400 South Ossetians have replaced the ethnically-Georgian mayor and police chief. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail) 2. (SBU) The Georgian MFA noted more than 100 Georgian hostages, [...]	2008-08-24 21:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE91052	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (U) The German Chancellor said Russia failed to honor the cease-fire and must pull out its troops immediately, adding ties with Moscow could be scaled back if the troops were not withdrawn. Merkel noted Georgia and Ukraine had the right to join NATO, although she did not expect a decision at [...]	2008-08-25 05:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE91076	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) The Georgian president attempted to explain what led to the armed conflict with Russia. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) EAST-WEST RAILWAY RE-OPENS FOLLOWING TRAIN EXPLOSION --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (SBU) The British Ambassador, after a visit to the [...]	2008-08-25 12:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE91327	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR ISF TRANSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials to notify and elicit support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) Transition Plan and the associated U.S. weapons sales. State and Defense Depar [...]	2008-08-25 20:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AE BA EG IS IZ JO KU QA
08STATE91332	AFTER-ACTION REPORT FOR DEMETER'S RESILIENCE, THE [...] (U) Summary: Following the recommendations of the G8 Bioterrorism Experts (BTEX) Group in 2005, a series of G8 workshops dealing with decontamination, food defense and public health/law enforcement cooperation was organized. "Demeter,s Resilience" was the second G8 food defense event and was [...]	2008-08-25 20:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EUN FR GM IT JA PTER RS TBIO UK
08STATE91372	DAS KROL REQUESTS MEETINGS WITH UN OFFICIALS IN [...] (U) George Krol, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs responsible for Central Asia, requests mission's assistance in arranging a one - day program in New York during the week of September 8 primarily to meet with relevant UN and mission officials to discus [...]	2008-08-25 22:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON UN TX KG TI KZ UZ
08STATE91582	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) The Russian MFA passed a letter from President Medvedev to President Bush declaring Russia?s intention to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a Presidential Decree to be signed August 26. (TF/Embassy Moscow telcon) AKHALGORI STANDOFF CONTINUES ------------ [...]	2008-08-26 15:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE92325	TFGG01 - GEORGIA - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SOUTH [...] (SBU) This is an action request: The Department requests that action addressees, with the exception of Moscow, Hanoi, Tripoli and Pretoria, approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to urge them to oppose the participation of representatives from the de facto governments of Abk [...]	2008-08-27 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE92342	GEORGIA -- GUIDANCE FOR POSSIBLE UNSC EMERGENCY [...] The Department understands that Georgia may ask for an emergency UNSC session as early as tomorrow in light of the Russian Federation's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on August 26. If the UNSC does meet to discuss Georgia on August 28, the Department requests that USUN draw on the [...]	2008-08-28 01:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC GG
08STATE92371	TFGG01 - GEORGIA - URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request: Georgia is seeking an emergency session of the UN Security Council meeting as early as August 28, 2008 to discuss Russia's recognition of the separatist Abkhazian and South Ossetian de facto governments. In anticipation of this meeting, the Department requests [...]	2008-08-28 02:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE93264	APPROACHING THE EU REGARDING GEORGIA IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal "Gymnich" meeting in Avignon on September 5-6. We expect the agenda to include: Georgia and EU/Russia relations, the Israeli-Falestinian peace process, updating the 2003 EU Sec [...]	2008-08-29 21:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG
08STATE93272	APPROACHING THE EU ON NON-GEORGIA TOPICS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal "Gymnich" meeting in Avignon on September 5-6. We expect the agenda to include: Georgia and EU/Russia relations, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, updating the 2003 EU Security [...]	2008-08-29 21:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08STATE93447	NATO-RUSSIA: PUTTING "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" INTO [...] (C) Pursuant to the agreement among NATO Foreign Ministers at their August 19 meeting that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship under the current circumstances, Washington supports Mission's view (reftel) that it is important "not to use" the NRC as currently str [...]	2008-09-02 01:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL GG RS
08STATE94461	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON REPORT BY [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the September 4 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Guldimann and the Special Represen [...]	2008-09-03 20:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL UNMIK KV
08STATE94532	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: KILLING OF JOURNALIST IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 21:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OSCE PREL PHUM RU
08STATE96923	TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia to include the risk of unexploded ordnance and the potential for an increased risk of crime. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Georgia issued August 23, 2008. 2. The Department of State [...]	2008-09-10 17:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PTER GG
08STATE97109	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL - STATEMENT ON GEORGIA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 22:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	GG RU OSCE PREL
08STATE97574	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on September 15-16. We expect the formal agenda to include: Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Turkey, and Georg [...]	2008-09-11 21:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GG RS
08STATE98089	AFGHANISTAN: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC RENEWAL OF THE [...] The Department instructs USUN to support UNSC adoption of the Italian draft resolution (para 4) renewing the International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mandate in Afghanistan. The Department also refers USUN to the following guidance in negotiating the final text of the resolution. USU [...]	2008-09-13 00:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL ISAF AF
08STATE98278	GUIDANCE FOR SEPTEMBER 15 - 26 WASSENAAR [...] (U) This cable provides guidance for the U.S. Delegation to the September 15 -26, 2008 Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) meeting in Vienna. 2. (U) USDEL should seek EG consensus on US objectives as articulated in this and previous EG guidance, the December 2007 plenary and inter [...]	2008-09-15 00:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER
08STATE98963	CONTACT POLICY FOR THE 63RD UNGA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) USUN personnel and TDY personnel representing the U.S. government at the UN are requested to adhere to the guidelines below in official and social interactions with governments and entities that require special treatment. [...]	2008-09-16 16:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PREL UNGA
08STATE99203	GENERAL COMMITTEE GUIDANCE (SEPT 17): NATURAL [...] (U) Following is guidance on a supplementary item proposed for inclusion in the 63rd session of the UNGA: "Natural Resources and Conflict." Guidance is for the September 17 General Committee meeting. 2. (SBU) The proposed item is based on Belgium's prior sponsorship of a June 25 Security C [...]	2008-09-17 00:06:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KPAO UNGA
08STATE99672	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UNITED STATES GOALS AND [...] (SBU) The upcoming General Debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA),September 23 - October 1, and regular session, which continues through December, will provide a platform for the advancement of key U.S. interests. We will use the high-level ministerial meetings Secretary-General Ban i [...]	2008-09-17 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA
08STATE99702	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON EU OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE GG RS
08STOCKHOLM118	SWEDISH MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO [...] (C) DCM Silverman met February 14 to review Kosovo issues with MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall and urge early recognition. Lyrvall said: -- Sweden intended to recognize Kosovo, but internal procedures would delay the actual recognition until after a "Privy Council" meeting March 4. I [...]	2008-02-14 17:01:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW YI
08STOCKHOLM177	SWEDEN RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Economic Counselor visited Robert Eklund, President of Avitronics International AB on March 3. Eklund said he operates as a distributor and not a broker because he purchases the searchlights from Spectrolab Inc. and pays for them against invoice. He maintained that his o [...]	2008-03-04 14:07:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC SW
08STOCKHOLM343	Media Reaction - Inauguration of President Medvedev [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 09:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM412	A/S FRIED TALKS EU ENLARGEMENT, CYPRUS, AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 MFA State Secretary Frank Belfrage told A/S Fried: -- Sweden, France, and the Czech Republic recently agreed on an EU tripartite presidency program that does not block further accession negotiations with Turkey and Croatia; -- Sweden is encouraging the UN to take a m [...]	2008-06-05 13:18:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IQ EU SW
08STOCKHOLM431	SWEDISH INSPECTORATE FOR STRATEGIC PRODUCTS ON [...] (S) On June 11, Deputy Economic Counselor met with Magnus Danielsson, Principal Administrative Officer, the Swedish Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP),to discuss Mahaco, a Swedish company owned and operated by a dual Swedish/Iranian national. Danielsson commented that Mahaco, which is [...]	2008-06-13 10:30:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC ETTC MTCRE IR SW
08STOCKHOLM435	SUB REGIONAL PROJECT - NORDIC BALTIC REGION [...] Embassy Stockholm requests that ECA/PE/V/R/E design a Sub-Regional Project on alternative energy for the Nordic-Baltic region. Renewable energy and energy security are already at the top of European public and governmental agendas. With the Bali roadmap to a post-Kyoto climate change regime cu [...]	2008-06-16 13:20:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL SW
08STOCKHOLM436	STOCKHOLM: REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT - OPENING SESAME STILL [...] (U) Summary: On June 9 and 10, 2008, Sweden hosted the Twelfth Meeting of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) project. The main expected benefits are closer cooperation in the Middle East, advances in science geared toward regional issu [...]	2008-06-16 13:21:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO SW
08STOCKHOLM452	U.S.-SWEDEN PLAN WAY FORWARD FOR ABKHAZIA CONFLICT [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Matthew Bryza, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Carpenter, Conflicts Advisor Casey Christensen, Political Counselor Briana Olsen, Deputy Political Counselor (notetaker) Sweden ------ Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, State Secretary Bjorn [...]	2008-06-23 11:07:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS PINR KO RS GG XQ
08STOCKHOLM51	SWEDISH PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS LEADERS ON [...] (C) Charge discussed Sweden's role in Afghanistan and Kosovo in separate meetings January 16 and 17 with Goran Lennmarker and Urban Ahlin, the government and the opposition leaders in the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. Lennmarker and Ahlin both saw room for increases in the number of [...]	2008-01-22 15:56:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV YI AF SW
08STOCKHOLM510	EUROPEAN COURT TO REVIEW SWEDEN'S SNOOP LAW; [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, Sweden-based Justice Center (CFR) announced it will refer Sweden's new surveillance law to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Liberal Party parliamentarians have heavily criticized the law's vagueness. Nordic telecommunications businesses are considering movin [...]	2008-07-17 07:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT PTER PINR PGOV RU SW
08STOCKHOLM559	Media Reaction - Georgia/Ossetia/Russia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:01:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM562	Media Reaction - Russia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 08:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM565	TFGG01: SWEDEN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:00:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM571	TFGG001: DEMARCHE DELIVERED--SWEDEN CONDEMNS [...] (C) Summary: A senior Swedish MFA official told poloff the EU is divided into two camps and the French have watered-down the GAERC conclusion. Unless the situation in Georgia worsens, the EU is unlikely to offer a stronger statement until after Sept. 6, when the foreign ministers will meet in [...]	2008-08-15 11:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU SW
08STOCKHOLM574	TFGG01: Swedish media coverage of Georgia crisis; Embassy [...] Over the weekend and Monday, August 16-18, Swedish media reported extensively on the crisis in Georgia, with correspondent reports from the region, analytical articles and editorials. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Tbilisi, during which a six-point peace agreement was signed, r [...]	2008-08-18 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM575	TFGG01: SWEDEN CANCELS JOINT RUSSIAN MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 15:36:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM576	TFGG01: SWEDEN PUSHES EU OBSERVERS TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 16:20:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU GG SE
08STOCKHOLM579	TTFGG01: SWEDEN TO SEND 2-3 OSCE MIL OBSERVERS TO [...] (SBU) Head of the Eastern European Department, Johan Frisell, told poloff that Sweden agreed to send two to three military observers to the OSCE's 28-observer contingent that will deploy immediately to Georgia. The MFA has asked the Defense Ministry to approve adding eight more military obser [...]	2008-08-20 14:00:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM587	TTFGG01: SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Sweden fully supports the US positions on Georgia, both measures to support the Georgian government and people (see ref b on their military observers and humanitarian aid to date),and measures to review relations with Russia. On the latter, MFA political director Lyrvall outline [...]	2008-08-22 15:22:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM590	TFGG01: SWEDEN'S DEPUTY FM SAYS FRENCH OPPOSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 14:32:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM591	GEORGIA DOMINATED MERKEL'S VISIT TO SWEDEN [...] (C) Russia's action in Georgia dominated the discussions when Merkel visited PM Reinfeldt in Stockholm, August 25. Germany and Sweden agree that Russia must withdraw its troops from Georgia and that the Russian President must not sign the referendum recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both [...]	2008-08-26 12:36:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GG SW
08STOCKHOLM592	TFGG01: Media Reaction - Georgia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 07:14:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM593	SWEDISH KING TO VISIT KYIV 30 SEPTEMBER [...] King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia will pay a state visit to Ukraine on 30 September to 3 October. A Swedish business delegation will also visit during this time. 2. The visit was in the planning stages from early 2007, but was delayed by domestic turbulence in Ukrainian politics, accor [...]	2008-08-28 07:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UK SW PREL
08STOCKHOLM594	TFGG01: Media Reaction - Russia and Georgia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM604	TFGG01: Media Reaction - Russia [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 07:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM607	SWEDEN ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (C) Summary: Swedish MFA Political Director Lyrvall told us September 4 that Sweden will emphasize the "political side" in upcoming donor conferences to highlight the need to demonstrate solidarity with Georgia and restore investor confidence. FM Bildt will work to "send a strong message" to [...]	2008-09-04 15:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG RU SW
08STOCKHOLM625	SWEDISH RESPONSE TO SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Sweden thinks there is little to fear from a Serbian request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to review the status of Kosovo, according to Hakan Emsgard, Deputy Director General of the EU Department at the MFA. The case would languish there for years, he asserted. Swed [...]	2008-09-15 14:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG SE RS EUN
08STOCKHOLM657	SWEDISH RESPONSE: ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 12:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL KCRS KMCA EUMEM GG RS SW
08STOCKHOLM695	SWEDISH SOC DEM LEADER AHLIN ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Urban Ahlin, the foreign policy spokesman of the opposition Social Democrats told DCM and POL counselor: -- On Afghanistan, he is working to cement Social Democratic support for the Government,s bill to expand troops, but it will be a "tough ride" for the bill. [...]	2008-10-20 10:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SW IR BO GG RS AF
08STOCKHOLM706	SWEDISH DEP FM BELFRAGE ON AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On October 16, Swedish MFA State Secretary (deputy minister equivalent) Frank Belfrage told DCM and Pol counselor: -- On Afghanistan, Belfrage noted "strong bipartisan support" for Sweden to stay for "the long haul," even though the opposition was creating difficulties for the [...]	2008-10-21 14:35:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF IR SW
08STOCKHOLM711	BALTIC SEA STATE COUNCIL: A KEY PLAYER DURING [...] On October 20, Acting Economic Counselor attended the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) 10th anniversary of the establishment of its Secretariat in Stockholm, Sweden. The CBSS was founded in 1992 to handle environmental, economic and labor issues in the Baltic Sea region. CBSS could ass [...]	2008-10-22 14:11:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB PHUM KNEI KOCI
08STOCKHOLM712	SWEDISH MFA ON AESA RELEASIBILITY, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 14:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MARR RS SW IR AF
08STOCKHOLM717	SWEDISH EXPORTS TO IRAN RISING [...] (SBU) Summary: Swedish government agencies and official trade councils continue to encourage Swedish companies to do business with Iran. Exports to Iran in the first six months of 2008 are up 30% over the corresponding period in 2007. Sweden has also not tightened export credit guarantees for [...]	2008-10-27 13:38:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IR SW
08STOCKHOLM729	EU'S EASTERN PARTNERSHIP--SWEDEN'S PROPOSAL [...] (U) The Swedish MFA Eastern European Desk met with Poloff on October 20 to discuss Sweden and Poland's joint proposal to establish an "Eastern Partnership" between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. Director Johan Frisell told Poloff the Partnership aims to g [...]	2008-10-31 12:52:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU SW
08STOCKHOLM739	SAAKASHVILI IN SWEDEN: "I REGRET NOTHING" [...] On October 30-31, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Stockholm for talks with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (FM Bildt was in Afghanistan at the time). The visit, planned in 2007, originally was to sign a bilateral investment protection agreement to encourage Swedish investments [...]	2008-11-05 15:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG GG EU ZK SW
08STOCKHOLM747	SWEDEN'S RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER GAERC POINTS [...] (C) Sweden's EU Correspondent Anna Norell told poloff on November 7 the following regarding the November 10-11 GAERC: --Syria is not on the agenda. --There will not be a discussion on Iraq, just the passing of council conclusions as "A items." --The EU will take a formal decision on the anti [...]	2008-11-07 15:46:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW
08STOCKHOLM749	SAAKASHVILI-PM REINFELDT MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 17:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG SW
08STOCKHOLM757	SWEDEN ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] On November 10, Sweden and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement on EU-Russia relations, signed by FM Bildt and FM Miliband The statement reaffirmed support for Georgia's territorial integrity and urged Russia to fully implement the August 12 and September 8 EU-brokered peace agreements [...]	2008-11-12 17:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SW
08STOCKHOLM792	SWEDEN ON THE EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND NORDSTREAM [...] (C) Summary: The EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the draft plan for the Eastern Partnership initiative at the December 8 GAERC, paving the way for the first Eastern Partnership summit scheduled for April 2009 in Prague, according to Swedish MFA contacts. Unique features of the Eastern Partn [...]	2008-11-28 16:39:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW
08STOCKHOLM857	"EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED" DURING SWEDEN'S EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Sweden has about six months before it assumes the EU presidency on July 1, 2009, but the government is already in overdrive preparing policy goals and restructuring governmental offices. EUR/ERA Director Bill Lucas visited Stockholm on December 4-5 to discuss priorities for th [...]	2008-12-23 11:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV INR EU SW
08STPETERSBURG135	PANDEMONIUM ERUPTS AT PUBLIC HEARING ON OKHTA CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 27th public hearing on the proposed construction of the Okhta Center degenerated into chaos shortly after its start. An estimated 75% of the audience was recruited by authorities in order to stage enthusiastic public support of the project. Civic and political activi [...]	2008-07-02 11:14:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM RS ECON PGOV
08STPETERSBURG148	ST. PETERSBURGERS HESITANT TO LABEL U.S. AN ALLY, POLL [...] Summary. According to a recent poll, only a minority of St. Petersburg residents consider the U.S. to be a "friend" of Russia, while the perception that China is a close Russian ally is quickly growing. At the same time, however, a majority of residents now deem the U.S. to be closer to a frie [...]	2008-08-05 13:41:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM RS
08STPETERSBURG189	MEMORIAL ST. PETERSBURG RAIDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 4 raid on the headquarters of Memorial, an organization dedicated to the documenting and exposing of communist-era human rights violations, the local St. Petersburg prosecutor's office confiscated documents and computer drives while providing thin justification for [...]	2008-12-05 15:46:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PHUM
08STPETERSBURG192	OPPOSITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS THIS WEEK IN ST. PETERSBURG [...] SUMMARY. St. Petersburg was the scene of another Dissenters March December 14, conducted mostly peacefully, but well outside the city center and under control of overwhelming security forces. Some 60 persons were arrested. Human Rights Day December 10 was marked by dueling conferences - one [...]	2008-12-15 16:48:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PHUM
08STPETERSBURG194	CODEL DELAHUNT VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9-10, Representatives William Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher met with several diverse groups of Russian interlocutors in St. Petersburg. Our interlocutors were pleased to be able to meet with such high-level representatives of the U.S. government. ---------------- [...]	2008-12-16 10:44:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS
08STPETERSBURG197	MURMANSK - PROSPERING, BUT WITH PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) During a December 17-18 visit to Murmansk, DPO and Poloff saw a city relatively unscathed by the world economic crisis, and in fact saw a city hoping to capitalize on opportunities arising from the crisis and building on its recent economic growth. However, despite the apparent prosperi [...]	2008-12-23 16:04:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV ECON EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM OPRC
08SURABAYA80	EAST JAVA--OIL PRICES, POOR INFRASTRUCTURE BATTER BOTH [...] Summary: Top managers at two major Indonesian factories in Gresik, East Java, spoke to visiting Consulate staff about the challenges of running a large-scale factory in Indonesia. State-owned Petrokimia is a fertilizer company with a protected market and guaranteed prices. Privately-owned Kel [...]	2008-07-09 10:52:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ID ECON PGOV
08TAIPEI1	SIMPLIFIED-CHARACTER CHINESE BOOKS IN THE TAIWAN MARKET [...] Summary: From surreptitious back-alley distribution to yearly import figures approaching two million volumes, the distribution in Taiwan of books from the Mainland featuring simplified Chinese characters has grown considerably in the two decades since the end of martial law. Relaxation of res [...]	2008-01-02 03:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO TW
08TAIPEI1210	DPP CHAIRPERSON TSAI ING-WEN ON TAIWAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen told the Director on August 12 that her recent statements criticizing the KMT's cross-Strait policies reflected the views of party supporters and were necessary to placate their "anger." Tsai said her current priority is getting the DPP house in order [...]	2008-08-13 11:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
08TAIPEI129	DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER LEE [...] (S) American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Stephen Young met with Minister of Defense Lee Tien-yu January 25 to brief on the USPACOM Commander's recent visit to the PRC and other defense issues. Present at the meeting were Colonel Tony Chow (LAS) and Tony Hu (TECH). Taiwan attendees inc [...]	2008-01-28 06:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW MASS
08TALLINN103	ESTONIA: PM ANSIP's VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip visited Georgia February 4-6 (his first trip as Prime Minister). Following the visit, Kyllike Sillaste Elling, the PM's Foreign Policy Advisor, briefed interested journalists and diplomats on highlights of the trip. -- PM Ansip met with President Saak [...]	2008-03-11 14:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU NATO GG EN
08TALLINN111	ESTONIAN AGENDA FOR 2008 NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Afghanistan is Priority One for Estonia at the upcoming NATO Summit in Bucharest. Estonia has announced it will send a mortar platoon to Afghanistan this spring as an additional commitment to ISAF, but is unlikely Estonia will be ready to contribute to a new PRT in Nimroz. Other [...]	2008-03-18 14:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS NATO EN
08TALLINN113	ESTONIAN CUSTOMS CONFERENCE: ENFORCING IPR AT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A seminar sponsored by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Embassy Tallinn brought together Estonian, Finnish and U.S. customs inspectors in the city of Narva, on the Russian border, for two days of discussion on intellectual property rights (IPR) and border enforce [...]	2008-03-20 12:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EUR EN
08TALLINN121	NORDSTREAM ROAD SHOW COMES TO TALLINN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 3-hour presentation hosted by the German embassy in Tallinn, presenters from WinGas, BASF and the UN Economic Commission for Europe both promoted and defended the NordStream gas pipeline project. They used a variety of arguments to claim that NordStream will be a cheaper, [...]	2008-03-28 15:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL ECON EUR EN
08TALLINN134	ESTONIA TO PROPOSE TEXT FOR JOINT EDITORIAL ON [...] (SBU) On April 10, Poloffs meet with Aivo Orav, Director of Political Department, and Anneli Poolakese, Terrorism Desk Officer and Global Initiative (GI) POC at the Estonian MFA, to discuss points provided in reftel A. Orav said that the Government of Estonia (GOE) is pleased with Secretary R [...]	2008-04-14 12:11:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP RU EN
08TALLINN135	SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PRESIDENT ILVES' APRIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonia's own "Jersey Boy," visits Washington and Tampa April 17-22. President Ilves is fervently pro-American, and he supports strongly Estonia's military engagements abroad. In fact, keeping Estonia in Iraq will be high on Ilves' agenda during hi [...]	2008-04-14 13:10:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN
08TALLINN139	ESTONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING STATEMENT ON [...] (C) On April 21, Poloff met with Lauri Kuusing, Russia Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA, to discuss points in reftel. According to Kuusing, Foreign Minister Paet has not yet decided whether to issue a statement formally condemning Russian actions in Georgia. Paet is consulting with experts i [...]	2008-04-21 14:21:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN145	ESTONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER AND PARLIAMENT SPEAK OUT [...] (U) On April 23, after an extraordinary session of Parliament, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and the Parliament released statements in support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. The parliament's statement called on Russia to suspend the regulation signed by Presid [...]	2008-04-24 14:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN RS GG EN
08TALLINN149	ESTONIA PROVIDES DRAFT GLOBAL INITIATIVE JOINT [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph (3). 2. (SBU) On April 25, Anneli Poolakese, Counter Terrorism Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA, provided Poloff the MFA's draft text for the proposed Estonia-U.S.-Russia joint editorial on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) (re [...]	2008-04-25 13:12:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNP RU EN
08TALLINN154	ESTONIA'S REACTION TO THE BUCHAREST NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an unprecedented joint briefing for the Parliament, the Estonian Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister touted the success of the Bucharest Summit. The Prime Minister praised the strength of the final declaration's statement on membership for Georgia and Ukrain [...]	2008-05-02 13:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS NATO EN
08TALLINN158	ESTONIA: OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) As requested in reftel A and B, Embassy Tallinn has continued to reach out to democracy and human rights activists in Estonia. On March 2, 2008, Acting DCM joined Vice Speaker of the Estonian Parliament Kristiina Ojuland in a panel discussion at the first Congress of the New Belarusian [...]	2008-05-06 11:05:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EN LH PHUM PREL
08TALLINN182	ESTONIA: SOLIDARITY DAY ACTIVITIES AND LIBERTAD [...] (SBU) In connection with Reftel A, the following events marking Cuban Solidarity Day took place in Estonia this week. -- On May 20, a leading Russian language newspaper, with an estimated 70,000 readers, published an Op-Ed signed by the Ambassador calling on Estonia to mark Cuban Solidarity [...]	2008-05-23 08:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL EN
08TALLINN211	ESTONIA COURTS CHINESE INVESTMENT IN PORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With two new deals in the works - a commercial investment agreement between Estonian and Chinese ports, and a state-level bilateral shipping agreement - Estonia has come out ahead of potential regional competitors in attracting Chinese capital to its shipping sector. These ag [...]	2008-06-17 13:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EWWT CH EN
08TALLINN232	TV CO-OP ON ALASKA GENERATES MAJOR INTEREST PLUS ITS OWN [...] Summary. A team of award-winning reporters from the Estonian television program "Subboteya" spent three weeks in Alaska exploring the history of Alaskan Russians, the challenges faced by Alaska's natives, and the lives of Alaskan-Americans. Not only did their documentary air on Estonian TV a [...]	2008-07-07 14:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EN
08TALLINN241	THE DECLINE OF ESTONIA'S ETHNIC RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although ethnic Russians make up about one-third of Estonia's population, they have failed to achieve any significant influence over Estonian politics. Support for Russian parties continues to decline, with most Russians supporting the mainstream Center Party. The small Russia [...]	2008-07-14 13:06:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN
08TALLINN242	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 2nd QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of Estonia's labor- [...]	2008-07-16 05:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN243	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 3rd QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Initial estimates indicate Estonia's economic growth has slowed significantly in FY08, causing some alarm among economic analysts and the general public. That said, labor shortages continue to exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of [...]	2008-07-16 05:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN259	ESTONIA NAMES NEW AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. On August 1, Simmu Tiik, Estonia's new Ambassador to Russia, will take up his duties in Moscow, replacing Marina Kaljurand. Tiik, a fifteen-year veteran of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is an outgoing (and verbose) personality who has served in several senior positions within [...]	2008-07-29 11:33:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL RU EN
08TALLINN26	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA [...] (U) The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...]	2008-01-14 13:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC USTR

08TALLINN28	ESTONIAN AND BALTIC VIEWS ON NORDSTREAM [...] (C) Summary: Estonia feels the pressure is off them since their September refusal for NordStream to conduct environmental studies in Estonia's coastal economic zone. Though still opposed to an undersea Baltic gas pipeline, the GOE will have "no hard feelings" if the Finns should approval t [...]	2008-01-14 15:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EN
08TALLINN290	TFGG01: ESTONIAN FM PAET'S VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet embarked on a three day visit to Georgia. In addition to meetings with Georgian Prime Minister Vladimir Gurgenidze and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili, Paet visited injured Georgians in a hospital and toured an Internally Di [...]	2008-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG AM EN
08TALLINN291	ESTONIA'S RULING COALITION STRONG, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Formed in April 2007, Estonia's current center-right governing coalition, comprised of Reform, Pro Patria-Res Public Union (IRL) and Social Democrat (SDE) parties, has maintained stable relationships, and benefits in large part, from years of strong economic growth. However, an [...]	2008-08-21 14:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
08TALLINN293	ESTONIA'S 63rd UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (U) In a conversation with Poloff on August 21, Veikko Kala, UN Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA discussed Estonia's priorities for the 63rd UNGA. (SBU) Kala noted that in light of recent events in Georgia, GOE briefing papers and other preparatory documents are now being revised. For example [...]	2008-08-22 14:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UNGA EN
08TALLINN297	TFGG01: ESTONIA REJECTS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (SBU) On August 27th post delivered reftel points on opposition to Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Harri Tiido, Deputy Secretary General of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We also provided copies of the points to counterparts in the Prime Minister and President's [...]	2008-08-27 12:39:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UNGA EN
08TALLINN298	TFGG01: ESTONIA AND GERMANY CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Tallinn August 26th, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Russia's decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia "completely unacceptable" and "illegal" and stressed the need to maintain EU unity vis-a-vis Russia. Estonian PM Ansip proposed the EU lau [...]	2008-08-27 12:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN301	ESTONIA: NO DIRECT THREAT FROM RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Harry Lahtein, MFA Division Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Toomas Tirs, the Georgia Desk Officer, told Pol/Econ Chief August 29 that Russian Ambassador Nikolai Uspenski did not directly threaten Estonia during his meeting with Foreign Minister Paet on August 27th (ref C). [...]	2008-08-29 11:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG EN
08TALLINN303	ESTONIAN PRESIDENT ILVES EMPHASIZES NATO [...] (C) On September 2, Ambassador called on President Toomas Hendrik Ilves to discuss the situation in Georgia. Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and Pol/Econ Chief (notetaker). Sven Jurgenson, Ilves? Foreign Policy Advisor (and a former Ambassador to the United States) and Jana Vanaveski, Head [...]	2008-09-03 06:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG EN
08TALLINN310	Estonia: Red light on HIV prevention in [...] Summary: Estonia's Ministry of Education has resisted pressure to continue funding HIV education courses previously implemented under Estonia's Global Fund program. As a result, few schools have provided any HIV-related courses in 2008. Slowing economic growth and a tight budget could result [...]	2008-09-11 06:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KHIV TBIO EN
08TALLINN326	ESTONIA CHARTS LEGAL, MILITARY FUTURE OF CYBER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the August cyber attacks against government websites in the Republic of Georgia, Estonia has provided both material and technical assistance to Tbilisi. Lawyers at the Cyber Center of Excellence in Tallinn have produced a legal analysis of the status of cyber [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TINT NATO RU GG EN
08TALLINN338	Scenesetter for A/S Fried's Visit to Estonia [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: I am delighted to welcome you to Tallinn and your visit on October 1 could not be better timed. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia and sensitivities related to Estonia's own large Russian- speaking minority, the Government of Estonia (GOE) is eager for assurances from [...]	2008-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG EN
08TALLINN348	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: MAR - AUG 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Economic growth in Estonia, previously running at over 10% per year, has ground to a halt in recent months, causing concern among economic analysts and the general public, and forcing cuts in the state budget. The previously booming real estate sector has been particularly [...]	2008-10-03 08:47:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN349	Estonia's Search for Electricity to 2018 and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greater energy independence is a high voltage political issue, and economic necessity, in Estonia. The Government of Estonia (GOE) is well aware the clock is ticking to replace the aging, dirty and CO2- intensive oil shale-fired power plants that generate 90 percent of the coun [...]	2008-10-03 14:33:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG EN
08TALLINN354	ESTONIA: A/S FRIED VISITS TALLINN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR A/S Dan Fried's October 1 visit to Tallinn, Estonian government and political leaders urged that NATO military commanders update NATO's Article 5 contingency planning in the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia. Estonia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-10-07 10:30:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS RU GG AJ MD UP EN
08TALLINN359	INNOVATION: THE SEARCH FOR ESTONIA'S NOKIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonia's government, science parks and private firms are searching for a global brand for Estonia to rival Finland's Nokia. For years a booming economy allowed Estonian companies to coast along, with little incentive to innovate. The recent economic downturn, however, may jolt [...]	2008-10-21 13:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV EN
08TALLINN363	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Mr. Secretary - welcome to Estonia! Your October 29 visit to Tallinn is a significant milestone in our bilateral relationship with Estonia, and will be seen here as the fulfillment of the President's promise of Visa Waiver Program (VWP) membership made during his 2006 visit to [...]	2008-10-23 09:37:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
08TALLINN368	TALLINN'S BFIF FY08 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Tallinn received USD 6,500 from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) to bring three leading U.S. science and technology parks representatives to the international innovation conference "Baltic Dynamics 2008", held in Tartu, Estonia September 3-5, 2008. The U.S [...]	2008-10-24 14:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BEXP AMGT ABUD BTIO EINV EN
08TALLINN377	ESTONIA: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VWP VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Tallinn October 29-30 to welcome formally Estonia into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),and to announce that eligible Estonian travelers will be able to commence visa-free travel to the United States on November 17, 2008. Both [...]	2008-10-30 15:00:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL EU RU GG IZ EN
08TALLINN383	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO TALLINN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Secretary, I will be delighted to welcome you to Tallinn on November 12-13. Estonia is a steadfast Ally and your visit is an important sign of the strength of the U.S.-Estonian bilateral relationship and Estonia's commitment to NATO. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Geor [...]	2008-11-04 12:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN
08TALLINN384	2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's submission for the 2008 - 2009 (EUR) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. (U) The seizures of record amounts of narcotic substances, destruction of cannabi [...]	2008-11-05 06:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EN
08TALLINN388	ESTONIA: RUSSIAN SCHOOLS INCREASE COURSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government's plan to achieve more Estonian-language instruction in Russian-language high schools has proceeded smoothly in Estonia. In September, Russian-language high schools began teaching the second of five (mandated) courses in Estonian. There are indications that a major [...]	2008-11-05 14:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EN
08TALLINN393	GAERC: ESTONIA LIKELY TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON PCA [...] (C) MFA European Correspondent Kristina Meius confirmed to Pol/Econ Chief on November 7 that Estonia will not block consensus at next week's GAERC on moving forward with PCA negotiations. Meius said that she believes the member states will find a compromise solution. Estonia will agree to re [...]	2008-11-07 13:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS EN
08TALLINN395	ESTONIAN VISA WAIVER AND ESTA OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Tallinn has embarked on a long-term commitment to educate Estonian travelers on the intricacies of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The Embassy has organized a variety of outreach activities, including numerous press interviews, presentations to travel professionals and a [...]	2008-11-10 15:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL KPAO KHLS EN
08TALLINN405	SNAPSHOT: GROWING UP RUSSIAN IN ESTONIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 11:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU EN
08TALLINN406	SNAPSHOT: GROWING UP RUSSIAN IN ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight years into the Government of Estonia's (GOE) integration policy, integration of the Russian-speaking community remains a challenge for the state, and for Estonian society at large. However, unlike their parents, ethnic Russian youth have lived their whole lives in an ind [...]	2008-11-28 11:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU EN
08TALLINN427	ESTONIA: DCM VISITS WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, DCM visited the Women's Shelter of Tartu and the Tartu Child Support Center to mark International Human Rights Day and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. DCM toured both facilities and met staff, psychologists and social workers for discussions on do [...]	2008-12-16 06:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EN
08TALLINN431	ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO CIVIL-NUCLEAR WORKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Tallinn's responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. Questions are repeated below for ease of reading. POC for follow-up questions is Economic Officer Rob Hollister, Jr. at hollisterrm@state.gov, tel. +372 668 8107. -- Describe any plans for the development of nuclear [...]	2008-12-17 14:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG PREL PGOV EN
08TALLINN60	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 1ST QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Acute labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outward migration of Esto [...]	2008-02-13 08:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN66	ESTONIA: DAS GARBER VISITS ESTONIA [...] (C) Summary. Estonian government and political leaders told visiting EUR DAS Garber that GOE priorities for the NATO summit in Bucharest are NATO membership for the Adriatic 3 and "positive messages of progress" for Ukraine and Georgia. Estonian interlocutors expressed continued support for [...]	2008-02-15 13:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EN
08TALLINN71	OECD SEC-GEN GURRIA COMES TO ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During his first official visit to Estonia February 11-12, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria urged the Government of Estonia (GOE) to address labor market inflexibility, but said the country will likely accede to the OECD by 2010. The GOE hopes that membership will bring acc [...]	2008-02-21 13:11:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP ELAB OECD EN
08TALLINN72	ESTONIA: RUSSIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE AN INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) On February 14, Poloff met with Simmu Tiik, Director General of the 3rd Political Department (Russia) and Toomas Tirs, Georgia Desk Officer, at the Estonian MFA to discuss reftel points. Tiik said, based on recent statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov, he does not think [...]	2008-02-22 12:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN76	WELCOMING ESTONIA INTO THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph (6). 2. (SBU) On February 21, the Ambassador and Russian Ambassador to Estonia Nikolai Uspensky met with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and the Estonian MFA's Director of Political Department Aivo Orav to officially welcome Estonia as a memb [...]	2008-02-26 13:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KNNP RU EN
08TALLINN90	ESTONIA - VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (U) Summary: In 2007, the Government of Estonia (GOE) continued to improve the country's IPR regime through legislative changes and cooperation with rights holders. Major changes to IPR legislation were introduced in March, when the Law Amending the Penal Code and Copyright Act came into forc [...]	2008-03-04 13:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON EUR EN
08TALLINN96	CORRECTED COPY - ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DHS [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) will be significant new milestones in our bilateral relationship with Estonia. Accession to VWP has been a long-standing priority for the Government of Estonia (G [...]	2008-03-06 15:08:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
08TASHKENT1006	UZBEKISTAN: EXPECTING RUSSIA-GEORGIA DISCUSSION [...] (C) On August 27, Charge d'Affaires met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Chief Mamadjanov to deliver reftel A demarche urging the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) to condemn and reject Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and A [...]	2008-08-28 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ASEC EAID GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT102	Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 15:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT1022	UZBEKISTAN: CSTO DEMARCHE AND PUTIN VISIT [...] (C) On Sunday, August 31, we delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to relay it immediately to appropriate officials. Contacted at home on the September 1 Uzbek Independence Day holiday, Fayzullaev said a response had to be [...]	2008-09-02 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PBTS PREL RS UZ
08TASHKENT1029	UZBEKISTAN: NO EVIDENCE OF CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) On September 3, Pol-Econ Section Chief and Poloff met with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev to discuss reftel A demarche on the upcoming Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting. Fayzullaev stated that he delivered this info [...]	2008-09-03 12:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PBTS PREL RS UZ
08TASHKENT1034	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DEMPSEY MEETS [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Tashkent on August 28, Acting CENTCOM Commander General Martin Dempsey met separately with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilkhom Nematov and Director of the National Drug Control Center Kamol Dusmetov. He also conducted mil-to-mil meetings with Ministe [...]	2008-09-05 03:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM EAID PINR AF PK GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT1035	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DEMPSEY MEETS [...] (C) Summary: On August 28 visiting Acting CENTCOM Commander General Martin Dempsey met with Yves Giovannoni, the ICRC Head of the Regional Delegation in Central Asia, and Raffaello Muller, the Deputy Head. The meeting, which itself sent a strong signal of USG interest to the Uzbeks, focused o [...]	2008-09-05 03:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KCOR PINR KZ KG TI TX UZ
08TASHKENT1048	UZBEK DEPUTY FM DENIES GAS DEAL SIGNED WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with Ambassador, Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov denied that Uzbekistan had "signed" an agreement with Russia for construction of a new gas pipeline during Russian PM Putin's Sept. 2 visit to Tashkent. Nematov said that talks were on-going with Russia on the [...]	2008-09-11 11:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ RS
08TASHKENT105	CDR USCENTCOM: LOOKING FOR MIL-MIL REENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Visiting USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon met January 24 jointly with the National Security Advisor, Defense Minister, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Border Guards of the National Security Service. The meeting, which immediately preceded one with Uzbek Preside [...]	2008-01-28 13:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS UZ
08TASHKENT1050	UZBEKISTAN: U.S. CONDUCTS PATHOGEN SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: A team of scientific and legal experts from the Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services conducted a Legal and Pathogen Security Workshop September 8-9 in Tashkent. Representatives from the Parliament, Cabinet of Ministers, Ministries of Health, Justice [...]	2008-09-11 11:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TBIO UZ
08TASHKENT1052	UZBEKISTAN: WATER CRISIS DELAYED BUT NOT AVERTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Uzbekistan the drought of 2008 has not produced the dire consequences that were predicted. In a wide range of meetings with Uzbek officials, we were told that the shortage was predicted in time and that adequate conservation measures were taken. The cotton harvest is predi [...]	2008-09-12 07:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KTIA PGOV SENV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1061	UZBEKISTAN SHARES ITS VIEWS OF SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: A representative from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Section told us on September 11 that Uzbekistan is pleased with the results of the August SCO summit in Dushanbe. Uzbekistan's main goals for future summits include further secur [...]	2008-09-15 12:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON PGOV PINS PTER UZ
08TASHKENT1089	SCENE SETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24 ARCENT COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan and thanks you and your command for the quick response to the consequences of the Kagan Ammunition Depot explosions of 10 July 2008. The delivery of equipment and the subsequent training were very timely for relations between the [...]	2008-09-22 11:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1113	ARCENT COMMANDER MEETS NEW UZBEK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: ARCENT Commander Lieutenant General James Lovelace met with newly-appointed Defense Minister General-Major Kabil Berdiyev during a September 23-24 visit to Uzbekistan. Berdiyev, who is believed to favor greater cooperation with the U.S., thanked LTG Lovelace for support in the w [...]	2008-09-29 09:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM MARR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1123	UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...]	2008-09-30 09:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT1124	UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...]	2008-09-30 09:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT1127	UZBEKISTAN: PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUPPORTING [...] (C/NF) Summary: The imperative of establishing new supply routes to support Coalition forces in Afghanistan necessitates continued inter-agency deftness and consensus on our approach to Uzbekistan. We have important equities at stake here, particularly in advancing human rights, religious fre [...]	2008-09-30 10:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR UZ
08TASHKENT113	SECURITY SERVICE POWER-BROKERS LIMIT [...] (C) Summary: Reftel A discussed the keen interest of the counter-narcotics-focused Sensitive Investigative Unit in resuming active cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. However, it is still uncertain whether the Government of Uzbekistan would issue long-term visas to U.S. [...]	2008-01-29 04:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR PINR SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1133	UZBEK MFA DENIES COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA ON MANAS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Uzbek MFA Americas Department Director Takhir Mamadjanov on October 3 to urge the Government of Uzbekistan not to allow the future of Manas Air Base to be questioned during the upcoming CIS Summit. Ambassador underscored the importance of Manas to Coalition operations [...]	2008-10-03 13:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1140	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR 21-24 OCTOBER NGLOC [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes you to Uzbekistan for what will be a very important step toward realizing a new Northern Ground Line of Communication (NGLOC). This initiative's significance is increasingly important due to pending USG decisions concerning strengthening our military pre [...]	2008-10-07 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP
08TASHKENT1148	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SHUKHRAT HAMIDOVICH ABDUJABBOROV [...] (SBU) On September 26,2008, President Karimov appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Shukhrat Hamidovich Abdujabborov as First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karakalpakstan - Chief of the Department for Criminal Investigation and Counter-terrorism. Abdujabborov, an ethnic Uzbek, [...]	2008-10-08 02:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT115	SCENE SETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTCOM,S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND. Embassy Tashkent welcomes the 24-25 January 2008 visit by the Commander of U.S. CENTCOM. This will be the first visit by a CENTCOM Commander to Uzbekistan in nearly three years since relations dissolved in the wake of the May 2005 Andijon events and the U.S. depa [...]	2008-01-29 08:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08TASHKENT1151	UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ATAJAN [...] (SBU) On September 26, 2008, President Karimov appointed Colonel Atajan Mamatkhanovich Sharapov as Commander of the Special Detachment for Detection, Deactivation and Elimination of Explosive Substances and Devices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of Uzbekistan, as well as Chief of St [...]	2008-10-08 08:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1154	UZBEK FM URGES STEP BY STEP APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek FM Norov called in Ambassador on October 8 to discuss the way forward on Afghanistan transit. Norov said that the upcoming fact-finding visit led by RADM Harnitchek should focus strictly on commercial and technical issues, leaving political discussions and ministerial-level [...]	2008-10-08 13:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1155	UZBEKISTAN: EU DIPLOMATS EXPECT SANCTIONS TO BE [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein on September 23 participated in an informal roundtable at the Embassy with diplomats from the German, French, Italian, and Latvian Embassies in Tashkent. The diplomats reported that the EU would mo [...]	2008-10-09 11:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1156	UZBEKISTAN: UNICEF DISCUSSES CHILD LABOR ACTION [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein met on September 23 with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Child Protection Officer Siyma Barkin to discuss the government's recent adoption of a National Action Plan on child labor. Barkin [...]	2008-10-09 11:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT116	UZBEKISTAN'S "TAPOICH" AVIATION PLANT REQUESTS [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the Ambassador visited the Chkalov Tashkent Aircraft Production Company (TAPOiCh) and met with officials including Director-General Sultanov. Sultanov requested U.S. assistance in facilitating the transfer of U.S.-made auxiliary power units to TAPOiCh, as these part [...]	2008-01-29 09:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS ECON PGOV PREL US UZ
08TASHKENT1167	TASHKENT TIDBITS OCTOBER 14, 2008 [...] (U) This is the first edition a new weekly product from Embassy Tashkent intended to provide a space for a broader range of noteworthy developments from Uzbekistan that may not ordinarily be the subject of front channel reporting. Uzbek FM Extols Virtues of Economic Model ------------------- [...]	2008-10-14 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT117	BOXING CHAMP CHAGAEV TO MARRY GULNORA KARIMOVA? [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the Newsuz.com website reported that Uzbek boxing champ Ruslan Chagaev has been linked romantically with the President's daughter, Gulnora Karimova. However, the Uzmetronom website reported on January 28 that Chagaev planned to immigrate to Germany and made no men [...]	2008-01-29 11:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SCUL UZ
08TASHKENT1192	UNODC REPORTS GREATER COOPERATION FROM CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: On September 19 poloff attended a donor coordination roundtable hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia. UNODC Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, Mark Colhoun, reported increased cooperation with law enforcement agencies in the f [...]	2008-10-17 05:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM TX IR TI UZ ASEC
08TASHKENT1201	TASHKENT TIDBITS OCTOBER 20, 2008 \ [...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and \ Uzbekistan's State Customs Committee have launched a new \ website (www.customsreform.uz),which will include updates on \ the latest changes in Customs regulation and discussions of \ the new Customs Code. An English-language version is in t [...]	2008-10-20 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1204	UZBEKISTAN: COTTON STILL KING AT 4th [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Fourth International Uzbek Cotton Fair and Fourth International Cotton and Textile Conference took place in Tashkent on October 14-15, 2008. The conference and exhibition highlighted Uzbekistan's continued strong position as a leading producer and exporter of cotton. It a [...]	2008-10-21 06:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1222	UZBEKISTAN: KARAKALPAKSTAN'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 2, Deputy Chairman Abdijaliev of Karakalpakstan's Council of Ministers discussed conditions in Karakalpakstan--Uzbekistan's only autonomous republic--with us in Nukus. The Deputy Chairman repeatedly asserted Karakalpakstan's "sovereignty," citing a series of its own in [...]	2008-10-22 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI SENV PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1225	UZBEKISTAN: OFFICIALS CITE AREAS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During a six-day visit to Uzbekistan, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Rachel Waldstein met on September 22 with the Human Rights Ombudsman, the National Human Rights Center director, and Ministry of Interior officials. The officials emphasized legal reforms the government had undert [...]	2008-10-24 03:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1226	UZBEKISTAN: PROSECUTOR GENERAL PUBLISHES MAJOR [...] (U) On October 17 Uzbekistan Prosecutor General Rashitjon Qodirov prominently published a major 3,000 word report on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the state-controlled newspaper "Narodnoe Slovo" (People's Word). This is the first high-profile action by Qodirov in his capacity as the Chairma [...]	2008-10-24 08:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN UZ
08TASHKENT1227	KAZAKHSTANI NGOS DISCUSS LABOR MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with Kazakhstani NGOs to discuss labor migration, human trafficking, and child labor issues. The president of an anti-trafficking NGO in Shymkent [...]	2008-10-24 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI KZ UZ
08TASHKENT1247	UZBEKISTAN STILL PLAYING HARD TO GET ON RULE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 10 we received a diplomatic note declining a proposal to use INL funds on a rule of law project that would have been implemented by the American Bar Association - Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI). This is the latest in a series of recent setbacks on efforts to invest i [...]	2008-10-28 12:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KCRM EAID PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1253	UZBEKISTAN: INTER-MINISTERIAL RIVALRIES SEEN AS [...] (C) Reftel pointed to puzzling instances of rejection by Uzbek authorities of certain U.S. programs in such areas as rule of law, health and education -- puzzling because the proposed programs on the face of it do not appear threatening and because the general tenor of U.S.-Uzbek relations has [...]	2008-10-29 10:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT1260	UZBEKISTAN: SERIOUS PROSPECTS FOR TRANSIT TO [...] (C) Summary: A delegation from U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) led by TRANSCOM Rear Admiral (RADM) Mark Harnitchek and CENTCOM Brigadier General (BG) Peter Lennon visited Uzbekistan October 21 - 24 to explore options for transit of supplies to Coalition [...]	2008-10-31 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1277	UZBEKISTAN: MAJOR DEALS FOR GM AND BOEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last week saw the signing of two major deals between U.S. corporations and counterparts in Uzbekistan. On October 27 General Motors (GM) informed us privately that it had agreed with the Uzbek Government on building a new engine and transmission plant near Tashkent. Almost sim [...]	2008-11-05 09:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1279	UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] (SBU) Post has conducted a review of its files and has found no evidence of human rights violations committed by Shavkat Holmatov, Djonrid Kudratkhodjaev, or Marat Sooltonov, who have been nominated to participate in the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Center o [...]	2008-11-06 03:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1284	U.S. ELECTIONS ENTHRALL YOUNG UZBEK AUDIENCE [...] (SBU) An embassy-hosted event to watch the election returns the early morning of November 5 was exceptionally well-attended by an enthusiastic and predominantly young Uzbek crowd of approximately 350. Participants were able to cast mock ballots, get brochures and information about the elector [...]	2008-11-06 11:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1287	UZBEKISTAN: DOD DELEGATION ENGAGES BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The delegation from the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) and Central Command (CENTCOM) that visited Uzbekistan October 21-23 had numerous meetings with local and Western businesses to discuss possible purchase of goods and services in support of Coalition forces operating [...]	2008-11-07 10:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MARR PGOV AF UZ
08TASHKENT1288	"WHIRLPOOL OF DEATH:" UZBEK TV REPORTS ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, Uzbek state-controlled television broadcasted a 20-minute program claiming that members of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization had recruited Uzbeks in the town of Khonobod in Andijon province and facilitated their travel to Pakistan to train in militant camps. [...]	2008-11-07 10:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KIRF KISL PINR PGOV PREL SOCI PK UZ
08TASHKENT129	UZBEK MIGRANTS EYE VISA-FREE TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: On January 13 poloff, who previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bukhara, learned that his Uzbek former counterpart teacher was departing immediately -- and possibly forever -- for Turkey. Having been frustrated at recent attempts to find work abroad in Russia, Cyprus, a [...]	2008-01-31 07:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS KCRM KWMN ECON SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT1291	PDAS CAMP'S MEETINGS WITH UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Donald Camp met with Uzbek Foreign Minister (FM) Norov and National Security Advisor (NSA) Atayev during an October 28-29 visit to Tashkent. Camp exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, pushing back on Uzbek statements that the solution to the probl [...]	2008-11-10 10:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1306	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES STILL ENDURE [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Tashkent reports that Afghan refugees with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate status in Uzbekistan continue to face harassment and occasional deportation at the hands of authorities. According to U [...]	2008-11-13 11:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF TI UZ
08TASHKENT1308	UZBEKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR GENERAL MCNABB, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent looks forward to hosting you and advancing one more step toward opening a new Northern Distribution Network (NDN) (previously referred to as the Northern Ground Line of Communication or NGLOC) to Afghanistan. The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) viewed Rear Admiral [...]	2008-11-14 09:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP
08TASHKENT131	GOU AND CIVIL SOCIETY: ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, the government has taken several positive steps on the civil society front, including: signaling that it will register a German non-governmental organization (NGO); opening three new resource centers for local NGOs; and awarding 22 grants to NGOs through th [...]	2008-01-31 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1313	UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Post has conducted an internal review of its files and has found no evidence of human rights violations committed by Amirtemirkhon Musaev, Khurshid Shukurov, Anatoli Milyukov, or Nordirbek Mamadeliev, who have been nominated to participate in the NATO-Russia counternarcotics training to [...]	2008-11-14 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1315	2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR [...] SUMMARY UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan. Well-established trade routes facilitate the transit of these narcotics to Russia and Europe. There is a growing market for a variety of intravenously administered narcotics and consequently a [...]	2008-11-17 10:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1316	2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR [...] INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT VOLUME II REPORT ON MONEY LAUNDERING UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Legitimate business owners, ordinary citizens, and foreign residents generally attem [...]	2008-11-17 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1322	UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: While the atmosphere in Uzbekistan's majority Muslim community has improved somewhat over the past year, some smaller Christian evangelical groups - particularly those which are unregistered and have ethnic Uzbek members - continue to endure frequent raids, harassment, and the de [...]	2008-11-18 09:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1324	TASHKENT TIDBITS NOVEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (SBU) The British Embassy's Third Secretary who is responsible for Public Affairs, Richard Pike, shed additional light on the recent agreement that the British Council signed with Gulnara Karimova's Forum for Culture and Arts. He explained that the agreement outlined no specific projects, bu [...]	2008-11-18 10:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1325	UZBEKISTAN: FORMER OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Furkat Sidikov (a former official who remains affiliated with the Government of Uzbekistan) discussed a range of political and security issues with Poloff and expressed interest in developing bilateral cooperation. Sidikov asserted that Uzbekistan is curious about [...]	2008-11-18 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PINS PTER PHUM SOCI AF UZ
08TASHKENT1341	FATF Member Embassies Not United on Uzbekistan [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and Foreign Minister Norov on November 19 on the margins of meetings with TRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb. Azimov was already aware of the upcoming FATF team's visit and mentioned DAS Glaser by name. He nodded [...]	2008-11-21 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT1356	UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS LAND OF THE "HUNGRY STEPPE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY.Ambassador Norlandmade a day trip to the Syrdaryo Region on November 14. The next province west of Tashkent, Syrdaryo is one of Uzbekistan's poorerregions. Known as the "Hungry Steppe" because of the absence of natural watersources, this predominantly agriculturalprovince is strug [...]	2008-11-25 05:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EAGR EAID UZ
08TASHKENT1380	UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON TIP AND LABOR MIGRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a November 22 article, BBC Monitoring reported that Uzbekistan's state-controlled media has launched a human trafficking awareness campaign, which tracks with poloff's observation that over the past few months, human rights-related articles have appeared in the state-controlled [...]	2008-11-26 12:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI KZ UZ
08TASHKENT1382	Uzbekistan Supportive on Afghanistan Transit Concepts [...] (C) Summary: The Commander of U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) General Duncan McNabb visited Uzbekistan November 18-20 to discuss possible modalities of establishing commercial transit of non-lethal supplies for U.S. forces in Afghanistan (Northern Distribution Network -NDN). The Governme [...]	2008-11-26 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EINT UZ
08TASHKENT1420	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief discussed reftel points with Uzbek MFA UN and International Organizations Division Head Karomiddin Gadoev on December 3.Karomiddin noted that, for the first time in three years (i.e. since Andijon),Uzbekistan would be represented in Helsinkiat the ministerial level byForeign [...]	2008-12-04 13:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PHUM KDEM UZ
08TASHKENT1459	Uzbekistan Scenesetter for LTG Allen [...] (C) Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to build on recent progress in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Your meetings will primarily be an opportunity to exchange views on the situation in Afghanistan with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials an [...]	2008-12-12 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UZ
08TASHKENT146	UZBEKISTAN TAKES ANOTHER SWIPE AT TAJIKISTAN OVER [...] (C) Summary: The recent publication in Uzbekistan's state-run press of an article critical of Tajikistan's hydroelectric power projects, and flagged by President Karimov in his January 24 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon, is the latest move in Uzbekistan's longstanding efforts to [...]	2008-02-04 08:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EAID PREL TI UZ
08TASHKENT1463	Tashkent Tidbits December 15, 2008 [...] (SBU) Recently, a member of the Ezgulik human rights group's Syrdarya province branch observed that his organization has received a response from law enforcement officials regarding complaint letters they had sent over an incident in October when a police officer threatened and hit Ezgulik memb [...]	2008-12-15 12:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1472	UZBEKISTAN: STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary:During a meeting with Colonel Rustamov of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Defense on December 15, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers discussed a range of defense and security issues.Rustamov voiced support ofinternational efforts to promote stability in Afghanistan and was pleased th [...]	2008-12-17 09:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ASEC MASS PINS PTER PHUM SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1474	PRESIDENT KARIMOV'S CONSTITUTION DAY SPEECH - "DON'T DESTROY THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5th 2008, Uzbek President Islom Karimov delivered a speech commemorating the 16th anniversary of the adoption of Uzbekistan's constitution and ushering in 2009 as the "Year of Rural Development and Improvement of the Countryside". Of note in a generally unremarkable s [...]	2008-12-18 04:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1479	UZBEKISTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On December 19, Poloff and Russian Charge d'Affaires Alexey Mochulsky jointly delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism plenary meeting to First Secretary Oybek Abdiev of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International [...]	2008-12-22 10:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC UZ
08TASHKENT1480	UZBEKISTAN: NEW LAW ENHANCES RIGHTS OF DEFENDANTS, LAWYERS, [...] (C) Summary: In December, Uzbekistan's Parliament adopted a new law on defense attorneys which significantly increases protections for defendants, their lawyers, and witnesses. The former Chairwoman of the Tashkent Bar Association, who provided poloff with a copy of the law, described it as "r [...]	2008-12-22 11:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ

08TASHKENT1502	UZBEKISTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The Government of Uzbekistan did not provide safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organizations and continued to work aggressively to combat terrorist groups and other suspected Islamic radicals. Nevertheless, widespread poverty and the government's repressive security policies created condit [...]	2008-12-23 09:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS UZ
08TASHKENT1521	UZBEKISTAN: INFORMATION ON NEWLY-APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed First Deputy Foreign Minister Karamatov made a favorable impression on the Ambassador in a meeting with him on December 17. Another recently-appointed Foreign Ministry official is Deputy Foreign Minister Islamov, whose responsibilities include Uzbekistan's relation [...]	2008-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1522	Uzbekistan: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt. General Allen [...] (C) Summary: On December 19 CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lt. General John Allen met separately with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov and Defense Minister Kabul Berdiyev in Tashkent. Lt. Gen. Allen's visit laid the groundwork for a planned visit by CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus in J [...]	2008-12-24 08:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS ETRD PINR PHUM ECON KCOR TI AF UZ
08TASHKENT156	DOING BUSINESS WITH UZBEKISTAN: FOLLOW UP TO THE [...] (SBU) Nine Jeep Cherokees were provided to the Uzbek State Customs Committee in August 2000. In post's 2004 End Use Monitoring Report (reftel B, paragraph #2-C),we first reported that "two of the vehicles are perhaps being misused" and may have been given to other agencies. The bilateral re [...]	2008-02-05 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC EAID PREL KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT173	CONTROLS ON TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS OF CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: A December 2007 Central Bank order has resulted in delays for those trying to access foreign currency transfers. Simultaneously, local currency withdrawals have become more difficult as the Central Bank has further limited cash supplies. The two developments appear to be unrelate [...]	2008-02-07 13:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ECON EAID EIND EINV ETRD PHUM
08TASHKENT174	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland and Emboffs met with the Executive Committee of the Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on January 31. Executive Committee officials provided a rundown on the structure, responsibilities, and key officials of th [...]	2008-02-08 07:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER SNAR PGOV PBTS PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT176	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REOPENS IN TASHKENT [...] (SBU) Human Rights Watch (HRW) reopened its Tashkent office with the arrival of its new Uzbekistan country director, Igor Vorontsov, on February 6, shortly after a visit by EU Commission members to Tashkent (ref A). As a Russian citizen (from Saint Petersburg),Vorontsov did not need a visa [...]	2008-02-08 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT177	DIPLOMATS PONDER HOW TO LIFT EU SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. The French, British and German Ambassadors in Tashkent were pleasantly suprised by a "qualitative improvement" in the Uzbek government's handling of human rights during a Feb. 5-6 visit by Commission representatives. These ambassadors (protect) uniformly endorse termination of [...]	2008-02-08 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR EAID EU EUN NATO UZ
08TASHKENT198	TURKEY'S BID TO WIN CENTRAL ASIAN HEARTS AND MINDS [...] (C) Summary. Paving the way for the Turkish outreach effort to Central Asia outlined reftel, Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary Unal Cevikoz held eight hours of political consultations in Tashkent on February 12. He told diplomats the visit was successful in improving the political dialogue [...]	2008-02-13 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET EINV TU UZ
08TASHKENT199	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON PUTIN-KARIMOV MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 the Ambassador called on Russian Ambassador Farit Muhametshin to discuss President Karimov's February 5-6 trip to Moscow, including his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Muhametshin described the trip as "nothing extraordinary" and said all meetings an [...]	2008-02-13 11:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EMIN ENRG ECON SNAR RS AF TI ZK UZ
08TASHKENT2	UZBEKISTAN'S BORDER GUARD AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Julia Khersonsky, who works at the University of Georgia's Washington DC-based Center for International Trade and Security (CITS),briefed Poloff on her recent meetings with Border Guard and Customs officials. They were highly appreciative of past U.S. assistance in border securi [...]	2008-01-02 05:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ
08TASHKENT20	MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) on December 4 to discuss counterterrorism issues. After an overview of the history of counterterrorism efforts in Uzbekistan, the officials outlined the MVD's priorities and responded to Poloff's questions, oft [...]	2008-01-07 10:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS PREL MCAP SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT219	UZBEKS ON REGIONAL TRADE, AFGHAN ELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: SCA Special Advisor for Economic Integration Bob Deutsch met in Tashkent January 29 with senior Uzbek officials, to discuss provision of electricity to Afghanistan and prospects for this year's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement meetings. The Uzbeks underscored the importanc [...]	2008-02-19 06:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM AF UZ
08TASHKENT238	ISRAEL GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 19 the Ambassador met with his Israeli counterpart Ami Mehl and Gary Koren, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Eurasia Department, Division for Central Europe and Eurasia. Koren noted that, for unknown reasons, the Israel-Uzbekistan bilateral rel [...]	2008-02-21 13:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL ASEC ELTN MASS EG IR IS XF UZ
08TASHKENT242	UZBEK PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE DENIES DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev's press secretary and others are denying reports that First Deputy SIPDIS Prime Minister Rustam Azimov will be named acting Prime Minister. The reports have touched a raw nerve and open a window on a palace intrigue whose ultimate stakes may be [...]	2008-02-22 11:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO PREL UZ
08TASHKENT254	DEPUTY INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER OF UZBEKISTAN ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 the Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alisher Sharafutdinov to discuss recent progress and next steps on human rights, legal reform, and ICRC prison visits. The Uzbek side invited journalists to the meeting and interviewed the Ambassador on c [...]	2008-02-27 13:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM ICRC EAID UZ
08TASHKENT270	UZBEKISTAN: SUBMISSION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. Per reftel, this information covers the period from April 2007 to March 2008. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the Government of U [...]	2008-02-29 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UZ
08TASHKENT281	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FREED SON OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: As part of a one-day visit to Jizzakh province on February 29, the Ambassador met with human rights activist Bakhtiyor Hamroev and his son Ikhtiyor, who was amnestied and released from prison on February 2 (ref A). Ikhtiyor told the Ambassador that his release was the result of t [...]	2008-03-04 11:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT301	UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE [...] (S/NF) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche on Iranian nuclear activities March 7 to Oybek Eshonov, Head of the MFA's Department of Asian and African Countries. Eshonov underscored Uzbekistan's concerns about Tehran, saying that reform is stalled, the economy is sinking and Ahmadinejad is unpo [...]	2008-03-10 12:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR UZ
08TASHKENT305	GOOD ATMOSPHERICS AS UZBEK AND TURKMEN LEADERS [...] (SBU) A raft of documents was signed by the Uzbek and Turkmen leaders, as usual during visits involving former Soviet states, and the details of possible arrangements on gas deals and pipelines will no doubt emerge in due course. But one thing was visibly clear from the March 10-11 state vis [...]	2008-03-12 12:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR TX UZ
08TASHKENT307	UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MAY [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Ambassador was summoned to a meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the release of the 2007 U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on March 11. Norov was swift to condemn the report, which he characterized [...]	2008-03-12 13:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT313	FORMER MUFTI: RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST THREAT WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf, the former Mufti of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, received pol-econ chief and poloff at his Tashkent home on March 4. Muhammad Sodiq shared his view with Emboffs that religious extremism in Uzbekistan has become less of a threat now than before, whic [...]	2008-03-13 11:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIPR KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT314	PARLIAMENTARIAN RESIGNS AMIDST HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (C) On March 10 an article on the news website centrasia.ru reported that Ms. Matlyuba Burxanova, a member of the Oliy Majlis, the lower house of Parliament, resigned over allegations of human trafficking. Embassy LES Political Assistant confirmed this information with Marifdjon Usmanov (plea [...]	2008-03-13 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT33	UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS OFFICIALS FAVORABLE TO AVIATION [...] (C) Ambassador paid a courtesy call on January 3 on the Director General of Uzbekistan Airways, Valeriy Tyan. (Note: Uzbekistan Airways is the largest non-Russian airline in the Commonwealth of Independent States. End note.) Tyan noted that per its contract with Boeing, Uzbekistan would rece [...]	2008-01-08 12:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL US UZ
08TASHKENT330	EMBASSY HOSTS ROUNDTABLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, the Embassy hosted the rollout of the 2007 U.S. State Department's Human Rights Report. In stark contrast to last year's rollout, when several invitees were detained and harassed (ref A),this year's event went forward without any interference from the government. A [...]	2008-03-14 13:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT365	UZBEK LOWER HOUSE ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, a state-controlled website reported that the lower house of Uzbekistan's Parliament adopted International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 (Minimum Age for Employment) and ILO Convention 182 (Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor). In separate conversation [...]	2008-03-26 13:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT366	UNODC REQUESTS EXPERT PARTICIPATION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),which is sponsoring an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) conference in Tashkent on May 14-15 in conjunction with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur [...]	2008-03-26 13:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT370	GENERAL MOTORS UZBEKISTAN TAKES OFF [...] (C) Summary: General Motors Uzbekistan, a joint venture between General Motors and the state-controlled company UzAvtoSanoat and the largest auto plant in Central Asia, officially opened on March 20 at a gala affair attended by senior GM executives and Deputy Prime Minister Sanakulov. GM repr [...]	2008-03-28 02:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN SOCI PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT388	UZBEKISTAN - WORLD TB DAY ACTIVITIES [...] (U) Per reftel, to mark World TB Day, Post devoted a session of its weekly Chay Chat Conversation Club to the topic of Tuberculosis and the challenge that it presents in Uzbekistan and around the world. On March 14, Dr. Benjamin Mills of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) hi [...]	2008-04-01 06:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL KPAO UZ
08TASHKENT398	UZBEKISTAN: CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN TO TAKE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Post has been in contact with Saifiddin Juraev, Director of the Foundation of Regional Policy in Uzbekistan, who has requested U.S. assistance in identifying and providing funding for U.S. participation in an upcoming internatio [...]	2008-04-03 13:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINS PBTS UZ
08TASHKENT400	GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN WOULD WELCOME RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: Senior officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Commission for Drug Control told U.S. officials on April 2 that their respective agencies as well as the National Security Service would welcome the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's return to Uzbeki [...]	2008-04-04 11:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT431	ICRC: IMPROVING UZBEK PRISON CONDITIONS LIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan on March 27 - April 1 (septels),Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Pamela Spratlen SIPDIS met on March 31 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation Yves Giovannoni t [...]	2008-04-14 14:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT432	UZBEKISTAN: RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND MFA [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan on March 27 - April 1 (septels),Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Pamela Spratlen SIPDIS visited the Tashkent main Madrassah and the Jewish community in Bukhara. She also met with Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-04-14 14:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL TI UZ
08TASHKENT445	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly two hours. Norov covered a wide range of topics from human rights to security and economic issues. He welcomed an invitation for his D [...]	2008-04-16 05:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON EINV SOCI SNAR AF UZ
08TASHKENT446	UZBEKISTAN: NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, Ambassador, and DCM met with Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC) Murat Ataev. Like FM Norov (septel) and Parliamentarian Tashmukhamedova (septel),Ataev greeted the U.S. side warmly and announced that the GOU's Ministries and the NSC are ready fo [...]	2008-04-16 07:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ELTN KISL PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08TASHKENT449	UZBEKISTAN: GOVERNMENT SEEKS FEEDBACK ON "6 PLUS [...] (C) Summary: On April 11, First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov told the Ambassador that the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) will indicate who will participate in the upcoming Afghanistan Support Conference in Paris, and provided us with a non-paper elaborating on the "6 plus 3" proposal that P [...]	2008-04-16 10:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC PGOV AF UZ
08TASHKENT452	UZBEKISTAN: ENCOURAGING EFFORT TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: During her March 29 - March 30 visit to Bukhara, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (A/DAS) for South and Central Asia and Public Diplomacy Pamela Spratlen held meetings with a diverse array of civil society representatives, including U.S. Government-sponsored exchange pr [...]	2008-04-16 13:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KCRM OEXC EAID UZ
08TASHKENT459	UZBEKISTAN VEHEMENTLY DENIES RUMORS OF SEPARATIST [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials directed MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev to deliver a statement to Poloff on April 16 refuting press reporting on separatist sentiment in Uzbekistan's autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, and warning that U.S. Embassy i [...]	2008-04-17 12:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT462	PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (U) On April 17 President Karimov signed Uzbekistan's first comprehensive anti-trafficking in persons legislation into law. This marked the final step in a surprisingly rapid legislative process. The bill was introduced in January, passed by the lower chamber on March 13, and by the Senate on [...]	2008-04-18 12:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT464	DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...]	2008-04-18 12:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ
08TASHKENT465	DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...]	2008-04-18 13:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ
08TASHKENT475	UZBEKS SIGN ON TO TURKMENISTAN-CHINA GAS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Uzbekistan's state oil and gas monopoly Uzbekneftigaz, has announced that Uzbekistan agreed on April 11 to a Chinese proposal for construction of the Turkmenistan-China natural gas pipeline (also known as the Trans-Asia pipeline),which will transit Uzbekistan. The Uzbeks will s [...]	2008-04-22 07:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL UZ
08TASHKENT482	NATO ENVOY: UZBEKISTAN POSITIVE ON COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. NATO envoy Robert Simmons gave a readout to NATO Embassies on April 15 of meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials. According to Simmons, senior GOU officials may be split on pushing Uzbekistan's "6 plus 3" proposal. Simmons reported on the NATO land transit agreem [...]	2008-04-24 04:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ
08TASHKENT485	CARICC READY TO MOVE FORWARD AS PILOT PHASE NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a briefing by Barsultan Sarsekov, Director of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Ilicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Sub [...]	2008-04-24 12:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT487	UZBEKISTAN STAYING CLEAR OF ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT508	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR STILL WAITING FOR [...] (C) Summary: More than two months after applying for accreditation with the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights Watch Director Igor Vorontsov still has not received any indication from the Ministry on whether he will be accredited or not. According to a Cabinet of Ministers resolution from 200 [...]	2008-04-29 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT514	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AG COMMODITY PRICES [...] (SBU) Food and agricultural commodity prices have risen steeply in Uzbekistan over the past year and a half or more. More recent spikes in world prices have been felt acutely in Uzbekistan, as in other Central Asian countries. Embassy Tashkent maintains its own detailed price survey data for [...]	2008-05-02 04:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ EAGR
08TASHKENT529	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON UZBEKISTAN'S DEPUTY [...] (C) Post has obtained a copy of a CV on Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gulnara Karimova, provided by the head of Uzbekistan's OSCE mission in Vienna Yusupov to USOSCE Ambassador Finley in late April. Ms. Karimova is the eldest daughter of President Islom Karimov. The data is as follows: [...]	2008-05-06 10:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT531	STRANGE AND CONTRADICTORY EVENTS: PAVING THE WAY [...] (S) Summary: Cutting oddly across the grain of recent rapprochement with the U.S. and the West, the government of Uzbekistan has taken a number of controlling measures which could simply reflect disregard for our sensibilities on reform or, more likely, portend deeper disarray and looming p [...]	2008-05-07 11:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT546	UZBEKISTAN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security, particularly the situation in Afghanistan, on April 29-30. The event illustrates Uzbekistan's continuing concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan as well as growing regional interes [...]	2008-05-13 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PGOV
08TASHKENT547	UZBEKISTAN: POST'S LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] (U) Embassy Tashkent has reviewed its files on intended Uzbekistani participants Ilkhombek Kazakov, Shawkat Gafurov, and Rahiboy Bekhchanov in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training event at the Domodedovo Center in Russia, May 13-28, and has found no derogatory information. NORLAND [...]	2008-05-13 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT552	HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN: THE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Ambassador's introduction: The U.S. faces a decision in June on possible sanctions against Uzbekistan given ongoing concerns about the government's poor performance on human rights. Reftel cites upcoming leadership transition issues as a key factor in this decision, arguing that now is [...]	2008-05-14 13:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT553	UZBEKISTAN: GOVERNMENT DENIES REPORTS OF SMALLPOX [...] (SBU) Uzbekistan's Ministry of Health has denied reports that two cases of hemorrhagic smallpox originating from Karakalpakstan have appeared in Tashkent. (Note: These claims have surfaced in the Russian press and the internet website www.centrasia.ru. End note.) Chief Public Health Officer an [...]	2008-05-15 04:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT561	PENTAGON AND DEA OFFICIALS PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) Summary: As part of the military-to-military Action Officers Working Group (AOWG),on April 17, 2008 a separate meeting was held with Uzbek officials to discuss possible counternarcotics cooperation and border security-related issues as part of a Counternarcotics Working Group. Two visiti [...]	2008-05-16 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT577	TASHKENTERS QUIETLY SEETHING OVER FATE OF ORPHANS [...] (SBU) Summary: A statue commemmorating the adoption of orphans from the Western front during World War II was removed from a prominent Tashkent square in the dead of night on April 12. The move rankled ethnic Russians, who viewed the move as an assault on the city's history. Even ethnic Uzb [...]	2008-05-21 08:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR RS UZ
08TASHKENT580	INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TIP WORKSHOP IN TASHKENT SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) co-sponsored a major international anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) workshop on May 14-15 in Tashkent. Visiting American participants included a Congression [...]	2008-05-21 09:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT585	UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR DENIED [...] (C) Summary: One week before planned visits by Ambassador-at-Large for Religious Freedom John Hanford and Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher, the Uzbek government, with its usual perfect timing, denied accreditation to Human Rights Watch's director in Tashkent and threatened to deport an AmCi [...]	2008-05-22 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT594	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S MAY-JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your trip to Tashkent offers a chance to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbek cooperation, particularly on counter-narcotics and border security, and to offer the Uzbeks candid advice on the necessity of translating recent positive messages on human rights into actual improv [...]	2008-05-23 14:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT604	UZBEKISTAN: ASSISTANCE TO WATER EXPERTS COULD [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador met with representatives of the Scientific Information Center of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination (ICWC) to discuss regional water management policy. The water experts indicated that the demand for water in Central Asia has increased in recen [...]	2008-05-30 09:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR EAID KTIA PREL UZ
08TASHKENT608	UZBEKISTAN: GRANT SUBMISSIONS FOR FY 2008 TAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post solicited and received two submissions for the FY 2008 Taft Fund for Refugees (formerly the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees) announced in reftels, one from the International Professional Education Development Assistance Center (PROFED) proposing to assist Afghan and Tajik re [...]	2008-05-30 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT610	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 28 MEETING WITH UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: Inoyatov told the Ambassador on May 28 that Mutabar Tojiboyeva might be released on medical grounds, that Sanjar Umarov would not be released anytime soon, that Human Rights Watch's office in Uzbekistan would remain open but its current representative would not receive accredit [...]	2008-05-30 13:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CASC UZ
08TASHKENT623	BOUCHER AND SENIOR UZBEKS REVIEW OBSTACLES AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher visited Uzbekistan May 30-June 3, stopping in Samarkand and Tashkent. In separate meetings June 2 with Uzbek Foreign Minister Norov and National Security Council Secretary Ataev, Assistant Secretary Boucher di [...]	2008-06-05 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL ASEC ELTN PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON
08TASHKENT624	KARIMOV TO BOUCHER: PROGRESS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT [...] (S) Summary. Meeting at the Presidential Palace in Tashkent on June 2, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Uzbekistan President Islom Karimov agreed that the U.S. and Uzbekistan share important interests on Afghanistan, on political, economic [...]	2008-06-05 10:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT632	UZBEKISTAN: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post is providing the following information on the use of child labor and forced labor in the production of specific goods in Uzbekistan. Numerous credible sources report the widespread use of child labor in Uzbekistan during the annual cotton harvest, a practice [...]	2008-06-06 11:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT634	UZBEKISTAN'S OLDEST "POLITICAL PRISONER" RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, authorities released from prison 83-year old Akhmadjan Adilov, a highly controversial figure whom some human rights activists considered to be Uzbekistan's oldest political prisoner. Adilov, who operated Uzbekistan's largest agro-industrial complex in Namangan provin [...]	2008-06-06 12:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT639	UZBEKISTAN/SCO: PRIORITIES AND OUTLOOK [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),including representatives from MFA's Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Section, have indicated recently that Uzbekistan prioritizes security and economic cooperation within the organization but is strongly opposed to Iran [...]	2008-06-09 10:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PINS PTER UZ
08TASHKENT661	UZBEKISTAN: EQUIPMENT DELIVERY WILL ASSIST BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Chief of Mission and Emboffs provided Uzbekistan's State Customs Committee with radioisotope identification devices worth approximately 90,000 USD during a June 6 ceremony at the Higher Military Customs Institute in Tashkent. Deputy Customs Chairman Rustam Mansurov exp [...]	2008-06-12 11:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC PREL PGOV PTER KNNP UZ
08TASHKENT662	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 12:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP KGIT UZ
08TASHKENT670	UZBEKISTAN: DEMARCHE ON SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 10:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KWMN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT677	UZBEK GOVERNMENT TO RE-REGISTER JEWISH-AMERICAN NGO [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, regional coordinators of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC),a Jewish-American humanitarian organization, reported being told by a Ministry of Justice official that their organization will soon be re-registered, pending the resolution of a minor legal issue. The r [...]	2008-06-16 07:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT682	UZBEKISTAN INTERESTED IN JOINING GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On June 16, Ambassador Norland and the Russian Deputy Chief of Mission met with officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs--including Durbek Amanov, Head of the Department for the UN and International Organizatations and Ismat Fayzullaev, Chief of the Americas Desk--to follow [...]	2008-06-17 08:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP KGIT UZ
08TASHKENT694	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The United States Government is aware of nine (9) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan, two (2) of which have been resolved. 2. (U) a. Claimant A b. 1998 c. Claimant A is a U.S. trading company that exported alcohol to Uzbekistan. According to the C [...]	2008-06-18 12:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE UZ
08TASHKENT704	UZBEKISTAN ICRC STAFFER ON PRISON VISITS [...] (S) Summary. As she prepares to depart Uzbekistan after several months working on ICRC prison visits, an ICRC Delegate (strictly protect) shared observations with the Ambassador regarding pressures which lead law enforcement officials to engage in torture and judicial officials to tolerate [...]	2008-06-20 08:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT708	UZBEKS TO RESPOND TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S LETTER [...] (C) Summary: During a May 28-31 visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with government officials to discuss Uzbekistan's Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation under the International Religious Freedom Act and the contents of a dr [...]	2008-06-23 05:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT714	UZBEKISTAN: SCO OFFICIALS DISCUSS PLANS, POSE [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with Poloff on June 17, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) Senior Experts Bakhram Auanassov and Kairbek Amenov discussed upcoming SCO plans and the role of observer states, but were reticent in discussing threat perce [...]	2008-06-23 10:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON EINV PGOV PINS PTER AF UZ
08TASHKENT720	UZBEKISTAN: EU DIPLOMATS NOT KEEN ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, poloff hosted another session of a periodic roundtable on human rights issues with Human Rights Watch director Igor Vorontsov and counterparts from the British, French, German, and Czech Embassies. During the meeting, the EU diplomats expressed skepticism about attemp [...]	2008-06-24 06:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT729	EBRD OFFICIAL WANTS TO SEE POLICY SHIFT TOWARD [...] (C) On May 27 emboffs met with Turan Oz, Alternate Director at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),who is responsible for nine countries, including Uzbekistan. Oz, a Turkish citizen, expressed his "disappointment" with his organization's harsh stance toward Uzbekistan [...]	2008-06-24 12:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN UZ
08TASHKENT730	UZBEK INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE A BIG SHOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan organized a "Media Freedom in a Modern Democratic Society" conference on June 9-10 in Tashkent which provided little debate on press freedom in Uzbekistan. The event was originally to be co-sponsored by the EU, but EU Embassies pulled out of the con [...]	2008-06-24 13:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT739	UZBEKISTAN: OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: In a June 24 meeting with Poloff, Bahromjon Aloev from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec) for slow activity and duplication of effort. He noted Uzbekistan's especiall [...]	2008-06-25 11:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ASEC ECIN KTIA PBTS PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT742	UZBEKISTAN: EBRD LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of the EBRD's Tashkent office briefed the diplomatic community on plans for a new country strategy for Uzbekistan to replace the one that has been in place since 2005. The new strategy can be expected to show a marked increase in EBRD involvement in Uzbekistan compared [...]	2008-06-27 09:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID EINV UZ
08TASHKENT743	UZBEKISTAN BURNS 1,435 KG OF NARCOTICS IN CEREMONY [...] (SBU) During a June 26 ceremony at a facility in Tashkent, Uzbekistan's National Security Service (NSS) burned 1,435 kg of narcotics while representatives from the United States, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Czech, Turkish, and French Embassies, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, and [...]	2008-06-27 09:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT749	UZBEK TV DOCUMENTARY BASHES JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) Summary: A recent hour-long broadcast on Uzbek state television highlighted the "illegal missionary activity" of Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostal churches, and appeared to be designed to discredit those groups and inspire fear of and disdain for their activities. In 2006, the airing of [...]	2008-06-30 01:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT763	UZBEKISTAN/SCO: OFFICIAL DESCRIBES SCO'S [...] (C) Bakhram Auanassov, a Senior Expert from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS),recently provided Poloff with a speech on the SCO's role in Central Asian security. He had intended to give the speech during the Tashkent-hosted international co [...]	2008-07-01 10:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ASEC KTIA PINR PINS PTER UZ
08TASHKENT764	STRATEGIC TERMEZ RIVER PORT PLAYS QUIET ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: On June 27 the Ambassador and emboffs made a rare visit to the Termez City River Port on the southern border with Afghanistan. Barges at the Soviet-era facility transfer goods from road and rail links to the upstream Afghan town of Hayraton, returning with agricultural produce. [...]	2008-07-01 12:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON MCAP KCRM AF UZ
08TASHKENT768	UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERMEZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland made his first trip to Surkhandarya Province June 25-27, visiting a number of strategic sites in and around Termez and meeting with local government officials, representatives of a USAID-supported NGO, and regional human rights activists. The visit highlighted T [...]	2008-07-02 06:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ELTN ETRD KHIV MOPS PHUM PINS
08TASHKENT771	UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES [...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...]	2008-07-03 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT777	FERGHANA VALLEY ACTIVISTS AND IMAMS REPORT LESS [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff met with several human rights activists and religious leaders who reported that religious extremist organizations like Hizb ut-Tahrir have become less active (or at least less visible) in recent years. While [...]	2008-07-03 11:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT782	UZBEKISTAN SIGNS UP TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 11:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIT KNNP PTER UZ
08TASHKENT8	UZBEK ELECTRICAL GENERATION AND EXPORT PROSPECTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met with Botir Teshaboev, the Chairman of state-owned Uzbekenergo, on December 21, to discuss domestic electricity generation, infrastructure and export. Uzbekenergo is modernizing many of its generation facilities, most of which are natural gas fired, increasing effici [...]	2008-01-03 14:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EAID PGOV PREL ZK AF UZ
08TASHKENT802	UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON EXPLOSIONS NEAR BUKHARA [...] (SBU) Summary: As the day progresses, more reports have come in from Embassy contacts and local and international news sources regarding the series of explosions which occurred during the morning of July 10 in the town of Kagan, approximately 15 kilometers from Bukhara (reftel). All reports i [...]	2008-07-10 13:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PINR PREL PTER UZ
08TASHKENT803	UZBEKISTAN: WHAT'S GOOD FOR GENERAL MOTORS IS GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Motors (GM) is poised for a dramatic expansion of its operations in Uzbekistan with the building of casting and engine plants. Negotiations with the GOU are proceeding well, and there is hope that final agreement will be reached before the end of the summer. END SUMMARY [...]	2008-07-10 13:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT818	OSCE NOTES ON KARIMOV MEETING OFFER INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary: On July 3 Bernard Rouault, Senior Project Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, provided poloff with notes from the June 4 meeting between Alexander Stubb, visiting Chairman in Office of the OSCE and Fin [...]	2008-07-14 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE PHUM PINR AF KZ UZ
08TASHKENT821	UZBEK AUTHORITIES REJECT CHRISTIAN LITERATURE [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, the Ambassador and DCM met with Bible Society Director Sergei Mitin, who reported that Uzbek authorities ordered the return of a large shipment of Christian literature that the Bible Society attempted to import into Uzbekistan in May. The authorities did not provide a [...]	2008-07-15 08:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT836	OFFICIAL HINTS AT GREATER ROLE FOR WESTERN NON [...] (C) Summary: Furqat Sidikov, an Uzbek diplomat who previously served in Washington and now works at the government-sponsored International Center for Strategic Studies, sought out poloff at a July 15 reception to discuss the future role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Uzbekistan. [...]	2008-07-17 11:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR UZ
08TASHKENT860	UZBEKISTAN EAGER FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO SECURE [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action requested is in paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: On July 22 the Ambassador met with President Islam Karimov, who expressed appreciation for and accepted the offer of U.S. assistance in securing unexploded ordnance following the explosion of a munitions depo [...]	2008-07-23 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR EAID PINS UZ
08TASHKENT878	BUKHARA ACTIVIST: BETTER-TRAINED IMAMS FENDING OFF [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Bukhara on July 15 - 16, poloff discussed the current state of the region's Muslim community with a prominent local human rights activist and imams at Sunni and Shiite mosques. The activist, Shukhrat Ganiev, observed that that Muslim religiosity, especia [...]	2008-07-29 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EG SA RS UZ
08TASHKENT879	DAS KROL MEETS UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER NOROV IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov in Tashkent. The atmosphere was warm and cordial, and Norov framed his remarks in the context of President Karimov's positive July 22 meeting with the A [...]	2008-07-30 03:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR PINR KTER ENRG UZ
08TASHKENT88	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CLAIMS VICTORY OVER KHALILOV [...] (C) Summary: According to government sources, Parliament Speaker Erkin Khalilov has been replaced by Dilorom Toshmuhammadova, the leader of the pro-government Adolat Social-Democratic party and one of the four officially-recognized presidential candidates who participated in the December 2007 [...]	2008-01-23 14:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT889	UZBEKISTAN AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On July 30, Charge d'Affaires Butcher, Poloff, Russian Charge d'Affaires Vazykh Serazev, and Russian Second Secretary Kirill Belikov jointly demarched officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) per reftel, welcoming Uzbekistan to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear [...]	2008-08-01 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP UZ
08TASHKENT890	UZBEKISTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan on July 24 - 25, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol participated in an Embassy roundtable with human rights activists and the Director of the Bible Society of Uzbekistan, and had separate meetings with two human r [...]	2008-08-01 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ

08TASHKENT891	DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH UZBEK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Murod Ataev in Tashkent. Ataev spoke at length about the recent munitions depot explosion in Kagan, thanking the U.S. government for [...]	2008-08-01 05:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR MARR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT893	UZBEKISTAN: TWO MORE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IMPRISONED [...] (C) Summary: On July 29, the Forum 18 website reported that two Jehovah's Witnesses in Margilan were convicted of teaching religion illegally on July 23 and imprisoned. On August 1, two Jehovah's Witness representatives confirmed the Forum 18 article with poloff and noted observing several ir [...]	2008-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT899	SOUTH KOREA PLAYS ALONG WITH UZBEK DREAMS OF AIR [...] (C) Summary: Surprised by the front page coverage of the Ambassador's July 22 meeting with President Karimov, the South Korean Embassy sent Second Secretary See-Hong Pak to call on poloff on July 29 for a readout of evolving U.S.-Uzbek relations. Pak noted that it appears Russia's influence [...]	2008-08-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ETRD KS UZ
08TASHKENT922	UZBEKISTAN FORENSIC LAB EXPERTS VISIT USA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with the support of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),arranged for the participation of Uzbek forensic experts in the 18th International Association of Fo [...]	2008-08-11 04:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT929	UZBEKISTAN: CLOSELY STUDYING RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) On August 12, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev told Poloff that he had spoken with officials from MFA's Commonwealth of Independent States Department regarding the Russia-Georgia conflict. Fayzullaev emphasized that the Government of Uzbe [...]	2008-08-12 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV PINS UZ
08TASHKENT930	UZBEKISTAN: EMBASSY TASHKENT'S PROPOSAL FOR POST [...] POST: Embassy Tashkent 2. NAME OF POST LANGUAGE OFFICERS: Steven Prohaska, P/E Officer, prohaskasn@state.gov; Sean O'Hara, Consular Section, o'harasp@state.gov; and Tim Buckley, P/E Officer, buckleytp@state.gov. 3. POINT OF CONTACT FOR POST LANGUAGE DIRECT FUNDING PROPOSAL: Steven Proha [...]	2008-08-12 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AFIN AMGT KFLO UZ
08TASHKENT945	UZBEKISTAN: AGREEMENT TO HELP SECURE UZBEKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On August 5-8, representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory met with representatives from Uzbekistan's Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) to negotiate a contract on maintenance of the radiat [...]	2008-08-14 09:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT951	UZBEKISTAN: COST OF LIVING SOARS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Official GOU figures continue to show robust macroeconomic growth, but the benefits of this growth are slow to be seen in the economic lives of Uzbek citizens. Although gross national income per capita is growing, the official consumer price index of 6.5 percent stands in sha [...]	2008-08-18 07:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID EINV KCRM SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT965	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Recent months have shown increasing dialogue and net improvements in the relationship, particularly in the defense and security sect [...]	2008-08-20 12:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KNNP MARR MASS PBTS PGOV PINS SNAR
08TASHKENT97	UZBEKISTAN: NO COMMENT ON DELIVERED KOSOVO POINTS [...] (C) On January 18, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Americas Division Chief Mamajanov. Mamajanov received them without comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov would not meet Ambassador earlier, despite Post's repeated requ [...]	2008-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU UZ
08TASHKENT973	UZBEKISTAN: NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) The Government of Uzbekistan has yet to announce an official position on the Russia-Georgia conflict, but an Embassy contact and local press reports have provided hints that Tashkent may be quietly siding with Moscow on this issue. According to a Regional Security Office contact in the Mi [...]	2008-08-22 08:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MOPS UZ
08TASHKENT976	UZBEKISTAN: AT HOME ON THE FAZENDA? [...] (U) Uzbek media has widely reported the visit by Brazil's Ambassador to Russia Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos. Appointed on February 13 as Brazil's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uzbekistan based in the Russian Federation, Paranhos was expected to deliver his [...]	2008-08-25 05:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BR UZ
08TASHKENT977	UZBEKISTAN: POLITICAL INTRIGUE, CONCERN ABOUT A [...] (S/NF) According to an Embassy contact speaking in early August, Maruf Shakirovich Usmanov was Director of Uzbekistan's Civil Society Institute (CSI). While CSI's nominal purpose is to promote civil society, it is actually a branch of the National Security Service (NSS) and its true purpose i [...]	2008-08-25 06:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT987	UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN TRAFFICKING A HOT TOPIC IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan is off to a fast start in implementing its new anti-trafficking national action plan as five of 12 provinces plus Tashkent City have already formed and convened mandated local inter-agency committees to discuss prevention and protection measures. Th [...]	2008-08-26 08:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN UZ
08TASHKENT991	UZBEKISTAN: EXPECTING RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON [...] (C) On August 25, Charge d'Affaires met with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department Chief Takhir Mamadjanov to urge the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) to press Russia not to recognize the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and to convey the other points in [...]	2008-08-26 12:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC EAID GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT994	KARAKALPAKSTAN CASES AGAINST ACTIVISTS MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 the trial against prominent human rights activist Akzam Turgunov started in Mangit but was immediately postponed after the judge decided that the attorneys required interpreters, a move described as "very surprising" by Dilorom Ishakova of the opposition Erk Party. I [...]	2008-08-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM UZ
08TBILISI1019	GEORGIA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS OF GAZPROM [...] (C) Georgia's Minister of Energy, Aleksandr Khetaguri, met with Embassy Econoff and the Director of USAID's Office of Energy and Environment on June 10. Khetaguri said that he is deeply concerned by reports published the week of June 2 that Gazprom is interested in purchasing Azeri gas. Kheta [...]	2008-06-13 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG
08TBILISI1026	IMEDI TELEVISION RECOGNIZES THE CHANGED [...] (C) Summary. Imedi television - once the voice of the opposition in Georgia - has resumed broadcasting, but currently only broadcasts entertainment programming. Emboff met with station general manager and director of programming on June 10, 2008 to discuss when the station would restart news [...]	2008-06-16 13:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG
08TBILISI1030	GEORGIANS SEIZE PEACEKEEPERS' AMMO TRUCK IN ZUGDIDI [...] Summary and Comment: On the evening of June 17, Georgian police seized an CIS peacekeeping truck carrying ammunition and anti-tank missiles traveling from Abkhazia to a peacekeeping checkpoint near the Georgian village of Urta, on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Four peacekeepers wer [...]	2008-06-18 12:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1031	GEORGIANS SEIZE PEACEKEEPERS' AMMO TRUCK IN [...] Summary and Comment: On the evening of June 17, Georgian police seized an CIS peacekeeping truck carrying ammunition and anti-tank missiles traveling from Abkhazia to a peacekeeping checkpoint near the Georgian village of Urta, on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Four peacekeepers wer [...]	2008-06-18 12:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1065	GEORGIANS RELEASE PEACEKEEPERS' TRUCK, KEEP [...] The Georgian Ministry of Interior announced on June 19 that it had released the CIS PKF ammunition truck that was detained on June 17 (reftel) for unauthorized ammunition transfer through the Georgian side of the conflict zone. Deputy Minister of Interior Shota Utiashvili said that the Minist [...]	2008-06-20 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1121	GEORGIAN TALKS WITH ABKHAZ IN SWEDEN:THE FAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Temuri Yakobishvili, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration, told the Ambassador that last week,s talks in Sweden between de facto Abkhaz representatives yielded no progress in resolving the conflict. The talks confirmed Georgian thinking that the highest pr [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1136	GEORGIAN POLICE BLOCK CIS PKF TRUCK FROM ENTERING [...] Georgian media reported on June 27 that Georgian police had prevented a CIS peacekeeping truck, accompanied by an armored personnel carrier, from entering the Georgian side of the security zone. The truck was headed to the CIS PKF checkpoint in the Georgian village of Urta, south of Zugdidi. [...]	2008-07-01 08:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI114	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SRSG ARNAULT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault, DAS Bryza discussed the current situation in Abkhazia and progress on the self-assessment of the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) operations. Arnault told Bryza [...]	2008-01-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNOMIG KPKO GG
08TBILISI1141	ABKHAZIA CLOSES BORDER AFTER BLASTS, GEORGIANS [...] (SBU) As a result of several blasts in Abkhazia on June 29 and 30, Abkhaz de facto President Sergey Bagapsh closed all border crossings with Georgia, including the Inguri River crossing, on July 1. UNOMIG confirmed on June 30 that around noon two blasts went off the same day in Sokhumi. One o [...]	2008-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1152	ANOTHER BLAST ON BORDER, ABHKAZIA DECLARES STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: An additional explosion occurred in Georgian-controlled territory near the administrative boundary with Abkhazia on July 2. No injuries were reported. Abkhaz separatist leaders declared a state of emergency on July 1, following earlier blasts (reftel). Georgian leaders blamed [...]	2008-07-02 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI116	DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 19 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN PRIME [...] (S) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza said that following Embassy Tbilisi's extensive review, the USG did not agree with opposition claims that massive fraud occurred or skewed the outcome of the January 5 presidential election, [...]	2008-01-24 12:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KCRM USTR GG RU
08TBILISI1160	GEORGIAN FM ON THE FRIENDS PLAN [...] (C) On July 3, Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili met with the Western Friends of Georgia to discuss the status of the plan from the Friends meetings in Berlin on June 30. Representatives from the German, British and French embassies joined the meeting. The German ambassador acknowledged that s [...]	2008-07-03 16:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PREL
08TBILISI1161	POLICE CHIEF KILLED, SANAKOYEV TARGETED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) OSCE told Poloff July 3 that separatist South Ossetian police chief Nodar Bibilov was killed in an explosion outside his home around 0600 in the South Ossetian village of Dmenisi on July 3. The OSCE told Post that a monitoring team had visited the site. They said an explosive device wa [...]	2008-07-04 08:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1163	A/S KRAMER MEETINGS WITH OPPOSITION, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David J. Kramer and the Ambassador met with the Public Defender, Georgian opposition leaders, civil society and those involved in judicial reforms to discuss the state of human rights [...]	2008-07-04 08:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI117	GEORGIA IMPROVES ITS RATING IN HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S [...] Summary: Georgia has improved its standing in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom. In 2008 it has moved up from 35th to 32nd out of 163 countries surveyed throughout the world. According to the conservative think tank's report, which measures countries' performance on [...]	2008-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI1170	FOUR KILLED IN ABKHAZIA BLAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of July 6, a powerful explosion ripped through a cafe in the city of Gali, killing four, including the de-facto chief of state security for Gali, Major Muratia, and an off-duty UN interpreter. Ten others, including another UN interpreter, were wounded. [...]	2008-07-07 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1182	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SEMNEBY DISCUSSES [...] (C) In a July 8 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed his impressions of the June 16 talks in Sweden between Abkhaz de-facto authorities and Georgian government officials and the current situation in the conflict zones. Semneby, [...]	2008-07-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL GG
08TBILISI1204	GEORGIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR, ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Georgia Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Vashadze called in the Ambassadors representing the Western Friends of the Secretary General to the MFA on July 11 to ask for Western support in the UNSC and OSCE regarding July 8 overflights by Russian fighter planes over South Ossetia. The Russian [...]	2008-07-11 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI123	PM GURGENIDZE SUBMITS NEW CABINET TO PARLIAMENT [...] (U) On January 24, Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze held a press conference and announced President Saakashvili's nominations for his new cabinet of ministers. Gurgenidze submitted the list of nominees to the Georgian Parliament on January 25. Gurgenidze said that the new nominees are inclusiv [...]	2008-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR GG RU
08TBILISI1239	POLOFF DISCUSSES TROOP LEVEL AND DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for the United States, Irakli Machitidze, Director of Department of International Organizations, Alexander Nalbandov and Head of NATO Division, Tornike Parulava regarding press reports that Georgia is planning to [...]	2008-07-17 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1265	LISTS OF SANCTIONED ENTITIES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited the new headquarters of the Financial Monitoring Service (FMS) and the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) and delivered reftel lists of sanctioned organizations to Giorgi Kadagidze of FSA. Poloffs learned little about money laundering in Abkhazia because neither [...]	2008-07-23 12:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GG KDEM
08TBILISI1268	SUMMARY OF RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended a July 22 meeting at the MFA for NATO Ambassadors. A paper prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was distributed, summarizing Russian military activities in Abkhazia this spring. The paper is not classified, but the MFA asked that it be treated [...]	2008-07-25 04:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1296	OSCE-JPKF JOINT PATROL COMES UNDER FIRE TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two OSCE-Joint Peacekeeping Forces (JPKF) monitoring patrols were denied access to two separate incident sites in the breakaway region of South Ossetia on July 28 and 29, with one patrol coming under direct fire. A firefight erupted near the village of Cholibauri, app [...]	2008-07-30 12:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1313	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 1 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic and social interest concerning Georgia for the weeks of July 14-August Â [...]	2008-08-01 10:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM GG
08TBILISI1317	GEORGIANS DEMAND ABKHAZ LEAVE ACHAMKHARA HEIGHTS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In an August 1 meeting with Ambassadors from Western Friends of the Secretary General, Giga Bokeria, Deputy Foreign Minister, along with Vano Merabishvili, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA),and Shota Utiashvili, Chief, Analysis and Information, MOIA, relayed [...]	2008-08-01 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1327	GEORGIANS SEEK CALM IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ARE [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: On the evening of 1 August sniper activity erupted around South Ossetian villages and soon expanded into mortar fire which continued until the morning of 2 August when events calmed. OSCE military monitors said that the use of mortars by both sides and the ran [...]	2008-08-04 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1336	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1337	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1341	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2: GEORGIA CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: President Saakashvili in an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili in a briefing to the diplomatic corps, claimed that Georgia now controlled most of South Ossetia, including Tskhinvali, although fighting was continuing near the northern to [...]	2008-08-08 10:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1342	GEORGIA: AUGUST 8 EAC REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 17:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL AEMR CASC GG
08TBILISI1343	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA--SITREP 3: RUSSIAN BOMBS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: Multiple bases, airports, and Georgia's port of Poti were all bombed overnight by Russian aircraft, with bombing continuing in the daylight hours of August 9, with bombs hitting civilian targets in the Georgian city of Gori. Reports of casualties continue to come [...]	2008-08-09 07:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1349	GEORGIA: SITREP 5: GEORGIANS NEARLY EXHAUSTED; [...] (C) Begin Summary: FM Tkeshelashvili briefed the diplomatic corps August 10 that Georgia has suffered huge casualties. The FM described the situation as no longer about South Ossetia but rather was Russia aggression against an independent country. She said Russian planes have bombed hospitals in Go [...]	2008-08-10 09:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1350	GEORGIANS LOOKING TO WEST FOR HELP, OPPOSITION AND [...] (SBU) Post has reached out to notable opinion leaders in Georgia and found a common theme from all -- threats from Russia have unified the Georgian political class. Most have reported that Georgians are feeling terrorized by indiscriminate Russian bombing of Georgian cities, particularly Russ [...]	2008-08-10 12:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1355	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA, SITREP 6 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: French FM Kouchner and Finnish FM Stubbs met with President Saakashvili August 11 in Tbilisi to discuss a cease-fire package, with the goal of presenting it to Russian officials in Moscow later the same day. Swedish FM Carl Bildt and EUR DAS Bryza are both expected to arriv [...]	2008-08-11 09:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1362	GEORGIA: SITREP 8: RUSSIANS PULL BACK, BUT BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 10:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1367	GEORGIA: GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze presented a proposed stabilization and reconstruction package to us on August 12 on behalf of the Georgian government. The PM urged the USG to consider a quick, positive response to the request for a standby facility to bolster their efforts to ensure liquidity i [...]	2008-08-12 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1372	GEORGIA: SITREP 9: RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG RS PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI1379	GEORGIA: SITREP 10: RUSSIANS ON MOVE, IN GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1380	GEORGIA: SITREP 11: RUSSIANS HOLD IN PLACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: There were few reports of Russian troops movements on August 17, following a day of conflicting reports on the status, location, and direction of Russian forces in Georgia. It is clear that Russian troops control the east-west corridor through Georgia from Poti north and eas [...]	2008-08-17 13:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1385	GEORGIA: SITREP 12: WAITING FOR A RUSSIAN PULLOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. As of mid-day August 18, there is no evidence that Russian troops have begun to withdraw from Georgia. The road from Tbilisi to Gori remains closed and travelers are subject to Russian roadblocks. Next international visitor to Tbilisi will be UK Foreign Secretary Miliband o [...]	2008-08-18 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1386	GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili spoke with DAS Bryza, the Ambassador, and DATT about the MOD's current situation following Russia's invasion. Kezerashvili said Georgia's army troops are now at Vaziani and other bases around Tbilisi, trying to regroup. [...]	2008-08-18 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1387	GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH MOIA VANO [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili spoke with DAS Bryza and the Ambassador Tefft about the current situation following Russia's invasion, the status of Georgian troops, and how the attacks unfolded. Shota Utiashvili, nominally head of the [...]	2008-08-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG RU
08TBILISI1391	GEORGIA: SITREP 13 [...] (C) Summary: As of 1600 August 19, there is still no evidence of Russian troops withdrawing from Georgia. Russian checkpoints remain along the main East-West highway on both sides of Gori. Embassy officers who attempted to drive up the road from Tbilisi to Gori were turned back after the [...]	2008-08-19 11:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1403	GEORGIA: SITREP 14 - THE WAITING GAME CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Faint and uncertain signs of a Russian withdrawal are reported, but there is as yet no unmistakable sign of a pullback. Russian troops attempted August 19 to oust Georgian soldiers from a base in Western Georgia, to which the Georgians had retreated in conformity with the six-p [...]	2008-08-20 12:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON GG RU
08TBILISI1404	THE CASE FOR INTENTIONAL TARGETING OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: After visiting the site of the August 9 and August 12 Russian bombings of the Western Route (Baku-Supsa) pipeline, the Embassy believes a reasonable case can be made that the bombings were intentional. Three lines of craters cross the pipeline, and one missile, reportedly an SS-26 [...]	2008-08-20 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL MOPS GG RU
08TBILISI1405	USAID/DART GEORGIA COMPLEX EMERGENCY SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] In early August, heightened tension led to armed conflict involving Georgian and Russian armed forces and a South Ossetian separatist group, affecting populations along the Georgia-Russia border and areas within Georgia, including South Ossetia, parts of Abkhazia, and the town of Gori. While [...]	2008-08-21 04:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF SOCI GG
08TBILISI1409	GEORGIA: SITREP 15: LITTLE OR NO CHANGE ON THE [...] (U) Summary. Observers are not reporting any real movement to withdraw by Russian troops in Georgia. According to the Georgian press, the Russians say they intend to set up a double line of checkpoints around South Ossetia with a buffer zone in between; however, Gori will not be in that zo [...]	2008-08-21 12:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1412	GEORGIA: SITREP 16: LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF A RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary. As of mid-day, there were no definite sign of a Russian withdrawal from Georgia, but OSCE reported columns of Russian vehicles lining up in Gori and Kashuri on August 21. On the other hand, there also continue to be reports of erecting fortifications and the continued demoliti [...]	2008-08-22 10:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1417	GEORGIA - REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] This is an action request to M from Ambassador John Tefft. See paragraph 2. 2. Embassy Tbilisi's Emergency Action Committee met August 23 and concurs with the Ambassador's recommendation to request the lifting of Authorized Departure for Embassy Tbilisi. Based on our assessment of the c [...]	2008-08-23 11:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO AFIN GG
08TBILISI1418	GEORGIA: SITREP 17: IT'S ABOUT TIME - BULK OF [...] (U) Summary. Multiple sources confirm Russian troops have withdrawn most troops from undisputed Georgian territory, although some remain near key positions such as Poti, Senaki and Sachkere. The eastern part of the east-west highway is reportedly open, with light civilian traffic underway, [...]	2008-08-23 12:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1420	PM GURGENIDZE URGES SENATOR BIDEN TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 17 meeting with U.S. Senator Joseph Biden, Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze outlined the economic cost of the Russian invasion of his country. He stressed the importance of continued existence of the reform-minded government of Georgia to continuing U.S. i [...]	2008-08-25 04:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL GG
08TBILISI1437	GEORGIA: SITREP 18: ALL EYES ON AKHALGORI [...] (C) Summary. The situation remains tense in Akhalgori, with South Ossetian militia in an apparent standoff with Georgian police and interior forces; the Georgian government considers the location a potential flashpoint. The Russian presence in the west continues, maintaining a level of ten [...]	2008-08-25 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1470	GEORGIA: SITREP 19: RESPONDING TO MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary. Tbilisi is formulating its official response to Russian President Medvedev's announcement that Russia would recognize the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and per DFM Vashadze, is looking for a strong reaction from the West (more details to be provided septel). [...]	2008-08-26 14:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1472	TFGG01: GEORGIA: REQUEST FOR STRONG WESTERN [...] (C) Georgian DFM Vashadze called in the German, French, UK and U.S. Ambassadors August 26. Although the meeting was called initially for the MFA to present a non-paper (faxed to EUR/CARC) regarding principles and objectives for resolution of the conflict, President Medvedev's announcement tha [...]	2008-08-27 04:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1474	GEORGIA: SITREP 20: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION SOBERS [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili sought to reassure the nation in an upbeat televised speech, but Russia's recognition of the breakaway regions has increased the pressure on the president and the nation. The situation in Akhalgori seems to have been resolved for the moment with Georgian t [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1481	CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS/IDPS [...] (C) Summary. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ - 4) had separate meetings with Patriarch Ilia II, Human Rights Watch (HRW),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to discuss human rights issues and the IDP situation in Georgia the week of August 18. The Patriarch, HRW, and the I [...]	2008-08-29 05:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08TBILISI1482	GEORGIA: SITREP 21: PARLIAMENT SAYS ALL RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 28, the Georgian Parliament adopted a resolution that declared Abkhazia and South Ossetia "territories occupied by the Russian Federation"; appeared to nullify the legal basis for any Russian forces, including peacekeepers, to be on Georgian territory; and urged the g [...]	2008-08-29 11:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1496	GEORGIA: SITREP 22: HUMAN CHAIN SHOWS GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary. On September 1 as many as 1.5 million Georgians rallied across the country to express national unity and opposition to Russia's actions. The OSCE did not observe any confrontations or movements, but did see the presence of heavy vehicles in an ethnically Georgian village southw [...]	2008-09-02 13:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1506	GEORGIA: SITREP 23: DOMESTIC POLITICIANS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 2 ruling party and opposition politicians met to find a way forward on the domestic political front that will maintain national unity while ensuring the opposition's concerns are not lost. The government sees next steps on the conflicts as the withdrawal of Russian [...]	2008-09-03 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1513	GEORGIA: SITREP 24: GEORGIANS WELCOME VICE [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili warmly welcomed Vice President Cheney to Georgia, with the visit receiving extensive local coverage. The September 3 announcement of a one-billion-dollar U.S. aid package was also well received, with some calling it a Marshall Plan for Georgia. The OSCE w [...]	2008-09-04 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1514	SENATOR CORKER SURVEYS DAMAGE IN GORI [...] (SBU) Senator Robert Corker (R-TN) traveled to Gori August 30, visiting an IDP center and meeting with various GOG officials to survey damage and assess the impact of the Russian invasion and occupation of Georgia. Governor Lado Vardzelashvili explained that the resettlement of Gori is on s [...]	2008-09-05 05:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08TBILISI1522	CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN GEORGIA MERIT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In advance of S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's September 8-11 visit to Georgia, the Embassy has compiled a preliminary list of the many reports we have received of "ethnic cleansing" and accusations of "war crimes" that have taken place in the conflict zones and areas [...]	2008-09-05 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI1523	GEORGIA: SITREP 25: NO CONFIRMATION OF AN ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG has been unable to confirm press reports of a wall planned by Abkhaz "authorities" along the administrative border. The OSCE was finally allowed to patrol north of Russian checkpoints and came within four km of Tskhinvali, but was again refused access to Akhalgori. Polit [...]	2008-09-05 15:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1525	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT STABLE BUT THREATS LOOM [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Russia's public push to force regime change in Georgia may have failed in the short term, but judging by continued public statements critical of President Saakashvili, a longer-term strategy of eroding support for Saakashvili by weakening the economy appears to be in [...]	2008-09-08 05:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL GG
08TBILISI1527	GEORGIA: SITREP 26: STORIES ABOUND IN ABKHAZIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Stories persist of Abkhaz plans to construct a wall along the border, but UNOMIG observers have discovered only limited evidence. Villagers are also reporting rumors of Abkhaz plans for Russian passports, conscription, and compulsory use of the Abkhaz language in schools. Th [...]	2008-09-08 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1530	GEORGIA: SITREP 27: SARKOZY IN TBILISI, OSCE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian General Kulakhmetov canceled a September 8 meeting with OSCE to discuss access beyond Russian checkpoints. Opposition leader Shalva Natelashvili called for the resignation of the current Georgian leadership. The two Polish television news crew members detained on Sep [...]	2008-09-09 12:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1550	GEORGIA: SITREP 28: GEORGIAN POLICEMAN KILLED AT [...] (C) Summary. A Georgian police officer was shot while manning his regular post in Karaleti, reportedly by an Ossetian irregular according to the Interior Ministry. Russian vehicles and South Ossetian militias seem to have begun withdrawing from positions inside Georgia proper on a limited ba [...]	2008-09-10 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1554	GEORGIA: SITREP 29: UN ASSISTANCE CONVOY GAINS [...] (C) Summary. The UN announced that a humanitarian assistance convoy was allowed to pass the Georgian checkpoint at Karaleti September 11, delivering four tons of assistance to the Georgian village of Patara Garadjivari. Georgia's Reintegration Minister formally announced a freeze on develop [...]	2008-09-11 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1571	GEORGIA: SITREP 30: OSSETIANS REFUSE ACCESS TO OSCE [...] (C) Summary. Russian forces allowed OSCE monitors past checkpoints outside Akhalgori, but an Ossetian checkpoint did not allow the OSCE into Akhalgori. This raises questions about the prospects for South Ossetian cooperation with OSCE and EU monitors in the future. A special letter has been [...]	2008-09-12 15:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1595	INSIDE GEORGIA'S MINISTRY FOR REINTEGRATION - NO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a September 9 meeting with poloffs, Deputy Minister for Reintegration David Rakviashvili provided both the Ministry's and his own personal insights on Georgia's strategy on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Rakviashvili's comments suggested the government does not yet h [...]	2008-09-16 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1596	GEORGIA: SITREP 32: RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG observers reported a Russian propaganda campaign in Abkhazia. OSCE observers said that they have access to the Russian "buffer zone," but still have no access beyond the former administrative border into South Ossetia (with the exception of Mission Head Hakala's Septembe [...]	2008-09-16 15:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1603	REQUEST FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN GEORGIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) During the August 2008 conflict between Russian and Georgia, Russian air and ground forces inflicted significant damage to the military and coast guard side of the port in Poti. Several vessels were attacked by Russian air [...]	2008-09-18 05:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PARM GG
08TBILISI1608	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (C) Introduction and Comment: Tbilisi Mayor and Saakashvili insider Gigi Ugulava told the Ambassador that polling data indicates that Saakashvili and his Government enjoy broad public support, but noted that the Government needed to use the next 12-18 months to focus on rehabilitation and reco [...]	2008-09-19 07:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1620	GEORGIA: YOUR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI [...] (C) In your meeting with President Saakashvili on the margins of the UN General Assembly you will find a leader who is newly focused on the concept of strategic patience. He is circling his wagons around several key objectives: reconstruction of damaged infrastructure and Georgia's economy; [...]	2008-09-22 05:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI164	GEORGIA'S ANNUAL NATO ASSESSMENT: ON BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: On January 31, NATO International Staff (IS) briefed NATO Ambassadors and Defense Attaches in Tbilisi on the highlights of their latest assessment of Georgia's International Partnership Action Plan (IPAP),the draft of which would be circulated to NATO Allies in Brussels by mid- [...]	2008-02-01 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1689	RUSSIAN CHECKPOINTS STILL PRESENT, POTENTIALLY [...] (C) Summary and comment. According to the Georgian National Security Council (NSC),13 Russian checkpoints remain on undisputed Georgian territory as of September 23 -- 6 in western Georgia and 7 in the east, outside South Ossetia, along with 1 supply base in the west and 1 communications cen [...]	2008-09-24 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TBILISI1751	GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...]	2008-09-25 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI179	DAS BRYZA'S 19 JANUARY MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told DAS Matthew Bryza at a 19 January meeting that Georgia still hopes to achieve a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the upcoming Bucharest NATO summit. Kezerashvili argued that failure to meet this goal before the spring 2008 Georgian [...]	2008-02-04 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI1793	GEORGIA: VIOLENT INCIDENTS UNDERSCORE FRAGILITY; [...] (C) Summary and comment. Three incidents on September 25 -- a car bombing in Sukhumi that caused damage to buildings, but no injuries, a landmine explosion outside Tskhinvali that killed a 13-year-old boy, and the shooting of a construction worker on the main road between Tbilisi and Gori -- [...]	2008-09-26 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TBILISI1810	EU MONITORS ARRIVE IN GEORGIA, PREPARE TO DEPLOY [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. At least 200 monitors will be in Georgia by September 30 and will start work October 1. The headquarters will be in Tbilisi, with satellite offices in Poti (30-40 observers),Zugdidi and Gori (70 monitors each) and a 25-member rapid-reaction force based in Tbilisi. [...]	2008-09-29 15:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TBILISI183	DAS BRYZA MEETS ELECTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador met with Elections Task Force Members MP Nino Nakashidze, and D/MOIA Eka Zguladze, as well as with key Saakashvili insider MP Giga Bokeria and UNM Spokesman David Bakradze on leave from his position as Minister of Conflict Resolu [...]	2008-02-05 09:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1833	GEORGIA: HEAD OF EU MONITORING MISSION GIVES [...] (C) Summary and comment. On October 2, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, Ambassador Hansjorg Haber, informed diplomatic colleagues about the mission and its plans. Although all 225 civilian monitors are in place, the mission expects all 127 support staff will arrive only by the e [...]	2008-10-02 15:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI1834	ARMENIANS IN SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI EXPRESS SOLIDARITY [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's September 10-11 trip to the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, the president's representative to the region and local officials in Akhalkalaki expressed their solidarity with the federal government against Russian aggression. They said there we [...]	2008-10-03 05:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1845	GEORGIA NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT ARRIA IN EXCHANGE [...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili told the Ambassador October 3 that Georgia was opposed to inviting de facto Abkhaz and South Ossetian authorities to New York for an Arria-style meeting in exchange for the renewal of UNOMIG. She also asked for United States assistance in convin [...]	2008-10-06 10:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PREL RU GG

08TBILISI186	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S JANUARY 20 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: During his January 20 visit to Tbilisi, Georgia for the inauguration of President Mikheil Saakashvili, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, at Masimov's request. Masimov told the Secretary he is ready to come to the Unit [...]	2008-02-05 12:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG GG KZ
08TBILISI1862	GEORGIA: UPDATE ON THE CURRENT RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Although the Russian Embassy in Georgia officially closed on September 3, 2008, a fairly sizable Russian diplomatic presence remains in Tbilisi. According to press reports, only the Russian consul, two vice-consuls, and a small technical staff have remained behind. There is actually a m [...]	2008-10-07 15:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CVIS RU GG
08TBILISI1868	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN FORCES WITHDRAW [...] (C) Summary and comment. Multiple sources confirm Russian forces withdrew from nearly all remaining posts on undisputed Georgian territory on October 8, two days before the deadline. Russian military and local Georgian officials signed documents transferring the points outside Abkhazia back [...]	2008-10-08 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI188	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most politically significant period in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the OSCE and the Council of Europe to be the most competitive in [...]	2008-02-05 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP GG
08TBILISI1888	GEORGIA: EU OBSERVER MISSION DISCUSSES POST [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: European Monitoring Mission Head (EUMM) Hansjoerg Haber briefed Ambassadors on October 9 that Russian forces had withdrawn to positions outsid of Georgia proper. Several controversial observation posts remain, with competing claims regarding in which territor [...]	2008-10-10 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1890	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT REVIEWS MAESTRO LICENSE, [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Bakradze announced October 10 that the Parliament would modify the nature of the license for the radio station Maestro to enable it to broadcast political talk shows. Maestro, whose request to expand its entertainment broadcasting to include political pro [...]	2008-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI19	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/04/2008 [...] (U) On January 4, DCM, the diplomatic community, and ODIHR's Ambassador Boden, met with opposition members Levan Gachechiladze, United Opposition Candidate, Tina Khidasheli, Republican Party, Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's Way, and Kakha Kukava, Conservative Party. The tone of the candidat [...]	2008-01-04 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI190	GEORGIA'S ECONOMY HOLDS ITS BREATH AS 2008 BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia's GDP grew an estimated 12 percent in 2007, while inflation was reported at 11 percent for the year. Growth was based on increasing inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. Because political turmoil has caused foreign investors to hesitate, although [...]	2008-02-06 04:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI195	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo and the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely dominate your meeting with President Saakashvili at the Wehrkunde conference. Kosovo is nearly certain to be the first issue on Saakashvili's agenda, as he seeks more information about the timing of an independence decl [...]	2008-02-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1982	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED VISITS GORI, CHECKPOINTS [...] (C) Begin Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and the Ambassador visited the Gori Field Office of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM),which conducts patrols to the south and southwest of South Ossetia, October 19. So far, the EUMM has been denied access into South Ossetia [...]	2008-10-24 10:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1985	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED MEETS OPPOSITION, BOTH INSIDE [...] (C) Begin Summary: On October 20, Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Ambassador Tefft met with Georgian opposition parliamentarians. The MPs told Fried they were working to help the country through its post-invasion recovery and were pursuing democratic reforms. The group spoke about the A [...]	2008-10-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1987	GEORGIA: IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: GEORGIANS [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from September 23 to October 1, showed that the August war with Russia dominated the national mood. IRI said the poll showed that Georgians believed that Russian aggression wa [...]	2008-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1988	GEORGIA: LACK OF ACCESS KEEPS HOTSPOTS HOT [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgia has so far avoided major provocations since Russian troops withdrew from most undisputed Georgian territory, but several potential sources of friction remain. Among them are Akhalgori; ongoing tension along the administrative boundaries of South Ossetia and [...]	2008-10-24 15:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI199	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]	2008-02-07 05:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2016	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...]	2008-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2017	GEORGIA: RED CROSS STAFF MEMBER SHARES [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: A Tbilisi-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member shared her observations about IDPs and GoG efforts to address their situation with Poloff during an October 22 meeting. ICRC is currently the only international organizations that has [...]	2008-10-30 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2018	GEORGIA: LOW TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR NOVEMBER 3 ELECTIONS IN [...] Summary and comment: On November 3 elections will be held for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, which is institutionally an important component of Adjara's autonomy but a plays a minimal national role. By-elections for the national Parliament will also take place in two [...]	2008-10-30 17:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2022	GEORGIA: BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Sumary: Business Executives for National Security (BENS),a nonpartisan organization of senior private-sector representatives, visited Tbilisi October 19-21, accompanied by the Deputy European Commander (EUCOM) Vice Admiral Gallagher and EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Katherine Canavan. The v [...]	2008-10-31 09:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI204	DAS BRYZA MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with DAS Bryza and Ambassador, representatives of civil society discussed the problems of the Presidential election and what impact it would have on Saakashvili's second term. The group was divided on whether Saakashvili won in the first round. Many thought that a [...]	2008-02-07 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG KDEM PHUM
08TBILISI2050	GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS TO FORMALIZE ARRANGEMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) has made some progress in expanding its reach and effectiveness by making initial contact with Russian and South Ossetian authorities, increasing its patrols, and initiating discussions with Georgian authorities on an agreement to pro [...]	2008-11-04 10:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2053	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA: VIOLENCE CONTINUES, TROOPS DIG [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two disturbing trends have emerged in Abkhazia in recent weeks. Abkhaz and Russian forces have taken steps to establish firmer control over the administrative boundary, such as reducing crossing points, extending trenches and limiting cooperation with UNOMIG. De fac [...]	2008-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI207	SCENESETTER FOR GEO MINDEF DAVIT KEZERASHVILI [...] (C//NF) Summary: Continued U.S. support for Georgia's NATO aspirations and mil-mil cooperation will likely dominate your meeting with Minister of Defense Kezerashvili. The development and reform of the Georgian Armed Forces into a NATO interoperable force is part of the foundation for a Geo [...]	2008-02-08 04:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2071	GEORGIA: LAW ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary and comment. The "Law of Georgia on the Occupied Territories" was formally published with President Saakashvili's signature October 30. Georgian parliamentarians and staff described the law as a response to Russian aggression and an effort to prevent degradation of Georgian terri [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2072	GEORGIA: POLITICIZATION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER [...] (C) Begin Summary: Since November 2007, Public Defender Sozar Subari's statements have steadily become more politically charged, leading both the international community and his own staff to question his objectivity. As Georgia's Public Defender and Human Rights Ombudsman, Subari was appoi [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2085	GEORGIA: GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON REMOVAL OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: In spite of the August conflict and loss of official Georgian access to the Abkhazia separatist region, MFA officials continue to seek U.S. assistance to develop a plan to remove four high-level radioactive [...]	2008-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG GR
08TBILISI2107	GEORGIA: CHANGES AT THE BORDER POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: General Zaza Gogava, former Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces at the Ministry of Defense, was appointed Chairman of the Georgian Border Police on November 4, following the resignation of Badri Bitsadze. This new position is widely seen as a demotion for G [...]	2008-11-12 05:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KSTC KNNP GG
08TBILISI2111	GEORGIA: ARRIVAL OF OSSETIAN FORCES WORSENS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Ossetian forces now control the primary checkpoint south of the village of Perevi, Russian forces have established a new checkpoint north of the village, and as many as 200 villagers may have fled. International organizations have been unable to gain access to the vil [...]	2008-11-13 05:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2117	GEORGIA: EFFECTS OF WAR CHALLENGE PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Following November 3 elections for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in southwestern Georgia (ref A),Poloff met local officials and the Turkish Consul. The region was recovering from lost tourism revenues as a result of the August war with Russia. L [...]	2008-11-13 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU GG
08TBILISI2118	GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS CHANGES TO PROPOSED INFO [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In a November 12 meeting, European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Head Hansjoerg Haber told the Ambassador he is seeking additional modifications to the proposed Exchange of Information Agreement which is pending signature between the EUMM and the Georgian De [...]	2008-11-13 14:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2120	GEORGIA: GOG OUTLINES ITS VISION FOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The Government of Georgia recently released a document laying out a variety of political reforms currently underway in order to improve democracy and pluralism in Georgia. The document also acknowledges the mistakes the government made in its use of force to quell the [...]	2008-11-13 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2121	GEORGIA: GOG OUTLINES ITS VISION FOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The Government of Georgia recently released a document laying out a variety of political reforms currently underway in order to improve democracy and pluralism in Georgia. The document also acknowledges the mistakes the government made in its use of force to quell the [...]	2008-11-14 05:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2172	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED ON NEXT STEP [...] (C) As requested by the Department (se ref A),on November 21, PolOffs and Brent Eastman (ISN/WDMT) called on Giorgi Dolidze, MFA's Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department, and Nestan Bejanishvili, Third Secretary of the same department. They informed D [...]	2008-11-21 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GR GG
08TBILISI2173	GEORGIA: TV NEWS MARKET LACKING BUT IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Access to television airtime has long been a source of opposition dissatisfaction with President Saakashvili and the GOG. While there is substantial evidence that the playing field is not level between the government and the opposition on the televised airwaves, the [...]	2008-11-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2174	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA, TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two recent encounters with the Abkhaz de facto leadership produced two different perspectives on the current Abkhaz outlook. UN Special Representative Verbeke concluded that the Abkhaz realize they have burned their bridges with most of the international community a [...]	2008-11-21 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2176	GEORGIA: SERIOUS INCIDENTS, FATALITIES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Recent weeks have seen an increase in the number and severity of boundary-line incidents, including several fatalities. The one exception is Perevi, where the withdrawal of Ossetian forces reduced tensions -- although Russian forces still occupy a checkpoint outside [...]	2008-11-24 05:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2189	GEORGIA: UNITED OPPOSITION SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: David Gamkrelidze (New Rights) provided poloffs with a view about the future of his party and hinted about that he would leave the united opposition soon. Gamkrelidze confirmed that he is working closely with David Usupashvili (Republicans) to form a new coalition, build [...]	2008-11-24 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2190	GEORGIA SIGNS 5 YEAR MOU FOR GAS WITH SOCAR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: After months of discussion, the Georgian government signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SOCAR, the Azerbaijani state oil and gas company, to provide natural gas to Georgia. The agreement will, in principle, take effect on January 1, 2009 follow [...]	2008-11-24 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU AZ GG
08TBILISI2191	GEORGIA: FORMER SPEAKER BURJANADZE LAUNCHES NEW [...] (C) Summary. On the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution, former Speaker of the Parliament Nino Burjanadze (and twice interim President of Georgia) officially launched her new political party "Democratic Movement United Georgia" in a packed basketball arena of 1800 supporters. In [...]	2008-11-24 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2192	GEORGIA QUIETLY MARKS ROSE REVOLUTION'S FIFTH [...] (U) On November 23, the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution, the Government held a party and concert to commemorate the occasion. The Ambassador attended both events Only a small number of foreign dignitaries attended the events, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, UK Speci [...]	2008-11-24 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2193	GEORGIA: SHOOTING NEAR PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY [...] (C) Summary and comment. While observing Russian and Ossetian checkpoints on the edge of South Ossetia, Georgian President Saakashvili and Polish President Kaczynski heard gunfire from a seeming short distance away and quickly departed from the area. No one was injured. The motorcade was at [...]	2008-11-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG
08TBILISI2203	GEORGIA: DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SHOOTING NEAR [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. A more comprehensive readout of the November 23 incident at the South Ossetian administrative boundary (see reftel) indicates the motorcade went right up to a combined Russian/Ossetian checkpoint on the administrative boundary of South Ossetia, and the presidents t [...]	2008-11-25 14:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG
08TBILISI2212	GEORGIA: RECENT ARRESTS SHOW PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Joint cooperation between the USG and the Georgian government has improved Georgia's ability to prevent nuclear smuggling. One area in which the government of Georgia continues to improve is the investigation of nuclear smuggling cases and the prosecution of traff [...]	2008-11-26 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2213	GEORGIA: DEPUTY FM SAYS OSSETIANS FIRED AT [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria told the diplomatic corps November 26 that South Ossetian de facto spokesperson Irina Gagloyeva noted on the record that Ossetian forces had fired upon the Georgian and Polish Presidents on November 23 (reftel). The interview with Gagloyeva appeared [...]	2008-11-26 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI2219	GEORGIA: FORMER SAAKASHVILI ALLY ACCUSES TBILISI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a November 25 appearance before the Parliamentary Commission Investigating the August Conflict, former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili publicly stated his views that Georgia's leaders wanted conflict with Russia and that the United States gave [...]	2008-11-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI2225	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI TAKES HIS CASE PUBLIC, MAKES [...] (U) Begin Summary: In an unprecedented development in modern Georgian history, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili voluntarily testified on November 28 in front of Parliament's "Ad Hoc Commission Investigating the August events and Russia's invasion." The country watched on live TV as t [...]	2008-12-01 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2229	GEORGIA: HALO TRUST CONTINUES TO CLEAR THE LAND [...] (C) Summary. The HALO Trust, a British Demining/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance NGO conducted an emergency ERW survey of Georgia, and is engaged in Battle Area Clearance (BAC) training, clearance operations, and mine/Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) risk education projects in Abkhazia and [...]	2008-12-02 12:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2254	GEORGIAN LEADERS HAIL NATO MINISTERIAL AS SUCCESS, [...] (U) Georgian government officials hailed this week's NATO Ministerial in Brussels as a victory for Georgia. They said the decision to intensify cooperation between Tbilisi and NATO and invigorate the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) would play a central role in moving Georgia toward membership. [...]	2008-12-08 05:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI2268	GEORGIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE TRIGGERED BY ALASANIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mgaloblishvili announced a cabinet reshuffle on December 6 almost immediately following the news that Irakli Alasania, Georgia's former Ambassador to the UN, had resigned. Grigol Vashadze, current Minister of Culture and former Deputy Foreign Minister, was named t [...]	2008-12-08 12:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2269	GEORGIA: IMPOSSIBLE TO GOVERN WITHOUT GOD AND BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church is a inherent part of Georgian society and for many, defines what it is to be Georgian. For those who are not ethnic Georgian, this close association threatens disenfranchisement. Most Georgians, even if not fervent parishioners, would not openly [...]	2008-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI227	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE February 8 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of January 26-February 8. New Governors Appointed ----------------------- 2. On February 4, President Saakashvili replaced three regional governors. Ramaz Nikoleishvili, the f [...]	2008-02-08 14:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI2271	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA SITUATION UNTENABLE [...] (C) Summary and comment. During December 2-3 meetings in Zugdidi, government officials, EUMM and UNOMIG monitors, and NGO representatives all told the Ambassador that the security situation in and outside Abkhazia is precarious, with frequent violent incidents and provocations. Georgian poli [...]	2008-12-08 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2292	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP ROLLS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Cabinet shakeup continues with three new Ministers named December 9. The second shakeup follows the initial Cabinet changes announced on December 5 subsequent to Irakli Alasania's resignation as Ambassador to the UN and presumed return to Georgia to enter politics. Current [...]	2008-12-09 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2302	GEORGIA: MOIA UPDATES IDP HOUSING STATUS [...] (C) Begin Summary: On December 9, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili briefed members of the diplomatic community that internally displaced ersons (IDP) from South Ossetia and the Upper Kodori in Abkhazia would have homes or will receive compensation to repair existing home [...]	2008-12-09 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2303	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation of and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and no international monitors have had access [...]	2008-12-09 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2378	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE TBILISI VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and international monitors do not have access to So [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2399	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS PROPOSE NEW [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Parliamentary minority faction Christian-Democrats (CDM) have presented a plan for a new national security initiative, including a new structure for the national security council. The initiative is intended to address the problems identified in the aftermath of Geor [...]	2008-12-15 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2413	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN FORCES RE-ENTER PEREVI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Russian forces once again control the checkpoint at Perevi. After dismantling the checkpoint and withdrawing on December 11, Russian spetsnaz forces returned on December 13 after Georgian Ministry of Internal Police (MOIA) police, and later MOIA special forces, moved [...]	2008-12-17 15:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2420	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PREVIEWS FINDINGS [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the ad-hoc of the Parliamentary Commission ("Commission") to look into events during and preceding the August war between Georgia and Russia, Paata Davitaia (Leader of "We Ourselves" Parliamentary Opposition),briefed the Diplomatic Corps December 17 on the upcom [...]	2008-12-18 12:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2426	GEORGIA: GAS PIPELINE TO TSKHINVALI SERIOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Oil and Gas Company (GOGC) cannot resume the movement of gas to South Ossetia until unexploded ordnance is cleared and GOGC is given access to repair the gas pipeline which runs from Agara to Tskhinvali and on to Java. GOGC has already repaired all the damage to [...]	2008-12-19 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2438	GEORGIAN PATRIARCH ON CHURCH DISPUTE WITH ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Ambassador raised the ongoing dispute over Norashen church in Tbilisi with Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II on December 22. The Georgian Patriarch seemed open and willing to resolve contentious issues and noted the Georgian priest who was involved in moving graveston [...]	2008-12-22 13:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR GG
08TBILISI2439	GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT ENDORSES INVESTIGATORY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous vote of 88 to none on December 19, Georgia's Parliament formally endorsed the report and conclusion presented by the ad-hoc Committee to Investigate August Events (ref A). Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze spoke highly of the Committee's work. Opposition Vice- [...]	2008-12-22 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI2440	GEORGIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) BEGIN TEXT. Georgia has granted blanket over flight clearance to all U.S. military aircraft engaged in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Georgia contributed over 2,000 troops to counterterrorism efforts in Iraq and became a contributing nation to the International Security Assistance F [...]	2008-12-23 05:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ACEC
08TBILISI2458	GEORGIA: MILITARY MOVES FROM ABKHAZIA ON THE [...] (C) Summary and comment. The chilly winter air in Georgia is rife with rumors that the Abkhaz and Russians are planning military action in the near future, possibly to annex undisputed Georgian territory north of the Enguri River and establish the river as the "border." Facts on the ground [...]	2008-12-23 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2459	TBILISI: PATRIARCH'S TAKE ON MOSCOW MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II discussed his recent meeting in Moscow with Russian President Medvedev the current situation in Abkhazia, and the likely successor of Patriarch Alexei II. Ilia II expressed his desire to serve a positi [...]	2008-12-23 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
08TBILISI246	REINTEGRATION MINISTER YAKOBASHVILI EAGER TO TRY [...] (C) New State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili has thus far managed to retain the penchant for provocative thinking and creative ideas that he exhibited in his years as an NGO leader. In a February 8 meeting with DCM, Yakobashvili detailed some of the ideas he has been discussin [...]	2008-02-12 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2482	GEORGIA: ALASANIA SPEAKS BUT SAYS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first public statement since his resignation, former Georgian Ambassador to the UN and newest opposition figure, Irakli Alasania, addressed the Georgian media on December 24th. His long anticipated "announcement" consisted largely of common opposition criticisms of Pre [...]	2008-12-30 10:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI249	OPPOSITION OLIGARCH PATARKATSISHVILI DEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 13 news broke in Georgia that Georgian oligarch and opposition figure Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili died in London. He was 52 years of age. Patarkatsishvili's Tbilisi-based lawyer, Shalva Khachapuridze, confirmed the news. The reported cause of death is a heart [...]	2008-02-13 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2492	IMPACT OF CLOSING THE OSCE MISSION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. The OSCE Mission to Georgia offers the international community several unique tools in monitoring and facilitating Georgia's democratic, secure and prosperous development. As a monitoring mission, it provides information on the situation on the ground, with a special [...]	2008-12-30 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2493	GEORGIA: SOCAR PURCHASES 22 OF GEORGIA'S INTERNAL [...] (C) The Georgian Government has sold 22 regional natural gas distribution companies to the Azerbaijani State Oil and Gas Company SOCAR. Georgia had originally pledged to sell a number of its natural gas delivery systems to SOCAR during negotiations with Azerbaijan in November that resulted i [...]	2008-12-30 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AZ GG
08TBILISI2495	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA INCIDENTS: LESS FATAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Although the area around South Ossetia has not seen any conflict-related fatalities since November 17, several recent incidents have caused injuries and shown a brazen attitude by the South Ossetian or Russian perpetrators. Georgian Interior Ministry forces have been the target [...]	2008-12-30 14:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2498	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) New Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze's first visit to the United States will be an auspicious one, featuring the signing of the US-Georgian Charter on Strategic Partnership. The Georgian government is enthusiastic about the content and timing of the Charter, viewing it as a majo [...]	2008-12-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI262	HOW MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN GEORGIANS AND ABKHAZ IN [...] (C) The convergence of several developments -- the apparently increasing anger of the Abkhaz de facto leadership, the strong focus on engagement by new Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Yakobashvili, and most of all the coincidence of timing with the Kosovo decision -- makes for a deci [...]	2008-02-15 12:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN GG
08TBILISI277	GEORGIA RESPONDS TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, most Georgian leaders, from President Saakashvili to the Patriarch, stated publicly that Kosovo does not constitute a precedent that can be followed by other breakaway regions, including Abkhazia and South [...]	2008-02-19 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI343	GEORGIA AND RUSSIA CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS TO BREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Economic Development Tamara Kovsiridze on February 26. Kovsiridze said an agreement has been reached in principle with the Russians to allow Georgian officials to staff border crossings between Russia and Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhaz [...]	2008-02-29 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
08TBILISI346	CODEL PRICE MEETS GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 23-24 members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) visited Tbilisi to support democratic reform and fair elections. CODEL Price met with ruling National Movement MPs and Parliament staff over dinner and, on February 24, met with opposition leaders fr [...]	2008-02-29 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM GG
08TBILISI35	SENATOR LUGAR'S JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH MIKHEIL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 refueling stop in Tbilisi, Senator Richard Lugar met with Mikheil Saakashvili and Acting President Nino Burjanadze. Although Saakashvili's re-election as President of Georgia has not yet been confirmed, acting President Nino Burjanadze clearly deferred to his [...]	2008-01-10 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG MARR GG
08TBILISI37	ALL ELECTIONS ALL THE TIME: PAS-TBILISI GOES ALL OUT IN [...] Summary. On November 8, in an effort to resolve a growing political crisis in the country, President Saakashvili proposed snap presidential elections for January 5. PAS-Tbilisi sat down as a section to brainstorm and develop a robust series of public diplomacy programs to support the electio [...]	2008-01-10 15:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI384	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 7 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 23-March 7. New Board for Public Broadcaster -------------------------------- 2. On February 26, the Georgian Parliament approved the new composition of the Supervi [...]	2008-03-07 11:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI385	EX-DEFENSE MINISTER OKRUASHVILI ATTACKS PRESIDENT [...] On March 6, Georgian pro-opposition television station Kavkasia aired an interview with ex-Defense Minister of Georgia Irakli Okruashvili, leader of the opposition political party Movement for United Georgia. The interview was recorded in Paris, where Okruashvili is under home-arrest awaiting [...]	2008-03-07 12:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO GG
08TBILISI387	GEORGIA MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BTC PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgian Minister of Energy Aleko Khetaguri on February 27. Khetaguri told the Ambassador that Georgia is not willing to approve expansion of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline until it receives an explanation of BP's plans for re-opening the Baku-Supsa [...]	2008-03-07 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI388	GEORGIA STRONGLY PROTESTS RUSSIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of March 6, President Saakashvili told the Ambassador that Russia had unilaterally announced its withdrawal from the 1996 Decision by CIS member states to impose sanctions against Abkhazia. Saakashvili condemned the action, which he believed would lead to the R [...]	2008-03-07 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI403	RULING PARTY AGAINST CHANGING ELECTORAL SYSTEM, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other Embassy officials raised the issue of the newly proposed Parliamentary electoral system with key MPs on March 11. Speaker Burjanadze told Ambassador Tefft that some in the opposition are now calling for a return to the "winner-take-all" system, although [...]	2008-03-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI42	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 52.21 percent. The nearest challenger, Levan Gachechiladze had 25.26 percent. On January 11, Irina Sarishvili, presidential candidate [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI437	IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: NEW PUBLIC OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from February 19-27, shows more optimism about the future than was seen in September 2007 (reftel). More people said the country is going in the right direction than in Septem [...]	2008-03-14 13:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI483	SOUTH OSSETIANS AGAIN BLOCK WORK OF OSCE [...] (SBU) OSCE officials have described to us how representatives of the South Ossetian de facto army and de facto intelligence service stopped an OSCE/UN team March 19 and confiscated cameras and video equipment. OSCE intends to send a letter to de facto officials to protest this interference, w [...]	2008-03-20 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
08TBILISI497	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 8-21. Okruashvili Asserts Control of Shrinking Party --------------------------------------------- - 2. On March 15, the political party United Georgia elected its most [...]	2008-03-21 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI516	MEETING WITH UNION OF KURDS OF GEORGIA [...] (SBU) On 25 March 2008, Poloff met with Vitali Nabiev (Anqosi),chairman of the NGO Union of Kurds of Georgia. Nabiev's organization represents the Georgian Kurdish Diaspora in Tbilisi (about 30,000 people mainly in the capital whom he described as Yesids) and Iraqi Kurds in Kurdistan. His pu [...]	2008-03-26 14:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI527	MAJOR IMPEDIMENTS REMAIN FOR IDPS SEEKING RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent Russian Foreign Ministry claims that a "majority" of ethnic Georgians have returned to Gali, nearly 230,000 of an estimated 270,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who fled Abkhazia during the 1992-3 war remain displaced and unable to return to their homes. S [...]	2008-03-28 11:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI567	GEORGIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO NATO SUMMIT OUTCOME [...] Although Georgia did not receive a Membership Action (MAP) at the NATO summit in Bucharest, top Georgian officials have lauded the results as a major success, pointing to language in the April 3 summit communique that Georgia and Ukraine "will become members of NATO." In a broadcast from Bucha [...]	2008-04-04 13:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI568	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 4 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 22-April 4. Transport Links with Russia Re-Opening -------------------------------------- 2. Russia's closure of air and sea links with Georgia -- in effect since Octo [...]	2008-04-04 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI589	INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY--RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the National Minorities Council of the Public Defender's Office hosted a roundtable in honor of International Roma Day. Representatives from government ministries and NGOs discussed information contained in the 2008 European Center for Minority Issue (ECMI) report which [...]	2008-04-10 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI590	GEORGIAN CONCERN OVER RUSSIA'S "CREEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of recent meetings with the Group of Friends of the Secretary General, Georgian government officials have expressed their strong concern that Russia continues to take steps to increase ties with the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In an April 8 m [...]	2008-04-10 14:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI614	GEORGIANS REMAIN CONCERNED OVER "CREEPING [...] (C) Summary: On April 11, Minister of Foreign Affairs David Bakradze called in Ambassador Tefft to express Georgia's disappointment with the U.S. decision not to support a Georgian intervention at the OSCE over a Russian request to negotiate the extradition of Russian prisoners in Abkhazia w [...]	2008-04-14 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI665	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 18 [...] (U) This cable contains current items of Political, Economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 4-18. New Director of Public TV ------------------------- 2. (U) Levan Kubaneishvili, the new Director of Public Television, is the former head of TBC Studios, a [...]	2008-04-18 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI67	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RESOLVING KOSOVO,S STATUS IN [...] (C) DCM delivered demarche as requested by reftel to Deputy Foreign Minister Gogi Manjgaladze on January 15. Manjgaladze welcomed the update on the anticipated process and timing for resolving Kosovo,s status. Manjgaladze said the MFA has not yet formulated a plan for how to respond to a Kos [...]	2008-01-17 07:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI68	GEORGIA: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] In response to ref A, post provides information on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in relation to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). This report combines input solicited from Georgian law enforcement officials, international organizat [...]	2008-01-17 09:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO GG
08TBILISI682	SOFT POWER RULES: A CASE STUDY FROM TBILISI IN COUNTERING [...] SUMMARY: Polls on U.S. policies, society, and values show support in the high 90%s in Georgia. But after Opposition politicians opportunistically introduced anti-American elements into public discourse this past winter, AmEmbassy Tbilisi re-calibrated its public diplomacy approach, including [...]	2008-04-22 12:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI692	TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - APRIL [...] (SBU) Tensions have increased during the past couple of weeks due to Russian provocative actions toward Georgia. In particular, the Russian President has directed ministries to begin working with de facto authorities in the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in violation of Geo [...]	2008-04-23 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GG
08TBILISI707	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE APRIL 24 [...] (U) Summary: On the evening of April 21, Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze surprised most of Georgia and announced that she would not seek re-election May 21. Foreign Minister Davit Bakradze took her place atop the ruling United National Movement's (UNM) party list. Her announcement was [...]	2008-04-24 15:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI712	SEEKING INDEPENDENCE, ABKHAZ GET CLOSER TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During an April 18-20 visit to Abkhazia, we found Abkhaz de facto officials in an uncompromising mood, reiterating that they will never agree to be reintegrated into the Georgian state nor permit return of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) under current conditions. They were pl [...]	2008-04-29 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG

08TBILISI713	SANAKOYEV'S HOPES AND FEARS FOR SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Dmitry Sanakoyev outlined for Washington and Embassy representatives April 21 his achievements in his first year as leader of the Georgian-recognized Temporary Administrative Unit of South Ossetia, and laid out his vision for a future in which young men in the region have other opportunitie [...]	2008-04-29 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI714	RUSSIA INCREASING NUMBER OF PEACEKEEPERS IN ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, the commander of the CIS peacekeeping forces in Abkhazia, Sergei Chaban, sent a letter to Georgian Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili informing him that the CIS PKF will increase the size of its peacekeeping contingent in the Abkhaz conflict zone. In the letter [...]	2008-04-29 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI718	GEORGIA REACTS TO RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPING INCREASE [...] (C) On April 29, acting Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told ambassadors and charges from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, and the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) that the increase in strength of the Russian peacekeeping force was the latest in a series of Russian steps intended to d [...]	2008-04-30 13:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI720	GEORGIA FREEZES NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA ON WTO [...] (C) On April 28 the GOG issued a statement to the members of the working party on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) wherein it announced that it is temporarily halting its bilateral negotiations with Russia until Russia rescinds the instructions issu [...]	2008-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
08TBILISI724	STATE MINISTER YAKOBASHVILI ON THE ABKHAZIA CRISIS [...] (C) State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili summarized his view of the situation in Abkhazia in a meeting with DCM on May 1, 2008, before departing on a tour of European capitals to build support for the Georgian peace initiative and discuss ideas for implementing it. Yakobashvil [...]	2008-05-01 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI726	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 1 [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the United National Movement's (UNM) pollster told the Ambassador that the UNM is polling around 57 percent among likely voters in the May 21 election. This will likely result in another UNM constitutional majority. He expects at least three other opposition parties [...]	2008-05-01 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI741	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES [...] Summary: Food price inflation was 14 percent in 2007 in Georgia. Higher food prices make meeting calorie intake needs more difficult for many Georgians, especially those living in poverty. The government does not subsidize agriculture, other than to provide some equipment that can be rented [...]	2008-05-02 14:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV GG
08TBILISI743	REPUBLICANS COOL BUT RESIGNED TO NATIONAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Republican Party of Georgia, spoke on April 23 with EUR/CARC Director Paul Wohlers. Usupashvili regretted the decision of Nino Burjanadze not to run for a parliamentary seat because it sets up a confrontation between the radical wing of the Unit [...]	2008-05-02 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI749	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MAY 2 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 19-May 2. Two New Ministers, One New Deputy for Reintegration --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. Even before voters go to the polls, the May 21 par [...]	2008-05-05 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI750	RUSSIA COMPLETES PKF REINFORCEMENT, ABKHAZ CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: Russia completed its troop reinforcement of the (entirely Russian) CIS peacekeeping force over the weekend, bringing its total troop strength to somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 soldiers, the upper limit allowed under the 1994 CIS decision governing the PKF. According to Unite [...]	2008-05-05 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI753	INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP FINISHES INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Ministry of Defense announced on May 5 that the group of international experts has completed its investigation of the April 20 shootdown (reftel) of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The report has been cleared for release and will be presented to the Georg [...]	2008-05-06 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI754	GEORGIA WITHDRAWS FROM AIR DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 5 that Georgia was withdrawing from a 1995 Air Defense Cooperation Agreement with Russia. Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kutelia explained to the media that the 1995 treaty was politically and technically incompatible with [...]	2008-05-06 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI755	PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the towns of Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti May 1-2 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOS, press, local government officials and general populace in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliam [...]	2008-05-06 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI756	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: The environment surrounding Georgia's parliamentary election campaign degraded during the week. The Joint Opposition scuffled outside the Central Election Commission (CEC),while their youth wing did the same near the CEC Chairman's home. The Joint Opposition called for rallie [...]	2008-05-06 14:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI77	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most significant period of political uncertainty in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]	2008-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON GG
08TBILISI803	IAKOBASHVILI OUTLINES CIS PKF VIOLATIONS IN LETTER [...] Summary: On May 2, State Minister for Conflict Resolution Temur Iakobashvili sent a letter (faxed to EUR/CARC) to Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault, with copies to the Group of Friends, outlining Russian violations of various CIS agreements resulting from Ru [...]	2008-05-15 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI808	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH GEORGIA MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza met on May 9 in Tbilisi with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Eka Zguladze and the Head of the MOIA Analytical Department, Shota Utiashvili. On May 12, he met separately with Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili. Bryza [...]	2008-05-16 11:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI819	FOUR CIS PKF BRIEFLY DETAINED AFTER TRAFFIC [...] (C) Georgian media reported on May 18 that an armored vehicle from a CIS peacekeeping convoy hit a private vehicle while traveling to a PKF checkpoint on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Reports claimed that the Russian troops were reinforcements for existing peacekeepers stationed on [...]	2008-05-19 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI831	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH JOINT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador Tefft, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met three leaders of the Joint Opposition, MP David Gamkrelidze, Salome Zourabichvili, and MP Levan Gachechiladze. Gamkrelidze focused on current problems with the election process and [...]	2008-05-20 16:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI835	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH THE ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting in Abkhazia with DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Tefft, Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh left open the possibility for meeting with Georgian officials despite stating officially that the Abkhaz would not resume talks until Georgia removes its troops fr [...]	2008-05-21 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI844	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ABKHAZIA WITH SRSG ARNAULT [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with DAS Bryza, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault gave his assessment of the recent reinforcement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia, Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) overflights and the prospects for changing the neg [...]	2008-05-23 08:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI86	SAAKASHVILI'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: HITTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 20, President Saakashvili was sworn into his second term as President. After a close presidential election, Saakashvili's inaugural speech was infused with the theme of reconciliation -- with the opposition, among the various ethnic groups in Georgia, and with Russ [...]	2008-01-22 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI867	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER VISIT MAY 28-30, 2008 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes just on the heels of the May 21 Parliamentary elections, with Saakashvili's United National Movement easily obtaining a strong majority in the new Parliament. These elections are the culmination of domestic tensions which peaked last fall between the dominant [...]	2008-05-23 14:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP GG
08TBILISI901	PM GURGENIDZE: GEORGIA BUILDING "IDIOT-PROOF" [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told the American Chamber of Commerce on April 30 that Georgia is living proof that "supply side economics works". His speech to the group was essentially the same as he presents to potential investors at the "Invest in Georgia" conferences the gov [...]	2008-05-30 11:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI904	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH FM TKESHELASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with DAS Bryza, Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili expressed appreciation for the strong support from the United States in response to recent Russian actions in Abkhazia. She said it was clear that the Russian troops in Abkhazia were no longer performing a p [...]	2008-05-30 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI905	GEORGIAN PRESENTS ITS DEMANDS TO RUSSIA FOLLOWING [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze delivered a non-paper (faxed to EUR/CARC) outlining Georgia's planned response to Russia in the wake of the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) fact finding report on the April 20 shoot-down of [...]	2008-05-30 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI906	UNOMIG REPORT CONCLUDES RUSSIAN JET SHOT DOWN [...] Summary: On May 26, the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) released the results of its international fact finding team investigation into the April 20 downing of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Abkhazia (ref A). The report concluded that a Russian military jet, [...]	2008-05-30 13:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI907	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH REPUBLICAN USUPASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, the Ambassador, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met with Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili. Usupashvili said that democratic development is currently stalled. His prediction that Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze would lose po [...]	2008-05-30 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI909	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CEC CHAIRMAN TARKHNISHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC),Levan Tarkhnishvili. Noting recent threats of violence around the elections, Tarkhnishvili said he considers violent protests at district (DEC) and precinct (PEC) e [...]	2008-05-30 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI910	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH TARGAMADZE [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with Chairman of the new opposition Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) party, Giorgi Targamadze. Before the meeting, Targamadze briefed the Ambassador on Imedi TV's current status, saying that a dispute regarding government [...]	2008-05-30 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI920	400 RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE RAILWAY ENGINEERS [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, May 31, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze informed the Ambassador that ten trainloads of Russian construction troops had entered Abkhazia to begin reconstruction of the railroad at Dranda, north of Sukhumi. Russia did not notify the Georgian governme [...]	2008-06-02 12:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI922	BUILDING DEMOCRATIC CULTURE THROUGH SUPPORT OF GEORGIA'S [...] Summary and Context: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Tbilisi developed and executed a robust public diplomacy strategy to support Georgia's parliamentary elections on May 21, taking into account the challenging political environment with powerful domestic political tensions and a looming [...]	2008-06-02 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI923	DAS BRYZA VISIT WITH DEFENSE MINISTER KEZERASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, Georgian Defense Minister Kezerashvili and First Deputy Defense Minister Kutelia told DAS Bryza that they were very concerned by the build-up of Russian forces in Abkhazia, claiming that at least 600 of the forces that purported to be peacekeepers are actually paratroo [...]	2008-06-02 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KGOV RS GG
08TBILISI924	BOKERIA HARDLINE ON ELECTIONS AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister (and key Saakashvili insider) Giga Bokeria sounded a hard line on elections and Abkhazia. On elections, Bokeria attributed the ruling party's overwhelming win to the fact that opposition voters did not vote. He agreed with the [...]	2008-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI935	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Ambassador Tefft and EU Representative Peter Semneby met with leading members of Georgian civil society. During a wide ranging lunch discussion, they discussed the upcoming May 21 Parliamentary elections and the current tension in Abkhazia. Much of t [...]	2008-06-04 07:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI970	GEORGIA PREPARES TO OFFICIALLY CALL FOR [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Foreign Minister Tkeshalashvili provided the Ambassador on June 9 with a non-paper outlining the steps the Georgian government plans to take to replace the (all-Russian) CIS peacekeepers currently stationed in Abkhazia with an international police force. The paper state [...]	2008-06-10 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI972	2008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes. 2. A. Claimant A B. Year dispute arose: 2006. C. Case History: Claimant A and his partners purchased the shares of a company that owns a defunct garment factory in T [...]	2008-06-10 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC GG
08TELAVIV1010	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel's 60th Independence Day 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except the ultra-Orthodox papers, prominently and extensively covered, and commented on, events related to Israel's Memorial Day and 60th Independence D [...]	2008-05-07 10:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1051	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 10:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1053	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the Gaza cease-fire (tahdiya) deal is expected to take effect in a couple of days. Maariv reported that Defense Minister Barak durin [...]	2008-05-20 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1070	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading electronic media reported that today Israeli and Syrian representatives announced in Jerusalem, Damascus, and Ankara that their countries were engaged in indirect p [...]	2008-05-21 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1114	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1170	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted associates of PM Ehud Olmert as justifying his trip to Washington in spite of the political crisis, by saying that the security dialogue began by President [...]	2008-06-03 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV121	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in ref A, Embassy Blue Lantern officer and senior commercial specialist visited Astronautics C.A., Ltd.'s office in Petah Tikva, Israel on January 14 and met with Ground Systems and Business Development Manager Eli Avraham to discuss the proposed transaction covere [...]	2008-01-14 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
08TELAVIV1226	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 10:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV127	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1274	TEL AVIV OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Israel's status as a well-established democracy means that most of our public and media outreach on the Freedom Agenda is focused on promoting the functional integration of Israeli minorities -- particularly the Israeli-Arab community -- into the political system. As part of these efforts, th [...]	2008-06-16 07:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08TELAVIV1292	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended her sixth trip to the region this year, with no sign of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian track The paper quoted Israeli [...]	2008-06-17 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1346	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported (lead stories in the three main Hebrew-language stories) that the chief military rabbi, Brig. Gen. Avihai Ronsky, began deliberations yesterday on whether the soldiers ki [...]	2008-06-24 10:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1403	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1503	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. U.S. Presidential Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the renewed questioning by the police of PM Ehud Olmert today about the hundreds of thousands of dollars he allegedly received [...]	2008-07-11 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1560	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Hamas have not yet agreed to renew negotiations over Gilad Shalit's release, despite the completion of the Hizbullah prisoner swap and the relative quiet o [...]	2008-07-18 09:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV157	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1578	KNESSET SUBCOMITTEE ON COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN [...] (SBU) Chairperson Zahava Gal-On (Meretz) convened July 2 the Knesset subcommittee on Trafficking in Women for its annual hearing on the findings of the State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for 2007. Discussion focused on new developments in trafficking in women: specifically [...]	2008-07-23 04:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1696	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1743	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. China Olympics ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that a top Israeli defense official has told the daily that if Russia goes through with the sale of its most advanced anti-aircraft missile system to I [...]	2008-08-08 09:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1755	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Fighting in Georgia 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend almost all media led with the fighting in Georgia. Today Yediot bannered: "Russia's Iron Fist." Ha'aretz quoted Foreign Ministry officials as saying that Is [...]	2008-08-11 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1763	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Ehud Olmert has presented Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a detailed proposal for an agreement in principle on borders, refugees, and security arrangement [...]	2008-08-12 14:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1770	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the U.S. administration has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. A [...]	2008-08-13 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV178	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 11:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1792	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media repotted that yesterday Defense Minister Ehud Barak unleashed a fierce attacks against FM Tzipi Livni. He was quoted as saying: "The Foreign Minister, with her background as it i [...]	2008-08-14 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1814	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday Maariv listed security arrangements that Israel has drafted for any future final status arrangement with the Palestinians. The Israelis would like to submit this list and to hav [...]	2008-08-18 10:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1826	ISRAEL: MFA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, PolOff and Pol-MilOff met with several MFA officials to discuss the crisis in Georgia and Israel's response. In separate meetings, EmbOffs met Hillel Newman, FM Livni's chief policy advisor on Europe and Eurasia; Gary Koren, Director of the Eurasia Department; and [...]	2008-08-18 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG AJ IS
08TELAVIV1831	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Ehud Olmert is considering firing Defense Minister Ehud Barak for opposing the budget draft. Ha'aretz reported that clashes over the budget could bring down the [...]	2008-08-19 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1837	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Governance 2. Pakistan: Musharraf Resignation ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that PM Olmert sent a stern warning to Beirut yesterday, pledging that Israel would not restrain itself if Lebanon sanctioned a ne [...]	2008-08-20 10:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1844	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Islamic Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that in an atmosphere of heightened tensions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called PM Ehud Olmert yesterday to affirm the ties between the two c [...]	2008-08-21 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1870	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 10:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1878	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1958	ISRAEL: SEEKING INPUT ON U.S. PLANS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials are seeking input on U.S. plans on the ground in Georgia prior to their interagency examination of a resumption of Israeli military assistance to Georgia. At the same time, Israel is reviewing -- and has approved several -- requests from Tbilisi for military assista [...]	2008-08-27 13:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO RU GG IS
08TELAVIV1959	ISRAEL: SEEKING INPUT ON U.S. PLANS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials are seeking input on U.S. plans on the ground in Georgia prior to their interagency examination of a resumption of Israeli military assistance to Georgia. At the same time, Israel is reviewing -- and has approved several -- requests from Tbilisi for military assista [...]	2008-08-27 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO RU GG IS
08TELAVIV1961	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited a Reuters report of a Russian diplomat as saying that the Russian navy will make more use of Syrian ports as part of an increased military presence in the Mediterranean. The [...]	2008-08-28 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1979	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a senior GOI source as saying that Hamas recently increased the number of Palestinian prisoners it wants released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, from 1,000 t [...]	2008-08-29 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1990	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1994	STATUS ON ISRAEL'S ACCESSION TO THE OECD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Finance (MOF) Senior Deputy Director General Oded Brook noted to Econ officers during a meeting on August 27 that Israel was using the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) accession process to accomplish domestic goals on the environment, taxa [...]	2008-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD IS
08TELAVIV2007	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2020	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 10:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2030	MFA DG ABRAMOVICH AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary. The Ambassador and MFA DG Abramovich discussed Georgia September 4. Abramovich said Israel was tracking Western reactions carefully and trying to analyze Russia's objectives. MFA and MOD are reviewing Israeli arms sales to Georgia and he expected approval soon to sell mine cle [...]	2008-09-05 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MASS RU GG IS
08TELAVIV2040	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Ben Caspit wrote on page one of the popular, pluralist Maariv: "[The Americans] want to promote [some kind of agreement with the Palestinians] with the Israeli government, but where is the Israeli government? There is no I [...]	2008-09-08 10:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2057	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Legal Entanglement 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted a police source as saying yesterday that there is a good chance that PM Ehud Olmert could be convicted of money laundering, a crime wh [...]	2008-09-09 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2072	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 09:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2120	KADIMA: FORWARD -- ON YOUR MARK, GET SET... [...] (SBU) Olmert recently reiterated his July 30 commitment to resign from the office of Prime Minister after the Kadima primaries for party leader, clarifying that he will do so "immediately" to enable the elected candidate to form a new government. The first round of voting gets under way in le [...]	2008-09-16 15:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2132	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Aluf Benn wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Whoever succeeds Olmert will ... have to choose among less than stellar options.... There is no reason to be jealous of the winner." Veteran journalist Hemmi S [...]	2008-09-18 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2148	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN: [...] (C) Summary. During a September 15 meeting at the Knesset, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party leader Avigdor Lieberman described to the Ambassador his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other regional issues, his concern over deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations, and his robust political [...]	2008-09-19 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IR SY RU IS
08TELAVIV2172	ISRAEL: CAUTIOUS WITH GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: The GOI is continuing to take a cautious approach in its relations with Georgia. According to MFA Director for Export Controls Roey Gilad, the Israelis continue to review Georgian military assistance requests on a case-by-case basis, and have approved several defensive requests. [...]	2008-09-24 09:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS RU GG IS
08TELAVIV2175	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted Defense Minister Ehud Barak as saying yesterday that the Labor Party will make every effort to form a national unity government with Kadima leader Tzipi Livn. Ha'aretz quo [...]	2008-09-24 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2204	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that yesterday President Shimon Peres told the UN General Assembly that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech on Tuesday constituted the "darkest anti-Semitic [...]	2008-09-25 11:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2217	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Attack on Professor Sternhell 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that the chances of new Kadima leader Tzipi Livni quickly forming a coalition took a hit on Thursday when talks broke down in a secret chan [...]	2008-09-26 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2236	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS: [...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that Israel wi [...]	2008-09-26 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS
08TELAVIV2238	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD DG BUCHRIS: [...] (S) Summary. During a September 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Defense Director General Pinchas Buchris stressed the strategic importance of Israel's relations with the U.S. He said he hoped Iran's nuclear program could be stopped without the use of force, but made clear that I [...]	2008-09-29 05:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS MASS KPAL LE SY IR RU IS
08TELAVIV2246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The most important interview that PM Ehud Olmert granted the pre- Jewish New Year Holiday media is the one with Yediot, in which he declared that Israel must withdraw from [...]	2008-09-29 10:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2250	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2271	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange fell to its lowest level since September 2006. The blue-chip TA-25 index lost 6.3 percent to fall below 800 for the first time [...]	2008-10-06 12:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2282	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 10:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2308	MFA CONFERENCE PROVIDES PLATFORM FOR LIVNI [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Livni used the MFA's first annual policy and strategy conference as a platform to elucidate her cautious approach to peace negotiations, stressing her views that negotiations must be grounded in political reality, should not be accelerated to accommodate polit [...]	2008-10-08 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP IR KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2311	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2315	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2326	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz and The Jerusalem Post quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying yesterday that she would leave "no stone unturned" in order to reach an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal b [...]	2008-10-15 12:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2374	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- While Yediot reported that PM-designate Tzipi Livni has offered Shas 1 billion shekels (around $ 260 million),Maariv reported that Livni signaled to Shas that she can no lo [...]	2008-10-23 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2400	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Politics 2. U.S. Operation against Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM-designate Tzipi Livni told President Shimon Peres that she has exhausted all options of forming a government. Peres is [...]	2008-10-27 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2402	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying that he would remain caretaker until the formation of a new government early next year. HaQaretz quoted police sources as saying on Monday that e [...]	2008-10-28 10:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

08TELAVIV2419	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS

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