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09AMMAN2227	JORDAN: CONVICTED POET DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Justice Minister Ayman Odeh, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber. In advance of reftel, the Ambassador stressed to Royal Court Chief Nasser Lozi the need to find a suitable solution as the poet's [...]	2009-10-05 11:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KJUS KWMN KTIP JO

09AMMAN2252	THE JORDANIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT: AN ORG CHART [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) is an umbrella organization which oversees and controls the political, charitable, and spiritual activities of the Islamist movement in Jordan. The Islamic Action Front (IAF),its political wing, is directly controlled by the JMB through [...]	2009-10-08 06:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KPAL EFIN JO
09AMMAN2254	JORDAN: WIDE DISMAY OF "GARMENTS" INCLUSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts strongly and quickly voiced dismay and disapproval of "garments from Jordan" placement on the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) List of Goods Made with Forced Labor. There is near unanimous agreement in Jordan that labeling the entire garment s [...]	2009-10-08 07:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB JO
09AMMAN2351	JORDAN: KING'S INTERVIEW WITH HAARETZ DRAWS [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's October 6 interview with the Israeli Haaretz daily has drawn praise in Jordan. Public commentary focused on the substance of the King's remarks and, in particular, on his pointed call for Israel to stop unilateral actions in Jerusalem that threaten to destabilize [...]	2009-10-22 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL SOCI JO
09AMMAN2376	JORDAN: GOJ SUPPORTIVE OF US CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, the Head of the America's Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as a dip note and aide memoire in both English and Arabic per reftel instructions. Naber was not very familiar with the details of IMO governance, but indicated that the [...]	2009-10-27 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT JO
09AMMAN2380	JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 12:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN JO
09AMMAN2386	JORDAN: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL JO
09AMMAN242	JORDAN,S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT ENDORSES [...] (U) Jordan's Lower House of Parliament endorsed on January 25, the anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Law (ref A). The law 1. (U) Jordan's Lower House of Parliament endorsed on January 25, the anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Law (ref A). The law now moves to the Senate, where endorsement is [...]	2009-01-28 06:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KTIP JO
09AMMAN2451	JORDAN: RIOTS IN EAST AMMAN HIGHLIGHT LARGER [...] (S) Summary: Riots broke out in the Haj Al Tafaileh neighborhood on November 8 upon the death of Saddam Sa'ud, who died as a result of injuries sustained during a beating while he was in police custody. The Public Security Department (PSD) announced that two police officers have been arreste [...]	2009-11-09 16:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO
09AMMAN2452	JORDAN: POSITIVE REACTION TO INTL. RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's religious minorities are pleased with the content of the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report and believe that it accurately depicts the level of religious freedom in Jordan. Minority groups were happy that a relative lack of gross religious freedom violation [...]	2009-11-10 06:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL JO
09AMMAN2490	JORDAN: TRIBAL CLASHES WITH POLICE ERUPT IN MA'AN [...] (C) Summary: In response to the death of a local resident due to police abuse, rioters fired upon policemen and set ablaze police property in the East Bank tribal town of Ma'an on November 14. Ma'an is viewed as a bellwether for East Bank opinion and has a history of riots in protest of gover [...]	2009-11-16 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO
09AMMAN2548	JORDAN: LOCAL GROUPS ATTACK RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] Summary: After an initial positive response (ref A) to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report, three local organizations have publicly criticized the report. The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR),the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR),and the Jordanian Inter-fait [...]	2009-11-23 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL JO
09AMMAN2553	JORDAN: INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) Minister of Interior Nayef Al Qadi defended the use of administrative detention during a November 21 workshop with the country's governors. Governors have the authority under the 1954 Crime Prevention Law to administratively detain citizens who "pose a danger to the public" without trial o [...]	2009-11-23 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS JO
09AMMAN2604	JORDAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, Director of the MFA's Americas Office. Naber inquired closely about the modalities of the abortive plan for LEU shipments from Iran to third countries for subsequent enrichment and the production of nuclear fuel. Naber also asked several question [...]	2009-12-03 06:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR JO
09AMMAN2618	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN ACKNOWLEDGES ISRAELI [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, the Director of the MFA Americas Office. Naber acknowledged our points, and further privately agreed that the proposed settlement freeze that had been intended to build momentum for bilateral negotiations had instead become an obstacle to the [...]	2009-12-06 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KPAL KWBG PREL IS JO
09AMMAN2623	JORDAN: LAW OF ASSOCIATIONS IMPLEMENTATION MOVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The amendments to the law on associations became effective on September 17 upon publication in the official gazette. The Ministry of Social Development (MOSD) and the newly formed registrar's office took immediate steps to start executing the amendments despite the lack of appr [...]	2009-12-06 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
09AMMAN277	IRAN'S LARIJANI PAYS A LOW-KEY VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although it was little-known in Jordan, speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Larijani paid a low-key visit to Amman on January 9, accompanied by the speakers of the Syrian and Indonesian parliaments. Despite several attempts by the Jordanian government to turn off the visit, [...]	2009-01-29 09:26:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IR IS SY JO
09AMMAN359	AMMAN FATHAWIS DISCUSS GAZA EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Fatah members resident in Amman agreed that their movement was in dire straits following recent Israeli operations in Gaza. Aside from the perennial plea for quick movement on the peace process, our contacts varyingly saw potential Fatah salvation in convening the long-delayed Si [...]	2009-02-08 05:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG KISL IS JO
09AMMAN378	JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT ENDS RAUCOUS AND UNPRODUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament ended its ordinary session on February 4 having passed few bills of consequence during a four-month term. MPs were more focused on the Gaza crisis and internal quarrels than on legislative business. For its part, the cabinet failed to forward key pieces of legislatio [...]	2009-02-10 08:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN41	JORDAN'S PM TELLS PARLIAMENT GOJ MAY "RECONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Speaking before Parliament on January 4, Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi sharply criticized Israel's escalation of hostilities in Gaza, outlined Jordan's response so far, and capped off his remarks by laying down a marker that Jordan reserved the right to take whatever measures de [...]	2009-01-06 11:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
09AMMAN434	JORDAN STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and points on February 12 to Daifallah Al-Fayez, First Secretary in the European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fayez stated that the GOJ was still studying the matter and did not plan to get ahead of the Arab League. When PolOff noted that [...]	2009-02-18 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ICJ KV JO
09AMMAN450	COMPROMISE ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: Following an extended period of negotiation, amendments to Jordan's Law on Associations are beginning to move forward. After a February 1 meeting with civil society representatives, Minister of Social Development Hala Lattouf has indicated she will submit the amendments for cab [...]	2009-02-18 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN469	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDANIAN VIEWS OF THE NPT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on February 5 to MFA nonproliferation pointman Khaled Takhayneh, seeking official comment on Jordan's goals regarding the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and the upcoming review process. On February 18, PolOff met with Takhayneh, who offered a general [...]	2009-02-19 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09AMMAN500	JORDAN APPRISED OF DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA'S S-300 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 11:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS JO
09AMMAN529	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 05:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KJUS KUNR JO
09AMMAN580	JORDAN AND BRITAIN WORK AROUND THE LACK OF [...] (C) The British House of Lords February 18 ruling that Omer Mahmoud Mohammad Othamn, "Abu Qatada," could be deported to Jordan sparked preparations for his possible arrival. As Jordan does not have an extradition treaty with the United Kingdom, Abu Qatada's deportation would be governed by a [...]	2009-03-04 03:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER JO
09AMMAN668	SIX YEARS AFTER SADDAM, NEW HOPE IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Six years after Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003, our Jordanian contacts - among the analysts and officials - are evincing greater optimism about Iraq than the strained, highly-qualified hopes we were hearing just a few months ago (Refs A-C). The sustained security im [...]	2009-03-16 11:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR JO
09AMMAN669	STRIDENT GOJ LANGUAGE WITH U.S. ON MUGHRABI GATE, [...] (C) Summary: While Jordanian fears that Israel will unilaterally rebuild the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif have cropped up periodically since the original ramp was damaged by heavy rains in 2004, over the past year the matter has been raised in increasingly strident [...]	2009-03-16 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL UNESCO IS JO
09AMMAN69	JORDANIAN CONTACT EXPOUNDS ON REASONS BEHIND GID [...] (S/NF) Summary: PolOff met on January 5 with Dr. Muhammad Al-Momani (protect),host of a current affairs program on Jordan's state-run television. Momani offered his understanding of former General Intelligence Department Director Muhammad Al-Dahabi's dismissal and how the decision to fire h [...]	2009-01-08 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR JO
09AMMAN705	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS JO
09AMMAN709	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS REGARDING MANAS AIR BASE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF JO
09AMMAN717	JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY STAGE [...] (C) Summary: Efforts by the Jordanian parliament to bring international legal action against Israel over the events in Gaza have stalled. Separately, civil society leaders organized a mock trial of Israeli leaders, and further such efforts are in the works. The campaign is not being led by [...]	2009-03-19 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN718	ELECTORAL REFORM CHATTER INCREASES IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Electoral reform, long the primary goal of reform politicians in Jordan, is a hot topic of discussion following a cabinet reshuffle on February 23. PM Nader Al-Dahabi has since declared his intention to put Jordan's controversial electoral law on the table for discussion or pos [...]	2009-03-19 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN746	JORDAN SEEKS DIALOGUE WITH S/P ON "QUINT GROUP" [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (C) MFA Director of Policy Planning and Research Omar Nahar has inquired whether the U.S. is interested in continuing the Middle East Quintet Policy Planning Dialogue initiated under former S/P Director David Gordon. He proposed coo [...]	2009-03-24 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
09AMMAN766	JORDAN DEMARCHED ON SUPPORT FOR AMISOM AND SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mohammad Tarawneh, acting Deputy Director for International Organization Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 25. Poloff requested the Government of Jordan (GOJ) consider offering support to AMISOM and Somalia security sector reform efforts. Taraw [...]	2009-03-25 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SO JO
09AMMAN771	JORDAN INVESTIGATING SUBMISSION OF ITS ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 11:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA JO
09AMMAN777	JORDAN SHARES U.S. VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF DOHA SUMMIT [...] (S/NF) Ambassador and Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Lozi discussed on March 24, a day before receiving reftel, shared U.S.-Jordan goals for the Doha Summit. They agreed on the need for Palestinian reconciliation without compromising Quartet principles and continued strong support for the Ar [...]	2009-03-26 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KPAL PGOV PREL AL JO
09AMMAN813	WARY OF U.S.-IRAN ENGAGEMENT, JORDAN OFFERS WORDS [...] (S) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A request for evaluations of third-country reactions to possible U.S. engagement with Iran. Jordan's leaders believe such engagement would reward regional hardliners while undermining Arab moderates - without convincing Iran to cease its support for te [...]	2009-04-02 05:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PINR IR JO
09AMMAN831	DEMARCHE ON SUBMITTING BRIEF TO ICJ ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff on April 5 delivered Ref A demarche urging Jordan to submit a brief supporting Kosovo in the case before the International Court of Justice to Mohammed Ensour in the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Ensour asked PolOff to reconcile the U.S. request to do so with our desire that [...]	2009-04-07 05:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV JO
09AMMAN857	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MAJALI'S NEW PARTY: FIRST STEP [...] (C) Summary: For over a year, lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali has been preparing to launch a new pro-government political party. He has again hit the airwaves to drum up public enthusiasm, and contacts tell us that the registration paperwork will be filed in weeks. The timing may b [...]	2009-04-12 09:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN858	MA'AN: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC NEGLECT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in an occasional series which will focus on regional political centers in Jordan. The southern Jordanian city of Ma'an, populated by tribal leaders of Bedouin East Bank origin, is considered a bellwether for regime stability. In the past twenty years, r [...]	2009-04-13 05:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KISL JO
09AMMAN86	JORDAN OPEN TO HOSTING GICNT EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER PREL KGIC JO
09AMMAN896	REPORTING TRIP TO SOUTHERN JORDANIAN TOWN DRAWS [...] (S/NF) Summary: A routine Embassy meeting with the mayor of a remote town in southern Jordan has attracted negative media attention. One Islamist commentator characterized the visit as a violation of Jordanian sovereignty and has called for the Ambassador to be convoked. The reaction, while [...]	2009-04-16 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ASEC KISL JO
09AMMAN904	JORDAN ALSO RUNNING FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 12:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AORC JO
09AMMAN906	WATER POLLUTION INCIDENT TO CAST BLAME ON MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) on March 13 suspended pumping water for two days from the King Abdullah Canal, which supplies Amman with one-third of its water needs, after detecting oil and sewage in the waterways. Jordanian authorities determined that the [...]	2009-04-16 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL EAGR EAID PGOV JO IS
09AMMAN920	ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS SENT TO JORDAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society were endorsed by Jordan's cabinet on March 24 and will now be considered by parliament (Ref A). Divisions about the draft amendments have already arisen among the civil societ [...]	2009-04-21 08:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM JO
09AMMAN942	CORRECTED VERSION: ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society were endorsed by Jordan's cabinet on March 24 and will now be considered by parliament (Ref A). Divisions about the draft amendments have already arisen among the civil societ [...]	2009-04-23 05:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM JO
09AMMAN990	JORDAN,S ISLAMISTS OPPOSE POPE,S MAY 8 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Islamists from Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing have publicly opposed the Pope's planned May 8-11 visit to the Kingdom. Government officials have denounced the published criticisms and continue to plan for the visit. Christian leaders privately say that criti [...]	2009-04-30 07:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL KISL JO
09ANKARA1101	TURKEY: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY HAS THE LEAD [...] (S) Ambassador summarized REF A points to MFA U/S Apakan, July 24. 2. (S) POLOFF reiterated demarche to MFA Israel/Palestine desk officer Rauf Alp Denktas, July 27. Denktas underscored GOT policy that the Palestinian Authority led by President Abbas is the legitimate authority for all Pa [...]	2009-07-31 04:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID TU WBG IS
09ANKARA1295	TURKEY: A PERSPECTIVE ON THE KURDISH ISSUE FROM [...] (SBU) Adana Principal Officer Daria Darnell, accompanied by Embassy Poloff and a locally-employed political advisor, engaged local political and NGO leaders on the Democratic (Kurdish) Initiative during a trip to six provinces in southeastern Turkey from August 17-21. Turkish Kurds expressed [...]	2009-09-02 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM TU
09ANKARA1303	TURKEY: REMARKABLE HARMONY IN DIYARBAKIR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite the heavy presence of police and checkpoints to search celebrants, and in contrast to past gatherings in Diyarbakir, the Democratic Society Party (DTP)-organized celebration of September 1 World Peace Day was remarkably violence free. Media report conflicting numbers of [...]	2009-09-04 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECPS TU
09ANKARA147	TURKEY: NO AGREEMENT YET ON CSCP MODALITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform (CSCP) parties, meeting in Istanbul January 26, did not reach agreement on how the platform will be institutionalized or how it will engage other countries and relate to other regional mechanisms, according to Russian and Georgian Embas [...]	2009-01-30 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM AJ GG RU TU XY
09ANKARA1474	WOMEN IN POLITICS: THE ROAD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: The road to political empowerment of Turkish women continues to be under construction. While women have equal political rights and freedoms, the right to vote, and the right to be elected and to engage in political activity, the number of female Members of Parliament (MPs) and [...]	2009-10-13 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TU
09ANKARA1656	TURKEY: DTP PULLED IN OPPOSING DIRECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey is being torn between two trains of thought. On one hand, co-chairman Ahmet Turk and those aligned with him are attempting, at least in words, to distance themselves from the violent actions of the terrorist Kurdistan Worker's Party (P [...]	2009-11-19 06:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM TU
09ANKARA1658	TURKEY: DTP PULLED IN OPPOSING DIRECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey is being torn between two trains of thought. On one hand, co-chairman Ahmet Turk and those aligned with him are attempting, at least in words, to distance themselves from the violent actions of the terrorist Kurdistan Worker's Party (P [...]	2009-11-19 06:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM TU
09ANKARA1688	TURKEY: BALKANS AS NEW FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is looking to re-engage in the Balkans to regain its historical influence in the region, with a particular focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH),according to the MFA. On November 19 MFA Deputy Director General for Central and Southeastern Europe, Murat Karagoz, provided us an [...]	2009-11-24 10:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU BK GR
09ANKARA1696	DEMOCRAT PARTY TRYING TO CARVE NICHE IN THE CENTER [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Democrat Party (DP),led by Husamettin Cindoruk, is trying to create a place for itself in the center of Turkey's starkly polarized political spectrum. Carrying on the traditions of both the Justice Party of Adnan Menderes and Suleyman Demirel, and the Motherland Party [...]	2009-11-25 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA1749	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST PERSPECTIVE: KURDISH OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a December 1-4 trip to southeast Turkey, a range of Kurdish contacts representing the intelligentsia, political elite and civic activists gave surprisingly similar observations on the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "democratic opening," citing selfishness and i [...]	2009-12-09 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER TU
09ANKARA300	TURKEY: DTP PLAYS A KURDISH LANGUAGE ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Chairman Ahmet Turk delivered a February 24 speech in parliament in his native tongue of Kurdish, leading state-run television to immediately cut its live broadcast of the speech. Turk said that his speech was in honor of UNESCO Mother [...]	2009-02-25 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA373	TURKISH GOVERNMENT CRITICIZES DECISION TO CENSOR [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Fierce reaction to the recent decision of the Turkish Scientific and Technological Studies Institution (TUBITAK) to pull a planned cover story about Charles Darwin has led GOT officials to speak out against the decision. Following a protest organized by the Universi [...]	2009-03-12 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA483	TURKEY'S PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings in Istanbul and Ankara, high ranking terrorism prosecutors described terrorism "specialty courts," procedures for prosecuting terrorism cases, evidence used in terrorism prosecutions, and the level of expertise of terrorism prosecutors. Although Turkey's criminal j [...]	2009-03-30 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
09ANKARA697	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRO-PKK DTP LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with Ambassador, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk said DTP is pursuing dialogue to achieve Kurds' main demands: the ability to use freely their mother tongue, express their Kurdish identity and culture, and participate in local gov [...]	2009-05-14 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA717	TURKEY: IO CONSULATIONS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An IO delegation led by PDAS Warlick met May 14 with a wide range of MFA officials during an all-day session at the MFA to discuss UN Security Council issues, particularly Cyprus, Somali piracy, Georgia, Sudan, Iraq and Iran. The discussions also touched upon Turkey's role on the [...]	2009-05-20 04:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU UNSC
09ANKARA759	TURKEY: MARDIN MASSACRE PUTS VILLAGE GUARDS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Kurdish issue moves to the forefront of Turkey's domestic policy debate, what to do -- if anything -- with the village guards has reemerged as an important piece of the puzzle. Established in the mid-1980s as a local militia to aid the Turkish military in its operations ag [...]	2009-05-28 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA767	TURKEY: TALK OF PROGRESS MET WITH SKEPTICISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite fevered media speculation in recent weeks about "solving" the Kurdish issue, contacts in Turkey's southeast remain skeptical that the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government has the will to make bold reforms in the short term. The progressive rhetoric is met wi [...]	2009-06-01 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA925	TURKEY: ADANA'S WILY OLD FOX ON THE ART OF POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's longest-serving big-city mayor, Aytac Durak in Adana, proved unusually talkative in recent meetings with us. He highlighted service, independence, and being able to turn tables on one's opponents as keys to his success in the Turkish political game. Durak's career und [...]	2009-07-01 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANTANANARIVO218	SUSPENDED PARLEMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the "suspended" Malagasy parliament - almost all belonging to Ravalomanana's TIM party -- published a statement Thursday condemning the recent coup d'etat, denying that Marc Ravalomanana resigned willingly, and calling on the international community to help restore and [...]	2009-03-26 14:10:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO428	MADAGASCAR: IMPASSE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 12:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO435	RAVALOMANANA'S RUMORED RETURN WITH MERCENARIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY: With negotiations at a standstill, rumors of former President Ravalomanana's imminent return -- with or without mercenary support -- have been slowly but steadily reinforced by media reports, opposition statements, and alleged military preparations by the transition government. [...]	2009-06-15 14:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO487	MADAGASCAR: TANGLED POLITICS, BUT DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) launched a round of four-day Regional Meetings ("assises regionales") in all 22 regions on June 30, in an attempt to add grassroots legitimacy to their transition government. These meetings were also "to give the people a voice" as t [...]	2009-07-01 14:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO586	POLITICAL DIALOGUE MOVES TO MAPUTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's "Big Four" political leaders are entering their second day of talks in Maputo, Mozambique (reftel B),under the tutelage of former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano. After a "satisfying" (but ceremonial) first encounter on the evening of August 5, the leaders were [...]	2009-08-06 13:42:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO589	MADAGASCAR: LEADERS REACH CONCENSUS, BUT MUCH WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leaders of Madagascar's four main political movements had an unexpectedly productive series of talks in Maputo, Mozambique from August 5 to 9, and have taken an important first step towards the creation of a consensual, inclusive transition government to see the country throug [...]	2009-08-10 13:22:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO604	POLITICAL TENSIONS GROW AS MAPUTO II APPROACHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: International mediators have set a date for a second round of talks (August 24-27) in Maputo, Mozambique, bringing together the Big Four political leaders in Madagascar's ongoing crisis. The focus will be the division of posts in an eventual unity government, in accordance with t [...]	2009-08-20 14:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA MZ
09ASHGABAT1000	TURKMENISTAN: INTRODUCING BAIL SYSTEM AS [...] (C) On August 6, poloff met with the OSCE Ashgabat Center's Human Dimension Officer Begona Pineiro Costas for a readout on a series of recent seminars on human rights standards in the field of criminal justice. The seminars, which took place consecutively in the four outlying provincial capit [...]	2009-08-07 11:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1017	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11, Fedor Klimtchouk, the Deputy Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA),briefed poloff on the Center's priorities, recent activities and plans for upcoming action. The Center has four priorities: fighting transborder crime, i [...]	2009-08-12 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UN ENRG ZK AF TX
09ASHGABAT1053	TURKMENISTAN: NEW ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A six-year assistance framework agreement signed by the UN and the Turkmen government last week covers a broader range of areas for cooperation than the previous agreement, perhaps a further indication that the Turkmen Government is slowly opening up to the world. Although many [...]	2009-08-20 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN TX
09ASHGABAT1060	TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...]	2009-08-21 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX
09ASHGABAT1080	TURKMENISTAN: A STEP TOWARDS ESTABLISHING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's parliament recently passed new laws on courts, the Procuracy, and a new Criminal Procedure Code, and the government plans further changes to the legal system in the near future. While most of the changes introduced in these laws focus on administrative procedure an [...]	2009-08-27 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1128	TURKMENISTAN: A DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to its deputy chairman, one of the primary roles of Turkmenistan's Council on Religious Affairs (CRA) is to explain legal requirements related to religious activity, especially the registration process. The revision of the current law on religion, adopted in 2003, is [...]	2009-09-04 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1130	TURKMENISTAN: UZBEKISTAN TRYING TO BROADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan is making every effort to expand its relations with Turkmenistan, both politically and commerically. They are looking for new opportunities for investment and trying to promote tourism to Uzbekistan. Despite their efforts, and the cultural ties between Uzbeks and Turkm [...]	2009-09-04 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX UZ
09ASHGABAT1146	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS ON STUDY ABROAD [...] (C) At the September 8 Tajik Independence Day reception, diplomats from other embassies commented that the Turkmen government had blocked Turkmen students from leaving Turkmenistan for studies in their countries. The German Charge d'Affaires noted that four of eight students that had been aw [...]	2009-09-09 13:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1152	TURKMENISTAN: AZERBAIJAN STRIVING TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Azerbaijan embassy official, the relationship between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan is warming, but the Turkmen government is still cautious about embarking on joint projects. In addition, the Turkmen government continues to limit the activities of [...]	2009-09-11 08:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON AJ TX
09ASHGABAT1162	IOM SEEKS TO BUILD NETWORK OF TURKMEN NGOS TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloff met with International Organization for Migration (IOM) Central Asia Chief of Mission Zlatko Zigic and Senior Program Assistant Tahyr Seidov to discuss the prospects for IOM activity in Turkmenistan. Zigic explained that IOM's recently introduced regional structure [...]	2009-09-14 08:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV KTIP PHUM IOM TX
09ASHGABAT1183	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY STEADY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish tourist area of Antalya in late August on an unofficial visit, getting a view of how the Turkish have developed their tourist industry through private investment and partnership with international tourist agencies. The Government of Tu [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ETRD PREL TU TX
09ASHGABAT1194	IS RFE/RL LOSING ITS TURKMEN AUDIENCE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: RFE/RL journalists continue to work despite ongoing government harassment. An Ashgabat-based reporter thinks the Prague-based staff is under pressure from the Turkmen security service to moderate its reporting. As a result, the reporting has weakened, and RFE/RL is losing its [...]	2009-09-18 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1203	TURKMENISTAN: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ALIVE AND WELL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mary province appears to contain a thriving small business sector, and many local residents have taken advantage of the post-Soviet era regulations allowing private ownership to build or make improvements to their homes and businesses. They are interested in studying business, ma [...]	2009-09-22 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1208	TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS GROUP INELIGIBLE TO [...] (C) On September 20, poloff met with Turkmenbashi-based Pastor Timur Muradov of the unregistered Word of Life Church. He was in Ashgabat prior to heading off the next day to a church conference in Moscow. Muradov's group had submitted an application for registration to the Council on Religio [...]	2009-09-24 05:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1215	TURKMENISTAN: VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SEEN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yushchenko's visit to Turkmenistan provided a forum for signing high level agreements and resolving some outstanding working-level problems between Ukraine and Turkmenistan. Yushchenko attended opening ceremonies for a Ukrainian-built railway bridge and a statue of a Uk [...]	2009-09-25 07:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX UP
09ASHGABAT1228	AUCA STUDENTS WAITING AND WORRYING IN TURKMENABAT [...] (C) On September 22, poloff met informally with six American University of Central Asia (AUCA) students during a drop-in visit to the American Corner in Turkmenabat, the capital of Lebap Province in eastern Turkmenistan. The students were recipients of scholarships from the Open Society Insti [...]	2009-09-28 09:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1229	TURKMENISTAN: REF/RL JOURNALIST'S FAMILY [...] (C) On September 23, poloff met with RFE/RL journalist Osman Hallyev at his home about 15 miles outside of Turkmenabat in eastern Lebap Province. Hallyev said he had faced no new pressure from the authorities since March, the only incident occurring during a visit to Turkmenabat by President [...]	2009-09-28 09:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI PREF TX
09ASHGABAT124	TURKMENISTAN: INL-FUNDED ENGLISH CLASS BRINGS [...] Post's INL Officer (Poloff) dropped in for the latter portion of the INL-funded English Language Training (ELT) Center's thrice-weekly language course on January 23. A local EFL instructor teaches a group of 12 mid-level law enforcement officials from several Turkmen government ministries, i [...]	2009-01-26 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1254	TURKMENISTAN: STATE PROSECUTORS MAINTAIN THAT [...] (C) Poloff met on September 28 with four representatives of Turkmenistan's Prosecutor General's office -- three senior prosecutors and the head of the International Relations section -- to discuss the upcoming visit of a G/TIP Program Analyst. She also provided copies of the Embassy's non-pape [...]	2009-10-01 13:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1260	TURKMENISTAN: STILL NOT ISSUING NEW PASSPORTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan has apparently not yet decided whether to enforce a law disallowing dual citizenship as they issue new foreign travel passports to Turkmen citizens. Those who only declared single citizenship on the application forms have received their new passport [...]	2009-10-02 10:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL RU TX
09ASHGABAT1263	INDIA HOLDS MODEST EXPECTATIONS FOR RELATIONHSIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite positive reports in Turkmen newspapers about the Indian External Affairs Minister's trip to Turkmenistan, a contact at the Indian Embassy expressed frustration with the way of doing business in Turkmenistan and the results of previous projects. He noted that the Turkmen a [...]	2009-10-02 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PREL IN AF TX
09ASHGABAT1281	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CRITIC FEELS THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of criticizing the Turkmen government in interviews on RFE/RL and through writings distributed on the Internet, a former lawyer and deputy school director is feeling the consequences of official displeasure. He recently lost his job and his son was barred from leavi [...]	2009-10-09 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1286	TURKMENISTAN: JAPAN HOPES TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) Members of the Japanese-Turkmenistan Committee for Economic Cooperation visited Turkmenistan from October 4-8 and met with President Berdimuhamedov. Tetsuro Chida, Special Advisor to the Japanese Charge d'Affaires, told Poloff that the delegation included executives from Itochu, Komatsu [...]	2009-10-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL BTIO ECON ETRD JA TX
09ASHGABAT1294	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT INDIFFERENCE IMPEDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmen people are making ends meet by creativity in business and supporting family within the tribal system, but with little help from their government. The EU TACIS Program Advisor in Turkmenistan said that traditional assistance programs allow the government to take a cut o [...]	2009-10-14 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1314	TURKMENISTAN: TAJIKISTAN INTENDS TO INCREASE [...] (U) President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rakhmon, was in Turkmenbashi and Avaza on October 9-10 for a working visit with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov. Turkmen state-run newspapers described the visit as building relations between the two "brotherly" neighbors, especially in the areas of trade [...]	2009-10-19 08:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TI TX
09ASHGABAT1330	TURKMENISTAN: VICTIM RECOUNTS TRAFFICKING ORDEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: (C) Poloff and INL/G-TIP officer spoke with a Turkmen taxi driver who recounted a nightmarish, six-month stay in Turkey two years ago. During much of that time, he was homeless, and engaged off-and-on by employers who refused to pay him. Like many Turkmen, both men and women, who [...]	2009-10-23 09:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM PGOV PREL TX TU

09ASHGABAT1331	TURKMENISTAN: PICKLED SEWAGE POSES PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has numerous polluted bodies of water that the President has ordered cleaned, but an American businessman's experience shows that the process of getting clean-up projects approved is arduous. One potential clean-up site, Lake Simonova, is near the Avaza tourist site [...]	2009-10-23 09:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PGOV SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1384	TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Six law enforcement officers graduating from Post's INL-funded English Language training (ELT) courses gave presentations on various subjects in English on October 19 before their classmates, language instructors, [...]	2009-10-30 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1390	TURKMENISTAN: INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLDS LITTLE JOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Independence Day holiday in Turkmenistan lasted from October 26-28 and included concerts, fireworks, and a massive parade. As part ofthe festivities, government workers were required to attend the events, which seemed to sap the excitement and happiness out of the holiday. No [...]	2009-10-30 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT141	TURKMENISTAN: LOGISTICS COMPANY MANAGER DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: GAC Marine's General Manager, a longtime resident with connections to some foreign energy companies operating in Turkmenistan, described his company's progress with business development and commented on a recent agreement with the government to build a new supply base near Turk [...]	2009-01-29 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ETRD EPET ECON TX AJ
09ASHGABAT1417	TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGOS TRYING TO SPREAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two environmental NGOs in Turkmenistan are attempting to educate the public about the environment, about interactions with nature, and in general how to behave in society. Their ability to operate is restricted by the government's refusal to register NGOs. They also face a lang [...]	2009-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID OSCI SENV TSPL TX ZK
09ASHGABAT1421	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL ABOUT PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers estimate that the number of deaths in Turkmenistan has risen sharply since mid-October, but the Turkmen Government denies that there is H1N1 in the country. The government has reportedly given instructions that people are not allowed to wear masks and pharmacies [...]	2009-11-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1426	TURKMENISTAN: COTTON STILL MOSTLY HAND PICKED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers visited all five provinces of Turkmenistan in the fall to monitor cotton harvesting. Based on what they saw, the government appears to be serious about its ban on the use of child labor during the cotton harvest. While the Turkmen have replaced some hand picking [...]	2009-11-06 13:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1442	TURKMENISTAN: "PATH TO HEAVEN" STARTS IN ASHGABAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A new unregistered Protestant religious group, "Path to Heaven," has begun meeting in Ashgabat and Mary. Its founder, who previously attended Word of Life and Baptist churches in Ashgabat, is leading a group with no denominational ties and focused on the believer's freedom from [...]	2009-11-09 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1446	TURKMENISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' WOES CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Four Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors are currently in prison. Their families will exhaust all means of appeal, after which the Jehovah's Witnesses will bring the cases to international fora for further attention. Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses has increased in rec [...]	2009-11-10 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1504	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS STILL PURSUING [...] (C) On November 17, ConocoPhillips representatives visiting Ashgabat to attend the Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition briefed poloff on the status of the company's efforts to develop Turkmenistan's Blocks 19 and 20 in the Caspian. The company reps shared that they could not alw [...]	2009-11-24 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1528	GOVERNMENT CENSORS ARTISTS TO "ENHANCE" THE IMAGE [...] (C) Poloff recently spoke with a graphic artist about his current project illustrating a new edition of poetry by the classical Turkmen poet Mollanepes. The artist graduated from Moscow's prestigious Poligraphic Institute during the Soviet era, and his work has been the subject of numerous awa [...]	2009-11-27 11:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1535	TURKMENISTAN: AN IDEALIZED VERSION OF THE MEJLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the parliament of Turkmenistan described a very orderly process for drafting and passing laws. According to the description, all parties who have an interest in a law, from Ministries, to members of parliament, to subject-matter experts, to average citizens can make [...]	2009-11-28 06:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1541	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT ORGANIZED HARVEST [...] (U) Turkmenistan celebrated its annual harvest holiday on the last Sunday of November. The festival was a state-centric event, with the booths focused on promoting Turkmenistan's national industries. There were booths dedicated to sheep and wool products, Ahal-teke horses, cotton, and wheat [...]	2009-12-03 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV PREL SOCI TX JA
09ASHGABAT156	TURKMENISTAN: SISTER-IN-LAW OF FORMER FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sister-in-law of former Foreign Minister, Boris Shikhmuradov, Aina Shikhmuradova, contacted Political Officer to ask the Embassy to assist in obtaining permission for her youngest son to emigrate from Turkmenistan. Boris Shikhmuradov was the alleged leader of a plot to kill fo [...]	2009-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1568	TURKMENISTAN: AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY EXCHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 27, Poloff met with the Rector of the Turkmen Agricultural University, Gurbandurdy Mammetgulyev, and Chary Taganov, Head of the Academics Department, to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) fund [...]	2009-12-07 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV PREL SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1569	TURKMENISTAN: A LOOK INTO THE FEAST OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) During November 28-30, Turkmen celebrated Gurban Bayram, or the Feast of the Sacrifice. Gurban Bayram is the Turkmen version of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha, and is widely celebrated across the country. The three- [...]	2009-12-07 09:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KIRF TX
09ASHGABAT1574	TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT-BASED UNAMA LIAISON [...] (SBU) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is re-deploying some of its 1,000 staff out of Kabul after the October attack on the UN building. Mr. Asoka Rasphone, who worked for UNAMA for three years in Afghanistan, has now been deployed to Turkmenistan and will continue [...]	2009-12-08 08:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF UN TX
09ASHGABAT1590	TURKMENISTAN: UNREGISTERED RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a recent Embassy-organized roundtable attended by leaders of unregistered religious groups, the participants were at a loss to describe a path forward. Two groups have had applications pending at the Ministry of Justice for a year, but inquiries about their status are left un [...]	2009-12-09 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1596	TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS EMBASSY-ORGANIZED [...] (C) On December 9, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov called in the Acting DCM to "strongly protest" the Embassy-organized roundtable for leaders of non-registered religious groups that took place on December 3 (reftel). Bashimov complained that the MFA had not been notified in a [...]	2009-12-10 09:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1599	URKMENISTAN: MEJLIS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DOES [...] (C) On December 4, poloff met with the Chair of the Mejlis Human Rights Committee, Yazdursun Gurbannazarova, to discuss the committee's activities during the past year. Also attending the meeting were Chair of the International Relations Committee Batyr Berdiyev and MFA Americas Department of [...]	2009-12-10 13:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1600	TURKMENISTAN: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OPEN TO [...] (SBU) The Acting President of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Dr. Gurbanmurat Mezilov, and Head of the International Relations Department, Dr. Orazmamed Vasov, met with Poloff on November 27 and discussed areas for possible cooperation on environmental protection and alternative energ [...]	2009-12-10 13:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1601	TURKMEN PRESIDENT CRACKS DOWN ON OLD CARS [...] (SBU) Per a December 4 decree by Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Turkmenistan will ban the import of foreign cars produced before 2000. The ban will take effect on January 1, 2010, allowing cars that were produced before 2000 to be imported until the end of the year. The ban com [...]	2009-12-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BTIO EIND EINV IR TX
09ASHGABAT1607	TURKMENISTAN: STATELESSNESS MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent conference on statelessness in Central Asia, participants from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan exchanged ideas on best practices for identifying people without citizenship documentation and for preventing future cases of statelessness. None of th [...]	2009-12-14 15:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF SMIG SOCI UN ZK TX
09ASHGABAT1621	TURKMENISTAN: HARASSED AUTHOR STILL WRITING...BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Award-winning Turkmen author Rakhim Esenov continues to write, although there is little chance that his latest literary works, based on the lives of Soviet Turkmen heros, will be published any time soon. He continues to suffer from government harassment, such as telephone monit [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL KIRF PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1623	TURKMENISTAN: PRM TAFT GRANT-FUNDED VOCATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 11, poloff and political assistant attended the opening of three vocational training workshops funded by a Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Julia Taft Refugee Fund grant, the first such grant pr [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1624	TURKMENISTAN: ROMANIAN RELATIONSHIP STRONGER [...] (C) On December 14, Poloff met with Romanian Embassy Political Officer Laurentiu Ciocan to discuss Romania's relationship with Turkmenistan. Ciocan described relations as limited, especially in the economic arena. There is only one Romanian company in Turkmenistan with Romanian employees -- [...]	2009-12-17 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL MD RO TX
09ASHGABAT1630	TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH ASSISTANCE PROMOTES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TIKA) has a wide range of programs in Turkmenistan, including healthcare, education, law enforcement, agriculture, and tourism. The TIKA Turkmenistan country representative described the agriculture and tourism project [...]	2009-12-18 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL SOCI TU TX
09ASHGABAT1642	TURKMENISTAN: OFFICIALS RAID BAPTIST CHURCH [...] (C) Shohrat Shirmedov, son of the pastor of the Iman Yoly (Path of Faith) Baptist church in Dashoguz, came to the Embassy to relate events that took place at his church in Dashoguz on Sunday, December 20. Shirmedov said that church members, all ethnic Turkmen, were at the place where they wor [...]	2009-12-21 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1655	TURKMENISTAN: LACK OF RULE OF LAW IN A HOUSING CASE [...] (C) Muhammet Kelemenov, a Turkmen citizen and former doctor, came into the Embassy on December 23 to ask for help with an ongoing case to repossess his house. He said that he had purchased his house in the Kopetdag district of Ashgabat in 1997, and had been living there without any problems un [...]	2009-12-23 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1665	TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO JAPAN NOT A PANACEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen media spent several days giving headline coverage to President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Japan. Although they painted the trip as successful, a Japanese Embassy official was more cautious, saying that the visit was more productive economically than politically. Eve [...]	2009-12-29 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD PREL JA TX
09ASHGABAT1667	TURKMENISTAN: PROTESTANT CHURCH HOLDS CHRISTMAS [...] (C) On December 28, poloff attended a special Christmas holiday service organized by the registered Greater Grace Church, which is affiliated with a Baltimore-based organization of the same name (Ref A). The church had sent a glossy printed holiday greeting card and invitation to the Embassy [...]	2009-12-29 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1669	TURKMENISTAN: DESERT INSTITUTE OPEN TO SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 29 met with the director of the Turkmenistan National Institute of Deserts, Flora, and Fauna, one of his deputies, and a deputy minister of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Nature Protection to discuss possible future joint projects that might fulfill the goals of Presiden [...]	2009-12-30 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OSCI SENV TSPL PREL PGOV UN TX
09ASHGABAT1675	DRUGS IN TURKMENISTAN: BURN, BABY, BURN [...] (SBU) On December 24, Poloff attended a drug burning ceremony run by the Turkmenistan State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS) in cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Turkmenistan conducts these ceremonies twice a year, and, according to government officials, burns all the [...]	2009-12-30 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT194	TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY OFFICIALS LEAVE US GUESSING [...] (SBU) Poloff met on February 5 with Deputy Minister for Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources Nedirov and officials from the Turkmen State Gas Concern to discuss the status of talks and agreements on development of a Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Turkmen offic [...]	2009-02-06 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET TX AF IN PK
09ASHGABAT215	TURKMENISTAN: TRAFFICKING 101: PROSECUTING [...] (SBU) In preparing Post,s submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Poloff met this week with representatives of the General Prosecutor,s office in Ashgabat to raise a number of the questions posed in Ref A. It was Post's first consultation with the prosecutor,s office for [...]	2009-02-12 14:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG TX
09ASHGABAT264	TURKMENISTAN: FORENSICS OFFICIALS HAVE THEIR OWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT291	TURKMENISTAN: WINTERSHALL MANAGER REPORTS LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, talked with poloff on March 2 about the company's failure in 2008 to find hydrocarbons in two Caspian blocks. Although Wintershall continues to talk to Turkmen officials about onshore work, the discussions have m [...]	2009-03-04 05:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET GM TX
09ASHGABAT297	TURKMENISTAN: RFE/RL REPORTER IN LEBAP PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: RFE/RL reporter Osman Hallyev and his family continue to suffer harassment from the authorities. It has reached the point where most of his family members either have been dismissed from work or school, or believe they soon will be dismissed, making it impossible to live a norma [...]	2009-03-05 05:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT300	TURKMENISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSESS STILL LACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 2, Turkmenistan's Jehovah's Witnesses resubmitted their registration application documents in a process that began in 1992. While the Jehovah's Witnesses have passed through many ups and downs during that time, the leader of the Jehovah's Witnesses' community considers [...]	2009-03-05 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT301	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT FIRM [...] (C) Poloff met on March 4 with Cameron country manager Gurban Seyitli to hear how things were going for the US-based oil and gas equipment company. Seyitli said the company's main contracting partner here is Turkmen State Oil Concern, for whom he claimed Cameron currently provides for 75 per [...]	2009-03-05 15:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT304	TURKMENISTAN: DOWN AND OUT IN TEJEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Poloff visited the town of Tejen (pop.52,000) this week to get a closer look at the place most people refer to as the "drug capital" of Turkmenistan. Located 200 kilometers south-west of Ashgabat not far from the Iranian bo [...]	2009-03-06 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT31	TURKMENISTAN: CATHOLIC CHURCH COMFORTABLE, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge and poloff met with Father Andrzej Madej, the Charge at the Apostolic Nunciature, who also acts as the head of the Catholic Church, on January 6 to get an update on the church's activities and its ongoing [...]	2009-01-08 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF TX
09ASHGABAT344	TURKMENISTAN: NEWLY-ARRIVED AFGHAN DIPLOMAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A newly-arrived Afghan diplomat in Ashgabat recently shared his views about the current situation in Afghanistan. He stressed that there needs to be a focus on reconstruction, democratic government and an end to the interference in Afghan affairs emanating from Pakistan. Accordin [...]	2009-03-16 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT386	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN SPEAKER APPROVED TO PREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 30-member New Apostolic Church, registered since 2007, is able to conduct its worship services without difficulty, acording to its pastor. For the first time, the group has received permission from the government for the visit in April of a church leader from Germany. Althou [...]	2009-03-26 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT409	TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENT TURKISH CITIZENS BARRED [...] (C) On March 30, poloff met with the Turkish Embassy's Counselor for Religious Affairs Aziz Chankaya to hear his views on religious practice in Turkmenistan. Chankaya explained that his role is to advise the Turkish Embassy on religious affairs as they involve the resident Turkish community. [...]	2009-03-31 12:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT414	TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER DOING WELL, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Schlumberger's general manager described the company's ongoing work, largely for foreign energy companies, in field development and management. Although things are generally going well, there have been some mini-dramas within both the companies that Schlumberger works with, as [...]	2009-04-02 08:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT416	TURKMENISTAN: A TALE OF TWO NON-REGISTERED NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, a civic organization is required to register with the Ministry of Justice ("MOJ") in order to operate legally. In 2008, one independent, non-government-affiliated civic organization was registered, the first since 2005. Despite these restrictive legal conditions [...]	2009-04-02 09:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT423	TURKMENISTAN: IN TURKMENBASHY, IT'S ALL ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy is quickly being overshadowed by the construction work underway at the nearby Avaza National Tourist Zone, where the President is pressuring contractors and ministries alike to get the work done in time for mid-June ceremonies. The city [...]	2009-04-03 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX TU
09ASHGABAT424	TURKMENISTAN: TURKMENBASHY REFINERY MODERNIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmenbashy Oil Refinery has continued for the past several years to refurbish and modernize its facilities, and is producing a wide range of petroleum products mostly for the export market. Modernization will help it boost its production, and, combined with specific env [...]	2009-04-03 13:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT425	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL OIL SERVICES COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to oil services company Schlumberger's Balkanabat operations base demonstrated that the company is doing well, providing a range of services to mostly foreign customers operating in the area. The company is expanding its operations and is anticipating growth in its int [...]	2009-04-03 14:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT428	TURKMENISTAN: PORT AT TURKMENBASHY TO GET FULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The port at Turkmenbashy will soon undergo a complete renovation that will modernize and expand its facilities and capacity as the largest Central Asian port. Port authorities say there will be a new ship repair yard and new cargo handling facilities. In the longer term, a [...]	2009-04-06 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX
09ASHGABAT433	TURKMENISTAN: PROGRESS VISIBLE ON SEVERAL NEW GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent trip up along the coastline north from the port city of Turkmenbashy revealed that construction work on several natural gas projects is proceeding apace. Malaysian energy company Petronas has several projects underway about 20 kilometers north of Turkmenbashy, including [...]	2009-04-07 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT434	TURKMENISTAN: PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent meeting with a leader of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ashgabat confirmed that its adherents in the provinces have seen a recent uptick in harassment, including raids and seizures of religious literature. While the situation in the provinces is particularly tough due to poorly [...]	2009-04-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT45	TURKMENISTAN: DIFFICULTIES FOR RFE/RL REPORTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9, poloff met with RFE/RL reporter, Halmurat Gylychdurdiyev, to discuss his current working conditions and recent reports of harassment of two other RFE/RL reporters, Osman Hallyev and Dovletmurat Yazguliev, by security officials. Gylychdurdiyev said security officials [...]	2009-01-13 11:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT452	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN PIPELINE WOES EXPOSED DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhammedov's official visit to Moscow in late March produced few milestones in the Turkmen-Russian relationship, which seems to be suffering from financial stress as a result of the global crisis. The most significant item on the agenda, an agreement on the Russ [...]	2009-04-08 14:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT462	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM AND TURKMEN GOVERNMENT BLAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazprom and Turkmen officials have begun an all-out press war over who is to blame for the explosion that likely damaged three of four lines delivering gas to Russia on April 9. While Gazprom officials are publicly stating that they notified the Turkmen government of their int [...]	2009-04-10 11:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX RS
09ASHGABAT500	TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICERS DISCUSS THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Poloff, at the request of an instructor at Post's INL-funded English Training Center (ELT) for Turkmen law enforcment officers, gave a presentation to a group of students on April 17 in which she outlined the foundation and st [...]	2009-04-20 10:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT516	BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO HONEYWELL CEO: WE WANT CLOSER [...] (C) On April 22, Honeywell Director for Government Relations, Europe, Middle East and Africa Daniela Pandrea discussed Honeywell's business plans for Turkmenistan with DCM and poloff. She described the circumstances that led to Honeywell's CEO meeting with President Berdimuhamedov on March 9. [...]	2009-04-23 08:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT598	TURKMENISTAN: INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post learned that individual human rights case subject Bazargeldy Berdiyev has been missing sincQay 9 while in possession of a letter from an international court that obliges the Turkmenistan Government to pay him and his family $7 million in damages. The family had received t [...]	2009-05-12 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX UN
09ASHGABAT66	TURKMENISTAN: UNICEF OFFICIALS HAVE NO PROOF OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, poloff met with local UNICEF officials to discuss UNICEF's findings on the issue of child labor in Turkmenistan. Prior to 2005, child labor in the cotton harvest was a widespread practice in Turkmenistan, but a 2005 presidential decree banning the practice and subs [...]	2009-01-15 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP TX
09ASHGABAT691	TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE REGISTRATION, KRISHNA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two leaders of the Society for Krishna Consciousness described the registered religous group's situation in generally positive terms, but mentioned many restrictions and uncertainties that hinder the group from attracting new members and becoming better established. Members are [...]	2009-06-04 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT750	TURKMENISTAN: CADDO EXPLORATION MAKING SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. energy services company Caddo Exploration has signed an agreement to do a pilot oil well sand control project in Balkan province, representatives told poloff. If the pilot goes well, the company expects to sign a large contract that will have Caddo doing sand control and [...]	2009-06-12 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT772	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIYEVS CONTINUE TO SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up on recent information that the Berdiyevs were under virtual house arrest, with security police not allowing them to leave and forbidding visitors, Political Oifficer made an unannounced visit to the Berdiyev's home on June 19. There was no sign of security official [...]	2009-06-19 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT82	TURKMENISTAN: PSA HOLDER BURIED HILL DELAYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK-registered Buried Hill energy company completed its seismic work in the contested Serdar/Kyapaz field in Block III, and reported the government was pleased with the results. The company is moving forward with plans to undertake exploratory drilling of three sites there, [...]	2009-01-16 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT838	TURKMENISTAN: SMALL PENTECOSTAL GROUP FACES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a long history of Pentecostalism in Turkmenistan dating back to the 1940s, the current Full Gospel Church is a small, scattered group that meets in its members' homes. Registered since 2004, the group is currently in the process of re-registering due to changes in its l [...]	2009-07-02 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT88	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL ENERGY [...] (C) Chevron's Amcit country manager told poloff January 16 that a South Korean diplomat had invited him to lunch recently to talk about energy development in Turkmenistan. The South Korean wanted to know about the status of Chevron's project proposal process with the Turkmen government. He [...]	2009-01-21 08:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ECON TX
09ASHGABAT920	TURKMENISTAN: GTZ RULE OF LAW PROJECT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On July 21, poloff discussed GTZs (German Society for Technical Cooperation) Supporting Legal and Judicial Reform in Central Asia Program with Head of Program Hirbod Aminlari, based in Tashkent, and its local Legal Coordinator Alexander Jumayev. Aminlari stressed that the program focuses o [...]	2009-07-22 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SOCI KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT925	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL IWPR REPORTER MAINTAINS LOW [...] (C) On July 22, poloff discussed conditions for independent journalists in Turkmenistan with local Institute for War and Peace Reporting ("IWPR") contributor Svetlana Mamedova. Prior to 1999, Mamedova worked 24 years as a correspondent and editor for State Radio and Television. Her ability t [...]	2009-07-24 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT926	TURKMENISTAN: NO SURPRISES EXPECTED IN UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Central Election Commission and Mejlis officials recently outlined highlights of the upcoming July 26 Gengesh (local council) elections that will be held in rural areas across Turkmenistan. The electoral process for the gengeshes was similar to the process used during the 2008 [...]	2009-07-24 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT928	TURKMENISTAN: GENGESH ELECTION DAY VISIT TO [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Gengesh (local council) elections in Turkmenistan's villages and rural areas took place on July 26. A visit to three polling stations in villages outside of Ashgabat indicated that, [...]	2009-07-27 09:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT941	TURKMENISTAN: CIVIC ACTIVIST FOLLOWS "PARTISAN [...] (C) On July 27, poloff met with civil society activist Natalya Shabunts to discuss her activities and the current situation for rights activists in Turkmenistan. Shabunts has long had ties with the Embassy, including her participation in a 2000 International Visitors Program on civil society, [...]	2009-07-28 13:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT976	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL CEO NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LATEST EXCHANGES OVER CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) On July 30, poloff discussed recent developments in the Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan Caspian delimitation dispute with the CEO of Buried Hill Energy, Roger Haines. Buried Hill has a production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Turkmen government for an offshore block that includes the disputed [...]	2009-07-31 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT990	TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATION NGO "GIVES UP" ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. After seven attempts to register since 2007, the director of a nongovernmental education association said it is useless to continue re-applying until the Turkmen government changes its NGO policy. Even the presence of many of the organization's alumni in high government posts ha [...]	2009-08-05 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT991	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD MOVING AHEAD ON SME GREEN FIELD [...] (SBU) On August 4, Poloff met with a visiting EBRD Small Business Development Mission, Senior Banker Oksana Pak and Senior Investment Officer Marie-Paule Claes, and local Head of Office Neil McKain to discuss EBRD's proposed start-up bank project. The concept to establish a privately held ba [...]	2009-08-05 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EBRD PGOV EFIN SOCI TX
09ASMARA103	AWEYS ON THE MOVE [...] (C) AWEYS IN SUDAN - JUST VISITING? --------------------------------------- Hassan Dahir Aweys, a UN-listed terrorist and leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, recently traveled to Sudan, according to Embassy Asmara contacts. Embassy Khartoum report [...]	2009-03-30 15:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER SO SU
09ASMARA117	THE ARS "PATRIOTIC WING" [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Sheikh Hassen Dahir Aweys still in Khartoum, senior representatives of the hard-line ARS faction met with emboffs in Asmara April 8. They were dismissive of the TFG's limited writ in Somalia and claimed an "inclusive" peace process was needed. Sheikh Aweys, invited to Sudan [...]	2009-04-09 12:26:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SO ER
09ASMARA126	STRENGTHENING EASTERN SUDAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) is concluding its fifth USG-funded workshop for eastern Sudanese NGO leaders. The week long workshop invited 29 participants from the four previous workshops to attend a final session on "training the trainers." Embassy offic [...]	2009-04-20 13:20:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM SOCI EAID SU ER
09ASMARA167	PATRIOTIC WING FORMALLY CUTS TIES WITH AWEYS [...] (C) The Patriotic Wing of the ARS has officially cut ties with Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, according to the group's Inspector General, Mahad Yusuf. Yusuf told PolOff that the organization has no desire to be affiliated with Sheikh Aweys, Hezbul Islam, or Al-Shabaab. Instead, he continued, the [...]	2009-06-01 13:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO ER
09ASMARA196	SITUATION DIRE FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more than 62,000 Eritreans registered in UNHCR refugee camps in eastern Sudan, and tens of thousands more living in Khartoum and in refugee camps in the east that have been officially closed over the years. Eritreans in Sudan face discrimination from the Sudanese governm [...]	2009-06-25 13:48:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SU ER
09ASMARA197	AN ERITREAN IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nafa Ashie, an Eritrean refugee in Sudan, fled his home country in 2005 to escape the Isaias regime. He explained that during his seven years of national service, he saw little opportunity for Eritrea's youth and eventually decided to flee the country. His description of national [...]	2009-06-25 14:09:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA2	ISAIAS TELLS MINAWI TO BE PROACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese senior presidential advisor Minni Minawi met with President Isaias December 25 and 26 (ref A),reportedly complaining about Bashir's inability to bring about peace and his own lack of influence within the Bashir government. Isaias reportedly told him he should take action [...]	2009-01-02 07:56:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SU
09ASMARA220	MASS ARREST OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN ASMARA [...] (C) Eritrean police arrested a group of 22 Jehovah's Witnesses in Asmara in late June and detained them in Police Station 4. The group consisted mostly of women as authorities had targeted men in earlier round-ups. According to a close embassy source, police detained four children between th [...]	2009-07-10 08:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA266	ARS PATRIOTIC WING DOWN TO ONE MEMBER IN ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Mahad Yusuf, the self-proclaimed Inspector General of the ARS Patriotic Wing in Asmara. Mahad admitted that he was the last member of the wing in Asmara and that he would soon be leaving to seek the support of Somali diaspora business leaders in Dubai and Canada. [...]	2009-08-11 14:33:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER SO KE ER
09ASMARA280	4,200 SOMALI REFUGEES IN MASSAWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Zipporah Msagah met with PolOff to discuss the Somali refugee camp in Massawa. The camp currently hosts 4,800 registered refugees. Of this group, more than 600 refugees are suspected to be simply registering and moving through the camp to opportu [...]	2009-08-24 14:05:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV SO KE ER
09ASMARA290	ERITREAN YOUTH: "I'M FLEEING... AND HERE'S WHY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with several young Eritreans who have all mentioned their plans to flee the country. The reasons range from avoiding national service to anger at the Eritrean government (GSE) for its dictatorial practices. This cable highlights the story of one particular Er [...]	2009-08-26 05:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV ECON CPAS ER
09ASMARA338	HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE ELECTRICITY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea's main power generators in Massawa have approximately 30 days left of vital lubricants. Without timely delivery of new lubricant, Eritrea could experience rolling brown outs or even massive black outs, according to Total's managing director, Mohammed Gpebo (protect). Alth [...]	2009-10-01 13:47:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
09ASMARA339	HOW LONG WILL WE HAVE ELECTRICITY? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea's main power generators in Massawa have approximately 30 days left of vital lubricants. Without timely delivery of new lubricant, Eritrea could experience rolling brown outs or even massive black outs, according to Total's managing director, Mohammed Gpebo (protect). Alth [...]	2009-10-01 13:48:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
09ASMARA354	THE MINING MURDER: AN INSIDER PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff recently met with a long-time ex-patriate from the mining community who offered his personal take on the October 4 murder of three Eritrean mining workers (reftel). He did not believe the culprits were an organized militia and emphasized that Eritreans living near mining s [...]	2009-10-14 13:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN PTER ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA355	UNHCR: TOWARDS PROTECTION OR RESETTLEMENT? [...] (C) The UNHCR office in Asmara may begin focusing less on resettlement and more on protection issues, according to Christina Linner (protect) from the UNHCR Inspector General's Office. During a regularly planned inspection of the UNHCR office in Asmara, Ms. Linner told Poloff that she is cons [...]	2009-10-14 13:07:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SO ER
09ASMARA376	GSE MISMANAGEMENT OF POWER SUPPLY [...] (C) Vital lubricants for Eritrea's main generators are at least five days away from machinery that needed them a month ago (Ref A),according to Mohammed Gbepo (protect),Total's managing director in Eritrea. In a typical last minute deal, the Eritrean government (GSE) scraped together more th [...]	2009-10-27 12:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KU ER
09ASMARA393	GSE ARRESTS 10 MORE RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (C) Eritrean government (GSE) security forces arrested 10 members from the Full Gospel Church in Asmara, during a mid-October raid at the home of Pastor Tewelde Hailom, according to a close embassy source. The GSE placed the pastor under house arrest and sent the other nine church members to [...]	2009-11-10 09:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV ASEC ER
09ASMARA398	EASTERN SUDAN OUTREACH CONCLUDES FIRST WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) successfully concluded the first week of a five-part workshop series for eastern Sudan civil society leaders. A total of 24 participants traveled to Asmara to take part in the 10-day workshop, hosted by Dr. Taisier M. Ali, an exiled [...]	2009-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA403	REUTERS REPORTER RESTRICTED TO ASMARA [...] (C) After nine weeks in country, Reuters correspondent Jeremy Clarke (protect) predicts he may serve his entire time in Eritrea without ever being allowed to leave the capital. Clarke has had early success thus far, interviewing President Isaias only weeks after his arrival (his predecessor was [...]	2009-11-19 03:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PGOV ER
09ASMARA413	YEMEN DOUBTS ERITREA'S SUPPORT OF AL-HOUTHI REBELS [...] (C) Yemen is skeptical of reports that Eritrea is providing direct support to the Al-Houthi rebels, according to Mr. Abdella Al-Suqarti, deputy of the Yemen embassy in Asmara. While Mr. Al-Suqarti maintains that Iran is supplying arms to the rebels, he told poloff he is not convinced that Eri [...]	2009-11-24 11:25:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PREL PGOV YM ER IR
09ASMARA426	ENGAGING THE ERITREAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Eritrean diaspora is a complex mixture of asylum seekers who fled during the Liberation War, political outcasts who were shunned during the country's formative years, Eritrean youth (some of whom have never seen Eritrea and others who visit mainly during the summer),and cur [...]	2009-12-14 09:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER
09ASMARA433	RDFF ACCUSES GSE OF COLLABORATING WITH JEM [...] (SBU) The leader of a small Darfuri rebel group is suspicious of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. Salah Abdurrahman Abualsurra, president of the Revolutionary Democratic Forces Front (RDFF),an Arab-aligned Darfur movement, told poloff the group is skeptical of Eritrea's interest in Darfur. "Ev [...]	2009-12-17 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS SU ER
09ASMARA446	CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES SHUTS DOWN [...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will close its doors by February 2010, reducing to three the total number of international NGOs in Eritrea. The Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare (MLHW),which oversees NGO operations, recently mandated CRS to end its operations because it could not "meet [...]	2009-12-31 13:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV ER
09ASTANA1179	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE THIRD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan hosted the third triennial Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana July 1-2. More than 70 delegations with 400 participants representing Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and other relig [...]	2009-07-13 10:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1210	KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL UIGHURS CONCERNED ABOUT UNREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media outlets, think tanks, and interest groups are expressing concern that Uighur-related unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may negatively affect Kazakhstan because of Kazakhsta [...]	2009-07-21 10:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA1402	KAZAKHSTAN: "ALMA-ATA INFO" EDITOR LOSES TWO COURT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 13, Kazakhstan's Supreme Court ruled against "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper and upheld a lower court's ruling that suspended the newspaper for three months for publishing allegedly classified documents. This [...]	2009-08-17 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ

09ASTANA1470	KAZAKHSTAN: TRIAL COURT HANDS DOWN GUILTY VERDICT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, a Kazakhstani district court sentenced human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis to four years imprisonment for criminal negligence in connection with a vehicular accident. Zhovtis' legal team is exp [...]	2009-09-04 07:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1539	KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, President Nazarbayev hosted the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan at a private resort in Kenderliy, south of the port city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to press repor [...]	2009-09-18 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR RS KZ
09ASTANA1541	KAZAKHSTAN: A KEY PARTNER ON NON-PROLIFERATION REF: A. A. ASTANA 00607 B. B. ASTANA 01090 C. C. ASTANA 01164 D. D. 08 ASTANA 01867 E. E. 08 ASTANA 01648 F. F. 08 ASTANA 01649 G. G. ASTANA 02232 H. H. ASTANA 00200 I. I. ASTANA 00623 J. J. STATE 76904 K. K. ASTANA 00521 L. L. 08 ASTANA 02298 M. M. 08 ASTANA 02316 N. N. ASTANA 00254 O. O. ASTANA 01536 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b/d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is a full and supportive partner of the United States on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Kazakhstan actively participates in many international counter-proliferation organizations. Recently, it sought to enhance its role in non-proliferation [...]	2009-09-18 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1542	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARACHE DELIVERED ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Talgat Shaldanbay, Chief of the Middle East Division of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PolOff delivered the talking points (ref) on the Afghan Presidential Election. Shaldanbay agreed to pass the message to appropriate points of contact wit [...]	2009-09-21 00:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF KZ
09ASTANA1618	KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner for more than 20 prominent Muslim community members, including the Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstani Muslims' Spiritual Board Muhammad Alsabekov, many Kazak [...]	2009-09-23 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ
09ASTANA169	KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREANS SEEKING INVESTMENTS, BUT GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss economic relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. They explained that overall bi [...]	2009-01-28 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KS CH KZ
09ASTANA173	KAZAKHSTAN: KOREANS SHARE U.S. VIEWS ON MADRID COMMITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss political and cultural relations between Kazakhstan and South Korea. South Kore [...]	2009-01-29 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SCUL KDEM KIRF KS KZ
09ASTANA1762	KAZAKHSTAN: THE ABLYAZOV FACTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former CEO of Bank Turan Alem (BTA) Mukhtar Ablyazov is accused of having embezzled at least $1.1 billion from BTA before fleeing to London on February 3. Ablyazov reportedly plans an international public relations campaignm with two goals: 1) to rebrand himself as the persecut [...]	2009-10-02 06:26:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR OSCE UK KZ
09ASTANA1770	CURRENT U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI NON-PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 12:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1886	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY'S BILATERALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman discussed cooperation on counter-proliferation and peaceful nuclear energy production with several of Kazakhstan's most influential non-proliferation policymakers during h [...]	2009-10-19 05:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1957	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON PRIORITIES FOR THE UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, the head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on U.S. priorities for UN General Assembly Third Committee session. Utegenova said th [...]	2009-11-04 07:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN KZ
09ASTANA1966	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on the upcoming General Assembly debate on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on th [...]	2009-11-04 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS KZ
09ASTANA2050	KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARATIONS FOR DFM UMAROV'S VISIT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) SUMMARY: At the request of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),PolOff met on November 13 with the Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Barlybai Sadykov, whose Department is responsible for all non- [...]	2009-11-17 11:10:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PARM PGOV PINR PREL KNNP START IR RS UP UZ KZ
09ASTANA2051	KAZAKHSTAN STILL MULLING UN IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On November 17, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on country-specific resolutions at the United Nations. Utegenova conveyed that Kazakhstan is still considering its position [...]	2009-11-18 07:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA PREL IR KZ
09ASTANA2067	KAZAKHSTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 20, Rimma Zhunussova of the MFA's UN office told PolOff that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the International Maritime Organization Council (ref A and B). S [...]	2009-11-20 07:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO KZ
09ASTANA2090	ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev traveled to Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and unveil Kazakhstan's 2009-2011 assistance package. Saudab [...]	2009-11-24 09:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID OSCE AF KZ
09ASTANA2095	KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...]	2009-11-25 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA2128	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7, PolOff met with Zauresh Gabdaulinova of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division to deliver reftel points on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Gabdaulinova said the Government of Kazakhstan [...]	2009-12-07 10:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN KZ
09ASTANA2141	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIAL PANEL DECLINES TO REVIEW ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused on December 10 to review the conviction of prominent human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis for vehicular manslaughter, thus exhausting the last legal remedy [...]	2009-12-10 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2168	KAZAKHSTAN: HU JINTAO'S PIPELINE DIPLOMACY SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to Chinese President Hu Jintao's December 12 visit to Kazakhstan, the media touted Kazakhstani and Chinese positive expectations for the visit, as well as reports of a demonstration in protest of a Chinese i [...]	2009-12-22 01:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI CH RS TX KZ
09ASTANA2238	KAZAKHSTAN: MOJ SUSPENDS PARTY'S REGISTRATION, AGAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) suspended the registration of the opposition party "Alga" for the second time, alleging irregularities with the party-member lists. Alga's first registration application was [...]	2009-12-28 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA235	KAZAKHSTANI ACADEMICS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH CHINA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In December, PolOff met with several academics from one of Kazakhstan's most prestigious universities, Al-Farabi National University in Almaty. PolOff's interlocutors stressed the importance of Kazakhstan's balan [...]	2009-02-10 01:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA236	KAZAKHSTANI STUDENTS DISCUSS BORAT AND OBAMA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our Public Diplomacy Outreach program, PolOff recently gave a talk on American culture and U.S.-Kazakhstan relations with students at one of Astana's elite high schools. In general, the students had ve [...]	2009-02-10 05:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA254	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-FUNDED PROJECTS IN STEPNOGORSK SHOW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently met with various interlocutors working on several U.S.-funded nonproliferation-related projects in Stepnogorsk. Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and challenges the Kazakhstani govern [...]	2009-02-12 08:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EAID EAGR TBIO KNNP KZ
09ASTANA264	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...]	2009-02-13 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ
09ASTANA265	KAZAKHSTAN: CICA SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, PolOff met with Avinash Pandey, an Indian diplomat currently seconded to the secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Almaty. Pandey discussed [...]	2009-02-13 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ
09ASTANA281	KAZAKHSTAN SECURES LUCRATIVE DEALS WITH INDIA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nursultan Nazarbayev's January 23-26 trip to New Delhi as the guest of honor at India's 2009 National Day celebration underscored the close political relations between Kazakhstan and India which have existed since Kazakhstan's independence. However, despite profession [...]	2009-02-17 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET ETRD MARR IN KZ
09ASTANA311	KAZAKHSTAN: ONCE "SECRET" BIOWEAPONS CITY STILL IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff recently accompanied several U.S. scientists on a trip to Stepnogorsk. Once a secret "closed" Soviet city dedicated to research on biological weapons, Stepnogorsk today represents the opportunities and cha [...]	2009-02-20 10:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EINV SOCI TBIO KNNP RS KZ
09ASTANA358	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...]	2009-02-27 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA369	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...]	2009-02-27 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA442	KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]	2009-03-13 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA521	KAZAKHSTAN: PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Program conducted a table-top nuclear smuggling exercise in Astana February 24-25. Almost 20 Kazakshtani officials from eight government agencies attended the event. Kazakhstan is currently finalizing a national nuclear smuggl [...]	2009-03-20 08:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER MARR MNUC KNNP CH KZ
09ASTANA588	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE IN A SMALL MINING TOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Ridder, a mining town in East Kazakhstan oblast March 8-12, and had an opportunity to observe the local socio-economic environment. Close to the Russian and Chinese borders, Ridder seems almost lik [...]	2009-04-03 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EMIN SENV SOCI CH RS KZ
09ASTANA621	KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...]	2009-04-10 12:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ
09ASUNCION13	PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]	2009-01-09 22:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MASS PTER SNAR PA
09ASUNCION14	PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]	2009-01-09 22:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	MASS PTER SNAR PREL PARM PA
09ASUNCION147	PARAGUAY: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. What are the sources of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further docume [...]	2009-03-09 20:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ASUNCION451	CHACO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE UNDER SEVERE [...] (SBU) During a June 18-19 visit to the indigenous communities of the Paraguayan Chaco, PolOff observed very poor living conditions exacerbated by severe drought. Local indigenous leaders said that although many indigenous workers earned less than minimum wages and no benefits, they had no kn [...]	2009-07-17 13:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND SOCI PA
09ASUNCION517	PARAGUAY'S LABOR UNIONS' UNMET HOPES [...] (SBU) Paraguay's unionized labor is fractured and represents only eleven percent of the total labor force. Labor unions have undertaken structural reforms (organizing campesino groups); however, they have had limited success organizing workers and improving labor conditions. President Fernand [...]	2009-08-17 14:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI KTIP PA
09ASUNCION625	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PARAGUAY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 15:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UNGA PREL PA
09ASUNCION651	PARAGUAY: THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES WILL ALIGN WITH USG POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 19:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA PA IR BM KN
09ATHENS1081	GREECE CONCURS WITH UAE IRENA HQ BID, FIELDS CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 08:00:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG TRGY SENV KSCA IEA GR
09ATHENS1139	FM/OSCE Chairman Bakoyannis Heads to Azerbaijan and Armenia [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis is traveling to Azerbaijan and Armenia to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict in her capacity as OSCE Chairman, as well as Greek- Caucasus air communication and energy issues. FM Bakoyannis departed Greece for Azerbaijan on July 1, will continue on [...]	2009-07-02 10:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR TU AM AJ OSCE ENRG
09ATHENS1233	U.S.-Russia Summit Results Demarche Delivered: Greek MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 13:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR RS
09ATHENS1255	A View From the Chamber: New Democracy MPs Discuss Early [...] (C) Summary. In an effort to take the pulse of the governing New Democracy (ND) party, Polcouns and Poloff on 13 July met with two junior deputies, Apostolos Tzitzikostas and Christos Staikouras, and a vice-president of the Parliament, Elsa Papadimitriou, to discuss the government's agenda. [...]	2009-07-17 11:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON GR
09ATHENS1269	Greek Views on July 2009 GAERC [...] (C) On July 17, Poloff delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the July 27-28 GAERC to Evgenios Kalpyris, Head of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division of the MFA. Kalpyris had no comment on Iran issues. On Somalia, he said Greece fully supported the Transitional Federal [...]	2009-07-17 16:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN GR PREL PGOV
09ATHENS1311	Greek Views on July 2009 GAERC (Follow-Up) [...] (C) On July 23, in a follow-up meeting, Poloff delivered ref A points on U.S. positions on the July 27-28 GAERC to Niki Kamba, MFA European Correspondent. (Post had reported on initial Greek reactions, from MFA ESDP Division Head Evgenios Kalpyris, in reftel B.) On Georgia, Kamba said that G [...]	2009-07-24 14:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
09ATHENS1347	Greece: Demarche Delivered on OSCE HumDim Meeting [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GR
09ATHENS1425	GOG RELEASES STATEMENT CONDEMNING AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points August 12 on the conviction of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Ambassador Dimitrios Anninos, the acting Director of the Asia bureau at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Dimitrios commended the statements made by President Obama a [...]	2009-08-12 15:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM GR
09ATHENS1429	Demarche Delivered: UNESCO Director-General Election [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-13 14:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO GR
09ATHENS1435	Greece: Decision on G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 12:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM GR
09ATHENS1439	Greek FM Set to Attend G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:13:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM GR
09ATHENS1461	GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (SBU) On September 2 PolOff delivered reftel Gymnich backgrounder and points to Niki Kambas of the Greek MFA Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. Kambas noted that, overall, she does not foresee any big changes from the "usual positions" for issues on the agenda and said Greece [...]	2009-09-04 12:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN GR PGOV PREL
09ATHENS1463	Greek MFA on Jewish Cemetery Issues, Athens Mosque [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 28, the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) E2 Directorate for Religious and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Amb. Christodoulos J. Lazaris, described GoG actions to address increased anti-Semitic vandalism, the current status of property restitution negotiations [...]	2009-09-09 14:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL GR
09ATHENS1467	Greek Views on September 2009 GAERC, Sri Lanka [...] (C) On September 10, Poloff discussed ref A points on U.S. positions on the September 14-15 GAERC with Niki Kamba, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Kamba that Iran and Afghanistan would be the only two external relations items on the September [...]	2009-09-11 13:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GR CE
09ATHENS1485	PASOK Official Foreshadows Foreign Policy Priorities [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met with PASOK International Secretary Paulina Lampsa September 10 for a wide-ranging discussion on the October 4 elections and PASOK ambitions for Greek foreign and economic policy. With PASOK currently polling ahead of Prime Minister Karamanlis' ND party, Lampsa rev [...]	2009-09-18 14:14:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY SENV GR RS PTER FMC SMIG IMO ECON
09ATHENS1489	Greece: UNGA Walkout Redline Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 12:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA GR
09ATHENS1515	Greece's Surging Far-Right LAOS Party Inches Towards Center [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of their unprecedented success in European Parliament elections in June, the leaders of Greece's surging, far-right Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) expect to win 6 to 7 percent of the vote and up to 20 parliamentary seats in October 4 domestic elections and are pre [...]	2009-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KIRF GR
09ATHENS1565	Greek Views on October 2009 GAERC [...] (C) On October 23, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the October 26-27 GAERC with Niki Kamba, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Kamba said the EU paper on Afghanistan/Pakistan had already been approved by all member states at the [...]	2009-10-23 11:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GR CE GV
09ATHENS1567	Greece: Demarche Response on UN International Civil Service [...] (C) On October 23, Poloff raised reftel A points on U.S. ICSC candidate Lucretia Myers and provided Myers' bio to Evaghelia Kamariotou, the officer in charge of UN candidatures in the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Kamariotou confirmed that Greece fully supported th [...]	2009-10-23 12:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC UNGA KUNR GR
09ATHENS1571	GREECE/GICNT: UPDATE ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) On October 20, Poloff and Russian Third Secretary Dmitriy V. Novikov delivered ref A demarche to Greek MFA D1 Political Counselor for International Security Issues, Dimitrios Papandreou. Delivery of the demarche was delayed because the Russian side did not receive its instructions from Mosc [...]	2009-10-23 13:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC GR
09ATHENS1573	G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future: New Greek Alternate Foreign [...] (SBU) On October 21, the Ambassador encouraged Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas to attend the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future and noted, per ref. A, that Secretary Clinton is planning to attend. Droutsas expressed interest in the event and asked for more information. Pos [...]	2009-10-23 15:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR ECON KPAO KMPI
09ATHENS1575	Greek Response to UNGA Third Committee Demarche [...] (SBU) On October 26, Poloff raised reftel points on the UN General Assembly Third Committee with Elias Photopoulos, Director of the MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights, and with Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations. On no-action m [...]	2009-10-26 12:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA GR
09ATHENS1577	Greece on Iran: Wants More Information on Additional [...] (C) In the latest in a series of meetings on Iran, PolCouns and PolOff met 10/16 with representatives from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs A6 Middle East and D1 International Organization directorates to give a readout of the P5+1 October 1 meeting, underscore the need for vigilance in mo [...]	2009-10-26 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV ENRG IR GR UNGA IAEA RS PHUM
09ATHENS1595	GREECE: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on the Goldstone Report and debate at the UN General Assembly to Loukas Tsokos of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Stelios Gavriil of the A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs. Counselor Gavriil thank [...]	2009-11-04 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS KPAL GR
09ATHENS1613	Ambassador's Call on Parliament President Petsalnikos [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Parliament President Fhilippos Petsalnikos November 4 accompanied by DCM and POLOFF. On the Macedonia name issue Petsalnikos followed standard GoG lines, emphasizing the compound name used erga omnes, but also the Greek desire to move all of the Western Balkan [...]	2009-11-09 15:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIP ECON EFIN GR
09ATHENS1631	Greek Views on November 2009 GAERC [...] (C) On November 10, Poloffs discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the November 16-17 GAERC with Niki Kamba, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division, and Vassilis Tselios, Deputy Head of the MFA C1 Directorate for EU External Relations. Ka [...]	2009-11-16 12:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
09ATHENS1633	Greece Supports EU Renewal of Belarus Sanctions and [...] (C) PolOff met November 10 with Vassilis Tselios, Deputy Head of the C1 EU External Relations Directorate, to discuss a coordinated Belarus sanctions policy. Tselios - the Greek MFA's point person for EU- Eastern partner affairs - noted that Greece does not have an embassy in Minsk and therefo [...]	2009-11-16 14:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO GR EUN
09ATHENS1637	GREEK RESPONSE: PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) On November 12, PolOffs delivered reftel points to Paulina Chotzoglou of the MFA's A10 Directorate, North Korea desk. Poloffs underscored the importance of sharing information and designating entities and individuals associated with DPRK proliferation efforts and expressed hope that the [...]	2009-11-17 13:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM KN ETTC EUN UNSC GR KNNP
09ATHENS1669	Greek Response to Burma Dialogue Demarche [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. dialogue with Burma with Ambassador Charalambos Dafaranos, Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Dafaranos said Greece fully agreed with U.S. views on the necessity of a legitimate 2010 election, for dialogue between [...]	2009-12-01 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR BM
09ATHENS1675	Greek Response to DPRK Universal Periodic Review Demarche [...] (SBU) On December 4, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. views on the DPRK Universal Periodic Review with Elias Photopoulos, Director of the MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights. Photopoulos said Greece fully agreed with U.S. views and that he had instructed the Greek mission to the UN to ask s [...]	2009-12-04 13:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN GR KN
09ATHENS1681	Greek Views on December 2009 FAC [...] (C) On December 4, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the December 8 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council) with Alexandros Ioannidis, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Ioannidis said the FAC's agenda would focus on the Middle East peace p [...]	2009-12-04 15:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
09ATHENS1717	INFORMAL ADVISOR TO PAPANDREOU SHEDS LIGHT ON GOG INTERNAL [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met December 3 with Paulina Lampsa, head of the PASOK International Secretariat, to discuss internal dynamics and key players in the Papandreou Administration and the current state of play in Cyprus and Turkey. Lampsa discussed her role and that of other semi-official a [...]	2009-12-20 22:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GR TU MK CY
09ATHENS209	GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, on February 18 Poloff informed Elias Photopoulos, Director of the Greek MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights, of our points on the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session. Photopoulos stated that Greece will follow the EU consensus at the Working Group Session. He not [...]	2009-02-18 09:30:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC GR
09ATHENS210	GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON PROSECUTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 12:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS EWWT KCRM PTER MOPS PREL GR
09ATHENS234	TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL TO [...] (S) On February 20, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. T [...]	2009-02-20 16:53:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	KTFN EFIN ETRD ETTC GR
09ATHENS243	UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: AMCIT NOMINATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Directorate, on 23 February. Panagiotidis indicated that it would be given due consideration, but we have not yet received a response. MCCARTHY [...]	2009-02-24 14:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR
09ATHENS286	GREECE/OSCE: BAKOYIANNIS MEETING WITH OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabbi Andrew Baker, the OSCE Personal Representative for Combating Anti-Semitism (and International Jewish Affairs Director for the American Jewish Committee) told Polofs that the OSCE Chairmanship was focused on security issues, and had not developed an agenda or active plan fo [...]	2009-03-09 10:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGO PHUM GR KIRF
09ATHENS350	GREECE ALREADY SUBMITTED HCOC AD, URGES U.S. TO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on boosting the number of HCOC Annual Declarations (ADs) received this year to Second Counselor Loukas Tsokos and Counselor-Expert on Disarmament Issues Pantelis Margaris at the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations. In response, Margar [...]	2009-03-20 14:49:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA GR
09ATHENS509	GREECE -- RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to LouQsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive res [...]	2009-04-07 07:43:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP KN GR
09ATHENS513	GREECE SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On April 6, Poloffs delivered reftel points on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Ambassador Tryphon S. Paraskevopoulos, Director of UN and International Specialized Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and George Panagiot [...]	2009-04-07 08:52:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR UN
09ATHENS515	GREECE - RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive [...]	2009-04-07 12:06:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP KN GR
09ATHENS523	GREECE -- ENLARGING WITH STATES ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 06:54:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL ICJ KV GR
09ATHENS591	Greece reiterates support for the U.S. candidacy to the UN [...] (U) On April 15, poloff delivered reftel points on the formal announcement of United States candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to George Panagiotidis, Embassy AttachC) for the UN Directorate at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In response, Panagiotidis reiterated Greece' [...]	2009-04-15 14:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS651	Greek Views on April GAERC Issues [...] (C) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the April 27-28 GAERC to MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the agenda for the GAERC included: the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, the May 6 EU-Canada summit, and following up on the EU-Obama meeting. Sh [...]	2009-04-23 14:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
09ATHENS689	GREECE URGES EARLY RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN [...] (C) On April 27 poloff delivered reftel points urging a return to constitutional rule in Madagascar to Stefanos Ioannides, Counselor for Sub-Saharan Africa in the A9 Division of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While Greece believed a return to constitutional order in Madagascar wa [...]	2009-04-29 10:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID PGOV GR MA
09ATHENS80	TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE PRE-NOTIFIED OF UPCOMING [...] (C) On January 21, A/Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank [...]	2009-01-21 14:16:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR EFIN PTER PINR PREL
09ATHENS807	Greek Views on May GAERC [...] (C) On May 14, PolOff delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the May 18-19 GAERC to MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the agenda for the GAERC would include: the May 21-22 EU-Russia summit, Moldova, Iran, Georgia, the Atalanta anti-piracy mission, Sri Lanka, and Operation Alt [...]	2009-05-15 12:10:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
09ATHENS81	TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE PRE-NOTIFIED OF [...] (C) On January 21, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...]	2009-01-21 14:21:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR
09ATHENS901	Greece: Muslim Migrants Protest in Athens, Radicalization [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violent demonstrations and riots involving Muslim migrants rocked downtown Athens throughout the month of May, bringing relations between migrants and the Greek government to a new nadir and fueling fears of Islamic radicalization in Greece. Muslim community leaders and media re [...]	2009-05-29 13:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER GR KIRF ASEC ABLD PREF SMIG
09ATHENS933	Terrorism Finance: Greek Response on UN Designation of Abdul [...] (SBU) On May 21, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Ioannis Papadakis, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. EconOff f [...]	2009-06-02 10:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CH GR
09ATHENS935	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES SUBJECT TO [...] (S) On May 21, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Ioannis Papadakis, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. EconOff fol [...]	2009-06-02 10:33:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN GR
09BAGHDAD1012	SRSG BRIEFS PM MALIKI ON DIBS REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting, a UNAMI official described PM Maliki's positive reaction to a briefing by SRSG de Mistura on the impending release of the UN's DIBs reports. Maliki reportedly welcomed news that the reports would disappoint the Kurds and offered no evidence that he is pr [...]	2009-04-13 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1052	UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...]	2009-04-17 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IZ
09BAGHDAD1054	UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...]	2009-04-17 17:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IZ
09BAGHDAD1062	NEW SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT: BUILDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ayad Samarrai'e, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and Tawafuq coalition was elected speaker of the Iraqi parliament by 153 votes on April 19, 2009, after a four-month campaign. His election indicates there is a strong cross-sectarian, cross-ethnic political alliance invol [...]	2009-04-20 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1066	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI WIDOWS AND MINISTRY OF STATE FOR [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post reports below on the current financial status of the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA),MoSWA's efforts to obtain international donor funding, and the poorly run GOI's widows stipend program. While current USAID assistance programs do not specific [...]	2009-04-20 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1090	SOME DISPLACED FAMILIES RETURN TO MIXED BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Embedded PRT governance specialist and Coalition Force (CF) leaders met on April 19 in Baghdad's Hurriya section with local Iraqi officials, area sheikhs and Iraqi Army (IA) officers involved in the resettlement of internally displaced (IDP) families. Hurriya had [...]	2009-04-22 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREF PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD11	NAJAF CLERICAL LEADERS FEAR IRANIAN IDEOLOGICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Three well-placed contacts in the Shia holy city of Najaf told us December 27 that Iranian influence there is strong and that Ayatollah Muhammad Said al-Hakim, whose family has ties to Iran, likely will succeed the aging Ayatollah Sistani. They each opined al-Hakim could begin [...]	2009-01-05 11:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD111	QATAR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: IRAQ GETS TO "NO" [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to us January 15 Iraq's decision to decline Qatar's invitation to a proposed January 16 Emergency Arab League Summit on Gaza but the decision was crafted in such a way as to leave a legalistic out. Zebari (and other officials) described intern [...]	2009-01-15 16:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL

09BAGHDAD112	QATAR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: IRAQ GOES FROM YES TO NO [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to us January 15 Iraq's decision to decline Qatar's invitation to a proposed January 16 Emergency Arab League Summit on Gaza but the decision was crafted in such a way as to leave a legalistic out. Zebari (and other officials) described intern [...]	2009-01-15 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL
09BAGHDAD1138	DISPLACED FAMILIES IN BAGHDAD DESCRIBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Refcoord, and Embedded PRT governance specialist met April 26 with approximately 15 displaced (IDP) families in Baghdad's Hurriya neighborhood, in 2006-2007 the site of some of the capital's most intense sectarian violence. Most heads of household said they had [...]	2009-04-30 06:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREF PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD1149	KRG ELECTIONS ON TRACK, WITH LIMITED NEED FOR USG [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reports that planning for the Kurdish parliamentary elections is on track, with an anticipated election date of July 25. IHEC's Chairman told us that PM Maliki has orally authorized funding for the elections, but that IHEC wi [...]	2009-05-01 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD1157	WHITHER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE? [...] (C) Over the past week, Baghdad has swirled with rumors over the current status of National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie. According to media reports, confirmed by a member of Rubaie's staff, on April 23, Iraq's Council of Ministers (COM) took action to dissolve Iraq's National Security [...]	2009-05-01 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1158	SAMARRAI TELLS IHEC TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: According to UNAMI's Chief Elections Advisor, Speaker of Parliament Ayad Samarrai told the Board of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) April 27 that Parliament would use the 2005 elections law for the upcoming parliamentary elections. He would entertain amendm [...]	2009-05-01 17:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1184	AMBASSADOR HILL'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MASOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 2 meeting with KRG President Barzani in Erbil, Ambassador urged Barzani to reach out to PM Maliki on issues that divide them. He assured Barzani the U.S. is committed to supporting Iraqi leaders in what may be a long and sometimes difficult political process. Barzani a [...]	2009-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD124	ASSESSING THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: At the direction of Prime Minister Maliki, Support Councils (SC) (Arabic: majilis al-isnad) were first established in Maysan and Basra in conjunction with ISF security operations in March and May 2008. The first Support Council, established in Basra, didn't develop much due to [...]	2009-01-16 16:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD125	THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...]	2009-01-17 07:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD126	THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...]	2009-01-17 07:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD127	THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...]	2009-01-17 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1283	MALIKI'S CHOSEN GOVERNORS IMPRESS EARLY [...] (C) Through careful managing of the post-provincial election coalition-building process, eight of the ten Shi'a-majority provinces have new governors approved by Prime Minister Maliki; six of those represent the Da'wa Central wing of his State of Law coalition. Early May meetings between Senio [...]	2009-05-15 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD1288	MINORITY QUOTAS IN UPCOMING IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Iraq's minority communities will have mandated representation in the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament following the KRG elections, currently scheduled for July 25. For the first time, Kurdish electoral law stipulates that Christians, Turkmen, and Armenians will receive 11 seats of the total 111 [...]	2009-05-17 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BAGHDAD1294	ARREST OF SUNNI LEADER HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES ON [...] (S) Summary: On May 12, the Iraqi Army arrested prominent Sunni Tribal leader Sheikh Mutlab Al-Massari, on suspicion of collaborating in efforts to reconstitute the Ba'th Party. The arrest of Mutlab, who is a close contact of the U.S. Embassy and Coalition Forces, highlights many of the challe [...]	2009-05-18 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER MARR MOPS IZ
09BAGHDAD1295	KRG ELECTIONS: EVERYTHING IN PLACE BUT THE MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Elections for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) and a popular vote for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) president are both scheduled for July 25, 2009. The elections will take place in the three governorates that comprise the KRG (Erbil, Sulaymaniah and Dahuk),with [...]	2009-05-18 16:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD1311	KHANAQIN, DIYALA KURDS INFLEXIBLE ON DIBS DEMANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish interlocutors in the Khanaqin district of Diyala province strongly believe that Khanaqin and surrounding areas must be part of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). They assert that Khanaqin's population has historically been overwhelmingly Kurdish (despite Saddam's [...]	2009-05-20 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD1312	BAGHDAD RESIDENTS DISCUSS IMPACT OF UPCOMING U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent encounters with emboffs, Baghdad residents and community leaders offered their views about security and the effect of U.S. combat forces' withdrawal, to be completed by the end of June, from urban areas. Iraqi attitudes toward the withdrawal are somewhat schizophrenic [...]	2009-05-20 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ
09BAGHDAD1369	BARHAM SALIH TO RESIGN DPM POST IN ORDER TO RUN IN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih is likely to resign in the next week in order to place his name on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) plenum candidate list for Prime Minister in the upcoming Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) elections. Salih's staff informed PolOff that S [...]	2009-05-26 06:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1370	IRAQI POLITICIANS CONSIDER THE PAST AS THEY PLAN [...] (C) While the Iraqi Parliament has not begun formal debate on elections legislation, political blocs have begun their internal strategizing on the elections. The Prime Minister has privately stated a preference for open lists, but several parliamentarians have told us that the larger partie [...]	2009-05-26 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD1388	TRADE MINISTER STEPS DOWN IN RESPONSE TO [...] 1. (C) SUMMARY: Trade Minister al-Sudani has finally resigned after weeks of public allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Trade (MOT),the arrest of three employees including his brother, and a looming vote of no confidence in the Council of Representatives (COR). The MOT scandal and t [...]	2009-05-27 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1396	PARLIAMENTARY ACTIONS INCREASE TENSION WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the recent resignation of Iraq's Trade Minister following high-profile questioning by Parliament on corruption allegations, Parliament's budget maneuvers to restrict prime ministerial power, and indications that Parliament will continue questioning senior officials on corrupt [...]	2009-05-28 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1402	ELECTIONS UPDATE: KRG FUNDS TRANSFERRED, NEW [...] (SBU) At long last, IHEC has received the almost $40 million in funding for the KRG elections it has been waiting for for several weeks. With the funding now in hand, preparations for the July 25 Iraqi Kurdish Parliament and presidential elections are smoothly on track. Bloc leaders in Par [...]	2009-05-29 11:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1426	MINORITIES FIND SECURITY IN KURDISTAN BUT [...] (C) Christian and Sabean-Mandean leaders based in the Kurdistan region report that the flow of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into their communities from the rest of Iraq has decreased to a trickle -- an indicator, they believe, that sectarian violence targeting minorities throughout Iraq [...]	2009-06-01 05:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BAGHDAD1427	NINEWA OPERATIONS COMMAND: SOME DETAINEES FINALLY [...] (C) The Government of Iraq is trying to adequately address problems relating to its detainee population. The Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) is a particularly egregious offender. Although most of the approximately 1,000 people incarcerated at the NOC have had their cases reviewed by an inv [...]	2009-06-01 06:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PJUS PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1431	IRAQ-SAUDI ARABIA: NO RAPPROCHEMENT IN SIGHT [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, Prime Minister Maliki publicly complained about Saudi Arabia's "negative stance" toward Iraq's efforts to improve the bilateral relationship. In his sharp response two days later, the Saudi Interior Minister suggested that Maliki himself was working against Iraq's i [...]	2009-06-01 09:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SA
09BAGHDAD1433	IRAQI JOURNALISTS CONTINUE THE ELUSIVE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Iraqi journalists and representatives from various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provided their views on freedom of the press, access to information and the influence of political parties on Iraqi media. Participants expressed a genuin [...]	2009-06-01 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1457	NEW IIP LEADERSHIP TAKES PARTY IN NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The largest Sunni Arab political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),has changed its leadership in a move that might presage a reconciliation with the Prime Minister's Shia Islamist party. On May 24, 2009, the IIP selected both a new Political Bureau, and Osama al-Tikriti as it [...]	2009-06-03 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD1481	IRAQ-KUWAIT: IRAQI RHETORIC HEATS UP [...] (C) From the Baghdad perspective, the Iraq-Kuwait relationship is getting stickier and it may start to affect U.S.-Iraqi relations eventually. Contrary to rumors, Kuwait has not recalled its Ambassador to Iraq, according to contacts here. However, Kuwait's recent actions opposing lifting I [...]	2009-06-05 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1493	IRAQI POLITICIANS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's political classes almost uniformly praised President Obama's June 4 speech from Cairo as "a good start." However, most contacts told us that the U.S. must follow up with specific actions to consolidate Iraq's fragile democracy and to establish an independent [...]	2009-06-07 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1498	IRAQI POLITICIANS PASS THE BUCK AS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Council of Representatives' (CoR) Legal Committee is working on a law to conduct a July referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA),as required by the 2008 SA approval law. Although key politicians and groups (e.g., the PM, CoR Speaker, Kurds, mainstream Sunn [...]	2009-06-09 07:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1520	GOI ATTEMPTS TO LINK REFERENDUM ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not yet definite, it appears likely that the Security Agreement (SA) referendum will be delayed to January 2010, to run concurrently with parliamentary elections. The Cabinet publically announced its preference June 9 that the SA referendum be held at the same time as parli [...]	2009-06-11 04:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1521	GOI ATTEMPTS TO LINK REFERENDUM ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not yet definite, it appears likely that the Security Agreement (SA) referendum will be delayed to January 2010, to run concurrently with parliamentary elections. The Cabinet publically announced its preference June 9 that the SA referendum be held at the same time as parli [...]	2009-06-11 04:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1537	SHI'A PARTIES WARM TO OPEN LISTS, OTHERS UNMOVED [...] (C) Summary. Politicians from the primary Shi'a parties over the past two weeks have shifted their message to express preference for a hybrid "open list" national election system and predict that a majority in parliament agree. Most Sunni and Kurdish members of parliament (MP),however, likely [...]	2009-06-12 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1538	KRG ELECTIONS: A "REAL RACE" IN SULAIMANIYAH? [...] (C) Summary: Two recent polls conducted in the Kurdistan region project that the Kurdistan Coalition -- formed by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) -- and current KRG President Masoud Barzani are early favorites in the elections to be held on Ju [...]	2009-06-12 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV KDEM
09BAGHDAD1539	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (SBU) In their first meeting with Ambassador Hill, Christian religious leaders emphasized that continued emigration of Iraqi Christians abroad remains their primary concern. They stressed that, although security remains worrisome, the motivation behind current departures was economic, coupled [...]	2009-06-12 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI
09BAGHDAD1545	AMBASSADOR HILL MEETS WITH MINORITY POLITICAL [...] (SBU) In their first meeting with Ambassador Hill, political representatives of Iraq's minority communities focused on the issues of emigration, greater political representation, and a perception of societal discrimination, subjects which they believed to be mutually reinforcing. They attrib [...]	2009-06-14 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI
09BAGHDAD1546	A RARE AND VIGOROUS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: In another example of increasingly robust parliamentary assertions of oversight under the still new leadership of Speaker Ayad Samaraie, members of parliament slammed the Ministry of Interior for human rights abuses during the Council's June 11 session. Initiated by Sadrists, ot [...]	2009-06-14 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD1555	ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED [...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was [...]	2009-06-15 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD1556	ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED [...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was a [...]	2009-06-15 16:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD1579	IRAQI WOMEN STRUGGLE OVER HOW BEST TO ENSURE THEIR [...] (C) Sunni and Kurdish women Parliamentary leaders are pushing Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) to amend Article 41 of the Iraqi Constitution to strike language stipulating that the personal status of Iraqis is determined by their religion and sect. These MPs fear that if it [...]	2009-06-17 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF KWMN PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD1580	EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 16, we delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. We informed the minister that the Department had ranked Iraq as a Tier 2 Watch List country rather than categorize it as a special case, as had been done in previous years. W [...]	2009-06-17 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG IZ
09BAGHDAD1595	DISPUTED INTERNAL BOUNDARIES: UNAMI ARAB-KURD [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI's Arab Kurd High-Level Task Force (HLTF) met again on Tuesday, June 16. UNAMI staff reports that discussions were polite and, at times, jovial. Arab and Kurd negotiators agreed to ground-rules for the negotiations, and to meet again next week on Tuesday, June 23. Both si [...]	2009-06-18 12:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1599	UPDATE ON ARREST OF PROMINENT TRIBAL LEADER [...] (C) On June 9, Emboffs conducted a follow-up visit to detainee Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a prominent West Baghdad Sunni tribal leader and SOI affiliate who had close cooperation with the Embassy, the Baghdad PRT, and the U.S. Military. As outlined ref B, Mutlab's case is significant in that i [...]	2009-06-18 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1600	MOMENTUM BUILDS TO DELAY SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Momentum for a Security Agreement (SA) referendum in July is diminishing, with Iraqi political leaders telling us a consensus favors delaying action on a referendum law. The Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC) stated that it needs 60 days to organize a referendum following ena [...]	2009-06-18 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA
09BAGHDAD1643	GOI MAKING PROGRESS ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Recently returned from the June 1 Tripartite Commission meeting in Kuwait, the head of Iraq's delegation, Arkan Saleh, reported that the talks were constructive and that Kuwait's lead delegate, Ibrahim Shaheen, had agreed in principle to visit Iraq in the next few months. The issue of Kuwa [...]	2009-06-22 09:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV KU IZ
09BAGHDAD1673	DETAINEE RELEASES CONTINUE, ALBEIT AT A SLOWER PACE [...] (C) Summary: The release and transfer of detainees held by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) continues, albeit at a slower pace than when the process began in February. The Detainee Affairs Joint Subcommittee (JSC),established in February by the Security Agreement, continues to hold biwee [...]	2009-06-24 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1699	PRISON ABUSE SCANDAL PUTS GOI ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The issue of detainee abuse and prison conditions has been transformed into an election-year hot potato following the assassination of Deputy Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Harith al-Obeidi, a Sadrist parliamentary bloc report alleging human rights violations by security officials, [...]	2009-06-25 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1702	KRG PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTION CERTAIN TO [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) has unexpectedly passed a constitution for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),and approved its going to a referendum on July 25. The draft contains a number of provisions that may conflict with the Iraqi constitution. Politically, the [...]	2009-06-26 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1703	PM MALIKI PUSHES BACK ON PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONING [...] (C) Summary: Relations between Prime Minister Maliki and parliament's Sunni leadership have improved in recent weeks but remain cool. Responding to what he saw as a political campaign to weaken him after gains in the provincial elections, Maliki has sought to change the rules of the road for [...]	2009-06-26 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1704	RIVAL SHIA MPS FIND COMMON GROUND ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Influential Shia MPs Qasim Daoud and Jabir Habib Jabir -- both of whom belong to the Shia Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) but who hold contrasting views of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki -- share nationalistic viewpoints about Iraq's place in the region. In separate meetings with Polo [...]	2009-06-26 13:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU SA IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1743	PROGRESS IN PARLIAMENT ON NATIONAL ELECTION LAW [...] (C) Summary/Comment: There is growing support in Parliament for amending the 2005 election law as the basis for national elections scheduled for January 2010. A multi-party ad hoc committee met June 27 and 28 to work on the draft law, and MPs told us that they expect a law to be approved by t [...]	2009-06-29 12:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1744	IRAQ AFTER JUNE 30: THE VIEW FROM SADR CITY [...] (C) Summary. As the June 30 deadline for withdrawal from the cities approaches, Sadr City remains unstable and dangerous. Security there and in surrounding low-income Shi'a neighborhoods remains fragile but has not significantly deteriorated. Information about the two-thirds of Sadr City [...]	2009-06-29 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1781	KRG ELECTIONS: IHEC SEEKS TO BALANCE BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has announced the official start of campaign season just four weeks before the July 25 Election Day on which voters will select new members of the Iraqi-Kurdistani Parliament and participate in the first-ever popular election of [...]	2009-07-01 16:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV KDEM
09BAGHDAD1785	CHRISTIANS SEEK POLITICAL UNITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Several key Christian politicians and religious leaders have begun to lay the groundwork for the unification of Iraq's Christian political parties into a single electoral coalition in anticipation of the January 2010 national elections. Although Iraq's Christian community suffers from num [...]	2009-07-02 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD1800	OPPOSITION TO KURDISH CONSTITUTION RISING AMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition to the recently-passed Kurdistan Region Constitution is quickly growing among Arabs and Turkmen. Sunni and Shi'a Arab parliamentarians and political leaders have expressed concern privately to poloffs about the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) land claims in the [...]	2009-07-05 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1805	IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND: TOO HARD A BARGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref A) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer, leading international oil companies (IOC) and foreign observers to claim that the GOI had failed to achieve its goals. For the most part, however, senior GOI offic [...]	2009-07-06 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1821	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT: POSSIBLE MOVEMENT [...] (C) Members of Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee and other sources tell us that 20 of 65 pending ambassadorial nominees are close to being confirmed, perhaps in the next two weeks. That said, there continue to be conflicting signals as to whether Kuwait will be among the first 20 posts [...]	2009-07-07 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1823	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION LAW: MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) The ad hoc parliamentary elections committee (reftel) produced a draft election law for the January 2010 national elections on July 6. The ad hoc committee is currently seeking input and reaction to the draft, including from the Embassy-funded CLA/University of Utah elections experts th [...]	2009-07-07 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ KDEM
09BAGHDAD186	PRT DIYALA: LOCAL TECHNOCRATS HOPE NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings about upcoming provincial council (PC) elections with poloff January 19-21, local professionals and government officials in Diyala emphatically denounced incumbent national religious parties and politicians in the province, believing them corrupt and inca [...]	2009-01-25 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1860	SABEAN-MANDEANS: UNDER SIEGE BUT HOLDING ON [...] (C) Sabean-Mandean leaders living in Iraq describe their community as desperately wanting to remain and participate in the country's political life rather than emigrate abroad, despite being the frequent targets of criminal elements. These leaders tell us that members of the community who are [...]	2009-07-10 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KIRF KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG IZ
09BAGHDAD1889	TO SHIA, "RECONCILIATION" MEANS BA'THIST REVIVAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 10:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SA IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1890	NON-MUSLIM ENDOWMENT: FLUSH WITH CASH, BUT NO ONE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1891	SEVEN CHURCHES BOMBED IN BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD192	PM REPLACES WASIT POLICE CHIEF, FUELING BROADER [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister's office replaced Wasit Province Chief of Police MG Abed al-Haneen Faisal on January 14 with the Da'wa-affiliated former Karbala Police Chief, MG Ra'ad Shaker Jawdat al-Hasnawi. The move to replace the police chief, broadly viewed as non-partisan and effective [...]	2009-01-26 06:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1925	SHIA AGAIN PONDER UIA AS AN ELECTORAL VEHICLE [...] (C) Summary. Local media and Embassy contacts are speculating about the imminent revival of the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) as a coalition for the planned January parliamentary election. The potential revival of the UIA encompasses three main issues: whether the Islamic Supreme Council of Ira [...]	2009-07-16 08:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1959	ARTICLE 142 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS DRAWS [...] (SBU) After nearly four years, the work of the Article 142 Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) is finally drawing to a close. The vast majority of the approximately 60 proposed amendments that will be submitted to the Parliament would make only technical or minor cosmetic changes to the Con [...]	2009-07-20 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KWMN PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD1988	CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISCUSS JULY 12 CHURCH BOMBINGS [...] (C) In the wake of the July 12 church bombings in Baghdad, we have met with representatives of the four largest churches in Iraq, including the heads of the Chaldean, Assyrian, and Syriac Catholic denominations as well as the Christian endowment and various Christian political leaders to expres [...]	2009-07-23 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD1990	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: TRADE MINISTER'S CASE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a significant ruling, the Council of Ministers clarified existing requirements regarding minister-level permission to send criminal cases against former government employees to Iraqi courts. Prime Minister al-Maliki's office subsequently announced an agreement to send the [...]	2009-07-23 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KDEM KCRM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1997	KIRKUK THREATENS TO DERAIL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: After three weeks of slow but steady technical progress, opportunistic politicians have slowed the momentum of efforts to draft a new national parliamentary elections law by introducing a fresh debate on the status of Kirkuk (Ref A). These actors -- members of the former July [...]	2009-07-24 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD20	KISSING THE KORAN: ELECTIONEERING IN SADR CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Leaders and residents of Baghdad's Sadr City have pointed to active campaigning in the run up to January 30, 2009, provincial elections. Streets near JSS Sadr City contain hundreds of posters showing Shia politicians. PM Maliki's visage is nearly universally emblazoned with me [...]	2009-01-05 14:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2000	SITREP: U.S. MONITORS REPORT QUIET AND ORDERLY [...] (SBU) Today, July 25, voters in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region head to the polls to vote for a new regional parliament and to participate in the first popular election of a Kurdistan president. This election is the first Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament election since January 30, 2005. In th [...]	2009-07-25 10:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV KDEM
09BAGHDAD2002	KRG ELECTIONS: MODEST TURNOUT AND MINOR [...] (SBU) Overall, election observers report a calm, orderly day of voting in the Kurdistan region on July 25 with few reports of irregularities (Ref A). By midday, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported that voter turnout was at 37%. The number of voters increased as the da [...]	2009-07-25 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD2003	KRG ELECTIONS: SIGNIFICANT TURNOUT, PRELIMINARY [...] (C) A few hours after polls closed in the Kurdistan region on July 25, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced that 78% of the voters participated in the election. Election monitors from the U.S. Mission report some election irregularities, but did not observe any major a [...]	2009-07-26 15:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD2014	AYATOLLAH SISTANI PUSHES FOR OPEN ELECTORAL LISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the foremost Iraqi Shi'a cleric, has conveyed messages on the pending elections law and political coalition formation for several weeks. After meeting with Sistani and two other leading Shi'a clerics, GOI Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told P [...]	2009-07-28 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2022	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Maliki's July 21-25 visit to the United States generally received factual and neutral coverage in the local press. Iraqi media stories focused on the implementation of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) in addition to Maliki's meetings with U.S. and UN off [...]	2009-07-28 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2032	KRG ELECTIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results of the Kurdistan elections show the Goran Change List outperformed the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) list in PUK's home base of Sulemaniyah, but the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and PUK are set to retain their hold on power in the north and have struc [...]	2009-07-29 17:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET IZ
09BAGHDAD2038	MINORITY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQI CENSUS [...] (C) As Ministry of Planning officials continue their preparations for a nationwide census this fall, many of Iraq's ethnic and religious minority leaders have raised concerns about how the census will be administered and whether it will provide an accurate reflection of their communities' demo [...]	2009-07-30 08:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KIRF PGOV SMIG SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2055	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES ISSUE WITH AMNESTY [...] (C) A July 23 report from Amnesty International that nine Iraqi women face imminent execution appears to be exaggerated, according to the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. While Minister Selim confirmed that three Iraqi women have already been executed in 2009, she told us July 30 that n [...]	2009-07-31 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2068	VISIT TO DETAINED SUNNI TRIBAL FIGURE [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs conducted a prison visit on July 8 to see Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a close Embassy and U.S. military contact, prominent West Baghdad tribal leader and Sons of Iraq (SOI) affiliate. Mutlab was detained by the Iraqi Army on May 12, suspected of association with the "New Ba [...]	2009-08-02 06:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD207	DIYALA'S SUNNI ARABS ON ELECTORAL FRAUD: INSECURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In conversations with us January 19-21, Sunni Arab officials in Diyala insisted that Shi'a and Kurds in the province intend to steal the upcoming Provincial Council (PC) elections. Sunni Arabs fear their perceived demographic majority will be neutralized and they will not win [...]	2009-01-27 09:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD2070	ISCI/BADR OFFICIALS ON IRANIAN ELECTION, MEK, AND [...] (C) On August 1, Post's IW and Poloff met with Tahsin al-Azzawi, deputy chairman of the Badr Organization and member of parliament, and Haitham al-Husseini, Senior Advisor and personal aide to ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim. The ensuing discussion covered post-election developments in Iran [...]	2009-08-02 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD210	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: A SERIOUS CONTEST WITH [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's provincial elections represent a milestone in the country's political progression. In general, the campaigns have been competitive, sometimes Sharply so. Political parties and local officials in most regions have perceived the election commission to be competent and fair, [...]	2009-01-27 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2100	MINISTER SAFA AL-SAFI LAUDS BASRAH RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Safi al-Safi told Poloffs he is proud of his management of Prime Minister Maliki's $100 million reconstruction effort in Basrah province. Contrasting his efforts to the United Kingdom's "economic failure" in Basrah, he said over 80 perce [...]	2009-08-04 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2105	THE LIMITS OF CROSS-SECTARIAN POLITICS BEFORE THE [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi politicians are seeking to brand their parties as non-sectarian amid a whirl of alliance negotiations before the January national parliamentary election. A significant cross-sectarian, national electoral alliance would be a very positive development in Iraqi politics. Forma [...]	2009-08-05 08:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2107	IRAQ'S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY: GREATLY REDUCED, BUT [...] (C) The leader of Iraq's Armenian Community, Archbishop Avak Asadourian, tells us that the presence of Armenians in Baghdad has been greatly reduced since 2003, but that the Armenian Church continues to serve its remaining members. On August 5, Poloff traveled to the Armenian Cathedral in Bag [...]	2009-08-05 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2132	MALIKI-BARZANI MEETING: AN ICEBREAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The long awaited meeting between Prime Minister Maliki and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani took place on August 2 and resulted in agreement to establish a joint GOI-KRG team to address contentious Arab-Kurd issues. KRG insiders tell us Maliki agreed to int [...]	2009-08-07 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2139	SHI'A POLITICAL PARTIES STRUGGLE TO FORM A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Shi'a political parties that comprised the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) in 2005 are negotiating intensely to form a new alliance to contest parliamentary elections in January 2010. Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leaders had hoped to announce the new coalit [...]	2009-08-09 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2142	BAGHDAD FAILY KURDS - NOT SO KURD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad's Faily Kurds, a Muslim Kurd minority, continue to grapple with issues of identity that were exacerbated by Saddam Hussein's repressive policies. They appear to have little affinity for Iraqi Kurdistan and its leaders. Rather, they say they support PM Maliki's efforts [...]	2009-08-10 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL SMIG KERF IZ
09BAGHDAD2184	RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN TARGETS PROMPT CONCERN, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since late July, a series of explosions targeting political party offices, mosques and civilian gathering places across the country have unsettled Iraqis about the possibility of renewed sectarianism. While the number of overall casualties is relatively low compared t [...]	2009-08-13 06:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2230	CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani predicted to CODEL McCain that, with U.S. help, the Kurds and Arabs would be able to avoid conflict and resolve critical issues like the status of Kirkuk. He said Barhem Salih was on track to become the next KRG prime minister. FM Zebari emphasized that the Jan [...]	2009-08-17 16:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM SY IR IZ
09BAGHDAD224	IRAQ NATIONAL LIST MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2243	VOTER REGISTRATION UPATE DRAWS IHEC INTO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The national voter registration update (VRU) originally scheduled to begin August 15, has been postponed for a week as the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has been drawn into sectarian politics over the disputed province of Kirkuk. Although the VRU period will open [...]	2009-08-18 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2246	PM MALIKI, CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS KIRKUK, MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: In an August 14 meeting with PM Maliki, Senator McCain congratulated the PM for the impressive progress in Iraq since his last visit. PM Maliki acknowledged the significant security gains and pointed to the tremendous sacrifices of both Iraqis and Americans. Regarding Arab-Kur [...]	2009-08-18 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SY IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2251	MEK/ASHRAF UPDATE: GOI PLANNING TO RELOCATE MEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 18 meeting with the Commander of Task Force 134 and Poloff, Ali al-Yassery, the chairman of the GOI's Ashraf Committee stated: (1) the GOI regrets the loss of life and will continue to abide by Iraq's laws and constitution in its dealing with the Mujahideen-e-Kh [...]	2009-08-19 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2261	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI, CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani reaffirmed to CODEL McCain August 15 that the Kurds will forever be an ally of the United States. Barzani claimed the KRG was ready to resolve the host of Arab-Kurd issues -- including disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) [...]	2009-08-21 09:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET IZ IR SY
09BAGHDAD2270	FM ZEBARI PROVIDES MESSAGE OF REASSURANCE, INSISTS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari met with foreign Ambassadors August 21 to provide an official reaction to the August 19 bombing of the MFA (and other GOI buildings) and to provide assurances that the MFA would soon be back up and functioning, using auxiliary buildings on the MFA compound [...]	2009-08-21 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2272	FM ZEBARI ACCEPTS AMBASSADOR'S CONDOLENCES; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador visited the heavily damaged MFA building August 22 to offer his condolences on the bombings in Baghdad. Meeting in a room that had been largely cleared of damage for a makeshift receiving room, but surrounded by rooms and hallways filled with shattered glass, deb [...]	2009-08-22 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2285	IRAQI JOURNALISTS PROTEST GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqi journalists took to the streets on August 14 to protest a perceived Government of Iraq (GOI) crackdown on freedom of the press. Estimates of the number of participants in the demonstration range from 150 to 1,500. GOI police provided security for the event, a [...]	2009-08-24 10:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2288	NEW SHIA ALLIANCE EXCLUDES MALIKI, BUT FINAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's main Shia parties, with the notable exception of PM Maliki's Da'wa, announced today the establishment of the Iraqi National Coalition (INC),a revitalized Shia grouping that seeks to run together during the national election scheduled for January. Saying the INC would buil [...]	2009-08-24 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2302	DEATH OF SHIA LEADER ABD AL-AZIZ AL-HAKIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Shia political world marked a major milestone with the death today of Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, the chairman of the influential Shia party the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI). Hakim's death could herald a generational shift within ISCI and the Hakim dynasty that could bri [...]	2009-08-26 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2303	SADR CITY SHI'A IMAMS NOT SANGUINE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shi'a imams and community activists told Emboffs that: Sunni-Shi'a reconciliation would be impossible in the near- to mid-term; Iraqis would continue to vote on sectarian lines in upcoming elections; no existing political party enjoys genuine credibility; a major effort on voter [...]	2009-08-26 16:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF KCOR PTER PINR IZ

09BAGHDAD2319	"BLAMESTORMING" OVER BAGHDAD BOMBINGS SHARPENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 19 bombings in Baghdad prompted a flurry of finger-pointing, with government officials and politicians blaming various Sunni groups, especially Ba,athists in Iraq and Syria, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)and rival Shi,a groups. The Saudis and Syrians, too, have come und [...]	2009-08-28 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINR PTER SA SY POL
09BAGHDAD2343	WASIT PROVINCIAL COUNCIL DISMISSES OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) The Wasit Provincial Council (PC) on Aug. 20 voted to permanently remove two leading "opposition" figures, Ghadanfar Kadim Ubayd (Iraqi List) and Majid Ali Askar (Dawa-Maliki faction). The PC Chairman, Mahmud Abd Al-Rida Talal (aka Haiji Mahmud-ISCI),initiated the removal process and o [...]	2009-08-31 08:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD235	UPBEAT MINORITY LEADERS ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) While Christian and other minority leaders still smart over the single-seat minority quotas in the Provincial Elections Law (PEL),they no longer talk of a boycott and are encouraging their constituents in the north and other regions to vote in the provincial elections on January 31. Chri [...]	2009-01-29 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2357	NINEWA,S KING-MAKER ARTICULATES NATIONAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 meeting with PRT Leader, Multi-national Division-North (MDN-N)Deputy Commanding General (DCG),and 3/1 Cavalry Brigade Commander, Sheikh Abdullah al Humaidi, head of the influential Arab Shammari tribe and the major force behind Ninewa,s governing Al Hadba coal [...]	2009-09-01 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PTER
09BAGHDAD237	FEMALE CANDIDATES COULD WIN MORE THAN 25 PERCENT [...] (C) Summary: Despite confusion over the interpretation of the Provincial Election Law, and the failure to pass a late amendment to guarantee a 25 percent quota for women on each of the 14 provincial councils (PCs) to be elected in Iraq on January 31, the United Nations projects that new PCs [...]	2009-01-29 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2372	IRAQ CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS ON KUWAITI MASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq has made substantial progress recently in its search for mass graves containing the remains of Kuwaitis. Following a successful August 4 Technical Subcommittee meeting in Kuwait, the Government of Iraq (GOI) formally petitioned the International Committee of the Red Cross [...]	2009-09-03 07:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09BAGHDAD2386	AMMAR AL-HAKIM SUCCEEDS FATHER AS ISCI CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six days after the death of Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Shura Council elected Hakim's eldest son, Ammar, to be ISCI's new chairman. The move was widely anticipated given the close association of the Hakim family to ISCI and the praise lavished [...]	2009-09-04 10:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD24	CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY IN NAJAF, ONLY MINOR ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The election campaign has begun in Najaf with incumbent ISCI officials hoping that the popularity of development projects will help keep them in control of the province. A top local politician from Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, meanwhile, hoped the Prime Minister's perso [...]	2009-01-06 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ
09BAGHDAD2403	TRAFFICKED UGANDANS REPATRIATED FROM IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) From August 18-30, the Embassy and MNF-I, with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the GOI, successfully repatriated 14 women to Uganda who had been trafficked into Iraq for the purposes of labor exploitation. The women had escaped from thei [...]	2009-09-07 06:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG UG IZ
09BAGHDAD2425	CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES IRAQ'S PLACE IN THE REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 4 meeting with visiting Senator Levin, FM Zebari requested USG support for establishing a UN tribunal, similar to the one set up following Rafik Hariri's assassination in Lebanon, to determine who was behind the August 19 attacks. Zebari called the attack "Iraq's [...]	2009-09-09 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SY IR KU IZ
09BAGHDAD2441	PM MALIKI, CODEL LEVIN DISCUSS FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Maliki told CODEL Levin Iraq faces interference from neighboring countries intent on fomenting sectarian discord, and Syria-based Iraqi Ba'athists and al-Qaeda in Iraq elements conspired to perpetrate the August 19 bombings. He expressed confidence in Iraqi Security Forces' (I [...]	2009-09-10 06:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN KIRF IR IZ SY
09BAGHDAD2444	SUNNI POLITICAL PARTIES FRACTURED DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Realizing they disadvantaged themselves by boycotting earlier elections and alarmed at perceived Iranian efforts to increase influence and ensure Shi'a domination of Iraqi politics, Sunni politicians are participating in large numbers in the run-up to national elections in 2010. T [...]	2009-09-10 14:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD245	ANBAR CANDIDATES CONFIDENT FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent discussions in the week before Provincial Council (PC) elections, Anbari candidates and the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) expressed enthusiasm and confidence that the elections will be a strong step forward for Anbar. Candidates predicted the number o [...]	2009-01-30 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD246	ANBAR CANDIDATES PREDICT NEW PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of discussions with poloffs on the upcoming Anbar Provincial Council (PC) elections, Anbari candidates predicted that the Awakening Conference of Iraq (MSI, the "Sahwa"),the Iraqi Islamic Party, the Iraqi National Dialogue Front, the National Movement for Reform and [...]	2009-01-30 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD247	ANBARI CANDIDTATES' FRET ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anbari Provincial Council (PC) elections candidates and the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) recently detailed concerns to poloffs about potential campaign irregularities and/or electoral intimidation, especially by Iraqi Police (IP). Two candidates protested that Al Anbar t [...]	2009-01-30 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2473	MOI TO HIRE 500 CHRISTIANS AND MANDEANS TO GUARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to requests from the non-Muslim Endowment and the bombings of six churches in Baghdad on July 12, the GOI has authorized the Ministry of Interior (MOI) to hire, train and pay 500 guards drawn from Iraq's Christians and Sabean-Mandean communities to serve as guards at ch [...]	2009-09-14 05:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PTER SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2491	MINORITY QUOTAS IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS LIKELY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minority political leaders tell us that it is increasingly likely that the forthcoming national election law will include reserved seats for Iraq's minority communities. Such a move would continue the trend of providing for minority representation that began in the Provincial Cou [...]	2009-09-15 10:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2521	MEK DEFECTORS ON LIFE IN ASHRAF AND RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 17 meeting with Emboffs, several recent defectors from the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) organization residing in a Baghdad hotel under GOI auspices expressed frustration and disappointment at the absence of resettlement options and the alleged indifference of Wester [...]	2009-09-18 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2528	MANDEANS FACE INTERNAL SPLIT EVEN AS THEY SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sabean-Mandean leaders tell us they are making a united full-court press to secure guaranteed representation in the next Iraqi Parliament, even as current leader Sheikh Sittar Hillo fends off a challenge from a younger rival. While the Mandeans acknowledge that the GOI has taken [...]	2009-09-21 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2567	BAHAI CASE TESTS IRAQ'S RESPECT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of Iraq's small Bahai community are requesting the assistance of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in their bid to receive identification documents that would list their religion as Bahai rather than Muslim. Although the MOI issued a small number of ID cards listing the Bahai [...]	2009-09-24 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2575	RRT ERBIL: KRG OPPOSITION VOWS CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Change List officials, including both the leaders of their parliamentary bloc and Change Movement leader Nawshirwan Mustafa, pledged to play a constructive role in parliament, focusing on internal KRG governance issues, such as rule of law, [...]	2009-09-25 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PHUM
09BAGHDAD2599	MOSQUE DISPUTE RAISES SECTARIAN TENSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An ongoing dispute over whether a mosque located in the Salman Pak neighborhood of southern Baghdad rightfully belongs to the Sunni or the Shia Endowment is raising sectarian tensions and undermining economic reconstruction efforts in the area. The Prime Minister has appointed a [...]	2009-09-28 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2629	UNAMI TECHNICAL ADVISOR LAYS OUT PLANS FOR IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their meeting on September 22, the head of UNAMI's technical assistance team for elections, Sandra Mitchell, advised Pol/C that the 2005 election law would provide the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) with adequate guidance to carry out elections by January 16, 20 [...]	2009-09-30 16:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD2636	RRT ERBIL: KRG OPPOSITION VOWS CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Change List officials, including both the leaders of their parliamentary bloc and Change Movement leader Nawshirwan Mustafa, pledged to play a constructive role in parliament, focusing on internal KRG governance issues, such as rule of law, [...]	2009-10-01 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
09BAGHDAD2639	MALIKI'S REVAMPED ELECTORAL ALLIANCE FAILS TO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During an October 1 press conference in Baghdad, Prime Minister al-Maliki unveiled his new State of Law Alliance (SLA) that will contest the January national election. While Maliki emphasized the diversity of his list as a reflection of Iraq and physically surrounded [...]	2009-10-01 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2658	IRAQI ELECTION LAW DEBATE SLOUCHES TOWARDS MESSY [...] (C) Summary: On October 1, Council of Representative members voted to add a first reading of a draft election law to the agenda, a procedural move just short of a formal "first reading." The decision was accompanied by debate and then boisterous dissent by some Sunni Arab COR members from K [...]	2009-10-03 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2671	PROMINENT SUNNI SHEIKH TO ANNOUNCE COALITION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Abdallah al-Yawar al-Shammari, acting paramount sheikh of the influential al-Shammari tribe and an architect of the major Arab political party in Ninewa, told the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq that he will soon announce a cross-sectarian, nationalist coalitio [...]	2009-10-05 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2678	36 MEK DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO MUTHANNA AIRFIELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI tells us that the 36 Mujahideen al-Khalq (MEK) detainees arrested at Camp Ashraf on July 28 have been moved to a detention facility at Muthanna Airfield in Baghdad pursuant to a deportation order issued on October 1 declaring them illegally present in the country. An earli [...]	2009-10-05 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2683	EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FIND PATH TO OFFICIAL [...] (C) A key Iraqi Evangelical Church leader tells us that Evangelical Churches are unable to obtain official recognition from the GOI because of overly stringent registration requirements imposed by the non-Muslim Endowment, thus preventing these churches from conducting legally sanctioned marri [...]	2009-10-06 09:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2703	36 MEK DETAINEES RETURNING TO ASHRAF AFTER DEAL [...] (C) The 36 detainees from the Muhajideen-e Khalq are set to return to Camp Ashraf on October 7 after agreeing to a deal with the GOI. In a meeting on October 6, the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told the Embassy, UNAMI, and ICRC that the GOI [...]	2009-10-07 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR PHUM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD274	IRAQ PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Turnout for the Iraqi provincial elections held 31 January, 2009 was 51 percent nationwide, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC). The votes have been counted, and the tally sheets are arriving in Baghdad two days after the elections, and the IHEC expect [...]	2009-02-02 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
09BAGHDAD2745	STAGE IS SET FOR ACTION ON IRAQ'S ELECTION LAW [...] (C) After weeks of speculation, Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) performed two of three required readings of an election law October 4-6. The chair of the legal committee minimally satisfied this procedural requirement by reading a brief amendment to the 2005 election law which party [...]	2009-10-12 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2748	IRAQ'S REMAINING JEWS STAY HIDDEN [...] (C) On October 10, Poloff met with one of the last remaining Jews in Iraq, Khalida Fouad Liahu Moualim (strictly protect),to discuss the current state of the Iraqi Jewish community. Moualim stated that there are now eight remaining members of the Iraqi Jewish community in Baghdad including h [...]	2009-10-13 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2752	VP HASHIMI OFFERS ONE MORE NINEWA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A key advisor to Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said the VP intends to pursue a reconciliation initiative in Ninewa before the upcoming election, and to then focus on Kirkuk. In Ninewa, he plans to focus not just on brokering a power-sharing agreement between feuding Sunni Arabs [...]	2009-10-13 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD2758	CHRISTIANS RECRUITED FOR SHI'A-LED ELECTORAL [...] (C) Two prominent Christian leaders, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim and the Prime Minister's Advisor for Christian Affairs Georges Bakoos, tell us that the Prime Minister's State of Law Alliance (SLA) has recruited six prominent Christian candidates, including themselves, to run in the [...]	2009-10-14 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2767	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 14, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The COR did not address the election law in its session on October 14 (Ref A). Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i told the Ambassador October 14 that he hopes for a vote on the election law amendments under discussion in the Council of Representatives (COR) as early as October 17 but was [...]	2009-10-14 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2784	PRT ANBAR: SUNNI ENDOWMENT TO SUPPORT ELECTIONS FROM THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Sheikh Riyad Ziad al-Zobayee, a religious sheikh and deputy head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar, briefed PRT on the Endowment's current and future activities in support of the electoral process. Among several efforts by the Endowment, [...]	2009-10-15 14:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2787	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 15, 2009 [...] (C) At the October 15 Council of Representatives (COR) session, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i announced that a vote on the election law would take place on Sunday, October 18 at the soonest. He added that, in the event that the Legal Committee, which is responsible for drafting the text, was not [...]	2009-10-15 16:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2794	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 17, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Council of Representatives (COR) was out of session on October 17, it is clear that private discussions about the planned amendment to the election law continue among political leaders (Ref A). From the Ambassador's meeting with PM Nuri al-Maliki today (septel) to dis [...]	2009-10-17 17:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2797	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 18, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18, the Council Of Representatives (COR) postponed by a day consideration of a draft election law. On the margins of a pro-forma plenary session, committee chairs and bloc leaders continued the frenzy of informal meetings that may result in a draft law in time for a [...]	2009-10-18 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2812	KIDNAPPINGS OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS RAISES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of high profile kidnappings of Iraqi Christians over the past several months in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad have raised concerns amongst Christian leaders that the community is being deliberately targeted by criminal gangs. Whether the kidnappings are politically motivated [...]	2009-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2813	GOI REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the past several months, the GOI has reinforced its commitment to Iraq's Christian community by inviting the Assyrian Church to relocate its headquarters back to Baghdad and by returning schools expropriated during the Saddam-era back to the Chaldean Church. At [...]	2009-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2817	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 19, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) failed to reach agreement October 19 to move the election law forward. At an early meeting on October 19, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i cautioned CDA and POL M/C that October 18 negotiations on a draft amendment to the 2005 election law had b [...]	2009-10-19 17:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2825	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 20, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 20 parliamentarians dutifully reported to the Council of Representatives (COR),and likely comprised a quorum, but the session was never convened, as the deadlock on the Kirkuk issue continued. A/DCM held extensive meetings with COR members today, including key Kurdi [...]	2009-10-20 19:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2829	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 21, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Midday on October 21, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i announced that the Presidency Council of the Council of Representatives (COR) would refer the election law to the Political Council for National Security (PCNS). This action was predicted October 20 in conversations A/DCM had with [...]	2009-10-21 19:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2842	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 22, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 22 the Council of Representatives (COR) was in recess and CDA and A/DCM continued political engagements with UNAMI, Vice Presidents Tariq al-Hashimi and Abd al-Mahdi and President Jalal Talabani (septels). Early indications are that the Political Council for National [...]	2009-10-22 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2851	SWIRLING CROSS-CURRENT OF HIDDEN AGENDAS AND [...] (C) Summary: The roiling debate over whether and how Kirkuk participates in the upcoming election remains the crucial issue in the Iraqi Council of Representatives' (COR) deadlock over passage of a new election law. However, there are other, less visible factors that are also contributing to [...]	2009-10-23 17:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2864	TURKOMANS: THE THIRD WHEEL ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkoman intransigence on Kirkuk's treatment in the national elections has become a key sticking point in achieving consensus on a national election law. In discussions over how to divvy Kirkuk's allocation of seats in Parliament, the minority Turkoman insist on representation eq [...]	2009-10-25 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2872	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 26, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Political Council for National Security (PCNS) met on October 25 to discuss the elements for an election law after the matter was referred to it by the Council of Representatives (COR) (Ref A). Contacts tell us that the meeting was very large, with several proposals, which [...]	2009-10-26 18:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2879	SADRIST TREND AND ISCI OFFER PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Declaring its commitment to an open-list electoral system, the Sadrist Trend this month held Iraq's first primary election, claiming a likely exaggerated turnout of 1.5 million. Days later, their electoral ally, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),announced it too is acce [...]	2009-10-27 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2886	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior GOI and judicial officials tell us that trafficking in women and young boys for the purposes of prostitution remains a widespread problem in Iraq, with victims either sold to traffickers by their families or kidnapped by criminal gangs. Iraqi trafficking victims often fi [...]	2009-10-28 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL PTER ELAB SMIG SY IZ
09BAGHDAD2901	IRAQ ELECTION LAW UPDATE, OCTOBER 29, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hopes of a vote on an election law in the Council of Representatives melted away over the course of the day October 29 as party bloc leaders continued to haggle over terms for voting rules in Kirkuk. The Ambassador and poloffs engaged key leaders and a wide spectrum of influenti [...]	2009-10-29 19:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2907	IRAQI ELECTORAL COALITION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political cohesion continues to elude Iraq's Sunni Arabs, as the various party leaders -- each clinging to his own ambitions -- struggle to form coalitions that will appeal to the country's political and religious middle. The once dominant Tawafuq coalition, centered around the [...]	2009-10-30 18:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2909	RRT ERBIL: SLIMMED DOWN KRG CABINET SWORN IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: On October 28, following over three months of intense inter-party negotiations, the sixth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was sworn in. The new cabinet, led by former GOI Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Barham Salih, consists o [...]	2009-10-31 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU
09BAGHDAD2910	CHALABI ON LARIJANI VISIT, IRAN, AND IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: MP and Iraqi National Alliance (INA) member Ahmed Chalabi blamed Iraq's "unprofessional and mostly Ba'thist" intelligence for having worked with Al-Qaeda to facilitate the October 25 bomb attacks in Baghdad. Chalabi told poloffs October 28 that PM Maliki was undermining the work [...]	2009-10-31 14:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2911	LEADER OF SABEAN-MANDEANS SAYS COMMUNITY UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Iraq's Sabean-Mandean community, Sheikh Sittar Hillo, tells us that the Mandeans have received new death threats from extremist elements over the past ten days and that 10 Mandeans have been murdered over the past year. Hillo complained that the GOI has been neglige [...]	2009-10-31 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2920	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1, 2009: UNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Influential Arab and Turkoman lawmakers in Baghdad and Kirkuk told U.S. and UNAMI officials on November 1 they would support the UNAMI proposal, and Speaker Sammara'i agreed to call a vote on the election law the next day (November 2). Yet, although the vote may be near, it is [...]	2009-11-01 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2925	ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced members of the Advisory Council for Iraq's Human Rights Commission, marking a step toward the establishment of an independent human rights commission. The 14-member Advisory Council, composed of representatives from the Council of Ministers, Council of Repre [...]	2009-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2931	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unable to overcome Kurdish intransigence on the UNAMI proposal on Kirkuk in the national election, the Council of Representatives (COR) ended session November 2 without a vote but agreed to return for an additional session the next day. Embassy and UNAMI discussions with Kurdish [...]	2009-11-02 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2942	MUTHANA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL REJECTS GOI PLAN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's plan to relocate Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) residents from Ashraf to Muthana on December 15 appears to have fallen apart, as the Muthana Provincial Council (PC),with the backing of the governor and local Iraqi security forces (ISF) commanders, rejected the plan on grou [...]	2009-11-04 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2944	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. After another intense day of competing negotiations among key blocs over multiple proposals on voting rules for Kirkuk province, momentum appears to be building toward a vote at the Council of Representatives (COR) tomorrow, November 5. Negotiations have centered on two new pro [...]	2009-11-04 18:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2951	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2009 [...] SUMMARY. Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i, joined by Sunni Arab and Kurdish MPs from Kirkuk, announced mid-afternoon November 5 agreement in principle on a proposal for voting rules for Kirkuk province and that a vote would take place November 7 (Text at para. 6). The run-up to Saturday, however, p [...]	2009-11-05 17:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2955	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 6, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a day of reduced engagements as most Iraqis attended Friday prayers, poloffs learned that parliamentarians appear to be waiting on the Kurds' reaction to the November 5 election law compromise proposal (Ref A),to which all parties had agreed in principle and on which Spe [...]	2009-11-06 17:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2958	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 7, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Representatives (COR) achieved quorum for a vote on an election law, but after strenuous objections from the Sunni Arabs, decided to postpone the vote until the following day at 9:30 a.m. The proposal to be tabled is an undated version of the Abd al-Mahdi proposa [...]	2009-11-07 19:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2969	THE ELECTION LAW THAT ALMOST WASN'T; KEEPING IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Representatives (COR) passed the Iraqi election law November 8 by a wide margin. After weeks of increasingly intense Embassy and UNAMI engagement, the final day witnessed dramatically more intense engagement, as the Ambassador met with Kurdish and Arab/Turkoman bl [...]	2009-11-09 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2977	ISCI'S HAKIM DISCUSSES ELECTORAL POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 1 meeting, the Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),Ammar al-Hakim, told the Ambassador that U.S. praise for "secular" parties could be viewed as approval of the Ba'ath Party. Hakim lauded the October 20-21 Business Investment Conference in W [...]	2009-11-10 10:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ EINV
09BAGHDAD2984	LARIJANI'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani visited Iraq November 4-7, where he traveled to Baghdad, Karbala, and Najaf to meet with his Iraqi counterpart, parliamentary bloc leaders, PM Maliki, President Talabani, and Grand Ayatollah Sistani. His primary objective appears to [...]	2009-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2995	WILL SHI,A COALITIONS JOIN FORCES? BALANCING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Local media is rife with speculation that the two leading Shi'a electoral coalitions, the Prime Minister's State of Law Alliance (SLA) and the ISCI/Sadrist-led Iraqi National Alliance (INA),will merge before coalition registration ends on November 13. Sources from bo [...]	2009-11-13 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2997	SHEIKH WELCOMES U.S. PARTNERSHIP, STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Mohsin Nayef Faisal al-Jarba, a politically well-connected sheikh in the influential Shammar tribal confederation, told poloff and military chaplains on November 10 that he welcomed continued partnership with the United States. The sheikh stressed support for non-sectarianism, in [...]	2009-11-14 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD30	NEXT SPEAKER OF THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT - A HERD OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is currently no clear Sunni Arab candidate emerging to succeed the erratic Mahmoud Mashhadani, who flamed out late last month (reftel) as speaker the Council of Representatives (CoR),Iraq's parliament. There is much jockeying for position, however, among the (Sunni Arab) Na [...]	2009-01-07 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3005	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: HASHIMI CALLS FOR MORE SEATS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two of the three members of the Presidency Council -- President Talabani and Vice President Abd al-Mahdi -- have signed the election law passed by Parliament on November 8. However, the third member, Vice President Hashimi (Sunni Arab),is withholding his signature, [...]	2009-11-15 16:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3007	IRAQ'S TELECOM REGULATOR: PUSHING FOR INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's recently reconstituted Communications and Media Commission (CMC) has been asserting its role as an independent regulator with increasing effectiveness. Noting he was working closely with Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to ensure "appropriate" media condu [...]	2009-11-16 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT EINV IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD3011	VP HASHIMI LOOKS FOR FACE-SAVING ALTERNATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi continues to refuse to sign the amended election law on the grounds that it unfairly dilutes the ballots of out-of-country voters. In a letter presented to the Council of Representatives (COR) on November 16, he proposed remedying the situat [...]	2009-11-16 20:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3033	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VP HASHIMI MULLS OVER IHEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi did not follow through on a threat to veto today the election law unless the percentage of compensatory seats was increased in consideration of the size of the out-of-country voter population. After a detailed discussion with election officials las [...]	2009-11-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3034	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VP HASHIMI MULLS OVER IHEC [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3045	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI VETOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite indications to the contrary the previous day, Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi vetoed Iraq's amended election law shortly before noon on November 18. In an explanatory letter to the Council of Representative (COR),Hashimi asked the parliament to make several revisions to [...]	2009-11-18 19:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3053	VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI CONSIDERS COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: After meeting with Speaker Samarraie and consulting other key political leaders, the Ambassador met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi to discuss a possible way forward in the wake of the vice president's veto of the election law. Appearing reluctant to compromise, Hashimi com [...]	2009-11-19 20:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3059	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: KURD-SHIA OUTMANEUVER HASHIMI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) failed to reach a consensus at its November 21 session on either reaffirming the election law amendments it adopted on November 8 or on a new amendment to the law. The latest UNAMI proposal gained, then quickly lost, traction this morni [...]	2009-11-21 20:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3066	IRAQI MPS OFFER DEAL TO VP HASHIMI FOR WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shia and Sunni bloc leaders have submitted a letter to Vice President Hashimi requesting that he withdraw his veto of the amended election law in exchange for a promise that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) will treat out-of-country voters as they do those in-countr [...]	2009-11-22 18:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3075	HASHIMI'S VETO BACKFIRES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dragging his feet on withdrawing his electoral law veto, Vice President Hashimi allowed his political opponents in the Council of Representatives (COR) to maneuver a successful vote on a new amendment that, among its provisions, could reduce parliamentary seats from Sunni-majority [...]	2009-11-23 20:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3080	EMBASSY BAGHDAD 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Human trafficking for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation continues to be a problem in Iraq according to senior GOI and judicial officials. While the GOI has drafted legislation to prosecute and punish those who engage in trafficking, the draft law remains stalled i [...]	2009-11-24 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TIP NEA RA
09BAGHDAD3082	RRT ERBIL: KRG PM PROBING GOI TO RESOLVE OIL [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Barham Salih told RRT Team Leader that he has begun to explore with GOI officials how to resolve the impasse over payment to the producing companies on the two pre-2005 Kurdistan Region (KR) [...]	2009-11-24 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN PGOV PREL IZ TU
09BAGHDAD3083	POSSIBLE NEW WAY FORAWRD ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the previous day's wild and disappointing parliamentary session on the election law, Shia MP Hadi al-Amiri emerged November 24 with a proposal designed to persuade Vice President Hashimi to accept the latest electoral law amendment. This plan, which reportedly enjoys the su [...]	2009-11-24 20:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3098	WASIT PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaking to PRTOffs, the Provincial Council (PC) Chairman alleged that JAM "special group" terrorist cells are re-infiltrating Wasit from Iran. The PC's Security Committee Chairman agreed and added his view that the JAM i [...]	2009-11-27 04:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3125	UNCERTAIN FATE FOR MILITARY SERVICE AND RETIREMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 22, the Iraqi parliament re-adopted a Military Service and Retirement Law after the first iteration, passed on November 2, was vetoed by Vice President Hashimi. The law would potentially provide hundreds of thousands of former soldiers and officers with a government- [...]	2009-12-02 07:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IZ
09BAGHDAD3140	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: ALL ENGAGED, SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the arrival in Baghdad of Kurdish negotiators, all parties are now present and engaged in discussions aimed at reaching agreement on an election law before December 6, by which time the Presidency Council must either accept or veto the law approved by the Iraqi parliament on [...]	2009-12-03 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3154	COMPENSATION FINALIZED TO REPAIR "HEART" OF IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 20, a compensation agreement in the amount of USD $981,405 was finalized between MNF-I and the Chaldean Church of Iraq for rents incurred from the use of and damages caused to the Babel College seminary that Coalition forces occupied from March 1, 2007 until November 5 [...]	2009-12-07 12:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD3161	ELECTION DATE TO BE FIXED FOR MARCH 6 [...] (C) Despite assurances early on December 8 from advisors to the Presidency Council's members that elections would take place on February 27, Reuters reported late in the day that the date would instead be fixed for March 6. (Note: Under Iraqi law, the Presidency Council - President Talabani, VP [...]	2009-12-08 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3177	EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ SET TO INCREASE [...] (C) The GOI appears set to accelerate the number of executions it carries out after the Eid holiday, having received signed death warrants from the Presidency Council for virtually all of the approximately 1,000 prisoners (including 17 women) currently sitting on death row. In a meeting on De [...]	2009-12-10 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD3180	SALAH AD DIN'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR DISPUTE HEATING [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Political maneuvering both in Baghdad and in the Salah Ad Din Provincial Government (PG) have led to an increasingly tense impasse in the province. Since the Iraqi Supreme Court upheld the Salah ad Di [...]	2009-12-10 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3181	SALAH AD DIN'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR DISPUTE HEATING [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Political maneuvering both in Baghdad and in the Salah Ad Din Provincial Government (PG) have led to an increasingly tense impasse in the province. Since the Iraqi Supreme Court upheld the Salah ad Di [...]	2009-12-10 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3183	PM RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENT'S DEMAND FOR ANSWERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Nouri al-Maliki appeared alone in a closed session of the Council of Representatives (COR) on December 10 in response to MPs' demands for answers in the aftermath of the December 8 bombings. The Prime Minister emphasized to roughly 200 COR members that the bombings were not [...]	2009-12-10 17:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3187	GOI AND USG FURTHER DIALOGUE ON CHAPTER VII ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Policy Adviser, Ambassador Fareed Yasseen, and MFA Policy Planner Sarhad Fatah, engaged in a video-conference with a six-member pre-JCC technical group at the Department of State in Washington and the U.S. Mission to the United [...]	2009-12-12 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ KU
09BAGHDAD3188	MEK/ASHRAF: UNAMI RECONVENES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a follow-up meeting with members of the international community, UNAMI reiterated its call for (largely) EU cooperation on resettlement of Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) refugees and those with ties to Europe. He voiced concern about the possibility of MEK-provoked violence on [...]	2009-12-12 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3206	MEK/ASHRAF: GOI EXPECT "QUIET DAY" FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 17:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IR IZ PGOV PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD3210	PRESSURE MOUNTS TO OUST MOD'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Human Rights Director, Iman Naji, has come under increasing pressure as the Ministry has launched (seemingly baseless) investigations into her conduct on a recent prison inspection as well as her professional/academic crede [...]	2009-12-15 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD328	WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER AL-SAMARA'E RESIGNS [...] (C) Minister of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) Dr. Nawal Hamed Majid Al-Samara'e unexpectedly unannounced at a February 5 meeting with Poloff and Strateff CJ9 Women's Initiative Team Lead Officer that she had resigned from her post the same day. In a voice that belied anger and frustrati [...]	2009-02-08 15:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3290	IHEC PREPARING FOR MARCH 7 ELECTIONS, BUT SECURITY [...] (C) Election Commissioners told poloff December 17 that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is working toward national parliamentary elections on March 7, as confirmed in the Presidency Council decree sent December 13, but a recent rise in attacks on IHEC personnel, including one [...]	2009-12-21 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD3310	EMBASSY DELIVERS U.S. PROPOSAL ON OUT OF COUNTRY [...] (C) On December 22, Poloffs delivered the text of a proposed diplomatic note on Out of Country Voting (OCV) to Dr. Fadil Alwan Issa and Dr. Salwan Sinjaree of the International Conventions Section of the Iraqi Ministry of Affairs. The draft diplomatic notes were identical copies of those del [...]	2009-12-22 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3323	ELECTION COMMISSION SEEKS CIVIL SERVICE STATUS, [...] (C) Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Board Chairman Faraj al-Haydari reported to POL M/C December 21 that IHEC is adhering to its operational time line for the March elections, but that security concerns have become the central focus at IHEC this week. Haydari briefed POL M/C on [...]	2009-12-23 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ

09BAGHDAD3361	PUBLIC CONDEMNATION OF CORRUPTION AND POVERTY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to press and GOI reports, over three million Shi'a pilgrims commemorated the holy day of Ashura in Karbala on December 27. While the Washington Post and some Iraqi media outlets reported a significant anti-government protest in Karbala during Ashura process [...]	2009-12-30 10:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD3366	MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ACCUSES KRG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) report on its inspection of prisons in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) documents allegations by detainees that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is responsible for the illegal arrest and detention of Arabs from territories outside of [...]	2009-12-30 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD3369	HIGH-LEVEL TASK FORCE MEETS ON DIBS ISSUES [...] (C) The High-Level Task Force (HLTF) - a contact group of GOI, KRG and UN officials run under the auspices of UNAMI to address issues in the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas - met on December 23. Sadiq Rikabi (advisor to PM Maliki) and Faruq Abdullah (an Iraqi Turkoman and former member [...]	2009-12-30 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3377	PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE IN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...]	2009-12-31 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD35	KBR SUBCONTRACTOR SUSPECTED OF TIP VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During an early December inspection visit, Emboffs confirmed media reports of some 1,000 third country nationals (TCN) living in transit housing facilities, "man camps," near the Baghdad airport while waiting for employment with MNF-I contractors. Many of the TCNs have been [...]	2009-01-07 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB IZ PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAGHDAD358	MOHR REPORTS ON 2008 STATS ON AMNESTY, DETAINEES, [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has released and will soon publish its annual reports on detention facilities and victims of terrorism. According to the detentions report, 7,542 detainees were released on amnesty release orders during the year. The victims of terrorism report as [...]	2009-02-11 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD377	ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MEK, AND OPERATIONS WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),ICRC Iraq Head of Delegation Juan-Pedro Schaerer thanked the USG for its cooperation with ICRC over the last year and hoped that the ICRC's recent report on USG arrests an [...]	2009-02-13 09:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KREF KJUS IR IZ
09BAGHDAD387	SOUTHERN POST-ELECTION ALLIANCES [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa-led State of Law coalition list, which won a plurality of votes in nine of ten Shi'a-majority provinces, holds a commanding position as it negotiates with rival parties to develop coalitions and assign top provincial government positions. Da'wa and the Sadri [...]	2009-02-13 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD401	ISCI ACCEPTS ELECTION RESULTS BUT COMPLAINS MALIKI [...] (C) Summary. Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leaders tell us they were shocked by their poor showing in the January 31 provincial elections and complain Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, their main rival, unfairly swayed the results. However, ISCI does not plan to protest publicly [...]	2009-02-16 11:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD402	ELECTION OF A NEW COR SPEAKER STILL ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary: The CoR has adjourned until February 18, at which time the major political blocs hope to have agreed on a candidate for the vacant CoR speakership an agreement that will allow the CoR to pass the 2009 Federal Budget bill and end the 2008 Fall legislative term. In addition to who w [...]	2009-02-16 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD405	MEK DEFECTORS TO BE RESETTLED IN TURKEY [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to the GOI's lead in Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) resettlement issues, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, Iranian officials, contrary to recent public statements (ref A),do not want to repatriate MEK defectors to Iran. Instead, the Iranian Embassy will issue passp [...]	2009-02-16 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KREF TU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD421	MP QASIM DAOUD ON PRO-/ANTI-MALIKI ALLIANCES IN [...] (C) Summary. Parliamentarian Qasim Daoud, leader of the Solidarity Party, told Poloffs on February 16 that the opposition to, and support for, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in parliament is becoming more cohesive. Daoud expressed optimism over a possible ISCI, IIP, Kurdish, Solidarity, and [...]	2009-02-18 11:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD430	RRT ERBIL: PUK REFORM WING GATHERS MOMENTUM - [...] (C) Summary. A group of PUK members led by former PUK Deputy Secretary General Nawshirwan Mustafa is confident that their reform agenda will lead them to prevail over other PUK contenders in the contest for PUK leadership in a post-Talabani world. For the time being, this group does not com [...]	2009-02-18 23:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD475	SADR CITY POST-ELECTION: HIGH EXPECTATIONS AMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of informal conversations with Poloff, a diverse group of Sadr City residents -- ranging from day laborers and students to shopkeepers -- voiced overall confidence in the fairness and credibility of the January 31, 2009, Provincial Council (PC) elections, in which can [...]	2009-02-24 12:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD492	GOI INSIDERS ON MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS [...] Summary: (C) In the days following her abrupt resignation on February 5, it was unclear why Minister of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) Dr. Nawal Al-Samara'e she resigned, whether PM Maliki had in fact accepted her resignation, and whether Al-Samara'e might return if she could get more au [...]	2009-02-25 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD493	BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendations: This is Post's summary of trafficking in persons (TIP) activities for the period April 2008-February 2009. Some progress has been noted since the previous report in that a few GOI officials privately acknowledge the existence of a TIP problem. In additio [...]	2009-02-25 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SMIG
09BAGHDAD514	PUK RESHUFFLE POINTS TO DPM BARHAM SALIH FOR KRG PM [...] (C) Summary. Internal wrangling among the Kurdish political leadership is going to generate changes among the Kurdish leaders in Baghdad and Kurdistan and will likely leave the Kurds less able to work with PM Nouri al-Maliki in a serious way, at least in the short term. The latest spate of h [...]	2009-02-27 11:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD533	PARLIAMENT LIFTS MEMBER'S IMMUNITY AS SUNNI ARABS [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, the Council of Representatives (CoR) voted to remove parliamentary immunity from Mohamed al-Daeni, from the Sunni Arab Hewar party, the second time in six months that it has voted to lift immunity from a member. In the other case, in September, Parliament voted to [...]	2009-03-02 10:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD536	MOD HOSTS INAUGURAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's (MOD) first-ever conference on human rights on February 10 highlighted the actions the Ministry has undertaken to promote respect for human rights, including: education and training programs for soldiers; establishment of internal procedures to handle [...]	2009-03-02 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD543	MOHR ON NEW MINISTERS, MASS GRAVES, MP AL-DAINI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told us on February 24 that she expects the newly appointed Judge Dara will be an effective Minister of Justice, once he negotiates his learning curve. By contrast, she expressed concern about the new Acting Minister of State for Women's A [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KWMN PTER KU IZ
09BAGHDAD559	THE U.S.-IRAQI RELATIONSHIP IN 2009: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) Provincial-level contacts throughout Iraq, while excited about the prospect of full Iraqi sovereignty, hope and expect that the U.S. will continue to provide development and security assistance and maintain a role in internal dispute resolution over the next year. The U.S.-Iraq Security [...]	2009-03-04 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD570	A NEW SUNNI ARAB COALITION THAT CALLS ITSELF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 1, ex-Council of Representatives (COR) speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani joined the leaders of three political blocs, Saleh al-Mutlak (Iraqi Front for National Dialogue/IFND),Abid Mutlak al-Jeboori (Iraqi Arab Independents),and Khalaf al-Ulyan (National Dialogue Council) to an [...]	2009-03-05 10:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD585	IRAQI FY09 BUDGET AS A TOOL FOR PARLIMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: After more than two months of difficult negotiations and multiple draft laws, Iraq's parliament approved on March 5 a 2009 budget that both spends less money than the government requested and allocates spending on COR priorities that differ from those of the government. There was [...]	2009-03-06 16:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD589	Status of Sabaeans in Kirkuk Province [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT officers traveled to the Sabaean temple in Kirkuk City in December to meet with Sabaean leaders. The Sabaeans, numbering approximately 173 families in Kirkuk province, listed cultural and linguistic preservation, unemployment, and inclusion in governmental jobs as their pri [...]	2009-03-07 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD598	PRT SALAH AD DIN: BA'ATHISTS READY TO RECONCILE, [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The top sheikh of Saddam Hussein's tribe, along with other local figures from his home village in Salah Ad Din (SAD) province, recently asked the PRT to convey to the USG that Ba'athists in SAD seek direct dialogue and reconciliation [...]	2009-03-08 11:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC IZ
09BAGHDAD612	CHRISTIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ASSESS PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Key Christian politicians acknowledge that the January 31 provincial elections were generally well organized and that security was excellent, and are pleased that nationalist and secular parties gained at the expense of major Islamic parties. They complained, however, that int [...]	2009-03-09 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD623	PUK INTERNAL SQUABBLING AND THE KRG ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. While we monitor Arab-Kurd tensions, the control-oriented Kurdish political leadership is traversing serious political turbulence. Protracted Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) internal power negotiations with Nawshirwan Mustafa have Kurdish leaders insisting on a closed candida [...]	2009-03-10 09:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD628	PRT DIYALA: SUNNI ARABS CLAIM GOI REINSTITUTING [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Tawafuq/IIP party in Diyala fear that the Government of Iraq (GOI) is using the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to prevent Sunni Arab leaders from forming a new provincial government in Diyala (reftels). They claim that after a p [...]	2009-03-10 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD659	SUNNI POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: SECTARIAN VERSUS SECULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Sunni Arabs are a composite group of moderate Islamists, secular nationalists, unreconstructed Ba'athists, Former Regime Elements (FRE),and tribal leaders. While Sunni Arabs share a sense of marginalization in post-Saddam Iraq, they are highly divided and have been unable [...]	2009-03-13 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD709	MALIKI COURTS THE SADRISTS: STRATEGY, FEAR AND [...] (C) The Sadrists' journey in the Iraqi political wilderness may be coming to an end. A Sadrist return to government, while not without risks, offers hope for a durable peace in Shi'a-majority parts of Iraq. It will also offer big challenges for us. Less than a year after his military opera [...]	2009-03-17 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
09BAGHDAD729	GOI TO MOVE FORWARD ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister of Human Rights told us that she regrets the delays the GOI has caused in the ICRC-assisted effort to find Kuwaiti missing persons and open Kuwaiti mass graves. Noting that the GOI has worked out the internal issues that had stymied progress, Salim said she has [...]	2009-03-18 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KU IZ
09BAGHDAD731	IRAQ 201: SHI'A POLITICAL LANDSCAPE COLORED BY [...] (C) Summary. This cable outlines Iraq's primary Shi'a parties and the major events Shi'a actors will likely face before national elections, planned for late 2009 or early 2010. Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, and the other Shi'a who won seats during the January 31 provincial elections n [...]	2009-03-18 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD763	AFTER THE AWAKENING: TRIBES AS GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sahwa's success at helping beat back Al-Qaida and associated extremists led to its first-place finish in Anbar Province's January provincial election. Winners now move, amid high expectations, from electoral victory into governing. Fallujah-area tribal sheikhs, including the pro [...]	2009-03-19 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL PINR KDEM
09BAGHDAD788	KURDISH PRESS IN POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's (PUK) internal power-sharing negotiations (Ref A, B, C) have generated a plethora of wildly inconsistent press reports about upcoming KRG elections as well as the negotiations themselves. Parliamentary recess combined with Kurdish New Year's and [...]	2009-03-23 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD789	DA'WA TANZIM CLAIMS MALIKI IS TARGETING CORRUPT [...] (C) Summary. During a series of recent meetings, Da'wa Tanzim members of parliament said that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is investigating high-ranking Iraqi officials involved with violence and corruption and voiced concern over a lingering threat from Ba'thists who seek to return to power. [...]	2009-03-23 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD797	ICRC PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, MEK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Iraq for the first time since May 2003, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger praised relations with the Embassy and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) in a meeting with the Charg and MNF-I CG Odierno on March 17. Kellenberger noted that ICRC is involved in many protection [...]	2009-03-23 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD804	MALIKI'S CALL FOR "RECONCILIATION" STIRS BA'THIST [...] (C) Summary. Rivals of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki are using his recent call for "national reconciliation" to score political points by portraying him as soft on the loathed Ba'th Party. As a consequence, Maliki's office has been on the defensive, clarifying that the government distinguishes [...]	2009-03-24 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD811	KRG & GOI PRIME MINISTERS AGREE TO RE-START [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (Massoud's nephew) agreed with Prime Minister Maliki during their meeting in Baghdad on March 24 to reduce tensions between the central and Kurdish region governments. Barzani told us after that meeting that he and Ma [...]	2009-03-25 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD83	SHIA PARTIES FACE ISSUE-BASED FISSURES BEFORE [...] (C) Shia political parties, especially ISCI and Da'wa, are engaged in ideological and policy-based battles among themselves that might foreshadow a permanent split of the Shia electoral alliance at the national level, according to numerous meetings with our Shia contacts in Baghdad. These ba [...]	2009-01-13 12:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD832	LEAVING FALLUJAH -- AND ANBAR: "TIME TO TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The last Marine departed the symbolic city of Fallujah -- twice the scene in 2004 of the Iraq war's most intense fighting -- on March 3, 2009. In a series of recent discussions, a diverse cross-section of Fallujah residents (a shopkeeper, an Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) official, tw [...]	2009-03-27 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD840	MEK DEFECTOR GOES TO TURKEY DUE TO LIMITED ICRC [...] (S/NF) Summary: Frustrated at the restrictive support provided to him in Iraq and afraid of returning to Iran, one of the two current Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) defectors has moved to Istanbul. ICRC met regularly with the defectors (most recently on March 12) and offered to assist them to ret [...]	2009-03-28 15:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KREF IO IZ IR
09BAGHDAD860	ARREST OF "SONS OF IRAQ" LEADER LEADS TO FIGHTING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The March 28 arrest of a prominent "Sons of Iraq" (SOI) leader, Adil al-Mashadani, in the Fadhil neighborhood of central Baghdad led to fighting between Iraqi Army units and SOI forces. U.S. military advisor units participated in the Iraqi Army operation. The incident increase [...]	2009-03-30 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD883	THE GROWTH OF IRAQ'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER AND HER [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has grown into a stronger and more independent ministry under the leadership of Minister Wijdan Salim, particularly during the last year. In her almost three years as minister, Salim has increased the capacity of her staff, giving them the resource [...]	2009-03-31 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD884	DETAINEE RELEASES: BALANCING SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Aside from its compelling humanitarian aspects, the detainee issues continues to be a serious obstacle hindering nation-wide political accommodation. The GOI has a legitimate interest in safeguarding its citizens and establishing control throughout the country's cities and rur [...]	2009-03-31 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD898	PRT SALAH AD DIN: TUZ KHURMATO: THREE VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Poloffs and PRT and CF staff met with representatives from each of the three main ethnic groups in the Tuz Khurmato district of Salah ad Din (SaD): Turkmen, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds. The United Nations (UN) views Tuz as one of the areas with Disputed Internal Boundari [...]	2009-04-01 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD933	BAGHDAD U.: STUDENTS TALK POLITICS, OFFER BLUNT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met for two hours on April 2 at Baghdad University with eight professors, the acting president, and approximately 120 students from the political science college. The group offered frank views about the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, what had happened in the country sinc [...]	2009-04-06 07:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO
09BAGHDAD958	ABU MAZEN COMES TO BAGHDAD - FINALLY [...] (U) After repeated delays caused by conflicting schedules, the Gaza crisis, and most recently a press leak, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) visited Baghdad April 5 -- his first as President of the Palestinian Authority and the first by a Palestinian leader since the 2003 fall of Saddam. During the [...]	2009-04-08 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KPAL
09BAGHDAD963	UNAMI'S DIBS REPORT ROLLOUT STRATEGY: SRSG DE [...] (C) In an April 6 meeting with Charge and poloffs, SRSG De Mistura laid out his strategy and the specific steps he intends to take in the next ten days to roll out UNAMI's Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) reports. De Mistura and his team have thought through possible reactions and strate [...]	2009-04-08 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD979	ISCI SEEKS TO REFINE IMAGE, TOYS WITH MORE DRASTIC [...] (C) Summary. The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) is seeking to refine its public message away from religious themes and regionalism to regain lost political ground. Our recent meetings with ISCI officials indicate the party will continue to support good ties with the U.S. and remain in [...]	2009-04-09 07:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD981	POLICE DISRUPT DIYALA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL INAUGURAL [...] SUMMARY (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP)/Tawafuq leaders in Diyala report that the GOI attempted to arrest three of its newly elected Provincial Council (PC) members on April 6, at a meeting to elect the new Diyala governor. There are unconfirmed reports of a fourth warrant. The operation was c [...]	2009-04-09 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD990	WHO IS BEHIND LGBT PERSECUTION IN IRAQ? [...] (C) The London-based Iraqi LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) organization's March 30 claim that the GOI planned to execute over 100 gay men in the near future has sparked a storm of protest from gay rights activists around the world. Post has rigorously investigated the Iraqi LGBT cla [...]	2009-04-10 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD991	RRT ERBIL: MND-N MG CASLEN MEETING WITH KRG PRIME [...] (C) Summary: MND-N MG Caslen met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on March 31 to discuss political and military tensions in Kirkuk and Mosul, to assure the KRG of U.S. efforts in creating a climate of trust and to resolve conflicts between the Iraqi Ar [...]	2009-04-10 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ IR TU
09BAKU136	AZAL: WECAN COOPERATE, BUT WE NEED SPECIFICS [...] (C) Summary. Following up on President Aliyev,s earlier indication of willingness to consider increased logistical support to supply operations in Afghanistan (ref),Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) President Jahangir Askerov, who manages Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD,) was highly [...]	2009-02-19 10:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AJ
09BAKU153	STAFFDEL SOCHA'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: On 15-17 February 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Senior Policy Adviser Chris Socha and Legislative Assistant Jack Julson from the staff of Senator DeMint (R-SC). Staff del expressed interest in energy issues; security issues, particularly vis-a-vis Russia and Iran, and the effectiven [...]	2009-02-27 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09BAKU184	TWO AZERI VIEWS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: International Women's Day presented two opportunities to observe the role that women play in Azerbaijani society. The State Committee for Family, Women, and Children's Affairs held an expensive reception which awarded only women who hold high positions in the Aliyev regime. P [...]	2009-03-10 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU21	NAKHCHIVAN UPDATE: MORE HR VIOLATIONS AND RETURN [...] (C) Summary: The authorities of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic continue to pressure ordinary citizens attempting to protect their rights. On January 4 an elderly blind man was imprisoned, and possibly put into a mental institution, for complaining about the police beating his son. Separa [...]	2009-01-13 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ
09BAKU210	RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON AZERBAIJAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Presidential Administration International Relations Advisor Novruz Mammedov on March 17. Mammedov received the demarche agreeing that we need to find the right approach under the new administration to constructively and productively address issues of [...]	2009-03-17 14:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM
09BAKU329	AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA MEETS APPARAT OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following meetings with President Aliyev on April 15, as well as with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and Minister of National Security Mahmudov (septels),EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Presidential Apparat chief Ramiz Mehdiyev and foreign policy counselor Novr [...]	2009-04-22 04:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ TU
09BAKU376	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S EU MEETINGS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his trip to Brussels, President Ilham Aliyev met with both European Commission President Barroso and EU Council High Representative Javier Solana. According the readout provided by the Council representative in Baku, Aliyev and Barroso discussed Azerbaijan's economy, the [...]	2009-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EU AJ
09BAKU386	AZERBAIJAN: RULING PARTY ANGRY AT PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 8 several Members of Parliament (MP) from the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP),including the First Lady's sister Ganira Pashayeva, made speeches during a parliamentary session complaining about President Obama's statement on World Press Freedom Day. All accused the U.S. [...]	2009-05-13 10:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
09BAKU387	AZERBAIJAN: OVER 60 YOUTH DETAINED IN MAY 10 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10 dozens of young people, in two separate groups, organized demonstrations to mourn the victims of the April 30 shooting at the Oil Academy (reftel). At least five political party youth leaders were arrested before May 10 in a clear attempt by the GOAJ to prevent the pro [...]	2009-05-13 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
09BAKU396	AZERBAIJAN: DESTRUCTION OF YASAMAL DISTRICT MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: On 26-27 April 2009, the Yasamal District Executive Authority (YDEA) and the District Police destroyed a newly constructed mosque in Baku. As noted reftel, several journalists were harassed while documenting the event. The leader of the Yasamal District religious community, Mir [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU401	AZERBAIJAN: APPARAT, MFA, SOCAR, TURKISH EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Embassy DCM confirmed May 14th that press reports on PM Erdogan's May 13-14 Baku visit, which characterized meetings as "very productive," were accurate. The PM's private message to Azerbaijan's leadership was the same as the public message -- that Turkey will not fin [...]	2009-05-15 14:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU415	AZERBAIJAN: HEAD OF STATE COMMITTEE FOR WORK WITH [...] Summary: POLOFF met with Hidayat Orucov, head of the State Committee for Works with Religious Structures (SCWRS) in April to discuss his role in leading the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) delegation to the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) event in Turkey on 06-07 April 2009. The primary pur [...]	2009-05-21 07:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM AJ
09BAKU450	AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CRITICAL UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 08:15:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS AORC APER PREL
09BAKU488	AZERBAIJAN: RESPONSE TO NGO LAW DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 DCM spoke to Head of the Presidential Administration's Office of Legal Policy Shahin Aliyev regarding proposed changes to Azerbaijan's NGO Law. Poloff also delivered Embassy concerns to Head of the Human Rights Protection Unit in the Department of Work with Law Enforce [...]	2009-06-18 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU506	AZERBAIJAN: KARABAKH IDP LEADER SURPRISINGLY CALM [...] (C) Summary: In a June 19 meeting with Pol-Econ Counselor and poloff, the newly designated leader of the Azeri Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) IDP community showed himself to be surprisingly calm and reasonable, in contrast to the somewhat uncouth figure he cut at the government-organized "Congress" t [...]	2009-06-23 12:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
09BAKU507	AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (C) Summary: On June 9 poloff hosted a meeting of western embassies and international organizations including the EU (Council and Commission),the OSCE and the Council of Europe accredited in Baku in order to discuss a wide range of issues related to democracy and human rights-- the human di [...]	2009-06-24 07:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
09BAKU512	AZERBAIJAN: CONTROVERSY ON NGO LAW MAY YIELD [...] (C) Summary: Discussion of the amendments to the Law on NGOs continues fast and furious in Baku. Embassy officials have delivered the reftel demarche to the Presidential Advisor on Legal Policy Shahin Aliyev and to the Deputy Head of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party Ali Ahmadov. Both GOAJ official [...]	2009-06-25 12:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR AJ
09BAKU526	AZERBAIJAN: NGO LAW PASSES WITH MAJOR REVISIONS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's parliament passed a revised version of amendments to the law on NGOs and mass media June 30, as well as previously debated changes on the law on religious freedom. The revised amendments to the NGO law largely exclude the controversial provisions previously discusse [...]	2009-06-30 13:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU529	AZERBAIJAN'S SECOND CITY A MICROCOSM OF DIFFICULT [...] (C) Summary: Ganja, Azerbaijan's historic capital and second largest city, has experienced economic stagnation since the end of the Soviet Union. Endemic corruption and brain drain have exacerbated this decline. There is little hope that reform will come through involvement of opposition p [...]	2009-07-01 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU588	AZERBAIJAN: AFGHAN POST-ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche July 22 to Anar Jahangirli, acting director of the division on international security and international organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Azerbaijan has recently doubled its troop level in Afghanistan to 90 and is considering expanding to a [...]	2009-07-27 02:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ
09BAKU594	AZERBAIJAN: CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: International and local efforts continue in Azerbaijan to encourage the GOAJ to release detained youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade. Deputy Foreign Minister (and uncle of the First Lady) Hafiz Pashayev told the Charge that has already once tried to get the President t [...]	2009-07-29 13:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU614	AZERBAIJAN: TOUGH TALK ON U.S. DEMOCRACY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 meeting with poloff, opposition leader Isa Gambar explained that democratic forces in Azerbaijan have diminishing confidence in the United States and its ability to or interest in promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Gambar outlined a number of specif [...]	2009-08-04 11:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU62	AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION HARASSED COLLECTING [...] (C) Summary: Across the country, members of opposition parties collecting signatures to register as campaign "advocacy" groups for the March referendum report being harassed by police. Several say they were detained for hours at police stations and had their signature sheets confiscated. T [...]	2009-01-26 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN: ANOTHER YOUTH ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On August 3 Agasif Shakiroglu, the leader of a small youth group, was arrested and sentenced to one month of pre-trial detention for evading military service. According to Shakiroglu, he is not in breach of his military obligation and this arrest is an attempt by the GOAJ to sile [...]	2009-08-06 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU637	AZERBAIJAN: ARRESTS SUCCEED IN SUPPRESSING SOME [...] (C) Summary: Youth activist Agasif Shakiroglu was released from detention on August 7, and immediately conscripted into the army, despite the normal August break in conscriptions. Detained bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade remain in detention, however, and their lawyers indicate that th [...]	2009-08-13 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU674	AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, AUGUST [...] (U) This cable is the first of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azer [...]	2009-08-26 11:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KTIP AJ
09BAKU677	AZERBAIJAN: COMBATING TIP UPDATE FROM MIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Anti-trafficking Unit is open to dialogue with the USG on the issue of combating trafficking in persons (TIP). On August 25 poloff met with the deputy head of the Unit, who offered an update on the many activities it is conducting in all thr [...]	2009-08-28 08:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP AJ
09BAKU697	SMOOTHER TURKISH DIPLOMACY KEEPS AZERBAIJANIS CALM [...] (C) Summary: Official Baku's reaction to the August 31 joint announcement by Turkey, Armenia and Switzerland on the next steps in the normalization process has been unexpectedly restrained (reftel A),particularly compared to their ferocious reaction to similar developments in March and Apri [...]	2009-09-02 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU722	GOAJ: THE NEXT GENERATION [...] (C) Summary: Ireli Public Union, formerly the Ireli Youth Movement, is a pro-government NGO focused on "developing Azerbaijani youth." In a September 2 meeting, Ireli's leadership explained the various projects the group is conducting, including summer camps, IT training, and a small grants [...]	2009-09-10 06:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR AJ
09BAKU724	VIOLATIONS WITNESSED IN FIRST HEARING FOR JAILED [...] (C) Summary: A pre-trial procedural hearing was held on September 4 in the case of jailed youth activists and bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftels). Embassy officials were able to observe the hearing, unlike earlier hearings in this case, but many people, including officials from [...]	2009-09-10 12:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU738	AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER 2009 MOSQUE CLOSURES, [...] (C) Summary: Through open source reporting and communication with embassy contacts, Post provides a list of specific allegations regarding mosque closures and destruction over the last four months. Much has been made in the press regarding these closures, with some alleging a trend of religio [...]	2009-09-16 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU742	AZERBAIJAN: TRIAL CONTINUES FOR JAILED BLOGGERS [...] (C) Summary: The first hearing on evidence in the trial of youth activists and bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade was held on September 16. Before the hearing began, six well-known youth activists were arrested for wearing t-shirts saying "I am also a hooligan." All were released after t [...]	2009-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU802	FORMER YOUTH LEADER JOINS THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6 Emboffs met with Razi Nurullayev, the newly elected deputy-chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front (PFP) to discuss the party's plans for the December municipal elections. Nurullayev stated that the six major opposition parties would not/not be running as a bloc. He [...]	2009-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ
09BAKU813	LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's municipal elections will be held on December 23 this year. The Central Election Commission (CEC) is working hard to prepare all necessary regulations for the election, although choosing this late date looks suspiciously like the GOAJ is trying to avoid international [...]	2009-10-14 09:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU846	READOUT OF BAKU BSEC MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Azerbaijan hosted the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Forum October 20-22. This was Azerbaijan's last act as chair of the BSEC, as the baton was then passed to Bulgaria. Highlights included appearances by Turkish FM Davutoglu and Armenian DFM Kirakossian. Both of their appearances [...]	2009-10-28 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AJ TU AM GG
09BAKU856	AZERBAIJAN: LARGE TRAFFICKING RING OF BOSNIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28 poloff and OSCE were introduced by a local NGO to a house full of victims of trafficking for labor exploitation. There are about 346 Bosnian Serb men who were brought over the last six months to Azerbaijan to work on construction projects. According to their stories [...]	2009-10-29 20:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP BK SR AJ
09BAKU86	EU COMMISSIONER FERRERO-WALDNER TRIP TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 21 EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner visited Baku. Her first point in her meeting with President Aliyev was media freedom; President Aliyev took the opportunity to criticize sharply the content of Radio Liberty while suggesting that he had [...]	2009-02-02 12:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU863	AZERBAIJAN: LARGE TRAFFICKING RING OF BOSNIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28 poloff and OSCE were introduced by a local NGO to a house full of victims of trafficking for labor exploitation. There are about 346 mostly Bosnian Serb men who were brought over the last six months to Azerbaijan to work on construction projects. According to thei [...]	2009-11-02 09:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP BK SR AJ
09BAKU864	AZERBAIJAN: ECONOMIC/ COMMERCIAL ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a regular series that will summarize economic and commercial issues in Azerbaijan. In this issue: The GOAJ is still pushing for the Trans-Eurasian Information Superhighway (para 2); the ILO says child labor is shifting from cotton to "the worst" sectors ( [...]	2009-11-02 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EAIR KCOR TINT KIPR AJ TU AE
09BAKU87	NAKHCHIVAN: A WORLD UPSIDE DOWN [...] (C) Summary: On January 27 Poloff visited the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (AR) along with Claire Delessard, the Political Advisor to the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus. Nakhchivan is the ancestral home of late president Heydar Aliyev, and has been run essentially as a fi [...]	2009-02-02 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU870	"WAR OF THE FLAGS" OVER, TURKISH PARLIAMENTIANS [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "war of the flags" is over, and the consensus among observers is that the result of Baku's tantrum over the "trashcan incident" in Bursa and the removal of Turkish flags from a war memorial in Baku is a net loss in Turkish sympathy for Azerbaijan. On Turkey's nati [...]	2009-11-04 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU892	AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C)On November 13 poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jala Ibrahimova of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of International Security, which coordinates all UN votes for Azerbaijan. Ibrahimova stated that a final decision on Azerbaijan's votes on these resolutions was not yet made, and sh [...]	2009-11-13 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ
09BAKU904	AZERBAIJAN: EUSR VISIT DISCUSSION OF BLOGGERS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, the political advisor to Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, briefed poloff on Semneby's recent trip to Baku and Yerevan that concluded November 16 and included meetings with both Presidents, the Azerbaijani FM and Russian Ambass [...]	2009-11-19 12:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG RU TX AM TU AJ
09BAKU906	AZERBAIJAN WILL LIKELY BE ABSENT FROM UNGA VOTE ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani MFA Attache Jaleh Ibrahimova informed poloff of Azerbaijan's voting decision on the reftel votes at UNGA. Azerbaijan will abstain from all resolutions on the DPRK and will vote against all resolutions on Burma, as they had in the past. While the final decision has not been mad [...]	2009-11-20 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ
09BAKU924	VIOLATIONS REPORTED IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Major opposition parties Umid ("Hope") and Musavat ("Equality") reported to Embassy officials a number of violations of election procedures in the registration process for the December 23 municipal elections, including pressure on their candidates. These parties have also filed [...]	2009-11-25 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU939	AZERBAIJAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA AJ
09BAKU979	AZERBAIJAN: US COUNCIL ON INTL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: From 07-12 December 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Catherine Cosman and Mary Zeng from the staff of the U.S. Council for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Cosman and Zeng met a wide range of official and religious contacts before attending a 10-11 December human rights confere [...]	2009-12-21 13:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ
09BAMAKO551	MALI APPROVES NEW FAMILY CODE: ISLAMISTS UPSET [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 16:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML

09BAMAKO643	MALI REACHES OUT TO ITS DIASPORA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 11:53:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BAMAKO645	EMBASSY FORWARDING LETTER FROM ATT TO PRESIDENT [...] On October 2, the Embassy received a letter from Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure addressed to President Barack Obama regretting ATT's inability to attend the President's working lunch with African leaders in New York on September 22, on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. [...]	2009-10-07 11:49:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ML
09BAMAKO666	COSMETIC CHANGES IN STORE FOR THE MALIAN JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM ML
09BAMAKO771	IMF REVIEW: CONTRASTING VIEWS ON MALI'S [...] Summary: On November 11, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of Mali's performance under the poverty reduction and growth facility (PRGF) and gave Mali a generally clean bill of financial health. The IMF noted that the GOM was well positioned to reach its 2009 tar [...]	2009-11-30 21:05:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINT EAGR EAID ML
09BAMAKO806	MALI'S SECOND LARGEST UNION LEFT OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 14:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN15	BRUNEI: RELUCTANT TO LEAD IMT, AND CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Poloff on 15 January met with Haji Mulok Haji Jamat, the Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs in the Political I section of the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Mulok told Poloff that Brunei plans to only supply monitors to the International Monitor [...]	2009-01-27 07:26:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN22	BRUNEI: TERRITORIAL DISPUTES WITH MALAYSIA REMAIN [...] (U) Poloff and Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) on 21 January met with Pg Datin Shazainah Pd Sharifuuden, the acting director of Policy Planning in the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Garry Ramlee, a research officer in Policy Planning, for an update on territorial disputes bet [...]	2009-02-05 05:46:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL PTER BX
09BANGKOK106	THAILAND NOTIFIED OF SANCTIONS ON A.Q. KHAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
09BANGKOK114	NEW "THAI PRIDE" PARTY (PHUMJAI THAI) BECOMES [...] (SBU) As legislators from dissolved political parties develop new party affiliations, it appears a faction of former People's Power Party legislators will comprise the second-largest coalition partner of the Democrat Party. This faction, loyal to Buriram politician Newin Chidchob, is at the c [...]	2009-01-15 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS TH
09BANGKOK124	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALLEGES TORTURE IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Amnesty International (AI) released a report entitled "Thailand: Torture in the Southern Counter-Insurgency" on January 13. The report cited 34 accounts of alleged torture in the four southernmost provinces, including four cases that resulted in the death of the detainee. The report claim [...]	2009-01-16 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1266	TRAVELS ALONG THE MEKHONG: THAKSIN,S AURA [...] (C) Contacts along the border with Laos in northeastern Thailand told us prior to the mid-April Songkran riots that rural voters had begun to shift their focus beyond the personal draw of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to issues that affected their local communities. Despite the app [...]	2009-05-26 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK1268	TRAFFICKING A PRIORITY CONCERN FOR THAI SECURITY [...] (C) During a recent trip to Northeast Thailand, security officials along the border with Laos emphasized to us concerns regarding illegal smuggling as cross-border trade and travel have increased. Officials were particularly worried about movements of people and goods through the Northeast du [...]	2009-05-26 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR TH
09BANGKOK1705	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
09BANGKOK1729	LINGERING APPEAL OF THAKSIN IN THAILAND,S [...] (SBU) Summary. A range of contacts from the local Buriram powerbase for Newin Chidchob in lower Isaan (northeastern Thailand) told us that Phumjai Thai, Newin's political party, held considerable advantages through control of ministries and the allegiance of local power brokers. While these a [...]	2009-07-17 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2657	ANOTHER MONTH, ANOTHER RALLY: RED SHIRTS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) plan to rally October 17 to protest a perceived delay in processing the petition for a royal pardon for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Ref E). Unlike previous protests, UDD leaders expect most partic [...]	2009-10-16 10:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
09BANGKOK2683	URGING ASEAN ON BURMA: THAILAND TO ENGAGE BURMA ON [...] (C) The Charge October 20 conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas and South Pacific Director-General Chirachai Punkrasin. Chirachai told the Charge that the RTG realized the seriousness of the new U.S. effort on Burma and would do all it could to urge the Burmese to r [...]	2009-10-20 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK2806	THAILAND WILL SUPPORT GERMANY, ITALY, AND GREECE [...] (C) PolOff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai November 3 to follow up a meeting we had October 28 with Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep to seek support for Lucretia Myer [...]	2009-11-03 11:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC
09BANGKOK2808	THAILAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR SUPPORT U.N. [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel Goldstone report points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul November 4, urging Thailand to oppose a U.N. General Assembly resolution or other efforts to pressure the Security Council on the matter [...]	2009-11-05 00:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL TH
09BANGKOK2851	THAI FM KASIT AND DAS MARCIEL REVIEW BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. During a November 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel reviewed objectives for U.S. Burma policy as well as developments from the November 3-4 visit to Burma led by EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell. DAS Marciel and FM Kas [...]	2009-11-06 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF MASS TH BM
09BANGKOK2868	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor met with officials from Thai Customs and the Ministry of Commerce to discuss proposed activities for FY10. Advisor also transferred remaining radiation pagers to Customs. Hanoi Program Assistant coordinated FY10 proposals for Vietnam. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted WMD Boarding O [...]	2009-11-09 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB SN JP
09BANGKOK2874	THAILAND CONFIRMS NO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) Poloff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Latin America Division official Trit Kiriratnikom November 11 regarding updated information on the Thai-Cuban relationship. Trit explained that there had been no major developments in the Thai-Cuban relationship in the past six months, s [...]	2009-11-10 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TH
09BANGKOK2903	THAILAND: UPPER NORTHEAST - THIS IS THAKSIN COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra remains very popular in Thailand's upper northeastern provinces, a recent traverse of three provinces along the Mekong River revealed. Contacts consistently asserted that the majority of eligible voters still support Puea Thai a [...]	2009-11-13 12:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK291	STAFFDEL LUSE, THAI OFFICIALS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 12 discussion with Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Keith Luse, who was in Thailand to explore alleged trafficking issues, Thai forensic science expert Porntip Rojanasunan claimed that ten thousand unidentified bodies turn up in Tha [...]	2009-02-04 04:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3075	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor presented a briefing on the EXBS Program to Thai, Philippines and Indonesian officials during DTRA's WMD Interdiction Workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),Bangkok, Nov. 2-6. Advisor visited DEA's Airport Interdiction Program facility in Chiang Mai, Thailan [...]	2009-12-04 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN CB JP
09BANGKOK3223	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor attended a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Export Control Experts Meeting in Hanoi, Dec. 8-10. Thai officials impounded an aircraft carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea on Dec. 11. Thai officials attended International Border Interdiction Train [...]	2009-12-22 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK567	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM SUTHEP ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador on March 4 pressed Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to ensure retraction or rebuttal of false court testimony in the extradition proceedings of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, which resume March 6. Suthep said Prime Minister Abhisit had previously [...]	2009-03-05 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER PREL PARM PGOV ECON KCRM KJUS TH RU
09BANGKOK612	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM/CAMBODIA ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] (U) Advisor and Program Assistant visited border crossing points in northeast Thailand Feb. 4-12. Advisor discussed plans for an anti-corruption workshop with the Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). The electrical generator for the Rapiscan van in Hue arrived in Vietnam. The U.S [...]	2009-03-10 12:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CB TH VN
09BANGKOK706	AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]	2009-03-20 04:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS
09BANGKOK719	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON BURMA POLICY WITH EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met EU Special Envoy to Burma Piero Fassino and other European officials March 20 to discuss policy towards Burma prior to Fassino's upcoming visit to Burma. Ambassador noted the ongoing USG Burma policy review, explaining in general terms the issues on which the US [...]	2009-03-23 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK858	THAILAND PROPOSES VOTE SWAP FOR UN HRC CANDIDACY: [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Dept of International Organizations official Nammon Yuthavong on April 2 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for the U.S. candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) in May. Nammon replied that Thailand was willing to cooperate [...]	2009-04-02 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV TH
09BANGUI110	CAR STATES IT WILL VOTE 'YES' FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (U) On May 29, 2009, Poloff delivered reftel demarche seeking the Central African Republic's (CAR) support for Kosovo's World Bank application to CAR Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA) Ambrosine Kpongo, thanking her for the CAR's support of Kosovo's IMF application in the process. DMFA [...]	2009-05-30 11:00:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL CT
09BANGUI115	CARG TO VOTE YES FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On the 4th of June, 2009, POLOFF delivered the referenced demarche concerning Lucretia Myers' candidacy for the UN International Civil Service Commission to Central African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA),Ambrosine Kpongo. During the meeting, the DMFA said that the Ministry would [...]	2009-06-09 14:55:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CT
09BANGUI120	FRENCH-CAR RELATIONS SERIOUSLY STRAINED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 08:29:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI124	REBELS OF OPPORTUNITY: DDR UNLIKELY TO SOLVE THE ILLS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, 2009, the Central African Republic's (CAR) newest rebel leader gave an interview to a local newspaper, declaring his intention to adhere to the Demobilization (DDR) process. The former spokesman of Abakar Sabone's Movement of Central African Liberators for Justice (M [...]	2009-06-26 14:25:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI152	PESSIMISM STILL THE ORDER OF THE DAY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2009, Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) was attacked for the second time in a month as Kara tribe gunmen and the Goula tribe and Central African Military (FACA) defenders of the town battled for supremacy. This follows a similar attack on Birao on June 6 (BANGUI 1 [...]	2009-07-07 17:19:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI157	CATCH 22 ON DISARMAMENT - WHY DDR IS NOT LIKELY TO WORK IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The international community and the government of the Central African Republic (CARG) have attached much importance to Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) as the solution to the Central African Republic's (CAR) long running conflict. This would appear logical - d [...]	2009-07-13 12:18:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI171	CARG CONTINUES TO IMPEDE THE TRAVEL OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Management Officer and Locally Engaged Staff were stopped for two hours by Central African gendarmes outside Grimari, Central African Republic. They were on their way to the town of Alindao to deliver tools to a Self-Help Project. This is the fifth ti [...]	2009-07-31 09:10:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI186	AUTHORITY VOID IN EASTERN CAR DRAGGING IN NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The east of the Central African Republic (CAR) has long been home to a mix of Central African, Sudanese and Chadian pastoralists who have existed more or less out of the purview of their respective capitals. Recently, however, it has become an area overrun by poachers, brigands a [...]	2009-08-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT SU UG
09BANGUI195	ETHNIC VIOLENCE INCREASINGLY LIKELY IN NORTHEASTERN CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of our best sources of information on events in the provinces of Bamingui-Bangoran and Vakaga has been a Burkina Faso-born U.S. citizen who has been the director of a medical NGO in the CAR. His organization has clinics spread across the area and his reporting and observation [...]	2009-09-08 15:27:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT
09BANGUI207	MALNUTRITION IN WESTERN CAR ALARMING, BUT NOT A CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diamond-rich southwest of the Central African Republic (CAR) is currently suffering from a wave of malnutrition brought on by a lack of nutritional education, the aftereffects of regional insecurity, the global drop in the price of diamonds, and most fundamentally, the gover [...]	2009-09-30 17:19:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI212	MINURCAT PERFORMING WELL, BUT VIOLENCE IN NE CAR NEEDS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8th, 2009, the United Nations Mission in Chad and the CAR (MINURCAT) hosted an Ambassadorial level (attended by POLOFF) trip to Birao, Central African Republic (CAR) as an informational session ahead of the October 21 Security Council meeting on the Mission's role. Th [...]	2009-10-09 15:03:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI219	UNDP AND REBELS FRUSTRATED WITH CARG FOOT-DRAGGING ON DDR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) campaign in the Central African Republic (CAR),launched in August 2009 with much fanfare, has slowed considerably in pace causing frustration in increasingly impatient rebels. The government's (CARG) lack of will, and spe [...]	2009-10-17 11:42:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI237	GROWING CHINESE INFLUENCE IN THE CAR EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A growing Sino-Central African (CAR) relationship is becoming increasingly evident in the CAR. President Bozize recently concluded his second state visit to China and sent another trade delegation back to Beijing shortly thereafter. Last week, the Chinese Ambassador laid the cor [...]	2009-11-04 16:01:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON CT
09BANGUI60	RIOTS IN BANGUI: TENSIONS BOIL OVER AFTER THE MURDER OF A [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the evening of March 5, 2009 a large riot broke out in the Miskine neighborhood of Bangui. The protesters were reacting to the severe assault on a police officer and respected member of the community by three members of the Presidential Guard. From approximately 7pm until [...]	2009-03-06 13:53:00	Embassy Bangui	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI78	STREET BATTLE BETWEEN FULANI AND LOCAL MERCHANTS LEAVES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 6:30 AM on April 12, 2009, a group of Fulani herders attacked Muslim traders at the cattle market (Marche du Betail) twelve kilometers from the center of Bangui. Details are still unclear, but there are at least seventeen dead. The violence was not directed at U.S. citizens a [...]	2009-04-14 16:12:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI80	A STATE OF DECAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From all corners of Central African society and the international community, there is a creeping sense that the Bozize government is increasingly feeble and may not last out the year. Post stresses that it has no/no solid evidence of any credible external or internal threat and [...]	2009-04-14 16:54:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI86	MFA NOTE SEEKS TO REGULATE TRAVEL BY DIPLOMATS IN THE CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2009, Post received a Circular Diplomatic Note from the Central African Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) imposing the immediate requirement for notification to the MFA prior to any travel to areas ``under tension'' by the foreign diplomatic corps. The Note cited Ar [...]	2009-04-21 18:12:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI87	MILITARY TRIBUNAL ACCUSES NOTORIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSER IN [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009 Lieutenant Olivier Koudoumon, aka Lt. Gbangouma, a member of President Bozize's Garde Presidentielle (GP),was officially accused of causing the death of a Commissar of Police on March 5, 2009. The killing sparked a day of riots in Bangui that left 10 wounded and [...]	2009-04-22 15:46:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANJUL332	DEMARCHE: ADDITIONAL TROOPS FOR AMISOM [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director Shen Yinyin called PolOffs to the MFA November 16 to raise concerns about references to Taiwan in a technical assistance report the U.S. delegation distributed during the meeting of the Kimberly Process in Namibia. Noting that she [...]	2009-11-05 15:37:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINS PREL
09BARCELONA154	MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES ISLAM IN SPAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain's first Muslim Parliamentarian discussed with POLOFF Muslim relations in Spain and stressed the importance of grassroots activism to integrate Muslims into Spanish society. Noting the vast increase of Muslim immigrants into Spain in recent years, Mohammed Chaib cautio [...]	2009-11-06 14:19:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG SOCI SP MO
09BASRAH17	BASRA: ONE YEAR AFTER CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. One year after the Iraqi Army (IA) routed militia groups (with US and UK military help) during Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK),Basra Province has stabilized. Continued gains in security, a boost to investment, and improvements in governance appear tantalizingly possible. V [...]	2009-04-10 14:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MARR IZ
09BEIJING1012	DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF GOODS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel A points concerning designation of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 to Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan in a pull-aside following his meeting with Senior East Asia Advisor for the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Frank [...]	2009-04-16 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	UNSC PARM KN CH KNNP
09BEIJING1026	CHINESE STILL STUDYING U.S.-PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) MFA International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs official Yang Zhiyu told PolOff on April 17 that China was "still studying" the U.S.-proposed designations of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 conveyed to the MFA on April 15 (ref A). A response, if any, to the U.S. proposal wo [...]	2009-04-17 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	UNSC PARM KN CH KNNP
09BEIJING1047	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: PRC [...] (C) PolOff conveyed diplomatic note and human rights pledge (ref A) on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing on April 20. Xu referenced her MFA colleague's April 8 re [...]	2009-04-20 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING1055	XINJIANG: NO EVIDENCE OBSERVED OF MEDIA-REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Despite rumors of arrests of underground or terrorism-related religious practitioners, the overall atmosphere in Xinjiang seemed more relaxed than on previous PolOff trips in advance of and just following the 2008 Olympics (Refs A and B),with no checkpoints and fewer propaganda p [...]	2009-04-21 06:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF CH
09BEIJING1066	GLOBAL TIMES LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION, [...] (SBU) People's Daily President Zhang Yannong presided over the official launch of the Global Times English-language edition at an April 20 reception in Beijing. At the event, People's Daily and Global Times editors told us the new English- language publication would maintain the "patriotic" [...]	2009-04-21 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1083	INNER MONGOLIA GROWTH GOAL "ONLY" 13 PERCENT, [...] (SBU) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) officials claimed March 30 that, while the IMAR's resource-based economy was faring better than that of China's export-oriented regions, the province was still feeling the ill effects of the global financial crisis. Some VIPs present at the openin [...]	2009-04-23 04:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EPET PGOV CH
09BEIJING1113	IRANIAN OFFICIAL ADDRESSES BEIJING AUDIENCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A visiting Iranian Atomic Energy Agency official told an invited audience of some 30 PRC government officials, Chinese academics, and foreign diplomats (including PolOff) April 23 that Iran considered the attainment of nuclear energy a main policy goal, and argued that sanction [...]	2009-04-24 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH IS
09BEIJING1126	PRC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) China would like the United States to be elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Human Rights Division official Chen Yingzhu told PolOff April 27. Chen requested that the United States support China, and noted that China "thinks highly [...]	2009-04-27 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING1131	AGENDA FOR JUNE GICNT PLENARY IN THE HAGUE [...] On April 29, PolOff joined Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, to present the proposed agenda for the June 16-17 2009 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary Me [...]	2009-04-28 06:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP CH RS NL
09BEIJING1133	CHINA/RUSSIA: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS OR STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: In spite of PRC public support for the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," Chinese officials privately view Russia as "irrational, aggressive and untrustworthy," according to an opinion page editor at a leading state-owned newspaper. Our contact noted that many readers found a rec [...]	2009-04-28 08:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF
09BEIJING1148	PRC-KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT STRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The energy deal announced during Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's April 15-19 visit to China was only a deal "in principle," and Sino-Kazakh energy cooperation was proceeding under "market principles," according to an MFA official. Otherwise, the visit emphasized security and la [...]	2009-04-29 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER ZK CH
09BEIJING1168	SOMALIA: CHINA'S VIEWS ON COMBATING PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China supported the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) and would like to improve military coordination but had to maintain sole control of its military operations and avoid a "military hierarchy," an MFA official told PolOff April 29. The official said China [...]	2009-04-30 09:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MARR MOPS PGOV PHSA PREL SO
09BEIJING1172	PRC: CHINESE SCHOLARS SUGGEST ACHIEVING NEAR-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese participants at a UK/France-sponsored seminar on UN Security Council Reform April 29 uniformly affirmed the need for UN Security Council reform, though none expressed any urgency in acting on this need. While offering generally positive views of the UK/France "intermedia [...]	2009-04-30 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR UN CH JA RS
09BEIJING1173	EDITOR SUSPENDED FOR INTERVIEW PRAISING "UNIVERSAL [...] (C) Zhong Weizhi (protect),the editor-in-chief of China's only national-level "private" newspaper, The Economic Observer, was suspended for publishing an interview with a controversial historian, Zhong told PolOffs March 25. The historian in question, Sun Yat-sen University's Yuan Weishi, ha [...]	2009-04-30 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV KDEM CH
09BEIJING118	PRC SCHOLARS SAY CHINESE GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese Government has distanced itself from Zimbabwean President Mugabe but will not pressure him to step down unless the South African Development Community (SADC) or African Union (AU) calls for his resignation, Chinese scholars recently told PolOff. The scholars agreed t [...]	2009-01-15 08:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF
09BEIJING1198	PRC/MEPP: FM YANG EXPOUNDS ON CHINA'S PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a five-day swing through the Middle East, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi laid out China's five-point plan for progress on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),according to an MFA official. He conveyed to the new Israeli government hopes expressed by Arab leaders that the M [...]	2009-05-05 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS SY EG IR
09BEIJING1204	SHIELD S13-08: CHINA INFORMED OF PRC FIRMS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper urging China to investigate and prevent the supply of a key chemical weapons precursor and training to a chemical manufacturing plant in Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division Deputy Director [...]	2009-05-06 07:47:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING1206	INCREASED GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Aggressive censorship is making it more difficult to hold political discussions online, according to multiple bloggers and online activists. While contacts differed on whether the ongoing "anti-vulgarity" campaign was being employed as cover for the political tightening, all agreed that c [...]	2009-05-06 08:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL SOCI CH TW EINT
09BEIJING1244	PRC: DEMARCHE URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] (C) In response to reftel points requesting that China urge the Government of Burma to release democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, MFA Asian Affairs Department Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen told PolOff May 8 that China hoped that all parties in [...]	2009-05-08 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
09BEIJING1253	SHIELD S13-08: CHINA SEEKS MORE INFORMATION OF PRC [...] (S) In response to Ref A demarche, urging China to investigate and prevent a group of employees from Zhejiang Material Industries Chemical Group and Shanxi Weiqida Pharmaceuticals Company from traveling to Iran to provide technical training and expertise, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Depar [...]	2009-05-11 02:38:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING1261	CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...]	2009-05-11 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF
09BEIJING1280	SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND CGPCS [...] (SBU) China will send a delegation of officials from the MFA, Ministry of National Defense (MND) and Ministry of Transportation to attend the May 29 meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Di [...]	2009-05-13 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
09BEIJING1295	PRC: NEW MFA BOUNDARY AND OCEAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT [...] (C) The recently-established MFA Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs would focus more on technical and legal issues than on policy matters, including providing advice on incidents involving USNS vessels in the South and East China seas, Maritime Delimitation Division Director Yang Li told [...]	2009-05-14 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING1318	DASH FOR THE CASH: LOCAL PARTY SECRETARY GETS HIS [...] (C) Providing a window on the thinking of local officials in China, the Party Secretary of Hulunbeier City in Inner Mongolia on May 12 described to PolOff his successful campaign to obtain a large chunk of PRC stimulus package funding for his city, as well as his efforts to maintain the munic [...]	2009-05-15 12:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAO CH
09BEIJING1346	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ECOSOC NGO COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC PHUM NGO SOCI UN CH
09BEIJING1349	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] (C) China recently donated USD one million for assisting Pakistan's internally displaced persons (IDPs) and will likely provide more, MFA Asian Affairs Department South Asia Division official Xing Lei told PolOff May 19 in response to reftel points urging China to provide aid. Xing said China [...]	2009-05-19 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF PHUM UN CH PK
09BEIJING137	CHINA INFORMED OF MARAGING STEEL SHIPMENT TO IRAN [...] (S) On the margins of a meeting on another topic, PolOff shared reftel points informing China of an upcoming purchase of maraging steel from a Chinese company to an Iranian entity associated with Iran's Defense Industries Organization (DIO) with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Departmen [...]	2009-01-16 06:22:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1378	"UNHAPPY CHINA": NATIONALISTIC RUBBISH OR CLARION [...] (C) The book "Unhappy China," a nationalistic rant against the United States and China's own supposedly West-worshipping elite, sold briskly in China following its release in March, but sales appear to have tapered off. China's official media have been largely critical of the book. Only a "sm [...]	2009-05-21 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CN
09BEIJING1384	SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS A MIXED BAG OF TENSIONS, [...] (C) Chinese academic and Indian diplomatic contacts in recent meetings painted a mixed picture of Sino-Indian ties. Interlocutors cited historic tensions and present disagreements, but also noted that incremental progress had been made. Chinese scholars downplayed the "String of Pearls" strat [...]	2009-05-22 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA IN NP PK CH
09BEIJING1386	SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA INVITED TO ATTEND MAY 29 [...] (SBU) China's Ministry of National Defense would likely continue to push its proposal to put counter-piracy military operations in the Gulf of Aden under UN command, MFA International Organizations and Conferences (IO) Department UN Affairs Division official Jiang Hua told PolOff May 22 in res [...]	2009-05-22 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
09BEIJING1387	TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]	2009-05-22 12:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1390	TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR [...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]	2009-05-25 12:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1398	PRC/DPRK: CHINESE MFA ON UNSC RESOLUTION RE DPRK [...] (C) China wanted any UN Security Council resolution responding to the DPRK's May 25 nuclear test to be measured, be made in the interest of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and support the denuclearization of the Peninsula and the Six-Party Talks, MFA North American Affairs DG Zheng [...]	2009-05-26 13:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MOPS KN KS CH
09BEIJING1404	HUMAN TRAFFICKING MOVIE DIRECTOR TELLS STUDENTS TO [...] (C) A recent Embassy showing of "Blind Mountain," a PRC film depicting a young, college-educated Chinese woman who is trafficked for marriage to a poor farmer in rural Shaanxi Province, elicited strong reactions from a student audience. In a Q&A session afterward with the film's director Li Yan [...]	2009-05-27 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING142	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On January 16, PolOffs conveyed to MFA the U.S. intention to request that the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee add four al-Qaeda associates detained or formerly detained in Iran to its list of individuals associated with the Taliban, al-Qaida and/or Usama Bin Laden ( [...]	2009-01-16 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK IR
09BEIJING145	TAIWAN: HU JINTAO'S DECEMBER 31 SPEECH SETS MORE [...] (C) In his December 31 speech, President Hu Jintao established a more realistic, flexible and less urgent policy direction on Taiwan, according to Embassy contacts. The speech's purpose is to establish new "guiding principles" that elevate Hu's "Six Points" on Taiwan policy to the level of De [...]	2009-01-16 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING146	CHINA-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Afghan Embassy First Secretary Meerwais Nab told PolOffs January 14 that China and Afghanistan have good bilateral relations, but he noted Chinese concerns, including the presence of U.S. forces near the Sino-Afghan border, India's influence in Afghanistan, "elements" in Afghanistan assist [...]	2009-01-16 08:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER SNAR ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING1467	BEIJING GEARS UP FOR JUNE 4 ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, China's security forces are warning well-known activists against protest activities and putting many under virtual house arrest. Despite tight Party control of Inte [...]	2009-06-02 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING149	REPORTED AZADEGAN DEAL NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED [...] (U) Citing Iranian media, official Chinese media outlets are reporting that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a USD 1.76 billion agreement allowing CNPC to develop the North Azadegan oil field. According to the reports, development [...]	2009-01-16 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
09BEIJING1493	CHINA WANTS CONSENT OF SUDAN IN RENEWING THE SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: China wanted to gain the consent of Sudan and the Africa Group regarding the UN Human Rights Council's upcoming renewal of the mandate for the Sudan Special Rapporteur, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun to [...]	2009-06-04 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AORC CH SU
09BEIJING1494	TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY PASSES QUIETLY AMID HEAVY [...] (C) The 20th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators passed quietly in Beijing amid the tightest security witnessed in Tiananmen Square in years. As of 17:30 Beijing time, no unrest or large-scale demonstrations were observed by PolOffs posted at Tiananmen and [...]	2009-06-04 11:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING150	CHINESE NEW YEAR TRAVEL RUSH BEGINS; PRESIDENT HU [...] (SBU) With China's Lunar New Year travel rush officially underway migrant workers, students and middle-class residents are queuing for hours to snatch up scarce train tickets. Severe ticket shortages, allegedly exacerbated by the hoarding and scalping of railway passes, led Chinese President [...]	2009-01-16 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH
09BEIJING1515	CHINA CONSIDERING INCREASE IN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] PolOff delivered ref A demarche encouraging China to support a significant real increase in the IAEA regular budget and to move costs associated with nuclear security into the regular budget to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on June 5. Zhan [...]	2009-06-05 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL AORC ENRG KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING1516	IAEA FUEL BANK ISSUE: CHINA SUPPORTS FULL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support a full and open discussion of fuel bank assurances at the June 15-18 IAEA Board of Governors meeting, including advocating with other countries to do the same, to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Direc [...]	2009-06-05 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING1537	TIBET: FOUR MONKS SENTENCED TO LABOR CAMP AFTER [...] (S) Four Tibetan Buddhist monks have been sentenced to two years of reform through labor for their participation in a demonstration in Guinan, Qinghai Province, on February 25, according to a "living Buddha" at Guinan's Lucang Monastery. Two additional monks were still awaiting sentencing as [...]	2009-06-08 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KIFR CH
09BEIJING154	DALIAN SUNNY INDUSTRIES/LIMMT AND BELLAMAX [...] (C) PolOff on January 19 informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officer Sun Lei that the United States will levy sanctions against Dalian Sunny Industries/LIMMT and Bellamax for the transfer of controlled missile technology to Iran. PolOff briefly described the sanctions as outli [...]	2009-01-19 02:17:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MUC ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING1589	SCO: SECRETARIAT STAFF PREDICT NOT MUCH NEW AT [...] (C) Contrary to MFA official comments trumpeting the importance of the upcoming SCO summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, officials at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat in Beijing downplayed expectations for new developments at the summit in a meeting with PolOff June 12. T [...]	2009-06-12 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1597	PRC: DEMARCHE ON UNOMIG DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 15, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin reftel points urging China to support a resolution extending the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) for two weeks to allow negotiations on a revised mand [...]	2009-06-15 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS UNGA CH GG RS
09BEIJING161	CHINA WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES OF ICC ARREST WARRANT [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir that will make the Sudanese Government less cooperative and further destabilize the situation in Sudan, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Su [...]	2009-01-20 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM CH SU

09BEIJING1620	PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES [...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...]	2009-06-16 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH
09BEIJING1627	JUNE 4 CONFERENCE ANGERS PARTY, SOME PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) An underground academic conference on the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen crackdown elicited a swift reaction by Chinese security agencies, according to key organizers of the meeting. Nineteen people, including prominent professors, journalists and activists participated in the May 10 forum, which [...]	2009-06-16 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING1630	GICNT: UPDATED MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT DEMARCHE [...] On June 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shun Jian. Shun said that his staff would review the document contained in reftel and provide comments by the July 13 deadline requested in reftel. PICCUTA [...]	2009-06-17 03:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KGIC
09BEIJING1631	CHINA -- 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On June 16, PolOff delivered ref A demarche, outlining the publication of the annual TIP report, to An Gang, Director of the MFA's North American and Oceanian Division. An told PolOff that China hoped that the United States would "stop releasing such annual reports." An informed PolOff that [...]	2009-06-17 03:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAM KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09BEIJING1657	INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT: CHINA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS [...] (SBU) China shared U.S. concerns about creating an international piracy court, MFA Treaty and Law Department International Law Division Deputy Director Xu Yu told PolOff June 17 in response to reftel points urging China's support for the U.S. position opposing the creation of an international t [...]	2009-06-18 08:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL CH
09BEIJING1658	PRC: CHINA'S POSITION ON THE CCIT REMAINS UNCHANGED [...] (SBU) On June 17, PolOff conveyed to MFA Treaty and Law Department Public International Law Division Officer Wang Xiaolin reftel points noting U.S. concerns about the Coordinator's Proposal regarding the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) and requesting Chinese gover [...]	2009-06-18 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNGA CH
09BEIJING1660	PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER GREEN DAM UNLIKELY TO PROMPT [...] (C) After an initial wave of media criticism, the Communist Party Propaganda Department ordered news outlets to report positively on the government's decision to require that new computers be sold with pre-installed Internet filtering software. Following the order, official media, including th [...]	2009-06-18 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING1661	CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...]	2009-06-18 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING1662	PRC/IRAN: HU-AHMADINEJAD MEETING; ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official reported that President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the margins of the SCO Summit that Iran needed to show flexibility, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the United States, and help the international community oppose nuclear prol [...]	2009-06-18 14:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1679	PRC/SOUTH PACIFIC: INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Chinese government interlocutors continued to stress the centrality of "non-interference" to China's foreign policy, a Fijian EmbOff told us a new package of Chinese economic assistance to Fiji announced earlier this year arrived just as western sanctions were proving probl [...]	2009-06-19 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING1680	PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE [...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...]	2009-06-19 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF
09BEIJING1698	PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...]	2009-06-22 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1708	MALAY PM IN CHINA: COMMEMORATING 35 YEARS OF [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's June 2-5 trip focused on the commemoration of 35 years of China-Malaysia relations and resulted in no new substantive initiatives, according to an MFA official and a Malaysian Embassy contact. Though the two sides touched lightly on extant disputes in [...]	2009-06-23 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR MY CH KS
09BEIJING1711	SWEDISH DIPLOMAT DECLARED PNG IN POSSIBLE [...] (C) Helena Reitberger, First Secretary at the Swedish Embassy in Beijing, told Poloff June 23 that she had been declared persona non grata (PNG) by the Chinese government and was required to depart China no later than June 30. She said she had been called in by the MFA and informed of the dec [...]	2009-06-23 13:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF SW CH
09BEIJING1734	LIU XIAOBO ARRESTED ON SUBVERSION CHARGES [...] (C) A June 24 Xinhua press release announced the formal arrest of dissident writer and Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo on the charge of inciting the subversion of the state. PolOff contacted Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, who confirmed the press release. Liu Xia said police had also told her th [...]	2009-06-24 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING1752	PRC THANKED FOR SUPPORT OF NOMINATIONS OF 3 PAKISTAN-BASED INDIVIDUALS FOR UNSCR 1267 DESIGNATION [...] (C) On June 25, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin U.S. appreciation for Chinese support of the designation of Arif Qasmani, Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-a-Tul Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ameen al-Peshawari to the UN S [...]	2009-06-25 08:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK AF
09BEIJING176	PROSPECTS FOR SINO-EU RELATIONS IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The cancellation of the China-EU Summit, slated for December 1, was the culmination of a year of poor relations between China and France, according to European Embassy contacts. Since France ceded the rotating EU Presidency to the Czech Republic on January 1, however, China has [...]	2009-01-21 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ CH
09BEIJING1761	PRC/DPRK: CHINESE SCHOLARS ON UNSCR 1874 AND [...] (C) Chinese scholars in recent conversations with PolOff said that Pyongyang's response to UNSCR 1874 had been "tepid" so far and that North Korea's domestic political situation did not appear to be tense. The DPRK had not anticipated such a strong reaction to its nuclear test from the internation [...]	2009-06-26 07:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KNNP MOPS EFIN KN KS CH
09BEIJING177	EU'S TAKE ON THE SINO-EU STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to previous years, the January 19 Sino-EU Strategic Dialogue was surprisingly productive, according to the Czech Embassy. After an initial Chinese diatribe on Tibet, the remainder of the dialogue was open, friendly, and "more than just talking points." Though the fo [...]	2009-01-21 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ TW CH
09BEIJING1777	PRC: MAUNG AYE TOLD TO "ADVANCE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT;" AUNG SAN SUU KYI NOT DISCUSSED [...] (C) SPDC Vice-Chairman Maung Aye did not discuss Aung San Suu Kyi with senior Chinese leadership during his June 15-20 visit to China, according to an MFA contact, focusing instead on strengthening bilateral ties. The Chinese urged Burma to advance its "domestic democratic development" and inc [...]	2009-06-29 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AGS BM CH ENRG ETRD PHUM PREL
09BEIJING1803	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR ON ELECTION'S TIANANMEN ECHOES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Chinese academic, Beijing was handling coverage of the contested Iranian elections carefully in light of potential comparisons by ordinary Chinese of the unrest to the leadership split that lead to the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Our contact said that Beijin [...]	2009-06-30 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1844	SCO SUMMIT: CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS [...] (C) Chinese and other Shanghai Organization (SCO) member countries' diplomats told us that the June 16 SCO summit in Yekaterinburg had served primarily as a forum for SCO members to demonstrate a sense of urgency in responding to the global financial crisis, eclipsing discussion about increasin [...]	2009-07-05 02:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1851	SOMALI PIRACY: CHINA ASKED TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) China was "flexible" if additional states wished to participate in the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie told PolOff July 2 in response to reftel points encouraging C [...]	2009-07-05 03:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR MOPS CH SO
09BEIJING1868	140 DEAD IN URUMQI RIOTS, DEATH TOLL MAY GO [...] (C) During the course of July 6, China's official media steadily revised upward the death toll from July 5 rioting in Urumqi, Xinjiang, to 140. The Xinhua News Agency warned the final figure could be higher. 828 people were injured and police have made "hundreds" of arrests, the agency report [...]	2009-07-05 11:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING1878	UNREST CONTINUES IN URUMQI, COUNTER DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) During a third day of unrest in Urumqi, large numbers of rioters of Han nationality engaged in counter protests directed at Uighur residents and businesses. According to a U.S. Embassy officer in Urumqi, as of 1800 local time, unrest, including explosions and the use of tear gas by police [...]	2009-07-07 11:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING1929	TENSIONS SUBSIDE IN URUMQI UNDER CONTINUED HEAVY [...] (C) Poloff in Urumqi witnessed no new disturbances during the course of July 9. Public transportation was operational and many businesses had reopened. Poloff witnessed Uighurs walking unmolested in predominantly Han neighborhoods. Uighur neighborhoods appeared to have far less activity and fo [...]	2009-07-09 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1947	DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL [...] On July 10, Acting DCM delivered reftel non-paper highlighting President Obama's summit meeting with Russian President Medvedev to Acting DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Ding Xiaowen. Also on July 10, PolOff shared the non-paper with the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department [...]	2009-07-10 07:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS CH
09BEIJING1951	PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SHIELD S15-09: SYRIA [...] (SBU) On July 10, Poloff conveyed reftel points and non-paper on Syrian desires to obtain Schedule 2B chemicals from China to the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Yi. Yang had no immediate response but promised to provide any [...]	2009-07-10 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER CH
09BEIJING1954	XINJIANG SITREP FOR JULY 10, 2009 [...] (C) No major incidents of unrest occurred during in Urumqi during the course of July 9, though Embassy officers witnessed a brief scuffle as security forces broke up a demonstration of about 30 Uighurs in front of western journalists on July 10. The People's Armed Police (PAP) presence in the [...]	2009-07-10 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC CH
09BEIJING1969	PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY [...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...]	2009-07-13 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1970	RISE IN MASS INCIDENTS WORRISOME BUT NOT YET A THREAT TO OVERALL STABILITY, CONTACTS SAY [...] (C) A jump in the number of "mass incidents," or violent protests against local governments, in June is unrelated to the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang and does not signal a threat to overall social stability, Embassy contacts report. However, violent incidents indicate serious discontent belo [...]	2009-07-13 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CH
09BEIJING1973	INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING [...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...]	2009-07-13 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH
09BEIJING198	CHINA CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR TALKS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: China supports the African Union (AU) position that continued negotiations offer the best way to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe, according to a Chinese diplomat. China also supports mediation efforts by South Africa and the South African Development Community (SADC) an [...]	2009-01-22 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH ZI SF
09BEIJING1989	PRC: INDIAN ACTIONS ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH DESIGNED [...] (C) Chinese scholars believe the media-hyped controversies over recent Indian troop movements near the disputed province of Arunachal Pradesh and the province's inclusion in the Asia Development Bank's Country Strategy for India reflect India's desire to pressure China to recognize India's terr [...]	2009-07-14 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MOPS MARR EAID CH IN
09BEIJING1994	PROPOSED DATES FOR U.S.-CHINA NONPROLIFERATION AND [...] On July 15, PolOff delivered reftel proposal, suggesting a late August date for the bilateral Nonproliferation Dialogue and a mid-October date for the Security Dialogue to Wang Lei of the MFA's Arms Control Department, General Policy Division. PolOff advised Wang that Washington envisioned b [...]	2009-07-15 03:11:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	KNNP PARM CH
09BEIJING201	CHINA GIVEN ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CHINA'S SHENYANG [...] (S) After noting continued "unavailability" of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials to meet with PolOffs since the October 3 announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the Charge shared reftel information providing additional details about a Chinese company's assistance to Nor [...]	2009-01-22 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC SY KN CH
09BEIJING202	CHINA INFORMED SYRIAN ENTITY SEEKING HIGH-GRADE [...] (S) After noting continued "unavailability" of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials to meet with PolOffs since the October 3 announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the Charge shared reftel non-paper informing China of attempts by a Syrian entity of proliferation concern to [...]	2009-01-22 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC TSPA SY CH
09BEIJING2023	URUMQI DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 192 -- JULY 16 [...] (C) Post has received no reports of new violence or unrest in Urumqi, or other areas of Xinjiang, July 16. The death toll from the July 5 riot climbed to 192 with 1,721 people injured. Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan was quoted in the local press as saying most of the dead were "innocent. [...]	2009-07-16 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING204	PRC/MEPP: CHINA VEXES ARABS WITH RESTRAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a briefing by Chinese Middle East Envoy Sun Bigan, Arab ambassadors in China were frustrated and disappointed by Beijing's measured response to the recent Gaza violence, Arab embassy contacts said January 22. They expected Chinese condemnation of Israel, based on China's h [...]	2009-01-22 12:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS XF
09BEIJING2040	PREMIER WEN SUFFERS CRITICISM, BUT POSITION [...] (C) Rumors that Premier Wen Jiabao is under fire for a variety of alleged failings continue to circulate among China's politically active circles, but the chances of Wen being forced out before his term expires in 2013 are remote, according to a number of Embassy contacts. Wen has reportedly [...]	2009-07-17 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM EFIN CH
09BEIJING2041	XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE [...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...]	2009-07-17 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU
09BEIJING2063	PRC LEADERSHIP STABLE DESPITE TENSIONS; XI STILL [...] (C) Embassy contacts have reported that relations among China's top leaders remained largely stable, and the arrangements put in train for succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012 appeared to be holding, with Xi Jinping likely to become Party chief and Li Keqiang to become Premier. Three [...]	2009-07-20 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
09BEIJING2066	JULY 20 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) EmbOffs in Urumqi reported no new violence or unrest over the weekend of July 18-19 or on July 20. The official death toll from the riots remains 197. In majority Han or mixed neighborhoods the security posture had relaxed noticeably while large numbers of police continued to patrol the Ui [...]	2009-07-20 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH
09BEIJING207	CHINA PROTESTS SANCTIONS AGAINST DALIAN SUNNY [...] (S) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Sun Lei called in PolOff on January 28 to complain about the "unacceptable" and "unilateral" sanctions announced against Chinese companies Limmt and Bellamax (refs A and B). Sun said China opposes the imposition [...]	2009-01-23 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING2080	CHINA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE WEAPONS-RELATED [...] (S) On July 21, Poloff conveyed reftel points and non-paper regarding the possible transfer through Beijing on July 9 of torpedo batteries and technical personnel from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Y [...]	2009-07-21 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC CH IR KN
09BEIJING2109	PRC FEEDBACK ON PAST NONPRO CASES REQUESTED [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper requesting information on the status of investigations of past cases of missile-related nonproliferation concern to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Division Deputy Director Yang Yi on July 23. Yang said she woul [...]	2009-07-23 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA CH SY IR PK
09BEIJING2110	PRC SUPPORTIVE BUT VAGUE ON ADDITIONAL [...] (C) On July 21, Poloff conveyed to MFA Asian Affairs Department, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Division Desk Officer Hou Yanqi reftel points on enhanced civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan following the August 20 presidential election. Econoff also delivered reftel poin [...]	2009-07-23 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER CH AF
09BEIJING2111	DETAILS ON PRC "HIGH-LEVEL" UNGA PARTCIPATION [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Li Jun July 23 reftel points requesting information on the attendance of senior Chinese officials at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Li responded that the planning process for China's [...]	2009-07-23 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID CH
09BEIJING2112	TOP LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CONSENSUS, [...] (C) The need for consensus and the desire to protect vested interests are the main drivers of Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) decision-making and Chinese leadership dynamics in general, according to Embassy contacts with access to leadership circles. Contacts have variously described relations [...]	2009-07-23 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
09BEIJING2123	HIGH-PROFILE NGO CLOSED, PRE-60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) On July 17 the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau raided the offices of the Open Constitution Initiative (aka "Gongmeng"),an NGO promoting democracy and rule-of-law, and declared the group an "illegal organization." Days earlier, Beijing tax officials had slapped OCI with a large fine for all [...]	2009-07-24 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2137	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (SBU)On July 23, Poloff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Li Jun reftel points requesting China to freeze the assets of and take other necessary actions against Qasmani, Mujahid, and Al-Peshawari in accordance with UNSCR 1267 designation [...]	2009-07-27 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV KTFN ECON PTER CH
09BEIJING2156	PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIBYA'S CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) On July 28 PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points requesting China oppose controversial language that Libya seeks to insert into the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) mandate. Sh [...]	2009-07-28 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU CH
09BEIJING2170	SHIELD S18S-05: CHINA INFORMED OF ZIBO CHEMET'S [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Zibo Chemet's transfer of glass-lining technology to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Deputy Director Yang Yi on July 30. Yang noted that the case dealt with a transfer of [...]	2009-07-30 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING2173	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S EFFORTS TO [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Beijing Jingda Zhiyuan Technologies Development Ltd. efforts to provide controlled carbon fiber to a Pakistani missile developer to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Deputy Director [...]	2009-07-30 09:23:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA CH PK
09BEIJING2177	PRC/RUSSIA: MFA, SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF [...] (C) In response to the closure by Moscow authorities of the Cherkizovsky market, the largest Chinese market in Russia (reftel),China's state-controlled media was uncharacteristically critical of Russia's "heavy handed" actions, and the issue generated commentary among Chinese bloggers complai [...]	2009-07-30 10:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING2183	THE URUMQI RIOTS - WHAT CONTACTS SAY HAPPENED [...] (C) For three weeks following the initial July 5 violence in Urumqi, a series of EmbOffs visited Xinjiang to seek out solid information about the incident and its aftermath. Using the information gathered, we have put together a timeline of the events that began that day. Following is one of [...]	2009-07-31 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING2185	XINJIANG: CHINA REPORTEDLY DEFEATED OIC STATEMENT [...] (C) Egyptian Embassy Officer Haitham Safey (protect) told PolOff July 30 that PRC efforts to quash a proposed statement by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) condemning the Chinese government's response to the July 5 unrest in Xinjiang and its treatment of Muslim Uighurs (reftels [...]	2009-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH EG TU
09BEIJING2194	CHINA WELCOMES BILATERAL CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche accepting China's longstanding invitation to hold Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) consultations in China to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Deputy Director Yu Dunhai on August 3. Yu said t [...]	2009-08-03 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CH JP
09BEIJING2224	PRC:"WILL DO WHAT IT CAN" FOR SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed August 4 to MFA African Department East Africa Desk Officer Zheng Minjuan reftel points requesting that China contribute additional support to Somalia in light of the recent agreement signed between the Transitional Federal Government(TFG) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) [...]	2009-08-05 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO SO
09BEIJING2263	PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...]	2009-08-07 10:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH
09BEIJING2298	INTERNET USERS PUSH AGAINST CONTROLS, CONTACTS [...] (C) Despite tight political controls, China's netizens are increasingly using the Internet as a forum for public discussion and even, at times, as a platform to challenge actions by government authorities, Chinese electronic media professionals told State Department Policy Planning Director An [...]	2009-08-11 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SCUL CH
09BEIJING2318	PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (SBU) On August 12, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division official Jiang Bo reftel points noting the commencement of the USG review of tranche 3 names from the 1267 Consolidated List pursuant to paragraph 25 of UN Security Council Resolution [...]	2009-08-12 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CH
09BEIJING2341	PRC OFFERS WEAK REACTION TO BURMESE OPPOSITION [...] (C) China hopes Burma can peacefully resolve its own internal issues and maintains that the international community should not interfere in any country's legal system, MFA Asian Affairs Department Burma Division Deputy Director Chen Chen told PolOff August 13 in response to reftel points urgin [...]	2009-08-13 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2355	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (SBU) PolOff August 14 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Specialized Agencies Division Deputy Director Qiao Huijun reftel points on U.S. views with regard to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Director-Genera [...]	2009-08-14 07:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO CH
09BEIJING2374	REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION ON U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL [...] (C) PolOff raised the Counterterrorism Subdialogue with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) External Security Division Deputy Director Li Nan and First Secretary Wu Shifan on August 12. Li and Wu confirmed the proposed September 14 and 15 meeting dates for the U.S.-China Bilateral Interagency [...]	2009-08-17 22:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MNUC PREL CH
09BEIJING2383	RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE ON THE CHINESE WEB [...] (SBU) Searches for online discussion of religion on the Chinese Internet from June to August revealed a robust discourse on religious doctrine and practice on Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist websites, discussion forums, and blogs as well as on mainstream commercial portals. Chinese religious [...]	2009-08-18 12:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL CH
09BEIJING2404	AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE NEIGHBORS: CHINA [...] (C) Summary: ChinaÂ´s interests in promoting stability along its borders, combating unrest in its western Xinjiang province, and exploiting natural resources in Afghanistan to fuel its domestic economic growth would be advanced by a successful election in Afghanistan, according to PRC scholars an [...]	2009-08-20 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF CH
09BEIJING2408	CHINA DOES NOT WANT TAIWAN IN THE CGPCS [...] (C) China would oppose Taiwan participation in the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),but otherwise welcomes broader participation, according to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie. Cheng, who plans to attend [...]	2009-08-21 05:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM SO CH
09BEIJING2410	SHIELD: PRC FEEDBACK SOUGHT ON PAST CASES OF [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper requesting information on the status of investigations of past cases of chem/bio proliferation concern to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Division Deputy Director Yang Yi on August 21. Yang said each referenced [...]	2009-08-21 07:16:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING2414	PRC: INDIAN INFORMATION INADEQUATE TO WARRANT [...] (C) India has not provided sufficient information about the three Pakistan-based individuals it proposed to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to merit their listing as terrorists, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin told PolOff Au [...]	2009-08-21 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK
09BEIJING2428	PRC SUPREME COURT FACING CONSERVATIVE RETRENCHMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese Supreme People's Court (SPC) has begun a process of conservative retrenchment under current President Wang Shengjun that is turning back the reforms of his predecessor, Xiao Yang, according to legal scholars and SPC judges. Court officials and legal scholars have cri [...]	2009-08-24 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL KCOR CH
09BEIJING2429	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: XU ZHIYONG (ON BAIL) AND ILHAM [...] (C) On August 23, detained rights activist Xu Zhiyong and ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti were released from police custody. Also released was Zhuang Lu, a codefendant in the state's "tax evasion" case against Xu and his NGO, the Open Constitution Initiative. Tohti, whose writings had been [...]	2009-08-24 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2438	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]	2009-08-25 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2454	PRC WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER 16-18 ARF DISASTER [...] (U) China will send a five-person delegation to participate in the ninth annual ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster Relief (ARF ISM-DR) in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 16-18, MFA Asian Affairs Department Asian Multilateral Security Division Deputy Director Zuo Wenxing to [...]	2009-08-26 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF EAID MARR CH
09BEIJING2456	PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with PolOff, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Third Bureau Director Wu Baocai expressed concern about post-election violence in Afghanistan and uncertainty as to how to evaluate the strength of the Taliban. Whi [...]	2009-08-26 11:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID MARR NATO PTER CH PK AF
09BEIJING2462	OBSTACLES TO JUDICIAL REFORM IN CHIN [...] (C) Summary: Barriers to instituting genuine rule of law in China remain formidable, according to a variety of legal scholars and judicial officials. The National People's Congress's formal monopoly on interpreting the PRC constitution and the Party-controlled Supreme People's Court's de fac [...]	2009-08-27 23:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL KCOR CH
09BEIJING2468	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (SBU) August 27, Post delivered to the MFA reftel invitation letter from President Obama to PRC President Hu Jintao to attend the September 24 UNSC summit on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. PolOff August 28 provided MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missiles and Convention [...]	2009-08-28 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PARM MNUC KSUM UNSC KNNP CH
09BEIJING2478	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRC PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Following his August 28 credentialing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, the Ambassador outlined for PRC President Hu Jintao his and President Obama's vision for the U.S.-China relationship and the goals of his mission. The Ambassador said he wanted to build a more "stabl [...]	2009-08-31 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP OVIP KOLY CH
09BEIJING2479	SUGGESTED AGENDA AND CHINESE PARTICIPANT LIST FOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 31 MFA External Security Division Director Xia Jingge provided PolOffs with MFA-suggested changes to the draft agenda for the September 14-15 U.S.-China Inter-Agency Counterterrorism Subdialogue, the list of Chinese participants, and an overview of the sensitive issues [...]	2009-08-31 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH
09BEIJING2481	PRC DOWNPLAYS CONFLICT IN BURMA'S KOKANG REGION [...] (C) Summary. China's Nansan border region adjacent to the Kokang region of Burma is calm, and refugees have already begun to return to Burma, ConGenOff observed August 30 and 31. PRC government statements and Chinese media accounts downplayed the seriousness of the conflict between ethnic K [...]	2009-08-31 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2491	PRC RECEPTIVE TO SIGNING THE NY DECLARATION [...] (C) Barring unforeseen problems, China will likely sign the Commitment to Best Management Practices to Avoid, Deter or Delay Acts of Piracy (the New York Declaration) during the public ceremony on September 9 before the plenary meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CG [...]	2009-09-01 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM SO XA XW UNSC
09BEIJING2492	XINJIANG: INCREASED ETHNIC TENSIONS AND HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic tension between Han Chinese and Uighurs has increased dramatically in three southern Xinjiang province cities and in Urumqi since the early- July ethnic violence in the provincial capital, according to local residents. Contacts did not report any increase in restrictions [...]	2009-09-01 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2493	BURMA/PRC BORDER SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: As cross-border refugees from Burma's Kokang region continue to return to Burma, local residents and remaining refugees in China's Nansan border region told ConGenOff September 1 that refugee flows had moved to border crossings in Yunnan province adjacent to ethnic Wa-controlled [...]	2009-09-01 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2494	PRC/IRAN: CHINA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE BILATERALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is biding its time until the political crisis in Iran reaches a clearer resolution and the Ahmadinejad government consolidates power, and will signal its renewed engagement by sending a high-level delegation to Tehran once the political situation has been resolved, accordin [...]	2009-09-01 12:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2526	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM YANG JIECHI: [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Ambassador expressed his and President Obama's hope to keep the U.S.-China relationship moving in a positive direction and focused on major issues of mutual concern. FM Yang noted the positive tone set by Presidents Hu [...]	2009-09-02 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING2533	THE FOURTH CCP PLENUM: REFORM WITH NO CHANGE [...] (C) On July 23, a Xinhua press release announced that the Fourth Plenum of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party would convene in September. In keeping with established practice, a date for the Plenum was not announced, but the press release noted that the Plenum would add [...]	2009-09-03 11:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH
09BEIJING2534	BEIJING AND THE DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: China has made two public statements on the Dalai Lama's ongoing Taiwan visit; the first condemning the trip but blaming it on Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),the second warning that that the visit is "bound to affect cross-Strait relations." [...]	2009-09-03 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF CH TW
09BEIJING2536	SERBIA AND CHINA FIND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Affirmation of mutual support on respective Serbian and PRC sovereignty issues highlighted the political agenda of Serbian President Boris Tadic's August 19-25 visit to China, according to Serbian diplomats and Chinese government and academic contacts. Despite MFA insistence tha [...]	2009-09-03 23:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV YI KV CH ICJ
09BEIJING254	CHINESE ACADEMICS COMMENT ON KOREAN PENINSULA [...] (C) In conversations with PolOff preceding recent international media reports of increasingly fiery DPRK rhetoric, Chinese scholars predicted that North Korea would seek to manufacture a crisis in order to gain the attention of the new U.S. administration. In view of the disappointing conclus [...]	2009-02-03 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING2555	ETHNIC HAN URUMQI RESIDENTS PROTEST "SYRINGE [...] (C) Security forces locked down central Urumqi late September 3 in the wake of protests by as many as "tens of thousands" of ethnic Han demonstrators, but failed to prevent smaller protests from breaking out September 4. The official PRC Xinhua News Agency said the protesters on September 3 ha [...]	2009-09-04 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING256	CHINA: ANTI-TRAFFICKING COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM [...] (C) Anti-trafficking cooperation between China and Vietnam in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Guangxi) is increasingly effective, although trafficking of Vietnamese women and children remains a major problem. More than 200 trafficking victims have been rescued since 2004, but despite efforts [...]	2009-02-03 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWNM CH VM
09BEIJING2573	GANSU AND QINGHAI TIBETANS SAY TENSIONS EASING, [...] (S) Tibetans in Qinghai and Gansu provinces reported that human rights conditions are slowly improving, particularly in Qinghai, though some Tibetan monks and academics complained that they continue to experience pressure to cooperate with government propaganda campaigns. PolOff visited the [...]	2009-09-08 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2574	CROSS-STRAIT TRADE TALKS: THE VIEW FROM BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV KIPR CM TW
09BEIJING2594	MPS DISCUSSES CHINA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: China continues to develop its prosecutorial and administrative abilities to counter trafficking in persons (TIP) and recognizes the importance of properly taking care of trafficking victims, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Official responsible for TIP issues emphasized i [...]	2009-09-10 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING2595	REAL SYMPATHY FOR "FAKE PANCHEN": MANY TIBETANS [...] (S) Tibetan contacts in Gansu and Qinghai Provinces are resentful of Communist Party efforts to force Tibetan Buddhists to accept Gyaincain Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama. As the "11th Panchen" (born in 1990) grows into adulthood, however, some Tibetans, especially monks, say they sympathize [...]	2009-09-10 11:42:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2616	PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. UNHRC PRIORITIES [...] (U) On September 11, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Yao noted he [...]	2009-09-11 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC CH
09BEIJING265	CHINA INFORMED OF 2008 CANBERRA MTCR PLENARY [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper describing the results of the November 2008 Canberra Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary Liu Wei on February 4, stressing the important contribution China could ma [...]	2009-02-04 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA CH
09BEIJING2651	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRC TO REFRAIN FROM STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China will avoid making any pronouncement on the outcome of Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election until after the Independent Election Commission (IEC) releases final certified results, according to an MFA official. China would like the next Afghan government to make pro [...]	2009-09-16 06:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK CH
09BEIJING2674	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING PRC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) China has yet to study the text of the follow-on amendment to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1820 but plans to give the proposed draft "positive consideration," according to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Cheng Lie. In respo [...]	2009-09-17 23:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PHUM KWMN PREL CG CH
09BEIJING2679	P-3 NPT AND FMCT DRAFT AGENDA DELIVERED TO CHINA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche outlining a draft agenda for a discussion of Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) issues at the upcoming P-3 meeting in Washington on September 18 to Zhang Hongliu of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department General Po [...]	2009-09-18 03:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA

09BEIJING2681	POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche explaining the President's decision to adapt our Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) architecture in Europe to Zhang Hongliu of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department General Policy Division on September 18. Zhang, speaking unofficially, told PolOff that [...]	2009-09-18 04:17:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MARR EZ CH
09BEIJING2692	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY ROUNDTABLE WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) On September 10, Embassy Beijing hosted a round-table discussion with 19 Beijing-based rights lawyers, visiting Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor senior advisor Susan O'Sullivan, and third-country diplomats. Most of the Chinese participants were among a group of lawyers whose li [...]	2009-09-18 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2699	PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...]	2009-09-21 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH
09BEIJING2716	China/Migrant Unrest: What Happened to Fears of [...] (SBU) Summary: After reporting that 20 million migrant workers returned home for the 2009 Chinese New Year holiday unemployed, the Chinese government recently announced that the migrant labor situation has significantly improved, thereby reducing the likelihood of social unrest. China's Minist [...]	2009-09-22 09:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV EFIN CH
09BEIJING2719	TA'ER TOURIST TRAP: TIBETAN CONTACTS LAMENT [...] (S) Summary: Tibetan contacts in Qinghai Province expressed dismay at the impact unregulated tourism is having on Kumbum (Ta'er) Monastery, one of the most important religious sites in Tibetan Buddhism. A monk at Kumbum told PolOff that roughly half of the 800 monks have been "corrupted" by [...]	2009-09-22 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN
09BEIJING2724	MONGOLIA-CHINA RELATIONS: HIGH-LEVEL PROGRESS, [...] (C) Summary: The 60th anniversary of the establishment of PRC-Mongolia relations has moved that relationship in a positive direction, but mutual popular mistrust persists, according to Beijing-based scholars. Per the Mongolian Embassy, plans are for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Mongoli [...]	2009-09-23 06:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH MG NK MARR PBTS
09BEIJING2727	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION TO UNPKO TOP [...] (SBU) On September 22, Post conveyed to the MFA, under the Ambassador's cover letter, reftel invitation from President Obama to PRC President Hu Jintao to attend the September 23 event at UN headquarters to honor top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping operations. [...]	2009-09-23 08:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPKO CH
09BEIJING2730	REFCOORD MEETING WITH MFA: REFUGEE LEGISLATION, [...] (C) Summary: China has worked to pass domestic refugee legislation for the past 10 years, but "technical issues" and differences among interested ministries have prevented the legislation from being codified into law, according to an MFA official. Reiterating the well-known PRC position on No [...]	2009-09-23 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS
09BEIJING2731	FOURTH PLENUM: XI NOT APPOINTED TO CMC; NO [...] (C) Summary: Although contacts expressed surprise that Vice President Xi Jinping was not appointed Central Military Commission Vice Chairman at the four-day Fourth Plenum of the Seventeenth CCP Central Committee that concluded September 18, most cautioned against reading too much into the decision [...]	2009-09-23 11:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR KDEM CH
09BEIJING2733	PRE-ANNIVERSARY TIGHTENING OF CONTROLS ON NGOS [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the October 1 sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese authorities have tightened control over civil society groups, according to contacts. In recent months, many NGOs have encountered official harassment, ranging from off [...]	2009-09-24 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING2753	UIGHUR BUSINESSWOMAN DESCRIBES XINJIANG REGION [...] (S) Summary: A Uighur businesswoman and author, who is also a staff member of the Xinjiang Region Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, described mass detentions of Uighurs in the wake of the early-July ethnic violence in Urumqi. She described how she was almost detained August [...]	2009-09-24 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
09BEIJING2754	PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) On September 24, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. concerns regarding the conclusions and recommendations of the Goldstone Report. 2. (C [...]	2009-09-24 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS
09BEIJING2773	POST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSESS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China law enforcement cooperation, while increasingly important to broadening bilateral ties, continues to face considerable challenges. The Chinese have yet to establish a record of reliable and productive law enforcement cooperation. Notwithstanding some limited joint la [...]	2009-09-25 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KFRD KJUS SOCI CH
09BEIJING2787	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRC STRESSES ROLE OF IAEA, [...] (C) China hopes the IAEA will investigate reports of Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility near Qom according to its mandate, according to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian. In response to reftel points on the Qom facility, Shen stres [...]	2009-09-28 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM CH IR
09BEIJING2788	PRC OFFERS CAUTIOUS, YET POSITIVE REACTION TO [...] (C) China believes the U.S. decision to have direct communication with Burmese authorities is positive and would like to maintain contact with the United States on the Burma issue, according to an MFA official. In response to reftel points previewing the conclusions of the Burma policy review, [...]	2009-09-28 11:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2793	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR COVERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While state-run media in China question the motives of Western-led efforts to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue and stress that dialogue is the only way forward, two of China's leading Iran experts are doubtful the P5-plus-1 engagement with Iran will bear fruit. They echoed co [...]	2009-09-29 13:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING280	ROKS BRIEFED ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Director Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for five hours during his January 21-24 visit to Pyongyang and reports Kim appeared well, according to ROK Embassy contacts who wer [...]	2009-02-05 08:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING2810	AF/PAK: PRC VIEWS ON COOPERATION WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: PRC distrust in U.S. strategic intentions in South Asia and the PRC's stove-piped bureaucracy impede China's willingness to coordinate efforts with the United States on Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Chinese scholars at two government-affiliated think tanks. To overcome [...]	2009-09-30 10:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR KDEM AF IN PK CH BM
09BEIJING2811	PARANOIA ON PARADE: CHINA'S LEADERS TAKE NO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In a security clampdown reminiscent of the lead-up to the August 8, 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony, authorities in Beijing are setting up checkpoints, locking down dissidents, and tightening Internet censorship in the run-up to the October 1 national day. A [...]	2009-09-30 11:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING2836	PRC/AFRICA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR SEES PRACTICAL AID [...] (C) Summary: While the United States and other Western countries focus on human rights and capacity building in Africa, China takes a more pragmatic and realistic approach to African aid, according to Kenya's Ambassador to the PRC. Kenyans feel that their positive attitudes toward the United [...]	2009-10-09 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KE CH
09BEIJING285	PRO-REFORM BLOGGER DESCRIBES PRC DEMOCRACY GROUPS, [...] (C) The main model for the December-released "Charter 08" manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China (ref B) was "Formosa Magazine," the former journal of the Taiwan democratic opposition, according to well-known Chinese liberal blogger and media commentator Zhao Jin (aka "Michael Anti, [...]	2009-02-05 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KDEM TW CH
09BEIJING286	TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...]	2009-02-05 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW
09BEIJING2866	SUBJECT: SCHOLAR SAYS PRC EFFORTS TO CURB OVERSEAS [...] (C) Summary: PRC efforts to curb Chinese dissident activities abroad are directly proportional to PRC perceptions of influence of the countries involved, according to a Chinese scholar. For example, China will take some action should its demands that no "controversial" figures attend the Oct [...]	2009-10-14 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH EZ LO GE SCUL
09BEIJING2869	PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) On October 14, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on the U.S. position on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaze Conflict (the Goldst [...]	2009-10-14 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS CH KPAL
09BEIJING2873	CHINA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel nonpaper and demarche requesting China to include subject matter experts in its delegation for bilateral CWC consultation with the United States to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Weapons Division Director Yang Yi on October 15. [...]	2009-10-15 02:29:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH AL JA
09BEIJING2883	CHINA: GICNT UPDATE WITH RUSSIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff and Russian Embassy Second Secretary Andrey Chernyshov delivered reftel demarche informing China that the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting scheduled for November had been postponed to January 19, 2010 to MFA Arms Control and Dis [...]	2009-10-15 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC CH RU
09BEIJING2897	READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...]	2009-10-16 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2898	CAIJING'S LAST STAND? [...] (C) Summary: Disagreements over editorial policy and business models threaten to bring about the demise of China's most influential and independent economic magazine, Caijing. The conflicts are the result of a complex clash of interests and philosophies, including competing business strategies [...]	2009-10-16 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EFIN SOCI CH
09BEIJING2911	PRC PROPOSES U.S.-PRC MEKONG DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recognition of increased U.S. engagement with Lower Mekong countries and China's ongoing development assistance to the region, China proposes an annual Mekong Dialogue within the Strategic and Economic Dialogue framework to coordinate development priorities and projects. Th [...]	2009-10-20 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SENV ECON CH JA XC CN VM LA BM CB
09BEIJING2932	PRC/IRAN: PREMIER WEN PUSHES RAHIMI ON DIALOGUE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organization high-level meetings October 15, PRC Premier Wen Jiabao urged Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to move forward with direct talks with the United States and offered PRC support to do so, according to an MFA offici [...]	2009-10-22 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2933	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS ON TEHRAN'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Middle East specialist at a well-connected think-tank reported that Iranian diplomats in Beijing were seeking ways to push Tehran to negotiate with the P5-plus-1 but want to do so through cutouts, such as scholars. Beijing-based Iranian diplomats hoped that China would [...]	2009-10-22 12:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2946	XINJIANG: URUMQI CAUTIOUSLY CALM AS RIOT TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: During October 19-21 travel to Urumqi, PolOffs confirmed that security measures and troop presence remained high; People's Armed Police, local municipal police, and volunteer security personnel continuously patrolled the city. Most Urumqi residents we spoke to cautiously claimed [...]	2009-10-22 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CH
09BEIJING2948	PRC: MFA STILL COOL TO UNCAC REVIEW MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary: While professing to hope for a successful third UNCAC Conference of the States Parties November 9-13 in Doha, PRC officials are in no hurry to reach agreement on terms of reference for a formal UNCAC review mechanism at the upcoming Doha conference. An MFA official said an additi [...]	2009-10-22 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA KCRM KCOR CH
09BEIJING2961	PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (SBU) On October 26, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin points (ref A) on U.S. plans to sponsor or co-sponsor delisting 24 individuals and five entities contained in tranche 3 list of names from the 1267 Consoli [...]	2009-10-25 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN KTFN PREL UNSC CH
09BEIJING2962	PRC RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On October 23, PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. priorities for the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session (covering human righ [...]	2009-10-25 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH PHUM PREL
09BEIJING2982	PRC/SUDAN: MFA WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: The PRC welcomed the new U.S. strategy on Sudan, concurring that the situation in Darfur and implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) must be addressed simultaneously to achieve sustainable long-term success, according to an MFA official. Western government statemen [...]	2009-10-27 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU CH
09BEIJING299	PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE UNSCR 1267 LISTING [...] (S) On February 5, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yin Yin told PolOff "upon instruction" that China "attached great importance" to the U.S. UNSCR 1267 listing request (Ref A),based on China's support of anti-terrorism efforts and U. [...]	2009-02-06 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK
09BEIJING2995	PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]	2009-10-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH
09BEIJING3005	PRC/INDIA: CORDIAL HIGH-LEVEL TALKS VEIL [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent media reports, the October 24 meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit were cordial and addressed the ongoing bilateral border dispute without acrimony, according to an Indian diplomat who att [...]	2009-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL CH IN
09BEIJING303	CHARTER 08: IMPACT LIMITED, BUT "MOVEMENT" DRAWS [...] (C) While the "Charter 08" pro-democracy manifesto is unlikely to push the Communist Party to engage in real political reform anytime soon, the Charter nevertheless represents a budding "movement" that worries China's leaders, as demonstrated by the detention of lead Charter drafter Liu Xiaobo [...]	2009-02-06 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3036	PRC ON POSSIBLE UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) On November 3, PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points on the November 4 discussion of the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict (the Goldstone Report) at the UN [...]	2009-11-03 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS CH
09BEIJING3040	PRC AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC; [...] (SBU) The PRC agrees to support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Liu Bing reported to PolOff November 4. In affirming PRC support for Myers' [...]	2009-11-04 06:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CH
09BEIJING3046	WHEN HU JINTAO COMES FOR DINNER: LOCAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 28 meeting with PolOffs, Shi Jing (protect),a former municipal party secretary in Gansu Province, described a 2007 Chinese New Year visit by CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao to his district and offered insights into how Hu's domestic trips are organized. Much of wh [...]	2009-11-04 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
09BEIJING3057	PRC: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST UNDETERRED BY [...] (C) Summary: Zhu Juru, a Jiangxi province native and university professor, was recently released from a one-year term in a reeducation through labor (RTL) facility. In an October 28 meeting with PolOff, Zhu stated his intention to continue his efforts to bring about democratic reforms in Chi [...]	2009-11-05 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CH
09BEIJING3059	PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...]	2009-11-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3072	PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...]	2009-11-09 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR
09BEIJING3073	PRC: BEIJING TARGETS KEY HOUSE CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Recent developments suggest that the Beijing municipal government is increasing its scrutiny and harassment of certain well-known unofficial house churches and house church leaders. The authorities dismissed a central government research institute scholar, allegedly for his ties [...]	2009-11-09 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF CH
09BEIJING3094	MFA RESPONDS TO HUMAN RIGHTS CASE LIST [...] (C) On November 12, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Yan Jiarong called in PolOff to provide a formal response to the Ambassador's November 6 handing over of a list of cases of human rights and humanitarian concern to Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei (ref [...]	2009-11-12 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING3108	PRC NONCOMMITTAL ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 13 PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel demarche urging China to oppose no-action motions during upcoming UNGA votes on country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DP [...]	2009-11-13 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA CH
09BEIJING3124	BEIJING HOUSE CHURCH FINDS TEMPORARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Beijing municipal government and Shouwang house church leaders reached an agreement for the church to rent a temporary meeting space for its November 15 service. PolOff visited the site of the November 15 service and observed no confrontations between worshipers and surveill [...]	2009-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3126	PRC NERVOUSNESS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts confirm press reports of increased restrictions on and detention of activists and dissidents in the lead-up to the President's November 15-18 visit to China. The MFA demarched the DCM November 14 to convey concerns over alleged plans for a meeting between the Pr [...]	2009-11-16 11:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3127	XINJIANG PARTY CHIEF LIKELY TO STAY ON DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Xinjiang Party Secretary Wang Lequan seems likely to keep his job, several contacts predict, despite public anger over his handling of the July riots in Urumqi. A September 3 demonstration, in which thousands of Urumqi demonstrators demanded Wang's resignation, may have actuall [...]	2009-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING3128	PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS [...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]	2009-11-16 12:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BEIJING3141	IAEA: CHINA TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS ANGARSK NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging China to support an anticipated Russian resolution to create a nuclear fuel reserve at Angarsk, Russia, during the November 26-27 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zhang Shen o [...]	2009-11-20 00:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC TRGY ENRG KNNP IAEA CH
09BEIJING3142	IAEA: CHINA DESIRES SYRIAN COOPERATION WITH IAEA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper requesting active Chinese support in pressing Syria to change its confrontational course and fully cooperate with the ongoing IAEA investigation of its nuclear program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Director Zha [...]	2009-11-20 00:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IAEA KNNP CH SY
09BEIJING3147	CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT CREATION OF THIRD [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche asking China to support creation of a third subsidiary body dealing with Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Article X provisions for the May 2010 NPT Review Conference to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division First Secretary He Zhi [...]	2009-11-20 05:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV UNGA AORC CDG KNNP ENRG MNUC
09BEIJING3148	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S PROVISION OF [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Xi'an Junyun Electronic and Mechanical Company's provision of controlled gyroscopes to an Iranian missile developer to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Deputy Director Yang Yi on No [...]	2009-11-20 07:13:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING3160	THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT, [...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...]	2009-11-23 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
09BEIJING3210	PREVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] (SBU) Acting DCM conveyed reftel points previewing the President's announcement on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan to MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi December 1. A/DCM expressed U.S. hope that China would publicly and strongly endorse the President's strate [...]	2009-12-01 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF PK CH
09BEIJING3212	CCTV STEPS IN TO SPRING EMPLOYEE DETAINED FOR [...] (C) Summary: The clout of a powerful organization, such as China Central Television (CCTV),can be more useful in freeing sensitive political detainees in China than a lawyer, according to well-known blogger Zhao Jing (aka Michael Anti, protect) and his wife Fan Ming (protect). In October 200 [...]	2009-12-01 12:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PROP PGOV CH
09BEIJING3213	PRC NOMINEE TO THE SECRETARY'S 2010 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Beijing is pleased to nominate Guo Jianmei for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. In her long battle to provide Chinese women with equal rights, protections and opportunities, Guo Jianmei has established herself as a trailblazer and first-generation wom [...]	2009-12-01 15:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO
09BEIJING3221	PRC/IRAN: ISA Demarche: Chinese Firms [...] (C) In meetings November 30-December 2, Acting Economic Minister Counselor and Econoff delivered ref A points to officials from China National Petroleum Company (CNPC),Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC). Officials from all three state-owned oil and gas firms were careful [...]	2009-12-02 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETTC PREL IR CH
09BEIJING3226	CHINESE WATCHING U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The PRC hopes the ongoing U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will foster significant disarmament as a reflection of President Obama's "Prague vision" of a nuclear weapons-free world, which in turn would "positively" impact China's nuclear policy, several academics told PolOff in r [...]	2009-12-03 04:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PGOV MARR CH
09BEIJING3235	LABOR NGO COMMUNITY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE SETBACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants in a mid-November grassroots Chinese labor NGO conference noted that labor NGOs, like all civil society groups in China, continue to face difficulties, including registering their organizations and obtaining legal status. However, they emphasized, their organizatio [...]	2009-12-03 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	CH ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BEIJING3238	PRC/ASEAN: OUTREACH SIGNALS CONCERN OVER RISING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: China's outreach to ASEAN over the past two months, while mainly a repackaging of previous commitments, is intended to deepen Southeast Asian regional integration and respond to perceived rising U.S. influence in the region, ASEAN diplomats in Beijing told Econoffs. Be [...]	2009-12-04 01:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD PREL XC CH
09BEIJING3252	PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO, [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...]	2009-12-04 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR
09BEIJING3287	COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...]	2009-12-09 14:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER
09BEIJING3288	PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...]	2009-12-09 15:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING329	MFA: CHINA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) The Chinese Government is paying close attention to any changes in U.S. strategies in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to an MFA official, and seeks cooperation with the United States and the international community in the region. China will continue to promote stability in South Asia t [...]	2009-02-10 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING3314	MINORITY POLICY: XINJIANG RIOTS SPARK DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 riots in Xinjiang have sparked a heated debate over the merits of China's Soviet-style minority policy and system of autonomous regions. Beijing University sociologist and Communist Party ethnic policy advisor Ma Rong, according to several contacts, is leading the cha [...]	2009-12-11 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING3315	XINJIANG'S URUMQI STILL TENSE, BUT LESS SO [...] (C) Summary: The visit of PolOff to Xinjiang in early December revealed that the security posture in the capital city of Urumqi has relaxed somewhat but armed personnel from the People's Armed Police (PAP) continue to patrol the Uighur sector and other sensitive areas. While some residents e [...]	2009-12-11 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING3357	ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN CHINA STILL ELUSIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BEIJING3377	DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...]	2009-12-17 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO
09BEIJING3381	WOMEN'S LAW STUDIES AND LEGAL AID CENTER PRESSES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 meeting with PolOffs, Women's Law Studies and Legal Aid Center (LAC) Director and 2010 International Women of Courage award nominee Guo Jianmei discussed her decision to disassociate the LAC from Beijing University in order to continue taking on legal casework. Th [...]	2009-12-17 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN CH
09BEIJING3396	DAS HOLT'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DDG LI JUNHUA [...] (C) Summary: The PRC remains committed to UN Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) and supports efforts to establish achievable mandates and to promote political processes that will complement UNPKO activities, MFA International Organizations and Conference Deputy Director General Li Junhua told B [...]	2009-12-18 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPKO CH
09BEIJING3397	TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...]	2009-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB
09BEIJING3419	PRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST [...] (S) On December 22, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Jiang Bo reftel points on co-sponsorship and pre-notification for the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and of its leaders Nasir [...]	2009-12-22 05:14:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	KTFN PTER PINR PREL CH YM UN
09BEIJING3442	CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON [...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...]	2009-12-23 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
09BEIJING3449	DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...]	2009-12-28 01:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO
09BEIJING3467	CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE, [...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...]	2009-12-28 06:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS
09BEIJING3474	CHARGE MEETS WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with Liu Xia, wife of convicted Charter 08 author Liu Xiaobo, the Charge expressed concern about Liu Xiaobo's safety and noted the U.S. and other countries had called for his immediate release. He said Liu Xiaobo would not be forgotten and would be upperm [...]	2009-12-28 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3475	CHINA: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GICNT TERMS OF [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche informing China of the proposed amendments to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Terms of Reference to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Officer Xu Feng on December 28. Xu thanked PolOff for the draft Terms of [...]	2009-12-28 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MNUC CH
09BEIJING3476	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Malaysian-based Iranian front company Electronic Component Limited's (ECL) efforts to buy controlled gyroscopes from the Beijing-based Vibtel Industrial Co. Inc to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biol [...]	2009-12-28 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR CH MY
09BEIJING3477	CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Maanshan Huntian Equipment Ltd. Company's efforts to supply controlled steel to a North Korean weapons trading firm to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Officer Zhao Kun on December [...]	2009-12-28 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR ETTC PREL CH KN
09BEIJING3488	PRC: U.S. TENSIONS WITH IRAN MAKE SOLVING AMCIT [...] (C) Tensions between the United States and Iran complicate efforts to resolve the cases of six American citizens currently detained in Iran, MFA West Asian Affairs Department Iran Division Deputy Director Ni Ruchi told PolOff December 29. PolOff delivered reftel points requesting China to urg [...]	2009-12-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PINR PROP PREL PARM PTER IR CH
09BEIJING349	SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS CASE: ZENG JINYAN'S INTERNET COMMUNICATION RESTRICTED; SEEKS VISIT WITH HUSBAND HU JIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL
09BEIJING3509	TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF LIU XIAOBO [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese denied access to diplomats from at least 15 countries who attempted to observe the December 23 trial of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." After applications through diplomatic channels were turned down, PolOff, along w [...]	2009-12-31 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING353	GEORGIAN DIPLOMAT LAMENTS LACK OF CHINESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Georgia has received "practically nothing" from China since the Russia-Georgia conflict began in August 2008, a contact at the Georgian Embassy in Beijing told PolOff February 11. The Georgian diplomat expressed disappointment with China's limited assistance and unwillingness to [...]	2009-02-11 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR RS CH GG
09BEIJING374	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A and B non-paper, draft amended text and talking points seeking PRC support in ongoing UNSC Resolution 1540 Committee Program of Work (POW) negotiations to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang Ze on February 13. PolOff [...]	2009-02-13 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC CH
09BEIJING376	MFA URGED TO INVESTIGATE IRANIAN MISSILE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper urging China to investigate the activities of a three-person Iranian delegation traveling in China that might be engaged in the illegal procurement of missile technology to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang [...]	2009-02-13 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC MNUC TSPA CH IR
09BEIJING379	CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC [...] (C) China's position not to recognize Kosovo remains unchanged, MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Division Director Tian Yishu told PolOff February 13 in response to reftel points urging recognition of Kosovo. China was aware of the upcoming anniversary of Kosovo's declar [...]	2009-02-13 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC ICJ CH YI UN KV
09BEIJING382	CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES [...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...]	2009-02-13 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG
09BEIJING383	AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND DEMARCHE PRC ON FIJI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of PRC Vice President Xi Jinping's February 8-9 trip to Fiji, Australia and New Zealand expressed concern to the MFA that such a visit would send the wrong message in light of international efforts to urge the government in Suva to carry out democratic reforms, accordi [...]	2009-02-13 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING396	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRC AGREES TO JOINT UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On February 17, Chinese MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin informed PolOff that China agrees to proceed with the co-sponsorship of the separate UNSC Resolution 1267 listing request of Eastern Turkestan Islamic Party leader Abd [...]	2009-02-17 08:05:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK
09BEIJING400	SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC [...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIJING402	HUMAN RIGHTS: ZENG JINYAN, HU JIA, HUANG QI AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 17 meeting with an MFA Human Rights Division official, PolOff raised U.S. concerns regarding rights activist Zeng Jinyan and her husband (imprisoned rights activist Hu Jia),detained Sichuan-based activist Huang Qi, and imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang. [...]	2009-02-17 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING412	NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...]	2009-02-18 07:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO
09BEIJING419	TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF [...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH
09BEIJING432	PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM [...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...]	2009-02-19 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING434	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA RESPONDS ON WANG BINGZHANG CASE [...] (C) In response to U.S. expressions of concern about imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang on February 17 (reftel),an MFA Human Rights Division official on February 19 provided information about Wang's case, noting that MFA hopes the United States will view China's quick response as a [...]	2009-02-19 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH

09BEIJING439	CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...]	2009-02-20 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING470	RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...]	2009-02-24 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS
09BEIJING478	CHINA REACTS TO IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA's recent reports on Iran and Syria to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on February 25. As instructed, PolOff requested China's support for a strong P5 1 statement demanding Iran's full and [...]	2009-02-25 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SY CH
09BEIJING483	TIBET TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS LIKELY [...] (C) PRC authorities are barring most foreigners from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and many Tibetan areas outside the TAR, though the Chinese government has made no official announcement of this policy. One American contact with a long- standing TAR travel permit was recently [...]	2009-02-25 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING517	PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU [...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to ChinaÂ´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...]	2009-02-27 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING518	HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]	2009-02-27 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING519	ZARDARI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE CHINA-PAKISTAN TIES [...] (C) Pakistani President Asif Zardari's February 20-24 visit to Hubei Province and Shanghai was aimed at expanding bilateral economic cooperation and promoting investment, especially in the financial, agricultural, hydroelectric, and water conservation sectors. The two sides inked a Pakistan-C [...]	2009-02-27 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING520	PRO-REFORM JOURNAL DIRECTOR REPLACED, POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to renewed pressure from central authorities, the envelope-pushing pro-reform journal Yanhuang Chunqiu has removed its director, Du Daozheng, according to an Embassy contact with direct access to Du and other journal managers. The journal resisted pressure to purge Du in Novem [...]	2009-02-27 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING527	PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]	2009-03-02 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING531	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5: [...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...]	2009-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING535	PRC RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN [...] (C) The U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) during the March HRC session is "good news," MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing told PolOff March 2. Respon [...]	2009-03-03 04:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING548	CHINA URGED NOT TO DELIVER A NATIONAL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche urging China to not deliver a national statement on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian on the morning of March 4. Shen noted previous receipt [...]	2009-03-04 06:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EMIN TRGY ETTC MNUC KNNP PREL CH IR
09BEIJING559	PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...]	2009-03-04 12:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW
09BEIJING560	PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...]	2009-03-04 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING579	PRC: COW'S TONGUE CLAIM NOT LICKED, DESPITE [...] (C) China expects the South China Sea (SCS) sovereignty dispute arising from a maritime baselines bill recently passed in the Philippines Congress will not ratchet up tension in the region and will not affect China's SCS claim, according to an MFA official. China will continue its "shelve dif [...]	2009-03-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING580	PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...]	2009-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW
09BEIJING59	CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) PolOff January 9 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division Officer Tang Mengxiao reftel points urging China to oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board. Tang offered no immediate response but promised to convey U.S. [...]	2009-01-08 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH
09BEIJING604	PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING605	TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...]	2009-03-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING606	CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]	2009-03-09 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING633	CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN [...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...]	2009-03-11 13:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH
09BEIJING646	COMMUNISTS AND ISLAMISTS MAKE FOR STRANGE [...] (C//REL ACGU) Summary: Some Chinese academic and third-country diplomatic contacts believe the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and major Pakistani Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) strengthens the Chinese position in Xinjiang Prov [...]	2009-03-12 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA PTER PARM ETRD PK AF CH
09BEIJING648	TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...]	2009-03-12 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING649	ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...]	2009-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING65	CHINA WILL NOT OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) China will not oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division officer Tang Mengxiao told PolOff January 9 in response to U.S. concerns raised by PolOff January 8 (reftels). According to Tang, [...]	2009-01-09 08:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH
09BEIJING66	CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY: PRC WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: China will participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) but would like to see member states take a cautious approach, MFA Department of International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff January 9 in response to reft [...]	2009-01-09 08:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH SO
09BEIJING664	NPC CLOSES MARCH 13 WITH PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The 2009 NPC closed March 13 with a brief final ceremony at which delegates approved by overwhelming margins the various "work reports" presented earlier in the NPC session. Although the vote totals revealed that opposition from delegates to the government's reports has increased slightly [...]	2009-03-13 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING690	CHINA WILL ATTEND AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE, "STANDS [...] (C) China "stands ready" to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan and intends to participate in the March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Li Jun told PolOff March 17 in response to reft [...]	2009-03-17 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF PK UN CH
09BEIJING698	CHINA MAINTAINS "CONSISTENT POSITION"; WILL NOT [...] (C) China maintains its "consistent position" of not recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, MFA European and Central Asian Affairs Department Caucasus Division Deputy Director Zhang Hongjian told PolOff March 18 in response to reftel points urging China to reject and conde [...]	2009-03-18 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS UNGA CH GG RS
09BEIJING699	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT AFRICAN [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Yang Zhiyu March 18, urging China to support the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Yang offered no substantive response but said he would forward the informa [...]	2009-03-18 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO CH SO
09BEIJING724	CHINA URGED TO HALT LIMMT'S CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL PGOV ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING755	U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]	2009-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING761	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA ON TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP [...] (SBU) On March 23, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Song Jia reftel points encouraging China to urge the Burmese government to maintain the Tripartite Core Group's existing authorities and to impose no further conditions [...]	2009-03-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PHUM BM CH
09BEIJING762	TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER" [...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...]	2009-03-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING765	JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...]	2009-03-24 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA
09BEIJING766	RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH [...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...]	2009-03-24 11:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING778	SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...]	2009-03-25 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF
09BEIJING780	DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...]	2009-03-25 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING794	SOUTH KOREA INVITES CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] On March 26, PolOff joined Lee Heon, Director at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in extending an invitation to China to attend a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop and Exercise Planning [...]	2009-03-26 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER PGIC MNUC KGIC KS CH
09BEIJING827	PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...]	2009-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING828	TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...]	2009-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING856	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK LAUNCH [...] (S) On March 31, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John Norris delivered ref A points pressing China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang (see ref B for ful [...]	2009-03-31 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC PARM MNUC CH RU KNNP KN KS
09BEIJING859	CHINA'S MFA REASSIGNS INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) On March 31, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Yi informed PolOff that all specific cases of proliferation concern related to Chinese firms, including missile and nuclear cases, would now be under the purview of the MF [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC CH
09BEIJING861	CHINA INFORMED OF EFFORTS BY CHINESE FIRMS TO [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel A and B demarches and nonpapers urging China to investigate and prevent the supply of material and testing equipment for use in Pakistan's ballistic missile production program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division De [...]	2009-03-31 23:08:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH PK
09BEIJING869	CHINA STILL EXAMINING KOSOVO BRIEF QUESTION [...] (U) China was researching the question of filing a brief with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the question of Kosovo independence, MFA Treaty and Law Department Public and International Law Division Attache Li Bingzhuo told PolOff April 1. Li was responding to reftel points, prese [...]	2009-04-01 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ICJ KV
09BEIJING870	CHINA ASKED SOUTH AFRICA TO BAR DALAI LAMA FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China had appealed to South Africa to bar the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference at "this particularly sensitive time," a South African diplomat in Beijing told PolOff March 31. While acknowledging the backlash had been more severe than expected, our contact said South [...]	2009-04-01 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KTEX ETRD CH SF SU ZI
09BEIJING872	NPC DELEGATE DISCUSSES MIGRANT LABOR, GRADUATE [...] (C) A rural Anhui Province delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) recently told PolOff that his locality was trying to find jobs for more than 130,000 unemployed migrants returned from cities and coastal areas. Despite efforts to encourage them to start businesses or obtain vocationa [...]	2009-04-01 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CH
09BEIJING880	CHRISTIANITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "MORE OPEN" TO [...] (C) Summary: Most Peking University students had an "objective" attitude toward Christianity, suggesting that religious tolerance had "increased" in China, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at the university. The professor told PolOff his survey found that four percent of [...]	2009-04-02 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH HK TW
09BEIJING884	RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) China welcomed U.S. willingness to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff April 2 in response to reftel points on the U.S. decision to seek electi [...]	2009-04-02 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH
09BEIJING895	CHINA DONE BIDING ITS TIME? PRC SCHOLARS WRESTLE [...] (C) As China considers its broader role in addressing the global economic crisis and reflects with lingering pride on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it also grapples with the relevance and desirability of maintaining its traditional "low-key approach" to foreign policy matters and its oft-stated (an [...]	2009-04-03 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH
09BEIJING905	NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO [...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...]	2009-04-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK
09BEIJING955	CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS [...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]	2009-04-10 00:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BEIJING96	DUTCH INVITE CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On January 13, PolOff accompanied Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue. Van [...]	2009-01-13 06:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MNUC MARR MASS CH RS NL
09BEIJING972	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING URGES TEHRAN TO RESPOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have urged Iran to respond positively to an invitation to meet with the P5-plus-1 grouping, according to the MFA. The Chinese told the Iranian Ambassador to China April 9 that the United States reiterated Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and that I [...]	2009-04-13 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING981	CHINA INFORMED OF LIMMT ALIAS DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche notifying China of the April 7 designation under E.O. 13382 of six entities associated with the Chinese LIMMT Economic and Trade Company and LIMMT's manager Karl Lee by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to MFA Arms Control an [...]	2009-04-14 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCR PREL ETTC CH IR
09BEIRUT1001	LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA [...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...]	2009-09-09 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1002	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 13:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AL LE
09BEIRUT1005	HARIRI WITHDRAWS AS PM-DESIGNATE AND BLAMES THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri withdrew as prime minister-designate on September 10 and announced that he was stepping down in the interests of the nation to break the cycle that prevented his forming a national unity government. Caretaker PM Fouad Siniora told us the move is an attempt to relaunch negotiat [...]	2009-09-10 16:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1022	UNIFIL COMMMANDER ON SEPTEMBER 11 ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Forces from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),cooperating with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),responded quickly by increasing patrols following the launch of rockets from Lebanon into Israel on September 11, according to UNIFIL Commander Gen. Claudio Graziano. Graziano confirmed [...]	2009-09-16 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNAUS IS LE
09BEIRUT1051	DEFMIN MURR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has no new strategy to form the government since his renomination on September 16, caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador September 23. Murr said he advised Hariri to make President Michel Sleiman a "real partner" in the government f [...]	2009-09-24 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KPKO MARR PINR PINS SY IT SP LE
09BEIRUT1053	ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE [...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...]	2009-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1059	HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...]	2009-09-25 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT1066	GOL NOT LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 12:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC LE IR
09BEIRUT107	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN FIRMLY SUPPORTS ARAB [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman reiterated his support for the Arab Peace Initiative (API) in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. He speculated that, although the Arab League was divided in its position on the API, the Kuwaitis and the Saudis could easily persuade some Arab League members t [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS LE SY
09BEIRUT1081	ATMOSPHERE POSITIVE, CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STILL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's conclusion of the second round of consultations on October 1 was accompanied by positive expectations that a cabinet could be formed soon. However, in separate meetings the same day, caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, caretaker Finance Minister [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA IR EG
09BEIRUT109	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER ON THE FOUR GENERALS, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SYRIA-LINKED INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare explained to the Ambassador in a January 26 meeting the issues surrounding the release or transfer to The Hague of the four generals currently in Lebanese custody in connection with former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination. According to Bellemare, the [...]	2009-01-27 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT1104	NAHR AL-BARID REMAINS CALM AWAITING DECISION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Relief and Works Agency Director (UNRWA) Salvatore Lombardo and Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Director of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC),remain cautiously optimistic that the State Shura Council will decide on October 13 to permit resumption of reconstruction [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV KPAL PHUM JO IS LE UN
09BEIRUT1108	LEBANON GEARS UP FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon, which expects to be elected to the Asia group's non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council on October 15, will decide its positions on UNSC issues through consultation among the president's office, the prime minister's office, and the foreign ministry. Its votes will [...]	2009-10-08 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AL LE IR
09BEIRUT1109	NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERICAL GATHERING HAS [...] (C) The newly launched Shia Independent Clerical Gathering (ICG) celebrated several significant benchmarks within its first month, such as hosting a successful iftar during Ramadan and gaining the "moral backing" of Shia parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, independent Shia political activist Lo [...]	2009-10-08 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PTER LE
09BEIRUT111	LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD [...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...]	2009-01-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1153	RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN SOUTH LEBANON REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security incidents in southern Lebanon have dominated the press for the last week, obscured by a haze of rumors, contradictory information and propaganda. On the evening of October 12, a mysterious incident occurred in or near the house of an alleged Hizballah official in the vi [...]	2009-10-20 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1155	LEBANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI LE
09BEIRUT116	LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...]	2009-01-28 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT117	LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]	2009-01-28 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1180	ROCKET FROM LEBANON HITS NORTHERN ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 27, one Katyusha rocket was launched from Lebanon into an uninhabited region near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) promptly retaliated with an artillery barrage into an uninhabited area. There were no reports of inj [...]	2009-10-28 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS MCAP KPKO UN IS LE
09BEIRUT1181	LEBANON REQUESTS ICAO VOTE IN EXCHANGE FOR IMO AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche regarding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on September 30 and ref B demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) (ref B) on October 23 to both MFA Americas desk officer Reina Charbel and Acting Director General of the MFA Depart [...]	2009-10-28 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KJUS KUNR PHSA PREL UNGA
09BEIRUT1186	HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINS PREL
09BEIRUT1188	HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SY LE
09BEIRUT1199	2009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and report to MFA Americas Desk Officer Reina Charbel on October 26. Charbel advised that the report would be shared with relevant GOL offices and said that the GOL remains committed to the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. 2. (SBU) React [...]	2009-11-04 10:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO LE
09BEIRUT1238	THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...]	2009-11-18 15:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE
09BEIRUT1247	GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1249	EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT125	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...]	2009-01-29 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT1298	LEBANON LOOKS TO TURN "GREEN," ACTION AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, popular efforts on environmental issues in Lebanon have received significant local media attention and the newly-formed Lebanese government seems to have taken notice of the public push. Prime Minister Saad Hariri wi [...]	2009-12-10 17:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL LE
09BEIRUT1318	HARIRI'S DAMASCUS TRIP COMPLICATED BY SYRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed on December 10 that the GOL had received "warrants" for 23 former and current Lebanese officials and journalists to appear before the Syrian judiciary. The warrants were issued in connection with a case brought in a Syrian court b [...]	2009-12-14 16:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS LE SY
09BEIRUT1347	LAF AND UNSCOL DESCRIBE PREPARATIONS FOR GHAJAR [...] (C) Summary: Preparations for the handover of Ghajar village were very sensitive to the GOL, General Abdulruhman Shehaitly, LAF representative to the tripartite, reported, and the LAF planned to deploy a unit of four in the village, along with UNIFIL forces, after its return from Israeli contr [...]	2009-12-23 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS MARR KPKO LE IS
09BEIRUT153	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON WIRETAPPING, BUDGETARY [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador that applying existing laws was the "easy solution" to the current fiery disputes over wiretapping and the budget for the Council of the South. However, he was not optimistic that this would occur. On the parliamentary elections, Berri [...]	2009-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT177	LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...]	2009-02-13 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
09BEIRUT185	LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY WANTS ITS OWN [...] (C) In a February 15 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Perry Cammack and the Ambassador, Armenian Tashnaq party leaders stressed that their primary goal was the establishment of an independent Armenian bloc in parliament, an objective which would be facilita [...]	2009-02-17 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IS SA
09BEIRUT188	LEBANON: TWO SHIA MINISTERS DISCUSS SLEIMAN'S [...] (C) Shia Ministers of Administrative Reform Ibrahim Shamseddine (independent) and Health Mohammad Khalifeh (Nabih Berri's Amal) were mildly critical of President Sleiman during separate meetings February 11 and 12. Both claimed Sleiman had "lost an opportunity" to set a clear vision for the g [...]	2009-02-18 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT196	LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY" [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...]	2009-02-19 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT197	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME [...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...]	2009-02-19 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT198	LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY ENGAGES PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry, President Michel Sleiman called upon Kerry to "take care of the Lebanese people," to support Arab reconciliation, and to press Israel to accept the Arab Initiative for Palestinian-Israeli [...]	2009-02-19 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT207	LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK [...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...]	2009-02-23 09:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
09BEIRUT232	LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON GAZA, GHAJAR [...] (C) During a February 25 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora shared his plans to attend the March 2 Sharm el Sheikh Gaza reconstruction conference. In addition to meeting with other regional leaders on Gaza, Siniora said he also hoped to present the GOL's experiences in Nahr al-Barid Pale [...]	2009-02-26 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL LE
09BEIRUT234	LEBANON: SOME "INDEPENDENT" SHIA CONTACTS [...] (C) A number of "independent" Shia contacts have shared with us their exasperation with majority leader Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition. They say that the non-Hizballah Shia community was one of the initial supporters of the principles of March 14 -- Lebanese independence and sovereignty -- b [...]	2009-02-26 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IZ
09BEIRUT235	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR SIGNS LETTERS OF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a February 26 meeting that he had signed all seven pending Letters of Agreement needed to ensure the timely delivery of several items of U.S. military assistance before the June 7 parliamentary elections. Murr expressed appreciation for c [...]	2009-02-26 18:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS AE LE
09BEIRUT245	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ZAHLE [...] (SBU) This is the eighth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Zahle is a confessionally diverse district with a population that is 60 percent Christian, 25 percent Sunni and 14 perce [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT263	LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...]	2009-03-05 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE
09BEIRUT266	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...]	2009-03-08 09:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE

09BEIRUT267	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...]	2009-03-08 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY

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