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07BUDAPEST76	MFA LOOKS FORWARD TO JANUARY 26 NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para xxx for action request. 2. (C) Ambassador Foley reviewed the latest USG thinking on Afghanistan and Kosovo with MFA Political Director Ivan Udvardi in preparation for the upcoming meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels January 26. A [...]	2007-01-18 10:58:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID

07BUDAPEST788	KOKA IN COMMAND: ECONOMY MINISTER OUTLINES REFORM [...] (C) A confident and conversant Economy Minister and SZDSZ party president Janos Koka outlined his views on the GoH's reform agenda and reviewed the SZDSZ party's prospects in a meeting with Ambassador Foley May 15. Koka cast his efforts to "rebuild the SZDSZ nation-wide" as a means to "comple [...]	2007-05-16 14:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG
07BUDAPEST823	FROM A WHISPER TO A SCREAM: FIDESZ PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ president Viktor Orban was reelected by an overwhelming margin at a May 19 - 20 party convention where sweeping invective against the Gyurcsany government competed with substantive policy discussion. The party worked hard - and in large part successfully - to place itself [...]	2007-05-22 14:05:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HU
07BUDAPEST865	SPEECH IMPEDIMENT: GYURCSANY'S INFAMOUS GAFFE ONE [...] (C) The first anniversary of PM Gyurcsany's now-infamous address to an MSZP party meeting has not passed without comment, as both the government and the opposition have used the occasion to reiterate their points and to recast their running debate. "NOW YOU DON'T TALK SO LOUD; NOW YOU DON'T [...]	2007-05-30 13:43:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HU
07BUDAPEST866	DISTORTED REFLECTIONS: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE [...] (C) Hungary's political parties leave the spring convention season with their leadership either reaffirmed (FIDESZ and the MDF) or realigned (MSZP and SZDSZ). Although the parties are intent on minimizing their internal divisions, there is an ironic gap between the current party presidents a [...]	2007-05-30 13:51:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HU
07BUDAPEST883	RUSSIA'S HUNGARIAN OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 6 for guidance request. 2. (C) In a May 25 interview with the Hungarian publication Magyar Hirlap May 25, former Russian PM and current Chamber of Trade and Industry President Yevgevni Primakov disavowed any Russian intention to interfere in [...]	2007-06-01 08:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU HU
07BUDAPEST947	PAY ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN: [...] (C) FIDESZ Parliamentary Faction Leader Tibor Navracsics is rapidly emerging from relative obscurity to national political prominence. He is amassing influence within the party for his mastery of the issues and assuming a higher public profile as the opposition's spokesperson in Parliament. [...]	2007-06-11 09:50:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HU
07BUDAPEST962	THE CRITICS AGREE: THE GROWING CHORUS OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Opposition figures, government insiders, and outside observers are increasingly vocal in their criticism of the substantive content and the bureaucratic process of Hungary's foreign policy. KICK ME 2. (C) The growing discontentment makes for strange bedfellows. Both Alexandra Dobo [...]	2007-06-12 14:14:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR HU
07BUDAPEST986	OPENING DOORS AND OPENING EYES: PM GYURCSANY ON [...] (S) Summary: PM Gyurcsany and his wife, Dr. Klara Dobrev, joined Ambassador Foley for lunch June 17. Discussion focused on Russia policy, with a tense, reticent and often defensive Gyurcsany expressing his desire "not to get caught in the middle" of the declining US-Russia relationship. He [...]	2007-06-18 12:18:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR RU HU ENRG
07BUDAPEST992	BLUE DANUBE: POLITICAL COMMENTATORS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) Former Secretary Albright's breakfast with Hungarian political commentators June 14 reflected consensus across the political spectrum that Hungary is still struggling practically and psychologically with the responsibilities of its accession into the Euro-Atlantic mainstream. 2. (C) O [...]	2007-06-19 09:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUENOSAIRES1517	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CALLS ARGENTINE ECONOMIC [...] (C) The GoA's "fiscal policies are not sustainable past this year," Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado (PROTECT) told Ambassador during their July 31 meeting. He warned of increasing problems if Argentina maintained its domestic demand-driven growth policies (he noted the BCRA estim [...]	2007-08-03 20:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES1673	AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS CRISTINA'S RUNNING MATE, WITNESSES THE BOOM IN MENDOZA, ARGENTINA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 18:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	AR ECON PGOV PREL SOCI
07BUENOSAIRES173	DUSTR VERONEAU VISITS ARGENTINA - ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) Deputy USTR Ambassador John Veroneau, accompanied by AUSTR Everett Eissenstat and Senior Director for the Southern Cone Susan Cronin, met with the Ministers of Economy and Foreign Affairs and with U.S. investors in a visit to Argentina that focused on developments in the Doha Round World [...]	2007-01-31 12:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD
07BUENOSAIRES240	ARGENTINA'S PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING IAEA COMMITTEE [...] Emboff made reftel points February 6 to First Secretary Sebastian Sayus of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affairs. Sayus, the MFA's point man for the February 13-14 meeting of the IAEA's Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV),replied February 7. 2. [...]	2007-02-07 19:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA KNNP AORC ENRG TRGY MNUC
07BUJUMBURA460	AU ASSESSES BURUNDI'S CAPABILITIES FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) military leaders visited Burundi on June 10-13 to assess Burundi's readiness for participation in the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). AU Major General Benonbuta Biraaro and his team inspected two battalions and met with Minister of Defense Lieutenant [...]	2007-06-15 11:32:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BY
07CAIRO1417	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF EGYPTIAN POLITICS. DESPITE INCESSANT WHISPERED DISCUSSIONS, NO ONE IN EGYPT HAS ANY CERTAINTY ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED MUBARAK, OR HOW THE SUCCESSION WILL HAPPEN. MUBARAK HIMSELF SEEMS TO BE TRUSTING TO GOD AND [...]	2007-05-14 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO3419	DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT SPLINTERS [...] (SBU) In a December 4 meeting at his request, Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdallah of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Union Front (SLM/A-UF) told us that the leadership of the SLM/A-UF had divided due to the conference of Darfur rebels in Sirte, Libya, which began in late October. Mohamed Abdul [...]	2007-12-06 13:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS PINR EG SU
07CARACAS20	VENEZUELA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is post's update on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's cooperation in international efforts against terrorism remained negligible. President Hugo Chavez continued to criticize U.S. counter [...]	2007-01-04 17:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC VE
07CHENGDU148	SICHUAN RESEARCHER CLAIMS "GREAT IMPROVEMENT" IN CHINA'S [...] (C) Summary: Ruan Zhixiao (strictly protect),a researcher in the Media Research Institution of the Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) said there has been "great improvement" in China's media environment, including the coverage of sensitive topics, but that there are still limits. He [...]	2007-06-08 09:35:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL PHUM KPAO CH
07COLOMBO1103	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPEARS READY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the committee to work out a consensus devolution proposal reported that the President and all parties represented in the current government had agreed to support a compromise. This foresees the province, rather than the district, as the unit of devolution. This con [...]	2007-08-09 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1225	HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA: SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The period April-June 2007 showed a decline relative to the beginning of the year in Colombo and some other parts of Sri Lanka in certain categories of human rights abuses, such as abductions. However, the overall level of human rights violations compared to 2002-2005 remains e [...]	2007-09-06 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1290	MALDIVES: OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST FOR 62ND UNGA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has received by diplomatic note the following information (para 2) on the Maldivian official delegation to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (SBU) (begin list) Composition of Delegation for the Official Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Rep [...]	2007-09-18 07:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA MV
07COLOMBO1676	MALDIVES: AHMED KHALEEL NEW PERMREP IN NEW YORK [...] On December 13, Embassy received a diplomatic note dated December 10, 2007, announcing the appointment of Ahmed Khaleel as Maldives' Permanent Representative to the United Nations. [begin text] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives presents its compliments to the Emb [...]	2007-12-18 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PINR UN MV
07COLOMBO629	MALDIVES: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Maldives comes as this moderate Islamic nation is experiencing the political strains of an indigenous push toward democracy that began in 2004. Tensions between the government and opposition have slowed the pace of constitutional reform, frustrating many. There is [...]	2007-04-27 10:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EINV MV
07COLOMBO703	MALDIVES: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a May 7-8 trip to Maldives, Assistant Secretary Boucher, accompanied by Ambassador, met with SIPDIS President Gayoom, government officials, members of the opposition, and women active in politics and civil society. Discussions covered the need for more concrete steps on [...]	2007-05-15 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR MARR ETRD SENV ENRG
07COLOMBO747	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION "CROSSOVERS" PRESENT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 22, a group of "crossover" United National Party (UNP) Members of Parliament (MP) held a press conference to release their own devolution proposal. The UNP defectors are not members of the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC),but APRC Chairman Tissa Vitharana h [...]	2007-05-23 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO946	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2 Ambassador met with President Rajapaksa's brother and chief political advisor Basil Rajapaksa to discuss the GSL's development plans in the East. Ambassador inquired about ongoing efforts to resettle internally displaced persons (IDPs),the concerns surrounding the cr [...]	2007-07-03 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO947	MALDIVES REPORTS PROGRESS ON NEW CONSTITUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed called on Ambassador and DCM on June 29 to report positive progress on political reform. Shaheed and opposition contacts tell us that most of the draft of the new constitution is complete and that the Special Majlis, the committee drafting the new [...]	2007-07-03 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO977	SRI LANKA: INSTABILITY IN THE EAST MAKES FREE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After more than a year of fighting to rid the eastern province of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the Government is making preparations to hold elections as a concrete sign that order has been restored. However, significant obstacles remain that could jeopardize th [...]	2007-07-13 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07CONAKRY184	TFGV01: SITREP 43: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 16, 2007, [...] (SBU) At present, Conakry is quiet. There was increased pedestrian traffic this morning, despite its being during curfew hours. There is no vehicular traffic. As in past days, women are at stands selling small items but the shops and stores remain closed. Over the last 24 hours, the secu [...]	2007-02-16 11:43:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY425	GUINEAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS REVIEW OF ALL MINING CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During its first meeting on April 5, the Guinean cabinet agreed to review and, if deemed in the best interests of Guinea, renegotiate all mining contracts and concessions. The government has now requested that the legislative ratification of concessions for the US firm Hyperdy [...]	2007-04-17 13:49:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ETRD PGOV GV
07COTONOU657	PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on an August 21, 2007 inspection of the Port of Cotonou, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Commander Adam Shaw and Lt. Commander Robert Keith, presented to the Government of Benin (GOB) on August 22 a USCG Headquarters cleared-document stating their recommendation for a USCG determin [...]	2007-08-24 07:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER PINR BN
07DAKAR1452	HISSENE HABRE PROSECUTION STALLED [...] (C) International and domestic press are reporting accusations by human rights groups that Senegal is &dragging its feet8 on prosecuting former Chadian President Hissene Habre. Stephen Rapp, Special Prosecutor for Sierra Leone, discussed the issue during March 2007 meeting with Ambassador Ja [...]	2007-07-11 11:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINR SG CD
07DAKAR2211	IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE HORIZON? [...] (S) In November 5 meeting Charge informed Barthelemy Dias, the new leader of the Socialist Party's youth movement and perennial presidential thorn in the side, that he had been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and informed that because of Dias's American citizenship the GOS believes [...]	2007-11-14 14:34:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM CASC SG
07DAKAR2364	SENEGAL'S LIST OF MINISTERS [...] (U) As a result of the December 3 cabinet reshuffle, Senegal has a new cabinet with twenty-eight ministers. Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare, Prime Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of State, Minister of Economy and Finance C [...]	2007-12-04 18:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR567	FINAL RESULTS OF SENEGALESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] On March 11, Senegal's Constitutional Council rejected most of the appeals concerning election fraud and declared the final results: -- CANDIDATE VOTES PERCENT --------- ----- ------- Abdoulaye Wade 1,914,403 55.90 [...]	2007-03-12 13:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SG
07DAMASCUS2	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bashar Al-Asad said he was optimistic about restarting peace negotiations with Israel, claimed (erroneously it appears) the seven opposition activists recently jailed had been released, expressed pessimism on reaching a political resolution in Lebanon given what he desc [...]	2007-12-31 13:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM PGOV PHUM SY IS IZ LEB
07DAMASCUS846	RIAD SEIF SEEKS OTHERS TO ECHO DEPARTMENT'S AUG 15 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 10:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
07DARESSALAAM1074	BOEING AND AIR TANZANIA: SOMETHING FOUL AFOOT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Air Tanzania is currently planning to replace its aging fleet with newer, more efficient aircraft, and has solicited proposals from Boeing and Airbus. Post is prepared to advocate on Boeing's behalf, and is concerned that the two companies be allowed to compete on a level playi [...]	2007-08-01 11:25:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BEXP TZ
07DARESSALAAM376	ICTR: AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (S/WCI),Clint Williamson, met with President Mose and other key officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and toured the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha on March 7 and 8. Discussions centered on issues that co [...]	2007-03-18 13:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM489	EXTRAORDINARY SADC HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT: [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe briefed U.S., Canada and EU chiefs of mission March 30 to "fill in the gaps" on the outcome of the SADC Summit held March 28-29 in Dar es Salaam. Membe said SADC leaders told Mugabe that violence perpetrated against the opposition was not a [...]	2007-04-03 21:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM519	ICTR: AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with key leadership and working-level officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and toured the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha on March 7 and 8, 2007. Williamson,s discussions centered on [...]	2007-04-10 14:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM559	ZANZIBAR: IS A WIN-WIN POSSIBLE AS CCM-CUF [...] (C) At a joint April 6 press conference, the Zanzibar CCM Secretary General, Yusuf Makamba, and the Civic United Front SIPDIS (CUF) Secretary General, Seif Malam Hamad, announced that the two parties had completed the initial stage of reconciliation talks. CUF party chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Li [...]	2007-04-18 11:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TZ
07DHAKA1076	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation for the International Defense Management Course to be held in Dhaka from July 15 to 26, 2007. Post vetting was completed on July 1, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by J [...]	2007-07-02 06:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
07DHAKA195	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 09:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BG
07DHAKA611	REO VISITS DHAKA Q REVIEWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES [...] SUMMARY. REO John Adams and FSN Jay Pal Shrestha visited Dhaka March 7 Q 14 as part of a series of regular regional visits. They met with embassy personnel, GOB officials, and NGOs to assess major environmental issues facing Bangladesh. They also visited USAID projects in the field, and par [...]	2007-04-16 01:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID BG
07DILI234	EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...]	2007-06-21 10:04:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AS PO ID TT
07DOHA135	QATAR FINANCIAL CENTRE: SOLID REGULATIONS, [...] Summary. On 28 January Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) regulatory officials told EmbOffs that the Authority has licensed 17 financial services firms and focuses on corporate governance as the primary risk in evaluating applications. The Authority, which regulates the QFC as a sort of financial fr [...]	2007-02-07 12:18:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN QA KTFN
07DOHA271	QATAR'S LEADING BANKS SUPPORT ERO DIVERSIFICATION [...] Summary. In iscussions with senior management of Qatar's top two banks, Qatar National Bank and Doha Bank, Emboffs learned that the private sector anticipates Qatar's continued diversification away from the dollar as the country becomes more involved in the global economy. Bank officials also s [...]	2007-03-12 10:37:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON FIN QA
07DOHA709	SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...]	2007-07-05 14:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA
07DUBAI333	RAS AL KHAIMA TO CONFISCATE ABANDONED VIKTOR BOUT AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 14:40:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE
07DUBAI363	MOHAMMAD GERGAWI DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ AND ISRAEL WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I, CN) met with Mohammad Gergawi, UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, on May 29. Gergawi, also a close advisor to UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),described education as a primary weapon again [...]	2007-06-07 13:23:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR IS IZ SY AE
07DUBLIN888	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S TRIP TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: During his November 28 ) December 2 trip to Ireland, Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met with Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey and Defence Minister Willie O'Dea together and later with Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to discuss DHS's proposal to move to full p [...]	2007-12-10 07:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EI
07DUSHANBE1088	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-23 05:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1090	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-24 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1117	TAJIKISTAN'S SALAFI MUSLIMS GROWING IN NUMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Tajikistan, despite the government's fear of religious extremism which has led it to close down mosques, forbid girls from wearing hijabs in schools, and propose a new law on religion that could curtail practice of all faiths, the Salafi school of Islam is growing in size. I [...]	2007-08-01 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1128	TAJIK GOVERNMENT TRYING TO STRONG ARM U.S. FIRM [...] (C) Summary: Although the antimony mining venture Anzob LLC privatized in 2006, the Tajik government is trying to dictate the firm's selling price and select its buyer. The First Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry admitted that a letter ordering Anzob to sell its product to a Tajik compa [...]	2007-08-06 06:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1523	FM ZARIFI ON OPENING THE BRIDGE AND DUSHANBE SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At an hour-long meeting October 22 requested by Ambassador, Foreign Minister Zarifi: --admitted that the government had not decided which agency would be in charge of the facilities including the U.S.-funded bridge at the Nizhniy Pyanzh border, but said they were working tow [...]	2007-10-24 05:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ELTN MASS TI
07DUSHANBE162	BEWARE OF GARM! WINTER IN CENTRAL TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Introduction: Jan 22-24 EmbOffs visited the Rasht Valley in central Tajikistan to get a taste of rural life in the winter. A series of cables surveys border conditions (Ref A),the economic and social situation, health needs and assistance programs in central Tajikistan. End Introduction [...]	2007-01-31 15:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EAGR ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE500	TAJIKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER REPORTS ON PRISON [...] (C) Fayzinisso Vohidova, a lawyer with the Center for Economic and Legal Support in Khujand, described to PolOff March 29 the horrendous prison conditions, corruption and human rights abuses she saw when she secretly snuck into prison #23 in Khujand, Tajikistan's second largest city. 2. [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ICRC TI
07FRANKFURT1872	Fast Cars and Hot Times in Southwest Germany [...] SUMMARY: The southwest German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) -- an economic powerhouse and conservative bulwark with a growing environmental movement -- is waking up to climate change now that a recent study shows that a dramatic temperature rise is underway in the region. In response to t [...]	2007-04-19 13:57:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG PGOV GM
07GENEVA1713	SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES [...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...]	2007-07-03 09:47:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PINR CE
07GENEVA617	WORKING GROUP ON FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN DECLARATION [...] (U) Summary: The intergovernmental working group on the effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action met for the first part of its fifth session March 5-9 chaired by Chilean Permanent Representative Juan Martabit. Main areas of contention remain the inclusion [...]	2007-03-14 06:59:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
07GUANGZHOU836	Consumer Product Safety in South China [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a time when the safety and quality of goods being exported from China -- not just to the U.S. but elsewhere in the world, from the Philippines to Europe -- has been called into question, foreign companies in this consular district, especially in the Pearl River Delta, are lookin [...]	2007-07-25 07:45:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV CH
07HALIFAX85	BLUE LANTERN CHECK, APPLICATION NO. 05-999949 [...] (U) In accordance with ref A, Consul paid a site visit to the headquarters of Provincial Aerospace Ltd. in St John's, Newfoundland on October 3. Provincial Aerospace is the parent company of Provincial Aviation Maintenance Services Inc., the foreign consignee named in subject application to p [...]	2007-10-10 15:57:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EAIR KOMC CA NL
07HANOI1117	VIETNAM: HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT MID-TERM [...] (SBU) The World Bank and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) hosted an informal mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting on June 1 in Ha Long City. Senior GVN and donor representatives engaged on a variety of economic development issues. The agenda featured an overview of the economic situation a [...]	2007-06-15 08:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI2099	DESPITE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, DENGUE CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Annual numbers of dengue cases continue to rise in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta region. Though the Government of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive national program to control dengue, it cannot eliminate the disease. Instead, ecological factors, including the growt [...]	2007-12-20 09:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID SOCI PGOV AMED AMGT CASC KPAO VM
07HANOI232	Vietnam's Ministry of Finance Reaches Out [...] (SBU) Summay: In a letter dated January 23 from Vietnamese Vic Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha to U.S. Treasuy Undersecretary for International Affairs Timoty Adams, Ha formally expressed the Government ofVietnam's (GVN) interest in receiving technical ssistance in developing three areas: tax [...]	2007-02-05 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV VM
07HANOI287	A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES POPULATION, SOCIAL ISSUES AND TIP [...] (SBU) On February 5, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey met separately with the GVN's Commission for Population, Family and Children and the National Assembly's Committee for Social Affairs. Commission Vice-Chairman Nguyen Ba Thuy discussed Vietnam [...]	2007-02-14 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KWMN PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI440	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PHAM GIA KHIEM'S AMCHAM LUNCHEON [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem delivered a less-than-spectacular performance at an off-the-record American Chamber of Commerce-hosted luncheon on March 7, 2007. Though the self-interested questions of luncheon participants were partly responsible for the q [...]	2007-03-07 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ETRD OVIP VM
07HARARE882	TSVANGIRAI ON SADC MEDIATION PROCESS [...] (U) In a diplomatic briefing on September 26, MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai briefed on progress in the SADC-Mbeki mediation and steps ahead. Elements of a new constitution have been agreed upon. The parties are now discussing a new electoral act, security laws, communication laws, and the [...]	2007-09-28 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
07HAVANA1038	WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 24, Cuban state television broadcast a 14-minute excerpt of President Bush,s speech on Cuba only hours after he had delivered it. The next day,s issue of state-owned newspaper Granma devoted its entire second page to excerpts of the President,s speech, inclu [...]	2007-11-02 18:18:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1096	CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...]	2007-11-27 13:52:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
07HELSINKI689	SCENESETTER: PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13-15 VISIT TO [...] (SBU): The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Helsinki and views your visit as a key opportunity to advance the most important issues on the US-Finland agenda. Afghanistan and NATO top the list, as both are the subject of intense domestic political discussion right now. Many in the new governmen [...]	2007-09-07 13:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FI PREL PGOV MARR
07HELSINKI75	FINLAND'S 2007 ELECTION: CONSERVATIVES MAKE THE [...] (U) January marked the unofficial opening of Finland's Parliamentary election campaign, and most of the country's eight political parties appear a bit slow coming out of the gate. To be fair, the election is still nearly two months away -- quite a long time, in the Finnish context -- and most [...]	2007-02-06 08:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FI
07HELSINKI848	FINLAND: OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With its chairmanship only five weeks away, the GOF is realistic about the fact that few if any miracles will emerge from the Madrid Ministerial, and that Finland will be left to manage a range of divisive issues. Finland is in "complete agreement" with our emphasis on maintaining [...]	2007-11-23 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM FI
07HOCHIMINHCITY880	TIGHT LIPPED DEPORTEES IN GIA LAI [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 03:07:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM CB VM
07ISLAMABAD1331	INTERIOR MINISTER ON STATUS OF PAK-AFGHAN JIRGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 15 and with Ambassador on March 19, Interior Minister and Chairman of Pakistan's Jirga Commission Afthab Ahmed Khan Sherpao reviewed the status of the Pak-Afghan jirga process [...]	2007-03-24 06:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PK AF
07ISLAMABAD1631	CODEL LOWEY MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-12 12:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4106	UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY ISLAMABAD [...] (U) Per reftel request, updated contact information provided below. 2. (SBU) Embassy Islamabad leadership: Ambassador Anne W. Patterson O: +92-51-208-2500 H: +92-51-208-2505 C: +92-300-856-2140 Deputy Chief of Mission Peter W. Bodde O: +92-51-208-2502 H: +92-51-208-2507 C: +92-300- [...]	2007-09-24 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4819	MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...]	2007-11-12 10:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD528	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...]	2007-01-31 12:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF
07JAKARTA1005	CT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMOTES COOPERATION IN [...] (C) On April 2-4, Post co-sponsored the latest in a series of CT training workshops, this time at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, Central Java. Other sponsors included the Embassies of Canada and New Zealand, with the French Embassy providing a French CT [...]	2007-04-10 06:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA108	JAN 12 UPDATE RE ADAM AIR; PIECES OF WRECKAGE FOUND; SEARCH CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Villagers and Government of Indonesia (GOI) search and rescue personnel found small pieces of wreckage from Adam Air flight KI-574 on various beaches in South Sulewesi on January 11th. Small wreckage debris continues to wash on shore. U.S. Military personnel continue to assist with [...]	2007-01-12 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC EAIR ID
07JAKARTA1227	COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIEDNSHIP SESSION II [...] (C) Summary: The last two days of Session II (March 26-30) of the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timore Leste was a continued study in contrasts. Prominent Indonesian Generals, active and retired, postulated a description of events that at times almost seemed to mock the intent [...]	2007-05-01 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07JAKARTA138	2002 BALI BOMBER ATTORNEYS BOYCOTT COURT SESSION [...] (U) The defense attorney for three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - walked out of the Denpasar court on January 11 without presenting any evidence during a hearing requested by the defense to overturn the conv [...]	2007-01-17 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1566	INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and Extradition Treaty (ET) signed by Indonesia and Singapore on April 27 achieve long-sought objectives and potentially will sustain that cooperation over the next 25 years. Strategically paired from the beginning to balance res [...]	2007-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA1690	INDONESIA TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MEETING [...] (U) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with newly appointed Minister of Transportation, Jusman Syafi'i Djalil on June 15 to discuss a variety of transportation issues. The Minister welcomed the July 9 date for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technical review and hopes it and the July 2 [...]	2007-06-19 06:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA1718	TRIALS UPDATE: THREE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM IN [...] (U) Summary. Three men were recently found guilty of violating the Anti-terrorism Law by courts in Semarang, Central Java. Beny Irawan and Agung Setyadi were sentenced to 5 years and 6 years respectively for their roles in providing a laptop computer to imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra in [...]	2007-06-21 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1726	NEW LAW MINISTER TO PUSH CRIMINAL CODE REFORM [...] SUMMARY (C) In a June 20 meeting with the Charge, newly- appointed Minister of Law and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta expressed his commitment to revising Indonesia's Criminal Procedure Code prior to the 2009 elections, and gave his support to continued engagement with the USG on this and other [...]	2007-06-22 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2033	BILATERAL DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS; HR VETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the seventh U.S.-Indonesia Bilateral Defense Discussions (USIBDD) in Honolulu July 18-20, USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) approved 132 military-to-military activities for FY2008, agreed on provision of U.S. GPOI assistance for the TNI's planned Peacekeeping Training [...]	2007-07-27 08:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2380	TRANSPORTATION MINISTER DISCUSSES ISPS ANDADAM AIR [...] (U) Summary. On August 27, Ambassador Cameron Hume called on Jusman Syafi'i Djalil, Minister of Transportation. The Minister commented on the recently delivered International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code demarche, the need for foreign investors in rail and port infrastructure, the progr [...]	2007-08-29 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2382	TRANSPORTATION MINISTER DISCUSSES ISPS, ADAM AIR [...] (U) Summary. On August 27, Ambassador Cameron Hume called on Jusman Syafi'i Djalil, Minister of Transportation. The Minister commented on the recently delivered International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code demarche, the need for foreign investors in rail and port infrastructure, the progre [...]	2007-08-29 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2383	TRANSPORTATION MINISTER DISCUSSES ISPS ANDADAM AIR [...] (U) Summary. On August 27, Ambassador Cameron Hume called on Jusman Syafi'i Djalil, Minister of Transportation. The Minister commented on the recently delivered International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code demarche, the need for foreign investors in rail and port infrastructure, the progr [...]	2007-08-29 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA251	GOI PRIORITIZES RECOVERY OF ADAM AIR BLACK BOXES [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Transportation Hatta Rajasa thanked the Ambassador and members of the USS Mary Sears search team for U.S. assistance in locating the wreckage of Adam Air Flight KI-574 on the floor of the Suluwesi Straits. Hatta said that the GOI's priority in terms of next steps is [...]	2007-01-31 04:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2843	INDONESIAN ELECTIONS -- NEW COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian legislature (DPR) has unveiled the names of the new members of the Indonesian Elections Commission (KPU). The new commissioners are not highly thought of--one is entangled in a corruption case--and are widely believed to be the by-product of political horse-tradin [...]	2007-10-09 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2854	BALI AIRPORT COMPLIANCE NOTICE DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) On October 10, 2007, A/DCM met with Transportation Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal and delivered Secretary Chertoff,s letter regarding the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) finding of compliance with international security standards for Bali,s Ngurah Rai International Airport. [...]	2007-10-10 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2998	INDONESIA FAULTS PILOT FOR GARUDA CRASH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Commission said pilot error caused the March 7, 2007 Garuda plane crash in Yogyakarta that killed 21. The report, issued on October 22, 2007, also faulted the airline's training practices, the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) supervision o [...]	2007-10-26 07:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3096	GOLKAR -- INDONESIA'S LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's largest political party--Golkar--will soon hold its leadership conference. The annual meeting will take place against the backdrop of the looming 2009 national elections. The party will use the meeting to discuss the possibility of a Kalla presidential bid. Though [...]	2007-11-07 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID

07JAKARTA3145	INDONESIA'S NATIONAL LEGISLATURE WORKS TO STRENGTHEN U.S. CAUCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has moved quickly in recent months to invigorate its U.S. Caucus. Membership in the Caucus has swollen to over 50 representatives and contains some of the most influential members of the DPR, including the Speaker. Mission has supp [...]	2007-11-13 09:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3163	SEMARANG - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (C) RSO and DS/ATA Country Manager visited the Special Detachment (SD) 88 in Semarang, the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorism training center in Plantina and the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) from 10/30 - 10/31. The main purpose of the visit was to inspe [...]	2007-11-15 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ID KPAO
07JAKARTA3339	EAST TIMOR -- FINDINGS OF FINAL COMMISSION REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) is likely to cite gross human rights violations involving both pro-Indonesian and pro-independence forces in its final report to be issued in February 2008, an Indonesian Commissioner told us. The Commission is [...]	2007-12-07 04:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TT ID AU
07JAKARTA430	JCS CHAIRMAN PACE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 13 in Jakarta to discuss a range of strategic issues, including bilateral military-to-military cooperation, instability in the Middle East and future East [...]	2007-02-16 07:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS ID
07JAKARTA514	JUDICIAL COMMISSION FAILS TO ADVANCE REFORM [...] (SBU) The Judicial Commission, formed in 2005 to strengthen the accountability and integrity of the judiciary, has fallen far short of expectations and has yet to play a constructive role in judicial reform. The Commission's primary task, to monitor the behavior of judges and recommend sancti [...]	2007-02-26 06:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA597	Newmont Trial Update; Visit to Buyat Bay [...] (SBU) Summary: The Newmont trial continues to inch towards a conclusion within the next two months. The prosecution's February 23 response to the defense's final arguments yielded no significant new twists or surprises. After the court proceedings, we visited and dived on Buyat Bay and found [...]	2007-03-02 04:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ID
07JAKARTA821	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISIONS GENERATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Constitutional Court, created in 2003 to improve rule of law and act as a check on Legislative and Executive power, has been the subject of intense criticism by the media and public after a series of controversial decisions overturned important pieces of legislation. Court d [...]	2007-03-22 05:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA826	TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: POSO TERRORISTS CONVICTED [...] (U) Three Indonesians involved in the October 2005 beheading attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, were convicted of terrorism in Jakarta on March 21. They were sentenced to 20, 14 and 14 years respectively. The sentences imposed, while less than the maximum, appear to be the result of the defe [...]	2007-03-22 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA906	JAKARTA: EAC MEETING, MARCH 29, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 29, 2007, to discuss the issues of airline safety in Indonesia and the recent arrest of 8 Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) members in East Java. The CG and ECONCOUNS discussed a recent media release by the Indonesian Dire [...]	2007-03-29 06:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER CASC AEMR ASEC PGOV EAIR ID
07JAKARTA908	COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HEARINGS [...] (C) Summary: Following up on two days of hearings in Bali in February, the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) began a weeklong series of hearings March 26-30. Featuring both prominent (Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Belo and former Indonesian President Habibie) [...]	2007-03-29 12:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07JAKARTA931	INDONESIA - CIVIL AVIATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. On March 22, the Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) unveiled a new, three-tier rating system for Indonesian Airlines that places the majority of domestic carriers in the middle, or "not fully compliant" category, including state-owned Garuda. Despite complaints about [...]	2007-04-01 22:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JERUSALEM2609	DECEMBER SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff undertook a series of trips in December to assess West Bank settlement construction. At Tekoa, Beitar Illit, Modiin Illit, Elkana, and Har Adar, PolOff saw active construction on medium and large scale projects. PolOff saw no construction at Kedumim, Adam, and Shaare Tik [...]	2007-12-27 12:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM577	SETTLEMENT EXPANSION WILL CONNECT WEST BANK [...] (C) Danny Seideman, founder of the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim told poloff March 27 that plans to expand the West Bank settlement of Adam, also known as Geve Binyamin, have been approved by the Higher Planning Council. He said the plan would expand the settlement of about 1500 people sou [...]	2007-03-28 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07KABUL1170	FARAH PROVINCE SEES RISE IN TALIBAN ACTIVITY, [...] (U) Ambassador Neumann's March 5 visit to PRT Farah revealed that the province, which one year ago was a relatively low threat area (albeit with high rates of criminality and poppy production),has witnessed a disburing increase in Taliban activity, and its central districts are now considere [...]	2007-04-10 03:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL121	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART THREE OF FOUR [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the third cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these in [...]	2007-01-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL123	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP MAJORS PART TWO OF FOUR [...] This is an action request. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 60 Afghan National Police officers with the rank of Major. This is the second cable in a series of four. Per ref, post requests Department to begin vetting these i [...]	2007-01-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1353	GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN EFFORTS TO UPDATE UNSCR [...] (S) On April 19, 2007, POLOFF and CSTC-A Plans and Operations Officer (Pol-Mil Affairs) delivered reftel to Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) officials Mohd Zia Salehi, Director of the Situation Room and Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor, and Abdul Malik Quraishi, Direct [...]	2007-04-22 06:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC FR UK AF
07KABUL1456	BAGRAM THEATER INTERNMENT FACILITY--PAKISTANI, YEMENI DETAINEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-29 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	AF KAWC MARR PINS PK PREL PTER
07KABUL1814	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: REGIONAL COMMAND SOUTH DISTRICT [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 23 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers who have been assigned to district commands in four southern provinces. Post has made a good faith effort [...]	2007-06-01 11:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1893	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Pilot Training and Marshall Center [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of an Afghan National Army (ANA) cadet and a Ministry of Interior (MOI) general officer. The cadet will receive English language and pil [...]	2007-06-07 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL2130	PRT LASHKAR GAH: AIR STRIKE IMPACTS PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Taliban hijacked what should have been a successful week in Helmand Province and forced President Karzai's hand in making a statement critical of ISAF. The week of June 18 started promisingly in Helmand's Nahri Sarraj district with a school construction groundbreaking ceremo [...]	2007-07-05 08:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2610	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Candidates for Presidential [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 64 candidates for the Presidential Protection Service (PPS) to receiving training at Camp Watan, a DS/ATA facility in Kabul, Afghanist [...]	2007-08-07 10:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3018	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF CENTRAL COMMAND [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-four (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Central Command Center. When there a [...]	2007-09-11 02:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3023	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-five (25) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Kabul Command Center. When there are [...]	2007-09-11 02:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3279	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty (50) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Eastern Regional Command Center. When ther [...]	2007-09-29 12:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3280	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of fifty-seven (57) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Southern Regional Command Center. Wh [...]	2007-09-29 12:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3284	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF REGIONAL COMMAND [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred (100) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Northern Regional Command Center. W [...]	2007-09-29 12:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3300	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred (100) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there ar [...]	2007-09-29 13:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3301	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighty-four (84) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there are [...]	2007-09-29 13:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3302	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF MINISTRY OF [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred (100) Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Ministry of Interior. When there ar [...]	2007-09-29 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL3727	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT FOCUSES ON ELECTION PLANNING [...] (SBU) The October 3 JCMB has helped the Afghan government focus on the need to make several key decisions which will enable the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to move forward with plans for the 2009/10 Presidential, Parliamentary, and Provincial Council elections. Parliament is committ [...]	2007-11-01 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL4087	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP RANK REFORM OF THE REGIONAL [...] This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 20 Afghan National Police (ANP) field grade officers selected for positions in the Regional Command Capital. When there are individua [...]	2007-12-12 15:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL882	EXBS AFGHANISTAN ADVISOR AND BORDER MANAGEMENT MONTHLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period, the BMTF position for Border Police and Immigrations Systems Coordinator was filled. The Afghan Customs Department (ACD) drafted a proposal for transferring the Customs Police unit to MoF. The GoA accepted the Iranian proposal to fund and construc [...]	2007-03-15 13:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KAMPALA1224	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-07-27 05:15:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1370	UGANDA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Uganda breaks ground on USD 800 hydroelectric dam which when completed will represent the largest U.S. direct investment in the country. The GOU is reporting a recent uranium discovery by a Canadian firm. The Ministry of Finance is promising tax breaks for foreign investors which is rai [...]	2007-08-29 07:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1449	UGANDA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES LRA, CONGO, AND [...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on September 5 to discuss current developments in the negotiations with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),developments in eastern Congo, and stabilizing Somalia. President Museveni, similarly to [...]	2007-09-14 09:01:00	Embassy Kampala	SECRET	PGOV PREL UG SU CG SO
07KAMPALA883	SUDAN LIBERATION MOVEMENT: KAMPALA-BASED DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction tied to Ahmed Abdelshafi, based in Kampala, wants a reconciliation conference among the various SLM factions. Abdelshafi is expected back in Kampala in the next week. His faction claims to have assumed Abdelwahid El-Nur's leadership [...]	2007-05-23 10:11:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UG SU
07KATHMANDU1077	NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS GROWING INCREASING [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on May 22 and May 30 both Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),and Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (CPN-UML),blamed Prime Minister Koirala for [...]	2007-05-31 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1142	MELAMCHI: ADB'S $350 MILLION DREAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) The future of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) USD 350 million Melamchi Water Supply Project has grown increasingly uncertain since the new Maoist Minister for Physical Planning and Construction, Hisila Yami, decided in early May to postpone awarding the contract for the management of [...]	2007-06-11 13:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD EAID SENV NP
07KATHMANDU171	NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR TALKS TOUGH, BUT SEEMS WORRIED [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, stressed to the DCM January 24 that the Maoists would not be allowed into the Interim Government until Maoist arms management was complete. Chalise was unhappy with the way the UN was handling arms monitori [...]	2007-01-25 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU366	NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR UPBEAT ABOUT PEACE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM February 12 that he was confident that the Government of Nepal (GON) would find a solution to the situation in the Terai. The Maoists had been put on the defensive due to the Terai unrest, and the Nepali Cong [...]	2007-02-14 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP
07KATHMANDU437	NEPAL: COAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAOISTS [...] (C/NF) General Rukmangud Katawal, Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army (NA),told the Ambassador February 26 that the Maoists were not serious about arms management or joining a democratic system. The NA was the last shield against a Maoist takeover, and the U.S. should not abandon it. The [...]	2007-02-27 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MASS PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU486	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-06 14:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-07 02:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KHARTOUM1006	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: UN/AU UPDATE ON THE EVE OF [...] (SBU) On the eve of the June 25 ministerial summit in Paris, United Nations and African Union representatives in Khartoum provided detailed updates on the Darfur political process. They said that the immediate focus should be on repairing the rift between the Darfur rebels' political and mili [...]	2007-06-25 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CD
07KHARTOUM1053	SLA/M REP ALLEGES IMPENDING ATTACKS [...] (S) Mahboub Idris Abdulrasool, chairman for the North Darfur Security Arrangements Committee and a member of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi, informed S/CRS Poloff on June 24 that National Congress Party (NCP) functionary Ismail Abdalla Barghouth had convened a recent meeting at his [...]	2007-07-03 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1091	S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]	2007-07-13 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	USAU ET
07KHARTOUM1094	S/E NATSIOS VISIT TO NORTH DARFUR (CORRECTED COPY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 9-10 visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios, accompanied by CDA Alberto Fernandez and others, met with representatives from the AU and UN, IDP camps, civil society groups and the local branch of the Umma Party. He learned of the challen [...]	2007-07-13 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU AU
07KHARTOUM1112	Ceasefire Commission, July 4-11 [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General Rurangwa continued to chair the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) from July 4 to 11. Several meetings focused on concerns about appropriate representation on the CFC at both the headquarters and the military group site (MGS) level. The new force commander of the Afri [...]	2007-07-16 13:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM116	DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONF INCHES FORWARD, THREAT [...] (C) The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur is inching forward. In a meeting on January 25 with S/CRS Poloff, North Darfur Wali Yousef Kibir said that a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) general from Khartoum met with local military commanders and poli [...]	2007-01-26 09:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1197	MEDIA REACTION: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Most papers prominently featured news of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769, but focused mainly on its details, and the reaction of the Sudanese Ambassador to the UN who stated that the resolution has "many positive aspects." On August 1, there were a limited numbe [...]	2007-08-01 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1203	MEDIA REACTION CONTINUED: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 2, Sudanese media focused on Foreign Minister Lam Akol's press conference "welcoming" UN Security Council Resolution 1769. Meanwhile, on Al-Jazeera broadcasts and in the Sudanese morning newspapers, the Justice and Equality Movement's (JEM) spokesperson called the res [...]	2007-08-02 11:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1261	EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 9-10 visit to the northern town of Shendi in River Nile State, and also birthplace of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, CDA Fernandez met with the newly-appointed commissioner, presented books to the vice chancellor of Shendi University, and toured area farms and te [...]	2007-08-13 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1289	INAUSPICIOUS RESUMPTION OF AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION [...] (SBU) After a nearly three week hiatus of Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings, proceedings in the First Chamber were dominated by continued SLA-Minawi protests regarding cuts in Monthly Subsistence Allowance (MSA). The rebel reps walked out of the CFC before its conclusion. There was no discu [...]	2007-08-17 10:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1338	RAISED VOICES AND HOSTILITY REVEALED AT AEC PLENARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 23rd session of the Assessment and Evaluation's (AEC) plenary session led to many tense moments on peripheral issues such as: the approval of prior minutes; the AEC chairman's independence; and the status of the working groups' reports on 'the implementation of [...]	2007-08-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM1368	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION STILL HAMPERED BY SLA/MM [...] (SBU) Although the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi representatives attended the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) meetings at the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) headquarters in El Fasher, the majority of their representatives in the sectors stayed off the job, despite instructions to return [...]	2007-08-30 14:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1369	SLM/MINAWI COMMANDER VENTS ON AMIS AND DISCOUNTS [...] (SBU) S/CRS Field Officers met with Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Minawi General Commander Jumah Hagar and three of his staff to discuss security in areas of Darfur under his control, alleged SLA-Minawi involvement in carjackings, strained relations between the rebel group and AMIS, and prospect [...]	2007-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1373	ON THE ROAD AHEAD, MINAWI SEES ALL DEAD ENDS [...] (S/NF) Characterizing the DPA as "dead, except to the U.S.," predicting that the UN/AU political process will fail, doubting that NCP policies toward Darfur can be changed through the 2009 elections and yet convinced that a return to war is useless, SLM leader Minni Minawi is seeking to chart a [...]	2007-08-31 12:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1416	AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ADAMANT ON HAVING CFC US AND [...] (C) Several days before the visit of the UN Secretary General to Darfur, the GoS announced on short notice that it was sending out a delegation to discuss the Janjaweed/Armed Militia Disarmament Plan in El Fasher with AMIS. Force Commander GEN Agwai met with the Ceasefire Commission (CFC),in [...]	2007-09-09 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1417	NO CFC FORMAL MEETINGS, BUT FOUR STOLEN LABADO VEHICLES [...] (SBU) Formal CFC meetings were cancelled this week due to a meeting with a Sudanese Government delegation to discuss the Janjaweed Disarmament Plan (septel) and the visit of the UN Secretary General. However, some progress was made on a key CFC SIPDIS case when some of the vehicles stolen f [...]	2007-09-09 16:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM15	GOS BOMBS VILLAGES AFTER AU OUTREACH TO REBEL [...] (C) Summary: As an outgrowth of the December 15 Cease Fire Commission and with the support of UNMIS, the AU Force Commander traveled to Um Rai in North Darfur to meet with non-signatory rebel commanders on December 28. He reportedly obtained an agreement by the rebels to join the second chamb [...]	2007-01-04 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM155	DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONFERENCE IN FLUX [...] (C) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) again postponed the conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur to February 5 due to logistical problems in transporting the commanders to the event site, having already moved 24 commanders to North Darfur on [...]	2007-02-01 16:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM170	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE NON-SIGNATORIES [...] (C) Summary: The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders has again been delayed to allow time for more commanders to assemble in North Darfur. A variety of Embassy contacts report that efforts to unify the commanders, facilitate negotiation within the framework of [...]	2007-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1702	CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND ON INTENTIONS IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Despite differences in ideologies and political platforms, leaders of Darfur groups are expressing a common level of suspicion about the Government of Sudan's (GOS) current actions with regard to Darfur. They believe the GOS is pursuing a strategy to further undermine the efficac [...]	2007-11-01 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1845	TWO MAJOR DARFUR FACTIONS STEP TOWARD UNION WHILE [...] (SBU) JEM/Collective Leadership and SLA/Unity, two of the strongest rebel movements in Darfur, have taken steps toward a tentative alliance, and JEM/CL plans to conduct consultations with SLA/Unity leaders Abdullah Yehia, Suleiman Jamous, and Sharif Harir in Darfur over the next week to solidi [...]	2007-11-26 05:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1866	CHINESE ENGINEERS ARRIVE AMIDST REBEL THREATS [...] (SBU) Soon after the arrival of 135 Chinese engineer peacekeepers on November 24 in Nyala, media reported the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group threatened to attack the Chinese engineers. According to the media, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhhamed said, "They are not welcome...the [...]	2007-11-28 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1889	JEM/CL CLAIMS ZAGHAWA UNIFYING, WARNS UN/AU LOSING [...] (SBU) Meeting with Poloff on November 29, cadres of the Justice and Equality Movement/Collective Leadership (JEM/CL) were optimistic that it will finalize its consolidation with the other major Zaghawa military elements in Darfur after upcoming field consultations and will be ready to resume ne [...]	2007-11-30 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1892	DARFUR: TENSION, MISTRUST CONTINUE TO AFFLICT AMIS-SLM [...] (SBU) AMIS Force Commander Agwai's proposal to restructure payment of the MSA and the rebel movements' representation in the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) has set off a wave of mutual recriminations between AMIS and the SLM. The incident is just the latest in an unfortunate history of tension an [...]	2007-12-02 07:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1964	JEM DENIES RADICALISM, EXPLAINS UNAMID CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) The NCP has falsely painted Khalil Ibrahim's JEM as an Islamist movement, two of the group's representatives told Poloff in a recent El Fasher meeting. Rather than pursuing a radical agenda, they asserted, JEM seeks to transform the country through "revolution," end the marginalization o [...]	2007-12-11 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2005	NORTHERN SUDAN - USAID-FUNDED NATIONAL NGO CPA ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) The recall of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials from the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the political crisis that followed has derailed implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and CPA-related activities throughout Sudan. Since mid-October, hara [...]	2007-12-14 11:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM2046	GOSS EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR MAJOR WORKFORCE REDUCTION [...] (SBU) The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has engaged an international consulting firm to explore options for downsizing its bloated and unproductive workforce. The GoSS payroll is estimated to be overstaffed by over 30% (67,000 individuals) and salaries consume over half of the GoSS budget. [...]	2007-12-26 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAID PGOV SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM208	REBELS' DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS [...] (C) On February 7, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) completed the airlift of many Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders to attend the leadership conference in North Darfur. Some additional commanders may move to the conference site by ground in the coming days. Comman [...]	2007-02-12 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN US
07KHARTOUM307	DARFUR: ERITREAN MEDDLING, TENSIONS BETWEEN [...] (C) At the February 27 meeting of the Darfur Partners Group, two European political officers who had attended the recent summit in Tripoli said that Eritrea had pressed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory leaders to join a political process outside the joint UN and African Union (AU) [...]	2007-02-28 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU ER CD LY EUN
07KHARTOUM331	ELUSIVE SLA COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) commanders conference in North Darfur remains indefinitely postponed as the various factions attempt to resolve internal differences and persuade additional key military leaders, such as former G-19 leader Adam Bakhit, to participate in the process [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM363	RESPONSE TO REQUEST: UK-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (C) Per reftel, post provides supplemental information background information: General Ali al-Sharif al-Tahir Ahmed, SAF Western Military Commander Major General Abdullah Khalif Bashir, Former SAF Western Military Commander Lt. General Mohammed Abdel Qadir, SAF Airforce Commander Mah [...]	2007-03-08 11:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM395	CFC HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR SUPPORT FOR SLM/MINAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: Cease-fire Commission (CFC) activities the week of February 26 highlighted the continued need for non-military logistical support to the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi. This support would divert his men away from the extortion and banditry that is an all too common line i [...]	2007-03-13 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM407	CFC Week of March 5 -- Fireworks Follow the Killing of Two [...] (SBU) Summary: The killing of two Nigerian soldiers by Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Minawi soldiers in Graida dominated the Cease-fire Commission (CFC) this week, with tensions rising between the faction and the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in both the CFC and in the sectors. The CFC i [...]	2007-03-16 13:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM459	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 19: SECOND CHAMBER [...] (SBU) SLA-Minawi raised objections to the African Union Mission in Sudan's (AMIS) potential restructuring of the CFC Second Chamber, contending that the proposals may violate the DPA. Carjackings remain a persistent threat, and AMIS is seeking input from all key stakeholders on means to mitiga [...]	2007-03-22 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM590	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORTH DARFUR WALI [...] (C) Summary: In his April 14 meeting with the wali of North Darfur Yousef Kibbir, Deputy Secretary Negroponte stressed the strong interest taken by the US government and the American people in the situation in Darfur and the need for the Sudanese government to implement commitments made in the [...]	2007-04-16 10:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PMAR
07KHARTOUM68	DARFUR: MOMENTUM ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The long-proposed conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward. Following a January 15 Sudanese government guarantee of security assurances, the AU may begin to transport rebel commanders to a conference site in North Darfur [...]	2007-01-16 16:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN EUN
07KHARTOUM695	FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]	2007-05-03 03:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM697	RESPONSE: SUDAN - SUPPORTING THE TDRA [...] (SBU) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is traveling in Darfur to inaugurate the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA). His earliest expected return date to Khartoum is May 6. Per Ref. A, Post will contact Minawi upon his return [...]	2007-05-03 12:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAID SU AU
07KHARTOUM70	Darfur: Inauguration of Second Chamber of CFC, Clearing [...] (SBU) Summary: The AMIS Cease Fire Commission met January 8 and 10 to clear out a backlog of cease fire violations, receive briefings on the Force Commander's outreach to non-signatory rebel factions (septel),and inaugurate the Second Chamber for non-signatories. The First Chamber meeting on [...]	2007-01-17 15:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF AU SU
07KHARTOUM80	DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES DPA NON-SIGNATORIES: RETRANSMISSION [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-19 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM854	Ceasefire Commission: Week of May 21 [...] (SBU) Allegations of ceasefire violations appear to be on the up-swing in both Chambers of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC). The CFC Chairman formed a sub-committee to review the objectivity of the report on the April 1 killing of AMIS soldiers in Umm Barru. JEM described the Sudanese Governmen [...]	2007-05-31 08:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM99	(CORRECTED COPY MRN: KHARTOUM 00080): MINAWI [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KIGALI970	GACACA GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS ON TRACK FOR [...] (C) Summary. According to officials in Rwanda's National Service of Gacaca Courts, 90 percent of all gacaca cases have been processed and adjudications will be completed by the end of 2007. Processing remaining category one cases (those involving genocide leaders/organizers or those who comm [...]	2007-10-24 07:56:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM RW
07KINGSTON110	JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON111	JAMAICA'S ELECTION-YEAR VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SOCI PREL PGOV JM
07KINGSTON1144	JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1270	JAMAICA: POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF HURRICANE DEAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-19 22:38:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI ASEC CASC JM
07KINSHASA102	KABILA ALLIES WIN EIGHT OF NINE GUBERNATORIAL RACES [...] (U) Summary: Candidates allied with the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won eight of nine gubernatorial contests January 27, including Kinshasa. Jean-Pierre Bemba's Union for the Nation (UfN) coalition won just one race, in Equateur province. Elections in the two Kasai [...]	2007-01-29 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1103	MILITARY ATTACHES DISCUSS CONGOLESE SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Military attaches and representatives from EUSEC, the UK, France, and the US met with the Charge and Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor to the A/S for African Affairs, to discuss insecurity in North Kivu and the DRC's security sector limitations on September 13. All participants c [...]	2007-09-14 16:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1126	KABILA TO P-3 PLUS 2: ONLY OPTIONS FOR NKUNDA'S [...] (C) Summary: President Joseph Kabila met September 13 with ambassadors/charges of the P-3 (France, UK, U.S.) plus 2 (Belgium and South Africa) countries in Kinshasa. SRSG William Swing also participated. Swing had requested the meeting on behalf of the P-3 plus 2 because of growing concern [...]	2007-09-19 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
07KINSHASA1251	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH FARDC [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 courtesy call on the 8th Military Region Commander, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley briefed Brigadier General Mayala Kiama on his findings from a four-day visit in North Kivu. Both the Commander and his deputy vehemently denied collaborating w [...]	2007-11-05 16:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1405	Goma situation report for December 22, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Kivu military situation remained stable during the previous week. However, FARDC continues to move reinforcements into and around the province. Pro-Nkunda and Pareco militia forces clashed again in a remote area of Masisi territory. Inhabitants of Rutshuru town prote [...]	2007-12-26 08:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA501	KISEMPIA "EXPLAINS" DRC POSITION ON CHOD MEETING [...] (C) Defense Attache and PolOff met with Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe May 3 to discuss the April 16-18 meeting of Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense Forces (CHOD) meeting in Bujumbura, per reftel. Kisempia said he had indeed signed the agreement outlining [...]	2007-05-03 16:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG RW UG
07KINSHASA51	KABILA COALITION WILL LEAD SEVEN OF DRC'S ELEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition -- which includes Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's PALU and Nzanga Mobutu's UDEMO parties -- will lead seven of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, following votes January 12-14. Former Vice Pre [...]	2007-01-19 08:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA688	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: NTUMI - DEER HUNTER OR THE [...] (C) Following his June 8 "walk in the woods" in Kinkala with CNR President Frederic Bintsamou (Pasteur Ntumi),in the presence of BBC journalist James James, (reported reftel A),DCM was contacted by CNR National Secretary Joseph Mbizi to discuss his party's anticipated participation in the J [...]	2007-06-20 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PINR PHUM PGOV CF
07KINSHASA89	EX-MOBUTUISTS HELP KABILA COALITION TAKE MAJORITY [...] (U) The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won a slight majority in the senatorial delegation from Jean-Pierre Bemba's home province of Equateur. AMP-aligned candidates, including three who ran as independents, took eleven of 20 national Senate seats, with one apiece for th [...]	2007-01-25 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS

07KOLKATA242	ULFA AGAIN TARGETS HINDI SPEAKING MIGRANTS WHILE RESENTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to India's Independence Day on August 15, insurgents from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KLNLF) have killed at least 27 Hindi-speaking migrants in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. Simultaneously with thi [...]	2007-08-14 21:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR IN BG
07KUALALUMPUR1309	EXPEDITED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: MARITIME [...] The security force members listed in Paragraph 2 are scheduled to participate in a Maritime Security Trilateral Conference from August 25 - 29, 200 in Cebu, Philippines sponsored by the Asia Pacific Security Forum. Embassy has no information to indicate that the individuals listed in Paragrap [...]	2007-08-20 09:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS MARR MASS MOPS MY
07KUALALUMPUR705	HONEY, I CONVERTED THE KIDS: MALAYSIA'S APPEALS [...] (C) In the latest high-profile legal battle between a Muslim and non-Muslim involving civil law, Malaysia's secular Court of Appeal reached a decision that supports Shari'a court jurisdiction over a non-Muslim. On March 13, the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court ruling that would allow a Mus [...]	2007-04-18 10:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
07KUWAIT131	LEBANON AID: NOTHING NEW IN PARIS, BUT ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns spoke with the Kuwait Fund's Regional Manager for Arab Countries Marwan Al-Ghanem on January 30 to review Paris III and possible next steps on Kuwait aid to Lebanon. Al-Ghanem said that Kuwait had not offered any new assistance to Lebanon in Paris but had pledged undetermined [...]	2007-01-30 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT162	KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: MORE U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Ali Al-Ghanim told Econcouns that U.S. firms were losing out to more aggressive European and Asian firms in Kuwait, and he encouraged more U.S. firms to seek business opportunities outside of the government [...]	2007-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP ETRD KU
07KUWAIT184	JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...]	2007-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
07KUWAIT218	KUWAITIS KEEN TO INVEST IN IRAQ, BUT SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 11, Director of the OSD Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq Robert Love met separately with prominent Kuwaiti investors to enlist their support for revitalizing the Iraqi economy through investment and facilitating access to ex [...]	2007-02-14 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BEXP ETRD PREL PGOV KU IZ
07KUWAIT31	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Under Secretary Timothy D. Adams, Federal Reserve Governor Randall S. Kroszner, and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Ahmed Saeed to travel to post o/a January 22-25, 2007, to meet with s [...]	2007-01-09 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER OTRA AMGT EFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT526	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #8 [...] (SBU) The total number of reported cases remains at 101, and no new cases have been discovered in the past week. Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) inspectors continue to take samples from commercial and private poultry holdings, and the culling of birds fro [...]	2007-04-11 05:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT816	TERRORIST FINANCE: GOK RELEASES RIHS FINDINGS [...] (C/NF) On May 19, Embassy Kuwait received a long-promised report from the MFA (drafted by the Department of Follow-up and Coordination headed by Khalid Al-Maqamis) containing the findings of its investigation into the international activities of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) [...]	2007-05-23 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT878	CBK GOVERNOR ON DROPPING THE DOLLAR PEG AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, Ambassador called on CBK Governor Shaykh Salem Abdulaziz Saud Al-Sabah. Al-Sabah described Kuwait's May 20 decision to un-peg the dinar from the dollar in favor of a basket of currencies as a move that "had to be done" to address rising inflation. He acknowledged [...]	2007-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT98	KUWAIT UNVEILS 2007-2008 BUDGET [...] (U) On January 21, Kuwait's Council of Ministers approved a KD 10.45 billion ($35.78 billion) budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year beginning April 1. Revenue, estimated at KD 8.32 billion ($28.88 billion),down slightly from KD 8.52 billion ($29.58 billion) in the 2006-2007 budget, would fall [...]	2007-01-24 10:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KU
07KYIV1974	UKRAINE: GOU SAYS IATA TICKET STOCK ILLEGAL-THREATENS SHUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with representatives from Ukraine's State Aviation Authority (SAA),Economic officers verified the SAA had indeed found the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) ticket stock to be invalid under Ukrainian law. As a result, the SAA ordered IATA to refrain [...]	2007-08-10 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ERTD KTIA UP
07KYIV2508	UKRAINE: ALL SIDES WAIT WHILE ELECTIONS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. As votes continued to trickle into the Central Election Commission on October 2, parties remained for the most part constrained, holding off on both court challenges and coalition negotiations until the final count is announced. With more than 97 percent of the vote counted by 5 [...]	2007-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2821	UKRAINE'S APPROACH TO INVESTMENT PROMOTION: "WHY DO WE NEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine continues to trail behind most of its neighbors in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The GOU was slow to recognize its role in this sphere, although it finally created a lead investment promotion agency, called InvestUkraine, in 2005. InvestUkraine, with USAI [...]	2007-11-14 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID UP
07KYIV2967	UKRAINE: GETTING TO GOVERNMENT - ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: After a day of parliamentary maneuvering, the orange coalition parties of Yuliya Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko mustered a slim-227 majority vote to elect 33-year old Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the Speaker of the Rada. The successful vote showed that the coalition i [...]	2007-12-05 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2977	UKRAINE: RADA SCHEDULES PM VOTE FOR DECEMBER 11 [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk ended another day of finger-pointing and delaying tactics in the Rada by announcing that the parliament would hold the confirmation vote on Tymoshenko as Prime Minister on Tuesday December 11 -- the end of the five-day deadline for considering a prime minis [...]	2007-12-07 12:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV478	UKRAINE: THINKING OF ENGAGING BELARUS PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, the Ukrainians floated a proposal to extend an overture to Belarusan President Lukashenko in the hope of obtaining progress on Ukraine-Belarus border issues and cooperation in forming a united front against Russian on energy issues. The initial proposal included [...]	2007-02-26 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07KYIV645	UKRAINE: PARLIAMENT HALTS SALE OF TRADE UNION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Parliament has established a moratorium on the sale of property by the Federation of Trade Unions (FPU),the successor to Ukraine's Soviet-era trade union. The move marks a surprising turn of events in an ongoing conflict between the FPU, which controls all union [...]	2007-03-21 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV UP
07KYIV654	UKRAINE/BELARUS SUMMIT STILL PLANNED FOR MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still proceeding for a Kyiv summit between President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky during a meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and the Ambassador. Kramer warned Veselovsky that such a mee [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ENRG EPET BO UP
07KYIV663	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES NATO/SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling discussed Ukraine-NATO relations and security issues with a range of Ukrainian officials March 18-20, in addition to energy, domestic politics, Belarus, and Transnistria (septels). Presidential adviser Oleh Rybachuk described his [...]	2007-03-22 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
07KYIV665	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: TRANSNISTRIA AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky told EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and Ambassador March 19 that he would continue to hold the concurrent duty as Ukrainian special negotiator for Transnistria, despite rumors to the contrary. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC [...]	2007-03-22 15:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
07KYIV686	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S DISCUSSIONS OF DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: In a wide range of conversations EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling conducted with Ukrainian officials and commentators March 18-20, the overriding theme in domestic politics was that all branches of the government were consumed with the ongoing struggle for polit [...]	2007-03-23 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV687	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH DECRIES OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary. Although disappointed by President Yushchenko's continued rebuffs to his invitations to work together, PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, NSC Director Adam Sterling and the Ambassador that he remained open to a broad coalition in parliament and cooperation. Yanu [...]	2007-03-23 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV705	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Ambassador had a discussion on U.S. missile defense plans March 26 with parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vitaly Shybko. Shybko said his Committee on Foreign Affairs and the other committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on National Security and Defense, had e [...]	2007-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS PL EZ US UP
07LAGOS128	SITREP 17: GRAHAM & AKWA STILL HOSTAGE; SSS AWAITS [...] (C) John Walker of Control Risks Group told the February 16 Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group American Bill Graham and Nigerian Ezekiel Akwa remain hostages. The State Security Service (SSS) told Walker on February 15 they will wait for the return from the creek area of the tribal elder who is n [...]	2007-02-16 15:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS162	GOVERNOR IBORI BACKS PDP TICKET & ATIKU'S BID TO [...] (C) Summary. Despite his pro-Vice President Atiku antecedents, Governor James Ibori of Delta State has pledged strong financial support for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential ticket. Yar'Adua will win the Presidency "one way or another," according to Governor James Ibori. Vice [...]	2007-03-06 11:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS226	PARTY CHAIR SPEAKS OF ALLIANCES, SECURITY IN LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with Econoff, Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) Chairman Supo Shonibare described an alliance with the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) at the state level. This alliance, intended to capitalize on rifts within the Action Congress (AC) and People's Democratic [...]	2007-03-23 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS240	EDO: CLOSE GUBERNATORIAL RACE SPARKS VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomole, the Edo State Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate, told Poloffs the People's Democratic Party (PDP) orchestrated an attack on the Edo State AC Chairman, who lost an eye, during a recent rally in Edo Central, his opponent's home territory. Professor Oser [...]	2007-03-30 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS241	ELECTION DAY DETAILS HAZY; EDO INEC PREPARING FOR [...] Summary: The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (ESIEC) has not yet received guidance from the Independent National Electoral Commission on how to conduct the April 14 or 21 elections. ESIEC is preparing for the elections by identifying and training polling station agents and by mer [...]	2007-03-30 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS259	LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS ELECTIONS PREPARATION IS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with the Consul General, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu said the Independent Electoral Commission's (INEC) preparations for the April 14 gubernatorial elections in Lagos State were essentially non-existent. He claimed the People's Democratic Party (PDP) pla [...]	2007-04-12 11:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS265	SOUTHERN GOVERNORS SEE LITTLE INEC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In recent separate conversations with the Consul General, Governors of Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Imo criticized the lack of electoral preparation in their states just 10 days before the gubernatorial elections. While the People's Democratic Party (PDP) will likely carry these s [...]	2007-04-13 12:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PHUM
07LAGOS269	ELECTION 2007: THE OUTLOOK FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: For the current elections, Southern Nigeria appears to follow the dictum that all politics are local. Greater attention will focus on the state gubernatorial races than on the presidential race. Few people expect a credible exercise. Most expect the People's Democratic Party (PDP [...]	2007-04-13 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAGOS302	UNIONS: ELECTION PROTEST ON THE TABLE BUT NOT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC),in conjunction with the Labor and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) will celebrate the Nigerian Labor Day on May 1 with rallies in Abuja, Lagos and Benin City and with signs protesting the recent elections. As of Apr [...]	2007-04-30 15:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
07LAGOS323	OONI OF IFE CALLS YAR'ADUA "RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB" [...] (C) Summary: A close supporter of President Obasanjo, the Ooni of Ife, believes Yar'Adua is "the right man for the job" of President. The Ooni believes opposition criticisms of the election, although strident, will yield little concrete action and will dissipate quickly. The Ooni was collabor [...]	2007-05-09 16:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS357	NIGERIA: PRIVATE SECTOR SPEAKS OUT ON IPR, [...] Summary: Since 2004, Nigeria has seen a proliferation of Chinese-operated optical disc (OD) pirating factories. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has pressed for more effective enforcement and new legislation to make piracy as difficult as possible for these op [...]	2007-05-18 14:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD KIPR NI
07LAGOS388	WITH EVIDENT FRUSTRATION, OYO STATE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: During a May 9 visit by Poloff to Ibadan, interlocutors expressed their consternation over how the recent elections were conducted while the opposition discussed their support for the electoral tribunals. All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) gubernatorial candidate Abiola Ajimobi pl [...]	2007-05-25 12:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS439	ELECTION TRIBUNALS GET UNDERWAY IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In several states of Southern Nigeria, the election tribunals are underway. The expectation is the tribunals will begin deciding cases in the next few months. The opposition hopes the recent independent decisions by the judiciary will continue in the election tribunals, and ov [...]	2007-06-08 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07LAGOS480	YAR'ADUA & LABOR RELATIONS MAY IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: It was not until President Yar'Adua directly negotiated with the NLC and TUC labor leaders in a closed-door session that the 2007 national labor strike was resolved, according to Denja Yaqub, Assistant Secretary to the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC). Yar'Adua reportedly told the l [...]	2007-06-28 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NI
07LAGOS481	EDO STATE ELECTION TRIBUNAL POSSIBLY BRIBED BY PDP [...] (U) Adams Oshiomole, Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate and former President of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC),has challenged recently-elected Governor Oserheimen Osunbor of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State Election Tribunal. Oshiomole was largely viewed as one [...]	2007-06-28 11:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS526	MASSOB PRESSES FOR UWAZURUIKE'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) explained to Poloff the case of their detained leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, in prison on treason charges. MASSOB claimed President Umaru Yar'Adua should release Uwazuruike as he has rele [...]	2007-07-26 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS601	OSHIOMHOLE DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL, ECONOMICS, YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole was granted access to voting materials by the Edo State Election Tribunal; he expressed interest in hiring foreign forensic analysts to examine the ballots to prepare his case. Oshiomhole predicted the Tribunal would decide his claim to have won the April guberna [...]	2007-08-29 10:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS64	NIGER DELTA:"STATE OF INSURRECTION" PART II [...] (C) Summary: During a January 21 conversation with the Consul General, Bayelsa State Secretary Godknows Igali stressed that the activity of militant groups in the Niger Delta was approximating a "state of insurrection." Amending previous estimates of aggregate militant strength, Igali asserted [...]	2007-02-02 07:57:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS667	NIGERIA THREATENS FINES ON GAS FLARING; PROPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: A World Bank workshop on gas flaring in Nigeria turned into a discussion on possible increases in prices for export natural gas. The Nigerian government accused oil companies of dragging their feet on eliminating gas flaring and said stiff fines would be imposed at the start of [...]	2007-10-05 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV NI
07LAGOS685	NIGERIA'S EDO STATE RIVEN OVER TRIBUNALS, LG ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal has been sitting daily to expedite proceedings, but has no jurisdiction to hear complaints alleging violent intimidation of witnesses. Edo State opposition parties will boycott November local government elections. Sitting Governor Osunbor' [...]	2007-10-19 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07LAGOS729	Southern Nigeria Election Tribunals Rule On Challenges [...] (U) Summary: Election tribunals in Nigeria's southern states continued to hand down rulings, some of which may be appealed. Bayelsa and Ogun State tribunals ruled against Action Congress (AC) and All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) challengers in governorship elections. House races were over [...]	2007-11-07 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07LAGOS90	10,000 ARMED CRIMINALS, NIGER DELTA APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Bayelsa State Government Dr. Godknows Igali believes that the release on bail of four jailed militant youths will result in the release of two Italian employees of Agip held hostage since December 7; kidnappers are willing to release the Lebanese hostage. Igali sees [...]	2007-02-07 15:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
07LAPAZ2897	NO SILVER LINING YET FOR APEX'S SAN CRISTOBAL MINE [...] (C) Apex's local executives continue to report difficulty in arranging meetings with Bolivian government officials. The draft bill which would increase mining taxes by 12.5 percent has passed the lower house of congress, so San Cristobal is focusing their efforts to arrange a modification on [...]	2007-10-26 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ3197	NIE FEEDBACK: BOLIVIA ON IRAN"S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL BL
07LIMA2097	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT ZOELLICK AND STAFFORD [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert Zoellick, USG nominee for President of the World Bank and Treasury Official George Edward Stafford Via, from June 16 - 17, 2007. The purpose of the travel is conduct consultations and meetings. When depar [...]	2007-06-15 16:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA2618	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL, LEVIN, [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami and Matthew John Beck, from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to meet with head of s [...]	2007-08-02 15:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE
07LIMA2653	AMENDED: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL, [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, Gregory Meeks and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami, Matthew John Beck, and Annie Minguez from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the t [...]	2007-08-03 22:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE
07LIMA749	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wendy Judge Paulson, James Wilkinson, Brooklyn Jean McLaughlin, Clay Lowery, Lindsay Valdeon, Matthew Malloy, Matthew Langston, Ronnie Lilly and Molly Jane Cogan from o/a March 14 - [...]	2007-03-13 23:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA782	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Arthur Abramson, Special Assistant and Matthew Everson, Lead Advance from o/a March 16-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru. When departin [...]	2007-03-15 23:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LISBON1858	U.S.- EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) A/S Fried met July 13 in Lisbon with Political Directors (PolDirs) from the 27 EU member states and with the EU Troika political directors. The agenda included Kosovo, Russia, NATO coordination in Afghanistan, conflicts in Africa, institution building in the Palestinian Territories, and [...]	2007-07-18 17:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS MOPS PHUM PREL PO EUN UN XA AF ZL RS
07LISBON2755	US GOVERNORS JOIN INTERNATIONAL CARBON ACTION [...] (U) The International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) was launched on October 29 in Lisbon by a coalition of European countries, the EU Commission, US states, Canadian provinces, New Zealand, and Norway. The inaugural event included a signing ceremony followed by several technical workshops [...]	2007-10-30 18:17:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV EUN PO
07LONDON3938	GORDON BROWN TO ISSUE LETTER TO G7 AND IFIS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending a letter to G-7 participants, China, India, the IMF and the World Bank on how to support democracy in Burma. The London-based newspaper the Independent erroneously reported October 15 that the Prime Minister had already sent suc [...]	2007-10-15 16:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID BM UK
07LONDON3983	AMBASSADOR THANKS IRAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request for Chiefs of Mission worldwide to underscore U.S. support for democracy advocates, Ambassador met October 11 with two UK-based Iranian expatriate journalists to thank them for their years of advocacy for human rights and democracy in Iran and to lead their dis [...]	2007-10-19 12:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PHUM IR UK
07LONDON4328	(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 16:16:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07LUXEMBOURG454	LUXEMBOURG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED AND IDENTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ officer delivered points contained reftel to Claude Faber, MFA desk officer for security and defense affairs. Faber had no immediate comment but promised to provide Post with the appropriate contact information for Luxembourg's GI POC after internal GOL consultations have ident [...]	2007-11-07 15:13:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC PARM PREL PTER LU
07LUXEMBOURG464	LUXEMBOURG: SHARES CONCERNS OVER VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 14:18:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU LU
07MADRID1303	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA MICHAEL ADAMS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Adams, Supervisory Chemist, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS to travel to Barcelona, Spain on or about July 10 to July 13. The purpose of this visit is to speak/present at the Intertech-Pira Conference on Global Food Contact L [...]	2007-07-03 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA TBIO SP
07MADRID1450	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAA/ADAM BAILEY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA Personnel, Adam Bailey to travel to Almeria, Spain from July 24 to August 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with Spanish scientists, observers and fishermen and to provide expertise in developing technologies. 2. Post understands that Embas [...]	2007-07-23 13:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SP KSCA SENV
07MADRID2045	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (SBU) In meeting with Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Deputy Director for EU Trade Policy, Inigo Febrel, USTR Director for EU Affairs, David Weiner emphasized President Bush's personal engagement on Doha matters, and that the USG does see a possibility for a successful conclusion of the [...]	2007-10-29 14:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV
07MADRID2232	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA22/NNTRAV: [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Dr. Adam Bernstein, from NNSA to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about December 16 to December 19. The purpose of the visit is to attend and present at the High Pressure Xenon Detectors workshop. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required. 3. [...]	2007-12-13 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA SP
07MADRID432	SPAIN/ETA: RELEASE OF PRISONER TRIGGERS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Just two months after ETA's December 30 bomb attack at Madrid's airport set off a bitter debate regarding the Zapatero Government's handling of the Basque issue, Zapatero has drawn fresh criticism for allowing a hunger striking ETA member to serve the remainder of his sentence in house [...]	2007-03-08 09:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
07MADRID483	OUTGOING SPANISH DEP DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, BILAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a farewell meeting, outgoing Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told DCM on March 13 that his recent trip to the US was useful. He said that he continues to worry about how to manage the "asymmetry" in the bilateral defense relationship. Pardo reiterated the Zapatero gov [...]	2007-03-15 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MANAGUA2265	NICARAGUA: BLUE LANTERN 050056562 [...] On September 20, Econoff and ARSO met with Salvador Luna, owner of Armeria Magnum, at his store located in Centro Comercial, a large shopping center in Managua. In response to Reftel questions, Luna told Emboffs that he founded Armeria Magnum in 2000. Before then, Luna had worked for many y [...]	2007-10-05 16:13:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC NU
07MANAGUA244	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH SALVADORAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Salvadoran President Tony Saca a new regional health-care training initiative; Salvador's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program; bilater [...]	2007-01-29 14:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA245	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Guatemalan Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade a new regional health-care training initiative; the Guatemalan Government's (GOG [...]	2007-01-29 14:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA246	SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007 the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel),led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya a new regional health-care training initiative; Honduras' petroleum dependency; resolving the need [...]	2007-01-29 14:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA2495	IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? HEALTH MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: On November 6, Nicaragua's Minister of Health, Dr. Maritza Cuan, tendered her resignation in what appears to have been a palace coup engineered by Vice-Minister Guillermo Gonzalez. Over the prior several weeks, Cuan had come under increasingly public and high-level criticism, inc [...]	2007-11-23 23:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TBIO PARM MASS NU
07MANAGUA404	LIBERALS FINALLY OPPOSE FSLN - WILL IT LAST? [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's previously divided Liberal parties jointly passed two resolutions in the National Assembly opposing actions by the Sandinista Front (FSLN) administration to change the official government seal and attribute powers to citizen councils that are reserved for government [...]	2007-02-13 21:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PARM KDEM NU
07MANAGUA791	ORTEGA DESIRES CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Magda Enriquez, the Director of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Office, believes President Ortega sincerely desires constructive relations with the United States, but she concedes that some Sandinista party hardliners object. While she acknowledges that Ortega consider [...]	2007-03-26 21:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL UNGA IZ IR
07MANAMA1010	IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 10:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1011	FINANCE MINISTER REVIEWS OPTIONS FOR SANCTIONING FUTURE BANK REF: A. U/S LEVEY - AMB. ERELI OCTOBER 31 E-MAIL B. STATE 148605 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 11:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA1012	AHMEDINEJAD TO VISIT BAHRAIN IN LATE NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 12:15:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL IR BA
07MANAMA1016	BAHRAINI NEXT STEPS ON FUTURE BANK [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 10:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA1021	IRAQ - AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH BAHRAINI [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ IR BA
07MANAMA1029	BAHRAIN'S CENTRAL BANK TAKES ACTION AGAINST FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 15:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA1033	SHI'A YOUTH IN WEEKEND SKIRMISHES WITH SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 11:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC BA
07MANAMA1045	AHMEDINEJAD VISIT TO BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 13:53:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KNNP IAEA EPET IR BA
07MANAMA1046	TACTICAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN SUNNIS AND SHI'A IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 13:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL BA
07MANAMA1067	FM CLASHES WITH MPS OVER LIVNI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 04:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS BA
07MANAMA1070	OIL MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU [...] (C) Summary. Oil Minister Mirza told the Ambassador November 26 that although Bahrain had signed an MOU with Iran to ensure that negotiations remained on track, Bahrain continued to hope that a Qatari or Saudi alternative would emerge. However, Bahrain needed to continue moving forward to en [...]	2007-11-28 14:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON ECTRD IR BA
07MANAMA1083	CODEL MORAN MEETINGS WITH PM AND CENTRAL BANK [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EPET BA
07MANAMA1084	ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW PROGRESSING IN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA
07MANAMA1085	BAHRAIN: REACTION TO IRAN NIE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 14:59:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IR BA
07MANAMA1097	ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW ADVANCES IN PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 05:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN ELAB SMIG BA
07MANAMA1103	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT, COMMERCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 13:49:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON BA
07MANAMA1110	ONE DEAD IN CLASHES WITH SECURITY FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM BA
07MANAMA1118	BAHRAINI STREET VIOLENCE: SHI'A POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
07MANAMA1119	MOTTAKI VISIT TO BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 13:50:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KNNP EPET IR BA
07MANAMA44	CROWN PRINCE BRIEFS CNO PANEL ON REGIONAL, [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told CNO Executive Panel co-chairs Zakheim and Skinner January 9 that the two issues of greatest concern in the region are Iran and perceived limitations on the U.S.'s ability to project power. With changes in Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran had been freed of its na [...]	2007-01-17 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM BA REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA873	KING HAMAD LOOKS TIRED, BUT OTHERWISE WELL; [...] (C) During his audience with the Ambassador to present credentials, King Hamad looked tired, but bore no visible signs of impairment. The audience took place around five p.m. His voice was raspy and he appeared fatigued, as one would at the end of a long day. He favored his right side, mo [...]	2007-09-12 13:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC IR PGOV PREL BA
07MANAMA876	DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF SUNNI EXTREMISTS FALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: A demonstration outside Manama's Grand Mosque in support of extremists rounded up in August (reftels) drew little support. Only 50-60 people attended, most of them families of the detainees. By comparison, recent protests over power cuts, fishing rights, and teachers' salary d [...]	2007-09-14 13:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA
07MANAMA882	KING HAMAD AND AMIR OF QATAR AGREE ON GAS TALKS; [...] (S) On instructions from King Hamad, Bahrain,s National Security Advisor Ahmed Khalifa al Khalifa summoned the Ambassador to provide an update on Bahrain,s efforts to strike a gas deal with Qatar. Ahmed Khalifa told us that the Amir of Qatar and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim had flown to M [...]	2007-09-17 14:03:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ENRG PGOV PINR PREL BA
07MANAMA883	BAHRAIN'S LEADERS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: In three days of courtesy calls with Bahrain,s senior leadership following the Ambassador,s presentation of credentials, we have noted a striking consistency of views on the challenges facing Bahrain: --- The bilateral relationship is strong, cemented by a feeling of personal f [...]	2007-09-17 14:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PINR PREL IR BA
07MANAMA891	ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 13:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PTER LE BA
07MANAMA892	UN APPEAL FOR IRAQI REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 13:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF IZ BA

07MANAMA893	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MEETING ON MARGINS OF UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 13:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV BA
07MANAMA896	HOSTING IRAQ COALITION CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ BA
07MANAMA897	UPDATE ON KING HAMAD'S HEALTH [...] (S) Summary: King Hamad may have left Bahrain for further medical treatment abroad. The Jordanian Ambassador reiterates other sources' reports that the King has appeared well, but tired in recent days. End summary. 2. (S) Jordan's Ambassador to Bahrain, Hussein Majali, told the Ambassa [...]	2007-09-24 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PINR JO BA
07MANAMA903	GOB WELCOMES IRAQ COALITION CONFERENCE PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 13:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ BA
07MANAMA913	MORE SUNNI POLITICIANS RALLYING TO EXTREMIST [...] (U) Local media reported the September 30 release of three more of the Sunni extremists whom the Bahraini authorities have been rounding up since early August. A member of parliament for the Salafist Asala bloc, Hamoud Khalil Muhannadi, sought to claim credit for the releases. He said the go [...]	2007-10-02 08:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV BA
07MANAMA922	BAHRAINI EFFORTS TO SECURE NEW NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Oil and Gas Minister Mirza told the Ambassador that gas talks with Iran are progressing. If an agreement were finalized next year, a pipeline could be built in 3-4 years. The Ambassador reminded Mirza of strong U.S. objections to any such deal; Mirza agreed that U.S. opposition would be a [...]	2007-10-04 15:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETTC ENRG PREL IR BA
07MANAMA932	TERRORIST CELL SUSPECTS FORMALLY CHARGED; JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Justice confirmed that the prosecutor presented to a judge his case against five extremist defendants October 1, and that their trial will begin on October 23. While cautioning that the defendants may challenge the constitutionality of the new counter-terrorism la [...]	2007-10-10 14:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL ASEC KPAO BA
07MANAMA939	AL-WIFAQ LEADER FIRES SHOT ACROSS GOVERNMENT'S BOWS [...] (C) Summary: Al-Wifaq leader Sheikh Ali Salman told media that he now regrets having stood for parliament last year and is considering quitting the legislature. Although Salman is, at least for now, just posturing, even the prospect of his withdrawal (and of the Wifaq MPs who would presumably follo [...]	2007-10-11 14:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA
07MANAMA964	KING OPENS PARLIAMENT; OUTLINES GOB AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI BA
07MANAMA968	FM DEFENDS HIS MEETING WITH LIVNI [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 14:31:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS BA
07MANAMA982	C-NE7-00483: BAHRAIN AND THE GCC,S NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 12:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY OSCI PINR BA
07MANILA1284	STAFFDEL MIXTER FOCUSES ON MILITARY, KILLINGS, AND PEACE [...] (U) Summary. During an April 11-15 visit, Staffdel Mixter -- a bipartisan staff delegation from the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs comprised of Cobb Mixter, Melissa Adamson, and Dennis Halpin -- met with high-ranking Philippine military officials regarding U.S.-Philippine military co [...]	2007-04-20 09:00:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP MARR RP
07MANILA2586	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SRI LANKA FM [...] (C) Summary: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is committed to the political agenda of devolution, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Deputy Secretary Negroponte in a July 31 meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN. The FM emphasized Sri [...]	2007-08-01 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS RP
07MANILA2587	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte conveyed U.S. interest in a transition to democratic elections in Bangladesh, in a July 31 meeting with Bangladesh's Adviser for Foreign Affairs Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Chowdhury assured the Depu [...]	2007-08-01 09:24:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS BG RP
07MANILA2602	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH THAI FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte encouraged Thailand to return to democracy by holding national elections by the end of 2007 as intended, during an August 1 meeting with Thai Foreign Affairs Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram on in Manila, site of this year's ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Nity [...]	2007-08-02 06:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MY PREL RP TH ASEAN EXBS
07MANILA2852	GOVERNMENT AND MILF TO HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a step to keep an important Mindanao peace process alive, a key Muslim insurgent group today accepted the Philippine government's decision to postpone negotiations slated to start August 22 in Kuala Lumpur, and proposed extending by three months the mandate of the Malaysian-le [...]	2007-08-22 09:30:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
07MANILA2963	REQUEST FOR PM/WRA FUNDING FOR WEAPONS DESTRUCTION [...] This cable contains an action request for PM/WRA. See para 4. 2. The Small Arms and Light Weapons destruction program was designed to reduce and remove the armed threat posed by terrorists, insurgents, and criminals. The program is currently undertaking demilitarization, decommissioning, [...]	2007-08-31 07:50:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PREL PTER RP
07MANILA3932	RESCHEDULED VILLAGE ELECTIONS SET FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] (SBU) Summary: Special elections will be held on December 15 in 360 villages that were unable to carry out regular voting during the nationwide elections on October 29 in 42,000 villages. The Commission on Elections declared "failures of election" in these areas for various reasons, including [...]	2007-12-14 06:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RP
07MASERU339	LESOTHO: RADIO STATION WINS CASE AGAINST GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: Harvest FM, a popular local private anti-government radio station, won a last minute court case against the GOL on Saturday, June 9. The outcome of the case overturned a Ministry of Tourism decision to deny the station the right to rent the National Convention Center to celebrate its [...]	2007-06-12 14:56:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV LT
07MASERU371	LESOTHO: EMBATTLED RADIO PRESENTER FACES SEDITION CHARGES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-26 17:10:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT
07MASERU487	THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...]	2007-08-14 23:01:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT
07MASERU488	THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...]	2007-08-14 23:01:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT
07MASERU577	LESOTHO: CONTROVERSIAL RADIO PRESENTER DEPORTED AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: On October 16, listeners to Maseru's popular local radio station Harvest FM were surprised to hear a familiar voice on the airwaves -- the voice of Reverend Adam Lekhoaba, a controversial presenter deported as an illegal alien in May 2007. As Lekhoaba's claim of Lesotho citizenship [...]	2007-10-16 14:21:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM LT
07MASERU598	LESOTHO: COURT REINSTATES CITIZENSHIP OF GOL CRITIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lesotho's High Court, in a high-profile case which had become a cause celebre within opposition circles, has reversed a GOL decision to strip the citizenship of the Reverend Adam Lekhoaba, a controversial local radio presenter and harsh critic of the government. In addition to [...]	2007-11-06 07:12:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC LT
07MEXICO2719	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES + 3, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles, Ms. Laura Jordan, Mr. Douglas Rohn, and Mr. Stevel Hill for travel to Mexico City from 28-30 May for trilateral meetings. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Pris [...]	2007-05-25 18:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	CA MX OTRA PREL US
07MEXICO2886	HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS REVEAL AREAS OF AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials held trilateral talks in Mexico City on human rights cooperation. This is the first of two cables summarizing the talks, and will focus on issues relating to the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA); issues relating to the UN Hum [...]	2007-06-04 18:35:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07MEXICO2947	NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...]	2007-06-06 19:36:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07MEXICO5323	MEXICO REVIEWING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON CHINA, [...] (SBU) Mexican trade officials have begun to review many of the anti-dumping (AD) duties currently in place versus Chinese imports, with an eye to starting reviews of the rest before the December 11 expiration of Mexico's immunity from Chinese WTO litigation. Mexico believes it will be able to [...]	2007-10-04 22:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX WTO ELAB MX CH
07MEXICO5536	USAID Leahy Vetting Request, 2 November 2007, MX2007-240 [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Interview Techniques, 11/2/2007 . Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 11/2/2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credibl [...]	2007-10-20 18:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5598	MX #2007-241, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, 11/14/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]	2007-10-25 21:31:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5834	MX #2007-259, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interview Techniques, November 23, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 23, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]	2007-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6043	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HAS CORDIAL MEETINGS [...] Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon and party met heads of Mexico,s Secretariats of Gobernacion (Interior) and Public Security, as well as with Mexico,s Attorney General. All three GOM officials outlined steps the Calderon administra [...]	2007-12-05 21:13:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MX
07MINSK18	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 5, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Prosecutor Not to Investigate Election Fraud (para. 2) DOMESTIC ECONOMY ---------------- - Finance Ministry to Adjust 2007 Budget (para. 3) - Belarus Worst Country for Ta [...]	2007-01-09 03:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK222	RUSSIA'S AGGRESSIVE NEW BELARUS POLICY - IS IT [...] (C) Last December, Russia delivered a body blow to the Lukashenko regime by ending years of cheap energy and easy profits. Observers here generally agree that several objectives prompted Russia to significantly raise energy prices for Belarus. First, Russia is forcing Belarus through the ne [...]	2007-03-15 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ENRG RS BO
07MINSK539	AUTHORITIES FIRE OPPOSITION LEADER'S MOTHER [...] (U) On June 18, a judge in the northern city of Vitebsk rejected a civil suit filed by Tatyana Severinets against the local school district for terminating her employment on April 3 after she had gone to Poland for a teacher training conference during her school's official spring break. Sever [...]	2007-06-22 11:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
07MINSK578	LUKASHENKO PAYS FEALTY TO RUSSIA, DEFIES WEST [...] (C) In recent Belarusian Independence Day speeches, President Lukashenko reaffirmed the GOB's commitment to strengthening its relations with Russia and other former Soviet republics. Meanwhile, the dictator defiantly downplayed the economic consequences of the EU's recent removal of trade pr [...]	2007-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MONROVIA1293	LIBERIA: REHABILITATING A TROUBLED BUT PROPITIOUS MARITIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian maritime sector has a unique and vibrant past, but years of war and neglect have taken a toll on the fishing industry (ref A),the port (ref B),and overall maritime control and security inside Liberia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Although Liberia's U.S.-based [...]	2007-10-29 10:58:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EFIS PHSA SENV LI
07MONTEVIDEO89	THE MERCOSUR RIO SUMMIT: USELESS FOR URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: The following was gathered from press reports and from our close contacts within the GOU. It represents the view from Uruguay, where dissatisfaction with Mercosur has been steadily growing. President Vazquez's expectations for the Rio Mercosur Summit were reportedly "very low" [...]	2007-01-24 20:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ECIN AORC UY
07MONTEVIDEO917	THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE HALFWAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) government of President Vazquez passed its halfway mark last month. This cable provides our assessment of the first half of the Vazquez administration as it relates to foreign relations, economic policy and domestic issues. Our overall assessment is posit [...]	2007-10-23 19:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
07MOSCOW1734	ELECTIONS: KRASNOYARSK AS BELLWETHER? [...] (SBU) If Krasnoyarsk is an electoral bellwether, as observers here claim, the five political parties which made it into the regional assembly in voting April 15 may be the ones to make it into the State Duma in December. The ruling pro-Putin United Russia party, led in Krasnoyarsk by popular [...]	2007-04-16 15:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
07MOSCOW2040	RUSSIA EDGES FORWARD ON FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Moscow and ConGen St. Petersburg. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Thirty years after the United States decommissioned the Sturgis, the first and only U.S.-built floating nuclear power plant (FNPP),Russia has officially embarked on construction of its first FNPP. O [...]	2007-05-04 08:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TRGY RS
07MOSCOW2253	RUSSIA ON REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE SOCIETY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points on the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to the MFA's Department of International Organizations and the Department of New Threats and Challenges. Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Legal Advisor in the Department of New Threats and Challenges, responded that [...]	2007-05-15 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL ECON RS
07MOSCOW2527	RUSSIA: REYMAN'S RIO-CENTER LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Six months before the Duma elections and nine months before the Presidential contest, several economic think-tankers are laying out strategies for the post-Putin period. Most of these plans are descriptive, not prescriptive: they are critical of the government's record on modern [...]	2007-05-30 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW305	KOSOVO: RUSSIA TO BREAK WITH CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Welcoming a proposed visit by Special Envoy Wisner, the GOR's Special Envoy on Kosovo Botsan-Karchenko warned that Russia would break the Contact Group consensus on the Ahtisaari timeline at the January 26 Vienna meeting. The GOR will reject an "artificial" timeline, propose p [...]	2007-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
07MOSCOW3338	POSITIVE REACTION TO "LOBSTER SUMMIT" [...] (C) Summary. While extensive media coverage of the so-called "Lobster Summit" quickly gave way to euphoria over Russia's winning the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Moscow experts agreed that Putin demonstrated in Kennebunkport a desire to tone down the rhetoric and find ways [...]	2007-07-09 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MNUC RS
07MOSCOW3567	AFGHANISTAN: MOSCOW STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has sharply stepped up its engagement with the Afghan government since FM Lavrov's February visit to Kabul. Moscow intends to finalize its debt relief agreement with Kabul by the end of the month and is actively weighing increased arms supplies and initiating a program [...]	2007-07-20 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW3579	THINKING ABOUT KADYROV [...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov recently celebrated his 100th day as President of Chechnya. Characteristics of the new order are already visible: -- The appointment of personnel who have no loyalties except to Kadyrov, and the steady elimination of those with independent ties to Moscow or independent bases of [...]	2007-07-23 06:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW3602	ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ATTACKED [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 21, a group of fifteen thugs attacked the campsite of environmental activists in Angarsk, near Lake Baikal, killing one and wounding several others. The regional Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has identified 13 suspects, and arrested at least two. The motives behind [...]	2007-07-23 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW4345	RUSSIA: STAFFDEL ANAND EXPLORES POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (U) A four-person staff delegation from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs visited Moscow August 25-29 to explore political developments in the run-up to parliamentary elections in December and the presidential election next year. During their visit they met with a range of Russian official [...]	2007-09-05 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW476	RUSSIA: VIEWS OF TWO GOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Chairman of the Human Rights Council and the Deputy Chief of Staff to the GOR Human Rights Ombudsman described a year of democratic retrenchment, with "definite improvement, amidst profound violations," but a more positive long-term prognosis based on changes within [...]	2007-02-05 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR RS
07MOSCOW5353	RUSSIA REJECTS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PROPOSAL ON METHADONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 110-page study released November 8, Human Rights Watch International concluded that substance abuse treatment in Russia is of such poor quality that it amounts to a violation of the right to health. The report recommended that Russia immediately permit the use of drug-subs [...]	2007-11-10 08:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PHUM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5563	UKRAINE GAS PRICE AGREEMENT DELAYED BY LATEST [...] (C) A November 27th agreement between Gazprom and Turkmenistan on a price increase for Turkmen gas has delayed and complicated a deal on 2008 gas prices to Ukraine. Gazprom, which serves as an intermediary for Turkmen gas to Ukraine, will pay Turkmenistan $130 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) o [...]	2007-11-29 07:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
07MOSCOW5598	PUTIN AND UNITED RUSSIA DOMINATE MEDIA IN RUN UP [...] (C) Summary. All one has to do is watch the national nightly news to see that President Putin, his administration, and United Russia garner the majority of coverage in the run up to the December 2 Duma elections. Over the past two months, three-fourths of the national television coverage and over h [...]	2007-11-30 12:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO RS
07MOSCOW673	THE CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV PROPOSES, BUT [...] (C) Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, seeking to be president, is pushing hard against President Alu Alkhanov. Kadyrov aims either to force Alkhanov to make way for him and resign, or to persuade Putin to remove Alkhanov. Press articles inspired by one or another side appear frequently b [...]	2007-02-15 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS
07MOSCOW674	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...]	2007-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW749	CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Tom Lantos, meeting with FM Lavrov February 19, underlined the importance of building strong ties between Russia and the U.S. by reinvigorating links between legislators and working together on issues like nuclear nonproliferation. Lavrov welcomed closer legislati [...]	2007-02-21 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS
07MUMBAI195	CODEL LOWEY SIGNALS CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Nuclear Power Corp. of India (NPCIL),Codel Lowey expressed general support for the planned U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation, yet cited concerns that members of Congress still have about the deal. Congressman Edward Royce told the NPCIL leadership that India mus [...]	2007-04-12 11:21:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07MUSCAT1101	OMAN WILL CONTINUE CURRENCY PEG TO DOLLAR [...] (C) On November 26, the Ambassador discussed Oman's monetary policy with Minister of National Economy, and Supervisor of the Ministry of Finance, Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki. Macki stated that Oman was not contemplating, and was adamantly opposed to, changing its rial peg to the dollar. "The d [...]	2007-12-05 12:19:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT1124	OMAN STILL MULLING RE-OPENING OF BAGHDAD EMBASSY [...] (C) In follow-up to discussions at the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (reftel),the Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi on December 12 about the status of plans to re-open Oman's embassy in Baghdad. Sayyid Badr replied that the g [...]	2007-12-12 12:43:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT152	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS DAMASCUS; PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs reported that Syrian officials were preoccupied with the large number of Iraqi refugees in Syria during his recent visit to Damascus. The Syrians, he contended, were hopeful for an amicable resolution to the political crisis in Beir [...]	2007-02-14 13:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER IR IZ LE MU
07MUSCAT234	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDES READOUT FROM MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador on March 10 that Iranian officials during his most recent trip to Tehran were eager to restart negotiations to resolve concerns over Iran's nuclear program. They asserted, however, that suspension of uranium enrichment activities could [...]	2007-03-11 04:38:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL IR LE MU
07MUSCAT355	OMAN MOVING FORWARD ON PRIVATIZATION EFFORTS [...] (U) The Ministry of National Economy's Director of Privatization provided Econoff a status report on the government's various privatization initiatives in the power, water, waste, telecommunications, and postal sectors. The government will continue to proceed with its efforts at a measured pa [...]	2007-04-11 05:16:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL MU
07MUSCAT661	OMANI ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT ON AL HURRA [...] (C) Summary: In what contacts say is a first, an Omani human rights activist appeared recently on the al-Hurra television network to criticize the Omani government's record on human rights. The activist, Tayba al-Ma'wali ) who was imprisoned in 2005 after speaking against the actions of gove [...]	2007-07-02 03:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KMPI KPAO SCUL SOCI MU
07MUSCAT984	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes Ambassador Mull and the U.S. delegation to the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat. Post expects that the meeting will increase understanding and strengthen bilateral cooperation on mutual security issues facing the Gulf region [...]	2007-10-24 12:40:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU
07NAIROBI2240	OPINION LEADERS TALK POLITICS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with visiting Ambassador Johnnie Carson, opposition leaders, government officials and civil society interlocutors agreed that there was still much uncertainty surrounding the strength of Kenyan political coalitions and President Kibaki's health, that t [...]	2007-05-25 10:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINR PHUM KCOR PTER KE
07NAIROBI2754	CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA GOVERNOR REPUTEDLY UNDER [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG use only. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Bank Supervision Director Gerald Arita Nyaoma suggested to Economic Specialist on June 29 that he fears that President Mwai Kibaki and the State House are a [...]	2007-07-05 13:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV EINV KCOR KCRM PINR KE
07NAIROBI3373	Somaliland -- Foreign Minister on the Way Forward [...] (C) Summary. On August 20, the Ambassador held consultations with Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (at his request) to discuss the full range of issues in the U.S.-Somaliland relationship. Topics included the arrest of opposition political leaders, elections and recognition [...]	2007-08-22 09:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI3992	Somalia - Tour d'horizon with Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Education Ismael Hurreh told the Ambassador October 3 that on or about October 12 the government of Prime Minister Gedi will be dissolved by Parliament. There is no leading candidate to replace Gedi. End Summary. ----------------------- [...]	2007-10-09 10:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI4582	STAFFDEL MARGON SCHEDULE FOR KENYA [...] SHEDULE FOR Visit of Sarah Margon to Nairobi, Kenya 28-30 November 2007 Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1200 Arrive JKI airport (met by Political Counselor Larry Andre). 1330 Arrive at Holiday Inn, Check-in 1400 Lunch with Election Monitoring Team Larry Andre, Political Counselor [...]	2007-11-27 14:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ET GM NL KE
07NASSAU611	BAHAMAS HAS "NO INTEREST" IN CARIBBEAN SINGLE [...] In a May 14 statement to local press, Prime Minister Ingraham said that The Bahamas has no economic interest "whatsoever" in the Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME). CSME integration had been heavily promoted in the face of strong domestic opposition by former Foreign Minister Fred Mitchel [...]	2007-05-15 22:18:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ECIN BF
07NDJAMENA119	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH SLM/A REBEL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM/A) Chairman Ahmed Abdelshafi met with the Ambassador for the first time since the meeting of Special Envoy (SE) Natsios with rebel leaders in Abeche on January 19 (Ref A). Abdelshafi continues to reject the Darfur Peace Agreement as a basis for f [...]	2007-02-07 12:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA129	ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF/JEM [...] (C) Summary. The NRF has high ambitions for a commanders conference/political meeting scheduled for Abeche starting 12 February. However, there remain issues of who will attend and how much consensus they will reach. Meanwhile, the NRF's renunciation of regime change (as recommended by Speci [...]	2007-02-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA175	DARFUR/ABECHE CONFERENCES YET TO MATERIALIZE, BUT [...] (C). Summary. Although the proposed rebel conferences in Darfur and Abeche still have not occurred, a number of rebel leaders did attend the Tripoli conference last week. According to representatives of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) in Ndjamena, a unified SLM must still be achieved [...]	2007-02-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA20	SUDANESE REBELS PASS THROUGH N'DJAMENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese rebel groups plan to make every effort to meet Special Envoy Natsios during his visit to Chad. Sudanese Liberation Movement's Ahmed Abdul Shafi and representatives from the National Redemption Front claimed that there was extensive military coordination on the ground, b [...]	2007-01-10 09:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
07NDJAMENA222	CHAD: TALKING TO SUDANESE REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel leaders Adam Shogar, Gamal Addine Ibrahim, Tadjadine Bechin Niam and Sharif Harir told Ambassador on March 9 that the proposed SLM rebel conference should occur soon, but funding for transportation and logistics is needed. Shogar reiterated that a unified SLM/A p [...]	2007-03-13 14:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM SU
07NDJAMENA258	CHAD: MEETING WITH AHMED DIRAIJ [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Federal Democratic Alliance (SFDA) leader Ahmed Diraij shared his impressions of diplomatic moves and countermoves by Chad, Sudan and Eritrea relative to the Darfur conflict with the Ambassador March 21. He expected continuing jockeying for position in the week ahead amo [...]	2007-03-26 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SU CD
07NDJAMENA291	SUDANESE REBELS STILL A LONG WAY FROM UNIFYING [...] (C) Summary. NRF officials, including two ex-pat political representatives from the UK, indicated frustration at the slow progress of unifying the Sudanese rebels in a meeting with them April 4. They said they see the United States as an important friend and ally and urged diplomatic pressu [...]	2007-04-04 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS
07NDJAMENA302	CHAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: United States interests in Chad have evolved over the last seven years. Highlights of the new relationship include U.S. humanitarian support for the Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad and U.S. political leadership in seeking a resolution of the Darfur conflict, U.S./Chad coopera [...]	2007-04-06 11:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF OTRA SU CD
07NDJAMENA434	SLM UNITY MEETING YIELDS STILL ANOTHER FACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The attempt to reunify the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) at Ameri in Darfur last month appears instead to have succeeded in giving birth to yet another splinter group. According to its spokesman, speaking with us on May 22, the newly christened Revolutionary Military Counc [...]	2007-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC CD SU
07NDJAMENA457	CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY ON UNFORCE ND DIALOGUE [...] Summary: President Deb, in a meeting with the Ambassador June 4, welcoed the announcement by the United States of additonal sanctions on Sudan. He continuedto resist the idea of an international force in Chad. Money for such an expensive project, he said, would be better spent moving refug [...]	2007-06-05 10:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL HUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA462	SLM LEADER COMMENTS ON UNIFICATION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prospects for leaders within the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) to unify appear to be dim and getting dimmer. During a recent meeting with SLM leader Adam Shogar, he expressed dismay with recent unification efforts, and was focused on the differences between the vari [...]	2007-06-05 16:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC SU CD
07NDJAMENA499	CHAD: IMPORTANT JUNCTURE IN INTERNAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing political dialogue in Chad has come to a crunch point. According to a senior official who serves as go-between in the dialogue, several key areas of disagreement remain, but each one is surmountable. A prominent oppositionist has removed himself from the dialogu [...]	2007-06-15 15:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
07NDJAMENA516	CHAD: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON DIALOGUE, REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abderaman Moussa, the National Mediator, and Jean Alingue, prominent oppositionist, gave the Ambassador June 19 their very different views on the ongoing political dialogue and, in particular, participation of the rebels. Alingue said that the dialogue had reached agreement o [...]	2007-06-21 18:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA517	CHAD/SUDAN: JEM PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taljadine Niam, JEM representative in Chad, met the Ambassador June 20 at his request, seeking to maintain contact despite sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim. Khalil, he claimed, had departed Chad for Darfur with "all" the JEM forces. He said JEM (contrary to its blockin [...]	2007-06-21 18:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA564	CHAD/SUDAN: ROUNDING UP DARFUR REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The funeral and associated traditional mourning customs for President Deby's son tied up key players in Ndjamena, with the result that the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD) still does not have Chadian approval for a flight to take Darfur rebels to Mombasa. CHD is focusing [...]	2007-07-06 09:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CD SU
07NDJAMENA70	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO REBELS: TIME IS NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his meeting with DPA non- signatory groups, Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios delivered a clear message to rebel leaders gathered in eastern Chad that the only solution to the Darfur crisis was through negotiation. He informed them that the USG supported an all-incl [...]	2007-01-24 17:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA755	SUDAN REBEL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN/AU organized September 19-20 meeting in N'Djamena was billed as an opportunity to organize Sudan rebel movement delegations and positions before the October 27, 2007 negotiation in Tripoli, but from most accounts it was inconclusive on all fronts and lacked the presenc [...]	2007-09-27 15:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
07NDJAMENA792	PEACE ACCORDS MULTIPLY WITH FRINGE CHAD REBEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Five minor Chadian rebel/exile groups have signed generic peace agreements with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the last two weeks. The agreements include amnesty for rebels and a commitment to integrate rebel forces into the Chadian army and civil service. Negotiations in Trip [...]	2007-10-12 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LY GB BN CD
07NDJAMENA933	CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN ANT AND RFC [...] (C) Summary. Fighting continues in the Biltine area between the Chadian army (ANT) and the RFC rebel group. Cut off from supply lines in the Sudan, the RFC may not be able to survive a siege. On the other hand, coordinated action between the RFC and the UFDD could pull the ANT away and prol [...]	2007-12-06 06:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SD CD
07NDJAMENA99	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF REBEL LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has not yet been able to convince other members of the National Redemption Front (NRF) to issue a statement renouncing any intentions of seeking to overthrow the regime in Khartoum, JEM's political representatives told the Ambassador January [...]	2007-02-01 12:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CD SU SCRS
07NEWDELHI1676	CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES 123 AGREEMENT, CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a joint meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran, Codel Lowey outlined their concerns on the civil-nuclear agreement, including fears that the Government of India (GOI) had come to the conclusion that the U.S. Congre [...]	2007-04-09 14:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI1915	RAHUL GANDHI JUMPS INTO THE U.P. ELECTORAL FRAY [...] (C) Summary: Rahul Gandhi, the heir apparent of the Gandhi family dynasty, has made a number of gaffes, suggesting an uneven start to his active political career. During a series of ""roadshows"" meant to jump-start the Congress campaign in ongoing Uttar Pradesh (UP) elections, Rahul made ellipti [...]	2007-04-23 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN PK
07NEWDELHI1975	RUMINATIONS OF A BJP LEADER ON DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) On April 24, PolCouns met with former Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha, who is currently a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. A party insider who is well-connected to the BJP leadership, Sinha spoke at some length on current Indian domestic politics. Sinha emp [...]	2007-04-25 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI210	COMMUNISTS COPECETIC WITH UPA REGIONAL APPROACH, [...] (C) Summary: The Left Front (LF) and UPA are locked in agreement when it comes to South Asian regional policy, but differ sharply when it comes to the US and countries with which the US has disputes, such as Iran. In preparation for his January 13-14 Pakistan visit, External Affairs Minister [...]	2007-01-16 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR KDEM IN PK BT BG
07NEWDELHI2313	AFTER UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION DOMESTIC POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh (UP) on May 11 and the state and India's domestic politics will never be the same. Mayawati, the new Chief Minister of UP, handed decisive defeats not only to her bitter rivals the Samajwadi Party (SP),but t [...]	2007-05-14 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PTER SCUL KISL IN
07NEWDELHI342	BJP DOWNPLAYS IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's January 3 luncheon meeting with the BJP leadership proved to be largely a flash in the pan. Subsequent events and statements by BJP insiders confirm that little of substance took place at the meeting, which consisted primarily of a briefing by Minister of External Affa [...]	2007-01-22 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PINR PTER KDEM IN PK BT
07NEWDELHI346	UTTAR PRADESH MUSLIMS - DISILLUSIONED AND MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly fed-up with the corruption and poor governance of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, with many ready to desert to Congress and the rival BSP. Lucknow's Shias have historic and cultural tie [...]	2007-01-23 06:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SCUL IN IZ IR
07NEWDELHI3691	NUCLEAR DEAL REACTION: LOTS OF NOISE, SOME HURT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties loudly shouted protest slogans during Prime Minister Singh's August 13 suo moto speech in the lower house on the civil-nuclear agreement, and the reaction is expected to grow more boisterous as parliamentary debate continues the week of August 20. The Congress [...]	2007-08-14 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI3728	INDIAN PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AGAIN OVER NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. Both houses of the Indian Parliament were forced to adjourn on August 16 as opposition and Left parties disrupted proceedings, saying Prime Minister Singh had misled Parliament on the civil-nuclear agreement. Indian media reporting on Spokesman Sean McCormack's August 15 statemen [...]	2007-08-16 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
07NEWDELHI396	THE UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Summary: A long series of missteps by the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh (UP),has convinced most observers that its days are numbered and its ouster from power seemingly inevitable. Congress and an important regional party have withdrawn support from the SP government, re [...]	2007-01-25 08:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN

07NEWDELHI4493	NEPAL ELECTIONS - NOW OR NEVER ACCORDING TO THE MEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Nepal and Bhutan Preeti Saran told PolCouns October 3 that it would be difficult for the Government of Nepal to switch to a proportional representation system now, as the Maoists are demanding, but that the Interim Parliament might [...]	2007-10-04 10:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS NP CH IN
07NEWDELHI4815	ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Founding Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) Partners Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and the United States officially welcomed Canada as the seventh member of the Partnership at a productive Ministerial Meeting hosted by the Government of India in New [...]	2007-10-31 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON KGHG KSCA IN
07NEWDELHI4822	MEA SLAMS UNMIN, URGES ELECTIONS AT THE SOONEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (for Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran conveyed in an SIPDIS October 30 meeting with Acting PolCouns her government's disappointment with the electoral delay in Nepal, emphasized the need for New Delhi and Washington to pressure [...]	2007-10-31 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM UN BT NP IN
07NEWDELHI5243	A/S SAUERBREY DISCUSSES REFUGEE PROBLEM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On a November 4-7 trip to Bhutan, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) Ellen SIPDIS Sauerbrey met with the Fourth and former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, and the Managing Director of Kuensel, the national n [...]	2007-12-07 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
07NEWDELHI976	UTTAR PRADESH FACES A LONG BITTER ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) Summary. The protracted drama of Uttar Pradesh (UP) politics is likely to go on throughout a long grueling election campaign, and may not even be resolved after the election results are out. Despite growing opposition against SP misrule, the crafty UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav [...]	2007-02-27 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN
07NIAMEY40	NIGER: HUMAN RIGHTS (LEAHY) VETTINGS FOR BILATERAL [...] The following units have been identified by the Nigerien Military to participate in exercises with US forces during calendar year 2007: The Anti-Terrorist Company (Compagnie Antiterroriste),the 322 Airborne Company (based in Maradi),and the 424 Infantry Company (based in Tillia). 2. The [...]	2007-01-16 12:57:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PHUM NG
07NICOSIA510	NEW GOC MEASURES FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LESS THAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoC recently announced new measures ostensibly designed to promote economic development in the Turkish Cypriot community. These include 30 million Euro in grants from 2007 to 2010 to joint ventures with at least 30 percent Turkish Cypriot participation (although [...]	2007-06-14 11:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EUN CY
07NICOSIA822	UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FROM POST [...] The list below is the updated contact information, including after-hours and emergency contact names and telephone numbers, for all Embassy section heads. Ronald L. Schlicher, AMB, schlicherRL@state.gov, office: 22393596, home: 22393300, cell: 99332121 Jane Zimmerman, DCM, zimmermanJB@state. [...]	2007-10-11 11:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV CY
07NICOSIA827	TURMOIL IN THE CYPRUS ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the midst of a heated Presidential campaign, the Government of Cyprus (GOC) through the Ministry of Commerce (Energy Department) is preparing tender specifications for consulting and project management energy projects. The Government's insistence on constructing a temporary o [...]	2007-10-12 09:52:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ETRD PREL EINV ECON CY
07NOGALES36	W/W: CASE OF THREE ABANDONED MINORS: MIGDALIA, SUJEY, AND [...] SUMMARY: On Thursday, February 8, 2007, Post received notification from Mexican officials that a babysitter had abandoned three amcit minors and left them in the care of the Mexican Family Services, Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF). 2. (Child 1) NAME: HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ, Migdalia Patr [...]	2007-02-10 03:06:00	Consulate Nogales	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC MX
07NOGALES37	W/W: UPDATE ON CHILD ABANDONMENT AND REPATRIATION CASE OF THREE MINOR JIMENEZ CHILDREN [...] Monday, February 12, 2007, Arizona Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigator Lindsey Adams Post informed Post that an investigation has been completed and child abandonment charges have been substantiated against Migdalia Jimenez. 2. Tuesday, Februrary 13, Ms. Adams told ConOff that she h [...]	2007-02-13 19:17:00	Consulate Nogales	UNCLASSIFIED	MX CASC JIMENEZ CHILDREN
07NOGALES40	CORRECTED COPY - W/W: UPDATE ON CHILD ADBANDONMENT AND [...] Monday, February 12, 2007, Arizona Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigator Lindsey Adams Post informed Post that an investigation has been completed and child abandonment charges are unsubstantiated against Migdalia Jimenez. 2. Tuesday, Februrary 13, Ms. Adams told ConOff that she has [...]	2007-02-14 20:23:00	Consulate Nogales	UNCLASSIFIED	MX CASC JIMENEZ CHILDREN
07PARAMARIBO554	SURINAME: CENTRAL BANK REPAYING PL480 DEBT ARREARS [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank Governor Andre Telting, during an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief, said the Central Bank is making payments to bring its PL480 debt to the United States up-to-date but will continue to negotiate on making payments on the GSM102 debt. End [...]	2007-10-19 19:24:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO565	DISPOSAL OF EXCESS WEAPONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. government provided assistance to the Government of Suriname for the disposal of small arms, light weapons and explosive materials through a contract with the Ronco Corporation. The contracted work was completed by the Ronco Corporation on October 22, 2007. Post pl [...]	2007-10-26 18:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL NS
07PARIS158	UPDATE ON LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FRANCE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO GARNER DONOR SUPPORT, AND IS RELATIVELY WELL-ADVANCED IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON. THE LEBANESE ECONOMIC TEAM GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ITS ECONOMIC [...]	2007-01-16 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL LE SY FR
07PARIS1610	FRANCE QUIETLY SUPPORTS SPANISH APPROACH ON CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Cuba Blandine Kreiss defended FM Moratinos' visit to Cuba, arguing the necessity of re-establishing government-to-government relations between Cuba and the EU and the need to give the human rights mechanism more time before judging its effectiveness. More [...]	2007-04-20 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU FR EUN
07PARIS1659	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...]	2007-04-25 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER
07PARIS1692	(S) TERRORIST ABDALLAH IN THE HOSPITAL; SIGNS GOOD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Convicted terrorist and political assassin, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, remains in prison. His parole request is not likely to be decided until June 2007. The Ministry of Justice has assured the Ambassador that it opposes parole. Abdallah's worsening health, however, could potent [...]	2007-04-27 05:16:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PTER FR
07PARIS2643	YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...]	2007-06-19 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2652	KOSOVO QUINT PARIS MINISTERIAL?; AHTISAARI'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kouchner's Balkans advisor told us on June 19 that Kouchner views the Secretary's participation in his proposed Kosovo Quint Paris ministerial as absolutely essential. The Secretary would be able to engage directly with Italian FM D'Alema on the way forward. The meeting will p [...]	2007-06-20 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT GM FR
07PARIS3200	SCENESETTER CABLE: CODEL OBEY AUGUST 5-7 [...] (SBU) You will be arriving in a France whose mood is decidedly up-beat. President Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French electorate's decision [...]	2007-07-27 10:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL FR EUN ETRD ECON PGOV SENV UNO
07PARIS3298	FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON AWAIT CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: As of August 3, France was waiting until after the August 5 parliamentary by-elections to decide what to do next in Lebanon, including the possibility of a restricted meeting of Lebanese factions in Beirut per reftel. The MFA's Syria/Lebanon desk officer thought the weekend of [...]	2007-08-06 08:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER FR LE SY IR
07PARIS3579	PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]	2007-08-28 18:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS4521	TOGO: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) SUBJECT: UFC opposition party leader Gilchrist Olympio told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn on November 8 that he thought that his opposition party deserved a prominent role in Togo's government given the roughly 50 percent of the vote that it won during the October 14 legis [...]	2007-11-16 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID TO FR
07PARIS4637	SARKOZY RACKS UP SALES, BOLSTERS ROLE FOR ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 25-27 visit to China French President Sarkozy highlighted to Chinese leaders the global responsibilities that come with being a global power, according to the MFA. Using this broad theme, Sarkozy addressed economic, political and environmental issues while at t [...]	2007-12-04 18:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN FR CH TW
07PARIS578	FRANCE/AFRICA: SUMMIT NO-SHOWS AND MUGABE; MFA AMBIVALENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: There is MFA speculation that Zimbabwean leader Mugabe, angry at his own exclusion, has tried, with mixed results, to promote a SADC boycott of the 2/15-2/16 Africa-France Summi in Cannes. On Darfur, MFA is resisting a campaign by Khartoum for Frenc mediation between Deby and Bas [...]	2007-02-13 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR SU SO ZI FR
07PARIS777	SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY [...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...]	2007-02-28 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL
07PHNOMPENH1491	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT PERMITS NGO HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH [...] (U) Summary. In a step forward for Cambodia on freedom of assembly, on December 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng gave a local human rights group, Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC),permission to organize a human rights march and rally in Phnom Penh on [...]	2007-12-07 09:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH160	SAVING CAMBODIA'S FRESHWATER DOLPHINS: NGOS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A 120-mile stretch of the Mekong River in northern Cambodia is home to the world's largest group of Irrawaddy dolphins, a critically endangered freshwater species. The dolphins, which are a significant tourist draw in a little-visited corner of the country, have been dying in [...]	2007-01-30 10:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH244	CAMBODIA'S TROUBLED JUDICIARY AND DRAFT ANTI-TIP [...] (C) Summary. On February 8, the Ambassador met Cambodia's Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana, thanking him for swift Cambodian action in reclosing the Chhay Hour II hotel and returning the owners to prison. The Minister noted that the questionable release of the owners by the Appeals Cou [...]	2007-02-13 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH315	CAMBODIA AND NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith on February 22 at the latter's request, and used the occasion to raise reftel demarche points regarding Burma. Borith, however, was more eager to discuss North Korean affairs, and related his recent discussions with J [...]	2007-02-26 05:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CB BM
07PHNOMPENH631	AFTER THE APRIL 1 ELECTIONS: CAMBODIA'S POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussions with political party sources suggest that Cambodia's parties are reviewing their political futures and respective strategies going into the 2008 national elections. The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is focused on uniting the non-ruling parties to face off against the CPP [...]	2007-05-07 09:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PHNOMPENH826	ECCC PASSES INTERNAL RULES [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, the judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) approved a set of internal rules governing the court's work. While both the national and international sides of the court hailed the passage of the rules as a major step forward in the court [...]	2007-06-15 09:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH853	MU SOCHUA ON SRP CONCERNS: VOTER REGISTRATION, [...] (SBU) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Secretary General Mu Sochua met with the Ambassador on June 22 to revisit the ongoing problem of voter registration obstructions in preparation for the 2008 national elections. Mu Sochua detailed National Election Committee (NEC) unresponsiveness to SRP's concerns [...]	2007-06-22 11:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CB
07PORTAUPRINCE1344	HAITIAN ELECTIONS GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (C) Summary: While the Core Group ambassadors are generally supportive of pressuring the GoH to move forward with indirect and senatorial elections, we have not yet presented a united message, in writing, to President Preval. In conversations with Core Group ambassadors, Preval has shown no [...]	2007-08-08 17:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1593	OPPOSITION IN "FUSION" TO ELECTIONS FREEZE [...] (C) Officials from ''Fusion,'' which otherwise supports President Preval, are strongly opposed to Preval's plan to freeze elections for several years and extend the terms of all Senators to six years. They are still expressing their opposition privately -- both to Embassy officials and to the [...]	2007-10-01 16:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1682	MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES DIVIDED ON ELECTIONS, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Opposition to President Preval's plan to reconstitute the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is emerging. Political parties and civil society groups are also commenting on the President's pro [...]	2007-10-17 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE288	LAVALASIAN OPS STRIVE TO STAY IN THE GANG [...] (U) Summary: Lavalasian "popular organizations" (OPs) such as PLANOP (National Platform of Progressive Popular Organizations) continue to make demands on the government in radio interviews and in street demonstrations, including asking for the return of Aristide and the departure of MINUSTAH [...]	2007-02-12 11:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE558	HAITI ABUZZ WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM [...] Summary and Introduction: On March 7, President Rene Preval began holding working-group ''reflections'' with various sectors of society to discuss possible amendments to the constitution. From issues such as referencing Haiti's newly created tenth department (Nippes) to streamlining the nume [...]	2007-03-21 14:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
07PORTAUPRINCE578	OAS ''FRIENDS GROUP'' MEETS RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Organization of American States (OAS) Special Representative, Denneth Modeste, said that the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, proposed to re-establish a SIPDIS Group of Friends during his visit to Haiti on March 19. (Note: The OAS convened the Group of Friends in Port- [...]	2007-03-23 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA XA
07PORTAUPRINCE943	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOSING STEAM [...] Summary: The constitutional reform initiative launched by the Preval government in early March (reftel) has sputtered, and the government has not followed through on recommendations to create a reform committee. The Haitian public appears to oppose an extra-constitutional amendment process a [...]	2007-05-24 13:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
07PRAGUE1174	CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: The friendly and positive atmosphere during the official meetings of Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) in Prague on October 23 has been overshadowed by a media firestorm sparked by the SecDef's comments regarding possible Russian access to MD sites, including the planned radar [...]	2007-10-26 11:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1205	THIRD VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE538	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO PRAGUE. [...] (C) The President will be welcomed warmly in Prague, both at his bilateral events and for the conference on "Democracy and Security." President Klaus and the government are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the President again, after the November 2002 visit for the NATO Summit. Three [...]	2007-05-14 12:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EZ
07PRAGUE894	CZECHS CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON MANDPADS DESTRUCTION [...] The Czech government and embassy have concluded necessary arrangements related to the USG payment of $600,000 to fund destruction of 1359 Czech-held MANPADS missiles (refs). On July 31 the Czech MFA provided embassy with the dip note accepting the terms of the program, as previously agreed dur [...]	2007-08-01 11:40:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL EZ
07PRETORIA1096	ZIMBABWE: CHURCH LEADERS CAUTIOUS ON VATICAN ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vatican shares U.S. concerns about the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, but will be cautious about speaking out publicly, according to Papal Nuncio Green. Public comments by the Pope are the final card to play, and the Vatican will want to save that step for the right mom [...]	2007-03-28 15:00:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI VT SF
07PRETORIA254	MBEKI INTERVENES IN RADJABU SITUATION [...] (C) CNDD-FDD leader Hussein Radjabu departed the South African Embassy in Bujumbura the morning of January 23 after spending the night at the Embassy, confirmed South African Department of Foreign Affairs Director Rasheeda Adam (protect). Adam said that Radjabu, Minister of Communications Kar [...]	2007-01-23 14:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
07PRETORIA2569	HANI ASSASSINATION CONTINUES TO HAUNT MBEKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Once again, the 14-year old political assassination of South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC armed wing (Umkhonto we Sizwe) leader Chris Hani has grabbed the media spotlight, starting with the SACP's resolution calling for a renewed investigation and ending with the South [...]	2007-07-23 13:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07PRETORIA3587	GLOBAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP ON MO-99 INVITATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG PARM PREL KNNP PTER TRGY SF
07PRETORIA4027	SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE 2007 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...]	2007-11-21 12:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF
07PRETORIA4092	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, Issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - GDP Growth Accelerates - Inflation Tops 7 Percent - Business Confidence at 4-Year Low - Credit Growth Keeps Pressure on Rates - US Co [...]	2007-11-30 10:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
07PRETORIA4188	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2007-12-13 10:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
07PRETORIA480	(C) IAEA/CSV: SOUTH AFRICA SKEPTICAL ON FUTURE OF [...] (C) Achieving consensus on the IAEA recommendations at the February meeting of the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV) will be very difficult, claimed Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink. During delivery [...]	2007-02-08 15:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC ENRG TRGY PARM PREL AORC KNNP IAEA SF
07PRETORIA827	(C) SOUTH AFRICA CONCERNED ABOUT CNDD-FDD SPLIT [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam March 5. Adam said that South Africa is "concerned" about tensions within the ruling CNDD-FDD party, as well as the increase in state-sponsored violence in Burundi. The South African Embas [...]	2007-03-06 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BY SF
07PRETORIA828	SOUTH AFRICA SAYS NO TO LRA REQUEST TO MEDIATE [...] (C) South Africa fully supports the mediation of the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace talks, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam. Adam told PolCounselor March 5 that South Africa will not facilitate or host t [...]	2007-03-06 15:50:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UG SF
07PRISTINA194	KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...]	2007-03-13 11:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA464	KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...]	2007-06-13 11:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA521	KOSOVO: SERB CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of delay, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) met June 21 and approved five new tenders. RIC Project Manager Francisco Montanes is very pleased with Vera Pavlovic Luncharsky, the new Serbian Government re [...]	2007-07-06 12:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA686	KOSOVO: USOP WORKS TO REASSURE STRPCE SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nestled in the Shar mountains, Strpce municipality - the southernmost Serb-majority area in Kosovo - holds great potential for economic development, but is also faced with several critical issues: delayed privatization of a potentially lucrative ski area that has stalled economi [...]	2007-09-14 10:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07RABAT1836	HELPING AMERICAN SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In recent weeks, the clock has run out on the Embassy's eight-year attempt to secure an agreement with the Government of Morocco (GOM) to gain formal status and tax advantages for the five American schools in Morocco. Though the GOM has not yet provided a f [...]	2007-12-13 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCH AMGT EFIN PREL MO
07RABAT423	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS; FEBRUARY 2007 [...] (U) The following is a round-up of recent economic developments of note in Morocco: 2. (U) Money Laundering Law Advances: Morocco's long-delayed anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance statute was unanimously approved by members of the Justice, Legislation and Human Rights Committee [...]	2007-03-05 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ECPS EINT ELAB ETRD KTEX MO
07RIYADH1036	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS IRAQI EFFORTS BUT [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga met with the Saud Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani, Shoura Council Chairman Dr. Saleh bin Humaid, Deputy Minister of Oil Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, and Deputy Minister of Commerce Abdullah al Hammoudi during her May 9 visit to R [...]	2007-05-19 04:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD SA
07RIYADH1375	KING ABDULLAH'S 2007 EUROPEAN TOUR - PART 1 [...] (U) King Abdullah kicked off a week-long series of state visits to both European and Arab nations on June 18. The King has already visited Spain, France, and Poland, and will next visit the Kingdom of Jordan before concluding his tour at Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt, where he will meet with Egypti [...]	2007-06-26 12:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PGOV SA
07RIYADH2034	ANOTHER "HOLY" PEACE AGREEMENT IGNORED: SOMALIS [...] (U) In one of dozens of attempts to end the sixteen-year civil war, Somali leaders signed a peace agreement on September 16 in the presence of King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan during the final session of the Somali reconciliation conference in Jeddah. The reconciliation conference was i [...]	2007-10-02 09:03:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO XW SO SA
07RIYADH2292	SAUDI NUCLEAR POWER PROPOSALS: MORE BARK THAN BITE [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's (MFA) Naif Al-Sudeiry, Deputy Director of International Organizations, told us that Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal's recent proposal to set up a body to provide uranium to Iran through a consortium arrangement was essent [...]	2007-11-18 22:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ENERG PGOV PREL SA
07ROME1730	ITALY: NO TO UNIFIL MANDATE CHANGE; SEEKS EARLY [...] (C) Summary. MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti said August 7 that Italy did not want changes to the UNIFIL mandate. He asked for early inclusion in UNSC talks on mandate renewal. PM diplomatic adviser Marco Carnelos echoed this. Both GOI officials stressed to poloff the GOI's [...]	2007-08-10 12:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN XF LE IT
07ROME2506	GOI COALITION DIVIDED ON INTRODUCTION OF AG [...] (U) Summary. EconCouns delivered our demarches regarding the lack of progress in the introduction of agricultural biotech products into the EU market to Amadeo Teti, Ministry of Trade Director General for International Trade Agreements. Teti noted Trade Minister Enmma Bonino supports the i [...]	2007-12-21 15:12:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD IT
07ROME2515	ITALY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 1267 TERROR FINANCE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21, Stefania Fancello at the MFA's Office of International Cooperation Against Terrorism conveyed to Econoff a request for more information on the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) delisting cases of Nasreddin, N [...]	2007-12-28 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KFIN ECON IT
07ROME92	GOI PUSHES BACK ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SALE TO IRAN [...] (S) Summary. Econ Counselor recently discussed with the MFA's Arms Material Authorization Unit the canceled sale by a Finmeccanica subsidiary of air traffic control (ATC) radar to Iran (ref A) in an effort to enhance GOI understanding of U.S. export control views of dual-use exports to Iran. [...]	2007-01-16 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL IR IT
07ROME992	ITALIAN VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. According to the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, the GOI is already heavily engaged in discussion at the OECD Council on OECD enlargement and financing reform. Regarding OECD enlargement, the GOI is especially concerned that enlargement proceed in such [...]	2007-05-10 15:01:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OECD EUN IT
07SANAA2065	SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2066	SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2067	SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2096	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BADAWI CASE [...] (S) Per reftel, the Ambassador met on November 14 with the Deputy Foreign Minister to discuss the Badawi case. The Ambassador thanked him for the steps the ROYG has taken to ensure access for FBI investigators and reiterated strong USG interest in having Badawi in US custody. He said the USG [...]	2007-11-14 15:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM
07SANAA852	JEWISH COMMUNITY'S SECURITY PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30 - May 1 Damon Stevens, from the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, conducted separate meetings with members of the Jewish communities from Saada and Reyda, who expressed serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in norther [...]	2007-05-08 09:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IS YM
07SANJOSE1571	MOVEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION LEGISLATION UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Arias Administration expects little or no action on CAFTA implementing legislation before the October 7 referendum. Pro-CAFTA coalition in-fighting, coupled with stubborn stalling tactics by the PAC-led opposition, have blocked quorums and buried the GOCR,s legislative ag [...]	2007-08-22 21:31:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CS
07SANJOSE655	CAFTA: REFERENDUM CONCERNS, BUT COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although optimistic that CAFTA can be ratified by August-September, the Arias administration is now concerned about the prospect of a CAFTA referendum. Responding to a petition filed by CAFTA opponent, renegade PLN member, former legislator and presidential candidate Jose Miguel [...]	2007-04-04 20:36:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL PINR CS
07SANJOSE656	CAFTA: REFERENDUM CONCERNS, BUT COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although optimistic that CAFTA can be ratified by August-September, the Arias administration is now concerned about the prospect of a CAFTA referendum. Responding to a petition filed by CAFTA opponent, renegade PLN member, former legislator and presidential candidate Jose Miguel [...]	2007-04-04 20:36:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD PREL PINR CS
07SANTODOMINGO1177	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - HIGH HURDLES FOR 7TH IMF [...] (SBU) The Dominican government needs obtain passage of two pending pieces of legislation in order for the current IMF review to go forward, IMF Resident Representative Erik Offerdal told economic officer on May 17. One is a law that requires recapitalization of the Central Bank and the other [...]	2007-05-17 17:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN DR
07SANTODOMINGO128	DOMINICAN COMMERCE MINISTRY INTERVENES IN [...] (SBU) On January 18 the Dominican Ministry of Industry and Commerce (SEIC) published Resolution 23, not yet available on its website, which freezes current fuel transportation arrangements, further defines relevant terms, and creates a regime of stiff sanctions for failure to observe its inst [...]	2007-01-19 20:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL DR ETRD ENRG
07SANTODOMINGO1672	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no derogatory information. Please slug response for [...]	2007-07-11 20:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1710	DOMINICAN POLITICS III #31: ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC, [...] (U) This is the 31st cable in our series on Dominican politics in the 3rd year of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. ESTRELLA LEAVES PRSC, PARTY DOESN'T CARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Eduardo Estrella, 2004 presidential candidate for the third-ranked [...]	2007-07-17 17:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1731	CORRECTED COPY - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JOINT [...] This is a corrected copy requesting Leahy Vetting of units in addition to unit commanders. 2. This is an action request. Please see para 3. 3. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following units that have [...]	2007-07-18 18:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO1935	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - LAND NAVIGATION AND SQUAD [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2 and 4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Although local records checks remain outstanding, post [...]	2007-08-16 19:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2192	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - BALIC, DEC. 7, 2007, SAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]	2007-09-21 20:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO2422	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JCET CLOSE COMBAT [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for two additional subjects who have been nominated for the following training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please sl [...]	2007-10-26 12:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
07SANTODOMINGO28	DOMINICANS FIGHT CORRUPTION - MUCH BARK, LITTLE BITE, SHOOTING SNAFU WITH JUSTICE OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO301	DOMINICAN COMMERCE MINISTER EXPOSTULATES ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 6 Dominican Minister of Industry and Commerce Francisco Javier Garcia delivered to the Ambassador and Embassy officers a lengthy diatribe asserting that the USG is imagining contradictions between CAFTA-DR and Hydrocarbons resolutions 148 and 23 clamping down on cont [...]	2007-02-12 11:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ELAB ENRG ETRD DR
07SANTODOMINGO556	DOMINICAN LABOR, DRIVERS, AND LEFTIST GROUPS [...] SUMMARY. The Dominican Republic's largest transportation associations, some key neighborhood organizations, and umbrella labor union organizations are uniting to promote an escalating strategy of strikes and protests beginning on March 14 in support of disparate objectives. Their message: p [...]	2007-03-14 11:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV ENRG EFIN ASEC CASC DR
07SAOPAULO163	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH CEOs IN [...] (U) Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns' February 6 roundtable with the CEOs of major American companies and subsidiaries in Sao Paulo provided business leaders a chance to comment on the lcal and regional business environment and detail their corporate social responsibility programs. [...]	2007-03-01 13:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BR
07SAOPAULO701	FHC PREDICTS NO REFORMS ON LULA'S WATCH, PSDB/DEM [...] (C) During an August 14 meeting with the Consul General (CG),former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) proffered his views on Lula,s inability to pass economic reforms, whether or not sub-prime lending in the U.S. and Europe could have an impact on the Brazilian economy, the state of [...]	2007-08-16 11:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN BR
07SARAJEVO1547	BOSNIA - SREBRENICA: AN ISSUE DEFLATED, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and representatives from the international community July 11 participated in events to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 1995 genocide that took place in Srebrenica. The commemoration followed a politically tense four months in Bosnia after the International Cour [...]	2007-07-16 13:15:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1987	BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...]	2007-09-19 08:29:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK
07SARAJEVO2406	LEGAL TALKS CONCLUDE - DODIK LOOKS HEADED FOR [...] (C) On November 6, talks between OHR lawyers and RS government experts, with the goal of resolving RS concerns over the High Representative's October 19 measures, concluded without agreement. The same day, the OHR Legal Advisor, on instructions from the High Representative, informed Steering [...]	2007-11-08 15:27:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2557	BOSNIA: NGOS PAINT A GLOOMY PICTURE OF POLITICAL [...] (U) On November 21, the Ambassador hosted NGO representatives participating at a roundtable commemorating the twelfth anniversary of the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords. Participants were pessimistic about the prospects for improvements in Bosnia's political environment and complained of [...]	2007-11-28 10:13:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI BK
07SARAJEVO2653	BOSNIA- DAO VERIFIES DESTRUCTION OF AMMUNITION [...] (U) DAO visited the Bosnian Armed Forces' ammunition destruction facility in Doboj December 11 to verify destruction of ammunition per terms of US-BiH agreement (Ref A). DAO confirms that destruction of first segment of ammunition, 870 tons, occurred as required by the agreement. Minister of [...]	2007-12-12 13:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO557	BOSNIA: MOD REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR AMMO [...] (U) Following up on the November 2006 visit of PM/WRA program managers, Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes submitted a formal request to the Embassy for USG financial assistance in the disposal of 2600 tons of unstable ammunition and infrastructure upgrades to the BiH Armed Forces' ordin [...]	2007-03-12 16:31:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR BK
07SEOUL136	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FORMER PRESIDENT KIM [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, Ambassador and Mrs. Vershbow hosted former President Kim Dae-jung and his wife Lee Hee-Ho to lunch at the Ambassador's Residence. While professing to avoid interfering in politics, the 83-year old Kim -- who said his health had improved recently -- offered his vie [...]	2007-01-17 07:04:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC ETRD ECON KS KN CH
07SEOUL2694	SUBJECT: NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT: HOW IT CAME ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: According to a senior Blue House staffer, the Roh Administration had been pursuing a North-South summit for several years, but to no avail until two months ago. The negotiations were conducted by NIS (National Intelligence Service) and NSC staff. Cabinet members, including Fore [...]	2007-09-05 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KS KN
07SEOUL3225	KIM KYUNG-JOON'S EXTRADITION CASE [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Ambassador met with former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha, co-chairman of Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak's election campaign and one of his main foreign policy advisers. Responding to Yoo's earlier request concerning the BBK extradition case, [...]	2007-10-31 08:11:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KN KS

07SEOUL734	ROK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: WHO IS SEEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Korean voters are adamant that economic growth should be the top priority for the next ROK president. In response to this clear mandate from the people, top presidential contenders are offering some unique proposals aimed at stimulating the economy and spurring job creation. [...]	2007-03-12 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KS
07SEOUL851	FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM ON NORTH KOREA AND [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, former President Kim Young-sam (KYS) was his usual self: energetic, warm, and, above all, generous with his opinions. Warning that "communists could never be trusted," KYS expressed the concern that Washington was getting to [...]	2007-03-23 01:06:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KS
07SHANGHAI167	FORMER DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK SHANGHAI VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick delivered a well-received speech at the third annual Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture in Shanghai on March 21. Zoellick called for China to play a more cooperative role on Korea, Iran, Sudan and energy security. The text of the speech [...]	2007-03-26 08:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CH
07SHANGHAI211	SHANGHAI'S FUTURE AS LEADING FINANCIAL CENTER [...] (C) Summary: During a March 23 meeting with the Consul General and Econoff, Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) CEO Yang Maijun and Shanghai Office for Financial Services Deputy Director-General Fang Xinghai said Shanghai's role as China's leading financial center was secure; Hong Kong and Tianjin [...]	2007-04-11 08:28:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON CH
07SHANGHAI26	FRB TOLD: NO OVERHEATING AND BUSINESS GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: A Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) delegation led by Governor Kevin Warsh met with economic analysts, U.S. business leaders, and equity market analysts during a December visit to Shanghai. Economic analysts offered the contrarian view that China's economy was not overheated, and, in t [...]	2007-01-12 02:12:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH
07SHANGHAI326	GAY SHANGHAI: AMBIGUOUS STATUS CREATES VULNERABILITY [...] (C) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, sexual discrimination in Shanghai was rife, but because few Shanghainese were openly gay and lesbian in a way that countered social expectations to fulfill family duties, such as to marry and reproduce, discrimination was less di [...]	2007-05-31 01:29:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TBIO KCRM CH
07SHANGHAI374	THE SCIENCE OF HARMONY--VIEWS FROM EAST CHINA [...] (C) Summary. According to several East China contacts, the "Scientific Development Concept" [kexue fazhan guan] (SDC) now is the core guiding ideology for the Communist Party, building on and supplanting the "Three Represents." The SDC takes as its goal the building of a Harmonious Society w [...]	2007-06-19 09:30:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV ECON CH
07SHANGHAI44	WENZHOU - AN ENTREPRENEURS TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sitting far from Beijing on the East coast of China, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province is known for both its vibrant, fast-growing economy and its many Christian churches. Many people with whom Congenoffs spoke during a recent visit to the city attribute Wenzhou's economic growth to t [...]	2007-01-23 07:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH
07SHANGHAI46	WENZHOU - AN ENTREPRENEURS TOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sitting far from Beijing on the East coast of China, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province is known for both its vibrant, fast-growing economy and its many Christian churches. Many people with whom Congenoffs spoke during a recent visit to the city attribute Wenzhou's economic growth to t [...]	2007-01-23 08:24:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV PINR KIPR ELAB CH
07SHANGHAI478	SHANGHAI STOCK MARKET: UNCOMFORTABLY GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) Executive Vice President James Liu, Shanghai's stock market is "on a rocket" with 60 percent gains so far in 2007. Huge numbers of new retail investors who most likely lack an understanding of the risks inherent in the market have been [...]	2007-07-31 03:05:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV CH
07SHANGHAI481	HAITONG'S BACKDOOR LAUNCH INTO THE MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitong Securities became the first securities company to list via a backdoor listing in China, on July 31, after it completed a reverse takeover of Shanghai Urban Agro-Business. It was forced to use a backdoor listing since, on its own, it did not meet Chinese listing requireme [...]	2007-08-01 09:54:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV CH
07SHENYANG222	CHINA: AMBASSADOR HOLMER MEETS WITH SHENYANG AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lunch meeting with Ambassador Alan Holmer, American business leaders in Shenyang expressed worry about the appreciation of the Renminbi and the weakness of the dollar, while admitting that the lower dollar did offer some competitive advantages, especially against European c [...]	2007-11-23 07:45:00	Consulate Shenyang	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EIND CH
07SKOPJE270	MACEDONIA: POLITICAL DIALOGUE CONTINUES -- HARD [...] (C) Since the revival of political talks between the government and eAlbanian opposition party DUI on March 7, several working-level meetings between the two sides, monitored by the U.S. and EUSR, have produced an agreed list of some 38 laws that will be subject to the Badinter principle (doub [...]	2007-04-06 10:25:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE32	MACEDONIA: REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE FOR MANPADS [...] (SBU) Embassy Skopje requests USG assistance for MANPADS destruction in Macedonia, as first described in reftel. The request is for a USG training team to visit Macedonia for 8 (eight) days, including travel time to/from Macedonia, to train and assist Macedonian authorities in destroying 156 [...]	2007-01-16 16:21:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MARR MK
07SKOPJE841	MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO FOCUSES ON NATO REFORMS, [...] (C) In meetings with government leaders in Skopje October 9-10, DAS DiCarlo told her interlocutors that time is running out for Macedonia to show more concrete progress on reforms required for NATO membership, including enhanced political dialogue, improved President-PM cohabitation, and imple [...]	2007-10-18 16:28:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
07SOFIA1202	RECOMMENDATION FOR BULGARIA TO BE ADDED TO WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Sofia strongly urges the inclusion of Bulgaria on the list of priority countries to be invited to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008.) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has called Bulgaria a "model country" in the impleme [...]	2007-10-05 13:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EAID SOCI TRGY PGOV BU
07SOFIA1239	REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, DECEMBER 6-7 IN [...] (SBU) As agreed at the Istanbul Regional COM Energy Conference September 21, Embassy Sofia proposes to host a regional energy officers training session December 6-7. The purpose will be to offer training to energy officers on the geopolitics of energy in the European/Caspian region as well as [...]	2007-10-17 10:36:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG BU
07SOFIA125	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PARVANOV IN STRONG POSITION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov, Bulgaria's first post-communist president to win re-election, begins his second term in office as the dominant actor on the Bulgarian political stage, despite his relatively limited constitutional powers. His behind-the-scenes influence over the current govern [...]	2007-01-26 14:55:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ BU
07SOFIA1251	BULGARIA PARTICIATION AT WIREC 2008 [...] Embassy Sofia appreciates Department's decision to include Bulgaria on the list of priority countries to be invited to WIREC 2008 (ref A). As reported in Ref B, official invitations should be sent to: Mr. Ivailo Kalfin, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Petar Dimitrov, Minister of Economy and [...]	2007-10-23 07:40:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV EAID SOCI TRGY PGOV BU
07SOFIA1312	SOFIA REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING - ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) This message provides administrative and logistical information for the Regional Energy Officers Training Session to be held at Embassy Sofia December 6-7, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in coming days. 2. (SBU) Based on email exchanges, the following is o [...]	2007-11-16 13:29:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA BU
07SOFIA505	PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a V-10 meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, allies were in agreement on key issues, including NATO enlargement, the Kosovo Status process, missile defense, and energy security. All believed strongly about the need for further NATO enlargement and insisted that it be based on rea [...]	2007-04-23 16:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL BU
07STATE147334	INAUGURAL U.S.-KYRGYZ COMPREHENSIVE POLICY [...] (C) Summary. On September 27, the United States and Kyrgyzstan inaugurated an interagency "Comprehensive Policy Dialogue." In over three hours of discussion with U.S. officials responsible for Central Asia representing seven agencies, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev reviewed security [...]	2007-10-22 23:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KG
07STATE148510	Deputy Secretary Negroponte's October 18, 2007 [...] (U) Classified by:, Name, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) October 18, 2007; 4 P.M; Washington, D.C.. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Amb. David Satterfield, S/I Amb. Lawrence Butler, NEA Aaron Jost, D Andrea Tomaszewic [...]	2007-10-24 22:01:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EFIN EPET PGOV IZ TU
07STATE73184	US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) In their March 22 bilateral Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed a variety of issues related to human rights, rule of law, democratic political processes, media freedom, and civil society. The FM c [...]	2007-05-29 14:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07STATE81232	EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE; [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: As part of the U.S. Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, the State Department collaborated with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to deliver a European conference on [...]	2007-06-11 23:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP
07SUVA161	FIJI UPDATE 3/13/07: MEDIA FREEDOM; UNION [...] (C) The RFMF and the interim AG have emphasized yet again that media freedom has distinct limits in post-coup Fiji. The interim government is expected to announce shortly its choices for permanent secretaries in the civil service. Police investigators are in Lau to interview PM Qarase about al [...]	2007-03-12 20:18:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC FJ
07SUVA378	AS FIJI'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO NOSE-DIVE, IS [...] (SBU) Lack of export competitiveness and a drop in tourism earnings since the December 2006 military coup have led to a difficult balance of payments situation for Fiji and a serious foreign reserve shortage. While a number of economists have suggested that a devaluation of the Fiji dollar [...]	2007-07-30 20:18:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV FJ
07SUVA387	FIJI UPDATE AUG. 6, 07: STRIKES; AUSTRALIA-FIJI; [...] (C) Some Fiji public-sector unions remain on strike. Others have gone back to work, at least for now. The interim government (IG) is adamant thus far that no lucrative settlement will take place. A war of words between Australia and the IG continues. Interim PM Bainimarama is spinning the I [...]	2007-08-05 20:30:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA427	KIRIBATI UPDATE: [...] (C) Kiribati President Tong, Vice President Onorio, and five other Ministers were re-elected to Parliament in a first round of elections on Aug. 22. A second round of run-off races takes place today. Once Parliament is in place, it will select three or four MPs to run for President in Octobe [...]	2007-08-29 19:27:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIS SENV PHSA KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID
07SUVA433	FIJI: QARASE RETURNS; BAINIMARAMA SHUNS HIM, [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Qarase returned to Suva last Saturday. He announced willingness to assist the interim government (IG) to bring Fiji back to democracy rapidly. Interim PM Bainimarama dismissed the thought that Qarase and his SDL Ministers could play any role, now or after a future e [...]	2007-09-03 19:24:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM FJ
07SUVA507	FIJI INTERIM FINANCE MINISTER USES WASHINGTON WB/IMF VISIT [...] (SBU) In Washington for meetings of the IMF and World Bank, Fiji Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry made full use of the opportunity to reach out to potential new partners and to USG contacts as well. Chaudhry's calls on IMF, Brazilian, Indian, Malaysian, Chinese, and other contacts pl [...]	2007-10-28 19:59:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV FJ
07TAIPEI1007	PRESIDENT CHEN AND THE DIRECTOR DISCUSS UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: On May 1, the Director told President Chen he would stress in his May 3 press conference that the U.S takes very seriously the issue of maintaining cross-Strait security and stability. He noted that senior U.S. defense officials had recently asked him to emphasize to Taiwan leader [...]	2007-05-03 10:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON TW
07TAIPEI2040	FRANK HSIEH STEERING TOWARDS MAINSTREAM ON UN [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politicians remain determined to continue their support for President Chen Shui-bian's plan to hold a referendum on entering the UN under the name "Taiwan" despite recent strong U.S. opposition. DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh publicly [...]	2007-09-06 09:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
07TAIPEI892	MA YING-JEOU OVER DINNER: HIS COURT CASE, [...] (C) Summary. In a private dinner with the Director on April 18, KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou betrayed frustration over his corruption trial, but expressed confidence that he would be found innocent. He predicted that President Chen would continue pushing ethnic and other deep-Gre [...]	2007-04-23 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MCAP PINR CH TW
07TALLINN583	SCENESETTER FOR PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations the past year: the President's historic visit to Estonia last November; Estonian appreciation for U.S. su [...]	2007-09-06 14:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TASHKENT1069	THE ERA OF U.S. ASSISTANCE IS OVER [...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Tom Adams urged Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov to resolve ongoing issues involving an Embassy FSN and the seizure of U.S. assistance funding from two nongovernmental organizations. The U.S. is re [...]	2007-06-05 11:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UZ
07TASHKENT1070	GOU AGREES TO RETURN SEIZED U.S. ASSISTANCE FUNDS, [...] (C) First Deputy Foreign Minister Ilkhom Nematov summoned Charge to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 5 and said that the Government of Uzbekistan accepted the proposal (reftel) made June 4 by U.S. Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Tom Adams. The proposal calls for the Gover [...]	2007-06-05 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UZ
07TASHKENT1380	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL ANAND [...] Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to House Committee on Foreign Affairs Staff Members Manpreet Singh Anand, Melissa Adamson, Gene Gurevich and Amanda Sloat for the proposed visit to Tashkent August 22. Post will meet Staffdel at the airport and provide transportati [...]	2007-07-27 10:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UZ
07TASHKENT2150	RED CROSS INSISTS ON DIALOGUE BEFORE RESTARTING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on December 14 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni and Country Director Rafaello Muller. They noted the GOU seems eager for ICRC to restart prison visits immediately, but has made no move [...]	2007-12-21 11:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
07TBILISI2139	MAIA TOPURIA CASE [...] (C). Summary: On August 24, the Tbilisi City Court found all 13 defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the country's leadership in September 2006 guilty. Most of the 13 are linked with Igor Giorgadze's Justice Party. Igor Giorgadze is a Georgian fugitive wanted for attempted murder of [...]	2007-08-27 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2269	STAFFDEL ANAND'S AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1 VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Georgian officials gave a four-member staff delegation from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs an overview of Georgia's ongoing reforms August 30, in areas including rule of law, elections, defense, prisons, and the economy. The officials stressed the importance of NATO integration a [...]	2007-09-07 12:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2944	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 11 AND 14 MEETINGS WITH IMEDI [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Tbilisi DAS Bryza held three meetings with the management and journalists of Imedi television. On November 11, Lewis Robertson, CEO Newscorp Caucasus and Imedi General Manager; Bidzina Baratashvili, Imedi General Director; and Irakli Rukhadze, Manager of Self [...]	2007-11-21 11:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2964	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/26/07 [...] (U) As expected, on November 25 President Saakashvili resigned to launch his re-election campaign. The resignation is required for early presidential elections. The Parliament approved Saakashvili's proposal of January 5 elections by 148 to 1. Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze has become [...]	2007-11-26 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2999	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/30/07 [...] (U) Opposition parties accused Mikheil Saakashvili of misusing administrative resources for political campaign purposes after he met with Abkhaz Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 28 at a Tbilisi Municipality building. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Minister for Refugees and Acco [...]	2007-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3011	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST STEP TO ALLOW [...] (U) In a December 3 press conference, Acting President Nino Burjanadze instructed the Prosecutor General to ask the Tbilisi City Court to unfreeze the assets of Imedi TV. Burjanadze said she hoped the legal process would be finalized in two days, and that Imedi employees would be able to enter [...]	2007-12-03 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3037	OPPOSITION PARTIES QUICK TO PRE-JUDGE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The government is concerned that the opposition will not accept any outcome of the January 5 elections that returns former President Mikheil Saakashvili to office, and that the opposition will take to the streets again on January 6. The ruling National Movement's polls suggQt Saa [...]	2007-12-06 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3092	IMEDI BACK ON THE AIR, MICHNIK AND MONITORS IN PLACE [...] (SBU) Summary. After 34 days off the air due to a governmental shutdown, Imedi, Georgia's most popular television network, resumed full broadcasting on the evening of December 12, 2007. While some technical difficulties remain, Imedi is broadcasting nationally and by satellite to London and [...]	2007-12-13 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO GG PHUM
07TBILISI3174	ALEX RONDELI: THE UNM SHIP MIGHT STILL FLOAT [...] (C) Alex Rondeli, Director of the Georgian Foundation for Security and International Studies (GFSIS) and widely respected political analyst, shared his views on recent political developments and media professionalism with the DCM on December 26. Rondeli wasn,t surprised by reports of Patarka [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TELAVIV1086	CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...]	2007-04-13 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1113	ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...]	2007-04-18 06:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV1114	CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary. Representative Gary Ackerman (D, New York),Chairman of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu at the Knesset April 11. The discussion covered Netany [...]	2007-04-18 06:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the US administration has presented Israel and the PA with benchmarks by which the sides will be required to abide, in accordance with [...]	2007-04-27 09:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1258	CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH PM OLMERT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert told CODEL Pelosi April 1 that he would continue to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas despite Abbas' failure to deliver on his commitments. Olmert was adamant that his talks with Abbas not include the final status issues of refugees, Jerusalem a [...]	2007-04-27 15:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1335	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast 3. France: Presidential Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on a Qassam rocket attack on Sunday afternoon that wounded two people at a gas station near Sderot. The media c [...]	2007-05-07 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1704	A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN AND IO ISSUES WITH DDG [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed United Nations and other international organization issues with MFA Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. The Israelis announced that they have begun quickly campaigning for a UNSC seat in 2019-20. Ya'a [...]	2007-06-12 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG KPAL UNSC UNGA
07TELAVIV1750	A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES LEBANON AND UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Kristen Silverberg discussed Lebanon and UNSCR 1701 issues with MFA IO Deputy Director General Roni Leshno-Ya'ar and his staff on June 7 in Jerusalem. Ya'ar reiterated Israeli concerns over the rearmament of Hizballah, noting Israeli plans to meet with the UN border assessm [...]	2007-06-14 14:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV PTER SY LE IS
07TELAVIV2081	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2539	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a week ago President Shimon Peres met in his office with Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad and that he is willing to meet with PA Chairman [Presi [...]	2007-08-21 09:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2620	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on the meeting between PM Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas. The Jerusalem Post reported that on Tuesday officials from both sides ad [...]	2007-08-29 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that three Palestinian children from one family were killed in a strike against rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip. The media quoted the IDF [...]	2007-08-31 03:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2688	DAS DANIN AND MFA DDG'S YAAR AND HADAS-HANDELSMAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Over breakfast August 30, NEA DAS Robert Danin discussed the peace process and other regional issues with MFA DDG for International Organizations Ronny Yaar, MFA DDG for the Middle East Yacov Hadas-Handelsman, and MFA UN Political Affairs Director Rony Adam. Yaar noted the GOI's [...]	2007-09-06 08:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KWBG PTER EG LE MO IS
07TELAVIV2744	AFRICAN MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ISRAEL [...] (C) Embassy refugee reporting officer (RRO) delivered demarche requested in Reftel A to Simona Halperin, MFA Acting Director of International Organizations and Human Rights. RRO stressed the humanitarian and political importance of formalizing Egypt and Israel's commitments in a UNHCR-mediated [...]	2007-09-11 14:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EUN IS SU EG
07TELAVIV2834	ISRAEL SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES, CANNOT [...] (SBU) On September 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on priorities for the Communities of Democracies (CD) to Ron Adam, Director of the UN Political Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which also handles the CD portfolio. Adam expressed Israel's support for the Community [...]	2007-09-24 16:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07TELAVIV2890	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2893	POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to the Department's request to identify "credible voices" in the Muslim community who reject extremist interpretations of Islam (reftel),post submits the following three names for consideration: A) SHEIKH ABDELLAH NIMER DARWISH (born 1948): Sheikh Darwish is the founder [...]	2007-10-02 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER KISL IS
07TELAVIV2973	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 09:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV751	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Upcoming Baghdad Conference ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Ehud Olmert and FM Tzipi Livni agreed before Livni's departure for Canada and the US on Saturday that Israel will not renounce the princ [...]	2007-03-09 10:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV83	2007 BUDGET PASSES EASILY AMID GROWING SCANDALS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE 2007 BUDGET, TOTALING NIS 283 BILLION (USD 67 BILLION),BREEZED THROUGH THE KNESSET ON JANUARY 4, AFTER THE PARTIES IN THE GOVERNING COALITION DROPPED THEIR DEMANDS FOR ADDITIONAL SPENDING. THE BUDGET MAINTAINS THE GOI POLICY OF FISCAL RESTRAINT, EVEN WITH THE LARGER THAN EX [...]	2007-01-09 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PGOV IS
07THEHAGUE1295	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The GONL sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament on June 30 noting it will decide this summer whether to extend its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The decision will follow an exhaustive review of all options, including staying in the mission's current capacity, reducing its contribution or [...]	2007-07-05 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1992	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: BALKENENDE MIXES BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 5-8 visit to Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende engaged Russian President Putin on tough issues such as Kosovo, Iran, and human rights in addition to announcing a major multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal (reported septels). Balkenende believes that strong e [...]	2007-11-15 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU KO NL
07THEHAGUE2032	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the December 6-8, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA officials Charles Messick and James Adam. The purpose of the travel is to coordinate with the Petten Nuclear Facility. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Vis [...]	2007-12-05 14:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP NL OTRA PARM
07THEHAGUE783	NATIONWIDE OBSERVANCE OF DUTCH-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP [...] Summary: The Embassy organized observances across the Netherlands April 16-24 marking Dutch American Friendship and the 225th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations. The Embassy organized speeches, receptions and other celebrations in seven cities, including an event at parliament co-h [...]	2007-04-27 07:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL SCUL NL
07THEHAGUE908	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: STRADDLING THE FENCE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry met May 8 with senior Dutch Foreign Ministry officials, NGOs, media and a member of Parliament active in the Cuban human rights campaign. The MFA hopes to reunite EU member states around a common position that does not legitimize the statu [...]	2007-05-14 14:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU NL
07TIRANA989	ALBANIA: READOUT OF NOVEMBER 7 INTERAGENCY [...] (C) The Interagency Team led by USNATO Ambassador Nuland on November 7 provided clear benchmarks toward NATO integration to Albania's President Topi, Prime Minister Berisha and key Ministers, and a group of Parliamentarians. She explained that the USG and other NATO Allies will start making na [...]	2007-11-14 16:05:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO AL
07TOKYO103	MOFA DISAVOWS PRESS REPORT THAT JAPAN TO ACCEPT [...] (C) A January 10 front page Yomiuri Shimbun article titled "Government to OK India as Nuclear State" is "unfounded," according to MOFA India Desk Officer Naoshige Aoshima. The article quotes "government sources" as saying Japan will recognize India as a nuclear power even though New Delhi has [...]	2007-01-10 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP IN JA
07TOKYO104	MOFA DISAVOWS PRESS REPORT THAT JAPAN TO ACCEPT [...] (C) A January 10 front page Yomiuri Shimbun article titled "Government to OK India as Nuclear State" is "unfounded," according to MOFA India Desk Officer Naoshige Aoshima. The article quotes "government sources" as saying Japan will recognize India as a nuclear power even though New Delhi has [...]	2007-01-10 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP IN JA
07TOKYO1482	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/05/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 00:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1643	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1701	JAPAN ECONOMIC SCOPE - APRIL 13, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope for April 13, 2007. 2. (U) Table of Contents ------------------------- 3. GOJ for Joint Study for a U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement? 4. U.S. Chamber Chief Cites FTA and Autos as Key Issues 5. Has Reg Reform "Peaked Out?" 6. Gov [...]	2007-04-18 05:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR ZO JA
07TOKYO2109	WHALING: JAPAN SEAMEN'S UNION ON IWC AND NISSHIN MARU [...] As part of its annual pre-International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting "demarche" to Tokyo embassies, the All Japan Seamen's Union's (JSU) Suezo Kondo, Secretary for the Bureau of Fisheries, and Keiichi Imai of the Kanto Regional Branch visited EST Deputy and EST FSN on May 8 to preview the [...]	2007-05-11 00:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA IWC JA ETRD
07TOKYO259	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3265	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 21:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3539	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3624	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-08 01:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3768	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3769	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-15 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4015	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/30/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4223	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4241	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4285	ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]	2007-09-13 11:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4287	ABE HOSPITALIZED: ASO, NUKAGA, YAMASAKI DECLARE [...] (S) Summary. "Sheer exhaustion" left Prime Minister Abe physically and mentally unable to continue, according to LDP insiders. Abe was hospitalized on the morning of September 13. LDP leaders, meanwhile, have spent the day hammering out who will succeed Abe and how the election will be cond [...]	2007-09-13 23:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO4384	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 22:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4416	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4446	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-26 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4557	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 08:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4559	JAPANESE READOUT OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was very pleased with the outcomes of both the Iraq and Afghanistan High-Level Meetings held in New York September 22-23. Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) decided at the last moment to attend, despite the fact the meetings took place at the [...]	2007-09-28 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IZ JA
07TOKYO4601	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4638	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-03 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4829	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 22:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO4856	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 22:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4870	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 22:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4913	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5032	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5034	NGO'S OUTLINE DEFININTION OF PROGRESS ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Japan must receive a clear statement from Kim Jong-il that North Korea will return all the abductees, release some of the victims it still holds, and start negotiations with Japan on the process of accounting for the others in order for Tokyo to achieve "progress" on the abductio [...]	2007-10-29 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN
07TOKYO5045	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 00:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5061	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5070	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5116	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5173	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5227	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5530	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO805	NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION: ""NUDGE"" COULD HELP [...] (U) NOTE: This is an action request -see par. 5. 2. (C) Summary: On February 9, MEXT Nuclear Safety Division Officials suggested that U.S. encouragement of G8 allies to ratify the Nuclear Terrorism Convention could positively impact their efforts to achieve ratification by the Japanese [...]	2007-02-26 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JA UNGA
07TRIPOLI918	QADDAFI HOSTS SIGNING OF CHADIAN PEACE ACCORDS [...] (SBU) On the eve of the Darfur peace conference, Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi presided over the signing of a separate peace agreement October 25 in Sirte between the Chadian government and four Chadian rebel groups. The agreement was signed by chief Chadian negotiator (and Infrastructure Mi [...]	2007-10-29 15:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY CD
07TUNIS1073	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Gap Narrows B. President Signs US $14 Billion Emirati Project Bill C. GOT Offers Tax Amnesty for Capital Repatriation ----------------- Trade Gap Narrows ----------------- [...]	2007-08-09 11:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KTEX TS
07TUNIS1135	MONCEF BEY: BIG SCREENS, SMALL BILLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central Tunis "Moncef Bey" market is where most Tunisians go to buy affordable imported and counterfeit electronics. From cell phones to satellite dishes, plasma televisions to washing machines, Moncef Bey has nearly every kind of electronic equipment, household appliance, [...]	2007-08-21 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR TS
07TUNIS119	TELECOM MINISTER SINGS PRAISES OF PRIVATIZATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's January 23 courtesy call, Minister for Communications Technology Montasser Ouaili expressed enthusiasm for increasing US investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, allowing more competition, and for the full privatization of par [...]	2007-01-26 14:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT EINV BEXP OEXC TS
07TUNIS120	US COMPANIES BEMOAN COMPLEX REGULATIONS, BUT ARE [...] (U) During a January roundtable hosted by Ambassador, representatives of US companies in Tunisia highlighted a wide range of issues related to doing business in Tunisia. Common complaints included Tunisia's complex regulatory environment, excessive restrictions on importation, and poor telecom [...]	2007-01-26 14:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD EINV ECPS EINT KIPR TS
07TUNIS1202	SCENESCETTER FOR ECONOMIC DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, DAS Holly Vineyard, Elizabeth Hopkins, Paul Burkhead, and Alex Severens to Tunis from September 9 - 12, 2007. After a productive roundtable with the GOT and private sector on a US-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement and a series of Ambassador [...]	2007-08-30 16:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAIR KIPR BEXP EFIN TS
07TUNIS1249	ECONOMIC DELEGATION SPURS GOT ACTION [...] (C) During a September 9-12 visit to Tunisia, the interagency economic delegation headed by EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble stressed the US commitment to strengthening the bilateral economic relationship and the need for concrete action. Meetings with Minister of Development and International Coope [...]	2007-09-14 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR EINV BEXP TS
07TUNIS1286	TUNISIA: US BUSINESSES BRIEF ECONOMIC DELEGATION [...] (SBU) During the September 9-12 visit of an interagency business delegation (reftels),EEB PDAS Dibble met with representatives from a cross-section of US businesses currently operating in Tunisia to discuss the business climate in general and the issues that impede their operations. PDAS Di [...]	2007-09-21 06:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS1399	OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE: POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN [...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) held a press conference on October 19 to mark their hunger strike's first month. Though the conference had been planned for days, the topic du jour was two articles that appeared in the October 19 editions of the private (but GOT influenc [...]	2007-10-19 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS140	TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Tunisia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 16 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 21 -- Expropriation and Compensation 22 -- Dispute Settlement 26 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 33 -- Right to Priv [...]	2007-01-30 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
07TUNIS141	TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
07TUNIS143	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 16 - Jan. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia and Libya Announce Reciprocal Exchange Convertibility B. ALTEK Opens Plant in Tunisia C. Gasoline Prices May Increase Three Times in 2007 D. Tunisia Repays External Debt [...]	2007-01-31 09:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EPET BEXP ECPS EAID TS
07TUNIS1443	UNEMPLOYMENT IN TUNISIA: FOR WANT OF A JOB... [...] (C) Tunisia's official unemployment rate has hovered around 15 percent for almost forty years despite sustained GDP growth and continued GOT efforts to diversify the economy and promote investment that should spur new employment. Low domestic and international investment, as well as strict la [...]	2007-10-30 13:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON SMIG PTER KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS1521	MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM FOR A 2008 TIFA COUNCIL [...] (U) After a recent series of government and private business delegations that have traveled between Tunis and Washington, it is time for a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council in early 2008. In order to be most effective, we believe such a meeting should be held in Tunisia, [...]	2007-11-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP TS
07TUNIS1597	SOUTHERN TUNISIA'S ENCOMIUM TO BEN ALI [...] (C) During a December 10-13 trip to the southern cities of Djerba, Medenine, Zarzis and Tataouine, with a stop in Sfax, Ambassador Godec met with a wide-range of government officials, community leaders, and private business people, who were generally effusive in their praise of President Ben A [...]	2007-12-21 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS225	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Jan. 16 - Jan. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Promotes Solar Energy B. Maghreb Ministers of Commerce Discuss FTA C. GOT To Tax Offshore Companies D. 6.5 Million Tourists in 2006 ------------------------- GOT Promotes Sol [...]	2007-02-14 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
07TUNIS263	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Feb. 1 - Feb. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. AMU Considers Creation of Maghreb Debit Card B. GOT to Hire 12,000 Employees C. Avian Influenza: Tunisia Suspends Poultry Imports From Affected Countries -------------------------- [...]	2007-02-26 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN KFLU ELAB TS
07TUNIS271	TUNISIA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY INPUT [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Tunisia not be included on the 2007 Special 301 Watch List In 2006 and early 2007, Post has noted a marked change in attitude towards the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) among GOT officials, legal experts, local artisans, and business people. IPR i [...]	2007-02-27 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON TS
07TUNIS365	FOR MINISTER OF TOURISM, TOURISM MORE THAN JUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's March 16 courtesy call, Minister of Tourism Tijani Haddad expressed great enthusiasm for increasing American tourism to Tunisia and made an impassioned plea for increasing the level of cultural cooperation and exchanges between our two countries. Ambassador n [...]	2007-03-22 17:36:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD OEXC EAIR KPAO TS
07TUNIS516	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Urges Further Reform B. Qatar Telecom Invests In Tunisia C. Consumer Price Index Continues To Rise D. Trade Deficit Grows, Industrial Production Up E. GOT Sells Stake in Banque [...]	2007-04-24 15:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS EIND KTEX KPRV TS
07TUNIS758	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's June 7 courtesy call, Central Bank (BCT) Governor Taoufik Baccar emphasized the importance of the BCT in shaping GOT economic policy and outlined his agenda for reform. Baccar is currently pursuing reform in three main areas: monetary policy, banking, and cu [...]	2007-06-15 13:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS791	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Concludes 2007 Article IV Mission B. Qatar Petroleum Awarded Skhira Refinery Tender -------------------------------- IMF Concludes Article IV Mission --------------------------- [...]	2007-06-20 05:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS TS
07TUNIS865	TUNISIAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER ELECTS NEW BOARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the June 28 Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce (TACC) General Assembly meeting, the TACC membership elected a new board with equal Tunisian and American company representation. The election itself was notable, marking the first time in many years that there were more candi [...]	2007-06-29 12:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP EINV TS
07TUNIS869	REGIME INSIDER OUTLINES TUNISIA'S CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's June 29 courtesy call, President of the Economic and Social Council and Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party stalwart, Sadok Chaabane presented his views on trade, extremism, and democracy. Chabaane stressed the importance of reducing economic depen [...]	2007-07-02 13:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD KDEM TS
07TUNIS896	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Creation of a New Agency for E-Commerce B. British Gas to Invest US $1.3 billion in Tunisia C. Central Bank June Report D. Italy and Tunisia Agree to Connect Electrical Grids ---- [...]	2007-07-06 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS ENRG EPET TS
07TUNIS992	TUNISIA READIES NEW IPR LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) In a July 24 meeting with EconOff, Director General of Tunisian Copyright Protection Organization (OTPDA),Mohamed Kheireddine Abdel Ali, spoke optimistically and enthusiastically about Tunisia's progress on intellectual property rights protection and an increased GOT commitment to the i [...]	2007-07-26 12:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TS
07USEUBRUSSELS3511	U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS AND JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. The EU Police Mission in Afghanistan is deeply interested in working closely with the U.S. The EUPOL mission was delayed in its deployment by internal procurement difficulties, but these have been resolved and vehicles and equipment should be delivered by January. The EUPOL mis [...]	2007-12-14 16:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN AF
07USNATO190	WELCOME FOR NATO NRC AMBASSADORIAL MEETING AND [...] Mission welcomes Donna A. Phelan, James Starkey, Jon Errickson, and Adam Xavier to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support will be provided by [...]	2007-03-23 16:18:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO300	WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF, NRC(ACE),AND VCC TEAM [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF, NRC(ACE),and VCC meetings, May 15-18. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...]	2007-05-11 14:32:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO72	USNATO NOMINATIONS FOR MARCH 26-27 CONFERENCE IN [...] Per reftel, USNATO nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Ambassador Martin [...]	2007-02-06 15:06:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS EAID PINS PROP PTER KISL AF
07USNATO94	WELCOME TO USNATO FOR HONORABLE JOHN TANNER AND [...] Mission welcomes the visit of Representative John Tanner(D-TN),Chairman, House NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and traveling party: -Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner -Honorable Dennis Moore and Mrs. Stephene Moore -Honorable Mike Ross and Mrs. Holly Ross -Honorable Ben Chandler [...]	2007-02-14 16:41:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC NATO USEU OECD BEXP
07USUNNEWYORK1027	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --US DPKO Under Secretary General Guehenno met with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub on November 11th in Addis Ababa in an effort to find a way forward with UNAMID deployments. Guehenno briefed the Security Council on November 14 on the details of his meetings. -- [...]	2007-11-15 21:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1028	SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON BURMA [...] (SBU) In a public meeting of the Security Council November 13, Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari discussed his November 3-8 trip to Burma. He listed positive developments in Burma leading up to his visit, including the withdrawal of visible military presence, the release of some detainees, and [...]	2007-11-15 22:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC BM PHUM
07USUNNEWYORK1058	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHINA, RUSSIA, INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee met on October 9, October 30, and November 7 to discuss the recommendations on improving the sanctions regime contained in the Panel of Experts' September report, which included an embargo on the sale of aircraft to the GOS and targeted sanctions on [...]	2007-11-21 20:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1101	UNGA/C-5: DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT A LIGHTENING ROD FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Administrative and Budgetary Committee met in formal session on October 30 for introduction of several reports on the Development Account. The Secretariat presented three proposals for identifying additional resources for the Development Account. The ACABQ evaluated the Secr [...]	2007-11-30 19:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK113	ISRAEL AND JUSCANZ DISCUSS UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-09 19:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1210	UN: 62ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION: SOUTH ASIA WRAP [...] (U) Joe Melrose served as the Senior Area Advisor for the 62nd UN General Assembly for South and Central Asia. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to South and Central Asia. The South and Central Asian states did not provide the drama of some other regions or even of [...]	2007-12-26 16:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BG CE IN KG KZ NP PHUM PK PREL TI TX
07USUNNEWYORK166	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: UK AND FRENCH REACTIONS TO US [...] (C) Summary and action request: USUN delivered reftel demarche February 28, sharing with the UK and France the names of Sudanese we propose for sanctions per UNSCR 1591 (2005). The UK expressed concern that the senior rank of one target would provoke Russian and Chinese opposition at the outs [...]	2007-03-02 18:51:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC ETTC SU
07USUNNEWYORK305	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON [...] (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc r [...]	2007-04-19 18:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK511	RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...]	2007-06-22 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK564	SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]	2007-07-11 11:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK980	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...]	2007-11-08 23:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07VATICAN58	ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE TO SPEAK OUT? [...] (U) This telegram contains a recommendation and action request below. --------------- Background -------------- 2. (C) Post noted in early February that the Holy See was considering speaking out on Zimbabwe (reftel). The issue is now on the front burner. A senior cardi [...]	2007-03-20 10:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI ZI ZU SF UK VT
07VATICAN64	ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE WAITING FOR OK FROM BISHOPS [...] (C) In response to ref (b) points, Holy See deputy foreign minister equivalent Pietro Parolin told the Charge March 23 that the Holy See was considering speaking out further on Zimbabwe, but felt compelled to wait until it got the "green light" from the Zimbabwe bishops to do so. He noted t [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL ZI VT
07VIENNA1104	AUSTRIA'S STEYR-MANNLICHER WEAPONS COMPANY -- NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EconPolCouns and EconPolOffs visited the new CEO and owner of Steyr-Mannlicher, Franz Holzschuh, on April 26. We conveyed Post's desire to continue cooperation and keep an open dialog with the firm. We also stressed our ongoing concerns about the firm's sale of assault weapon [...]	2007-04-30 13:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ECON ETTC AU
07VIENNA1708	CONCILIATORY CLIMATE AT WALDHEIM FUNERAL [...] (U) On June 25, former President Kurt Waldheim was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery following a State Funeral and requiem at St.Stephen's Cathedral. There were also ceremonies at the Vienna International Center (UN City) and in front of the Federal Chancellery honoring Waldheim. Waldhei [...]	2007-06-26 09:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA186	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 25, 2007 [...] All major Austrian media continue to analyze and comment on US President George Bush's 2007 State of the Union Address. One Austrian daily headlines "The new Bush: the president as petitioner," and writes that Bush came across as modest and low-key, and presenting a "green agenda." The daily's [...]	2007-01-25 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA187	THE GUSENBAUER GOVERNMENT'S COALITION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On January 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer presented the government program of the Grand Coalition between the Social Democratic (SPO) and the People,s Party (OVP) to parliament. Stressing his vision of a &more social Austria,8 Gusenbauer outlined a program that primarily represents a [...]	2007-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AU
07VIENNA2092	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 8, 2007 [...] All media report that former Austrian Unions Association (OeGB) boss Fritz Verzetnitsch has come under fire in connection with the bank Bawag trial currently underway in Vienna: It has been alleged that he made false statements earlier this year before the parliamentary committee looking into t [...]	2007-08-08 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENTIANE364	UNHCR'S ERIKA FELLER DISCUSSES HMONG ISSUES; LAO [...] (C) Summary: The visit of UNHCR's lead protection official, Erika Feller, haS provided insight into Hmong issues including what may happen to the 152 Hmong (plus three babies) being held in Thailand's Nong Khai Province. Unfortunately, we are concerned UNHCR may be overestimating the ability o [...]	2007-05-04 09:32:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM LA
07VILNIUS191	STATE SECURITY CHIEF'S RESIGNATION: IT AIN'T OVER [...] (C) Summary: A March 15 parliamentary vote rejected the resignation of State Security chief Arvydas Pocius, despite a previous decision by the same body that he was not capable of doing the job. Pocius remains in the job, but his position is weak and probably untenable. End Summary. 2. ( [...]	2007-03-16 15:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
07VILNIUS217	LITHUANIA ASKS FOR HELP WITH THE OECD ENTRY PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Zygmimantas Pavilionis summoned the Ambassador on March 26 to complain that the USG was not promoting Lithuania's candidacy for the OECD. Pavilionis said that Lithuanian President Adamkus would press for Lithuanian entry during an upcoming visit to Paris. He s [...]	2007-03-27 10:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN OECD EUN LH
07VILNIUS306	LITHUANIAN PLANS TO EXTEND IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C) Summary: The GOL may ask the EU to approve extending the life of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's (INPP) second unit, which is scheduled to be shut down no later than December 31, 2009 in accordance with Lithuania's EU accession treaty. (Note: Unit One was shut down in 2004.) The GOL and [...]	2007-05-02 14:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EUN XG LH
07VILNIUS309	LITHUANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) We have been working intensely with the GOL to maintain the Lithuanian troop presence in Multinational Division South East (MND-SE) since the February announcements of British and Danish troop drawdowns from Basra. Following what appeared to be internal wrangling over what Lithuania's nex [...]	2007-05-03 08:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LH
07VILNIUS333	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS ESTONIA BUT MAY 9 PASSES [...] Summary: Lithuanians have been speaking up about Russian policies in many ways following the violence in Tallinn surrounding Estonia's decision to move the Bronze Soldier monument and demonstrations outside the Estonian Embassy in Moscow. The events have tapped a deep reserve of anti-Russian [...]	2007-05-11 14:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ZB RS LH
07VILNIUS401	(C) LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS DRAW-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cloud reiterated the U.S. preference that the GOL leave a platoon of troops in Iraq to Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas on May 28. Olekas said that, after deliberations with President Adamkus and FM Vaitiekunas, the GOL has decided to keep some staff officers [...]	2007-06-04 15:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH
07VILNIUS438	(C) LITHUANIA TO INTERVENE ON NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania plans to intervene on neighborhood policy at the June 18-19 GAERC. The GOL is happy with the German Presidency's handling of this issue, but still has some points to add to the conclusions. Lithuania expects a shortened period of discussion for all agenda items to save [...]	2007-06-13 11:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL LH
07VILNIUS467	NEW HEAD OF LITHUANIA'S STATE SECURITY DEPARTMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Adamkus signelQXbVQw77u candidacy on June 5. END SUMMARY. Bio Note -------- 2. (C) Malakauskas has been a close embassy contact for several years. Since 2004, he has been head of Lithuania,s Special Investigations Service (Lithuanian acronym STT). He is intell [...]	2007-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
07VILNIUS511	LITHUANIA DECIDES TO KEEP PLATOON IN IRAQ, WILL [...] (C) Summary: On July 9, President Adamkus told the Ambassador that Lithuania will meet its commitments in Iraq. He explained that decisions by the Danes and the British to reduce their presence in MNF-southeast forced the Lithuanians to do some restructuring of their presence. President Adamku [...]	2007-07-12 07:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS529	LITHUANIA: PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 14:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KSEP OVIP UNGA LH
07VILNIUS540	LITHUANIA: FIRST LADY ADAMKIENE WILL ATTEND UNGA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 08:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA LH
07VILNIUS542	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN [...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...]	2007-08-01 08:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS629	U.S.-BALTIC A/CFE MEETING IN VILNIUS, AUGUST 30 [...] (C) Summary: U.S. HLTF Representative Deputy Assistant Secretary Karin L. Look led CFE consultations with Estonia, SIPDIS Latvia, and Lithuania on August 29 and 30, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 29 August with Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis and on 30 August with all three Baltic [...]	2007-09-07 05:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL ZB RS
07VILNIUS639	LITHUANIA'S FIRST LADY WILL ATTEND LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 14:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL LH
07VILNIUS704	SNIPISKES CEMETERY UPDATE: ONE STEP FORWARD... [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, the Prime Minister and his cabinet agreed that construction on or near the former Jewish cemetery in the Snipiskes neighborhood of Vilnius should be stopped and further study done. On September 27, however, the responsible agency -- the Cultural Heritage Departme [...]	2007-10-02 12:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL LH
07VILNIUS796	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (U) Begin summary. In an October 25 meeting, Economy Minister Vytas Navickas told the Ambassador that the capacity of the new Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) would not be known until the environmental impact assessment was completed at the end of 2008. He expressed confidence that, despi [...]	2007-11-05 13:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON LH
07VILNIUS811	LITHUANIA HOPING TO MOVE AHEAD ON ENERGY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. DCM met November 7 with Darius Degutis, MFA, Ambassador at Large, Economic Security Policy Department. Degutis's direct responsibilities include international energy projects such as the proposed Polish & Swedish power bridges and the new Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP). H [...]	2007-11-13 06:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET LH
07VILNIUS878	LITHUANIA'S GOVERNMENT UNDER STRESS [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Conservative party has begun calling for early elections in Lithuania. The Social Democrats, who lead the minority governing coalition and who also used to have the support of the Conservatives, have been hurt by increasing inflation and allegations of poor planning [...]	2007-12-10 15:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
07WARSAW1097	FM FOTYGA OUTLINES POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] Summary: FM Anna Fotyga outlined the government's foreign policy priorities in a two hour report to the Polish Parliament on May 11. Fotyga repeatedly stressed the need for greater energy security, referring to it as the "flagship issue" of Poland's foreign policy. She did little to amelio [...]	2007-05-11 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW1147	POLAND'S NAIMSKI TELLS DAS BRYZA KRAKOW SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski told visiting DAS Bryza that the Krakow Summit had four important results: The governments reached a political decision that a Caspian-Odessa-Brody-Plock-Gdansk (COBPG) oil pipeline should be constructed and that an Intergovernme [...]	2007-05-16 08:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL PO KZ UR LI AJ GG RS
07WARSAW1745	PIS INSIDER SAYS ELECTIONS "PROBABLE" AFTER [...] (C) In the wake of the August 8 firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek, part of the fallout of the July firing of Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper, there is once again serious talk of early elections, but there has yet to be any concrete action to set the process in motion. As expe [...]	2007-08-10 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1748	POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...]	2007-08-13 09:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1843	LOT AIRLINE MANAGEMENT ON CHALLENGING POLISH [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 13:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PL
07WARSAW2101	TUSK COMING ON STRONG, BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO [...] (U) Summary: With polls flip flopping between the ruling Law and Order (PiS) and main opposition Civic Platform (PO),the October 12 debate between PM Kaczynski and PO's Donald Tusk may prove decisive in a tight race. After weeks of running an anemic and lackluster campaign, Tusk came out s [...]	2007-10-15 14:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2128	MUD-SLINGING CAMPAIGN DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Poles will go to vote this Sunday with increasingly stark campaign ad messages of "disaster" in the health sector, a fresh corruption scandal carefully timed for maximum political impact, and a dash of anti-Semitism to add to the campaign. The final week has seen spirited mud-s [...]	2007-10-19 10:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW2136	URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...]	2007-10-22 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL
07WARSAW2142	CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LEAVE IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: With their victory clear, Civic Platform (PO) leaders are making public statements on a wide range of foreign policy objectives, including their party's position on Polish deployment in Iraq. Reflecting widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, PO consistently has ca [...]	2007-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW2231	POLISH IPR ADVANCEMENT: TRAINING FOR ALL [...] Summary: The Polish government has issued a higher education guideline calling for all Polish university students to receive instruction in intellectual property rights (IPR). To our knowledge, this is the first time such a step has been taken anywhere in the world. The President of the Po [...]	2007-11-14 09:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR PL
07WARSAW2289	MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (C) Emboffs met with Daniel Gromann, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Division, and until August 2007, Poland's Charge d'Affaires in Havana. Gromann spent six years in Havana, and was Charge for his final two years. He played an instrumental role with respect to setting up the video co [...]	2007-11-29 14:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CU PL
07WARSAW2355	NEW ENERGY CZAR WANTS MORE ECONOMIC LIBERALISM IN [...] (C) Adam Szejnfeld, the newly appointed Secretary of State in the Economics Ministry responsible for energy affairs, told the DCM that he wants to bring more economic liberalism into Poland's energy policy. Szejnfeld said he will review over the next three months the various energy projects p [...]	2007-12-11 14:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PL
07WARSAW2395	POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...]	2007-12-19 10:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
07WARSAW308	"THIRD TWIN" RESIGNS FROM INTERIOR; REPLACED BY [...] (U) The uproar over Ludwik Dorn's unexpected departure from government continued as his replacement, Janusz Kaczmarek, was sworn in February 8 as the new Minister of Interior (MSWiA). As reported reftel, Dorn's departure from MSWiA may signal a crack in the PiS inner circle, a group long dist [...]	2007-02-08 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW31	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 13:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW33	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW355	KACZYNSKIS SEEK TO SOLDIER ON DESPITE CRACKS IN [...] (C) Summary. There is a crisis atmosphere within the government as President and Prime Minister Kaczynskis' most loyal political lieutenants are squabbling publicly. Even for the Kaczynskis, who have overseen a government buffeted by crisis (much of their own making),the resignations last [...]	2007-02-14 16:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW583	YUSHCHENKO AND KACZYNSKI DISCUSS ENERGY, EU: TALK [...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Polish President Lech Kaczynski focused on the Odessa-Brody pipeline project as well as Ukrainian aspirations for greater engagement with the EU during their March 7 meetings in Plock, Poland. Yushchenko's subsequent call for dialogue wi [...]	2007-03-09 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAGR PL

07WARSAW593	POLAND: POC FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] Embassy Warsaw POC for overall Missile Defense issues is Political External Chief David Morris, (48)(22)504-2657 or IVG 8-628-2657, e-mail MorrisDT@state.gov. POC for Public Diplomacy efforts is Information Officer Andrew Schilling, (48)(22)504-2331 or IVG 8-628-2331, e-mail SchillingAJ@state [...]	2007-03-12 16:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU
07WARSAW648	POLAND-OSCE: GOP REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HCNM [...] (C) MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki informed DCM on March 14 that Poland had formally nominated former Polish Foreign (Adam) Daniel Rotfeld to the position of OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities (HCNM). Noting Rotfeld's close association and cooperation with the U.S. f [...]	2007-03-15 16:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE PINR PL
07WELLINGTON513	NEW ZEALAND - SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR SWING AS DG FOR IOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 05:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG NZ
07WELLINGTON68	EAP DAS DAVIES JANUARY 16-7 MEETINGS WITH GNZ [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials told visiting EAP DAS Glyn Davies that they hope that the possible visit of PM Helen Clark and other GNZ officials to Washington will further enhance the recently improved US-NZ relationship. Davies agreed but cautioned [...]	2007-01-23 03:52:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ ASEAN FJ BM
07WELLINGTON75	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NOAH ADAMS, PATRICK [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Officals Noah Adams, Patrick Connolly, Terry Maret, Theodore Castro-Santos, and James Hatten to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from February 15 - 28, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend and give presentations at the 6th [...]	2007-01-25 01:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
07YAOUNDE1080	CAMEROON: SABGA MEN STILL CAMPED AT EMBASSY, HOPE [...] (U) The delegation of men from Sabga have maintained their presence outside the Embassy since August 20. Although their numbers fluctuate as they receive visitors and members of the community bring them food and water, a core group of around 12 is always present and their total number fluctu [...]	2007-08-30 12:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1097	UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC DISSENT IN CAMEROON'S RULING [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding image of President Paul Biya's ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) as a disciplined monolith was shaken when veteran CPDM official and National Assembly representative Adama Modi publicly opposed the CPDM's candidate during August 31 elections [...]	2007-09-05 12:36:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PINR CM
07YAOUNDE128	U.S. INVESTMENT IN CAMEROON: MAJOR PROGRESS IN 2006 [...] (U) 2006 was an excellent year for U.S.-Cameroon commercial relations, and we enter 2007 with literally billions of dollars of pending U.S. investment on the table. In February we signed an Open Skies agreement; Geovic and Hydromine, two firms with large multi-year mining projects, made impor [...]	2007-01-30 13:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EMIN ECON KCOR EAIR EPET CM
07YAOUNDE1417	CAMEROON'S NORTH: POOR AND FEELING NEGLECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's recent orientation trip to Cameroon's North and Far North provinces revealed a region of poverty, insecurity and perceived political neglect. Local officials, traditional leaders, NGO representatives, businessmen and others stressed the impact of desertificati [...]	2007-12-04 13:12:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM EAGR ECON PGOV SENV PINR KISL KPAO
07YAOUNDE1478	CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]	2007-12-19 08:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE1479	CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]	2007-12-19 08:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE442	CAMEROON GETS CORRUPTION WATCHDOG, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary. One year after establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC),President Biya on March 15 nominated a slate largely consisting of ruling CPDM party apparatchiks to CONAC's Coordination Committee. It will be headed by Paul Tessa, a longtime Presidency confidante. [...]	2007-04-09 13:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON PREL CM
07YAOUNDE910	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTING AT FIRST BLUSH [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon on July 22 held dual legislative and municipal elections; initial, anecdotal reports indicate that President Biya's ruling party will hold onto its strong majority in the National Assembly and in municipal councils throughout much of the country. Though it is too early [...]	2007-07-23 13:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM
07YEREVAN1055	RULING PARTY CANDIDATE WINS COMMANDING PLURALITY [...] (C) Polling and vote tabulation proceeded fairly smoothly during the August 26 special election for the district 15 parliamentary seat. The Republican candidate was declared the winner with about 46 percent. His formerly-Prosperous Armenia rival came in second with almost 29 percent. The Da [...]	2007-08-28 02:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN266	KOCHARIAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF SEEKS TO EJECT NDI FROM [...] (C) Armen Gevorgian, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff, told NDI Country co-Directors on March 6 that NDI should shut down their operations until after the May 12 elections. Gevorgian, assuming that NDI Armenia had arranged for a senior oppositionist to visit Washington in February, said [...]	2007-03-07 14:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AM
07YEREVAN522	ELECTION HOMESTRETCH -- WITH SIXTEEN DAYS LEFT, WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: We called on President Kocharian to deliver some messages for the final stage of the pre-election campaign. We urged him to galvanize prosecutors against electon-related fraud. We also protested sharply the apparent clandestine taping, and subsequent publishing, of a British d [...]	2007-04-26 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN534	ARMENIA: USING USG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO LEVERAGE [...] (C) Our assistance programs aimed at helping Armenia achieve cleaner elections are big news here. Thanks to a strong Public Diplomacy effort, we have largely dispelled early concerns about whether Armenians should be suspicious that we seek to foment a "color revolution" and have built under [...]	2007-05-02 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM AM
07YEREVAN935	KOCHARIAN ON RADIO LIBERY, NDI, HR CASES, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an almost 90 minute introductory call by the CDA, President Kocharian defended his positions on Radio Liberty, NDI, and human rights cases in a friendly but unbending manner. He was determined to move Radio Liberty broadcasts from state radio to a private network, but emphat [...]	2007-07-23 14:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM IR
08ABIDJAN346	AF/W DIRECTOR DOUGHERTY DISCUSSES FINANCING THE [...] (C) Summary: State AF/W Director Thomas Dougherty discussed the pivotal question of financing for the end of crisis package ("sortie de crise" in French) with a number of key interlocutors during his May 14-18 visit to Abidjan. Interlocutors discussed Cote d'Ivoire's Highly Indebted Poor Coun [...]	2008-05-29 16:34:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AFDB EAID ECON IMF IBRD IV PREL
08ABIDJAN879	FORCES NOUVELLES SPOKESMAN DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT [...] (C) Summary: Moussa Dosso, who headed the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) delegation that met with President Gbagbo on Dec. 9, told Ambassador that the FPI wants a truncated disarmament process which is unacceptable to the FAFN. Dosso said that after 5-6 years of loyal service, the FAFN cannot ask its [...]	2008-12-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM EAID IV
08ABUDHABI1000	UAEG WANTS TO DISCUSS PATRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: On September 1, Post delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. decision to offer Patriot deployment to the UAE. A basic presentation to the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's office soon brought the issue to the attention of the Air Force leadership, with whom we discussed the deployment in g [...]	2008-09-04 11:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PINS AE
08ABUDHABI377	EMBASSY CONVERSATION WITH UAEG ON SHARLA'S CITY OF HOPE [...] (C) In March 25, 2008 conversation with MinState for Foreign Affairs (and Chairman of National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking) Anwar Gargash, Charge emphasized the very positive experiences both the Embassy and ConGen have had with Sharla Musabih's City of Hope, with the shelter having [...]	2008-03-25 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE
08ABUJA106	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 1-13, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- ECOWAS -- National Assembly -- Human Rights, Labor, Refugees - [...]	2008-01-16 16:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF EFIN ETRD EPET KCOR MASS ELAB
08ABUJA1082	NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS [...] (U) Summary: During May 5-12 meetings with U.S Trade and Development Agency (USTDA),Nigerian government (GON) officials expressed interest in USTDA providing technical assistance centered on sustainable capacity building, technical training, international standards development, guidance on ess [...]	2008-06-11 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
08ABUJA1095	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Military Matters --Environment --Energy --Aviation --Debt --Fiscal Responsibility -- [...]	2008-06-12 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI
08ABUJA1151	NIGERIA: MOVES TO CREATE NEW OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met May 17, 28 and 29 with politicos who claim that members of various opposition parties and disaffected members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are planning to join forces and attempt to create a new opposition party to confront the PDP. Though the allegedly [...]	2008-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1331	NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI'S FIRST MONTH, SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY. One month after Farida Waziri's June 5 Senate confirmation as new Chairwoman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the jury is still very much out on Waziri's true intentions and any fallout her leadership choices will have on the EFCC as an institution; we belie [...]	2008-07-11 13:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI
08ABUJA1456	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COOPERATION, TRADE WITH AG MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Agriculture Minister agreed to create an Agriculture Working Group under the U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership as a way to better engage with the Agricultural Ministry in a meeting in Abuja June 24. The Ministry is moving to implement robust plans for agricu [...]	2008-07-28 13:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG ECON SENV NI
08ABUJA1482	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-16 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...]	2008-07-31 06:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA1573	NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ATTORNEY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings August 7, CDA presented reftel demarche expressing our concerns about developments at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Baba Gana Kingibe. She [...]	2008-08-08 17:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KCOR SNAR NI
08ABUJA1574	NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO WAZIRI [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel demarche to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on August 8. Waziri called the USG position "unfortunate" and maintained that much of the issue with USG concerns is perception. She expressed concern for how cases were [...]	2008-08-08 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI
08ABUJA1794	NIGERIA: RESPONSE 1 OF 2: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY post provides the first of two responses to reftel A with information for (1) two contact points for the U.S. mission whom USITC staff may contact for follow-up information as well as (2) contact information local firms, organizations, academic researchers, and individuals who may [...]	2008-09-04 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA1868	NIGERIA: ANALYSIS ON NEXT STEPS SCENARIOS IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Below is Post's interim analysis on the current atmospherics and state of play in Nigeria as a result of concerns about President Yar'Adua's health and the degree to which his continued decline could lead to either sudden death or possible incapacitation. This, coupled with a l [...]	2008-09-16 17:10:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NI
08ABUJA1986	NIGERIA: RUMORS AND MURMURS OF CHANGE, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. Although the long-awaited and much-discussed Cabinet reshuffle still has not materialized, we are starting to see some changes around the edges of the administration. President Yar'Adua appointed three prominent ANPP members (FYI: the ANPP is one of two opposition parties which h [...]	2008-10-08 17:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
08ABUJA2079	TRIP REPORT: ADAMAWA GOVERNOR TALKS NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, the Ambassador (accompanied by StaffAide, notetaker) met with Adamawa Governor Admiral Murtala Nyako during her first trip to Adamawa State in Northeastern Nigeria. The governor spoke candidly about democracy, development, North/South politics, and President Yar'Adu [...]	2008-10-21 17:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2094	NIGERIA: RUMORS AND MURMURS OF CHANGE, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. Although the long-awaited and much-discussed Cabinet reshuffle still has not materialized, we are starting to see some changes around the edges of the administration. President Yar'Adua appointed three prominent ANPP members (FYI: the ANPP is one of two opposition parties which h [...]	2008-10-24 09:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
08ABUJA2095	35 NIGERIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW: OUR TOP FIVE IN [...] (C) Introduction: Understanding who matters, not what matters, is often the half the battle in Nigeria. Perhaps more than any other country on the subcontinent, Nigeria has hundreds upon hundreds of politicians, businessmen, retired military generals, and traditional leaders who wield tremend [...]	2008-10-24 09:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR NI
08ABUJA2098	NIGERIA: USG SUPPORTS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT FEASIBILITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an October 17, 2008 ceremony at the Adamawa State Government House, the Ambassador and Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako signed a grant for commencement of a 35 megawatt (MW) hydroelectric power plant feasibility study at the existing Kiri Dam site. The grant was provided by [...]	2008-10-24 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID EINV NI
08ABUJA2126	NIGERIA: FAVORABLE RAINY SEASON INCREASES GRAIN YIELDS [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Agriculture Service Attach (FASOff) and EconOff visited Nigerian's grain belt from October 13-17. It was noted that Nigeria's grain production in 2008 is up sharply from the poor harvest of 2007, especially for corn, because farmers planted larger areas and rainfall patter [...]	2008-10-29 07:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PREL NI
08ABUJA2146	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late on October 29, President Yar'Adua announced the dismissal of 9 Ministers and eleven Ministers of State, believed to be the first step in his long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle (reftel). The Ministers of Commerce, National Planning, Mines and Steel Development, Air Transport, Ed [...]	2008-10-30 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON NI
08ABUJA2147	FORMER NIGERIAN PRES GOWON - NO NEED FOR CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon (1966-1975) on October 28 to discuss the Supreme Court case on the 2007 presidential elections and President Yar'Adua's health (Poloff was notetaker). Gowon assured the Ambassador there is "no reason for concern." He be [...]	2008-10-30 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA215	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PLATEAU [...] (U) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, the Governor of Plateau State, Jonah David Jang (People's Democratic Party - PDP),and Deputy Governor, Pauline K. Tallen (PDP) presented a copy of their 10-Point Agenda and emphasized peace and stability, education, health, and touris [...]	2008-02-04 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID NI
08ABUJA2169	NIGERIA: SUBSIDIZED FERTILIZER RARELY REACHES FARMERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Systemic corruption squeezes poor farmers' access to desperately needed fertilizer. Despite Nigerian government (GON) claims to the contrary, subsidized fertilizer most often ends up in the hands of crooked and politically connected middlemen. The final result is high fertilize [...]	2008-11-04 08:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV NI
08ABUJA2177	NIGERIA: COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK OFFICIALS DESIRE MORE USG [...] (SBU) Summary. During the USG Intellectual Property Working Group (IPWG) October 27-28 visit to Abuja, Nigerian intellectual property rights officials expressed appreciation for USG technical assistance (TA). The goal of the visit was to hear from GON agencies on progress and steps taken sinc [...]	2008-11-04 13:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINV ETRD ECON EAID NI
08ABUJA2179	Nigeria: Visit to Bauchi State [...] (U) Summary. DCM, Information Resources Officer (IRO) and Public Affairs Section Locally Employed Staffed (PAS LES) visited Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State in the north-eastern zone of Nigeria, October 29-30 for a Mission election-related panel discussion. They had an opportunity to meet with [...]	2008-11-04 14:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM NI
08ABUJA2248	NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI REVEALS SERIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke to EFCC Chair Farida Waziri by phone on November 10 to discuss ongoing EFCC anti-corruption efforts and deliver USG benchmarks for cooperation. The conversation revealed little substantive detail on EFCC efforts, and instead revealed much more about the seri [...]	2008-11-17 06:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
08ABUJA2253	MISSION USES INTEREST IN U.S. ELECTIONS TO PROMOTE ITS [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Mission took advantage of the extremely high interest among Nigerians in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections to promote its policies as outlined in the joint U.S.-Nigeria Framework for Partnership. In several speaking engagements the Ambassador highlighted the Mission [...]	2008-11-17 10:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI
08ABUJA2270	PD OCTOBER ROUND-UP - MISSION NIGERIA PROGRAMS SUPPORT [...] Summary: In the month of October, public diplomacy activities of the U.S. Mission to Nigeria supported each of the four pillars of the U.S. - Nigeria Framework for Partnership: Governing Justly and Democratically, Investing in People, Economic Trade and Growth, and Peace and Security. Headlin [...]	2008-11-18 15:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KDEM ECON EFIN NI
08ABUJA2278	TRIP REPORT: NO-NONSENSE GOVERNOR OF TARABA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 15:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA23	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...]	2008-01-07 07:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI
08ABUJA2307	NIGERIA: FURTHER HARASSMENT OF FORMER EFCC CHAIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt to discredit Former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, he and his family were physically escorted away from his graduation ceremony from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Jos on November 22. On November 24, Ribadu came to the Embassy [...]	2008-11-25 06:13:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
08ABUJA2340	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND EXPORTERS ARE OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (SBU) Summary. During the November 17 - 20 visit of Laurie-Ann Agama, Director for African Affairs in the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),Government of Nigeria (GON) officials reiterated Nigeria's commitment to the U.S. - Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework Agreemen [...]	2008-12-01 14:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI
08ABUJA2345	NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...]	2008-12-01 17:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2346	NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...]	2008-12-02 07:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI
08ABUJA2360	NIGERIA: 2008-2012 TARIFF BOOK REVIEW [...] Summary. Following the September 25, 2008 release of the 2008-2012 Nigerian government tariff book, a number of major import bans were eliminated and some tariffs were significantly reduced (reftel I). The Government of Nigeria's (GON) tariff policy for 2008 to 2012 reduces the number of ban [...]	2008-12-03 08:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR EAGR EINV EAID PGOV SENV NI
08ABUJA2376	NIGERIAN SLOW-MOVING RESHUFFLE UPDATE: SENATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3, the Senate confirmed the list of 13 ministerial nominees forwarded to them by Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua (reftel),and acknowledged the receipt of five more names to fill the 22 vacancies created by the October 29 removal of 19 ministers, the resignation of [...]	2008-12-05 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KGOV PINR NI
08ABUJA249	NIGERIA: EMBASSY ENGAGES MEDIA ON AFRICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 30, Ambassador while in Lagos and Poloff in Abuja, engaged with the Nigerian media on Africom in an attempt to reduce the overall negative coverage to date on the issue. Ambassador first met with a group of leading newspapers in Lagos to dispel fears and distrust of Afr [...]	2008-02-06 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV NI
08ABUJA2526	NIGERIA: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) Per reftel A, the following is comprehensive biographical information, with comment, on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's new cabinet. The list is presented in alphabetical order by Ministry. 2. (C) Michael Kaase Aondoakaa -- Attorney General/Minister of Justice. Aondoakaa hails from Be [...]	2008-12-24 14:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EAID NI
08ABUJA313	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...]	2008-02-20 07:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET PHUM EFIN ETRD KCOR KDEM ELAB MOPS
08ABUJA408	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEB 15-29, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 15-29, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Niger Delta -- Human Rights, Labor, TIP -- Economic News -- Oil [...]	2008-03-03 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM EPET ETRD KDEM ELAB KIRF NI
08ABUJA624	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAR 17-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 17-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Labor -- Economic News -- Military Affai [...]	2008-04-04 13:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS MASS ELBR KDEM
08ABUJA694	NIGERIA: NORTHERN ROUNDUP FOR JAN-APR 2008 [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent socio-political developments across northern Nigeria, including: -- Adamawa Guber Candidate Uses "Jihad" to Rally Support -- Kano Hisbah Attempts to Enforce Sharia in Non-Muslim Areas -- Christian-Muslim Violence in Kano -- One Killed, Five Churches Burnt [...]	2008-04-15 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KISL KIRF NI
08ABUJA715	NIGERIA: PDP WINS FCT BY-ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA73	NIGERIA: STATE TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST PDP, CITES [...] (U) On December 11, 2007 the Enugu State Election Tribunal nullified the elections of two People's Democratic Party (PDP) senators, Ayogu Eze and Patrick Asadu, on grounds of irregularities, intimidation of voters, unlawful cancellation of opponents' votes, falsification of results, and other [...]	2008-01-11 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI ELECTIONS
08ABUJA779	(C/NF) NIGERIA: ATIKU SEEKS COMEBACK, REBUFFS IBB [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: After losing his April 2007 presidential bid, and the subsequent election tribunal case against President Yar'Adua (though this is still being appealed),former Vice President and Action Congress (AC) candidate Atiku Abubakar seeks to regain a place in national politics. In an [...]	2008-04-25 14:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM NI
08ABUJA796	NIGERIA: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY PREPCOM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and papers to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ambassador Secudo on April 24. Amb. Secudo informed Poloff on April 30 that he passed the papers to the Nigerian PrepCom participants in Geneva and that Nigeria is prepared [...]	2008-04-30 14:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NI
08ABUJA812	NIGERIA: PDP WINS CREDIBLE ADAMAWA RE-RUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 26, PolOffs and PolSpec observed the gubernatorial by-election in the north-eastern state of Adamawa. Though not totally without problems, PolOffs agree with the popular assessment that the election was, for the most part, free and fair. With an estimated turnout of aro [...]	2008-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
08ABUJA813	NIGERIA: ALTERNATE NOMINEE FOR THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA PGOV NI
08ABUJA817	NIGERIA: RISING FOOD PRICES YET NO SHORTAGES [...] Summary. Rising food and agricultural commodity prices are having a significant impact in Nigeria. Since late 2007, basic food prices have risen sharply. The Ministry of Agriculture calculates that 71% of Nigerians are underfed and the World Bank estimates that 54% of the population earns le [...]	2008-05-06 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL NI
08ABUJA863	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 16-30 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-Runs -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Economi [...]	2008-05-12 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA870	NIGERIA: GON SUSPENDS RICE IMPORT DUTY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 09:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA876	NIGERIA: NORTHERN PARENTS REJECT VACCINES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Poloff and PolSpecialist spoke with Dr. Muhammad Kabir, professor of community medicine at Bayero University in Kano, and Bashir Sanusi, community health specialist with the Kano State Ministry of Health, on April 16. Two themes clearly emerged: 1) despite the recent outbreak of [...]	2008-05-14 09:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI TBIO KISL KOCI NI
08ABUJA892	NIGERIAN LABOR SUPPORTS OSHIOMHOLE, CRITICIZES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Abuja May Day celebration (May 1),cosponsored by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC),was in general a lackluster and unenthusiastic event, with only half-hearted cheers from the crowd to "aluta continua" (the fight continues). The arrival of fo [...]	2008-05-16 07:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM NI PHUM
08ABUJA939	NIGERIA: UNAMID FPU EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING NEEDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 15:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV NI
08ABUJA962	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA GOVERNMENT'S REPORT CARD AT ONE [...] (S) This is the second cable in our series to address U.S. Mission Nigeria's analysis of President Yar'Adua's performance as head of state. Our first report card on him appeared at just over the halfway mark of his first year in office (ref A). This cable looks at what he has or has not done [...]	2008-05-28 18:39:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PINR KCOR PREL ECON NI
08ABUJA970	(C/NF) NIGERIA: IMN GROWTH THOUGH LIMITED, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Intra-religious strife among Muslims in Nigeria is growing, as evidenced by several recent assassinations of Sunni imams, who have been critical of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN),which is thought to be responsible for these murders. The perceived "Shi'ite" orientation [...]	2008-05-30 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KISL KIRF SOCI NI
08ACCRA1476	JERRY ON JERRY: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FLT. LT. [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on former Ghanaian president Jerry J. Rawlings as part of his outreach efforts to convey U.S. neutrality vis a vis the Ghanaian elections to all major political parties. In a marathon session that lasted more than two hours, Rawlings gave an Oscar-worthy perfo [...]	2008-11-20 16:57:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1562	GHANAIAN MEDIA SHAPE PEACEFUL ELECTION [...] Radio a Cause for Joy: During the months leading up to Ghana's presidential elections many elements of Ghanaian society, not least of all the media itself, were critical of the inflammatory tone of political news coverage. The largest complaint was reserved for radio station call-in programs [...]	2008-12-12 11:29:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AF GH KPAO
08ACCRA422	Liberian Refugee Update: Ambassador's Meeting with UNHCR [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, the Ambassador met with UNHCR Accra Representative Aida Haile Mariam, who provided UNHCR's perspective on the current crisis, including Ghana's efforts to return some Buduburam residents to Liberia. Mariam confirmed that UNHCR is now involved in screening the Liberi [...]	2008-03-31 15:30:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL LI GH
08ACCRA542	ACCRA: NPT PREPARATORY MEETING DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 14:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREF NPT IAEA GH
08ADDISABABA1154	REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRACY! [...] (C) Understanding Ethiopia's domestic political (and economic) actions, and developing a strategy for moving the ruling party forward democratically, requires understanding the ruling Tigrean People's Liberation Front's (TPLF) prevailing political ideology: Revolutionary Democracy. Hard-line T [...]	2008-04-28 14:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA1357	ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE EPRDF CONSOLIDATION OF [...] (S/NF) Following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A),Deputy Political-Economic Counselor spoke separately with ten scholars to canvass elites' opinions on the current Ethiopian polity. The scholars divi [...]	2008-05-16 07:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC ET
08ADDISABABA1733	UNITY FOR DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE (UDJ): KEEPING HOPE FOR [...] (SBU) On June 24, 2008 PolCouns met with Dr. Yacob Hailemariam, the Head of Foreign Affairs of the newly formed opposition political party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ). UDJ is unique as its supporters represent most major ethnic groups and its leadership is composed of most major lea [...]	2008-06-25 14:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA2103	DRL A/S KRAMER NOTES U.S. CONCERN ON CSO LAW [...] (SBU) DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer highlighted significant U.S. concerns over the likely impact and potentially unintended consequences of Ethiopia's draft Civil Society Organizations (CSO) law in meetings with Prime Minister Meles, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, [...]	2008-07-31 08:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2105	Prime Minister Meles set on new CSO/NGO law in autumn [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the UK, France and US on July 30 during the third of a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Organizations Law (CSO) has become so politicized that it has exacerbated animosities within the Central Committe [...]	2008-07-31 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2143	ETHIOPIA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM: IN TRANSITION [...] (SBU) This cable provides a brief overview of Ethiopia's judicial system, based on contacts with legal practitioners. Ethiopia has both a regional (state) and a federal court system. The federal system handles matters of federal law and has benefited from external assistance, primarily from C [...]	2008-08-06 13:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS ET
08ADDISABABA2232	ETHIOPIA LOOKING TO WITHDRAW FROM MOGADISHU [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa told PolOffs on August 7 that he expected the Ethiopian military to withdraw from Mogadishu by the end of September and redeploy to Baidoa and other areas outside of the city, allowing the newly trained Som [...]	2008-08-13 14:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
08ADDISABABA2265	GOE SUMMONS TFG, TFG LEADERS REMAIN ENTRENCHED [...] (S) Despite clear and stern messages from the Ethiopian Government (GoE) to resolve personality conflicts and move on with governance and reconciliation, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur (Adde) Hassan Hussein remained entrenched in their re [...]	2008-08-18 14:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PREL SO ET
08ADDISABABA2461	UN'S JOHN HOLMES RAISES OGADEN FOOD DELIVERY CRISIS [...] (SBU) The UN Emergency Response Coordinator and Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed select representatives of the donor community September 3 on his discussions with the Ethiopian Government (GoE) on the "malnutrition crisis" in Ethiopia . He noted that, while [...]	2008-09-05 07:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA260	ETHIOPIA'S JUDICIAL DUE PROCESS, SEVERELY IN [...] (C) Ethiopian elders informed Post that Prime Minister Meles has indicated that the two prominent civil society advocates from the NGO ActionAid, Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, will not be released at the end of their sentences (May 1 and May 8 respectively) as decreed by the federal cou [...]	2008-02-04 10:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	KJUS KDEM PGOV PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA2846	ETHIOPIA'S CSO/NGO LAW READY FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassadors from the U.K., France and U.S. during the fourth in a series of meetings that the proposed Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law) will be sent, after further minor modifications, to the Council of Ministers this Friday, Octob [...]	2008-10-15 14:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EAID PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA2848	ETHIOPIA: TFG PRESIDENT MUST GO, ALL OPTIONS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told the Ambassador and PolOff on October 14 that Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf must be replaced in order to produce political progress in Somalia. Tekeda said all options were o [...]	2008-10-15 14:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
08ADDISABABA3462	IFIS' ACTIONS IN ETHIOPIA REMAIN IFFY [...] (C) As Ethiopia grapples with an increasingly dire economic crisis its need for financial and development assistance from international financial and development institutions (IFIs) is acute. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (the Bank) have not engaged the Ethiopian Govern [...]	2008-12-30 05:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV EFIN PREL IBRD ET
08ADDISABABA432	NO CRISIS IN OGADEN BUT FOOD DISTRIBUTION A [...] (C) The Ambassador and USG Humanitarian Assessment Team (HAT) members briefed separately the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency (DPPA),and the diplomatic corps and concerned NGOs, on the humanitarian situation in Eth [...]	2008-02-20 13:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV CASC ET
08ADDISABABA506	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE OFFICE HEAD SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 26, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides told visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) POLAD and PolOff that UNMEE's relocation to Asmara was going well and that UNMEE was in no dang [...]	2008-02-27 13:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA583	MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA/ERITREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs including State Minister Dr. Tekeda Alemu met for lunch with Ambassador Yamamoto and Emboffs. The discussion was wide-ranging and candid. On Somalia, the MFA shared information regarding the Foreign Minister,s February 27 tri [...]	2008-03-03 08:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ER ET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
08ADDISABABA614	ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. (U) Number of hours spent in preparation of TIP report cable: [...]	2008-03-04 10:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ET PRM ASEC PREL
08ADDISABABA838	ETHIOPIA: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TO BE PARDONED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly two and half years in prison, civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, the final two political prisoners from the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) trial, are set to be granted a pardon and released from prison. Though they are now only about [...]	2008-03-28 08:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA87	(C) DEFENSE OFFICIALS IMPOSE LAST-MINUTE [...] (S/NF) Despite Prime Minister Meles' apparent receptivity to discussing Ethiopia's arms supply relationship with North Korea (Ref A) as well as discussion with the Secretary during her visit, Ethiopia's Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD),General Samora Yonus, adamantly opposes U.S. scrutiny of Ethi [...]	2008-01-14 04:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM MARR PREL KN ET
08AITTAIPEI1353	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN ARMS SALES, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage September 13-15 on Typhoon Sinlaku's pounding of Taiwan over the weekend and the import of tainted Chinese milk powder to Taiwan. In terms of editorials and commentaries, the centrist, KMT-leaning "China Times" published a [...]	2008-09-15 06:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW

08ALGIERS198	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S WELCH VISIT TO ALGERIA [...] (C) We and the Algerians are looking forward to your visit next week. There was a prominent article about your visit, generated with help from our PAO, in best-selling el-Khabar newspaper on February 21. You will be visiting just as the government machine is gearing up to amend the Algerian constit [...]	2008-02-22 11:28:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AG
08ALGIERS208	ALGERIA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the 2003 enactment of TRIPs-compliant legislation, Algeria has demonstrated it is capable of active and prompt attention to intellectual property rights (IPR) disputes (ref B),but progress has been sporadic and inconsistent rather than systematic. Although some Algerian [...]	2008-02-24 14:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AG
08ALGIERS318	AQIM DEMANDS FOR THE RELEASE OF AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) On March 13 Al-Qaeda in the Lands of Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net/vb/) with its conditions for the release of the two Austrian hostages Wolfgang Ebner and Andrea Kloiber (ref A). AQIM demanded the release of some of its members he [...]	2008-03-17 11:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER KISL AG
08ALGIERS422	MFA OFFICIAL: SAHEL HEATS UP AS MALI PLAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting, MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for African Affairs Ismail Chergui told Ambassador that Algeria perceives that the security situation in northern Mali and Niger is deteriorating. Chergui said Algeria was frustrated by the "unhelpful" [...]	2008-04-14 17:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG
08ALGIERS682	KING OF RAI LATEST WESTERN SAHARA CASUALTY [...] According to Algerian press reports and an Algerian concert goer in Morocco, Algerian pop star Cheb Khaled, known as the King of Rai music, was briefly assaulted on June 1 by a Moroccan concert audience angry at his known affection for the cause of Western Saharan independence. After a Spanish [...]	2008-06-11 08:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREF PREL SCUL KPAO WI MO AG
08ALGIERS800	CODEL MCCOLLUM MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 meeting with Codel McCollum, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia proved surprisingly forthcoming about Algeria's past mistakes and his own aggressive anti-Islamist credentials, while professing support for WTO accession and religious freedom within Algeria. His offered some [...]	2008-07-16 14:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS97	SUPPORT FOR AQIM MAKES ALI BENHADJ ONCE AGAIN A [...] (C) Ali Benhadj, the former leader of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has lent his name and support to the recruiting efforts of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Contacts tell us that the government views Benhadj as a threat to its anti-AQIM efforts, but believes putting him [...]	2008-01-28 06:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS KISL AG
08AMMAN2015	ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Post contacted the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology to follow up on reftel demarche. Jordan currently serves as a rotating member on the Arabsat board. Its representative there is Mr. Afram Jameel, who works for the Ministry. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of conta [...]	2008-07-08 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER JO
08AMMAN2292	"WHAT ABOUT OUR PRISONERS?" JORDANIANS ASK AFTER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordan's front pages have been crowded over the past two weeks with demands from local figures and advocacy groups for the release of four Jordanians, currently detained in Jordanian jails, who were turned over by Israel in July of 2007 (Ref A). These groups, includi [...]	2008-07-31 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER JO IS
08AMMAN2888	JORDAN JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON USE OF [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) delivered a Strategic (Task Force) Approach to the Investigation and Prosecution of Organized and Financial [...]	2008-10-16 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO
08AMMAN391	THE RIGHT OF RETURN: WHAT IT MEANS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: The right of return for Palestinians is one of the issues at the heart of the debate over what it means to be Jordanian. Though our GOJ interlocutors insist that the theoretical option of return remains, they are now more engaged with the issue of compensation, both for individua [...]	2008-02-06 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KPAL JO
08ANKARA1407	TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: UNORTHODOX BUT WORKABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent extended discussions with Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials, we reviewed Turkey's legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. In response to our concern that Turkey's current terrorism law too narrowly focuses on domestic terrorism and does no [...]	2008-08-06 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA1701	TURKEY: MORE ARRESTED IN ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION; [...] (C) Summary: As many as 17 more suspects were detained on September 23 in the latest round of police action in the investigation of the alleged anti-government Ergenekon organization. Detainees included a former Istanbul district mayor, a former senior police official, a prominent journalis [...]	2008-09-24 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM TU
08ANKARA182	TURKEY'S OUTREACH TO THE KURDS OF THE SOUTHEAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish military operations in northern Iraq have opened new space in Turkey's political discourse. In sharp contrast to the situation throughout most of 2007, topics such as a focused economic development plan for southeastern Turkey, expanded Kurdish language broadcasting and e [...]	2008-01-31 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA431	AFTERMATH OF TURKEY'S REDEPLOYMENT FROM IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: As reported in reftel, the military and government have come under public criticism here for having withdrawn Turkish troops from northern Iraq "in response to US pressure" that was conveyed in remarks Secretary Gates and the President made on February 28. One senior officer com [...]	2008-03-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS IZ US TU
08ANKARA834	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - TURKEY [...] This report was coordinated with FAS Ankara. 2. SUMMARY: Turkey has the highest per capita wheat consumption in the world, and in a normal year is not only self-sufficient but exports wheat flour to neighboring countries. Severe drought in 2007 slashed Turkish crop yields, and commodity pri [...]	2008-04-30 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA855	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA TU
08ANKARA937	TURKEY: EU TROIKA, IN ANKARA, FOCUSES ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU continued its intense engagement with Turkey (following EC President Barroso's recent visit) with a May 6 EU Troika meeting in Ankara. The EU delegation stressed the accession door remains very much open for Turkey, but reforms must be reinvigorated. Turkish [...]	2008-05-15 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EUN
08ASHGABAT1361	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC INTRODUCES ON-LINE [...] At its quarterly Law Enforcement Donor Coordination Meeting on October 13, UNODC Ashgabat introduced the agency's new internet-based ADAM (Automated Donor Assistance Mechanism) website to participants. Members of UNODC's Turkmenistan collective will now be able to access current information ab [...]	2008-10-15 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT1406	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's December 28 New Year party provided a glimpse of his government at work -- and at play. The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting organized it as a dinner-cabaret (to be televised later) in the south wing of the central Exhibition Palace. Guests in [...]	2008-01-02 08:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1483	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN COUNTRY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The EXBS Advisor is responsible for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Advisor has been unable to travel to Uzbekistan since July because of visa and passport problems. The Advisor received a new three-month visa for Uzbekistan, effective November 27, 2008. The Advisor will be TDY to Uzbekist [...]	2008-11-12 02:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX
08ASHGABAT2	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's December 28 New Year party provided a glimpse of his government at work -- and at play. The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting organized it as a dinner-cabaret (to be televised later) in the south wing of the central Exhibition Palace. Guests in [...]	2008-01-02 09:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT439	TURKMENISTAN: INDIA SEEKING TO REINVIGORATE ITS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: India and Turkmenistan took yet another step toward reenergizing their bilateral relationship with the April 4-6 visit of India's Vice President Hamid Ansari to Turkmenistan. During the visit, Turkmenistan's P [...]	2008-04-09 06:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET IN TX
08ASHGABAT519	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 08:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NPT TX
08ASHGABAT554	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 07:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA TX
08ASMARA160	CHINESE REPORTEDLY FUNDING CHADIAN OPPOSITION [...] (C) On March 13, DCM met with Amar Najm Eddine al-Jak (Amar),a Khartoum spokesman for the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),who had been spirited from Sudan to Asmara by the SPLM after being arrested and tortured by Sudanese National Security services (reftel). In the meeting, Am [...]	2008-03-26 08:45:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD CH ER
08ASMARA220	ARS DIVIDED ON COOPERATING WITH UNITED STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the March 31-April 4 meeting of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) leaders in Nairobi with Embassy officials (reftel),the ARS leaders have made a concerted effort to align the Asmara-based membership towards a cooperative stance with the United States. [...]	2008-04-22 08:25:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR ER SO
08ASMARA27	CODEL PAYNE MEETS SOMALI ARS REPRESENTATIVES [...] (U) Summary. On January 4 CODEL Payne met with five representatives of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) at the Intercontinental Hotel in Asmara. ARS members stated their views of U.S. policies in the Horn of Africa, the reasons for and consequences of the Ethiopian invasion [...]	2008-01-17 08:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL PTER ER SO
08ASMARA361	PEACEBUILDING WORKSHOPS GAINING MOMENTUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) hosted its third Embassy-sponsored workshop for eastern Sudanese participants during the week of June 21-27. The week-long workshop included lively presentations, discussions, simulations, and lectures. The most recent worksh [...]	2008-07-21 07:58:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI SU ER
08ASTANA1964	KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 18-20, DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, the oil capital of Kazakhstan on the northeastern Caspian coastline. Local government officials said that they welcome foreign investment and expressed int [...]	2008-10-03 07:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2450	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Administration head Aslan Musin called in the Ambassador on December 10 to discuss Rakhat Aliyev, expressing concerns about international press reporting on the Aliyev case and explaining he had information that Aliyev might be seeking American citizenship or U.S. polit [...]	2008-12-11 11:24:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ
08ASTANA617	KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR [...] EST officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This is one of a s [...]	2008-03-21 12:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL KSCA PREL PGOV KZ
08ASTANA858	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 08:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KZ
08ASUNCION352	MILITARY REQUESTS MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION ASSISTANCE [...] (U) The Paraguayan government seeks USG assistance in destroying the 2,900 firearms and 130,865 pounds of rockets, missiles, and other expired munitions under the auspices of the U.S. Small Arms/Light Weapons Stockpile Management and Destruction Effort Program. Currently, most of these firea [...]	2008-05-30 11:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MASS PGOV PA
08ATHENS1073	GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: STILL CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU),told A/Pol Counselor and Poloff that Greece continues to evaluate the U.S. request that it lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanista [...]	2008-07-25 14:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO GR
08ATHENS1110	CODEL REYES - ATHENS (AUGUST 5-6) [...] Embassy Athens welcomes CODEL Reyes to Athens, Greece, on August 5-6 in conjunction with matters of concern to the committee. 2. Embassy Athens' Administrative POC for CODEL Reyes are: Anne Lessman Office: 30 210.720.2700 Mobile: 30 693.444.8041 Fax: 30 210.720.2584 Email: Lessman [...]	2008-08-01 13:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OREP OVIP
08ATHENS1111	STAFFDEL JONES - GREECE (AUGUST 6-8) [...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the visit of STAFFDEL Jones to Athens, Greece, on August 6-8 on official business. 2. Embassy Athens' Administrative POC for STAFFDEL Jones is: Mr. Adamantios D. Coulouris, Regional Affairs Section Office: 30 210.720.2373 ell: 30 693.611.8014 Unclass Fa [...]	2008-08-01 13:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OREP OVIP GR
08ATHENS127	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NEGOTIATOR NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met January 24 with Ambassador Adamintos Vasilakis for a readout of the January 21 Ohrid negotiations on the Macedonian name issue, chaired by Matthew Nimetz. Vasilakis said that the opening remarks by FM Milososki contained some of the same "unhelpful" statements he s [...]	2008-01-28 14:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS1515	THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMPACT ON GREECE AND [...] (SBU) While the Greek banking system has not been hit by first-round effects of the global financial crisis given its limited exposure to the complex financial products at the center of the storm, it has been affected by the ensuing freeze in the capital markets and the increased cost of rais [...]	2008-11-04 17:08:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GR
08ATHENS1575	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR BRIEFS [...] (SBU) In a hastily arranged November 19 briefing for all NATO and EU Diplomatic Missions and the European Commission Representative, Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis made the following points: -- Greece intends to continue to work on a solution under the auspices of UN Envoy Nime [...]	2008-11-20 16:06:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU MK GR
08ATHENS1635	GREECE/CHINA: GREEKS SEE PRC AS MORE "AGGRESSIVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Embassy and Greek MFA readouts painted very different pictures of Chinese President Hu's recent visit to Athens. The Chinese saw the visit as fulfilling three goals: repaying Greece for President Papoulias' visit during the Olympics; cementing the Chinese-Greece "comprehe [...]	2008-12-05 14:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD GR PGOV PREL CH
08ATHENS269	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR TELLS DIP [...] (SBU) Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis briefed the diplomatic corps on 2/26 on the state of play on the name issue. His key messages were: -- Greece believes Macedonia maintains extensive irredentist designs on Greek territory (and he provided handouts and books); -- Greece is co [...]	2008-02-26 15:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS563	GREEK PM MAY RAISE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Charge, MFA SecGen Agathocles and PM deputy diplomatic advisor Bitsios affirmed Greek support for Georgian sovereignty and the worrisome nature of the Kremlin's latest moves to establish "mechanisms" in dealing with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel). B [...]	2008-04-21 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS GR
08ATHENS616	GREEK MFA FORWARDS NPT POINTS TO ITS GENEVA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 30 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. The D1 office forwarded the talking points and key engagement topics to its delegation in Geneva in advance of the May 2 deadline. SPECKHARD [...]	2008-05-06 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP GR NPT IAEA
08ATHENS819	DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK ON BANK SADERAT [...] (SE) In a meeting on June 9, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG) Panayotis-Aristidis Thomopoulos told the Acting Deputy Economic Counselor that the Bank of Greece had just conducted a detailed control operation against Bank Saderat,s Athens branch as a follow-up to reftels A and B. Thom [...]	2008-06-10 15:24:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	ECON EFIN ELAB KNNP MNUC PGOV GR
08BAGHDAD1010	ISF GENERAL ON SECURITY SITUATION IN BAGHDAD [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 26 conversation, amid a crescendo of unrest in Baghdad, Major General Abdul Ameer, the Western Baghdad deputy commander and commanding general of the Iraqi Army Sixth Division, painted a bleak picture of the security situation. Abdul Ameer told several [...]	2008-04-02 07:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1347	RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...]	2008-05-01 09:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD147	MOLSA MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 13 meeting, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs expressed his enthusiasm for USG support for alleviating the overcrowded conditions of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, (MOLSA) juvenile facilities. He discussed near-term solutions such as removing squa [...]	2008-01-21 07:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1541	HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI AND COR SPEAKER MASHADANI [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representative (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani warmly welcomed CODEL Pelosi to Baghdad on May 17 and told CODEL Pelosi and the Ambassador he expects provincial elections will occur by October 1, 2008. He highlighted provisions of the law banning parties with ties to m [...]	2008-05-19 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1582	PM MALIKI TELLS CODEL PELOSI: IRAQ WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told CODEL Pelosi and the Ambassador on May 17 that Iraq is making great political and security strides this year. When asked about Iraq's relationship with its Arab neighbors, PM Maliki responded that Iraq receives little support and added Iraq sho [...]	2008-05-23 11:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1592	KARBALA PRT MEETS WITH SADRIST PC MEMBERS [...] (U) This a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On May 8, PRT met two Sadrist members of the Karbala Provincial Council (PC). The Sadrists had only recently returned to the Council after warrants for their arrests were withdrawn. The Sadrists warned of Iranian influence in south [...]	2008-05-24 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1784	PM MALIKI RECOUNTS HIS JUNE 7-9 VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (S/NF) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's June 7-9 visit to Tehran featured meetings with all of Iran's senior leadership, but Maliki told S/I Ambassador Satterfield that he went to visit Supreme Leader Khamenei, agreeing to the other meetings solely out of protocol. The Ministers of Defe [...]	2008-06-14 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ IR PREL PGOV PINR
08BAGHDAD179	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON PRISONS AND COR HR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim on January 19 criticized living conditions she observed during a recent unannounced visit to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)-operated Khadamiya women,s prison that she undertook at PM Maliki's request. She said that while some inmates alleged [...]	2008-01-23 20:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1804	NINEWA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE FIVE MONTHS MAKE - MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: The January 2008 massive explosion in the Zinjali neighborhood (ref a) appears in retrospect to have been the turning point in the Iraqi central government's determination to make a serious effort at Mosul reconstruction after years of conflict, neglect and terrorist intimidation. [...]	2008-06-15 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID MARR PINR ECON EAIR IZ
08BAGHDAD2114	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL ELECTION PREPARATIONS MOVING [...] (C) Preparations for provincial elections in Ninewa are moving forward well, with the Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) beginning to work closely with the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to coordinate security for voter registration sites and election sites. Most people in Ninewa are ready to vo [...]	2008-07-08 02:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ KDEM PGOV PREL PINR
08BAGHDAD2232	(S) TRIBAL FEUD HAS SECTARIAN, JAM DIMENSIONS [...] (S) Summary: The Shia village of Ayn Tamur in Karbala Province has been embroiled in a tribal feud with the Sunni hamlet of al-Rahaliyyah in al-Anbar since June 2007. In that month, six Ayn Tamur residents were murdered shortly following successful attacks by Ayn Tamur villagers on Jaysh al-M [...]	2008-07-18 02:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2327	DHI QAR HUMAN RIGHTS DIR: SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: The human rights situation is "deteriorating, with some areas of improvement," according to Dhi Qar Ministry of Human Rights Office Director Mohammad Radhi Bahar. In a July 17 meeting with the PRT, Bahar outlined a number of areas in which the PRT could work jointly with the Of [...]	2008-07-26 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD2702	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2703	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2720	NEED TO GENERATE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF AL QAEDA,S [...] (C) Summary: Al Qaeda activity in Iraq over the last four weeks has shown that the organization is changing its tactics in response to the blows it has been dealt by the surge. We have seen a pattern of attacks using suicide bombers to target each of Iraq,s ethnic communities in an attempt to [...]	2008-08-24 12:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD2812	KARBALA: IRAN EXERTS HEAVY INFLUENCE THROUGH [...] (S) Summary: Since Iraq's liberation, Tehran has sought to increase its sway within Karbala and other key Shi'a holy cities. Iranian agents make use of direct payments and business favors to ensure that provincial government figures remain compliant and favorably inclined to Iranian interests. Sham [...]	2008-09-02 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2829	MINORITIES COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE PLANNING, WHAT [...] (C) Summary: While there is general consensus among Iraq's Christians on economic and cultural issues requiring ameliorative GoI action (e.g., de-Islamicising the national educational curriculum and removing religious identification from national ID cards),the community is divided on polit [...]	2008-09-03 06:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2981	IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO MOVE AHEAD - MAYBE [...] (C) Iraq and Iran appear ready to commence work soon to resolve outstanding border issues, assuming PM Maliki and other key GOI constituencies give the political green light and make available necessary funding. Senior MFA officials who participated in late-August bilateral talks in Tehran s [...]	2008-09-16 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3040	SENIOR AYATOLLAH JITTERY ABOUT U.S. SECURITY RAMP [...] (C) Summary: Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr, Baghdad's senior Shi'a cleric, warned PMIN on September 19 that the Iraqi government was extremely fragile and would be quickly toppled if the U.S. withdrew forces too quickly. Generally supportive of the U.S., he criticized the USG's current course and [...]	2008-09-22 05:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3063	DEMISTURA VISIT TO IRAN: OPPOSITION TO SOFA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Iranian leaders told SRSYG DeMistura during his recent visit to Iran that, given improved security conditions, there is no longer a need for a foreign troop presence in Iraq. The Iranians were adamantly opposed to the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and said [...]	2008-09-23 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER
08BAGHDAD3330	MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...]	2008-10-16 10:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3331	MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...]	2008-10-16 10:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3455	ECA A/S GOLI AMERI'S MEETING WITH IRAQI HIGHER EDUCATION [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih hosted A/S Goli Ameri and Iraq's most important higher education officials for a roundtable discussion in his home on October 20. The participants from both countries stressed their commitment to revitalize higher education in Iraq and their [...]	2008-10-29 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD3538	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO [...] (C) During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador pressed four Christian leaders to consolidate the gains from the November 3 Article 50 vote and avoid the Sunni disaster of 2005 by not boycotting the upcoming provincial elections. The Ambassador acknowledged that the paucity of seats allocated [...]	2008-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3549	KARBALA SECURITY STABLE; MILITIAS DISCREDITED [...] (C) Karbala's security situation remains good, with no sign that militia-inspired violence, which last flared in 2007, will return. Nevertheless, the province -- which local officials reckon as "the world Shi'a capital" -- remains a tempting target for malefactors. During a November 3 meeting [...]	2008-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3632	KIRKUK LEADERS' DISCUSSIONS WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR, [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) This is the first of two cables on November 10 meetings Senior Advisor (S/A) Krajeski had with Kirkuki Arab, Turkmen, and Kurdish provincial leaders' views on Kirkuk-specific issues. This cable reports on Kirkuki comments on the SOFA and A [...]	2008-11-16 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD430	FCO'S HOWELLS:BRITISH ELECTORATE MONITORING IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting, UK Foreign Office Minister of State Kim Howells told Ambassador Crocker that he had not gotten the sense from intense U.K. Cabinet discussions that the British were going to relinquish responsibility in Basrah. Howells was clear, however, that the U.K. [...]	2008-02-13 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UK
08BAGHDAD570	MCNS ON FEBRUARY 24 DISCUSSES TURKISH INCURSION, [...] (S/REL AS UK) Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Saleh opened the February 24 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting with a discussion of the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq (ref. A). National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie presented a list of intelligence col [...]	2008-02-27 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ TU
08BAGHDAD571	MALIKI REASSESSES ONGOING CABINET NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 21, Prime Minister Maliki said he was discouraged by lack of progress in negotiations with the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties on rejoining the government, blaming their senior leadership for ever [...]	2008-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
08BAGHDAD602	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEB 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki and Deputy Prime Minister Salih co-chaired the Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (FaQ). The meeting featured PM Maliki calling for the reestablishment of defunct neighborhood councils in Sunni areas; the deci [...]	2008-03-01 08:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD660	PRT KIRKUK: THE TURKMAN BLOC PRESENTS ITS DEMANDS [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. At a February 24th negotiation session, the Turkman bloc, led by Ali Mahdi, presented again its seven item demand list in the hope of using President Talibani's recent endorsement as a lever to success. The negotiation session wa [...]	2008-03-05 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
08BAKU10	IMPLICATIONS OF FSA BUDGET REDUCTION FOR AZERBAIJAN [...] (U) As we have started to implement our FY08 assistance programs, we are beginning to appreciate in very real terms the magnitude of the FY08 budget cuts. The 40 percent reduction in our FSA budget in a single year will have a serious impact on our ability to advance our political and econom [...]	2008-01-04 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV AJ
08BAKU1018	HAIDAR ALIYEV'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON IRAN [...] (S) During a wide-ranging tour d'horizon with Embassy Iran watcher, former President Haidar Aliyev's chief foreign relations advisor, and regionally prominent international affairs commentator, Vafa Guluzadeh provided recommendations for USG Iran strategy and discussed Iran's economic "Achille [...]	2008-10-24 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL ECON PGOV IR RU AJ
08BAKU1097	BAKU ENERGY SUMMIT ADVANCES U.S. EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13-14 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev hosted the IV Energy Summit in Baku, following up on previous energy summits in Krakow (May 2007),Vilnius (October 2007) and Kyiv (May 2008). Prominent attendees included the Heads of State of Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuan [...]	2008-11-17 13:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TK
08BAKU1147	PRESIDENT GUL TELLS SECRETARY BODMAN OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 13 meeting with President Gul, Energy Secretary Bodman stressed U.S. support for the region and the Southern Corridor, with Gul expressing appreciation for USG support and noting its importance to future projects. Gul indicated that Turkey and Azerbaijan are close t [...]	2008-12-03 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
08BAKU602	PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...]	2008-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU604	CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 24 meeting with Representative Schiff and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored Azerbaijan's interest in an early peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict and the benefits that increased cooperation with a rapidly developing Azerbaija [...]	2008-06-26 10:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAMAKO290	AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO FOLLOW AQIM HOSTAGE CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO675	TUAREG BANDITS ATTACK TESSALIT WHILE MALI AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 15:03:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO943	MALI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITOR HAS AUDIT PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 15:00:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM ML
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN135	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] (U) DCM delivered ref A and B talking points and non-paper on April 24 and May 2, 2008 respectively to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade International Organizations staff working on NPT issues. No immediate response was given. Post will inform the Department of any follow-up substantive r [...]	2008-05-06 06:15:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BX
08BANGKOK1522	MGBM01: HRW ADMITS BISCUIT STORY NOT CONFIRMED [...] (C) Human Rights Watch (HRW) staff based in Thailand (STRICTLY PROTECT) told us May 16 that the organization's press statement released May 14 had been a point of contention between "higher ups" and those on the ground. The press release claimed that the Burmese military confiscated internatio [...]	2008-05-16 12:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH BM
08BANGKOK2488	PEOPLE'S POWER PARTY DISSOLUTION: NOT YET [...] (C) Summary and comment: On a day when Thailand was anticipating two legal decisions on issues of national political significance, nothing happened. The long awaited ruling by the Election Commission (EC) on possible dissolution of the People's Power Party was deferred until September 2, and [...]	2008-08-20 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TH
08BANGKOK3407	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NOT IN SATUN [...] (C) In early October, we traveled to Satun province in southern Thailand to assess the security environment in relation to the rest of the deep south. The vice governor in charge of security affairs, the provincial chief of police, and local Muslim leaders all described a province separated [...]	2008-11-19 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BASRAH80	BASRA OPERATIONS COMMANDER ACKNOWLEDGES IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basra Operations Commander, Major General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi, acknowledged improvements in the Iraqi police (IP). He was not concerned about the reemergence of Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) as a credible force, but rather the emergence of criminal gangs of former JAM members. He ex [...]	2008-09-29 09:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ IR
08BEIJING1698	NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 2: BUDDING FUNDAMENTALISM [...] (C) The Salafiyya movement, a Saudi Wahhabist import which promotes a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, has established a small but significant presence in Ningxia in recent years, according to scholars and imams in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Surprisingly, the Gove [...]	2008-05-01 05:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG
08BEIJING3633	BEIJING-BASED TAIWAN EXPERTS COMMENT ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) In September 18 meetings with PolOff, two senior PRC Taiwan experts claimed that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan would undermine the "fragile" progress made recently in cross-Strait relations. One expert claimed that U.S. arms sales at this time would be like "dropping a bomb" in U.S-China rela [...]	2008-09-19 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS CH TW
08BEIJING3888	TAIWAN ARMS SALES: IMPACT LIMITED TO "SHORT-TERM," [...] (C) The fallout from the October 3 announcement of arms sales to Taiwan will be limited to the "short-term," because PRC leaders know the U.S.-China bilateral relationship is "simply too important" to jeopardize, according to three Beijing scholars. The sales take place against a backdrop of [...]	2008-10-10 08:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV EFIN CH TW
08BEIJING4301	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT - [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the International Department, Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),and the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Forei [...]	2008-11-24 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL UN CH
08BEIJING4304	CHINA CONCERNED OVER FUTURE TEXTILE PROTECTIONISM, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 23:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX EIND CH
08BEIJING4307	CHINA RESPONDS TO U.S. TRADE CONCERNS OVER STEEL AND YELLOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 01:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD EIND CH
08BEIJING549	CHINESE SCHOLARS COMMENT ON TAIWAN FOLLOWING KMT [...] (C) In the wake of the KMT's January 12 landslide victory in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (LY) elections, some Mainland observers believe a KMT triumph in the March 22 presidential election is virtually assured. Other contacts, however, argue that "anything can happen" and expect the DPP's Frank [...]	2008-02-15 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
08BEIRUT1022	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS AGAINST HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) PM Siniora is pleased with the final cabinet formation and does not foresee difficulties in the preparation of the ministerial statement. However, he remains concerned about Hizballah's growing stature, particularly in light of the upcoming prisoner exchange between Lebanon and Israel. He [...]	2008-07-15 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1197	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT PERCEIVES MARCH 8 [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General (SYG) Fares Souaid and member Samir Franjieh report that March 14 is preparing to capitalize on what it perceives as a split between the "Syrian March 8" and "Iranian March 8" in an attempt to attract voters -- especially Christian voters who usually support Mich [...]	2008-08-14 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1198	LEBANON: CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] (SBU) Leaders from across Lebanon's political spectrum condemned the August 13 civilian bus bombing in the northern city of Tripoli that resulted in the deaths of several Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers, among others. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Several t [...]	2008-08-14 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY

08BEIRUT1225	LEBANON: GEMAYEL DOWNBEAT ON RAPPROCHEMENT WITH [...] (C) Former president Amine Gemayel reacted pessimistically August 19 to outcomes from President Sleiman's August 13-14 visit to Syria. He assessed Syria was willing to make minor concessions to Lebanon only to improve Syria's reputation within Lebanon. Gemayel criticized the international co [...]	2008-08-19 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY
08BEIRUT1233	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER FOCUSED ON 2009 [...] (C) In a August 20 meeting with the Charge, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud said he is finalizing a "master plan" for donor nations who wish to provide technical assistance to Lebanon for the 2009 elections. Asked about a USG offer to assist with elections security planning, Baroud told us h [...]	2008-08-21 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
08BEIRUT1274	LEBANON: MARCH 14 MEMBERS TO DAS HALE: HELICOPTERS [...] (C) In separate meetings August 28 and 29 with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, March 14 leaders welcomed U.S. commitments in Lebanon but expressed frustration that the U.S. had not yet provided helicopters to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Without helicopters, March 14 members claimed, the LAF [...]	2008-09-02 10:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1299	LEBANON: MAKKAWI SAYS GULF STATES NEED TO HELP [...] (C) In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee President Ambassador Khalil Makkawi said Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar had yet to make any pledges for the reconstruction appeal for the destroyed Palestinian Refugee camp Nah [...]	2008-09-04 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE AE KU QA SA
08BEIRUT1327	LEBANON: ISF HEAD: ONE DAY ELECTION IMPOSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF),Major General Achraf Rifi, has reported to the Lebanese Minister of Interior (MOI) that the ISF would be unable to provide full security throughout all polling places in Lebanon if Spring parliamentary elections were to be [...]	2008-09-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NAS LE
08BEIRUT1343	LEBANON: MINISTER BAHIYA HARIRI FOCUSED ON "BACK [...] (C) Minister of Education Bahiya Hariri told the Ambassador on September 11 that if the Ministry of Education could make significant progress during the next school year, which coincides with the same ten-month period of the current national unity government, then she believed Lebanon would be [...]	2008-09-15 06:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID UNSC SCUL SOCI LE SY
08BEIRUT1386	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR ON SLEIMAN TRIP, [...] (C) Minister of Defense Elias Murr told us he had been briefing President Sleiman regularly to prepare Sleiman for his upcoming meetings in Washington. He complained September 20 about Saad Hariri's demand that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi place Sunni officers in key LAF Inte [...]	2008-09-22 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1389	LEBANON: CHALLENGE HIZBALLAH BY FIXING THE DRUG [...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Vice President Duraid Yaghi said September 19 one-third of the population of his hometown of Baalbek does not support Hizballah, although it is in an area of strong Hizballah influence. However, according to Yaghi, continued unemployment and increased cul [...]	2008-09-22 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PTER PINR EAID SOCI UNSC NAS SY LE
08BEIRUT1554	LEBANON: UNIIIC CHIEF WARNS A/S HOOK OF POSSIBLE [...] (S) On October 30, UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare warned visiting IO A/S Brian Hook that, while he was fully prepared for the transition to the Special Tribunal and would not seek an extension, the Registrar in The Hague may need UNIIIC to request a "technical extension of a few months" [...]	2008-10-31 07:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC SY LE
08BEIRUT16	LEBANON: MURR, CONVINCED STREET VIOLENCE IS [...] (C) Citing sources close to March 8 and noting that Hizballah's Wafiq Safa met with Michel Aoun for three hours, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador on 1/4 that he expected March 8-prompted street action to break out and turn violent by the end of Januar [...]	2008-01-05 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
08BEIRUT1603	LEBANON: PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR ADVOCATES ELECTIONS [...] (C) Ambassador Naji Abi Assi, advisor to President Michel Sleiman, suggested that the new U.S. administration pursue regional peace in the Middle East, noting that Lebanon stood to benefit greatly from Arab rapprochement. Regarding Lebanon's spring 2009 parliamentary elections, Abi Assi stres [...]	2008-11-07 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1638	LEBANON: OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE THE 2009 [...] (C) Although March 14 is working to fine-tune its campaign messaging and tactics, a March 14 victory in the spring 2009 parliamentary elections is, by the moderate coalition's own admission, by no means guaranteed. March 14 contacts tell us their hope is to win an absolute majority (65 out of [...]	2008-11-14 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT1641	LEBANON: UNSCOL BEMOANS SLOW PROGRESS ON 1701, [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams expressed concern on November 15 that the Lebanese might be slowing on establishing diplomatic ties with Syria. He also expressed concern regarding progress on UNSCR 1701. Williams thought it possible that emerging GOL hesitation [...]	2008-11-17 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1663	LEBANON: GEMAYEL DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM MARCH 14? [...] (C) Former President and Kataeb head Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador and visiting NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine that March 14 would not develop a common platform by the coalition's January convention. At a November 20 meeting at Kataeb Headquarters, Gemayel emphasized the need to [...]	2008-11-21 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1691	LEBANON: NASSIB LAHOUD ON SHIA SEEKING A NEW [...] (C) In a November 25 call on the Ambassador, Minister of State Nassib Lahoud described a Hizballah goal of "rewriting" the Taif Accord to allow the election of the president by popular vote. Until this long-term change is achieved, Lahoud expects the group will continue to demand veto authori [...]	2008-11-26 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1732	LEBANON: MICHEL MURR WANTS TO LURE MARCH 8 [...] (C) Greek Orthodox MP Michel Murr told the Ambassador December 5 that he hoped to draw candidates away from the opposition March 8 alliance to his independent candidate list for the 2009 parliamentary elections. Not wanting to harm Saad Hariri's March 14, Murr said he was not targeting potent [...]	2008-12-08 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1748	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS AN AOUN VICTORY [...] (C) In a December 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr assessed that President Michel Sleiman, annoyed at the royal treatment Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun received during his trip to Syria, feels threatened by the prospect of a decisive Aoun victory in the [...]	2008-12-11 19:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS RS LE SY
08BEIRUT1753	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL ACKERMAN HE [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed that the LAF's primary goal was to fight terrorists, and highlighted the U.S. assistance that the army needs in order to succeed. He underscored the importance of U.S. military assistan [...]	2008-12-15 09:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE IS IR
08BEIRUT1758	LEBANON: SLEIMAN WITH CODEL ACKERMAN SAYS [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with visiting Codel Ackerman, President Michel Sleiman emphasized the need for a comprehensive regional peace agreement in order, "with time", to disarm Hizballah. Sleiman noted that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and UNIFIL presence south of the Litani since 2006 wa [...]	2008-12-16 11:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1759	LEBANON: SINIORA TELLS CODEL ACKERMAN SOLVING [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora pushed for the U.S. to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional and world problems. Siniora said Lebanon sought an "excellent relation [...]	2008-12-16 11:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1760	LEBANON: MARCH 14 OFFICIALS TELL CODEL ACKERMAN [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting, March 14 members expressed to Codel Ackerman their determination to win the spring 2009 parliamentary elections, and said the U.S. should support Lebanon rather than any single party. Rather than electoral politics, however, the bulk of the meeting was taken up wi [...]	2008-12-16 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1761	LEBANON: CODEL ACKERMAN GIVES HARIRI STRONG [...] (C) Codel Ackerman delivered a strong message of U.S. bipartisan support for Lebanon during its meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. Rep. Ackerman said that with the administration change in Washington, there would be no change in U.S. support for Lebanon. In particular, the USG will c [...]	2008-12-16 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE SY IR
08BEIRUT195	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA REPORTS NO [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, just minutes before departing Beirut, told the Ambassador that, although he was unable to report a breakthrough in the ongoing political impasse, he was not disappointed in his visit. There had been very open and serious discussions, he said, which [...]	2008-02-09 12:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT451	LEBANON: PM SINIORA GRATEFUL FOR INL ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) PM Fouad Siniora dismissed the March 29-30 Arab League summit in Damascus as a "non-summit," and held out little expectation that the Arab League would find a solution to Lebanon's ongoing political crisis. His government had managed to perform surprisingly well given the unprecedented ch [...]	2008-03-31 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT483	VISIT OF INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO LEBANON MARCH 30-31, [...] (U) Summary: During his official visit to Lebanon March 30 to March 31, 2008, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),David T. Johnson reaffirmed the U.S. government commitment to a sovereign, democratic Lebanon, and discussed INL's continuing [...]	2008-04-08 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL PBTS NAS PGOV IS SY LE
08BEIRUT496	LEBANON: INCREASED HIZBALLAH ACTIVITY IN THE [...] (S) According to the Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, who meets occasionally with Hizballah officials, Hizballah is "off-balance" and has not yet decided how to respond to the February 12 assassination of Imad Mougnieh. Hizballah was moving its training operations to the Bekaa, while still pour [...]	2008-04-10 11:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS IR AR SY
08BEIRUT627	LEBANON: MARCH 14 DECLARES BEIRUT AIRPORT BELONGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the road to Beirut International Airport still blocked by Hizballah tents and barricades, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt urged Arab and international support for Lebanon. Jumblatt and March 14 colleague Saad Hariri believe the May 8 UNSC discussion on UNSCR 1559 implementat [...]	2008-05-07 20:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE
08BEIRUT713	LEBANON: TRIPOLI MP: WHO WILL DEFEND TRIPOLI -- [...] (C) Pro-March 14 Tripoli MP Mosbah Ahdab and prominent Sunni leaders from Tripoli conveyed their deep concern to us on May 16 that if the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) does not protect the Sunnis in Tripoli, some moderate Future Movement supporters may turn to Sunni extremist groups for protecti [...]	2008-05-16 20:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT727	LEBANON: ZAHLE LEADERS ARGUE NEW ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) In a May 19 luncheon with Zahle politicians and prominent figures, the Charge heard arguments for why a new electoral law, and in particular passing the Boutros Commission law, is tantamount, even more important than electing a president, because it could redistribute the votes in a way t [...]	2008-05-19 18:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT761	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI NOT YET DECIDED ON PRIME [...] (C) A somber and defeatist-sounding March 14 leader Saad Hariri did not appear to have decided whether he would become prime minister in the next cabinet. Citing the election of a president as the only victory emerging from Doha, he complained about the lack of response from the international [...]	2008-05-24 17:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT790	LEBANON: GEAGEA WONDERS IF NEW CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, pleased that Fouad Siniora will likely be re-appointed as PM, cast doubt to the Charge on May 28 that a new cabinet would be formed. Unconcerned, Geagea explained that a caretaker cabinet composed of all of the resigned ministers, headed by Siniora, is [...]	2008-05-28 17:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT858	LEBANON: MOBILE TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ADVOCATES [...] (C) The Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and the SYG of the Higher Council for Privatization (HPC),both advocates for telecom privatization in Lebanon, strongly recommend retaining the Paris III benchmark of sale of the mobile telecom licenses. Arguing that "poli [...]	2008-06-06 17:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT865	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECURITY MOST IMPORTANT TO [...] (C) Linking success in the 2009 parliamentary elections to March 14's ability to "protect its people," caretaker Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel Mouawad proposed that March 14 implement a security strategy. This would include developing a force within the Internal Secu [...]	2008-06-09 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EG LE
08BEIRUT914	Lebanon: Special Media Reaction: Secretary Rice's [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT962	LEBANON: GEAGEA SAYS HIZBALLAH AND SYRIA DO NOT [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea argued that the fighting in the north was ignited by the May clashes, stemming from decades of tension, and is perpetuated by the lack of response from the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces. Countering the notion that Syria and Hizballa [...]	2008-07-02 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MCAP SY LE
08BELFAST138	PLANNED MILITARY PARADE AND SINN FEIN COUNTER-DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: British Ministry of Defence plans to hold a welcome home parade November 2 in Belfast for troops from the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) returning from Afghanistan. Sinn Fein (SF) and dissident republican groups announced that they plan to hold separate counterdemonstrations on the [...]	2008-10-31 19:38:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EI UK
08BELFAST142	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO BELFAST, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Your visit to Northern Ireland will provide an opportunity to demonstrate our continued support for the historic achievement of creating a power-sharing government and ending Northern Ireland's decades-long sectarian violence, and an opportunity to restate a strong message con [...]	2008-11-13 13:09:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON OVIP UK
08BELGRADE1275	SERBIA: DELTA REAL ESTATE'S LOFTY PLANS TEMPERED BY [...] (SBU) In October 2008, Delta Holdings, owned by controversial Serbian billionaire Miroslav Miskovic, opened the region's second modern shopping mall in Montenegro with high level government officials and business elite from Serbia and neighboring countries in attendance. Just a year after the [...]	2008-12-10 15:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SR ZL
08BELGRADE54	(C) ENGAGING SERBIA ON MANPADS SALE AND DESTRUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. Summary ------- 2. (C) Serbia continues to lag behind in fulfilling its obligations to destroy MANPADS, as per the 2005 bilateral agreement with the United States. The MOD has now expressed an interest in selling MANPADS to Egypt, and [...]	2008-01-11 18:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PTER PREL SR EG
08BELGRADE700	SERBIA: KOVACEVIC ASSAULT CASE: AMBASSADOR APPEALS TO [...] (SBU) During a second meeting with Embassy representatives, the lawyer for Miladin Kovacevic, the Serbian basketball player accused of brutally assaulting U.S. citizen Bryan Steinhauer, stated that he will advise his client not to return to the U.S. for trial. He requested that Kovacevic be tr [...]	2008-07-17 19:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE745	SERBIA: KEY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FORMED, BELGRADE STILL [...] (SBU) After more than two months of negotiations, many key municipalities in Serbia have now formed their new local governments. Many local coalition agreements were dependent on the formation of the national coalition government, which took place July 7. Only in Central Serbia and Vojvodina [...]	2008-07-24 19:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE913	SERBIA: FORMER PM KOSTUNICA'S PARTY IN DISARRAY, LEAVES [...] (SBU) Following its poor showing in the May parliamentary elections and its failure to form a governing coalition with the Socialist Party, former Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) is struggling to find a new political niche. Many inside the party believe that Kostun [...]	2008-09-08 07:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELMOPAN222	BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT PREP COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 17:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA BH
08BERLIN1575	GERMAN FIRM INFOTERRA EYEING NEXT SAR-LUPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infoterra, a subsidiary of EADS-Astrium, believes that their next generation digital synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology provides them with a competitive edge in securing the SAR-Lupe follow-on contract with the German MOD and are actively pursuing entry into the USG defe [...]	2008-11-21 16:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN256	GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-03-03 08:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BERLIN424	GERMANY - STATE/TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES BURMA AND IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	BM EFIN ETTC GM IR KNNP PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BERLIN772	IRAN TRADE - CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S MORAL SUASION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's moral suasion campaign -- along with UN/EU sanctions and a host of other factors -- has convinced major German banks and big business to curtail trade and financial ties with Iran. The result will be a further downward trend in German exports to Iran, accordin [...]	2008-06-11 13:01:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETRD PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN EPET IR GM
08BISHKEK409	KYRGYZ RECEIVE NPT PREP COMMITTEE PAPERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 10:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KG
08BISHKEK427	KYRGYZ RECEIVE ADDITIONAL NPT PREP COMMITTEE PAPERS [...] (U) Poloff sent reftel non-paper to the MFA Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs' Melis Mamadaliev on May 2. Mamadaliev agreed to forward information to GOKG representatives currently attending the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom II) for the 2010 [...]	2008-05-02 11:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KG
08BISHKEK504	KYRGYZ RETURN ASYLUM SEEKER TO UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR confirmed that Kyrgyz authorities extradited Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek citizen, back to Uzbekistan on May 14 at the request of the Uzbek government. Halikov, who was in prison in Kyrgyzstan, had sought asylum seeker status, but Kyrgyz officials refused to register him, saying [...]	2008-05-19 10:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BOGOTA1441	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]	2008-04-17 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1442	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...]	2008-04-17 22:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1547	COLOMBIA RECEIVES NPT U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS DEMARCHE [...] On April 25, Post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and separately to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. Cortes thanked us for the information and stated the GOC would review the papers. We will continue [...]	2008-04-25 22:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08BOGOTA1641	COLOMBIA RECEIVES NPT TALKING POINTS [...] On April 30, Post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. Cortes said the GOC will consider all points and thanked us for the information. BROWNFIELD [...]	2008-05-02 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA CO
08BOGOTA2200	AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND INDIGENOUS EARMARK - INITIAL PLAN FOR [...] (U) Summary. A congressional soft earmark was listed in FY08 legislation directing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Colombia to implement economic development activities in Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities. After extensive consultations with the GOC, US [...]	2008-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA591	URIBE VS THE SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: In January, Supreme Court Justice Cesar Valencia publicly accused President Alvaro Uribe of interfering in the Supreme Court's investigation of the president's distant cousin for alleged paramilitary connections. Valencia said Uribe called him to complain about the Court's actions an [...]	2008-02-14 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS CO
08BRASILIA12	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR FINDS OPPORTUNTIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH [...] SUMMARY. Ambassador Clifford Sobel met with Brazilian Health Minister Jose Gomes Temporao on December 12 to advance the public health cooperation agenda. The Ambassador said the USG would work with the Health Ministry, the NGO "Malaria No More," and the State of Amazonas to develop a program [...]	2008-01-03 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID KHIV BR
08BRASILIA1354	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON BRAZIL'S AMBITIOUS CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has ambitious plans for Brazil's nuclear renaissance. It intends to complete construction of its third nuclear power plant (Angra 3) located near Rio de Janei [...]	2008-10-10 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1477	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON NUCLEAR MATTERS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per November 10 meeting with the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),the Government of Brazil (GOB) has n [...]	2008-11-13 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA1529	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR SEEKS BRAZIL SUPPORT FOR NSG PROPOSAL ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 5, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator D'Agostino met with senior officials of the Government of Brazil (GOB) - Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Und [...]	2008-11-25 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BR
08BRASILIA210	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2008-02-13 15:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA226	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has s [...]	2008-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 109 [...] The following is the 109th in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2008-05-09 10:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA760	BRAZIL: MEETING WITH SENATE PEDOPHILIA [...] Summary. Ambassador, Resident Legal Adviser, DHS/ICE Attache, and Poloff met on May 13 with the Chairman of the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) into Pedophilia and two law enforcement officials to discuss U.S. laws to protect children, prosecute sex offenders, and [...]	2008-06-05 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT SOCI TINT KCRM KJUS PHUM BR
08BRASILIA822	BRAZIL VIEWS ON DEMARCHE ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] (SBU) On 12 June 2008, EST officer delivered ref talking points and non-paper to Minister Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Minister Mourao indicated that Brazil was already part of a civilian nuclear liability conv [...]	2008-06-13 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA958	CONVEYANCE OF THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN TO BRAZIL [...] (SBU) On 2 July 2008, EST officer delivered ref updated copy of the P5+1 package for Iran to Minister Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. Minister Mourao expressed appreciation for the delivery of the P5+1 package an [...]	2008-07-14 19:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRATISLAVA128	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In an one-on-one meeting conducted in Slovak on March 19, President Gasparovic stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Slovak and U.S.-EU ties; urged a NATO agreed approach to missile defense; and expressed concerns about the potential precedent Kosovo sets for Slovakia's Hungari [...]	2008-03-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA446	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) I met with President Gasparovic September 30, and from his perspective the timing of his visit to Washington could not be more auspicious. The trip will link him in the minds of Slovak voters with accession to the Visa Waiver Program, one of the brightest spots in our bilateral relations. [...]	2008-10-02 12:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LO
08BRIDGETOWN124	PETROCARIBE #35: ST. KITTS AND PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: St. Kitts and Nevis has begun preparations for hosting the Fifth Petrocaribe Summit. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan energy initiative appears to be gaining momentum in the country, following the first successful delivery of Petrocaribe fuel in December 2007 and evolving plans for the [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN294	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0407, Barbados #0407, Dominica #0409, St. Christopher and Nevis #0410, St. Lucia #0411 [...]	2008-05-06 18:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA XL
08BRIDGETOWN36	TEMPERS, CARS SET ABLAZE BY ST. KITTS ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary: Following the passing of electoral reform law in December 2007 in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, tempers have flared as the opposition has raised objections to the ruling Labour party's implementation of re-registration rules. In what has devolved into a vicious battle in [...]	2008-01-16 21:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN42	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Andrew D. Walter, OS3, USCG, for travel to Barbados January 25, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to disembark the USCGC FORWARD at the Barbados Port Authority, Bridgetown, transit Grantley Adams International Airport to return to the United [...]	2008-01-23 19:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA BB XL
08BRUSSELS1468	IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...]	2008-09-23 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR
08BRUSSELS1749	BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...]	2008-11-18 18:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE
08BRUSSELS1876	EU AND CANADA REACH AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On December 9, the EU and Canada announced they had concluded negotiations and initialed a comprehensive air transport agreement. It will replace the existing network of bilateral aviation arrangements, liberalize direct air services between Canada and EU member states, allow cargo car [...]	2008-12-12 14:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EUN CA
08BRUSSELS1884	BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE [...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...]	2008-12-12 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1885	BELGIAN MFA MORE REALISTIC THAN OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) According to MFA Congo Desk Officer Koen Adam, the Belgian government took note of the Rwanda - DRC statements from the December 4-5 Goma meeting. The GOB recognized several positive statements, and appreciated the goals to which the two countries committed. Belgium is realistic, however [...]	2008-12-12 18:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG RW BE
08BRUSSELS719	BELGIAN MINISTERS VISIT DRC [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 14:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE DRC CH
08BUCHAREST141	ROMANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) EMBOFF delivered ref. a demarche on February 20 to MFA State Secretary for Europe Raduta Matache; FM Cioroianu was traveling in Israel at the time. Matache noted that Romania was not going to recognize Kosovo's independence, referring to public comments and commitments made by President Ba [...]	2008-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV RO
08BUCHAREST633	NOT HUNGRY: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Chiritoiu acknowledged shortcomings in the PD-L's recent election campaign, including overconfidence and running a candidate who evinced insufficient enthusiasm in running for the Bucharest Mayoral post. He denied rumors of a PD-L rapprochment with the PNL, n [...]	2008-08-08 13:27:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST857	PD-L SECRETARY GENERAL BLAGA ON ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: PD-L Secretary General Blaga said that recent internal polls suggest his party will win 38 percent of votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections, with the rival PSD and PNL taking 32 and 15 percent, respectively. Blaga provided a detailed overview of election dynamics and argued [...]	2008-11-06 15:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUDAPEST1000	EAVESDROPPING; CONFIDENCE DROPPING: DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Although largely eclipsed by the recent shocks to the stock and bond markets (septel),Hungary's domestic espionage scandal continues to expand in scope and could further complicate economic triage efforts. 2. (C) Although criminal charges against the suspect firm, UD Zrt, reportedl [...]	2008-10-14 15:13:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1005	THE UPSIDE OF MELTDOWN: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY AND [...] (C) As Hungary's markets continue their rough ride (septel),Prime Minister Gyurcsany has seized on this weekend's "National Summit Meeting" as a means to address both Hungary's immediate economic challenges as well as his own long list of political problems. Designed to bring together Hunga [...]	2008-10-17 09:01:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1021	SOUTHERN COMFORT: ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY, [...] (S) Information developed by other agencies and passed to the Department via their channels indicates renewed and covert contacts between senior GoH officials and Russian intelligence officers. VERES IN THE LEAD 2. (S) As the GoH works to finalize an extraordinary international financi [...]	2008-10-28 11:12:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST107	PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON KOSOVO, AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Ambassador Karoly Banai, updated Ambassador Foley on Hungary's policy re Kosovo and Azerbaijan in a meeting January 31. KOSOVO: MAKING IT CLEAR TO MOSCOW 2. (C) Banai noted that PM Gyurcsany had called in the Russian [...]	2008-01-31 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU AZ ECON ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST1103	CRISIS ON LAYAWAY: THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE [...] (SBU) Although the Parliament continues to debate the implementing measures necessitated by Hungary's agreements with the IMF and EU (ref a),contacts are beginning to cautiously survey the longer-term landscape after weeks of crisis management. CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE 2. (SBU) For t [...]	2008-11-18 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1158	INDIAN SUMMER: HUNGARY MOVES FROM A HURRY TO [...] (C) Summary: With the winter recess in sight, the Gyurcsany government is congratulating itself on the passage of the 2009 budget and the adoption of minor changes in Hungary's tax structure. But the international stabilization package has provided only a tenuous degree of stability, and eco [...]	2008-12-04 10:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1213	PRESIDENT SOLYOM'S INJUDICIOUS ACTIVISM [...] (C) Summary: The chorus of complaints regarding Prime Minister Gyurcsany has largely but not completely obscured the mixed reviews received by President Laszlo Solyom. Seen as principled by his supporters and pedantic by his critics, Solyom has tested the boundaries of his largely ceremonial [...]	2008-12-19 06:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KBIO HU
08BUDAPEST122	GET THE REF OUT: THE PARTIES APPROACH THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The parties are getting an early start on the spring political season by finalizing preparations for a March 9 referendum on key elements of the government's austerity package. Riding high on recent polling data, the opposition is casting the referendum as a de facto vote of no co [...]	2008-02-06 17:01:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST124	AVERTING CHECKMATE ON HUNGARIAN-TURKMEN ENERGY [...] (U) This is a joint guidance request from Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest. 2. (U) Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest request urgent guidance to avert the conclusion of a pending energy supply contract between Turkmenistan and Hungary which could be concluded within days. The contract, negot [...]	2008-02-07 13:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST147	HUNGARY DENIES MILLANDER-TURKMENISTAN DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met February 12 with Ambassador Karoly Banai, Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Gyurcsany. "UNSTABLE" MIDDLEMAN; "ALARMING" LETTER 2. (C) Ambassador Banai listened intently to reftel points, asking for our understanding of the volume of gas repor [...]	2008-02-12 14:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST148	MFA CONFIRMS INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO IN THE [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered reftel demarches to MFA State Secretary (Political Director) Szent-Ivanyi February 12. SIPDIS Szent-Ivanyi confirmed that the GoH is prepared to recognize Kosovo within the first tranche of EU member states, estimating that it could take formal action within 10 ) [...]	2008-02-12 16:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST155	MUSICAL CHAIRS; DISCORDANT VOICES: PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it was only opening day, Hungarian MPs ) and protestors - were in mid-season form as the spring session began February 11. The governing coalition reaffirmed its support for PM Gyurcsany's health care reforms amidst heated rhetoric, but talk of a cabinet "pre-shuffle" [...]	2008-02-14 13:18:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST195	THE PARTY LINE: WHAT PM GYURCSANY'S SUPPORTERS ARE [...] (C) With his personal popularity ratings still mired well below 20 percent as he nears the half-way point of his term, Prime Minister Gyurcsany appears to be playing small ball in an effort to gradually recoup his standing with the public (REF A). Key elements of his public message will lik [...]	2008-02-26 09:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST225	TRYING TO HEAD NORTH: NEGOTIATING THE POST-SOUTH [...] (C) We are bracing ourselves for another rough patch with the GoH in the aftermath of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's latest trip to Moscow. ACTIONS AND REACTIONS 2. (C) Having secured the EU's acquiescence with Commissioner Piebalgs' tepid public statement of "understanding," the GoH will [...]	2008-02-29 16:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST245	STRONG RHETORIC BUT MILD INTEREST AS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: As voters prepare for this weekend's referendum throughout Hungary's 19 megye (regional districts),opinion leaders on both sides have been escalating their rhetoric. Despite the intensity of their comments, last-minute polling indicates softening turn-out and the general sense [...]	2008-03-07 07:02:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST261	THE NO'S HAVE IT: PUBLIC REFERENDUM REJECTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Record turn-out of 50.5 percent and overwhelming majorities voting against 3 elements of the government's reform agenda gave the opposition a clear victory in Hungary's national referendum March 9. With 82 ) 84 percent of respondents expressing opposition to the payment of nomin [...]	2008-03-10 14:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON HU
08BUDAPEST267	CONFIRMED BUT CAVEATED: HUNGARY PREPARING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador March 9 (other issues septel),the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed that the GoH intends to recognize Kosovo on March 19. Ambassador Banai commented, however, that he would have to check with Foreign Minister Goncz regarding her most rec [...]	2008-03-12 13:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST268	LONELY NEAR THE TOP: PRIME MINISTER'S FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 13:56:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST270	SQUATTER'S RIGHTS: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Gyurcsany government is struggling to go on with business as usual in the aftermath of its losses in the March 9 referendum. Unfortunately, business as usual involves an opposition with the political momentum, party members with a personal grudge, and policy initiatives wit [...]	2008-03-13 08:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ENRG HU

08BUDAPEST307	HUNGARY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In a statement released March 19 shortly following a joint declaration of intent with Croatia and Bulgaria, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry announced the GoH's decision to recognize Kosovo. 2. (SBU) The statement: Recognizes that moving forward was necessary for lasting stability [...]	2008-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KO HU

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