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08WARSAW1327	INCSR/POLAND - POST INPUT FOR 2008-2009 [...] (SBU) Per ref A guidance, the following is Embassy Warsaw's submission for Part I of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Strategy Report (INCSR). Post's submission for Part II will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text: ---------- I. Summary ---------- Poland has traditionally bee [...]	2008-11-20 06:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS PL

08WARSAW1346	USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...]	2008-11-25 15:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN
08WARSAW1350	POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...]	2008-11-26 15:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL
08WARSAW1386	USDA TRAINS VETS IN PULAWY WITH EMERGING MARKETS FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service provided training to 22 veterinarians and scientists of the Ukrainian Veterinary Service at Poland's Pulawy National Institute for Veterinary Science December 1-5, 2008. Poland's vets invited USDA to take part in an EU-sponsored event alr [...]	2008-12-08 11:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PL
08WARSAW1394	SCENESETTER FOR THE UN CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland's government recognizes that the on-going Fourteenth United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Poznan (due to enter its High Level segment later this week) is largely a waypoint on the road to next year's Fifteenth UN Conference in Copenhagen. It nonetheless views [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV PREL ETRD KIPR PL
08WARSAW1395	POLISH FM A LOCAL FAVORITE IN NATO RACE [...] (SBU) Polish media place Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on a short list of international favorites to succeed de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General. Besides Sikorski's individual merits, analysts here believe the Polish option stands out because other powers have had a recent turn [...]	2008-12-09 11:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PL
08WARSAW1409	POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...]	2008-12-12 06:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL
08WARSAW199	POLAND REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR FATF MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On February 11, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) called in the embassy to ask that the USG support Polish membership at the upcoming February 25-29 plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The MFA indicated that achieving FATF membership is a top priority for [...]	2008-02-12 14:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PL KTFN EFIN PREL PTER
08WARSAW237	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: REMOVE POLAND FROM WATCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Poland made notable progress in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) in 2007. The Warsaw Stadium closed. Poland implemented the EU's Enforcement Directive, closed a major legal loophole, called for IPR education for all university students, and began working to crea [...]	2008-02-21 11:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR PL
08WARSAW277	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETING MARCH 10 WITH POLISH [...] (C) Mr. President, your meeting on March 10 with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will underscore Poland's importance as a key ally of the United States, one which has stood shoulder to shoulder with us in Iraq, is stepping up its commitments in Afghanistan, and is the potential host for mis [...]	2008-03-03 16:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS OVIP PL
08WARSAW285	POLAND: EIGHTH ANNUAL (2008) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Andrea Gorog (telephone: 48-22-504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GorogA@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one political [...]	2008-03-04 15:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL
08WARSAW388	POLISH NON-PAPER ON MD NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador Ashe met with Polish FM Radek Sikorski on March 27 to receive the GOP's non-paper with respect to the Missile Defense initiative and modernization of Polish defenses. The text of that paper is provided in paragraph 4. FM Sikorski said that the paper would not be delivered in [...]	2008-03-27 16:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW392	POLISH FM ON BELARUS JOINT COMMUNIQUE AND [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting to pass a non-paper on Polish cooperation with teh United States on the Missile Defense initiative, Polish FM Radek Sikorski raised two additional issues with respect to possible collaboration on a joint U.S./EU communique on Belarus and U/S Paula Dobriansky's [...]	2008-03-28 11:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL BL
08WARSAW393	CODEL BOUCHER'S MEETINGS WITH POLISH MINISTRIES OF [...] (U) Summary: On March 20, a visiting delegation of six U.S. Members of Congress met with Rafal Baniak, Under Secretary in the Polish Ministry of Economy, and with SIPDIS Minister of Environment Maciej Nowicki. Given Poland's heavy dependence on coal, the Polish government is scrambling t [...]	2008-03-28 12:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG SENV EU PL
08WARSAW457	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY [...] Welcome to Poland. You are coming to Poland at a time when the Polish government is eagerly looking forward to hosting the 14th session of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 14). More than 10,000 participants from over 190 countries are expected to [...]	2008-04-10 14:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP SENV ECON ENRG PREL PL
08WARSAW468	POLAND ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: So far Polish officials have not begun to discuss whether to make a pledge at the Afghanistan Conference in Paris in June, let alone the possible amount. Like other European governments, they have been thinking of the Conference in purely political terms. Nevertheless, Afgha [...]	2008-04-14 08:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NATO PGOV PREL AF PL
08WARSAW512	POLAND: U/S DOBRIANSKY MEETING WITH MFA SIKORSKI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Radek Sikorski told Under Secretary for Global Affairs Dobriansky that Poland has selected a head for the Secretariat of the Community of Democracies, although the name is not yet public. Minister Sikorski believes the U.S. should do more to support [...]	2008-04-23 08:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV KDEM PL
08WARSAW643	POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD? [...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...]	2008-06-04 12:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW709	POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...]	2008-06-23 13:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
08WARSAW731	POLAND ENERGY SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poland's concern about its energy security heightened with the Russian shut-offs of gas to Ukraine, oil to Belarus, and oil to the Mazeikiu refinery through the Druzba pipeline in the last few years. The previous PiS-led government developed a plan and began to take steps to i [...]	2008-06-26 06:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
08WELLINGTON292	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on September 9 poloff met with Michael McBryde, deputy director of the United Nations and Human Rights Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Poloff and McBryde discussed each of the U.S. priorities contained with [...]	2008-09-10 04:59:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA NZ
08YEREVAN100	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]	2008-02-08 03:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN1051	HARSH REACTION FROM GOAM TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On December 30, the Ambassador met separately with Foreign Minister Nalbandian and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Sargsian, who both expressed the President,s anger over the Deputy Secretary,s letter to President Sargsian. They both stated that the U.S. had t [...]	2008-12-31 11:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	ETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR BU AM
08ZAGREB49	CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART II) [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 14:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
08ZAGREB639	CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF US PRIORITIES IN UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 14:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN HR
09ABUDHABI202	UAE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) The Embassy's point of contact for the Trafficking in Persons Report is: Kundai Mashingaidze Tel: +971 2-414-2621 Fax: +971 2-414-2639 Email: mashingaidzek@state.gov Number of hours spent on th [...]	2009-02-26 14:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG AE
09ABUDHABI243	UAE TIP SHELTER OPTIONS INADEQUATE BUT THERE IS HOPE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: UAE shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and trafficking (sexual or otherwise) remain limited. In Dubai, there is only one officially recognized facility of whose existence the wider Dubai co [...]	2009-03-13 17:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE
09ANKARA273	TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: TIP SITUATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hours [...]	2009-02-20 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA274	TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Article 80 of the Turkish Penal Code ( [...]	2009-02-20 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA296	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA689	RECONCEPTUALIZING TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stiff blowback Turkey has received from Azerbaijan over the normalization of relations with Armenia has annoyed many Turks even as official Ankara remains, for the most part, eager to mend relations with Baku. No matter what the final outcome of the Turkey-Armenia process, h [...]	2009-05-13 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09ANKARA815	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA981	TURKEY: RISING UNEMPLOYMENT GLOOM IN TRABZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: We recently visited the eastern Black Sea city of Trabzon, a port city that until the March 29 local elections was a region of support for the CHP. We found the newly-elected AK Party welcoming and upbeat, in strong contrast to the decidedly hostile and brooding CHP officials. [...]	2009-07-09 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ASHGABAT1147	TURKMENISTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...]	2009-09-10 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX
09ASHGABAT1148	TURKMENISTAN: KYRGYZ AMBASSADOR ON DENIAL OF EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...]	2009-09-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX
09ASHGABAT1196	TURKMEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 16, Turkmen government officials opened the third annual Turkmentel 2009 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Exhibition and Forum in Ashgabat. The Turkmen press touted the event as a large scale international forum initiated by Turkmen President Berdi [...]	2009-09-18 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ECPS EIND EINV TINT TX
09ASHGABAT1281	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CRITIC FEELS THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of criticizing the Turkmen government in interviews on RFE/RL and through writings distributed on the Internet, a former lawyer and deputy school director is feeling the consequences of official displeasure. He recently lost his job and his son was barred from leavi [...]	2009-10-09 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1398	TURKMENISTAN: "THE SANDPIT GENERALS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, President Berdimuhamedov conferred the rank of the Major General (MajGen) to the Minister of Defense (MOD) and the Chief of the State Border Service (SBS). S [...]	2009-11-02 06:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1532	BELARUS COMPANIES DOMINATE TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 25-27, Ashgabat hosted an agriculture trade show, during which producers of agriculture equipment from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) exhibited their equipment and demonstrated new technologies [...]	2009-11-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD BO TX
09ASHGABAT1598	TURKMENISTAN HOLDS ELECTRIC POWER EXHIBITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7-8, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy and Industry, Academy of Sciences, and Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the Second Annual International Electricity Industry Exhibition. The exhibition included l [...]	2009-12-10 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EINV EIND BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1657	TURKMENISTAN TOUTS PARTICIPATION IN CIS SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Berdimuhamedov on December 19 took part in a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) informal meeting in Kazakhstan, at Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's dacha in the village of Akbulak. Turkmen media reported tha [...]	2009-12-24 03:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZK TX
09ASHGABAT477	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMMEDOV STAYS IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat's hosting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting on April 10 was well-covered in regional press. Although a broad range of topics were on the agenda, it does not appear that the body came to any significant conclusions. Beginning with his opening remarks, Pr [...]	2009-04-15 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD AORC PREL TX
09ASHGABAT516	BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO HONEYWELL CEO: WE WANT CLOSER [...] (C) On April 22, Honeywell Director for Government Relations, Europe, Middle East and Africa Daniela Pandrea discussed Honeywell's business plans for Turkmenistan with DCM and poloff. She described the circumstances that led to Honeywell's CEO meeting with President Berdimuhamedov on March 9. [...]	2009-04-23 08:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT740	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES DOMINATE A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The June 7-9 textile exhibition in Ashgabat, organized by the Turkmen Government, hosted the representatives and displays of local enterprises and some 30 foreign companies seeking to enter the market or expand th [...]	2009-06-11 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ERD EIND TX KS
09ASHGABAT753	SABIT COORDINATOR BUILDS RELATIONSHIPS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator of the Central Asia office of the U.S. Department of Commerce Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program met with Turkmen government officials to promote the program. She focuse [...]	2009-06-12 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR EAID ECON EFIN EIND EPET SOCI
09ASHGABAT770	TURKMENISTAN: GAS PRICE IS THE ONLY BIG ISSUE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 EU-TACIS Program Manager Michael Wilson shared news he had recently heard through his energy sector network regarding the ongoing negotiations with Gazprom. He said government officials are saying that the future price of gas is the only remaining business issue, but [...]	2009-06-19 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV RU BO TX
09ASHGABAT809	TURKMENISTAN: LUKASHENKO VISIT FOCUSED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lukashenko's recent visit to Turkmenistan focused on enhancing bilateral commercial relations. The relationship is particularly important to Belarus, given large Turkmen purchases of Belarus tractors and trucks and the mammoth potash fertilizer project that was just k [...]	2009-06-29 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EMIN PREL PGOV BO TX
09ASHGABAT849	SOME INSIGHTS INTO HOW TURKMENISTAN SUPPORTS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The cost of living in Turkmenistan has risen dramatically since exchange rate unification and redenomination, without an improvement in the standard of living. According to the International Monetary Fund and financial experts in Ashgabat, the Turkmen manat is strong due to a [...]	2009-07-07 09:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EIND TX RU PK CH IR
09ASTANA1000	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin: -- praised President Obama's Cairo speech for its intelligence and candor; -- expressed gratitude for the briefing on the possibility of a U.S.-Russia agreement to transit lethal supplies for Afghanistan; -- undertook to facilita [...]	2009-06-11 09:28:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ECON ETTC MARR MCAP OSCE RS
09ASTANA1005	KAZAKHSTAN: WTO NEGOTIATOR AITZHANOVA CONFIRMS DECISION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's lead WTO negotiator, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova, told the Ambassador on June 11 that the decision by Kazakhstan, Russia, and Belarus to launch joint WTO accession negotiatio [...]	2009-06-12 07:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTRO RS BO KZ
09ASTANA1006	KAZAKHSTAN: KEY MAJILIS LEADER NAMED AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov told the Ambassador on June 11 he has been appointed ambassador to Iran and is awaiting agrement. He described the draft Internet law as "not right, but necessary," admitted that it was par [...]	2009-06-12 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ETRD KDEM RU IR KZ
09ASTANA1018	KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA TRUMPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent evidence suggests the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Customs Union that Russian Prime Minister Putin announced in Moscow on June 9 was already becoming concrete a reality in May, if not earlier. Even before that, we had ample warning that Kazakhstan was weighing the adva [...]	2009-06-15 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG WTRO EU RS BO
09ASTANA1089	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV URGES FOREIGN COMPANIES TO CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, in the provincial northern city of Kostanai, President Nazarbayev convened the 21st plenary session of Kazakhstan's Foreign Investors' Council (FIC). Nazarbayev encouraged foreign companies to continue investing in Kazakhstan's economy and discussed the country's plan fo [...]	2009-06-29 06:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA1090	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS REMARKS AT EVENT [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to Semey on June 18 to participate in a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the cessation of Soviet nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site. President Nazarbayev's speech at the event received heavy media coverage. He highlighted Kazakhstan's decisi [...]	2009-06-29 08:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MNUC SOCI KNNP KPAO KMDR RS KZ
09ASTANA1103	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Astana is a key opportunity for engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship, with close cooperation on such critical issues as [...]	2009-07-02 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA112	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is Post's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Kazakhstan. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Kazakhstan 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Kazakhstan Openness to Foreign Investment Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy sinc [...]	2009-01-22 00:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KZ
09ASTANA1145	KAZAKHSTAN: RBK CUSTOMS UNION, WTO, AND THE WAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, Kazakhstan's WTO negotiator -- reiterated that Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan have suspended, not abandoned their individual WTO accession negotiations; -- revealed Russia will hire, probably befo [...]	2009-07-09 10:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTRO RS BO KZ
09ASTANA1164	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns brought greetings to President Nazarbayev from President Obama and underscored the importance of the U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship by noting Kazakhstan was his delegation's first stop in Central Asia. He told Nazarbayev that President Obama is committed to st [...]	2009-07-13 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1165	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 10 meeting in Astana with Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns urged Kazakhstan to continue its bilateral WTO accession negotiations and not to close any doors, even if Astana is currently focusing on the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Custo [...]	2009-07-13 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN WTRO BO RS KZ
09ASTANA1171	KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Drug seizures in Kazakhstan increased by 75% during the first quarter of 2009 while drug-related crimes dropped almost 2%. Prime Minister Masimov criticized law enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking and called for the establishment of an interagency unit to arrest governmen [...]	2009-07-13 09:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1178	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JUNE 2009) [...] On June 2, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) umbrella agreement, officially known as the Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Destruction of Silo Launchers of Intercontine [...]	2009-07-13 10:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA1215	KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinating Committee of the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) held its second meeting on July 17 in Astana. During the meeting, the PPEPI Secretariat summarized the initiative's progress to date. The meeting revealed that there are obstacles and imp [...]	2009-07-22 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1220	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES BN-350 PROGRAM, WTO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador asked Prime Minister Karim Masimov on July 22 to ensure Kazakhstan meets its funding commitment for the BN-350 spent fuel program and to sign a decree facilitating transfer of the program's fuel tra [...]	2009-07-23 01:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KNNP WTRO AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1251	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S AUGUST 8-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 8-9 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) [...]	2009-07-24 08:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM EPET KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1330	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TWO SCIENCE FELLOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post requests the assistance of two Embassy Science Fellows for a two-week period from mid-August through September 2009. The Fellows will work in Astana, Kazakhstan, under the supervision of the Political-Econo [...]	2009-08-04 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR TSPL BEXP KSCA KZ
09ASTANA1339	KAZAKHSTAN: "NEWSWEEK" GOT IT WRONG ON KIMEP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an on-line article appearing August 1, "Newsweek" magazine accused the Kazakhstani government of suppressing Western-oriented education at what is arguably the country's most prestigious university. The articl [...]	2009-08-05 07:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA1357	KAZAKHSTAN: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Pol-Econ Chief met on August 5 with Saadat Asanseitova, Director of the Department for Regional Integration at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on [...]	2009-08-06 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1407	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 26-28 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]	2009-08-18 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1445	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard M. Morningstar met with Prime Minister Karim Masimov to discuss economic and energy security issues, including oil and gas export routes from Central Asia, the September 14 Caspian Sea Summit in Aktau, the influence of Russ [...]	2009-08-27 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET CH RS TX KZ
09ASTANA1464	KAZAKHSTAN: WHAT'S BEHIND THE CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The well-connected Israeli Ambassador analyzes that the current anti-corruption campaign in Kazakhstan is not a political-economic clan struggle to succeed President Nazarbayev. Rather, it is Nazarbayev himself cracking down to preserve his generally positive economic legacy an [...]	2009-09-03 08:10:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON KCOR KZ
09ASTANA1495	EAST KAZAKHSTAN: AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 20, the Ambassador visited Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),East Kazakhstan, an industrial region well-endowed with natural resources and populated by blue-collar miners, shady businessmen, political patrons, a [...]	2009-09-09 07:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA1535	KAZAKHSTAN TO RESUME WTO ACCESSION TALKS SEPARATE FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs Kazakhstan might be willing to resume its suspended bilateral WTO accession negotiations. Concluding U.S.-bilateral WTO negotiations would be in our national interest and would enhance Kazakhstan's independence and sovereignty. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Septemb [...]	2009-09-17 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN WTO RS KZ
09ASTANA1949	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL REVIEWS PPEPI, OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol and National Security Council Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly met Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orynbayev on October 30, primarily to review the structure, goals, and i [...]	2009-11-03 00:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA1967	KAZAHKSTAN: DAS KROL COMPARES NOTES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS George Krol met with Security Council Deputy Chairman Marat Shaikhutdinov in Astana on October 29. Their meeting was a refreshingly open "exchange of views," in which Shaikhutdinov, hand-picked from the Foreign Ministry by Security Council Chairman Marat Tazhin, asserte [...]	2009-11-05 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR SNAR CH RS AF ZK
09ASTANA198	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV REQUESTS CLEAR MESSAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Karim Masimov told the Ambassador on February 3 that he needs a clear message from the United States that Kazakhstan is welcome in the WTO in order to "slow down" the Russian-Belarus-Kazakhstan custom [...]	2009-02-03 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB EPET AF KZ
09ASTANA1982	KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 4, Kazakhstani Deputy Chairman of the Customs Control Committee of the Ministry of Finance Serzhan Duisebayev told EconOff that the government will likely approve several long-anticipated amendments to [...]	2009-11-10 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KIPR RS BO KZ
09ASTANA2050	KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARATIONS FOR DFM UMAROV'S VISIT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) SUMMARY: At the request of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),PolOff met on November 13 with the Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Barlybai Sadykov, whose Department is responsible for all non- [...]	2009-11-17 11:10:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PARM PGOV PINR PREL KNNP START IR RS UP UZ KZ
09ASTANA2131	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information responds to reftel request. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kazakhstan was $618 million in 2008, an increase of $119 million from $499 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $986 million, up 30.9 percent from the previous year. Corresp [...]	2009-12-08 09:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR KZ
09ASTANA2157	KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2190	KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave his annual summing up to the diplomatic corps on December 22. Since he broke no new ground on any issue, we are reporting only excerpts from his presentation about issues of special in [...]	2009-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SENV OSCE EU CH RS
09ASTANA2196	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] In response to reftel, the text of Part 1 of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan follows in paragraphs 2-67. SUMMARY 2. Kazakhstan is primarily a transit country for drug trafficking and is located on the northern route from Afghanistan. According [...]	2009-12-22 10:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA22	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit will foster our bilateral cooperation and our strategic interests, and will provide you the opportunity thank the Government of Kazakhstan for its support to Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to encourage and support [...]	2009-01-09 02:19:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR MCAP MASS AF KZ
09ASTANA248	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] (SBU) On January 23-26, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev paid an official visit to India. During this visit, Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL),run by India's State Department of Atomic Energy, signed a me [...]	2009-02-11 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA285	KAZAKHSTAN: CZECH PRIME MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representing the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU),Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek visited Astana on February 12 to discuss European energy security, bilateral trade and investment, and other issu [...]	2009-02-18 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EPET EINV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA435	KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...]	2009-03-12 07:28:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ
09ASTANA441	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR NEW WORLD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the second annual Astana Economic Forum on March 11, President Nazarbayev called for a new world currency and a "more accountable" monetary policy and urged world leaders to take this up at next month's G-20 su [...]	2009-03-13 06:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ
09ASTANA442	KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]	2009-03-13 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA497	KAZAKHSTAN: LEAD WTO NEGOTIATIOR REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the Ambassador met with Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova to discuss the status of Kazakhstan's WTO accession negotiations with the United States. Aitzhanova expressed frustrat [...]	2009-03-20 02:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID RS KZ
09ASTANA572	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...]	2009-04-02 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA610	KAZAKHSTAN: HUNGARIAN-LED BOMCA DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) delegation on April 6 to discuss efforts to implement European Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Kazakhstan. According to the delegation's leader, General Istvan Samu, Deputy National Commander of the Hungarian [...]	2009-04-09 05:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KNNP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA666	KAZAKHSTAN: INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on April 14 requesting bilateral consultations in Washington during May 4-5 to discuss Kazakhstan's interest in joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The text of the note follows: BEGIN TEXT No. 10-3/1270 [...]	2009-04-20 11:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP MTCR KZ
09ASTANA674	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...]	2009-04-21 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA713	KAZAKHSTAN -- MORE EURASIA THAN CENTRAL ASIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: From many conversations with top-level officials and other signals, it is clear Kazakhstan is seeking an enhanced relationship with the United States, in part to better balance its relations with especially Russia but also with China. Kazakhstan is different from the other four [...]	2009-04-27 04:08:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON RS AF KZ
09ASTANA811	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVING H1N1-RELATED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Akhmetzhan Sultanov, Vice Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's State Inspection Committee told us on May 6 that, in response to the H1N1 virus, the Government of Kazakhstan took preemptive steps to prevent the [...]	2009-05-07 08:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA830	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...]	2009-05-13 03:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA855	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 16 - MAY 9 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Refinancing Rate -- Banking Sector News -- Government Procurement Legislation Signed -- Presidents Discuss Customs Union -- Government to Enhance Control Over Anti- [...]	2009-05-18 06:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN EAGR CH KZ
09ATHENS1103	A/S Gordon's June 27 Meeting with Polish FM Sikorski: Russia [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon met with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on the margins of the June 27-28 NATO-Russia Council and OSCE Informal Ministerial in Corfu, Greece. Their discussion centered on Georgia, U.S.-Russia nuclear disarmament negotiations, missile defen [...]	2009-06-30 08:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PL
09ATHENS1581	Greece: Government Manages to Suspend Port Strike, But For [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Confronting its first major challenge since taking office, Greece's new PASOK government negotiated a temporary suspension to a dockworkers' strike on October 17. Latching onto PM Papandreou's pre-election promises to re-examine privatization agreements, dockworker unions at t [...]	2009-10-27 11:31:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB GR CH
09ATHENS1633	Greece Supports EU Renewal of Belarus Sanctions and [...] (C) PolOff met November 10 with Vassilis Tselios, Deputy Head of the C1 EU External Relations Directorate, to discuss a coordinated Belarus sanctions policy. Tselios - the Greek MFA's point person for EU- Eastern partner affairs - noted that Greece does not have an embassy in Minsk and therefo [...]	2009-11-16 14:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO GR EUN

09ATHENS232	GREEK VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref points on U.S. positions on the February 23-24 GAERC to MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the agenda for the GAERC included: Afghanistan, the Middle East, the Western Balkans, and the Eastern Partnership. On Sudan, she said that no discussion wa [...]	2009-02-20 15:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN
09ATHENS336	GREECE AGREES "COMPLETELY" WITH U.S. ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points on Russia recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and basing plans with OSCE Special Envoy for Protracted Conflicts Greek Ambassador Charalambos Christopoulos and, separately, with MFA A5 Directorate for CIS Countries Counselor Lambros Kakissis. Both [...]	2009-03-18 14:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG BO
09ATHENS83	GREEK VIEWS ON JANUARY GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed ref A and B GAERC issues with newly arrived MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the Czech EU Presidency had decided on a policy of downsizing GAERC agendas and focusing more intently on one or two issues. Thus, they had eliminated most of the issues co [...]	2009-01-22 13:32:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ZL AFIN SU ZI UP BO GR
09BAKU20	AZERBAIJAN'S DISCREET SYMBIOSIS WITH ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 12:43:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PRL PTER AJ IS IR
09BAKU31	AZERBAIJAN: MOTION ON SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Shah Deniz Consortium members SOCAR, StatoilHydro and BP Azerbaijan, there has been no progress in talks with Turkey on either the price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas currently being delivered to Turkey or on the marketing and transit of Shah Deniz Phase Two gas to and [...]	2009-01-15 13:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TK ENRG
09BAKU323	AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS CIS, G20, NO [...] SUMMARY: In an April 7 meeting, Azerbaijan's Finance Minister, Samir Sharifov, defended his ministry's policy of supporting the manat (currency) and indicated that the policy would not likely be changed any time soon. He also described deliberations at the March 30 meeting of CIS Finance Mi [...]	2009-04-21 10:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN AJ
09BAKU430	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REPEATS REQUEST FOR A [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told EUCOM Commander Craddock on May 21 that Azerbaijan's independent policies in support of NATO, Georgia and especially on energy leave it increasingly exposed to growing Russian and Iranian pressure. Azerbaijan needs "serious political and security guarant [...]	2009-05-26 10:22:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM ENRG ETRD PREL RS AF TU AJ
09BAKU58	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azerbaijani gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Sou [...]	2009-01-26 06:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU60	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...]	2009-01-26 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU61	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR CLAIMS TURKEY SEEKS TO BURY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR is increasingly convinced Turkey is seeking to stop, not promote, the Southern Corridor project, in a quest to minimize the price it must pay for Azeri gas. Despite making what it feels are convincing political and commercial arguments to Turkey in support of the Southern [...]	2009-01-26 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
09BAKU756	RWE AND OMV CONTINUE TO PROMOTE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the Eurasian Energy Envoy Dan Stein met with Nabucco promoters RWE and OMV in Baku. Both remain bullish on the prospects for the Nabucco Pipeline, but admit the project must move ahead within the next year or face eclipse by competing projects such as the ITGI ( [...]	2009-09-23 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON AJ
09BANGKOK3129	THAILAND: THAI AUTHORITIES SEIZE PLANE WITH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Thai Immigration and Customs Police seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport late on December 11. Thai officials leaked information about the action to the Thai media late December 12, crediting the U.S. for providing information leadi [...]	2009-12-14 08:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ETTC KOMC MARR PINR PREL TH KN
09BEIJING760	CURRENCY SWAP PLAN SHOWS RIVALRY, COOPERATION [...] (C) Japanese and Korean Embassy officials in Beijing agreed that ASEAN 3 currency swaps agreement remains more show than substance, despite the February 22 announcement by ASEAN 3 (China, Korea, Japan) Finance Ministers that the Multilateral Chiang Mai Initiative (CMIM) fund will be increased [...]	2009-03-24 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD CH
09BEIJING828	TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...]	2009-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIRUT1235	2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: This 2009 TIP Interim Assessment for Lebanon is submitted in response to action request in reftel. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) made limited progress in addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, partially because of parliamentary inaction before the June 2009 elections a [...]	2009-11-18 10:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG LE
09BELGRADE21	Gas Crisis: EU Countries Come To Serbia's Aid [...] Heat is coming back to Serbia thanks to European assistance. On January 8, Hungary and Germany responded positively to Serbia's request for urgent gas deliveries. On January 9, Austria also agreed to supply Serbia with gas. Gas from Hungary started to flow in the late afternoon of January 8 [...]	2009-01-12 06:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD SR
09BERLIN1406	GERMANY SUPPORTS "DOUBLE ROLLOVER" OF EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany agrees that Belarus has made little progress on human rights or democratization recently and therefore supports a "double rollover" of both the suspension of EU sanctions as well as the sanctions regime itself at the November 16-17 EU GAERC meeting. We made the case for [...]	2009-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM BO GM
09BERLIN1441	GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 16-17 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Belarus, Germany concedes that the GAERC is likely to extend both the sanctions regime and the suspension of those sanctions until October 2010, but continues to believe that it would be better to extend them only to May 2010. Germany is eager to increase cooperation with Rus [...]	2009-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV MARR MOPS BO RU UP SO BK
09BERLIN1442	GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]	2009-11-13 16:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN1570	GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...]	2009-12-10 12:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL
09BERLIN1578	GERMANY DEFENDS EXPORT MODEL BUT EXAMINES WAYS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In December 7 meetings in Berlin, German officials expressed a cautious optimism about Germany's recovery, but stressed that downside risks remain, particularly weaknesses at state-owned banks ("Landesbanken"). They were also concerned about Greece's debt position and the thre [...]	2009-12-14 09:22:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM PREL
09BERLIN1602	GERMAN-RUSSIAN BUSINESS: RIDING THE BEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: German firms are riding the Russian bear, but nobody wants to get off. Meanwhile, Russian firms are increasingly investing in Germany to gain access to German technology. Germany accepts this, even in seemingly sensitive sectors, as helpful to economic recovery. Germans see Ru [...]	2009-12-18 13:59:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL GM RS
09BERLIN216	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY 23-24 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Afghanistan discussion at the February 23-24 GAERC is supposed to be limited to just 30 minutes, Germany says EU foreign ministers will have a greater opportunity to address this issue at the March GAERC meeting and at a dinner on the margins of the March 19 EU Summit. [...]	2009-02-20 20:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN XF ZL SU CE IZ AF GM
09BERLIN301	GERMANY: NOT PUSHING FOR LUKASHENKA INVITE TO EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. German Chancellery and MFA contacts agree that inviting Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 EU Summit launching the Eastern Partnership (EaP)would be a mistake, although they support continuing the suspension of EU sanctions for another six months and allowing Belarus to [...]	2009-03-13 15:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM BO RS EU
09BERLIN303	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MARCH 16-17 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects a full agenda at the EU General Affairs and External Relations (GAERC) next week, with extensive discussion of the implications of the economic crisis on the eastern neighbors, recent developments in Sudan, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. Germany is highly conc [...]	2009-03-13 15:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PGOV GM BO UP MD SU GZ IS
09BERLIN422	MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, MOLDOVA, GITMO, COUNTER-PIRACY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Cuba) Congressional Delegation in Cuba 3. (Moldova) Unrest 4. (U.S.) Renditions, ICRC Report 5. (Somalia) Fate of Pirates 6. (Environment) Bonn UNFCCC 7. (Italy) Berlusconi on Earthquake Victims 8. (Eastern Europe) Democracy [...]	2009-04-09 12:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN470	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...]	2009-04-22 16:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN788	GERMAN SATELLITE START-UP RAPIDEYE GATHERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG, which began selling its imagery products in January of this year (see ref A),has established its first contracts with France and Lithuania. In the next few years, RapidEye is confident that its customer base will expand by ten, [...]	2009-07-01 07:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR CH BR FR LH GM
09BERLIN806	GERMANY: FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLAND IN ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. German contacts view Foreign Minister Steinmeier's and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's joint trip to Kyiv as indicative of improved German-Polish relations and a significant advance in bringing German and Polish foreign policy positions more into sync. Unsurprisingly, the mini [...]	2009-07-02 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN807	USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETINGS AT THE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On July 1 in Berlin, USNATO Ambassador Daalder had wide-ranging meetings with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel. Heusgen asked for help in getting the memo between SHAPE and CSTC-A that would enable Germany to fol [...]	2009-07-03 16:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO GM
09BERLIN859	GERMANY UPBEAT ABOUT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The German Chancellery and MFA view President Obama's trip to Moscow as successful, especially given how poor U.S.-Russian relations were at the beginning of the year. MFA Head of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Division Ernst Reichel and Chancellery Head of Former Soviet Union an [...]	2009-07-16 08:29:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	RS PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN886	GERMANY'S VIEWS OF THE JULY 27-28 GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects significant discussion of Iran before and during next week's EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),in addition to discussions of Somalia and Georgia. However, the EU plans to wait until September to begin a regular review of which Iranian in [...]	2009-07-22 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN SO MOPS OSCE PHUM UN GG RS GM
09BISHKEK1293	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW KYRGYZ ECONOMIC MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Gfoeller, Minister Jenishbek Baiguttiev of the newly created Ministry of Economic Regulation said that he would like Kyrgyzstan to develop a closer economic relationship with the U.S. He also described Kyrgyzstan's concerns with the recent customs unio [...]	2009-12-14 09:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KG
09BISHKEK1300	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER PROTESTS "FAILED STATE" [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sarbayev called in the Ambassador to complain about the December 16 VOA article that said Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan could be considered "failed states." Sarbayev, armed with a copy of DAS Krol's testimony and a translation of the Q&A, peppered the Ambassador with [...]	2009-12-18 08:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KG AF UZ TI
09BISHKEK1338	KYRGYZSTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Following is Embassy Bishkek's submission for the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. 2. Begin Text: Kyrgyz Republic The Kyrgyz Republic is not a regional financial center. The Kyrgyz Republic adopted a ne [...]	2009-12-30 08:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK79	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime on paper with a broad base of commercial l [...]	2009-01-28 08:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG
09BISHKEK85	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CONFIRMS PROPOSED $2.5 BILLION [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Vlasov confirmed to Ambassador the details of a $2.5 billion Russian economic assistance package for Kyrgyzstan and indicated that the agreement would be signed during President Bakiyev's February 3 visit to Moscow, which he also confirmed. Vlasov [...]	2009-01-29 12:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KG
09BRATISLAVA189	GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS DIALOGUE WITH EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed ref points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with European Correspondent Albin Otruba on April 23. The discussion of Ukraine and Moldova, which will be held in the context of the Eastern Partnership, is the most interesting for Slovakia. Slovakia supports continu [...]	2009-04-23 14:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PGOV UP SY MD LO
09BRATISLAVA45	SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...]	2009-01-26 15:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO
09BRATISLAVA54	SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]	2009-01-30 10:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
09BRATISLAVA70	FICO'S ROLE MODEL: VLADIMIR PUTIN? [...] (C) Name this leader: He consolidated power and popularity during a period of unprecedented economic growth. As a hedge against any current or future challengers, he attacks the opposition and media relentlessly. He accuses NGOs of seeking to undermine the government and has supported legislati [...]	2009-02-09 08:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO RU
09BRUSSELS1	AMBASSADOR VISITS PRAGUE TO DISCUSS CZECH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech EU Presidency, which takes over on January 1, wants the new American president to meet the EU-27 heads of state in early April in Prague to discuss climate change and the Middle East. Czech FonMin Schwarzenberg is considering a trip to Washington in early February to mee [...]	2009-01-01 09:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SENV EFIN ECON ETTC IR EZ
09BRUSSELS1048	JULY GAERC - SWEDISH PRESIDENCY OUTLINES [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers (FMs),meeting in Brussels July 27 as the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),received an overview of Swedish Presidency priorities for the next six months. The GAERC adopted without discussion numerous decisions, to include U.S.-EU neg [...]	2009-07-30 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON EUN AF AL BO GG GR HR IC IR
09BRUSSELS1193	EU SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KANJORSKI [...] (SBU) I would like to welcome you and the members of your Delegation to Brussels. You are arriving at a time when the change in U.S. Administration and the press of global events have pushed U.S.-EU cooperation to new heights across a range of economic and political issues. The EU and its Mem [...]	2009-08-28 11:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD ENRG SENV KHGH KJUS KTFN EUN
09BRUSSELS13	EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE - THE DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Over the past 24 hours the mood in Brussels has shifted from concern over how to get Ukraine and Russia back to the negotiating table to concern over gas supplies for EU Member States. A Commission contact told Econ Officers this morning that the Ukraine/Russia [...]	2009-01-06 17:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS134	AN OVERVIEW OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACTIVISM IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Five years ago the EU experienced its largest expansion to date with the accession of ten new member stateseight of which were Central European post-communist statesfollowed by the entry of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, which together comprise what is commonly known as the Cen [...]	2009-01-29 17:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN XG
09BRUSSELS135	JANUARY GAERC - EU FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels January 26, EU Foreign Ministers focused their energies primarily on recent political and economic developments affecting the EU. The General Affairs Council discussed the incoming Czech presidency's priorities and energy security, while the External Affairs [...]	2009-01-29 18:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN ETTC KTFN IR SR BO XF ZI UP RS
09BRUSSELS1504	POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on November 5, USEU POLOFF delivered reftel points to EU Council Secretariat Policy Planning officer Pirkka Tapiola, as well as to British and Dutch contacts in Brussels. Reftel points were further widely delivered to Political and Security Committee (PSC) A [...]	2009-11-06 18:06:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO EUN
09BRUSSELS1525	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON SANCTIONS POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 16:53:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN BO BE
09BRUSSELS1569	EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]	2009-11-23 14:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09BRUSSELS186	EU INVESTMENT CONFERENCE FOR UKRAINE'S GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 6 meeting DG-RELEX Energy Counselor Faouzi Bensarsa told visiting DAS Doug Hengel about EU Commission plans to host an investment conference on Ukrainian Gas Infrastructure in Brussels on March 23. Bensarsa said the fundamental key from an external policy perspec [...]	2009-02-10 09:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN UP
09BRUSSELS219	RUSSIA-EU FM TROIKA: HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary: According to European Commission (RELEX) and Council Secretariat participants at the EU-Russia FM Troika meeting in Moscow February 11, Russian FonMin Sergey Lavrov will soon travel to the Middle East in advance of an international conference Moscow is determined to host. Also, [...]	2009-02-13 19:01:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS EUN GG AF SO XF XH
09BRUSSELS277	FEBRUARY GAERC - EU FOREIGN MINISTERS FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: In Brussels on February 23, EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in General Affairs Council, discussed preparations for the March 19-20 European Council meeting and discussed proposals for investments in energy and infrastructure under the economic recovery plan. The External Affairs C [...]	2009-02-26 19:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN ECON AF AL BK EZ MW SR
09BRUSSELS331	CENTRAL EUROPEANS DRIVE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP BUT [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Experts on EU policy development point to the EU's Eastern Partnership Initiative as the most successful example of how Central European member states have been able to influence EU foreign policy to date. The Eastern Partnership is designed to encourage politic [...]	2009-03-11 18:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EUN XG
09BRUSSELS391	INTRODUCING THE EUROPEAN UNION, PART VI: THE ACCESSION [...] The EU has been growing from the founding "Six" to the current EU-27. Enlargement is viewed as one of the EU's most successful policies and a powerful foreign policy tool for extending a zone of peace and democracy across the European continent. The tight conditions for membership and the va [...]	2009-03-18 17:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN TU HR CY XH
09BRUSSELS396	MARCH GAERC - FOCUS ON ECONOMIC CRISIS, BELARUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on March 16, EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) focused their efforts on measures to address the economic crisis and the political challenges faced in Belarus and Bosnia. In addition to preparations for the March 19-20 European Council meeting, the General Affairs [...]	2009-03-19 16:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN ECON BO BK MW
09BRUSSELS410	EU: DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 16 DISCUSSIONS ON ENERGY AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a Brussels stop on March 16 EUR DAS Matthew Bryza consulted EU officials on a range of regional political, security and energy-related issues, including EU enlargement, Turkey-Cyprus, frozen conflicts, and pipeline politics. DG Enlargement contacts foresaw no/no immine [...]	2009-03-23 11:57:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG ECIN EPET EUN XH
09BRUSSELS418	BELGIUM SUPPORTS NON-RECOGNITION POLICY ON [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding non-recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Willy De Buck, Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Buck said that he had recently discussed the issue of recognition of the two breakaway reg [...]	2009-03-24 13:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RU BE
09BRUSSELS465	BELGIUM'S VIEWS ON AFFECTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Chief of Staff to the Belgian Finance Minister Olivier Henin told POL/ECON Counselor on March 31 Belgium has already made a number of commitments on a bilateral basis with respect to the financial crisis in Central and Eastern Europe. This is largely the result of the extensive interes [...]	2009-03-31 14:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN BE
09BRUSSELS496	CENTRAL EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE SHOWS COALITION [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Experts agree that effective EU policymaking is driven by coalitions among member states. They also agree that the Central European states that joined the EU since 2004 have only recently begun to employ coalition building. As a corollary, some EU experts cont [...]	2009-04-02 16:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EUN XG ECON EFIN SENV
09BRUSSELS519	COMMISSIONER PIEBALGS OUTLINES THE EU'S ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. At an April 2 Brussels hearing on energy security organized by the European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs outlined how the EU intends to ensure its energy security by: 1) organizing its external energy supply, 2) promoting energ [...]	2009-04-07 08:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS809	EU OFFICIALS ON NEXT STEPS IN KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith and EULEX Kosovo Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon met with USEU CDA on June 10 to provide an overview of upcoming challenges and opportunities in the country. Suggesting that the coming months would be "decisive," Feith said t [...]	2009-06-11 10:35:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN SR KK
09BUCHAREST714	ROMANIA: VP BIDEN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (U) Summary. Vice President Biden met with President Basescu on October 22, 2009. The Romanian President and Vice President Biden discussed the motivations for Biden's trip to Europe; the U.S. and Romanian relationships with Russia; missile defense; and the coalition strategy in Afghanistan [...]	2009-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PREL ENRG CONS XH XD RO
09BUDAPEST151	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (HUNGARY) [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Budapest would like to submit the following requests for Embassy Science Fellows. Current point of contact for these proposals is outgoing ESTH Hub Officer Camille Hill, HillCD2@state.gov, 36-1-475-4956. Ms. Hill will depart post May 19 and her successor, Sam Ko [...]	2009-02-27 15:03:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA
09BUDAPEST216	HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 11:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS RS GG HU
09BUDAPEST800	HUNGARY NOT READY TO LIFT BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel November 4 with the MFA's EU Foreign Policy Department Section Chief Karoly Sardi. Sardi stated that Hungary holds positions similar to those outlined in the talking points, commenting that Hungary "is not ready to lift sanctions now." He expressed the GoH view tha [...]	2009-11-06 12:10:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN BO HU
09BUENOSAIRES387	ARGENTINA'S CURRENCY SWAP WITH CHINA; WILL IT HELP [...] (C) The Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) and the People's Bank of China appear to have reached a preliminary agreement on a currency swap arrangement (Peso-Yuan) for the equivalent of about US$10 billion. However, there may be some internal disagreement on the Argentine side: while BCRA President [...]	2009-04-01 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AR
09CARACAS1147	CHAVEZ GIVES OBAMA AFRICAN PRIDE ADVICE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on a September 1 state visit to Libya to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Qadhafi's revolution, urged President Obama to "rise to the height of his African blood," adding that although he may have good ideas, his hands are tied by the "North A [...]	2009-09-02 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1236	VENEZUELA: INSIGHT INTO LUKOIL AND THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian oil companies in Venezuela understand that government-to-government negotiations are the most expedient way to advance commercial relations in Venezuela. In addition to working through a consortium to sign new oil deals, the individual companies are preparing to transfer [...]	2009-09-21 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1599	CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...]	2009-12-29 22:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE
09CARACAS422	CHAVEZ AS HE SEES HIMSELF - THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez claims that he wants to improve relations with the new U.S. administration (Reftel),but his intolerance for what he perceives as criticism and his radical worldview continue to pose major hurdles to bettering bilateral relations. His perennial (mis)treatment [...]	2009-04-01 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER VE
09CHISINAU330	MOLDOVAN 2008 MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic growth continued to be strong in Moldova in 2008, according to recently released official statistics, with GDP growing 7.2 percent. However, economic trends were not uniform during the year and fourth quarter data reflected the increasing impact of the world economi [...]	2009-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU44	MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Russia 154.08 2. United States 102.16 3. Italy 91.30 4. Spain 82.57 5. Netherlands 80.12 6. France 79.00 7. Romania 60.14 8. Germany 50.64 9. Austria 35.20 10. Cyprus 27.54 92. Based on figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, FDI since 1992 by sectors was as a perce [...]	2009-01-22 10:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU493	VORONIN VISITS MOSCOW AND RETURNS WITH USD 500 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Vladimir Voronin traveled to Moscow on June 22, and held bilateral meetings with both President Dmitrii Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Following his talks with Voronin, Putin announced a USD 500 million credit to Moldova. Some media reports quoted Putin [...]	2009-06-25 14:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU496	WORSENING ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In October 2008, the outlook for Moldova's economy was still positive for 2009. Since that forecast the economic situation for the entire region has deteriorated dramatically. The Moldovan National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published numbers for the first quarter, underscori [...]	2009-06-26 11:00:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU988	CHISINAU: INCSR 2009-2010 PART 1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Chisinau's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR Part I follows: Â [...]	2009-12-24 06:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MD
09COLOMBO81	SRI LANKA: JOURNALISTS FLEE COUNTRY AMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: At least nine media personnel have left the country since the January 6 attack on the independent MTV network's broadcasting center (ref E) that marked the beginning of a recent surge in attacks and threats on journalists in the country (ref A, B, D). At least five additional jou [...]	2009-01-23 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL CE
09COPENHAGEN282	DENMARK HOSTS COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Baltic region officials decided to continue efforts to make the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) more focused on concrete projects to integrate the region's energy infrastructure and promote other links at a ministerial meeting on June 4 hosted by Denmark as outgoing CBSS pr [...]	2009-06-19 10:40:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL AORC ZB XZ DA
09DUBLIN476	IRELAND: NOVEMBER GAERC, BELARUS, OSCE [...] (U) On November 10 Poloff spoke with Peter Ryan, European Correspondent in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) about the EU FMs, GAERC meeting on November 16-17. Separately, Poloff delivered ref C demarche on Belarus to Michael Forbes, DFA Director for Russia, Eastern Europe and Cent [...]	2009-11-12 16:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO RS AF OSCE EI EUN
09DUSHANBE64	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN [...] Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put significant research and effort into market development. Tajikistan, which lags behind most of its neighbors economically, remains not only the poorest of the former Soviet republics but one of the poorest co [...]	2009-01-16 08:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI
09FREETOWN270	COKE, TOKES, AND INEPT FOLKS: CAN SL STAY TOUGH ON DRUGS? [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 15:12:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET	PGOV PREL SL SNAR
09GENEVA1012	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-052. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 30, 2009 Time: 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. UKRAINE A/S Gottemoeller Mr. Nykonenko Amb Ries [...]	2009-11-11 08:26:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1020	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 10, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:15 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gotemoeller Amb Antonov Mr. Brown Ms. [...]	2009-11-13 18:14:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1042	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 11, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A meeting of the Treaty Text and Definitions Working Group (TTDWG) was held at the Russ [...]	2009-11-19 18:15:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1066	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-029. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Mr. Connell [...]	2009-11-25 15:20:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1082	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-035. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Mr. DeNinno [...]	2009-11-29 13:24:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1090	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-061. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 27, 2009 Time: 15:00 P.M. - 17:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Ambassador Antonov conducted a Heads of Delegatio [...]	2009-11-30 17:50:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1096	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 12, 2009 Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. delegation to the START Follow-on (SFO) negotiations hosted a reception on Novembe [...]	2009-12-02 11:05:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1098	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-024. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 16, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Ms. Purcell [...]	2009-12-02 13:45:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1139	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-073. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 30, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The eighth meeting of the Conversion or Elimination (CorE) Working Group during Sessio [...]	2009-12-13 10:40:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1143	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] This is SFO-GVA-VI-058. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for SFO-GVA-VI reporting activity during the period October 19 - November 20, 2009. SFO-GVA-VI-001 (GENEVA 0904) SFO-GVA-VI: HEADS AND DEPUTY HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING, OCTOBER 19, 2009 SFO-GVA-VI-002 (GENEVA 09 [...]	2009-12-13 11:51:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1220	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-161. 2. (S) The text at paragraph 3 is the working document from which the U.S.-Proposed Joint Draft Text of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms [...]	2009-12-20 18:20:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA438	JCIC-XXXIV: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIV. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]	2009-06-09 16:30:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA439	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the R [...]	2009-06-09 16:45:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA440	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN OPENING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russ [...]	2009-06-09 16:58:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA441	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Ru [...]	2009-06-09 17:07:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA442	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. OPENING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-004. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009. [...]	2009-06-09 17:33:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA443	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the first meeting of U.S. and Russian Delegations in Geneva on START Follow-On Negotiations [...]	2009-06-09 18:20:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA444	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:10 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian Delegations to the START Follow-on Negotiations continued discussions initiated [...]	2009-06-10 09:37:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA458	JUNE 5, 2009 INFORMAL CHAIRMAN'S CONCULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary. Three and a half years after the last such meeting, WTO Members met with Belarus to discuss how negotiations for its WTO membership might be resumed. The meeting was called at the initiative of the Secretariat and Belarus. Belarus emphasized its interest in encouraging investm [...]	2009-06-11 08:24:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO USTR BLR

09GENEVA460	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON CLOSURE [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 8, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009, to discuss closure of [...]	2009-06-11 09:18:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA462	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON SS-27 RVOSI, PK [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:45 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss U [...]	2009-06-11 14:32:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA467	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UPDATED [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss the U.S. r [...]	2009-06-12 13:05:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA468	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON COURTLAND MISSILE [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss Russi [...]	2009-06-12 13:19:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA469	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-017. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...]	2009-06-12 13:34:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA471	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-020. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]	2009-06-12 14:12:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA472	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S.-UKRAINIAN BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva U.S. Ukraine Mr. Taylor Mr. Nykonenko ----------------------- UKRAINE ADAMANT ABOUT BEING INCLU [...]	2009-06-12 14:34:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA476	JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON B-1 HEAVY BOMBER [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss the con [...]	2009-06-12 17:00:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA478	JCIC-XXXIV: LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] This is JCIC-XXXIV-021. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIV reporting activity during the period June 8-12, 2009. JCIC-XXXIV-001 (GENEVA 436) JCIC-XXXIV: OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION, JUNE 8, 2009 JCIC [...]	2009-06-12 17:22:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA615	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-III-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 24, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participantts: U.S. Russia Mr. brown Ms. Kotkova ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) U [...]	2009-07-25 11:58:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA617	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-III-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 22, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian Delegation continued its presentation of papers and proposals initiated during the mo [...]	2009-07-25 12:43:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START UNGA
09GENEVA733	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: August 31, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Meeting Date: September 1, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva [...]	2009-09-03 21:05:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA736	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-009. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the U.S.-proposed Joint Draft Text on Preambular language that was provided to the Russian Delegation during the afternoon meeting at the U.S. Mission on August 31, 2009. 3. (S) Begin text: PREAMBLE [...]	2009-09-04 09:54:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA742	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 3, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Koshelev Mr. Johnston Mr. Malyugin - [...]	2009-09-04 17:11:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA743	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-014. 2. (S) The U.S. Delegation provided the Russian Side a document containing the guide to the U.S.-proposed draft of the START Follow-on (SFO) Protocol on Inspections, Exhibitions and Continuous Monitoring Activities during the morning plenary session on Septembe [...]	2009-09-05 14:35:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA744	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-013. 2. (U) At Paragraph 3 is the text of the official translation of the Russian-proposed Joint Statement on the expiration of the START Treaty. 3. (S) Begin text: Official Translation To [...]	2009-09-05 14:53:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA774	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Russian-proposed treaty text. 3. (S) Begin text. Official Translation To be Turned Over to the U.S. Side [...]	2009-09-23 15:28:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA781	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 21, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the first plenary meeting of the session, the Russian Delegation made verbal presenta [...]	2009-09-24 16:58:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA821	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 23, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Treaty and Definitions Working Group held its second meeting of the session, during which the [...]	2009-10-01 16:41:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA829	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 25, 2009 Time: 3:15 - 5:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the third Treaty Text and Definitions Working Group meeting of the session, the Parties contin [...]	2009-10-02 14:14:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA846	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 30, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) As instructed (Ref A),U.S. Representative to the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commissi [...]	2009-10-07 15:40:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA847	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] This is SFO-GVA-V-040 -- Request for Guidance-001. 2. (S) The text at paragraph 5 is the Ad-Referendum to Governments Text of Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Agreement Number 56 on Principles and Procedures for Completion of Continuous Monitoring at the Monitored Facilit [...]	2009-10-07 15:55:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA848	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-045 - Request for Guidance-002. 2. (S) Background and guidance requested. Delegation has negotiated a draft JCIC Agreement on Principles and Procedures for Completion of Continuous Monitoring at the Monitored Facility at Votkinsk, and the accompanying letters on Set [...]	2009-10-07 16:01:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA856	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-044. 2. (S) The text at paragraph 3 is the U.S.-proposed treaty text for the START Follow-on Treaty. The text was provided to the Russian delegation on October 1, 2009, at the plenary meeting. 3. (S) Begin text: [...]	2009-10-08 14:11:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA863	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] This is SFO-GVA-V-040 -- Request for Guidance-001. 2. (S) The text at paragraph 5 is the Ad-Referendum to Governments Text of Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Agreement Number 56 on Principles and Procedures for Completion of Continuous Monitoring at the Monitored Facilit [...]	2009-10-09 09:05:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA867	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-V): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-V-045 - Request for Guidance-002. 2. (S) Background and guidance requested. Delegation has negotiated a draft JCIC Agreement on Principles and Procedures for Completion of Continuous Monitoring at the Monitored Facility at Votkinsk, and the accompanying letters on Set [...]	2009-10-09 16:05:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA895	The Environment and Security Initiative [...] SUMMARY: The Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) is a collaborative effort between multiple international organizations to assess and address environmental problems that threaten security, stability and peace across borders, particularly in conflict regions. It also utilizes environ [...]	2009-10-20 14:11:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV UNEP EPA
09GENEVA904	(U) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 19, 2009 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Amb Ries [...]	2009-10-23 15:31:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA910	(U) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 19, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:50 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the October 19 Plenary Meeting chaired by U.S. Head of Delegation (HOD) A/S Gottemoeller [...]	2009-10-23 19:10:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA912	(U) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-015 -- Request for Guidance-001. 2. (S) The text in paragraph 4 below is a U.S.-proposed text of Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Agreement Number 57 to Release the Final Data for Each Category of Data Contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (M [...]	2009-10-26 17:41:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA915	(U) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-005. 2. The text at paragraph 4 is Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCJC) Agreement 56 on Principles and Procedures for the Completion of Continuous Monitoring Activity at Votkinsk. The Agreement was signed by the Representatives of the United States and [...]	2009-10-27 16:29:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA916	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] This is SFO-GVA-VI-006. 2. On October 20, representatives of the United States and the Russian Federation signed Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission Agreement Number 56 regarding Principles and Procedures for Completion of Continuous Monitoring Activities at Votkinsk (REFTEL). The [...]	2009-10-27 16:55:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA921	(U) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-019. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 20, 2009 Time: 11:45 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S.: RUSSIA Mr. Trout Gen Poznihir LT Lobn [...]	2009-10-28 14:46:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA947	(U) START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 21, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Ms. Purc [...]	2009-11-03 11:03:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA949	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 22, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Mr. Connel [...]	2009-11-03 11:27:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09HANOI520	A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT VIETNAM'S UPR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's recent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was a lesson in the manipulation of process, according to the Canadian lead for the "troika" that coordinated Vietnam's UPR. The GVN clearly understood that only 60 countries would be ab [...]	2009-06-05 03:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HELSINKI402	FINLAND: PUTIN WARMS UP IN LATEST MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a dramatic departure from their meeting last June, on October 25 Russian Prime Minister Putin warmly greeted Finnish Prime Minister Vanhanen in St. Petersburg. Describing Finland as a good partner, a smiling Putin put a positive face on Finnish-Russian relations. Putin pointed [...]	2009-10-29 11:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PREL EPET ETRD WTO RS
09HELSINKI421	FINLAND: TEPID SUPPORT FOR BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Markku Lampinen, The MFA,s Deputy Director for the Unit for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy. With obvious reluctance Lampinen said the Finnish government (GOF) is ready to extend the sanctions but would like to see a mechanis [...]	2009-11-12 05:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	FI PREL
09ISTANBUL384	RUSSIAN THREATENS UKRAINE COULD BE LEFT IN THE [...] Summary: On October 4, Under Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats met with Russian Minister of Finance Alexi Kudrin during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Istanbul. The two discussed a range of economic issues, including Russia's role in the [...]	2009-10-06 15:52:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV OSCE TU RU UR
09JERUSALEM44	SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION OF AMCITS, FAMILIES FROM GAZA [...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 2, ConGen Jerusalem successfully evacuated 27 AMCITs and AMCIT family members from Gaza. The evacuees transited through Jordan en route to their final destinations. Post continues to receive calls from additional AMCITs in Gaza seeking assistance in leaving. END SUMMA [...]	2009-01-06 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CVIS KWBG PHUM KPAL IS
09KATHMANDU756	NEPAL: MAOISTS ON CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Maoist Central Committee,s top priority is to force a parliamentary debate on the "civilian supremacy" issue and then to establish a consensus government under Maoist leadership. The Maoists will not agree to a "high-level mechanism" for resolving inter-party disputes on c [...]	2009-08-14 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KHARTOUM565	SPLM POLITBURO FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC CRISIS; HOPES THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidential Advisor Dr. Mansour Khalid (a prominent SPLM northerner) said that the southern Sudan economic crisis was the hot topic at the SPLM's April Political Bureau (PB) Meeting. He noted that an SPLM team is working with the World Bank o [...]	2009-04-27 19:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON ASEC AU KPKO UNSC SU
09KRAKOW14	POLISH ROAD NETWORK EMERGING FROM DECADES OF CRIPPLING [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector analysts now hold that, after two decades of failed policies and mismanagement, the Tusk administration is making real progress towards developing a modern highway network, overcoming a major stumbling block which stunts investment and hinders Poland f [...]	2009-03-23 13:47:00	Consulate Krakow	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELTN ELAB ENRG SENV
09KYIV1	RUSSIA CUTS OFF GAS TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Naftohaz officials confirmed that supplies of Russian gas had decreased substantially on January 1. The cutoff came despite Ukraine's insistence that it had paid more than $2 billion of its gas debt. In a joint statement, President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minis [...]	2009-01-01 17:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1024	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Your June 19-20 visit to Ukraine comes in the midst of a severe economic crisis and an increasingly tense political environment ahead of presidential elections in 2010. The gas supply and transit contracts signed by Naftohaz and Gazprom in January 2009 increased transparency so [...]	2009-06-12 16:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1027	UKRAINE'S 1ST YEAR AS A WTO MEMBER: NOT MUCH OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine recently marked the end of a tumultuous first year as a member of the WTO. Although the terms of Ukraine's accession were very favorable for WTO members, Ukraine made several missteps in implementing some its accession commitments. Of most concern was a partial rollbac [...]	2009-06-15 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1040	UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU -- AND CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) The Ukrainian MFA agrees with U.S. views on the benefits of a "constructive dialogue" on European Security at the OSCE Corfu informal Ministerial. However, the MFA Security Department Director took the opportunity of our discussion about Corfu to reiterate concerns about Ukraine being shu [...]	2009-06-18 16:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL NATO PGOV ECON ETTC UP
09KYIV117	UKRAINE: DETAILS AND QUESTIONS ON GAS DEAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. As natural gas supplies reach normal levels in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, more details on the gas deal have been released by the Prime Minister, the President, the Minister of Energy, various members of the Presidential Secretariat and Naftohaz officials. At present, [...]	2009-01-21 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1511	WORLD BANK ON IFI ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director urged the international community to engage Ukraine during its pre-presidential election period, suggesting that a high-level E.U. and U.S. delegation could push authorities to abide by their commitments. He said that the opposition [...]	2009-09-04 10:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1596	CRIMEAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINED BY LACK [...] (U) Summary: The global economic crisis has not spared Crimea, where unemployment was at 8% from January through March 2009, up from 4.7% in 2008. Local tourism has experienced a 14% decline since 2008, and industrial output dropped 21.6% in that same period, with production at some plants d [...]	2009-09-16 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD UP XH
09KYIV1687	FRAUD SUMMARY-KYIV, UKRAINE [...] (SBU) The following is post's semi-annual fraud summary for the period March 1, 2009, through August 30, 2009. 2. (SBU) Country Conditions: As reported in the previous fraud summary cable (ref B),Ukraine is experiencing a severe recession, with a 14 percent expected decline in annual GDP fo [...]	2009-10-01 05:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1818	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF [...] (C) With the start of the Ukrainian Presidential campaign, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are clearly in the lead to enter the second round. Arseniy Yatsenyuk remains the lone second-tier candidate in the race, although his slumping poll numbers, down more [...]	2009-10-19 17:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1822	MINSK: OPEN TO ROAD MAP DISCUSSION WITH THE USG, [...] (C) Summary: The President's Chief of Staff, Vladimir Makey, reaffirmed to Charge on October 14 the desire of Belarus to craft a Road Map with the USG on improving US-Belarus bilateral relations. He said they welcomed a fluid discussion with the PA in the lead on the Belarusian side. Makey [...]	2009-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09KYIV1834	EU-UKRAINE FTA: STILL A WAYS OFF [...] (U) Summary. President Yuschenko's recent statements indicating that the EU and Ukraine could complete negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the next few months are at odds with the assessments of both the EU and Ukrainian negotiators. Furthermore, the president's suggestion that U [...]	2009-10-21 14:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PREL USTR UP
09KYIV1900	UKRAINE: DEATH TOLL AND PANIC RISING WHILE POLITICIANS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian government appealed for international help on November 1 as the official death toll from flu and respiratory infections reached 60, with at least 13 of those deaths caused by the A-H1N1 virus. The government is implementing unprecedented measures to combat the out [...]	2009-11-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1920	UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...]	2009-11-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1942	U.S.-UKRAINE NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS SEPTEMBER [...] (S) Summary: Highlights of this semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine nonproliferation dialogue include: --Ukraine gave an inconsistent answer on the question of transferring HEU spent fuel to Russia. --Ukraine asked for additional security assurances beyond those provided in Budapest in 1994, and was intereste [...]	2009-11-09 12:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL KNUC UP
09KYIV1991	LUKASHENKO VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (C... C O N F I D E N T I A L KYIV 001991 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/11/2019 TAGS: PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP Â [...]	2009-11-13 15:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP
09KYIV2114	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Ambassador presented his credentials to President Yushchenko December 7. In the monologue that followed, Yushchenko asserted that Ukraine is facing the most serious challenge to its sovereignty since the fall of the USSR. The pro-Russian policies of PM Tymoshenko and Regions party leader [...]	2009-12-08 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UP RS
09KYIV2189	YATSENYUK URGES AMBASSADOR TO FINALIZE [...] (C) During his introductory call with Ambassador Tefft, presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told us his campaign is broke and he has been pushed out of the media by the major candidates. He claimed that fraud in the form of vote-buying could account for 5-7% of the votes in the upcoming [...]	2009-12-24 08:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV228	TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...]	2009-02-02 16:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP
09KYIV395	STAFFDEL SOCHA HEARS CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffdel Socha visited Kyiv February 19 and 20 to explore questions of regional security, Euro-Atlantic integration, and the effects of the financial crisis. Ukrainian officials emphasized concerns about Russia's more assertive foreign policy and the thr [...]	2009-02-27 17:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM UP RS
09KYIV465	UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...]	2009-03-16 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM UP
09KYIV466	A View from the Window: Consular Elements of the Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past several months, the Consular Section at Embassy Kyiv has seen changes that reflect the severe downturn in Ukraine's economy. As "economic crisis" became a ubiquitous refrain, the volume of nonimmigrant visa applications dropped noticeably. Fraudulent cases incre [...]	2009-03-16 14:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EFIN ECON ETRD KFRD XH PL UP
09KYIV596	UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT [...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria),revealed Ukrainian concerns [...]	2009-04-03 12:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU
09KYIV868	UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...]	2009-05-22 12:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP EU
09LISBON155	PORTUGAL/EU BACK BALANCE ON GAZA AT GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (SBU) On March 13 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU generally shares US positions about Bosnia/Herzegovina, Belarus, Sudan, and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process as outlined in our talking points for the March GAERC. Cardy told us Montenegro, Transnistria, a [...]	2009-03-13 15:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON228	PORTUGAL VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (SBU) On April 23 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the April GAERC. Burma, the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, and Sri Lanka will be on the agenda, with informal discussions on Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Durban Re [...]	2009-04-24 09:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON577	PORTUGAL WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 11:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PREL EUN PHUM PO
09LJUBLJANA115	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF "LENGTHY," BUT VAGUE APRIL [...] (C) Emboff discussed ref's points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with Acting European Correspondent Jurnej Muller on April 22. Muller commented that it was obvious that last week was a holiday as the Czech Presidency still had not provided background for some of the agenda items, so their p [...]	2009-04-22 15:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA215	YOUR MEETING WITH SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Your July 29 meeting with Foreign Minister Zbogar is an opportunity to advance our bilateral and regional agendas on at least three fronts: European integration of the Western Balkans, including Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo; a qualitative and quantitative increase in Sl [...]	2009-07-24 17:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF HR SI
09LJUBLJANA351	SLOVENIA ON BELARUS SANCTIONS: CURRENT POLICY NOT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 13:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM BO SI
09LJUBLJANA41	SLOVENIA EXPECTS WESTERN BALKANS TO DOMINATE [...] (C) ADCM delivered ref's points regarding the February 23-24 GAERC to EU Correspondent Darja Gruban on February 19. Gruban said she expected the restricted Foreign Ministers' lunch discussion on the Western Balkans would be long. In addition to the FMs discussing Afghanistan, the Political Di [...]	2009-02-20 15:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV AFDB SU SI
09LJUBLJANA65	SLOVENIA INTERESTED IN U.S. VIEWS ON SYRIA AND [...] (C) ADCM reviewed our points for the March GAERC and Gymnich meetings (ref) with MFA European Corespondent Darja Gruban on March 12. Gruban requested updates on the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, which the EU FMs would discuss at the March 27-28 Gymnich. She expected GAERC conclusions on Bo [...]	2009-03-12 12:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV MD MW BK MK SU SY BO SI
09LONDON109	2009 UK INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2009. 2. Much of the data supplied in this report is from 2007, since end-of-year 2008 figures are not yet available. Given the economic down [...]	2009-01-15 13:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB UK
09LONDON202	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY GAERC: GAZA AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects next steps in bolstering the peace in Gaza and how to strengthen EU energy security to dominate the January 26-27 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) Meeting, according to Paul Williams, the Foreign Office EU Correspondent, who spoke with Poloff [...]	2009-01-23 12:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV EUN AF ZI BO UK
09LONDON89	UK VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. The UK seeks a strategy in regard to the separatist regions of Georgia that will maintain EU consensus but will also have substance, Michael Davenport, the Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Russia, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Directorate, told the Poli [...]	2009-01-13 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL MOPS GG RS EZ SW UN UK
09LUXEMBOURG313	LUXEMBOURG: DISPATCHES FROM THE DUCHY-OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the October 2009 edition of "Dispatches from the Duchy" to capture highlights from the local press, diplomatic and international communities, and news not otherwise reported during the month. Prepared by (acting) POL/ECON Chief Adam Center. This m [...]	2009-11-03 13:27:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELAB PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM LU
09MADRID1023	DAS BOYER'S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) On October 10 in Valencia, EUR DAS Spencer Boyer and Spanish Foreign Ministry Director General of Foreign Policy for Non-EU Europe and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena discussed transatlantic engagement, Spain's hopes for its upcoming EU Presidency, cooperation on climate chan [...]	2009-10-19 12:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EU SP
09MADRID265	SPAINISH VIEWS ON EVE OF MARCH GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the March 16-17 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso March 13. Benitez-Donoso said the focus will be on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belarus, with statements made again regarding Sri Lanka, calling for humanitarian rel [...]	2009-03-13 23:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN SP
09MADRID412	SPAINISH PREVIEW OF APRIL GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the April 27-28 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso April 24. Benitez-Donoso said that Council conclusions will be issued on Burma, Iran, and Sri Lanka, while the Eastern Partnership, Croatia, Moldova, Ukraine, the [...]	2009-04-24 12:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
09MADRID572	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE JUNE GAERC [...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the June GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso June 10. Benitez said the two most anticipated topics for the GOS are acceptance of Guantanamo detainees and review and revision of the EU Common Position [...]	2009-06-12 11:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU SP
09MANAGUA301	VISIT NICARAGUA! NO VISA NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, March 13, 2009, during a late-night event Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed a presidential decree relaxing visa requirements for foreigners seeking to visit Nicaragua. Initial media reports that Nicaragua was removing visa requirements for all countries appear [...]	2009-03-19 21:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG CVIS ASEC PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA314	VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...]	2009-03-24 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU
09MEXICO160	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MINSK100	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 27, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - March 25 Protest Passes Without Violence (para. 2) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Leader Fined (para. 4) - Convicte [...]	2009-03-26 18:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK101	BELARUS INFORMED OF U.S. INTENTION TO PURSUE BILATERAL START [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 15:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US BO
09MINSK106	BELARUS: INTERIOR MINISTER OUT, AT LONG LAST [...] (SBU) Civil society has reacted positively to the news that Interior Minister Uladzimir Navumau (Vladimir Naumov) left office April 6; he ostensibly submitted his resignation based on health concerns, but is believed to have been dismissed. Navumau, who has been in charge of the Ministry of In [...]	2009-04-07 09:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK109	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 3, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Prosecutors Extend Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. 2) - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined (para. 3) - Polish Activists Fined in Absentia (para. 4) - [...]	2009-04-09 08:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK114	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - For Freedom Movement's Property Confiscated (para. 2) - Police to Investigate Desecration at Kurapaty (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Lukashenka to [...]	2009-04-10 14:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK115	BELARUS: LIKELY MISINTERPRETATION OF USG SANCTIONS: ACTION [...] (U) Please see action request para 6. 2. (SBU) Charge met April 10 with MFA Americas Department Director Sergey Rachkov at the latter's request. Rachkov provided a copy of a letter to the Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ) in Zhlobin from the American Petroleum Institute (API; see partial text [...]	2009-04-10 17:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD BO
09MINSK127	BELARUS: WORLD BANK, IMF SEE NEED FOR EXCHANGE RATE [...] (SBU) Post has met recently with a visiting World Bank team and the new IMF resrep. Their consensus view, shared by post, is that that resolution of the economic crisis in Belarus will require fundamental steps by the GOB beyond simply obtaining further loans and credits. Recognition of thi [...]	2009-04-22 16:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK131	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Lukashenka Delivers Annual Address to Nation and Parliament (para. 2) - An Opposition Youth Activist Wanted (para. 3) - Malady Front Member Jailed (para. 4) - Human R [...]	2009-04-24 15:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK132	BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS [...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...]	2009-04-24 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO
09MINSK133	BELARUS: DEMONSTRATORS, POLICE CALM AT APRIL 26 PROTEST [...] (U) About 700-800 protestors gathered peacefully met in front of the Academy of Sciences Sunday April 26 for the annual Chernobyl March, marking the 23rd anniversary of the nuclear disaster. A variety of groups were represented, including the Young Belarus and European Belarus movements, the [...]	2009-04-26 12:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK134	BELARUS: MFA OFFERS NEW TEXT FOR CHERNOBYL RESPITE [...] (U) Please see action request para 5. 2. (U) Following up on reftel discussion, MFA U.S. and Canada Director Sergey Rachkov met with Charge April 25 to provide a new draft text for USG review on the subject of the Chernobyl respite U.S. travel program for Belarusian children. Rachkov no [...]	2009-04-27 11:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OEXC CVIS CMGT BO
09MINSK136	BELARUS: SERIOUS DISCORD WITHIN UNITED DEMOCRATIC FORCES [...] (SBU) The leader of a major opposition party has ignited controversy through an April 17 interview with Belarus' state-owned newspaper. In the interview, Belarusian Social-Democratic Party Gramada (BSDP-G) chair Levkovich generously complimented President Lukashenka and condemned fellow demo [...]	2009-04-29 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK137	BELARUS: REGIME VIEWS ON POSITIVE POLITICAL CHANGES, OTHER [...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Valentin Rybakov met with Charge April 29 at the request of Presidential Administration head Vladimir Makey (Rybakov confirmed that rumors that Makey was still recovering from an illness). Charge inquired about statements made by Lukashenka in his an [...]	2009-04-29 17:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CASC ETRD BO
09MINSK138	BELARUS: DENIAL OVER DEPTH OF ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) The GOB is realizing more and more that the global financial economic crisis will take a bigger toll on Belarus than originally expected. Senior government officials led by Lukashenka try to look optimistic (and so do the official statistics). The reality, however, is not bright and th [...]	2009-04-29 17:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK14	BELARUS: POPULATION DISTRESSED AND DISILLUSIONED BY [...] On January 1, Belarus' National Bank announced a sharp devaluation of the national currency against the U.S. dollar, Euro (EUR) and Russian ruble (RUR),fulfilling an IMF condition for a USD 2.5 billion loan. The devaluation received highly skeptical responses from independent economic observ [...]	2009-01-09 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN BO

09MINSK146	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 8, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "Chernobyl March" Marked by Detentions, Raid (para. 2) - "Solidarity" Demonstrations Dispersed (para. 3) - BKGB Harasses Families of Opposition Youth (para. 4) - Oppos [...]	2009-05-07 14:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK150	BELARUS: IMF SEES NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge met May 11 with the visiting IMF mission head and IMF resrep to discuss the IMF's stand-by agreement (SBA) with Belarus and the overall economic situation. Jarvis reported that the GOB was working well with the IMF and was largely on track with requirements, but that the GOB res [...]	2009-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK160	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 15, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Young Social Democrats Denied Registration (para. 2) - Police Curb Opposition Demonstration (para. 3) - Military Court Dismisses Forced Conscription Appeal (para. 4) - [...]	2009-05-15 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK164	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 22, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Detained (para. 2) - Human Rights Advocate Loses Appeal (para. 3) Domestic Economy ---------------- - Deputy Economy Minister: No more extern [...]	2009-05-22 18:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK171	BELARUS: NEW INTERIOR MINISTER APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Belarusian President Lukashenka formally appointed a new Minister of Internal Affairs June 2. Anatol Kulyashou, who has been acting Minister, is a career policeman -- in contrast to his predecessor. He has largely remained behind the scenes and is generally well regarded. The Ministry [...]	2009-06-03 15:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK172	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 6, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activist Fined (para. 2) - Human Rights Group Denied Registration (para. 3) - Prosecutors Extend Criminal Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. [...]	2009-06-08 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK173	BELARUS: REGIME CRYING OVER SPILT MILK AS SPAT WITH MOSCOW [...] (SBU) While there is no break between the countries, a Russian block on Belarusian dairy exports is just the latest manifestation of a vitriolic conflict between Minsk and Moscow as traditional Kremlin disdain for President Lukashenka (and the formerly-vaunted "Belarusian economic miracle") re [...]	2009-06-08 12:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR BO RS
09MINSK183	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 12, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - "European Belarus" Activists Fined (para. 2) - Prisoner of Conscience Fined (para. 3) - United Civic Party Activists Fined (para. 4) Domestic Economy ------------ [...]	2009-06-12 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK195	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 19, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Convicted (para. 2) - Protestant Activist Fined (para. 3) - GOB Denies Registration to Opposition Party (para. 4) - Police Raid Residence of Malady Fr [...]	2009-06-22 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK217	BELARUS: CODEL CARDIN SECURES AMCIT'S RELEASE, ADVANCES [...] (SBU) A CODEL led by Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Cardin visited Belarus June 30, the most senior USG delegation since the 1994 visit of President Clinton. The CODEL met with President Lukashenka -- who pardoned AMCIT Emanuel Zeltser in response to the CODEL's request -- for over two [...]	2009-07-03 22:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK22	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Independent Newspaper Denied Print, Distribution, then Fined (para. 2) - Grodno Activists Detained and Searched (para. 3) - Brest Activists Detained (para. 4) - Local [...]	2009-01-16 17:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK228	BELARUS POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Investigation Against Volkovysk Activists Extended (para. 2) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist's Associate and Employer Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Fined (para. [...]	2009-07-10 15:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK244	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 17, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Protestant Community Fined (para. 2) - Belarusian Popular Front Youth Member Expelled (para. 3) - Independent Journalists Warned (para. 4) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist [...]	2009-07-17 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK248	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 24, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Another Opposition Activist From the 14 Is Amnestied (para. 2) - The Only Jailed Member of the 14 Stops His Hunger Strike (para. 3) - Jailed Volkovysk Activist Charge [...]	2009-07-24 14:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK255	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JULY 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Police Disperse Independence Proclamation Rallies (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Warned (para. 3) - Independent Magazine Denied Distribution (para. 4) - Party of Wo [...]	2009-07-31 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK27	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------------ - Opposition Youth's Draft Order Suspended (para. 2) - Opposition Denied Venues (para. 3) - Demonstration Dispersed, Opposition Youth Leader Detained (para. 4) - Pr [...]	2009-01-23 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
09MINSK274	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 14, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Supreme Court Denies Registration Appeal of Human Rights NGO (para. 2) - Religious Groups Complain GOB Is Trying to Limit Their Ability to Have Houses of Worship (para [...]	2009-08-17 14:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK275	BELARUS DENIES NASHA VYASNA HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP REGISTRATION [...] (U) On August 12, the Belarus Supreme Court refused to overturn the denial of state registration to the Nasha Vyasna (Belarusian for "Our Spring") human rights organization. The denial, the third since the organization was stripped of state registration in 2003, was an appeal of the Belarus Mi [...]	2009-08-18 10:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK287	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 21, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Yuri Leonov Attributes His Release to High Attention of Media and Foreign Embassies (para. 2) - "For Freedom" Activist in Gomel Fined For White-Red-White, EU Flags and [...]	2009-08-21 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK297	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]	2009-09-04 18:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK30	GOB'S STEPS TOWARD MARKET REFORMS WELCOME WHILE INCOMPLETE [...] Summary: President Lukashenka signed his first decree in 2009 simplifying the process for registration and liquidation of businesses. The GOB further enumerated an ambitious, 52-point plan envisioning an overhaul of the country's business code in 2009 toward liberalizing the economy. While t [...]	2009-01-26 16:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BO
09MINSK307	BELARUS DENIES PARTY FOR FREEDOM AND PROGRESS REGISTRATION [...] (U) On August 26, the Belarus Supreme Court refused to overturn an earlier denial of registration of the Party for Freedom and Progress (PFP). This was the party's fourth registration attempt since 2003. 2. (U) During the appeal hearing, the Belarus Ministry of Justice representative claime [...]	2009-09-10 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK317	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]	2009-09-16 15:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK322	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB, Lithuania Defer Agreement on Simplified Border Crossing (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Harass and Fine Opposition Activists (para. 3) - Riot Police Disperse an Oppo [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK332	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - New Life Church Still Facing Eviction, Receives Support from Visiting DRL Officer (para. 2) - "European Belarus" Activists Detained, Fined (para. 3) - GOB Continues to [...]	2009-09-25 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK345	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 9, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - IISEPS Survey: Despite Growing Pro-European Sentiments, Lukashenka Favored In Elections (para. 2) - GOB Continues to Try to Block Registered Parties from Getting Out [...]	2009-10-13 15:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK357	IN BELARUS THE JUDICIARY IS JUST ONE MORE TOOL OF CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee's (BHC) most prominent human rights leaders, Harry Pogonyailo and Oleg Gulak, told Post that the Belarusian judicial system remains under the control of the Presidential Administration (PA) and the Justice Ministry (MOJ). According to t [...]	2009-10-21 08:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK359	MID SIZE CITY IN BELARUS: ACTIVIST MORE CONFIDENT BUT [...] (U) Summary: On August 5, 2009 Chargi Scanlan visited Borisov, the second largest industrial center (pop 150,000) in the Minsk Oblast, where he met with the local authorities, state and private businesses, opposition political parties and civil society. While the authorities praised improveme [...]	2009-10-23 16:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK360	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - "Honest" Presidential Elections to be Held in Early 2011, so Says the CEC (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Parties Denied Registration, Evicted (para. [...]	2009-10-26 18:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK382	BELARUS:TWO CLEAR OPPOSITION CAMPS NOW EXIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 18:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09MINSK385	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 17:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK390	BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary. Belarus remains a transit route for illicit drugs and drug precursors. Reports of drug use and drug-related crime in Belarus increased in 2009, although there is no evidence of large-scale drug production in the country. In October 2008 the government adopted a National Action Plan [...]	2009-12-03 14:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SNAR BO
09MINSK394	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]	2009-12-04 20:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]	2009-12-18 17:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK415	BELARUS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS: AN EXAMPLE OF NON-INCLUSIVE [...] Summary. The GOB is in the final stages of amending Belarus' electoral law in anticipation of local elections next April and presidential polls in 2011. While Lukashenka and other regime officials have publicly addressed proposed changes to the code, the amendment process has lacked transpar [...]	2009-12-23 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
09MINSK426	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society, Media -------------------- - GOB Drafts a Bill to Regulate the Internet (para. 2) - Independent Polling: Belarusians Feel Economic Pinch, Criticize GOB Policies; Although Majority Stil [...]	2009-12-31 13:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN BO
09MINSK69	BELARUS: DEEP DROPS IN EXPORTS TO RUSSIA, U.S. SHOW IMPACT [...] (SBU) Among other official Belarusian trade statistics, two figures stand out: decreases in exports to both Russia and the U.S. over 50 percent or more from 2007 to 2008. Russia is a major trade partner, and the U.S. significantly less so, but these figures confirm that the global financial c [...]	2009-02-27 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV BO
09MINSK72	BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]	2009-03-02 16:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK73	BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]	2009-03-03 08:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK78	BELARUS: ECONOMY UNDER CONTINUED PRESSURE, BUT ON TRACK WITH [...] (SBU) Charge met March 5 with visiting IMF European Department Advisor Christopher Jarvis to discuss the economic situation in Belarus and the current state of the USD 2.46 billion provided to Belarus under a 15-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) by the IMF in January 2009 (reftels). Jarvis re [...]	2009-03-05 18:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN PINR BO
09MINSK86	BELARUS: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses, based on information received March 12, 2009, are keyed to ref A and subsequent tasking ref B. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security [...]	2009-03-16 14:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB BO
09MINSK87	BELARUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS FORCES INWARD LOOK AT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) As the global financial crisis hits Belarus' ailing economy harder month after month, the GOB is trying various methods to counterbalance it, though to little avail. While IMF conditions are being met, independent economic observers generally recognize that only radical market reforms [...]	2009-03-17 09:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV BO
09MINSK92	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 20, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Demonstrate on Solidarity Day (para. 2) - Unregistered Union of Poles Member Fined (para. 3) - Gomel Belarusian Christian Democrats Fined (para. 4) - [...]	2009-03-19 15:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MOSCOW105	GOR MOTIVATIONS IN THE GAS CRISIS LIKELY PRECLUDE EARLY RESOLUTION REF: MOSCOW 36 Classified By: CDA Eric S. Rubin for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UK
09MOSCOW1337	START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, SECOND SESSION, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1347	CORRECTED COPY: START FOLLOW-ON DISCUSSIONS, [...] (S) Summary. U.S. and Russian delegations continued and concluded the first round of START Follow-On Negotiations on May 20. On missile defense, Russia believed a statement that would recognize a link between offensive and defensive forces should be included, possibly within the preamble of t [...]	2009-05-26 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL KACT MARR RS
09MOSCOW1397	RUSSIA AND POLAND SEEK TO INTENSIFY RELATIONS [...] (C) The Russian MFA called Polish FM Sikorski's May 5-6 visit to Moscow a success for "intensifying relations." The MFA and Polish diplomats tell us that they have expanded track two mechanisms in an effort to keep contentious issues from derailing high-level talks. The GOR expressed its pr [...]	2009-05-29 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PL RS
09MOSCOW1424	LATEST RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT, LIKE ITS IMMEDIATE [...] (C) The May 21-22 Russia-EU Summit, held in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East (RFE),resulted in no breakthroughs on major energy, political and trade issues. Press reports focused on continuing "tensions" over energy, a topic dominated by Russia's push for the EU to finance Ukraine's gas ne [...]	2009-06-01 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS EU
09MOSCOW1469	CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE BECOMING A REALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will gather in Moscow on June 14 to create a Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). MFA officials and experts agree that Russia's principal motivation for creating KSOR is to counter a possible northern influx [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PINR MCAP MARR RS
09MOSCOW1470	RUSSIA AND BELARUS: A CLOSE BUT DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) PM Putin's May 29 visit to Minsk began a sharp exchange on Belarus's financial situation, with the Russian Finance Minister predicting the collapse of the Belarusian economy by the end of the year. According to analysts this latest spat was reflective of a "close but dysfunctional" relat [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
09MOSCOW1496	RUMORS OF DEFENSE MINISTER OUSTER DISCOUNTED [...] (C) Summary: Local press reported that Defense Minister Serdyukov would be dismissed from his post and made Head of the Federal Customs Service (FTS),to be replaced by someone from within the Defense Ministry. A working group of Duma Deputies and military experts submitted a report to Medved [...]	2009-06-08 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP RS
09MOSCOW1536	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5th the Deputy Head of Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) informed via official letter that the VPSS would grant an extension on the negotiation of a frozen pork meat and by-products certificate to August 1, 2009. (Ref A) Howeve [...]	2009-06-11 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1538	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Kirk's June 4-6 visit to St. Petersburg seemed to make progress on Russia's WTO accession in bilateral meetings with senior Russian economic officials, including First DPM Shuvalov, this progress proved illusory: PM Putin announced Jun [...]	2009-06-11 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1562	PUTIN, PIKALEVO, AND THE FAILURE OF THE POWER [...] (C) Summary. The events two weeks ago in the northwestern town of Pikalevo, in which frustrated workers in three small, idled plants blocked a federal highway to draw attention to their plight, demonstrated the failures of Russia's "vertical of power" and gave insight into the balance of power [...]	2009-06-15 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW1606	CSTO RAPID REACTION FORCE LAUNCHED WITHOUT BELARUS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 14 signed documents to create the Moscow-based CSTO rapid reaction force (KSOR). Though in attendance at the summit, Uzbekistan did not sign the KSOR agreement, possibly for fear that KSOR may be used to settl [...]	2009-06-18 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MCAP MARR RS ETRD BO
09MOSCOW1625	LOOKING FOR A "NO" FROM WTO ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary. Following Putin's surprise announcement that Russia intends to accede to the WTO as part of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are still trying to figure out how best to proceed. Intensive consultations are underway, with Minister Nabiullina reported [...]	2009-06-19 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD RS WTO
09MOSCOW1658	VISIT OF SE MORNINGSTAR: RUSSIA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) In June 17-18 meetings with visiting Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar, Russian interlocutors welcomed greater cooperation and dialogue with the U.S., including on two-way investment and global strategic issues such as the future of LNG, pipelines, and energy diplomacy. SE Mor [...]	2009-06-24 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
09MOSCOW1780	CODEL BERMAN MEETS WITH CARNEGIE CENTER AND AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings June 30, Codel Berman met with Carnegie Center experts and AmCham members. Carnegie's Trenin told the Codel that missile defense was the "make-or-break" issue for Russia's post-START treaty posture. Russia benefited from U.S. tensions with Iran, although i [...]	2009-07-10 10:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW1781	U.S. HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETS WITH DUMA [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Representatives of the House Foreign Affairs Committee met with Duma deputies June 29 to discuss an array of issues affecting U.S.-Russia relations. Economic topics included Russia's WTO membership aspirations, IPR, corruption, and energy, while the discussion of internal i [...]	2009-07-10 10:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1835	DFM RYABKOV TAKES STOCK FOLLOWING "VERY GOOD" [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador July 16 that the Russian government viewed the Obama-Medvedev summit as a "very good visit," and said the MFA was preparing next steps for post-START negotiations, the ballistic missile joint threat assessment, and the bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR MARR MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW1912	RUSSIA AND CHINA CONTINUE QUIET ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) In contrast to the high-profile visit of President Obama to Moscow two weeks ago and the attendant expectations for a "reset" U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship, Chinese President Hu Jintao's June 16-18 official visit was low key and almost routine. Moscow and Beijing are continuing a [...]	2009-07-24 12:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV CH RS
09MOSCOW1939	RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION: ON AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with senior advisers to President Medvedev and PM Putin indicate that Russia is again prepared to pursue accession to WTO on its own, reversing the course seemingly set by Putin,s June 9 statement that Russia would accede only together with Belarus and Kazakhst [...]	2009-07-29 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR RS
09MOSCOW1958	SECRETARY OF COMMERCE LOCKE'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a meeting with Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina on July 7 in Moscow, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke stressed U.S. support for continued Russian integration into the world economy, including WTO accession, and raised several trade issues. Minis [...]	2009-07-30 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2000	RUSSIA: WTO AND CUSTOMS UNION "IN PARALLEL" [...] (C) Summary. Following President Medvedev's announcement that Russia will continue its individual WTO accession process "in parallel" with formation of a customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian officials are now scrambling to find a way to move forward with the WTO without contradic [...]	2009-08-05 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2070	HARDLY WORTH THE TRIP: MEDVEDEV'S VISIT TO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The most significant result of President Medvedev's recent trip to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, where he attended an informal meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),was the signing of an agreement with Kyrgyzstan on the intention to establish another Russi [...]	2009-08-13 09:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI KG RS
09MOSCOW2204	THE CUSTOMS UNION IS GOING TO GENEVA - TO SEE WHAT [...] (C) Summary: During the August 12 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) Summit, the members agreed to negotiate WTO accession using a joint negotiating team headed by Maxim Medvedkov, Russia's lead WTO negotiator. Medvedkov and his new tri-country team will go to Geneva in early Se [...]	2009-08-27 05:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW2295	UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC COUNSELOR DISCUSSES RUSSIA [...] (C) On August 13, econoff paid a courtesy call on Ukrainian Trade and Economic Counselor in Moscow Vladimir Zaritsky. During the meeting, Zaritsky became voluble on the matter of Russia and its "growing impunity in the region," especially as its economic power increases. He expressed concern [...]	2009-09-04 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET RS WTO UA
09MOSCOW2298	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON [...] (C) Phil, we're all looking forward to seeing you out here next week. U.S.-Russian relations continue to feel the momentum from the July summit; your visit will be important in sharpening the focus of the Bilateral Presidential Commission and identifying areas where we can collaborate on a br [...]	2009-09-04 10:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR SENV ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2369	PUTIN ADVISOR USHAKOV: FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting cut shorter when Ushakov was called away, Prime Minister Putin's foreign policy advisor Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov kept his cards close to his vest on Putin's views about U.S.-Russian relations and issues having a direct impact on those ties, including cooperation [...]	2009-09-16 04:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW2372	ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov met with A/S Gordon and the Ambassador on September 9 to discuss bilateral economic cooperation in advance of his trip later this month to Washington and the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit. Shuvalov agreed that the July Summit and the Bilateral Presidentia [...]	2009-09-16 07:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL RS WTO
09MOSCOW2381	MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS ON CUSTOMS UNION [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to understand the form the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU) will take on its planned implementation day of January 1, 2010 and its potential effect on the external trade of the three countries, post has put together this backgrounder on the Customs [...]	2009-09-17 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW239	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...]	2009-02-02 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW2504	BELARUSIAN EMBASSY: NO GOR PRESSURE TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, Counselor for Political Affairs of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow Olga Dolgopolova told Poloff that Russia was not pressuring Belarus to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. She insisted that a decision either way on the issue would not a [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS GG
09MOSCOW2520	U.S.-RUSSIA BUSINESS FRONT AND CENTER AT SOCHI [...] (SBU) Summary: During his trip to Sochi on September 16-18 Ambassador Beyrle attended the Eighth International Sochi Investment Forum (the Forum) where he led a delegation of U.S. executives at a meeting with the Krasnodar Region and Sochi officials. He also visited the main venues and for the [...]	2009-10-05 05:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW2567	DAS RUSSELL'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told visiting DAS Dan Russell September 28 that the U.S. decision on missile defense created trust in the U.S.' "reset" intentions with Russia, although U.S.-Russia cooperation in some areas of the post-Soviet space would not be easy. The Russian [...]	2009-10-13 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ BO
09MOSCOW2579	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 12, 2009 Time: 10:05 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The first meeting of the two delegations to the START Follow-on (SFO) Treaty ne [...]	2009-10-14 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	JCIC KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2607	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW): [...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 14, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: MFA Guest House (Osobnyak),Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The third meeting of the START Follow-on (SFO) delegations was held at the Guest [...]	2009-10-19 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09MOSCOW2614	SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: This report covers the timeframe of March 1, 2009 to 31 August 2009. Consular officers referred 389 cases of suspected fraud to the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) at Embassy Moscow. Fraud was confirmed in approximately 12 percent of the referred cases, mostly for fraudulent emplo [...]	2009-10-20 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09MOSCOW2688	IS STALINâ€™S GHOST A THREAT TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM? [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to sanitize Stalin's role in Soviet history may be potentially damaging to academic freedom and linked to GOR efforts to increase authoritarian rule. Although some recent incidents have caused concern among human rights monitors, thus far GOR efforts to enlist academics to help [...]	2009-10-30 11:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2754	INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The USG and GOR have four existing, formal mechanisms for conducting security dialogues with the Russian Federation; all four are scheduled yearly. 1) Joint Staff Talks (JSTs): This event is hosted annually by U.S. Joint Staff J-5 or the GOR Chief of the Main OPS Directorate on a rotational [...]	2009-11-09 15:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR
09MOSCOW278	RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...]	2009-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN RS
09MOSCOW281	CSTO ESTABLISHES RAPID REACTION FORCE [...] (U) On February 4 the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) agreed at a summit in Moscow to establish the Collective Rapid Reaction Force (CRRF),to be based in Russia and under a single command. Medvedev proclaimed the CRRF would be "well-trained" and receive the most modern equipme [...]	2009-02-05 16:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER MARR MCAP ECON RS ZK XG
09MOSCOW2834	RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT, [...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...]	2009-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN
09MOSCOW2937	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: By mutual agreement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)and the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. will postpone until at least March 2010 an International Visitors Program (IVP)requested by a new Russian federal age [...]	2009-12-03 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2947	PUTIN WAXES ELOQUENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) In his annual live Q&A session with the nation, Prime Minister Putin spent longer on economic and socio-economic issues (65 minutes) than on any other topic. He praised the government,s efficiency during the crisis, comparing it favorably with the 1998 crisis. He echoed President Mede [...]	2009-12-04 17:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG RS
09MOSCOW3009	CUSTOMS VALUATION CHALLENGES IN RUSSIA, AND NOW [...] (SBU) Over the course of the last twelve months, U.S. exporters have been experiencing increasing difficulties with customs valuations on their exports to Russia. Following several months of effort, Emboffs were able to schedule a meeting with officials from the Russian Federal Customs Servi [...]	2009-12-14 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON RS
09MOSCOW3035	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN RUSSIA [...] (C) In meetings with Russia's Foreign Ministry and Security Council, SRAP Holbrooke stated that "history and destiny" have given the United States and Russia the common problem of Afghanistan and it is time to use the new relationship between Washington and Moscow to cooperate more closely in [...]	2009-12-18 05:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS
09MOSCOW3053	UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry off [...]	2009-12-18 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW3081	RUSSIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, post submits the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Russia. Embassy POC for this report is poloff Jules Silberberg, office phone: 7-495-728-5042; email: silberbergjd@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. Terrorist attacks resumed in European Russia with the No [...]	2009-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL RS
09MOSCOW3082	WHAT RUSSIA'S TRADE NEGOTIATORS ACCOMPLISHED IN [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the first in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable covers the major structure and decision-making proces [...]	2009-12-23 04:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3083	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3122	U/S TAUSCHER-DFM RYABKOV DECEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U/S Ellen Tauscher met with DFM Sergey Ryabkov in Moscow on December 7, 2009 to address P-5 coordination in advance of the NPT Review Conference and missile defense cooperation. They also discussed how to establish a political framework that would allow practical steps in strateg [...]	2009-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KACT PARM PREL START MCAP RS IR
09MOSCOW3147	EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: Planning with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeds on the reinstituted Program Review and Export Licensing Exchange scheduled for February 2010. EXBS has submitted data on training conducted through the program for th [...]	2009-12-30 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW439	CATERPILLAR'S GIANT TRUCKS FALL VICTIM TO RUSSIAN [...] (C) The giant trucks that Caterpillar produces for the mining and construction industries have become an apparently unintended victim of Russia's recent duty increases on cars. The heavy duty vehicles, which cost about one million dollars each, currently enter Russia under a customs code reserv [...]	2009-02-20 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EFIN ECON RS
09MOSCOW465	MFA ON UKRAINE AND BELARUS [...] (C) In a February 17 meeting, MFA Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Sorokin told us Russia remained prepared to continue discussions on a USD 5 billion loan to Ukraine, which he said had stalled due to Ukrainian internal divisions. He said that Ukraine's Soviet-era external debt cou [...]	2009-02-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON BO UP EU RS
09MOSCOW472	BRYANSK: GOVERNOR BOASTS STABILITY AMID CRISIS, [...] (C) Summary: A February 18-19 visit to Bryansk revealed a regional government enjoying strong Moscow support yet focused on shifting attention away from the growing economic crisis. Isolated investment successes and a pan-Slavic economic forum in Bryansk, featuring an appearance by State Duma [...]	2009-02-26 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON RS BO UP
09MOSCOW488	RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: MFA CIS Fourth Department Conflicts Division Chief Aleksey Dvinyanin February 26 characterized the incident response and prevention mechanism as the first concrete result of the February 17-18 Geneva process. He expressed disappointment that the humanitarian working group did no [...]	2009-02-27 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE UN
09MOSCOW535	INFORMATION REQUST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Russia's economic downturn appears to be accelerating. Oil and gas revenues have plummeted; industrial production has fallen by 16 percent. Growth is forecast at negative 2.2 percent his year but will likely be even worse as the economy has been contracting at close to 10 percent in re [...]	2009-03-04 16:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
09MOSCOW620	RUSSIA TRADES LOANS FOR PRESTIGE IN THE CIS AMID [...] (C) Summary. Despite its own increasing financial woes, the Russian government has recently pledged economic assistance to Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia, as well as $7.5 billion to a new Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) anti-crisis fund. Discussions with Ukraine and Tajikistan on fin [...]	2009-03-13 14:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN RS ZK

09MOSCOW642	RUSSIA'S MIXED REACTIONS TO THE EU'S EASTERN [...] (C) When the EU first tabled the Eastern Partnership Initiative (EPI) in December 2008, the GOR called for transparency on the proposal, while FM Lavrov privately likened it to NATO expansion. To some in Russia, the EU had joined the competition over the post-Soviet space, an assessment that [...]	2009-03-17 08:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EU RS
09MOSCOW653	DFM DENISOV: RUSSIA OPEN TO INCREASED ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting, First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that we should look for an early resumption and eventual expansion of bilateral economic dialogues. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Russia's WTO accession as a focal point of the dialogu [...]	2009-03-17 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV RS
09MOSCOW68	SECURITY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting U/S Rood and DFM Ryabkov led U.S. and Russian delegation security discussions in Moscow December 15. The discussion focused heavily on the proposed U.S. missile defense (MD) deployment in eastern Europe and the Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (TCBMs) offered [...]	2009-01-14 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS
09MOSCOW759	BELARUSIAN SWT 2008 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a recent validation study of 2008 Belarusian Summer Work and Travel (SWT) participants, 15 percent of students did not depart the United States at the conclusion of the program. This figure equals the percentage of students who did not return after the 2007 pro [...]	2009-03-27 05:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PGOV BO RS
09MOSCOW766	SMOLENSK: CONTESTED MAYOR ELECTION, LIMITED [...] (C) In a March 18-19 visit to the city of Smolensk, journalists, political parties, business people, and local officials told us the economic crisis has had limited effect on the region, but it had hindered future growth and hurt small businesses. Few companies have declared bankruptcy, but [...]	2009-03-27 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON RS
09MOSCOW802	INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US UP BO KZ RS
09MOSCOW851	RUSSIA'S ATOMSTROYEXPORT CANNOT FULFILL EXISTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian policymakers are relying on Russia's competitive advantage in civilian nuclear power to help it diversify its natural resources-based economy. Atomstroyexport, Russia's international nuclear power plant constructor is diligently pursuing construction contracts for 11 n [...]	2009-04-03 04:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP BTIO ETRD ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL ECON RS
09MOSCOW990	FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the financial crisis hit in September 2008, uncertainty about the banking sector, the value of the ruble, and the price of oil have prompted investors to withdraw significant amounts of capital from the Russian economy. The higher cost of credit that ensued, in [...]	2009-04-17 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU
09NICOSIA124	TURKISH CYPRIOT-ADMINISTERED AREA -- NINTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2008 - February 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is John Rhatigan, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3-364, Fax: [...]	2009-02-13 14:15:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF
09NICOSIA141	CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Turning first to Afghanistan, Panayiotou stated that the GOC is in broad agreement with the USG points raised and appreciates the need for a regional approach, particularly one that takes in [...]	2009-02-20 14:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZL AF SU GZ YI BK KO HR MK CY
09NICOSIA181	CYPRIOT STANCE AT MARCH GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 12, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with the upcoming GAERC, and in particular with its Western Balkans discussion component, Panayiotou assured that the GOC position on Bosnia remains the same, and that the GOC believe [...]	2009-03-13 14:45:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU GZ HR MW IR IS BO SY CY
09NICOSIA205	CYPRUS: INVESTMENT AGREEMENT WITH IRAN AND GOC GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 2, 2009, Cyprus and Iran signed an Agreement on the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments. The agreement was the outcome of a recent trade mission to Iran. It falls under the GOC's ongoing business outreach efforts towards "non-traditional" markets such as [...]	2009-03-23 07:03:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD CY
09NICOSIA21	CYPRUS: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Offices [...]	2009-01-16 13:09:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
09NICOSIA44	CYPRUS: GAZA, GUANTANAMO AND GAS LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloffs on January 21 delivered Reftel points on the January 26-27 meeting of the EU,s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Panayiotou said that the agenda would likely be truncated, focusing mostly on Gaza, Guantanamo [...]	2009-01-23 13:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ZL ZJ CY IS GZ RS UP BO YI
09NICOSIA712	CYPRUS: FORESHADOWING END OF EU SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On November 4, Poloff delivered Reftel points to the MFA's Acting Head of Department for European Common Foreign and Security Policy, Helena Mina. Mina, who previously served as the Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan desk officer during secondment to the European Commission, said that increased enga [...]	2009-11-06 11:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CY
09OSLO571	NORWAY AND MD: PHASED, ADAPTIVE APPROACH WELCOMED [...] (C) CDA Heg, A/DATT, and PolOff briefed reftel points September 17 to Norwegian MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Rune Resaland, MFA Assistant Director General for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Bjorn Midthun, MOD Director for Security Policy Svein Efjestad, and MOD Senior Ad [...]	2009-09-17 16:08:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	EZ MARR PREL NO
09OTTAWA177	CANADIANS POSITIVE ABOUT AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE, [...] This is an action request -- see para seven. 2. (C) Summary: Canadian officials hope to coordinate with U.S. counterparts in advance of the upcoming Dutch-hosted Conference on Afghanistan. They are concerned about both the need to manage disruptive delegations and the risk that some tra [...]	2009-03-09 13:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PK AF CA
09OTTAWA610	CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...]	2009-08-06 20:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA
09OTTAWA720	CANADA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] (U) Like the United States, Canada is a nation of immigrants. Immigrants make up twenty percent of the overall population in Canada, according to the most recent census data (2006). The largest Diaspora in Canada is from the United Kingdom (579,620) followed by China (466,940),India (443,6 [...]	2009-09-15 19:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SCUL EAID TSPL BTIO BEXP
09PARIS1254	A/S GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH POLICY-MAKERS IN PARIS: A TOUR D'HORIZON OF EUROPE AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. During Assistant Secretary Gordon's visit to Paris on September 11, he met with a number of French policy-makers including: Elysee Diplomatic Advisors Jean-David Levitte, Damien Loras, and Francois Richier, Assistant Secretary equivalent for Continental Europe Roland Galharague, and Ac [...]	2009-09-16 07:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP BH SM MK GR FR
09PARIS1494	FRANCE SUPPORTIVE BUT FLEXIBLE ON BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France supports the EU rolling over both sanctions and their suspension at the November GAERC meeting, but remains flexible as to the exact form of the rollover. Although the GOF does not believe that the Belarusian government has earned the reward of lifted sanctions, the French [...]	2009-11-06 14:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN BO FR
09PARIS1511	FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOVEMBER 16-17 GAERC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, Deputy Chief of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy office Mathieu Carmona previewed French expectations for the November 16-17 GAERC. Foreign ministers will prepare for the upcoming EU-Russia summit by reviewing the Corfu process, the situation in the N [...]	2009-11-13 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS UP SO BK AF BO FR
09PARIS1653	FRENCH PREVIEW OF DECEMBER FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On December 7, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the December 7-8 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----------------------- DINNER WITH LADY ASHTON ----------------------- 2. (S [...]	2009-12-07 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SO BK MK IS WE IR UP BO MD GG AM
09PARIS330	The Standing Group for Global Energy Dialogue, February [...] Summary: The International Energy Agency's Standing Group for Global Energy Dialogue (SGD) met February 25-26 in Paris to discuss to review a range of outreach work to non-IEA countries, to discuss the activities of other energy organizations, and to discuss next steps for the IEA. Topics in [...]	2009-03-06 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IEA OECD
09PARIS375	FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: BALKANS, BELARUS, SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The EU's March 16-17 General Affairs Council will focus on economic stimulus measures and preparation for the March 19-20 European Council rather than external relations, according to Mathieu Carmona, Deputy Head of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Office. In a Marc [...]	2009-03-13 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG EUN FR BK MW BO SU IS
09PARIS586	FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: CROATIA, BURMA, MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the April General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting's discussions on Croatia, Burma, the Middle East, Sri Lanka, follow-up from the U.S.-EU Summit [...]	2009-04-24 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL KWBG HR BM IS GZ WE CE UP MD
09PARIS726	IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...]	2009-06-02 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC UN FR
09PARIS961	IO A/S BRIMMER REVIEWS UN AGENDA WITH FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Assistant Secretary Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the campaign to select a new UNESCO Director General, the Human Rights Council (HRC),UNSC Reform, and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding operations with her MFA counterpart Sylvie Bermann and separately with MFA Special Advisor Eric Ch [...]	2009-07-17 06:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM UNESCO FR
09PARISFR1397	UNESCO: Executive Board Election Results [...] (U) The election of members of the Executive Board took place on Wednesday, 14 October 2009. The names of the Member States elected to the Executive Board were announced at the plenary meeting by Mr. Khamlihne Nhouyvanisvong (Laos),Chairperson of the Nominations Committee. 182 Member States we [...]	2009-10-15 14:33:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PRAGUE103	CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the February 23-24 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Gaza, Afghanistan, the Western Balkans, [...]	2009-02-20 18:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ PGOV PREL IS SU HR XG
09PRAGUE112	EUR PDAS RIES MEETINGS WITH CZECH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 25 PDAS Marcie Ries met with Czech officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra's Department for European Policy Coordination. The Czechs welcomed our "consultative approach," particularly with respect to Afghanistan. They a [...]	2009-03-02 06:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF PK NATO
09PRAGUE144	CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the March 16-17 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Transatlantic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegov [...]	2009-03-13 15:27:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SU
09PRAGUE153	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PRAGUE VISIT [...] (C) Summary/overview: We warmly welcome your visit to Prague. Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution, ten years after joining NATO, and five years after joining the European Union, your visit during the Czech Republic,s EU presidency symbolizes this country's remarkable journey from communis [...]	2009-03-19 12:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP OBAMA PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EUN MARR SENV
09PRAGUE155	SCENESETTER FOR DPM VONDRA'S VISIT TO DC TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra will visit Washington on March 23-24, at the same time that his government faces a critical March 24 no-confidence vote, the result of which is unclear. Despite this uncertainty, Vondra's chief goal is to set the agenda and settle outstandin [...]	2009-03-19 17:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE175	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes the President's and your April 4-5 visit and participation in the U.S.-EU Summit. You will arrive at an extremely tense time in Czech domestic politics. The government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was toppled on March 24, but he continues to [...]	2009-03-26 18:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EG EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE24	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED DISCUSSES GAS CRISIS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis dominated Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings with EU and Czech officials during his visit to Prague January 8-10. The Czechs agreed with A/S Fried on the need to diversify both routes and sources of Europe's energy imports, as well as o [...]	2009-01-13 11:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE269	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS MAY 23-25 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes you to the Czech Republic May 23-25. Nearly 20 years after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution," the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic h [...]	2009-05-19 15:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE45	CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the January 26-27 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Gaza, the Balkans, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Belar [...]	2009-01-23 16:57:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU AF BO
09PRAGUE5	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Fried, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which received a boost from the Czech Republic's entry into the Visa Waiver Program, but which also [...]	2009-01-05 17:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PGOV EZ EUN
09PRAGUE542	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER BARTAK,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the 20th anniversary of the 1989 "Velvet Revolution" approaches, the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and the European [...]	2009-09-11 15:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EZ
09PRAGUE69	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a year when the Czech Republic will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Velvet Revolution, nothing symbolizes better the truly remarkable journey this country has traveled since 1989 than the Czech Foreign Minister's arrival in Washington as the representative of the Europea [...]	2009-02-04 15:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE708	CZECH REPUBLIC PLANNING TO RUN IN 2011 FOR UN [...] (SBU) In a conversation covering several Human Rights Council matters, such as the upcoming DPRK Universal Periodic Review (Ref A),Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy officer Jan Kaminek commented in depth on the Spring 2010 Human Rights Council elections. Kaminek indicated that the [...]	2009-12-04 15:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM EZ EUN PREL
09PRAGUE89	Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Czech [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is meeting the Minimum Standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons as set forth in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005, in that: a) The government provide [...]	2009-02-12 15:24:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PRETORIA529	SOUTH AFRICA VIEWS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABHAZIA [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel message at a March 19 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine Maria de Freitas and DFA Deputy Director for Security Counsel issues Ilia Du Buisso [...]	2009-03-20 12:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS
09RIGA17	LATVIAN LEADERS SAY DETERMINED TO IMPLEMENT FULLY [...] (C) Summary: Latvian leaders affirmed their commitment to full implementation of fiscal austerity measures negotiated with the IMF in farewell calls with the Ambassador. While PM Godmanis said he wanted to front load the cuts in the public service to get them over with as quickly as possible, [...]	2009-01-09 09:34:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL LG
09RIGA245	RIGA PROPOSES TV CO-OP "MANY CULTURES, ONE NATION" [...] Summary. Riga proposes a FY09 TV co-op program on racial, ethnic and cultural diversity in the United States. This project, aimed at covering similarities and differences of various minority groups in the United States, will help the embassy address the strategic goal of promoting tolerance i [...]	2009-05-06 10:23:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP
09RIGA275	EASTERN LATVIA - ECONOMIC WOE, SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 11:51:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI PHUM EIND LG
09RIGA290	FORMER PM GODMANIS "NOT HAPPY" WITH NEW [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former PM Ivars Godmanis is concerned that the Dombrovskis government is taking too long to make hard choices on the budget and is wasting time fighting with the central bank. This leads to a reduction in money available for commercial lending to energize business and hurts in [...]	2009-05-27 08:30:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR ECON PREL BO LG
09RIGA345	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH [...] Your visit to Riga - the first Codel in nearly three years - provides an opportunity to demonstrate our strong support for Latvia at a time when it faces serious economic difficulty. Your visit will show our appreciation of Latvia's efforts to maintain their NATO commitments during the current [...]	2009-06-19 15:15:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV ECON PREL LG
09RIGA371	SCENESETTER FOR MEETING WITH LATVIAN FM RIEKSTINS [...] (U) The Secretary's meeting with Maris Riekstins provides an opportunity to demonstrate our strong support for Latvia at a time when it faces serious economic difficulty. The meeting will support the government as it restructures government fiscal policy and functions to comply with commitment [...]	2009-07-08 13:18:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINR LG
09RIGA406	SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Riga provides an opportunity to demonstrate our strong support for Latvia at a time when it faces serious economic difficulty. It will also provide us an opportunity to express appreciation for Latvia's effors to maintain their NATO commitments during the current financia [...]	2009-08-04 13:46:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON LG
09RIGA430	READOUT OF A/S GORDON MEETINGS WITH LATVIAN PM AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Gordon met on August 12 with Latvian Prime Minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, and Foreign Minister, Maris Riekstins. Issues discussed included NATO, Latvia's economic crisis and IMF/EC agreement, Russian foreign policy and U.S. engagement with Russia, Belarus and G [...]	2009-08-18 14:40:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO ECON OSCE LG
09RIGA486	LATVIA FRAUD SUMMARY: MARCH 2009 Q AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 14:52:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LG
09RIGA49	LATVIAN RESPONSE TO JANUARY 26-27 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarche to Kristaps Brusbardis, MFA's EU Correspondent, on January 22. He stated that the Western Balkans and Chad/Sudan would not be on the GAERC's agenda, and that the MFA has no immediate points on those issues. He noted Afghanistan may be discussed on th [...]	2009-01-23 12:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV LG
09RIGA541	LATVIA SUPPORTS STATUS QUO ON BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, [...] (SBU) Latvia supports the status quo of sanctions against Belarus and will back the EU position of a further one year suspension of travel restrictions at the next GAERC meeting on November 16. Nonetheless, Latvia is looking to build a stronger economic relationship with Belarus, as evidenced b [...]	2009-11-06 11:36:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN BO LG
09RIGA558	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS QUANRUD, NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: In a time of severe economic crisis and political uncertainty, we remain focused on keeping Latvia actively engaged as a contributing member of the Trans-Atlantic community. Your visit will enable us to underscore and reinforce our key messages: emphasizing the strategic import [...]	2009-11-19 13:48:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON LG
09RIGA564	LATVIAN POLITICAL BATTLELINES: A FOUR-WAY FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Latvian budget winds through debate and negotiation with the IMF, political coalitions are firming up in advance of the October 2010 parliamentary elections. Three centrist parties of the governing coalition are forming a common front, under the banner of the name "Unity." [...]	2009-11-24 14:54:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LV
09ROME1240	G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING [...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...]	2009-11-10 16:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09ROME171	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]	2009-02-12 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09ROME476	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS IN ROME ON START FOLLOW-ON [...] (S) During the initial discussions of the START follow-on agreement, the heads of delegation (Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov) agreed to a tentative work program for developing the major elements of the [...]	2009-04-29 12:16:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT START JCIC US RS IT
09ROME481	LUKASHENA IN ROME, BERLUSCONI PROMISES VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenka visited Rome April 27 to meet with Pope Benedict XVI (reftel) and PM Berlusconi. The MFA claimed that Berlusconi had made the decision to break Lukashenka's isolation in the hopes of exploiting potential opportunities for a thaw in EU-Belarus [...]	2009-04-29 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO IT
09ROME649	SCENESETTER FOR ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONIâ€™S JUNE 15 [...] (C/NF) Mr. President, your meeting with Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi comes at a time when his closest advisors fear Italy is losing the credibility and influence that it enjoyed in Washington under the previous U.S. administration. In fact, while Italy has been a stalwart partner and participant in [...]	2009-06-09 08:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IT
09SARAJEVO42	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. Major initiatives include a liberal State Foreign Investment Policy Law, a value-added tax (VAT),and a uniform trade and customs policy. However, foreign investors continue to face a num [...]	2009-01-13 10:20:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB OPIC USTR BK
09SHANGHAI329	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS COMMENT ON JUNE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars regard the June 15-16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg as an important step in the development of the SCO as an influential regional organization and one that is broadening its engagement with the international community. Russia' [...]	2009-07-22 05:16:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ENRG MARR CH XD ZK RS IR
09SINGAPORE51	SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...]	2009-01-15 09:16:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
09SOFIA27	BULGARIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Bulgaria: A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Prom [...]	2009-01-20 15:14:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
09SOFIA324	BULGARIAN ECONOMY: STORM CLOUDS DARKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government will barely get past the July 5 general elections before a gathering economic storm erupts. EU, IMF, WB, and think tank forecasts are turning uniformly negative, with economic contraction now expected to range between 7 and 10 percent. Foreign Direct Investment [...]	2009-06-26 13:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV BU
09SOFIA397	BULGARIA: MFA DESCRIBES "NEGATIVE" RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 10:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS BU
09SOFIA636	BULGARIA: RESPONSE TO BELARUS SANCTIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Valentin Modev, Belarus Desk Officer at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 5. Modev said Bulgaria favors a tough, but flexible approach to Belarus. On one hand, he said Bulgaria supports maintaining sanctions for another six months. On [...]	2009-11-06 15:49:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BO BU EUN PHUM PREL
09STATE104215	A SPY WORLD SUCCESS STORY [...] SUMMARY: That's how Washington Post columnist David Ignatius described INR. Ignatius wrote that INR owes its success to "a culture that supports dissent -- and demands expertise...When that kind of intolerance for mediocrity is shared throughout the intelligence community, we'll know that [...]	2009-10-06 21:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT PINR
09STATE106814	NATO/VCC: BIDS FOR VD99 VERIFICATION ACTIVITY IN [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 2. 2. (C/REL NATO) In accordance with the Alliance agreement to coordinate Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) evaluation visits and inspections (AC/319-WP(2008)0009-REV8, dated 9 February 2009),the Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) has requested tha [...]	2009-10-14 21:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL
09STATE107748	SFO-VI GUIDANCE-001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the sixth round of START Follow-on treaty negotiations with Russia in Geneva, Switzerland, beginning on October 19, 2009. Following is guidance for the beginning of thi [...]	2009-10-17 07:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE109385	UNGA: GUIDANCE FOR UNSCEAR RESOLUTION FOR 64TH [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly will consider its annual UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) resolution on Thursday, October 22, 2009, in New York. The resolution is expected to be adopted by consensus [...]	2009-10-22 19:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG UNGA
09STATE111229	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACI). Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded t [...]	2009-10-28 14:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE111693	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Action request: The non-paper in paragraph 3 below provides a brief summary of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)-related contacts between the U.S. and non-MTCR countries since the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. [...]	2009-10-29 15:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA
09STATE112533	SFO-VI GUIDANCE-003/JCIC-DIP-09-012: JCIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Astana, Kyiv and Moscow, see paragraph 3 below. Geneva, see paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Washington believes it would be useful for the START Parties to exchange and release the final data for each category of data contained in the START Memoran [...]	2009-10-31 21:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE112644	BELARUS: DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON SANCTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (C) Background: The EU's suspension of travel sanctions on Belarusian officials will expire December 15. EU members will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the European Commission's November 16-17 General Affairs and External Relatio [...]	2009-11-02 13:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PREL EUN PHUM
09STATE115554	COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE START TREATY'S [...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow and Geneva (see paragraph 6). 2. (S) BACKGROUND. Recent discussions between officials at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Russian Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (RNRRC) indicate that the RNRRC intends to host a ceremonial eve [...]	2009-11-09 18:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE116895	DELIVERY OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION CARGO INVENTORY [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND. On March 20, 2002, the United States, Belarus, and Russia reached agreement in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) regarding use of ground transportation and related services, provided by a Russian commercial cargo carrier designated by the Russian Governm [...]	2009-11-12 21:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START JCIC US RS BO
09STATE118799	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]	2009-11-17 23:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE120273	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION -- "IMPROVING THE [...] BACKGROUND. Negotiations on Belarus' trafficking in persons (TIP) resolution are wrapping up. Last draft resolution is the November 10 version. A major area of contention throughout the negotiations was how the draft resolution would characterize a Global Plan of Action (GPOA) on TIP. Be [...]	2009-11-20 23:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SIPDIS UN UNGA PHUM SOCI KWMN
09STATE120541	CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request for DTROs in Astana and Kyiv, and for Pol-Mil in Minsk. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Background: The START Treaty expires on December 5, 2009. The START follow-on treaty will be a strictly bilateral treaty between the U.S. and Russia. There will thus be [...]	2009-11-23 16:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
09STATE122629	A-BR ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122637	B-K ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122638	K-P ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122639	PH-UL ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122641	V-Y ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 20:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM UN
09STATE125736	(S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON POLAND FORMING A [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING POLISH OFFICIALS,S DECISION TO CREATE A NEW REGIONAL GROUP, SIMILAR TO THE V-4, INVOLVING ROMANIA AND UKRAINE. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE PERCEPTION OF OTHER V-4 COUNTRIES TOWARDS POLISH "ASSERTIVENESS" WITHIN THE VISEGRAD GROUP A [...]	2009-12-08 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL BO EZ PL RO UP
09STATE127299	BELARUS: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ALLEGED DEATH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Department was contacted on December 9, regarding alleged death threats journalist Irina Khalip received after publication of an article about the Emmanuel Zeltser case in "Novaya Gazeta" (Details sent via e [...]	2009-12-11 21:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
09STATE128748	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO BELARUSIAN [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, should Belarusian Foreign Minister Martynov address the Council. BEGIN TEXT: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes Foreign Minister Martynov to the Permanent C [...]	2009-12-16 22:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE BO
09STATE15113	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES (CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES LOCATED ABROAD) [...] (U//FOUO) This is an action request; see Para. 13. 2. (U//FOUO) Under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) was written to provide the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources ( [...]	2009-02-18 23:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV PTER
09STATE18619	DELIVERY OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION CARGO INVENTORY [...] (SBU) Background. On March 20, 2002, the United States, Belarus, and Russia reached agreement in the START Treaty,s Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) regarding use of ground transportation and related services, provided by a Russian commercial cargo carrier designated by the R [...]	2009-02-27 18:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS BO
09STATE19334	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 5 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States welcomed the August 2008 release of Belarusian political prisoners, including former Presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin. We a [...]	2009-03-03 14:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM BO
09STATE23758	DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBER STATES ON EFFECTS OF THE [...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The effects of the global financial and economic crisis have been acutely felt in many Central and Eastern European countries. Of the eleven countries that have sought IMF Stand-By Arrangements since the start of [...]	2009-03-12 20:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL
09STATE23860	(U) Secretary Clinton's March 9, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) March 9, 2009, 2:00 - 2:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Deputy Spokesman Robert Wood NSC Director Maria Germano EUR/NB Desk Officer Carol Be [...]	2009-03-13 03:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV PHUM NATO EUN ENRG AF
09STATE24186	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR ALL POSTS EXCEPT NATO/EU POSTS, AND EMBASSIES CARACAS, LA PAZ, MANAGUA AND MOSCOW -- SEE PARA 4. THE POINTS ARE OPTIONAL FOR NATO/EU POSTS, WITH ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL POINTS FOR EU POSTS AT PARA 5. 2. (C) SINCE ITS AUGUST 26 RECOGNITION OF THE GEORGIAN RE [...]	2009-03-13 17:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS
09STATE27631	JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND [...] (U) This is an action cable (see paragraph 4). 2. (C) Background: On March 11, 2009, Russia proposed a meeting of the Parties to the START Treaty in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) from March 31 to April 3, 2009, in Geneva (Ref A). Similarly, Ukraine proposed a JCI [...]	2009-03-23 16:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE27733	U.S. DISPUTE OF RUSSIAN START BILLS [...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 3). 2. Summary and action request. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has reviewed itemized cost lists and bills associated with the implementation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) (totaling 592,377.62 USD),and supporting docu [...]	2009-03-23 19:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE28474	NRRC: START MESSAGE SENT BY THE U.S. -- [...] (U) AT 0357 GMT ON 25 MARCH 2009, THE U.S. NUCLEAR RISK REDUCTION CENTER (NRRC) SENT THE FOLLOWING START NOTIFICATION TO RUSSIA VIA THE NRRC COMMUNICATIONS LINK WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE SAME NOTIFICATION WAS SENT VIA THE NRRC'S COMMUNICATIONS LINKS AS FOLLOWS: AT 0400 GMT ON 25 MARCH [...]	2009-03-25 13:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KTIA START NRRC
09STATE28493	NRRC: START MESSAGE SENT BY THE U.S. -- [...] (U) AT 0358 GMT ON 25 MARCH 2009, THE U.S. NUCLEAR RISK REDUCTION CENTER (NRRC) SENT THE FOLLOWING START NOTIFICATION TO RUSSIA VIA THE NRRC COMMUNICATIONS LINK WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE SAME NOTIFICATION WAS SENT VIA THE NRRC'S COMMUNICATIONS LINKS AS FOLLOWS: AT 0401 GMT ON 25 MARCH [...]	2009-03-25 13:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KTIA START NRRC

09STATE30048	INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF [...] (U) Secure communications with Minsk remains unavailable. Post is requested to pass SBU points to appropriate host government officials. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Astana, Minsk, Kyiv, and Moscow: please see appropriate paragraphs below. Posts should be aware that the information [...]	2009-03-28 01:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE322	ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15-17. ------- Summary ------- 2. Summary: On December 30, 2008, the President signed the instrument of ratification for the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy [...]	2009-01-03 03:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09STATE33075	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, FACT SHEETS ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] These materials have been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding President Obama's April 5 speech on nonproliferation in Prague. 2. Posts are authorized to use the points and fact sheets below in addressing ques [...]	2009-04-05 22:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT KNNP MARR US RS CH EZ MNUC PTER
09STATE33306	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, FACT SHEETS ON [...] These materials have been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding President Obama's April 5 speech on nonproliferation in Prague. 2. Posts are authorized to use the points and fact sheets below in addressing ques [...]	2009-04-06 16:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT KNNP MARR MNUC PTER EZ US RS
09STATE37561	(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: AFRICAN GREAT [...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on African Great Lakes (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to DROC, Burundi, and Rwanda (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below s [...]	2009-04-16 14:11:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KSPR ECON KDEM KHIV ZF XA CF RW BY
09STATE40237	UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE FEBRUARY 24-25, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 18:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
09STATE40824	HCOC - ENCOURAGING INDIA TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE HCOC [...] (C) Summary: Department requests Embassy to encourage India to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). This overture is consistent with India's positive efforts related to preventing the spread of ballistic missiles via harmonization and adherenc [...]	2009-04-23 16:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE40874	JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Background: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the parties are obligated to provide, "in advance,[?] information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosp [...]	2009-04-23 18:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE4297	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 25. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels January 26-27. We expect the formal agenda to include: Western Balkans, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Ukraine [...]	2009-01-15 20:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ZL AF SU ZI UP BO
09STATE43205	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded to embassie [...]	2009-04-29 13:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE44713	RESPONSE TO CANADA,S QUESTIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. ------------------------- OBJECTIVES/ACTION REQUEST ------------------------- 2. (C) Washington requests Post deliver the non-paper in paragraph 3 to appropriate host government officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Inte [...]	2009-05-01 22:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL ETTC CA
09STATE44996	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Per reftels, the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC; also known as the International Code of Conduct, or ICOC; text at para 5) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002 at [...]	2009-05-04 15:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE44998	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Per reftels, the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC; also known as the International Code of Conduct, or ICOC; text at para 5) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002 at [...]	2009-05-04 15:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE45019	READ OUT OF APRIL 23 MEETING OF G-8 [...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Nonproliferation Directors devoted most of the April 23 NPDG meeting in Rome to revising draft nonproliferation language, which the Italian G-8 Presidency plans to release as a separate Leaders' statement at the July G-8 Summit. Lengthy debate occurred on the paragraph r [...]	2009-05-04 15:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IT
09STATE45229	U.S.-EU TASK FORCE READOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The U.S.-EU Task Force covered a range of priority economic, political, and other issues during an April 27 meeting in Washington. The U.S. team was led by PDAS Ries and NSC Director Toby Bradley, and included other Department and interagency attendees. The EU team was led by [...]	2009-05-04 21:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG ETRD IR PGOV PREL TBIO
09STATE4690	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: In keeping with our efforts to provide key non-members with information about the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and its activities, we want to brief on the results of the November 2008 Canberra M [...]	2009-01-16 18:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA
09STATE47360	KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]	2009-05-08 21:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47369	KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]	2009-05-08 22:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47372	KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]	2009-05-08 22:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE48359	ANTARCTICA: THE THIRTY-SECOND ANTARCTIC TREATY [...] Begin Summary and Comment: The 32nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) met in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 6-17, 2009, to discuss a range of issues related to Antarctica. The Meeting was convened initially at the Department of State in Washington as part of the first-ever joint mee [...]	2009-05-12 18:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY
09STATE49477	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This is an action request. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Action Request: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),the Department must prepare an annual, non-public rep [...]	2009-05-14 18:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09STATE49495	Secretary Clinton's May 7, 2009 Meeting with [...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) May 7, 2009; 12:00pm; Washington, DC, United States. 3. (S) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Under Secretary Burns NSC Senior Russia Director McFaul EUR Assistant Secretary Fried Ambassador Beyrle PA DAS [...]	2009-05-14 18:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV
09STATE50911	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO THE U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, during meetings of the U.S. and Russian Delegati [...]	2009-05-19 02:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE51361	BELARUS: DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR EMBASSY MINSK [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Embassy Minsk is requested to convey the below points to the Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: -- The Obama Administration seeks to explore possibilities for improved U.S.-Belarus relations. -- We [...]	2009-05-19 20:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OFDP ODIP CASC WTRO BO
09STATE5546	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on January 22. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, At the Permanent Council meeting on December 18, 2008, the United States made a statement regretting that the government of Belarus had, on D [...]	2009-01-21 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM BO OSCE
09STATE55537	4TH OF JULY REPRESENTATIONAL EVENTS -- POLICY [...] (U) IN ORDER THAT ALL POSTS OBSERVE THE SAME PRACTICES REGARDING INVITATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING GOVERNMENTS WHOSE OFFICIALS SHOULD NOT BE INVITED TO USG-HOSTED REPRESENTATIONAL EVENTS. 2. AFRICA 2A. (C) GUINEA: POSTS SHOULD NOT INVITE REPRESENTA [...]	2009-05-29 21:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL XX
09STATE55556	JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 -- OMNIBUS GUIDANCE [...] (U) These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. The United States proposed that the Parties meet for JCIC-XXXIV (State 043464) and the Russian Federation accepted (State 04648 [...]	2009-05-30 00:32:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE5558	U.S.-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LUNCH: [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried's January 9 working luncheon with EU Political Directors in Prague focused on Russia, Afghanistan/Pakistan, and briefly Belarus. On Russia, there were useful exchanges on the gas dispute with Ukraine, the Georgia situation, and the Medvedev security [...]	2009-01-21 23:51:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN
09STATE57898	GUIDANCE ON EAPC MEETING INVITATION TO BELARUS [...] (C) While the Department understands Post's concerns as outlined in REF A, Department does NOT/NOT authorize the transmission of the proposed text. The Department requests USNATO to stand by previous instructions (REF B) -- we support Belarusian participation in the EAPC Defense Ministerial a [...]	2009-06-04 22:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO NATO PREL
09STATE58439	JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-002: ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is the second tranche of guidance for JCIC-XXXIV. These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 (Omnibus Guidance) is contained in Reftel. [...]	2009-06-06 02:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE58456	JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-003: U.S. OPENING STATEMENT [...] (U) Delegation is authorized to deliver the text in paragraph 2 below during the opening plenary meeting of JCIC-XXXIV. 2. (C) Begin text: STATEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION AT THE OPENING PLENARY MEETING OF THE THIRTY-FOURT [...]	2009-06-06 05:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE59424	JUNE 3 U.S.-RUSSIA CFE MEETING: NO BREAKTHROUGHS, [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. and Russian CFE Teams led by VCI A/S Gottemoeller and Russian MFA Director for Disarmament Antonov met in Geneva in the afternoon of June 3 to review ideas for moving forward on CFE. The meeting had an introductory character, as it was the first time U.S. and Russian inte [...]	2009-06-09 22:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KCFE MD NATO PARM PREL RS
09STATE59969	U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. In a change to our prior position, the USG is carefully considering joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Membership in IRENA could advance the Administration,s object [...]	2009-06-10 22:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE59971	U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. In a change to our prior position, the USG is carefully considering joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Membership in IRENA could advance the Administration,s object [...]	2009-06-10 22:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE60461	AUSTRIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 20:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AU
09STATE60566	ISRAEL -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 23:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IS
09STATE60582	FINLAND--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 23:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP FI
09STATE60613	LITHUANIA--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 00:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP LH
09STATE60621	POLAND--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 00:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP PL
09STATE60626	RUSSIA--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 00:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP RS
09STATE61042	CYPRUS -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 18:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL CY
09STATE61216	UKRAINE--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 23:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP UP
09STATE61219	TURKEY--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-13 00:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP TU
09STATE61286	U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. The USG is considering signing the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),the international agreement establishing the organization, in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Per reftels A and B, the D [...]	2009-06-13 17:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE64643	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to head the U.S. delegation in continuing negotiations regarding a START follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, in Geneva, Switzer [...]	2009-06-23 01:50:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT KTIA START JCIC US RS
09STATE67127	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-II-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 24, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. ) 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The third meeting of the third session of the START Follow-on negotiations focused on receiving [...]	2009-06-29 17:40:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS
09STATE68116	ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETING IN CORFU [...] Summary. This cable is for information. On June 28 in Corfu, in a short discussion with Assistant Secretary Gordon on the margins of the informal meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Usackas expressed skepticism regarding the near-term prospects for improved relation [...]	2009-07-01 13:37:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS LH BO
09STATE68555	OFFICE OF IRANIAN AFFAIRS JULY 1 IRAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM
09STATE73788	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HOM IN MINSK [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the July 16, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. The United States welcomes Ambassador Schmidt to the Permanent Council. We appreciate the opportunity to hear from you wh [...]	2009-07-15 21:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV BO
09STATE75614	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, will head the U.S. delegation in continuing negotiations regarding a START Follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...]	2009-07-21 02:39:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT KTIA START JCIC US RS
09STATE78149	(U) Secretary Clintons July 14, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Phil Gordon for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) July 14, 2009, 4:00 - 4:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton EUR Assistant Secretary Phil Gordon State Spokesman Ian Kelly NSC Director Jeff Hoveni [...]	2009-07-27 18:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV PHUM NATO EUN ENRG AF
09STATE78227	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 28 through October 9 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG views on host government huma [...]	2009-07-27 21:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE
09STATE78715	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]	2009-07-28 20:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE78724	U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]	2009-07-28 20:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE78776	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-III-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 23, 2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian delegations continued their discussions at the U.S. Mission on Thursday, [...]	2009-07-28 23:31:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09STATE80214	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective August 2, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-713. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-07-31 22:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE80778	JCIC-DIP-09-009: U.S. MINUTEMAN III FRONT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Russian complaints about Minuteman III (MM III) RVOSI date almost to the beginning of START Treaty implementation. While we are confident the original U.S. procedures were Treaty compliant, the United States made [...]	2009-08-04 02:03:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE85140	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective August 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-714. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-08-14 22:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE86606	BELARUS: ASSISTANT SECRETARY GORDON'S MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion with Assistant Secretary Gordon on August 14, Belarus' Presidential Administration Chief (White House Chief of Staff equivalent) Vladimir Makey conveyed Belarus' interest in improving relations with the U.S. Makey did not offer any concrete proposals, [...]	2009-08-19 21:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PREL PGOV BO RS GG
09STATE88262	SFO-DIP-09-002: U.S. DRAFT NEW START TREATY TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: At their July 23, 2009, meeting in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Russian Ambassador Anatoliy Antonov agreed to meet in Geneva on August 31, 2009 to begin discussing the text of the New START Treaty. [...]	2009-08-25 03:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM START US RS
09STATE90239	GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO U.S./RUSSIA [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, will head the U.S. delegation in continuing negotiations regarding a START Follow-on treaty with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, in Geneva, Switzerland, Augu [...]	2009-08-28 22:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL KACT KTIA START JCIC US RS
09STATE92657	JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START [...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]	2009-09-05 02:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE92658	JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START [...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]	2009-09-05 02:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE94665	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATI0NS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 2, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:05 p.m. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian Delegation presented two papers for consideration by the United States: the fi [...]	2009-09-11 16:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START
09STATE94677	(U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED UNGA RESOLUTION ON BILATERAL [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-008. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) During negotiations to develop a treaty to replace the START Treaty, the Russian Delegation presented a paper for consideration by the United States containing a draft United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on Bila [...]	2009-09-11 17:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT PARM MARR PREL RS US START UNGA
09STATE97472	NATO/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR SEPT 21 MEETING [...] (C) This is an action cable. U.S. goals for the September 21 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) are as follows: --Provide U.S. reaction to the draft International Staff (IS) VCC Experts Terms of Reference; --If raised, provide U.S. views on Russia's Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) in [...]	2009-09-19 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE PARM PREL OSCE
09STATE97474	SFO-VI GUIDANCE-001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the sixth round of START Follow-on treaty negotiations with Russia beginning in Geneva, Switzerland on September 21, 2009. ------------------------- SCHEDULE AND ORGA [...]	2009-09-19 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE98566	SFO-V GUIDANCE-004: MOBILE MISSILE MONITORING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 04:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KACT KTIA PARM START JCIC US RS
09STATE99089	SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH ESTONIAN [...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Nancy McEldowney, Acting, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) September 17, 2009, 2:15 2:45 P.M., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR DAS Pamela Quanrud Spokesperson Ian Kelly NSC Director Will Schlickenma [...]	2009-09-24 02:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EAID ENRG MARR AF RS EN
09STATE99779	JCIC-DIP-09-011: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the Parties committed to provide, in advance, information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosphere or space, i [...]	2009-09-24 21:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STOCKHOLM112	SWEDEN'S EU CORRESPONDENTS ON IRAN SANCTIONS, [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: In several meetings this month, the MFA EU Correspondent's Office has offered us their views on Iran sanctions, Belarus, Turkey's EU accession, and the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. On Iran, Sweden continues to raise concerns that "blanket" trade sanctio [...]	2009-02-18 15:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENVT EU BO TU SW
09STOCKHOLM170	SWEDEN ON MARCH GAERC AND GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 10, Poloff discussed the March GAERC and GYMNICH with EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel; on March 6, POL Counselor met separately with EU Correspondent Magnus Scholdtz. Their comments follow: General Affairs Session: Afghanistan, Chad, Ireland ------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-12 07:48:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO MD MW BK MK SU EG EU SW
09STOCKHOLM212	BELARUS, EASTERN PARTNERSHIP AND WESTERN BALKANS: [...] (C) Summary: EU foreign ministers meeting informally in the "Gymnich" format March 27-28 will reach a decision on the question of Belarus' participation at the May 7 European Summit, according to Sweden's senior MFA official dealing with EU matters. A "Burma solution" that has the Belarus for [...]	2009-03-27 07:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO GG MW ZL SW
09STOCKHOLM231	SWEDISH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 1 meeting, EU Deputy Correspondent Jonas Wendel discussed the problematic invitation of Pres. Lukashenko to the May 7 Eastern Partnership launch; the EU's policy plans with Israel, Syria and Iran; upcoming (and rescheduled) summits, and Montenegro. Wendel told us he a [...]	2009-04-07 16:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU BO IS IR SY MW ZK BM SP SW
09STOCKHOLM309	SWEDEN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER [...] The U.S. Embassy in Stockholm warmly welcomes your visit to Sweden, the first Congressional delegation to travel here since Rep. Larson of Connecticut visited in September 2007. The United States and Sweden share a strong and abiding relationship built on a foundation of shared values, cultural [...]	2009-05-20 15:53:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV ECON SW
09STOCKHOLM32	SWEDISH POLDIR ON GEORGIA AND EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Political Director Lyrvall told us on January 15: -- Sweden sees "eye-to-eye" with the USG on Georgia and the separatist regions, but had been frustrated that a "harder line" was being resisted by other EU members who wanted to "move on"; -- Within the EU, Sweden would co [...]	2009-01-16 07:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG SW
09STOCKHOLM34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: SWEDEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 12:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KIDE KSPR OPIC KTDB USTR SW
09STOCKHOLM418	EUR A/S GORDON'S JULY 3 MEETINGS WITH THE EU [...] (U) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phil Gordon met with the 27 EU Member State Political Directors in Stockholm July 3. He then met with the EU Political Directors "troika," comprising Swedish PolDir Bjorn Lyrvall, EU Council Secretariat DG Robert Cooper, EU External Re [...]	2009-07-09 16:15:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV IR RS SW
09STOCKHOLM444	MOVING FORWARD WITH UKRAINE, BELARUS, AND GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 9, Poloffs and EUR/ACE Larry Silverman met with Malena Mard, Director of the Eastern Europe and Central Asian Department, and Johan Frisell, Head of the Eastern Europe Desk. Mard gave a rundown on the challenges Sweden expects during its EU Presidency between the EU and [...]	2009-07-21 14:42:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UK BO GG EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM586	AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, CAUCASUS AT THE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministers will address Afghanisan and Pakistan (AfPak),Iran, and the South Caucasus at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) September 14-15. AfPak talks will center on fleshing out the EU's new regional strategy, reaction to final election results, [...]	2009-09-11 14:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EUN IR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM616	COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES SECRETARIAT CALLS FOR U.S. [...] (U) Summary: The USG is invited to the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Annual Consultation between the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) and the CBSS Observer States, in Stockholm on October 6. At a September 24 preparatory meeting, the CBSS Secretariat Director asked of Observer State [...]	2009-09-28 05:11:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM674	COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES SEEKS MORE COLLABORATION WITH [...] Summary: On October 6, REO and Embassy staff attended the annual consultations between the Council of Baltic Sea States and its observer states (including the U.S.). CBSS officials presented priorities for the upcoming year and highlighted successful ongoing cooperation under CBSS experts gro [...]	2009-10-27 13:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM677	SCENESETTER FOR SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER REINFELDT [...] (C) Mr. President, You will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt next week when he leads the EU Troika delegation at the U.S.-EU Summit in Washington. Reinfeldt was an early public supporter of your candidacy and strongly endorses many aspects of your global agenda, including cli [...]	2009-10-28 17:32:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN SENV EUN SW
09STOCKHOLM694	SWEDEN APPROVES NORD STREAM PIPELINE [...] Summary: On November 5, the Government of Sweden approved the request by Nord Stream AG to lay two pipelines to transport natural gas through international waters within Sweden's economic zone in the Baltic Sea. The pipeline would supply Germany with natural gas from Russia. In announcing the [...]	2009-11-06 06:38:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PREL RU GM SW
09STOCKHOLM712	SWEDEN'S MENU FOR THE NOV. 16-7 SUPER GAERC [...] (C) Summary: On November 11, Deputy EU Correspondent Jonas Wendel discussed November 16-7 Super GAERC points with Acting PolCouns. Highlights include: improving EU-NATO cooperation; deciding on a way forward with Russia; preparing for the EU-Ukraine Summit; extending sanctions on Belarus; impr [...]	2009-11-12 13:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RU AF IS SW
09STOCKHOLM755	READOUT OF EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm did not result in significant breakthroughs, but Sweden delivered on tangibles such as the launch of five cross border cooperation programs to which Russia contributed EUR 103 million ($155 million),the start of expert level talks on a framework [...]	2009-12-03 15:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RU SW
09STOCKHOLM780	SWEDEN LAUNCHES EASTERN EUROPE ENERGY EFFICIENCY [...] (U) Summary: On NOvember 26, Sweden launched the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership by hosting a donor conference, which raised more that EUR 90 million in pledges from European countries and the US to finance energy efficiency projects. Poloff attended donor conferen [...]	2009-12-15 11:51:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EIND ENRG PGOV PREL SENV SW
09STOCKHOLM793	SWEDEN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 15:12:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL IR SW
09STRASBOURG24	COE: TAGLIAVINI REPORT ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA; DEATH PENALTY [...] (U) Russia and Georgia traded barbs at the COE October 7 over the Tagliavini Report, with the Russian Ambassador calling on the COE to end debate on the consequences of the war. In light of the "European Day Against the Death Penalty" -- October 10 -- the COE Chair (Slovenia),the Swedish EU [...]	2009-10-08 14:57:00	Consulate Strasbourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM COE FR GG RS
09STRASBOURG28	NEW COE SECGEN: I WILL HELP ON GITMO RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) New Council of Europe (COE) Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland agreed November 9 to raise the resettlement of detainees from Guantanamo with officials from all 47 COE member-states, including his native Norway. Jagland stressed that the COE needs to reach out to positive forces in Russia [...]	2009-11-09 15:09:00	Consulate Strasbourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO FR KV NO RS
09STRASBOURG32	BELARUS AND COE: INCREASED ENGAGEMENT, BUT NOT MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) The Council of Europe (COE) seeks increased engagement with Belarus; if the GOB issues a death penalty moratorium the GOB likely will be invited to participate in more COE activities and negotiate accession to the COE Convention on Human Trafficking. While some COE member-states want eve [...]	2009-12-14 09:32:00	Consulate Strasbourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM COE BO
09STRASBOURG6	COUNCIL OF EUROPE: MORE EFFECTIVE AROUND THE EDGES THAN AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Europe (COE) likes to portray itself as a bastion of democracy, a promoter of human rights, and the last best hope for defending the rule of law in Europe - and beyond. It is an organization with an inferiority complex and, simultaneously, an overambitious agenda. In eff [...]	2009-03-10 10:51:00	Consulate Strasbourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL COE FR
09STRASBOURG9	COUNCIL OF EUROPE: RANCOR IN THE RANKS [...] C) SUMMARY: The Council of EuropeÂ´s (COE) election for its next secretary general has produced internecine warfare between resident ambassadors and the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE),with the former having short-listed only Thorbjorn Jagland of Norway and Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz of Poland fo [...]	2009-05-04 10:11:00	Consulate Strasbourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM COE FR GG RU
09TALLINN125	SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PM ANSIP'S U.S. VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip will visit Washington and New York May 12-15. Estonia's longest- sitting Prime Minister is ardently pro-American, a leading advocate for Estonia's military engagements abroad and the face of Estonian fiscal restraint. In his meetings, the Prime Minist [...]	2009-05-08 11:13:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON EN
09TALLINN247	A/S GORDON'S AUGUST 13 VISIT TO ESTONIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first official visit to Tallinn on August 13, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon and Estonian FM Urmas Paet discussed a wide range of issues and agreed there was much the U.S. and Estonia could do together to reinforce democracy in Eastern Eu [...]	2009-08-19 15:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EN
09TALLINN293	U.S.-Baltic Annual CFE Consultations: Support for CFE, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The three Baltic states used this year's annual CFE consultations in Tallinn to express regret that U.S.-Russia discussions on CFE were not progressing due to Russia's repetition of old ideas, but insisted the U.S. continue to lead on CFE in order to maintain a unified NATO appro [...]	2009-09-25 15:02:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL NATO KCFE EN
09TALLINN317	Estonian FM Visit to Belarus; Lukashenko Goes On (and On and [...] (C) Summary: Pol Chief met with MFA Desk Officer for Belarus, Moldova, and Central Asia Risto Roos on October 28 for a read-out of Foreign Minister Urmas Paet's October 20 - 21 visit to Minsk. Lukashenko, assuring Paet that Estonia was not his enemy, spent the bulk of their 90-minute meeting lashin [...]	2009-10-30 13:47:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO EN
09TALLINN325	Estonia Opposes Nord Stream Pipeline CLASSIFIED BY: Marc Nordberg, Political/Economic Chief; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) Classified by Charge Karen Decker for Reasons 1.4 B & D. [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Nord Stream pipeline will not cross Estonian waters, Estonians are concerned about the pipeline for environmental and security reasons. Estonian MPs argue that they do not oppose Nord Stream, but complained that the pipeline company has failed to answer many questions ab [...]	2009-11-06 15:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL SENV RS EN
09TALLINN331	Estonian Response for November GAERC [...] Pol Chief delivered reftel points to Kristina Meius, Director of the MFA's European Affairs Division on November 12. Meius provided a laundry list of topics for the November Jumbo GAERC, including: 2. Russia: EU Foreign Ministers will discuss Russia in advance of the November 18 - 19 EU [...]	2009-11-13 06:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN EN
09TALLINN78	ESTONIA ON ECON CRISIS: TRUST THE FREE MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 24 meeting with Econoff, Ministry of Finance (MOF),Central Bank and MFA officials concurred with most reftel points on the financial crisis, but noted that they do not feel the EU needs to increase the size of its stimulus package. GOE officials question whether the IM [...]	2009-03-26 12:05:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL EN

09TASHKENT1591	SCA DAS Krol's Meetings with Uzbek FM Norov and NSC Sec [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol in Tashkent on November 19, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov and National Security Council Secretary Murat Atayev expressed satisfaction with improving U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations and the Annual Bilateral [...]	2009-11-23 12:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PTER EINV ENRG MASS AF UZ
09TASHKENT193	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVISTS SEEK TO BRIDGE GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador recently met with activists from the independent Rapid Reaction human rights group (RRG),who described their plans for the upcoming year, including applying for official registration and setting up a "think-tank" with like-minded activists and defense attorneys to [...]	2009-02-19 10:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID ECON KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT919	Uzbekistan Gives Mixed Review of SCO Activities [...] (C) Summary: During a discussion of Uzbekistan's views of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on June 3, a representative of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs affirmed that President Karimov will attend the SCO heads of state summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, immediately after [...]	2009-06-05 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN PGOV ECON PINS PTER UZ
09TBILISI112	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA-RUSSIA -- THE HONEYMOON IS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Recent stories from inside Abkhazia suggest that the initial euphoria following Russia's recognition of Abkhazia's independence has faded, with the reality of Russia's all encompassing influence sinking in. Russia already wields tremendous influence on the political, [...]	2009-01-21 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
09TBILISI1123	IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. The June 22 kickoff of the U.S.-Georgia Charter Commission will raise the question of the future of our military cooperation. Embassy Moscow's recent cable (reftel) has highlighted Russian views and the potential impact on our attempt to reset our relations with Moscow. There are, howe [...]	2009-06-18 12:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS RS GG
09TBILISI1674	GEORGIA: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH NINO BURJANADZE? [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Despite her almost complete lack of political support, Burjanadze, likely because of her past international role as Georgia's acting President (twice) and well-known Speaker as well as the on-going activities of her husband, still commands the GoG's attention. A growing [...]	2009-09-08 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI1735	GEORGIA: PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S TO-DO LIST AT UNGA [...] (C) Summary. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will be looking closely for evidence of any change in U.S. policy toward Georgia when he meets with the Secretary on the margins of the UNGA. According to several key presidential advisors, Saakashvili will seek reassurance at the highest [...]	2009-09-17 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA GG
09TBILISI1739	GEORGIA WORRIES ABOUT BELARUSAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) Summary. Since Venezuela's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgian policymakers have warned of a "cascade of recognitions" that could occur should Belarus follow suit. Belarusan President Lukashenko's September 15 statement that the Parliament would consider recognition when [...]	2009-09-18 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
09TBILISI1765	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI EXPRESSES CONCERN TO DAS [...] (C) Summary. During her September 15 introductory call on President Saakashvili, EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow urged him to make progress on democratic reforms as a way to increase support for Georgia within the international community and shore up domestic stability, echoing earlier comments from VP [...]	2009-09-25 08:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL BR RU AM AZ GG
09TBILISI1766	GEORGIA: DAS KAIDANOW URGES DEMOCRATIC REFORM IN [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with a wide range of GoG officials, non-parliamentary opposition leaders, opposition and majority MPs, and members of civil society, EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow stressed to all of her interlocutors the importance of political engagement and the need for progress on demo [...]	2009-09-25 08:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
09TBILISI1915	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI ACKNOWLEDGES HIS IMAGE [...] (C) Summary. During a lunch following the Ambassador's credentials ceremony, President Saakashvili acknowledged the international community's questions about the Georgian Government's reform program. However, he insisted that he was committed to using the remaining four years of his term i [...]	2009-10-19 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS GG
09TBILISI1965	GEORGIA: MISHA TELLS ASD VERSHBOW GEORGIA IS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Saakashvili assured visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow that Georgia understands there will be no military solution to the conflicts -- only Georgia's further progress on democratic and economic reform could re-at [...]	2009-11-02 15:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL RS UP BO GG
09TBILISI2084	GEORGIA: BELARUSIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian Parliamentarians paid a visit to Georgia in late November, with part of the delegation stopping in Tbilisi to meet with Georgian government officials, and two smaller groups traveling into Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Georgian press broadly covered the visit, and spec [...]	2009-12-01 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO GG
09TBILISI2102	GEORGIA: DAS KAIDANOW TALKS DEMOCRACY, CONFLICTS, [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kaidanow met with Georgian officials to urge further progress on democratic reforms and review the current situation around Georgia's conflict zones. She urged the government to avoid provocations in the Black Sea and discussed the increasingly heated tone of rhetoric f [...]	2009-12-03 11:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI2240	GEORGIA DOWNPLAYS NAURU'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgian officials downplayed the significance of Nauru's apparent December 14 recognition of Abkhazia's "independence," which Russia reportedly encouraged with an offer of $50 million to the island nation. Although officials are discussing with Australian counterpa [...]	2009-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS XM AS NR RS GG
09TBILISI365	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2009. Introduction Since 2004 when the Saakashvili Government came to power, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms in [...]	2009-02-24 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV GG
09TBILISI408	GEORGIA: RUMORS OF A SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, we have detected a marked increase in comments, both public and private, that the Russians plan to invade Georgia in the spring. These rumors have started to percolate into the press, assisted by Georgian parliamentarians such as Chairman David Bakradze who expr [...]	2009-02-27 15:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
09TBILISI484	GEORGIA: INCIDENT PREVENTION MECHANISM STALLED [...] (C) Summary and comment. Despite efforts by the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM),OSCE and UNOMIG to facilitate implementation of the incident prevention mechanism agreed in Geneva, Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto authorities have publicly announced their unwillingness tocooperate for now. The [...]	2009-03-12 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS RS GG
09TBILISI827	GEORGIA: PROTESTS STAGNANT - SIGNS OF DESPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Protests continued on Wednesday, April 29 although only about 2000-3000 attended, a number of who appeared to be onlookers enjoying a nice day rather than dedicated supporters. Protest leaders have vowed to continue, but have not articulated a concrete plan. GOG representativ [...]	2009-04-30 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
09TBILISI956	GEORGIA: DASD WARLICK'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Warlick, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 8 with Deputy Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria to discuss bilateral issues and review military assistance programs. The meeting provided an opportunity for Bokeria to discuss the ongoing polit [...]	2009-05-22 10:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
09TELAVIV1058	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Pope Benedict XVI in Israel ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to promise during his meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday that Israel will remove all r [...]	2009-05-13 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1171	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "How We Beat Obama" Senior op-ed writer Akiva Eldar commented in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (6/1): "Let's agree that Obama in his naivete really has become preoccupied with inconsequential matters, such as a handful o [...]	2009-06-01 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV1340	LIBERMAN'S VISIT TO MOSCOW AND MINSK PART OF GOI [...] (S) Summary. The MFA's readout on Foreign Minister Liberman's June 2-3 visit to Moscow closely tracked with Embassy Moscow reftel, but with some interesting differences of nuance: the Israelis stated that Liberman's outreach to the Russians represents a new foreign policy priority for Israe [...]	2009-06-19 14:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON MASS RU IR IS
09THEHAGUE135	NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (U) Summary: The Dutch MFA reviewed the GAERC agenda for February 23-34, including Afghanistan, the Middle East, Sudan, the EU's Eastern Partnership, the Western Balkans, and the economic crisis. Dutch plans for the March 2 Middle East conference are covered in reftel A, and Dutch views on the [...]	2009-02-26 07:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AF NL ZL
09THEHAGUE270	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU NL
09THEHAGUE499	GICNT: 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (C) Fifty-nine of 75 partners sent high-level representation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary Meeting held in The Hague, Netherlands, June 16-17, 2009. Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen hosted the meeting. U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary (AA/S) Eliot [...]	2009-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC RS
09THEHAGUE671	NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: SUPPORTING CONTINUED SANCTIONS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch support a "double rollover" of EU sanctions and travel restrictions for Belarus but are not optimistic about the EU supporting their view. The Dutch openness to compromise on Belarus may reflect concern about the Netherlands' image among member states. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-11-04 16:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM NL BO EU
09TOKYO1808	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND FORMER [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Friday morning papers gave top play to yesterday's conclusion of the first trial involving lay judges. 2. "Former Soviet Republics Distance Themselves from Russia" The business-oriented Nikkei wrote from Moscow (8/7): "Following the Russian military's clash with Georgian [...]	2009-08-07 06:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
09TRIPOLI201	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO LIBYA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 12:01:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP WWARD PREL PGOV MARR MASS KPKO LY
09TRIPOLI202	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO LIBYA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-05 12:01:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP WWARD PREL PGOV MARR MASS KPKO LY
09TRIPOLI365	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR APRIL 2009 [...] (U) ExxonMobil Set to Prequalify Firms for Libyan Seismic Work: ExxonMobil Libya will prequalify contractors for a 2D seismic data acquisition and onboard processing services program offshore Libya. The data acquisition will begin in the fourth quarter of 2009. [MEED, 4/1/2009] 2. (U) IPS S [...]	2009-05-04 14:02:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV LY
09UNVIEVIENNA129	FRANCE SOFTENS VIEWS ON UNCITRAL REFORM, SEEKS GUIDELINES [...] (U) The French mission on March 3 hosted an informal meeting to discuss UNCITRAL's working methods and rules of procedure. Representatives of 20 countries, the European Commission, and the UNCITRAL Secretariat attended the meeting. Switzerland, Colombia, Russia, Belarus, Spain, and the U.S. c [...]	2009-03-26 15:20:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA187	Anti-Human Trafficking Working Group Prepares [...] On April 15-16 Vienna-based delegates and anti-human trafficking government experts from several countries gathered in Vienna to participate in a working group designed to assist the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) [...]	2009-04-27 15:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN
09UNVIEVIENNA205	UNODC Briefs on TIP Report for Secretary General [...] UNODC Executive Director Costa and John Sandage, Deputy Director of UNODC's Division of Treaty Affairs, briefed member states on UNODC's report to the UN General Assembly, in advance of the May 13th thematic debate on trafficking in persons. The paper, entitled "Improving the coordination of e [...]	2009-05-07 06:52:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN
09UNVIEVIENNA285	NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]	2009-06-18 13:13:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA287	NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]	2009-06-19 07:32:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA29	IAEA: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DISCUSSES TEXT BUT NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, interested NSG Participating Governments (PGs) discussed the current "clean text" to revise paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Part 1 NSG Guidelines regarding conditions for approval of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology. [...]	2009-01-27 16:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENR
09UNVIEVIENNA418	IAEA/GC: MIDDLE EAST MORASS [...] (C) The state of play on Middle East GC issues leading into the week of the September Board just before the IAEA General Conference is grim. GC President Macmillan's effort toward a consensus approach based on elements of a single resolution is on temporary life support, though she is not pre [...]	2009-09-04 16:16:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA428	NSC's Holgate Steers Vienna toward the Nuclear Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura Holgate, NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction, visited Vienna to explain and build support for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in April (reftel). Holgate also laid the groundwork for the first "Sherpa Meeting" in the lead-up to the Summit, s [...]	2009-09-15 12:40:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PTER KCRM IAEA ENRG TRGY UN
09UNVIEVIENNA442	THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA MEETING IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Assistant to the President and U.S. Sherpa Gary Samore outlined the preliminary agenda of the Summit and solicited initial reactions from participants in a September 15 first Sherpa meeting. Samore explained to representatives of nearly all 37 Summit-invitee countries t [...]	2009-09-24 07:56:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY UN
09UNVIEVIENNA522	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary: The October 13-15 General Working Group (GWG) meeting was notable for a lack of progress as a result of Russian intransigence. Russia continued to press its issues, primarily re-export control including language on destabilizing accumulations of conventional arms and its desire [...]	2009-11-17 08:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA573	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: PLENARY REPORT DECEMBER 2-3 [...] (C) Summary: Changes to the controls lists continues to be the strong success story of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary meetings. Russian intransigence on policy issues remains the stumbling block to progress on Best Practices. The Russian head of delegation (Grigory Mashkov) refused to [...]	2009-12-17 12:35:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09USEUBRUSSELS1569	EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]	2009-11-23 14:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09USNATO114	RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. The Issue --------- 2. (C/NF) Although Belarus signed a security of information agreement with NATO many years ago as a member of the Alliance's Partnership for Peace (PfP),the U.S. has blocked the certification of the agreement. [...]	2009-03-20 15:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09USNATO148	SCIENCE AT NATO: UPDATE ON CURRENT PROGRAMS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The NATO Committee on Science for Peace and Security (SPS) will meet in Allied-only format April 23 and in NATO-Russia Council format on April 24. USNATO provides the following update on SPS projects and current U.S. actions and policy to focus and guide the interagency group in [...]	2009-04-15 16:58:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OSCI TSPL AF
09USNATO174	CFE/VCC: APRIL 23 VCC AND EXPERTS--STATUS OF [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. non-paper on Status of VCC Experts (Ref A) was discussed in both the group of experts meeting and VCC. No one rejected the principle that experts receive their tasking from the VCC. Although they had only a brief opportunity to review the paper, preliminary comments from [...]	2009-05-05 17:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO230	ACTION REQUEST: EAPC MEETING INVITATION TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) As instructed, USNATO delivered Ref A guidance in the June 4 meeting of NATO's Political Committee, explaining that it would be premature to move forward with the NATO-Belarus information security agreement, and that NATO should [...]	2009-06-04 17:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL BO
09USNATO286	EAPC SECURITY FORUM TRIES TO MUSTER SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24 and 25 the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum met in Astana, Kazakhstan, to discuss Afghanistan and other regional issues and energy security. This was the first-ever EAPC event in a former Soviet state. Allied nations called on Partners to take [...]	2009-07-02 12:03:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL MOPS XG ZJ ZK
09USNATO30	READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 28, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 16:35:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	AF NATO PREL
09USNATO316	CFE/VCC: JULY 8 -- ALLIES ANTICIPATE IS DRAFT ON [...] (C) Summary: During the July 8 VCC, Allies engaged in debate over the future role of experts. With the discussion revolving around a handful of Allies espousing familiar positions, the IS announced it would draft new terms of reference for the VCC ad hoc group of experts to discuss at the ne [...]	2009-07-23 06:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO379	NATO PARTICIPATION IN BALTIC EXERCISES - REQUEST [...] (C/NF) The September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will coincide with the commencement of "Zapad 09," a large scale Russian and Belarusian military exercise which will take place in close proximity to Baltic NATO Allies' territory. We predict that this event will prompt a NAC [...]	2009-09-04 16:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO
09USNATO386	NATO SHOULD CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN EXERCISE BALTIC HOST 10 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Estonia, addressing the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, requested that NATO follow with interest the ongoing Zapad 09 Russian-Belarussian exercise with a view to providing a report to Allies. While Estonia co [...]	2009-09-11 16:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO
09USNATO388	SEPTEMBER 8 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary from the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: Afghanistan: At the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Secretary General Rasmussen told Allies that he expected to get the Commander of ISAF's strategic assessment of the situation in Afgh [...]	2009-09-11 18:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK UK XG RS
09USNATO422	NATO/VCC: SEPTEMBER 21 VCC AND EXPERTS - ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: Experts reviewed implementation coordination procedures in accordance with para 11 of AC/319-D(2009)001(INV) and agreed that, for the purposes of coordinating verification activities in November/December 2009, Allies should continue to use the procedures contained therein. The VC [...]	2009-10-01 16:05:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO532	LITHUANIAN MOD DISCUSSES NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a November 17 meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene underscored the importance of NATO contingency planning to Vilnius and asked about the status of U.S. thinking on the subject. Ambassador Daalder said the issue was still being studied in [...]	2009-11-19 15:35:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP NATO LH ZB RS
09USNATO546	NATO-RUSSIA: NAC DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MILITARY EXERCISES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 13:23:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO551	NATO/VCC: NOVEMBER 16-17 VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (S/REL NATO) Summary: At the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) and VCC meeting of Experts on 16-17 November, the U.S. secured Allied agreement to conduct one Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) evaluation in the Russian Federation and VD99 inspections in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Finland and Switze [...]	2009-11-27 11:21:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK
09USNATO581	NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA "BRIEFS" NRC ON MILITARY EXERCISES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 10:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS NATO RS
09USOSCE112	FSC APRIL 29: GEORGIA TAKES THE CHAIR, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia got off to a good start with its Forum for Security Cooperation chairmanship, which will run to late July. The Georgian deputy defense minister, Giorgi Muchaidze, delivered uncontroversial opening remarks, mentioning problems related to the August 2008 war without provo [...]	2009-04-30 14:24:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE118	CFE/JCG: MAY 5 PLENARY - RUSSIA TRIES TO TURN [...] (SBU) Summary. During the U.S.-chaired May 5 JCG Plenary, Russia repeated MFA criticisms of the CFE text of the NATO Summit declaration and presented its Aide-Memoire to all CFE States Parties as Russia's official position on how to restore the viability of the CFE regime on the basis of the [...]	2009-05-06 14:58:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE122	CFE/JCG: MAY 12 PLENARY - RUSSIA ADVOCATES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia cited chapter and verse of Article XVI of the CFE Treaty to support its contention that the JCG should fulfill its mandate by contributing more proactively to efforts to save the CFE Treaty. The Russian Chief Arms Control Delegate (Ulyanov) argued that the JCG historical [...]	2009-05-14 11:55:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE128	OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 06:31:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE129	OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 08:00:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE137	CFE/JCG: JUNE 2: RUSSIA ACCUSES WESTERN STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 2 JCG plenary, Russia inquired whether delegations wished to comment on the Russian Aide-Memoire, "Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward," distributed to the JCG on May 5. The U.S. noted that the Aide-Memoire was not up for negotiation in the [...]	2009-06-03 14:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE138	FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...]	2009-06-04 15:44:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE140	OPEN SKIES: JUNE 15: RUSSIA LAST HOLDOUT ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) on June 15 consensus continued to emerge supporting the draft decision on proposed dates for the U.S.-chaired Second Review Conference (June 7-9, 2010). Russia awaits a final go-ahead from Moscow, but assured USDel that it fully [...]	2009-06-15 12:05:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE
09USOSCE145	FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...]	2009-06-19 14:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE147	OSCE: LAVROV AT ASRC ADDS LITTLE ON NEW SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the opening session of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) June 23, Russian FM Lavrov ploughed familiar ground in terms of the rationale and outline of the Russian proposals to strengthen European security architecture. He attributed much of the deterio [...]	2009-06-23 16:29:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE151	OSCE 2009 ASRC SESSION II, STATES WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Session II of the 2009 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) on June 24 centered on arms control and CSBMs--in particular the status of CFE, CSBMs, Russia's European Security Initiative and the value of expanded dialogue. The keynote speakers, Klaus-Peter Gottwald of the Germ [...]	2009-06-29 10:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE154	OSCE/FSC: JULY 1 PLENARY AND WGS--MONDEM LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In the July 1 FSC Security Dialogue Montenegro Demilitarization Program (MONDEM) Chief Technical Advisor Surprenant recounted the progress on its munitions demilitarization and storage projects in Montenegro. MONDEM's mandate was extended until December 2010, after which, the G [...]	2009-07-02 14:57:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE156	CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...]	2009-07-08 16:03:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE157	OSCE/FSC: JULY 8 PLENARY U.S. AND RUSSIA SHARE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 12:03:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE164	OSCE MINISTERIAL LAUNCHES "CORFU PROCESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever "informal" OSCE Ministerial debated European security issues on June 27-28, revealing a broad convergence among most delegations in support of the U.S. approach that current European security institutions remain sound (but could be improved),and that discussions on [...]	2009-07-16 07:48:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS RU OSCE
09USOSCE166	CFE/JCG: 14 JULY PLENARY - RUSSIA RE-SETS OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of the 700th JCG Plenary, the Belarus Chair made some remarks highlighting the importance the JCG itself has played in the history of the Treaty. Russia said there were no grounds to be proud of the JCG during the last 10 years, and hopes the situation will imp [...]	2009-07-16 14:32:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE170	CFE/JCG JULY 21: RUSSIA PROVIDES ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 21 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russia raised three issues which it urged delegations to reflect on over the summer recess: a response to the U.S. December 2008 document on the legality of Russia's "suspension"; the case for provisional application of A/CFE; and [...]	2009-07-21 16:48:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE18	FSC FEBRUARY 4: EU MILITARY HEAD ON BOSNIA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: French General Bentegeat, chair of the EU military committee, reviewed current EU military operations and the European Security and Defense Policy in the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 4. Bentegeat said EU cooperation with NATO and the U.S. was good. Belarus called [...]	2009-02-05 14:26:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE182	OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...]	2009-08-05 15:23:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE183	OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...]	2009-08-06 07:33:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE195	CFE/JCG: 2009 FALL OPENING OF ROUND--RUSSIA MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the opening session of the Fall round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCG) on September 8, USDel underscored the U.S. commitment to CFE, noted that Russia's "suspension" left an ominous gap in CFE's unique transparency and predictability, observed that Russia had a [...]	2009-09-09 12:15:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE198	FSC/VD99: U.S. DELIVERS POINTS TO NORWAY, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, USDel (Neighbour and Meyer) delivered points (paras 29-33) to Norway, Belarus and Russia. Initial reactions are provided below: 2. (S) Norway--The new Norwegian military representative to the FSC (Colonel Terje Killi) said he was unaware that Norway had planned to partici [...]	2009-09-10 09:21:00	Mission USOSCE	SECRET	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE199	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...]	2009-09-10 13:55:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE201	OSCE/FSC:FALL FSC OPENS--1540 BPG TEE-ED UP; [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) opened on September 9 with a presentation by a British FCO official on the strategic relevance of FSC issues in the global security context. Meanwhile, the USDel drew attention to the draft UNSCR 1540 Best Practi [...]	2009-09-11 15:31:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE206	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...]	2009-09-22 06:32:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE207	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...]	2009-09-22 06:32:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE211	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 22, Greek PermRep Marinaki said High Commissioner for National Minorities Vollebaek intended to visit South Ossetia in the near future, and had agreed to travel from Vladikavkaz, reversing his long-standing demand for access from the south. Vol [...]	2009-09-28 07:36:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE214	FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE DECISION AGREED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The 1540 Best Practice Guide (1540 BPG) cleared without incident the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) on September 30. The FSC received a sobering update on the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina's political-military program from retired Briga [...]	2009-10-02 11:33:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE223	CORFU PROCESS SESSION IV: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (SBU) On October 13 the Corfu Process tackled new, globalized threats and met with a high degree of consensus on OSCE strengths and direction. Topics covered included terrorism, cybersecurity, border security and Afghanistan, WMD nonproliferation, and arms reduction. Besides a minor verbal [...]	2009-10-15 15:32:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU
09USOSCE224	JOINT FSC-PC 14 OCTOBER: ISAF DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy ISAF Commander LTG Dutton appealed to the joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation and the Permanent Council (FSC-PC) for developing "expeditionary police" capabilities that would parallel those of the military for building capacity in Afghanistan. Dutton als [...]	2009-10-16 13:47:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE225	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 9,2009 [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge Fuller at NATO HQ October 2, NATO international staff led by Deputy A/SYG Bob Simmons advised that NATO allies have agreed to postpone discussion of the Medvedev proposal of European Security Architecture until the conclusion of initial OSCE Corfu Process (CP) dis [...]	2009-10-19 12:54:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE226	OPEN SKIES: OCTOBER 19 PLENARY - 2ND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6 and 19, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held an extended plenary meeting. The October 19 session included two Review Conference preparation briefings on OSCE second dimension environmental issues. The OSCC also adopted the Annual Quota Distribution [...]	2009-10-20 10:41:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE231	CORFU PROCESS SESSION V: IT'S THE CONFLICTS, STUPID [...] (SBU) The fifth session of the Corfu Process dialogue made clear that the OSCE,s ability to provide early warning and prevent, manage and resolve conflict is a key overarching theme in the Corfu process. Most delegations noted that the key stumbling block to the resolution of the protracted [...]	2009-10-21 16:36:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU
09USOSCE235	OSCE/FSC: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO REVIEW VIENNA [...] (SBU) In an informal meeting with a small group of delegations on the margins of the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russian Head of Arms Control Delegation Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov shared a draft proposal that would task the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) to conduct a revi [...]	2009-10-22 14:14:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE239	FSC: UNSCR 1540 TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia shared more detailed remarks in Working Group A about their Food-for-Thought paper on analyzing Vienna Document 1999 implementation, including its interest in targeting specific provisions to reflect more accurately the political-military environment. There were some mu [...]	2009-10-23 13:06:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE242	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 19 - 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) In an October 20 meeting, the Russian delegation reportedly told the senior policy officer on the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center's Caucasus Desk that Moscow wanted a written proposal for the Chairmanship's "support team" and preferred a modified chain of command. The delegation sugges [...]	2009-10-29 12:18:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE245	FSC: TRYING TO MOVE RUSSIA ON VD99; GEARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a "sidebar" with the Russians ) and in a subsequent follow-up discussion ) Ulyanov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to "explore ways to strengthen current arms control and CSBM instruments, but not in exchange for specific language "to conduct a review of the [...]	2009-10-30 13:26:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE247	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 26 - 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) A draft Ministerial Council decision on "Women,s Participation in Political and Public Life" was tabled at the October 28 Human Dimension Committee meeting. While Russia, Belarus, and a handful of other participating States said they lacked formal guidance, all expressed general support [...]	2009-11-02 17:31:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE249	CORFU PROCESS SESSION VI: HUMAN DIMENSION [...] The sixth session of the Corfu Process dialogue October 27 was dedicated to the common challenges in the Human Dimension (HD),with a focus on human rights, democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the freedom of the media. Delegations catalogued ways in which HD commitments had fallen [...]	2009-11-04 10:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE
09USOSCE251	FSC OF NOVEMBER 4: U.S. APPEARS ISOLATED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to Russia's draft decision for Ministers to task a review of Vienna Document 1999 dominated the FSC plenary discussion. Most comments were favorable "in principle." Inter alia, Russia proposed presenting the results from a VD99 review to the next OSCE Ministerial m [...]	2009-11-10 16:17:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE256	FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]	2009-11-16 16:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE257	FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]	2009-11-17 07:14:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG

09USOSCE258	CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 17: COMMEMORATING ISTANBUL; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 17 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Greece supported by 14 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusal to its recent CFE inspection request. The French Chair commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Istanbul Summit 19 [...]	2009-11-17 16:11:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE260	FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...]	2009-11-20 10:48:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE262	SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) The November 24 Reinforced Permanent Council provided participating States a final opportunity to outline their expectations for the December 1-2 OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens and sum up accomplishments under the 2009 Greek Chairmanship. Although the comments by Delegations were ge [...]	2009-11-25 12:48:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE RU PREL
09USOSCE264	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 16 - 20, 2009 [...] (C) At the weekly CiO meeting November 17, which included for the first time Kazakh Ambassador and future PC Chair Abdrakhmanov, Greek Ambassador Marinaki emphasized the Chair's desire to adopt a Political Declaration at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial. She acknowledged the Kazakh inter [...]	2009-11-26 11:05:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE269	FSC OF NOVEMBER 25: "ISSUES" AND OTHERS TO BE [...] (SBU) The Forum for Security Cooperation's Working Group B (WGB) preceded the plenary in order to determine whether any of the draft decisions intended to be presented to the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens could be moved forward. Of the four draft substantive items on the agenda only the F [...]	2009-11-27 10:05:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE286	OSCE/FSC: STRUCTURING WORK ON CSBMS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary and Guidance Request: As Washington reviews policy options and ways forward on many issues in the U.S.-Russia relationship at the end of 2009, USOSCE would recommend additional attention be focused on the "Vienna Document 1999" (VD99),the OSCE's landmark CSBM vehicle. In the ten [...]	2009-12-18 15:48:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE288	OPEN SKIES: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw adoption of the quota distribution decision for 2010, further preparations for the second Review Conference, and more progress on the draft decision for digital sensors. OSCC business continues to be positiv [...]	2009-12-18 16:40:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE292	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...]	2009-12-24 11:40:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ
09USOSCE30	CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 PLENARY (CONF) [...] (SBU) Summary. Allies isolated Russia again with a series of interventions contrasting its rejection of inspection notices from Germany and Turkey with the continued implementation of the inspection regime by the 29 other States Parties. Russia in turn blamed the lack of progress in resolvin [...]	2009-02-11 15:54:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE34	FEBRUARY 11 JOINT FSC-PC: EU AND OSCE MISSIONS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of Georgia. Both Haber and OSCE Conflict Prevent [...]	2009-02-12 11:39:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
09USOSCE35	EURO SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: ALLIES AT OSCE STAND [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary. The NATO Caucus of the OSCCE on February 10 agreed that Allies attending Russian Chief of Arms Control Mikhail Ulyanov's meeting would attend in listening mode only, maintain a united front, and report back to all Allies. Allies also agreed to consolidate questions refle [...]	2009-02-12 18:59:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE36	CORRECTED COPY FSC-PC FEBRUARY 11: EU AND OSCE [...] (SBU) This corrected copy changes only the format. SUMMARY: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of [...]	2009-02-13 10:17:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
09USOSCE38	FSC-PC FEBRUARY 18: DFM GRUSHKO SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Offering what he said was more a "vision" than a proposal, Russian DFM Grushko told the February 18 joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent Council that "new realities" and mounting evidence of the weakness of existing institutions necessitate [...]	2009-02-19 07:01:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE41	OCE/FSC: BITE THE BULLET--SAFERWORLD REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the February 18, 2009 Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),two representatives from Saferworld provided an overview of a February 2009 report on preventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The report notes the work accomplished by international organizatio [...]	2009-02-19 12:22:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE46	FSC FEBRUARY 25: EXPERTS SAY CFE-FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 25, international security experts from European think tanks agreed that NATO and Europe have been the victims of their own success in structuring a stable security environment for the last twenty years and, now, the security ac [...]	2009-02-26 11:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE49	AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (U) Note: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary: While the 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) was livelier than 2008, national positions remained largely unchanged. Russia conti [...]	2009-03-06 10:22:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE50	AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second part of a two-part cable reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. See reftel A for the first part. End note. ---------------------------------- Working Session 2: Other Documents ---------------------------------- Conventional [...]	2009-03-06 11:02:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE71	FSC MARCH 25: RUSSIA CALLS FOR LIMITED REVISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian arms control delegation head Ulyanov told the March 25 Forum for Security Cooperation that half of the Vienna Document, last revised in 1999, was a "dead letter" and even its provisions for information exchange, inspections/evaluations, and contact visits were no longer [...]	2009-03-26 15:26:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE8	FSC JANUARY 21: NEW ROUND, OLD AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter 2009 session opened with no surprises with many agenda items remaining from the autumn 2008 round. The new French chair proposed a straight forward work plan for 2009 that includes long-established topics: CSBMs, small arms (SALW) and conventional ammunition (SCA),t [...]	2009-01-22 14:27:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE89	U.S.-EU SPRING CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE: DETERMINING [...] (U) The EU hosted on March 6 a U.S. delegation, headed by USOSCE Charge Kyle Scott and EUR/RPM Office Director Bruce Turner, for the semi-annual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The discussions ranged over a variety of topics con [...]	2009-04-08 13:27:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN
09USUNNEWYORK1004	UNGA MEETS ON IAEA REPORT: ELBARADEI'S SWAN SONG, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the International Atomic Energy (IAEA),hearing for the last time from its outgoing Director-General, Mohammad ElBaradei, who emphasized the importance of not isolating countries, using diplomatic means to address pr [...]	2009-11-06 21:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA CU KN KS RS IS IR
09USUNNEWYORK1024	ELECTIONS IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ELECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly held elections on November 3, 2009 to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs of the Assembly and other UN administrative and budgetary bodies: the Committee for Program and Coordination, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (U.S. was re-elected [...]	2009-11-13 00:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1053	UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT: MEMBER STATES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General assembly met on November 12 - 13 for a joint plenary debate on the annual Report of the Security Council (SC) as well as Security Council expansion (septel). The United States and more than 70 delegations delivered statements, with some noting improvements in the re [...]	2009-11-18 17:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1074	DEBATE ON THE REVITALIZATION OF THE GENERAL [...] Summary: On November 19 and 20, the General Assembly debated agenda item 118: Revitalization of the General Assembly. Most of the over twenty-eight Member States who spoke agreed on the need for full implementation of existing resolutions, streamlining the agenda items and continuing themati [...]	2009-11-30 16:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK221	2009 MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Summary: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters February 16-20, 23-25. The Committee focused [...]	2009-03-09 14:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK327	UN DEMOCRACY FUND EXPERTS GROUP DISCUSSES SHORT [...] (C) Summary: The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Secretariat offered Advisory Board members an overview of the "short list" of third round project applications during a March 25 meeting of the Board's experts group, explaining that the sole project in Venezuela was not included in the short list bec [...]	2009-03-27 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK345	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...]	2009-04-02 00:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK388	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met April 7 and 8 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the size of an enlarged Council and the Council's working methods. 81 delegations spoke with growing agreement across the three major blo [...]	2009-04-11 15:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC JA BR
09USUNNEWYORK544	ECOSOC ELECTIONS TO 21 UN BODIES [...] SUMMARY: ECOSOC elected membership to 21 of its subsidiary bodies on May 18. The United States was elected to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Balloting was necessary for only the International Narcotics Control Board; elected were experts from India, France, Thailand [...]	2009-06-01 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECOSOC UN AORC INCB
09USUNNEWYORK609	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on June 11 and 12 for the second meeting of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform, focusing on the three clustered issues of composition: size, categories of membership and regional r [...]	2009-06-20 02:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK638	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...]	2009-06-29 16:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK660	UN: COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMING AND COORDINATION [...] SUMMARY. The Committee for Program and Coordination (CPC) concluded its 49th session on July 2 and adopted its report containing recommendations for ECOSOC and the General Assembly. See A/64/16 (Pending publication see E/AC.51/2009/L.4/Add.1-10). The CPC Report will be considered by ECOSOC dur [...]	2009-07-08 21:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA CPC
09USUNNEWYORK832	UNGA: GEORGIAN IDP RESOLUTION PASSES AFTER RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After rejecting a Russian Federation "no-action" motion by a vote of 29 in favor, 64 opposed, and 50 abstentions, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Georgia-sponsored resolution calling for the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia by a vote of 47 in fa [...]	2009-09-11 15:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KPRM UNGA RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK905	SIXTH COMMITTEE: DEBATE ON UN COMMISSION ON [...] Summary: On October 12, the Sixth Committee discussed the Report on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Soo-Geun Oh, Chairman of UNCITRAL, summarized the activities of the 42nd session of UNCITRAL on June 29-July 17. Following the opening remarks, twenty-one [...]	2009-10-13 21:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK917	G77 OPPOSES CHANGES TO THE REGULAR BUDGET SCALES [...] This is an action request. See para 16. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Beginning with the last meeting of the G7 plus EU Group (G7 Group) on scales at the margins of the Fall meeting of the Geneva Group CLM (GG),the subject of scales has begun in earnest in the 64th General Assembly (GA). At the GG [...]	2009-10-15 21:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT AORC UN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK937	SIXTH COMMITTEE: DEBATE ON SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee debated Agenda Item 82, Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization on October 19. Twenty-three Member States, including the United States, delivered statements on the subject with [...]	2009-10-22 16:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK949	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK970	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: NUCLEAR [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 13 to 15. This summary comprises statements from all three days. The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the Secretary General of the Conference [...]	2009-10-30 19:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK982	UNGA: UN PASSES 18TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 18th annual resolution condemning the United States economic and commercial embargo on Cuba. The Foreign Minister of Cuba delivered a hostile, cold-war style intervention, blaming the United States for pr [...]	2009-11-03 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ECON UNGA CA
09VALLETTA488	MALTA: BELARUS SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 17:18:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO PREL EUN PHUM
09VATICAN126	RUSSIA AND THE VATICAN ESTABLISH FORMAL RELATIONS, FOR [...] (C) On December 3, Russian President Medvedev and Pope Benedict XVI upgraded Russian-Holy See ties to "full" diplomatic relations. The announcement coincides with a period of warmer relations between the Vatican and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (reftel) and the Holy See hopes the move wi [...]	2009-12-04 16:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KIRF RS VT
09VATICAN62	LUKASHENKA MEETS POPE IN ROME [...] (U) President Lukashenka of Belarus met the Pope on Monday, April 27. Lukashenka had requested the meeting. Other than confirming the meeting took place, the Holy See has not issued yet any other information about it. 2. (C) In anticipation of the Papal private audience, ADCM reached ou [...]	2009-04-27 11:37:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF BO VT
09VATICAN64	VATICAN ADDRESSED HUMAN RIGHTS WITH LUKASHENKA [...] (C) The Vatican's point person on relations with Belarus, Monsignor Julio Murat, told ADCM on April 29 that human rights were discussed during the meetings that President Lukashenka had with the Pope and Secretary of State Bertone on April 27 (reftel). Murat added that most of the conversatio [...]	2009-04-30 20:34:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF BO VT
09VIENNA101	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investo [...]	2009-01-27 10:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR
09VIENNA1427	AUSTRIA SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 13:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO PREL EUN PHUM AU
09VIENNA1451	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA157	AUSTRIA: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 23. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A [...]	2009-02-13 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
09VIENNA189	AUSTRIA: VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 23-24 [...] (U) Poloff discussed GAERC points on February 18 with Klaus Famira, MFA European Correspondent. Famira offered the following views: 2. (C) Afghanistan: Famira said the European Commission would wait to hear the brief of the EU's Special Representative to Afghanistan and would discuss their [...]	2009-02-20 10:56:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA295	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] Polchief met with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent, March 11 to discuss the agenda items for the upcoming GAERC and GYMNICH. Famira offered the following views: -- Montenegro: The GOA is in favor of submitting Montenegro's EU application to the European Commission for its formal op [...]	2009-03-12 13:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL SU MW BO AU
09VIENNA78	AUSTRIA: GAZA TO DOMINATE JANUARY 26-27 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL PGOV AU
09VILNIUS112	LITHUANIA SAYS EU WILL STAND WITH U.S. ON IRAN AND [...] (C) After receiving reftel information, Robertas Rosinas, the head of the Lithuanian MFA's Arms Control and Terrorism Prevention Division told us that early drafts of EU statements to be presented at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting March 2-6 "speak very strongly on" Iran and Syria and gene [...]	2009-02-25 14:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IAIE MNUC TRGY LH
09VILNIUS139	GAERC: SPOTLIGHT ON EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on the Eastern Partnership (EaP),Belarus and European Council Conclusions at the upcoming GAERC meetings. The GOL continues to support Belarus' participation in the Eastern Partnership. The GOL supports extending sanctions against Belarus fo [...]	2009-03-16 09:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS155	BELARUS: A DULL GLOW AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? [...] (S) Charge met with Belarusian Presidential Administration Head Makey March 20. Makey pledged that "positive steps" would continue, expressed interest in dialogue with the U.S., showed perceptive understanding of both USG and EU approaches to Belarus, stressed that Belarus was under intense [...]	2009-03-24 12:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL PHUM ECON PINR BO RS GG
09VILNIUS166	ECONOMIC DISTRESS INTENSIFYING IN LITHUANIA [...] (C) The economic situation is worsening in Lithuania. Devaluation of the Polish zloty and Russian ruble, rising unemployment, and decreasing revenues are some of the challenges Lithuania faces. Local analysts recently revised growth forecasts for 2009 to negative nine to ten percent. Unfortu [...]	2009-03-27 10:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LH
09VILNIUS174	RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk hereby offers its views assist with preparation of the guidance requested reftel. 2. (C) As is known, one year ago, the GOB forced the reduction of U.S. diplomatic staff by 90%, declaring among others the Defense Attache persona non grata. We no longer have an America [...]	2009-04-02 07:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09VILNIUS180	LITHUANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL BERKLEY [...] Welcome to Lithuania! We look forward to your visit, which coincides with a number of local celebrations. This year marks the fifth anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO. Lithuania is also celebrating the 1,000-year anniversary of the first reference to the country in historical te [...]	2009-04-03 13:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OREP LH
09VILNIUS228	LITHUANIA TELLS CODEL BERKLEY: RELY ON US IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary: Political leaders assured CODEL Berkley on its visit to Vilnius April 15-17 that the GOL would not falter in its efforts in Afghanistan despite the country's deteriorating budget situation. They also promised -- again -- to move forward swiftly on resolving longstanding problems with J [...]	2009-04-27 10:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ECON ENRG BO LH
09VILNIUS241	CODEL TANNER VISITS VILNIUS [...] Summary. Representatives John Tanner and Jo Ann Emerson visited Vilnius April 4-6. The delegation attended NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) meetings and met with the Speaker of the Seimas (Parliament) Arunas Valinskas and several MPs. Tanner and Emerson thanked MPs for Lithuania's contribut [...]	2009-05-04 06:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP NATO PREL PGOV LH
09VILNIUS340	LITHUANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL CARDIN [...] Welcome to Lithuania! We look forward to your visit, which coincides with a number of local celebrations. This year marks the fifth anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO. Lithuania is also celebrating the 1,000-year anniversary of the first reference to the country in historical te [...]	2009-06-22 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OREP LH
09VILNIUS436	RUSSIA HITS LITHUANIAN TRUCKING [...] (SBU) On August 3, Russian customs officials began giving additional attention to Lithuanian trucking firms' transport documentation, including Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR) carnets, at Russia-Latvia border posts. As part of this effort, Russian customs officials required that truc [...]	2009-08-14 14:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON LH RS
09VILNIUS45	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS A COMMON EU ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on energy security and the importance of the Eastern Partnership at the upcoming GAERC (ref A). The GOL is open to the idea of inviting President Lukashenka to the Czech-hosted EU Summit in May, though they agree on the need for demonstrable r [...]	2009-01-22 14:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN XG SY LH
09VILNIUS495	LUKASHENKA'S VISIT TO VILNIUS [...] (C) ... C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 VILNIUS 000495 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/24/2019 TAGS: LH PGOV PHUM PREL BO SUBJECT: LUKASHENKA'S VISIT TO VILNIUS Classified By: CDA Damian R. Leader for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). Â [...]	2009-09-24 13:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	LH PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09VILNIUS55	C-WP8-01022, INFORMATION ON SECURITY OF LITHUANIAN [...] (SBU) Begin summary. Embassy Vilnius's responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. Questions are repeated below for ease of reading. POC is Economic Officer Daniel Gage, gagedlATstate.sgov.gov, for questions related to the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) and Pol/Mil Officer Miche [...]	2009-01-28 06:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	KNNP PINR MNUC PARM LH
09VILNIUS579	2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below, in the format requested in the instructions, is the 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Lithuania, Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control: I. Summary ----------- Synthetic drugs and cannabis are the most popular illicit narcotics in Lithuania. Lithuania remains a [...]	2009-11-03 14:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KSEP LH
09VILNIUS593	PM'S CHANCELLOR DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, BELARUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister's Chancellor Deividas Matulionis said November 5 that Lithuania remains committed to leading the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan's Ghor Province, puts a high priority on NATO contingency planning for defense of the Baltic states, and has seen positiv [...]	2009-11-06 15:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON MOPS LH
09VILNIUS602	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS DOUBLE ROLLOVER FOR BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 15:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LH BY
09VILNIUS605	LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON BELARUS, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas said Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on Belarus, Russia and Ukraine at the next GAERC meeting. Usackas will stress that the EU should monitor and assign target dates for Belarus to implement ben [...]	2009-11-13 13:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS622	IRAN LOOKING TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL TIES WITH [...] (U) Action request -- see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On November 18 poloffs met with MFA,s Head of Middle East and Africa Division Laima Jureviciene to inquire whether Iran has approached Lithuania to offer enhanced commercial relations (further to above references). Jureviciene confirmed that [...]	2009-11-20 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR LH
09VILNIUS634	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH FOREIGN-AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs told Ambassador Derse that Lithuania remains committed to development efforts and its PRT leadership in Afghanistan's Ghor Province, despite financial straitQd difficulties in attracting foreign donors. He also obl [...]	2009-11-25 15:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS LH
09VILNIUS660	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT'S DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Derse's introductory meeting with him, Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense Chairman Arvydas Anusauskas said his committee's members unanimously agreed that they would not allow their investigation into an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania to harm r [...]	2009-12-08 15:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
09VILNIUS676	EX-PREMIER'S NEW POLITICAL PARTY HAS RUSSIA TIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Former Lithuanian Prime Minister Kazimira Prunskiene, whose popularity with voters has tumbled in recent years, has founded a new political party that has drawn attention because of its open ties with Russian politicians. The meeting to establish the party was attended by the [...]	2009-12-11 10:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH
09VILNIUS716	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her first meeting with Zygimantis Pavilionis, the MFA's Coordinator for Lithuania's Presidency of the Community of Democracies (CD),Ambassador Derse heard that the current recalibration of Lithuania's foreign policy provided an opportunity for the United States, and that Li [...]	2009-12-29 14:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH
09WARSAW1137	POLAND: KEEP BELARUS SANCTIONS, BUT HOW? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GoP supports a rollover of the current EU sanctions mandate set to expire in March 2010, as well as extending the suspension of travel restrictions against EU officials, which expires on December 15, 2009. However, according to MFA officials, Poland still cannot commit to a [...]	2009-11-10 15:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO PL
09WARSAW1140	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICIZES RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) The controversy sparked by FM Sikorski's reported call for U.S. troops in Poland "as a shield against Russian aggression," although subsequently retracted by Interfax, was widely covered in the media and distracted from an otherwise disciplined and positive trip for the FM to Washington. [...]	2009-11-12 07:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PL PREL RS
09WARSAW1170	AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR IN POLAND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Morningstar traveled to Poland November 12-14 to meet with government, opposition and business officials on a wide range of regional energy security topics. The visit followed Vice President Biden's commitment in Warsaw to further cooperation on energy security and t [...]	2009-11-25 16:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PREL PL
09WARSAW1178	FRAUD SUMMARY - POLAND [...] (U) Although the Polish economy is slowing due to the global economic crisis, it has proven to be more resilient than other European economies. After 2008's 4.9 percent growth, Eurostat predicts Poland's GDP will drop to 1.2 percent in 2009. In comparison, the EU as a whole is expected to se [...]	2009-12-01 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PL
09WARSAW1185	POLISH MFA: MIXED PROGRESS WITH EASTERN NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's engagement with Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus is yielding mixed results, according to Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, Director of the MFA's Eastern Department. What Bratkiewicx described as a "pragmatic approach" toward Russia has led to some movement on historical issues and broug [...]	2009-12-02 16:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PL PREL
09WARSAW122	UKRAINE, POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC SUMMIT ON GAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lech Kaczynski's January 28 meeting in Wroclaw with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Czech Prime Minister Topolanek, representing the EU presidency, produced only an inconclusive assessment of the Ukraine-Russia gas agreement. Officials from President Lech Kaczynski' [...]	2009-02-04 06:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CZ BO UP PL
09WARSAW183	POLISH ENERGY PRIORITIES: GAS SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C) Poland's new energy security strategy has still not been released from the Prime Minister's Office, but after over a year in power, PM Tusk has announced most of his key priorities. In an important policy change, the government is embracing gas interconnections -- including to the German [...]	2009-02-18 16:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	KGHG SENV EPET ENRG EUN PL
09WARSAW2	POTENTIAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM RUSSIA TO [...] (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv, conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish authorit [...]	2009-01-01 13:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU PL
09WARSAW217	POLAND - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poland is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). The majority of victims were trafficked to work in the sex industry, but Poland is increasingly becoming a destination country for forced labor. Government officials at the hig [...]	2009-02-27 15:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
09WARSAW218	POLAND ON THE G-20 PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Poles are concerned about the evolving composition of the G-20. While they like the G-20 as a forum for coordinating, they are worried that the current composition does not reflect the variety of perspectives needed to comprehensively meet the challenge. They have also not [...]	2009-02-27 16:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KFIN ECON PL
09WARSAW260	POLISH VIEWS ON MARCH 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland believes the EU will reach a general consensus on extending -- for another six months -- suspension of the EU's travel ban on Belarusian officials. Poland views as a positive initiative the Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister's March 6 visit to Warsaw to address Polish conc [...]	2009-03-10 16:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF TU PL
09WARSAW3	POTENTIAL GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM RUSSIA TO [...] (C) Summary. Reporting from the Polish Embassy in Kyiv, conveyed to us by MFA's Economic Department, confirms reports from Embassy Berlin and Kyiv (Refs B and C) that the Ukrainians have found a way to pay gas debts to Gazprom and will avert a shutoff on January 1. That said, Polish authorit [...]	2009-01-01 13:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU PL
09WARSAW301	POLAND: INTERNAL BATTLE LEADS TO DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The March 17 dismissal of Agnieszka Rozmaszewska-Guzy as the director of Polonia TV and U.S.-funded Belsat appears to reflect an internal political battle over financial resources and control of the Polish media rather than a shift in GoP policy towards Belarus. Our contacts say [...]	2009-03-23 10:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO PL
09WARSAW314	POLAND SUPPORTS US ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA is encouraged by the new U.S. administration's firm stance on Georgia's territorial integrity. Tomasz Orlowski, Head of the Central Asia and South Caucasus Section at the Polish MFA, told us that Poland and the U.S. appear to be "on the same page." Orlowski said Po [...]	2009-03-24 12:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS RS BO GG PL
09WARSAW323	POLISH MFA: ENGAGE BELARUS BUT PROTECT MINORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA continues to push for EU and U.S. engagement with Belarus to keep it out of Russia's clench, but insists that such engagement should not be at the expense of the Polish minority in Belarus. An MFA official told us the Union of Poles in Belarus held a successful ele [...]	2009-03-26 13:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO PL
09WARSAW339	YOUR MEETING WITH POLAND'S LEADERSHIP IN PRAGUE [...] (C) Your April 5 meeting with Poland's leadership (which is likely to be both President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk) is much anticipated in Warsaw. If you meet with them together, which I expect to be the case, it will be the first time these two political rivals have met jo [...]	2009-03-31 08:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PHUM MARR ECON ENRG CVIS PGOV PL
09WARSAW345	POLAND'S "TRUTH-TELLER" CANDIDATE FOR COE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's candidate for Council of Europe (COE) Secretary General has done it all. Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz has served as prime minister, foreign minister, justice minister, and parliamentary speaker; he has also run twice for president. A moderate social democrat, he is one of t [...]	2009-04-01 07:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM COE PL
09WARSAW377	POLAND: SNAPSHOT OF BIALYSTOK, NEAR THE BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local and regional officials in Poland's northeastern Podlaskie Province -- located along the Belarusian border -- told us April 1-3 that residents still viewed the U.S. as Poland's main security guarantor but have been shifting their focus towards the EU over the past five years. [...]	2009-04-09 13:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON SOCI PL BO
09WARSAW389	POLES FACE EC DELAY, DIVISION ON EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. We reviewed developments in Poland's Eastern neighborhood in separate meetings with Witold Sobkow, MFA Acting Political Director, and Jacek Cichocki, Secretary of State in the Polish Prime Minister's Chancellery. They noted that: -- The EU is still divided on the issue of invit [...]	2009-04-10 14:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PL GG AJ AM UP BO
09WARSAW394	POLAND/BELARUS - IS DIALOGUE WORKING? [...] (U) SUMMARY: At an April 2 conference on EU-Belarus relations, panel participants representing the GOP, parliament, and think-tanks agreed that the EU's earlier policy of isolation failed, but disagreed on the extent to which the EU and Poland should "conditionalize" dialogue with Belarus. MP [...]	2009-04-14 09:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM BY PL
09WARSAW428	BELARUSIAN VISA APPLICANTS SPEAK OUT ON [...] (C) As the post responsible for processing IVs for Belarusians, and one of the posts designated for Belarusian NIV interviews, Embassy Warsaw regularly interacts with Belarusians of all walks of life. We took the opportunity to ask several Belarusian IV and NIV applicants about their views on [...]	2009-04-23 13:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	BY CVIS ECON PHUM PL PREL SOCI
09WARSAW431	POLISH VIEWS ON APRIL EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA's EU Correspondent defended the Czech Presidency's decision to invite Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 Eastern Partnership, and predicted that Lukashenka would indeed attend. Poland will use the release of the Commission's report on the European Neighb [...]	2009-04-24 09:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PL
09WARSAW443	RIGHT-WING RADICALS CONTROL POLISH PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Piotr Farfal, a former skinhead affiliated with the nationalistic League of Polish Families (LPR) , remains in control of Polish Public Television (TVP) -- opinions remain divided on just how long he will manage to stay in office. Barring a serious Farfal misstep, the only mecha [...]	2009-04-29 14:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PL
09WARSAW584	POLAND'S GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. After five years in the European Union, Poland is increasingly skilled at "navigating" the EU, but still far from guru status. While Poland is tactically more effective, a lack of strategic vision, internal coordination, and active engagement in European capitals has hindered Po [...]	2009-06-09 11:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM EUN PL
09WARSAW59	POLAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The 1923 Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses 2. The 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards 3. The 1961 Geneva European Convention on International Trade Arbitration 4. The 1972 Moscow Convention on Arbitration Resolution of Civ [...]	2009-01-20 07:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EIQ EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PL
09WARSAW596	POLISH VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. In advance of the June 15-16 GAERC, MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski said Poland will press for close coordination with the U.S. on the Middle East and oppose efforts to condition the upgrade of EU-Israel relations on progress in the peace process. Poland views the E [...]	2009-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN KNNP IR PK KS PL
09WARSAW597	POLAND: MOVING FORWARD ON EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. A month after the formal launching of the EU's Eastern Partnership (EaP),Polish officials are determined to maintain the initiative's momentum in the face of upcoming Union leadership changes, a lukewarm reception by beneficiary countries, and possible Russian hostility. The MFA [...]	2009-06-12 13:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO GC UP AJ AM MD PL
09WARSAW62	POLAND/GAERC - JANUARY 26-27 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel points, MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GAERC would focus on the situation in Gaza and implications for the Middle East Peace Process. EU ministers will discuss possible EU monitoring of the Egypt-Gaza border and humanitarian assistance. [...]	2009-01-20 12:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN BO UP SU EG IS PL

09WARSAW73	POLAND/GAERC: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR JAN 26-27 EU FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel A points, MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow told the DCM January 22 that the GAERC would focus heavily on the EU role in resolving the Gaza conflict and on energy security issues. Sobkow accused Germany of undermining efforts to develop a common EU energy [...]	2009-01-23 08:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BO GG IS PL PREL SY UP
09WARSAW788	POLAND'S INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Polish government and non-governmental organizations actively engage in activities which aim at preventing torture and protecting victims both in country and abroad. The GOP's initiative on counter-torture activities notwithstanding, allegations about the existence of CIA secret [...]	2009-07-31 12:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV EUN PL
09WARSAW875	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO POLAND [...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Poland to commemorate the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago. Your trip comes at a key moment as Poland, Germany, Russia, and their neighbors work to put behind them controversial historical memories that have mired their relations [...]	2009-08-28 11:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS UP GM PL
09WARSAW940	POLISH FORMIN OUTLINES EVOLVING RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent remarks to the media, FM Sikorski suggested that Poland is a regional partner of the U.S., but only the EU has the scale and resources to be America's strategic partner. Sikorski argued that Poland should support deeper EU integration, Lisbon Treaty ratification, and a [...]	2009-09-12 07:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM NATO PL
09WARSAW985	REPAIRING U.S.-POLISH RELATIONS [...] (C) As I conclude my five years as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, I offer some final thoughts on how to put U.S.-Polish relations back on an upward trajectory after several weeks of bumps. It is worth the effort. The Poles are like family - not shy about pointing out perceived sl [...]	2009-09-24 08:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS PL
09YEKATERINBURG36	SCO AND BRIC SUMMITS IN YEKATERINBURG: ECONOMIC [...] Summary: Meeting in Yekaterinburg July 15 and 16, members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the world's biggest emerging markets (BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India, China) demanded a greater say in the global financial system. Leaders stressed the need to reflect a multipolar real [...]	2009-06-17 10:04:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ECON EFIN RS
09YEREVAN197	CIVIL SOCIETY REPS TALK TO AMBASSADOR ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met March 18 with civil society representatives to discuss Armenia's immediate concerns, particularly in light of the MCC Board's announcement to continue to keep a hold on its road projects in Armenia. Those assembled pointed to human and political rights as well as t [...]	2009-03-20 16:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM AM
09YEREVAN2	CARC DIRECTOR HEARS PESSIMISM ON DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) During his December 7-10 visit to Yerevan, EUR-CARC Director Baxter Hunt met with civil society leaders, members of parliament, heads of various think tanks, business leaders, senior officials, and representatives of the political opposition to discuss a wide range of domestic and foreign [...]	2009-01-05 10:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID ELAB ECON KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN66	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 [...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per reftel request for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While Armenia's government officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some global indi [...]	2009-02-04 04:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
09ZAGREB26	CROATIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]	2009-01-16 07:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
10ABUDHABI284	UAE'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Mission UAE's submission for the 2010 trafficking in persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel paragraphs 25 to 30. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 25 of reftel: [...]	2010-02-25 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG
10ABUDHABI89	PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...]	2010-02-21 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE
10ASHGABAT211	SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an opportunity to strengthen our bilateral diplomatic dialogue and highlight our desire for greater cooperation involving Afghanistan. Key issue [...]	2010-02-12 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TX
10ASMARA35	ERITREA'S AIR FORCE, SANCTIONS, AND RUSSIA [...] (C) ERITREA'S RUSSIAN MIGS ------------------------------ The Eritrean Air Force flies a number of MiG-29 fighters purchased from Russia. To maintain these front-line aircraft, the Isaias regime entered into a technical services contract with a Russian parastatal corporation. At least thr [...]	2010-02-16 12:15:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MOPS ER RU
10ASTANA10	NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a series of visits to Kazakhstan's two northernmost provinces, local officials praised their regions' economic stability and growth potential. Accounting for the largest share of Kazakhstan's 20.8 million [...]	2010-01-08 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA132	KAZAKHSTAN: GALA CELEBRATION MARKS 50 YEARS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry -- a state-sponsored business association that supports the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises -- held a lavish, gala celebration to mark its 5 [...]	2010-02-01 03:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA154	KAZAKHSTAN: STATE TO REGULATE FUEL PRICES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since independence, the government has attempted to manage gasoline prices through various means, including direct ownership of Kazakhstan's three refineries, crude export duties, bulk procurement, and state contr [...]	2010-02-04 08:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA159	KAZAKHSTAN: GE EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES REGIONAL PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An American executive with General Electric's Transportation Division visited the Embassy on February 3 to discuss the company's plans to assemble locomotives in Kazakhstan and expand into the Russian market. He identified financial and political challenges the company faces, [...]	2010-02-05 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELTN RS TX KZ
10ASTANA251	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (SBU) General Petraeus, on behalf of Ambassador Hoagland, and the Department of Defense and Embassy Astana country teams, we extend a warm welcome on the occasion of your upcoming visit to Astana, Kazakhstan. Visit overview 2. (S) The Office of the Defense Attache and your staff are working towa [...]	2010-02-22 07:03:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET PINR MARR SNAR KZ
10ASTANA255	KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 16-19 [...] (SBU) This is the first edition of a new weekly cable to disseminate spot reports based on Embassy conversations with interlocutors, as well as from the mass media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS - NAZARBAYEV TAL [...]	2010-02-22 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
10ASTANA44	KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 01:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR
10ASTANA67	KAZAKSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]	2010-01-25 06:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ASTANA68	KAZAKHSTAN: VIGNETTES OF PUBLIC OPINION: RBK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On January 23 in Almaty, the Ambassador was the key-note speaker at the founding session of Kazakhstan's chapter of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO),an international group for CEOs of mid-level (or larger) companies who must meet stringent international standards [...]	2010-01-25 06:49:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID KPAO WTO RS KZ
10ASTANA69	KAZAKHSTAN: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurlan Kapparov, one of the leading entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan, is the founder and CEO of Lancaster Holding. Coming from a traditional Kazakh political family, he commissioned a biography of his forbearers, one of whom was the vizier for the Khan of Khokhand. His grandfather [...]	2010-01-25 06:49:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SOCI KZ
10ASTANA74	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]	2010-01-25 09:22:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ATHENS115	Greek Views on February 2010 FAC [...] (C) On February 18, Poloff discussed Ref A points on U.S. positions on the February 22 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council) with Alexandros Ioannidis, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Ioannidis said the FAC's agenda would focus on Iran, Ukraine (over [...]	2010-02-18 15:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
10BEIJING350	China/RMB Internationalization: Some [...] (SBU) Summary. Hong-Kong-based HSBC bank last week announced it had issued the first Renminbi-denominated letter of credit in which none of the trading parties involved came from mainland China. The move was the latest step towards Beijing's stated goal of establishing the Renminbi (RMB) as a [...]	2010-02-10 07:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN CH
10BELGRADE108	SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly a priority for the government of Serbia (GoS). Serbi [...]	2010-01-21 15:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINT OPIC KTDB EFIN PGOV SR
10BELGRADE82	SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: ------------------------------------- A. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------------- Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly [...]	2010-01-16 21:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SR
10BERLIN166	Germany - REVISED Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Germany. This is the revised version of the statement. A previous version was sent on January 15, 2010. 2. Begin Text: GERMANY: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------------------- [...]	2010-02-05 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM
10BERLIN4	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.YEMEN, TERRORISM-AIRPORTS, MEPP, IRAN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Terrorism) Developments in Yemen 3. (Terrorism) Airport Security 4. (Middle East) New U.S. Peace Proposal 5. (Iran) Role of Opposition Movement 6. (Afghanistan/Iraq) U.S. Role 7. (Economic) Russian Oil Exports 8. (Greece) Financia [...]	2010-01-05 13:50:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER XF IR AF RS GR
10BRATISLAVA18	SLOVAKIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Following is Embassy Bratislava's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT OVERVIEW Following 6.4 percent GDP growth in 2008, Slovakia's economy has not been spared by the global recession and is expected to [...]	2010-01-15 16:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO
10BRATISLAVA21	SLOVAKIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (UPDATED) [...] Following is Embassy Bratislava's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel. This is an updated version; please disregard previous cable, Bratislava 18. 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT OVERVIEW Following 6.4 percent GDP growth in 2008, Slova [...]	2010-01-20 10:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO
10BUDAPEST37	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings January 21 with the Ambassador, MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Gabor Iklody stressed the importance of the U.S.-Hungarian bilateral relationship and outlined proposed cooperation between the Visegrad Four and the USG on Roma and energy issues. Hi [...]	2010-01-25 12:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET MOPS PHUM RS BK AF HU
10CARACAS63	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel, please find following the submission of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela. 2. (U) Openness to Foreign Investment Economic and political uncertainties, a recent history of actual and threatened nationalizations, and increasing state inter [...]	2010-01-21 22:06:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB VE
10CDGENEVA6	2010 CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT - CD PRESIDENT CONSIDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: CD President Ambassador Khvostov (Belarus) announced his two-track approach during the February 22 Regional Coordinators/P6 meeting, which involves tabling a draft Program of Work that combines the Program of Work adopted in 2009 (CD/1864 with elements of CD/1870) together with a [...]	2010-02-26 12:24:00	US Mission CD Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG MNUC
10CDGENEVA77	(U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...]	2010-02-15 13:33:00	US Mission CD Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP
10CHISINAU21	MOLDOVA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating [...]	2010-01-15 10:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
10COPENHAGEN88	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: POST'S INPUT TO 10TH [...] (U) Post is providing the following answers keyed to question headings in REFTEL. 2. (SBU) DENMARK'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The following is a list of sources and their websites that offer information regarding human trafficking in Denmark: -The United Nations Human Rights Council - www. [...]	2010-02-16 07:39:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB KMCA DA
10DOHA22	QATAR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 07:10:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC QA
10DUSHANBE104	TAJIKISTAN: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 06:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI
10DUSHANBE107	UZBEK-TAJIK TRANSPORT -- OFF THE RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A tit-for-tat over rail shipments highlights the Tajik rail system's dependence on Uzbekistan for its international transport. After Uzbekistan delayed Tajik railcars carrying construction materials for hydroelectric projects, Tajikistan responded by holding up Uzbek trains. Tas [...]	2010-01-25 11:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PREL ETRD UZ TI
10GENEVA132	PAKISTAN TELLS CD, "1864 IS DEAD" [...] (U) Summary. The early part of the week of February 8 saw no progress toward a CD Program of Work as Bangladesh closed out its portion of the rotating presidency. The only issue was whether or not the Bangladeshi President would table a nonpaper to initiate discussions on a Program of Wo [...]	2010-02-12 15:37:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC CDG PK
10GENEVA229	SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) JOINT DRAFT TREATY TEXT, FEBRUARY 27, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-099. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the joint draft text of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms dated February 27, 2010. 3. (S) B [...]	2010-02-28 17:18:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GENEVA57	(U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 -- [...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...]	2010-02-18 13:46:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP
10HELSINKI19	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding features of the investment climate in Finland. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Finnish Government is open to direct foreign investment. There are no general regulatory limitations relating to acquisitions. Legisl [...]	2010-01-15 15:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI
10KYIV67	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: RHETORIC HEATS UP; RACE [...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, trailing Party of Regions leader Yanukovych in advance of the January 17 Presidential election, used a three-hour press event January 14 to hammer the message that Yanukovych is a criminal and front man for rapacious oligarchic interests, whose election would be a humiliatio [...]	2010-01-15 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
10LONDON92	United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010 [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...]	2010-01-15 17:27:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10MADRID154	SPAIN DETAILS ITS STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: National Court Prosecutor Jose "Pepe" Grinda Gonzalez on January 14 gave a detailed, frank assessment of the activities and reach of organized crime (OC) in both Eurasia and Spain and Spain's strategy for how best to combat it in court. As he did so, he evaluated the levels [...]	2010-02-08 11:00:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	KJUS KHLS PGOV PREL PTER SP PINS KCOR PINR
10MINSK13	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - Lukashenka Approves Election Law Amendments (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Prosecute Democratic Activists (para. 3) - Enforcement of Controversial I [...]	2010-01-15 15:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG BO
10MINSK16	ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FROM BELARUS APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN BO
10MINSK20	BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]	2010-01-20 18:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MINSK21	BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]	2010-01-20 18:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MINSK23	BELARUS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE: A [...] Summary. In the run up to the 2006 Presidential elections, the GOB banned independent newspapers that covered politics from having access to the state monopoly kiosk network and the postal service's subscription system. In 2008 and 2009, in an apparent response to western sanctions, a handful [...]	2010-01-21 13:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK24	BELARUS: MONTHLY MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATIONS ARE NOW PROCEEDING [...] Minsk authorities on January 16 continued a recent pattern of increased tolerance towards unsanctioned political demonstrations, allowing the monthly Solidarity demonstration to proceed with minimal interference on Minsk's October Square. The demonstration is held on the 16th of each month to c [...]	2010-01-21 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK32	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 29, 2010 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Increases Harassment and Pressure Against Unrecognized Union of Poles (para. 2) - United Democratic Forces Pledge to Continue Activities Amid Uncertainty and Defec [...]	2010-02-01 19:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG KDEM BO
10MINSK47	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Group Raises Tensions - One Year of Pretrial Detention for Two Vaukavysk Activists - Presidential Edict: Possible Move To Control the Int [...]	2010-02-16 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
10MINSK54	BELARUS' REGIONAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS TELL THEIR STORIES [...] Summary. Brest is the most progressive Oblast in Belarus in terms of media freedom. Nevertheless, two Brest Oblast newspaper editors shared with CDA their difficulties, including having reliable access to the state monopoly distribution networks, unhampered ability to raise revenues through [...]	2010-02-24 16:37:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK56	BELARUS: OBSTACLES TO GETTING ON THE BALLOT AND MONITORING [...] Summary: With local elections just two months away, opposition parties in Brest, as elsewhere in Belarus, are facing government obstacles to gaining seats on election boards and in some case collecting signatures to get candidates on the ballot. Nevertheless, opposition parties in Brest plan [...]	2010-02-25 20:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK59	BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 26, 2009 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Sparks Flash Point with EU - The Aggressive Suppression of Peaceful Demonstrations Returns - New Election Law But GOB Control of Election [...]	2010-02-28 15:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG ETRD BO
10MOSCOW147	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHUVALOV ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: First DPM Shuvalov briefed visiting U/S Burns on Russia's post-crisis economic policy priorities, proposed increased engagement with the U.S. to formulate a work plan for Russia's WTO accession, and reviewed outstanding issues related to the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakh [...]	2010-01-22 11:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL RS
10MOSCOW203	TRANSNEFT CONFIRMS OIL DEAL WITH BELARUS [...] (C) Oleg Pilipets, long-time International Affairs Advisor in the Office of the President of Transneft, Russia's oil pipeline monopoly, confirmed to us January 28 that Moscow and Minsk signed a deal to end the dispute on oil shipments (reftel). Pilipets said approximately 6.3 million tons (mt) [...]	2010-01-28 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS BO
10MOSCOW263	BELARUS EMBASSY: "WE WON OIL DISPUTE;" CUSTOMS [...] (C) During a meeting with us on February 3, Vladimir Stepuk and Olga Dolgopolova, First Secretary and Counsellor, respectively, of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia, claimed Belarus "won" the recent spat between Russia and Belarus over oil export duties (reftels A and B),although they downplaye [...]	2010-02-04 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	BO ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
10MOSCOW273	RUSSIAN SHERPA SEEKS SMOOTH NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-05 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARK AORC EAID ENRG IAEA MNUC TBIO UNGA NPT
10MOSCOW315	RUSSIAN PUBLIC REACTIONS TO UKRAINE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press and analysts in public statements overwhelmingly welcomed Viktor Yanukovych's victory in the February 7 presidential run-off elections in Ukraine, although they do not expect Yanukovych to be a pro-Russian push-over. Some see his victory as the end of Orange [...]	2010-02-12 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UP RS
10MOSCOW320	SCENESETTER FOR INNOVATION DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S [...] (U) Your visit to Russia can help advance several of the goals Presidents Obama and Medvedev set out in their Bilateral Presidential Commission (BPC) to foster greater connectivity in key areas, including education, culture, business, and government, between the U.S. and Russia. The public-pr [...]	2010-02-12 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI RS
10MOSCOW322	SHIFTING EAST SIBERIAN OIL TAX HOLIDAYS REVEAL [...] (C) Starting in 2010, the GOR instituted a new export tax exemption for certain East Siberian oil fields in order to stimulate hydrocarbon development in the region. DPM Sechin supports the exemption to encourage shipments of oil east through the new East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline. [...]	2010-02-12 16:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PREL RS
10MOSCOW438	CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] In accordance with reftel, the Consular Section at U.S. Embassy Moscow completed its review of consular management controls on 25 February 2010. Richard Beer, FE-OC, Consul General, certifies that the management review was successfully completed and that we are in compliance with the Departme [...]	2010-02-27 19:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD RU
10MOSCOW53	TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT [...] (C) Transneft International Affairs Advisor Oleg Pilipets told us January 12 the oil dispute with Belarus affects only oil sent to, and not through, Belarus. He said the expiration of a 2007 agreement prevents Transneft from continuing to send oil to Belarus at previous preferential export du [...]	2010-01-12 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO
10MOSCOW54	TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO
10NICOSIA104	CYPRUS: FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS [...] (U) On February 19, PolOff delivered ref points to MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina, Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mina welcomed the points, which she noted would be helpful as Cyprus finalized its FAC position papers. 2. (C) On Iran, Mina noted that Cyprus was "m [...]	2010-02-22 14:52:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN CY
10NICOSIA55	CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 14:21:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NICOSIA56	CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 07:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10OTTAWA208	CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 23:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10PARIS196	FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the reporting period, France continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons by maintaining and improving upon active political, legal, and social mechanisms to eliminate human trafficking. As demonstrated by the work of its inter-ministerial [...]	2010-02-19 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS201	FRENCH PREVIEW OF FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On February 19, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the February 22 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----- HAITI ----- 2. (SBU/NF) Following a briefing by Kristalina Georgieva, t [...]	2010-02-19 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HA IR AF BO UP FR
10PRAGUE2	VP BIDEN'S MEETING WITH CZECH PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Vice President Biden met with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer in Prague on October 23, 2009. U.S. Participants ----------------- Vice President Joseph R. Biden Charge d,Affaires Mary Thompson-Jones Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Elizabeth Sherwood-Ra [...]	2010-01-04 15:27:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM EZ
10PRAGUE30	JANUARY 13 U.S.-CZECH STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: A/S Phil Gordon led the U.S. side in the second U.S.-Czech Strategic Dialogue on January 13. DFM Tomas Pojar, who led the Czech side, was friendly, open and constructive. Before the Dialogue, A/S Gordon met with FM Jan Kohout. Kohout, Pojar, other leaders and even Czech med [...]	2010-01-21 09:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ENRG AF RS EZ
10PRAGUE5	SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Gordon: Your visit to the Czech Republic for the Strategic Dialogue comes at an ideal time to build on Vice President Biden's October 23 visit, the November 6 High Level Defense Group (HLDG),and Under Secretary Tauscher's November 16 visit. While some within the Cze [...]	2010-01-06 14:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG RS AF EZ
10RIGA2	COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LATVIA'S 2010 BUDGET [...] Summary: Latvia's 2010 budget contains large across-the-board spending cuts and tax increases. Since 2008, a massive economic slowdown has caused central government revenues to contract 26.6% -- government spending has fallen 17%. As in 2009, payroll reduction rather than significant structu [...]	2010-01-04 14:19:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ECIN PGOV PREL SW LG
10RIGA51	LATVIA: MORE CHARGES LIKELY AS POLICE CONTINUE PASSPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 21 we met with the Latvian Security Police to discuss a two-year passport fraud investigation. Officials confirmed that 10 suspects have been charged, and more indictments are expected. The Government of Latvia (GOL) confirmed that 144 false identities were created a [...]	2010-01-27 15:48:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CIS PGOV PREL ASEC KFRD KCOR KCRM LG
10ROME49	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S VISIT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Frattini's visit to Washington is an opportunity to reinforce Italy's commitment to Afghanistan, and stress the need for close coordination on Iran: you will want to thank Italy for its early announcement of additional troop contributions for Afghanistan, and deliver a fir [...]	2010-01-13 14:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT
10ROME82	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. The Government of Italy (GOI) maintains a welcoming posture to foreign investment and has made modest progress in addressing the structural e [...]	2010-01-21 14:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
10SANAA178	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF YEMEN [...] (U) Below is YemenQs submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. (U) Begin text of 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Yemen. --------------------------------------------- -------- 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Republic of Yemen ---------------------- [...]	2010-01-27 11:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PTER PGOV YM
10SARAJEVO73	BOSNIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION [...] In the past several years, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. However, the global economic crisis, coupled with increasing internal political struggles, has led to a significant slowdown in necessary reforms since 2008. [...]	2010-01-25 13:42:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BK
10SOFIA38	BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 07:32:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10SOFIA39	BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Bulgaria - 2010 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Promising sectors for fo [...]	2010-01-19 07:32:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10STATE10039	DIPLOMATIC NOTE PROPOSING RECIPROCAL LIFTING OF [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) In a diplomatic note dated March 31, 2008, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus imposed a requirement to provide 24-hour prior notification of all U.S. Embassy staff internal travel outside of a 40-km zone from the center of Minsk. [...]	2010-02-01 19:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KREC PGOV
10STATE16555	HCOC - ENCOURAGING SINGAPORE TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. OBJECTIVE AND ACTION REQUEST ---------------------------- 2. (U) Objective: We want Singapore to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). 3. (SBU) Action Request: Drawing on the ta [...]	2010-02-23 19:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SN
10STATE16796	CFE/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR THE 25 FEBRUARY 2010 VCC [...] (SBU) This is an action message. USNATO, see paragraphs 2-11; USOSCE see paragraph 6-9. - - - - - - OBJECTIVES - - - - - - 2. (C) U.S. objectives for the February 25, 2010 meetings of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts are as follows: -- To oppose a [...]	2010-02-24 03:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE KCFE NATO PARM PREL
10STATE17005	INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. DELEGATION FOR NRRC [...] (U) In accordance with the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) Agreement, which calls for annual consultations, the U.S. NRRC will visit the Arms Control and Inspection Activity Support Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The NRRC Consultations focus on NRRC opera [...]	2010-02-24 16:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
10STATE17285	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON FREEDOM OF [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the February 25, 2010 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chair. On numerous occasions, the United States has taken the floor to address serious and specific concerns regarding the fundamental freed [...]	2010-02-24 22:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV BO
10STATE4427	FSC WINTER 2010 OPENING OF ROUND GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 4-25. 2. (SBU) Summary. USDel should continue to reaffirm our support to the OSCE through proactive and cooperative engagement in the FSC to further overall U.S. strategic objectives for the OSCE of promoting stability in the OSCE area, supporting int [...]	2010-01-15 17:19:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE
10STATE8267	CFE/HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 28, 2010 HLTF [...] (C) Allies reaffirmed in the December 2009 NATO Ministerial Statement their commitment to CFE as stated in the Strasbourg/Kehl Summit Declaration, confirmed a readiness to intensify efforts in 2010 to find a way forward on CFE, and noted it could be difficult to continue providing CFE informat [...]	2010-01-27 17:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO
10STOCKHOLM89	SWEDEN'S FOREIGN POLICY STATEMENT 2010 - NO MORE [...] On February 17, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt presented the Government's annual Foreign Policy Statement to the Parliament -- the first such statement to be delivered since the Lisbon Treaty came into force. In it, Bildt outlined a Swedish foreign policy more integrated into the EU's Com [...]	2010-02-26 14:46:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PMDL PREL SW
10STRASBOURG3	COUNCIL OF EUROPE: APPLAUDING GEORGIA; CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) The Council of Europe (COE) welcomed Georgia's transparency and efforts at political and human rights reforms, although it noted that Tblisi should increase efforts to involve the opposition in the parliamentary process. There is, however, increasing fatigue among member-states when disc [...]	2010-02-26 15:34:00	Consulate Strasbourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL COE BO FR GG RS
10TALLINN74	Estonian Foreign Policy Largely Mirrors U.S. Agenda [...] Summary: On February 11, FM Urmas Paet presented an overview of Estonia's foreign policy to the Estonian parliament. His main themes were: (1) Estonia will remain in Afghanistan as long as needed; (2) Estonia wants to launch joint development projects with USAID; (3) NATO should expand further [...]	2010-02-19 08:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID EN
10TBILISI198	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2010 [...] Per reftel, below is Embassy TbilisiQs Investment Climate Statement for submission for 2009. Introduction Since 2004,, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms include restructuring and downsizing governmen [...]	2010-02-17 07:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
10UNVIEVIENNA61	Anti-Human Trafficking Recommendations Reached, Russia, [...] (U) The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Working Group (WG) engaged in three days of often fruitful discussion and emerged with nearly fifty recommendations that will be forwarded to the Organized Crime Convention (UNTOC) Conference of the Parties (COP) in October 2010. The U.S. delegation (USDEL) [...]	2010-02-19 13:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN RS CH PK MX AG IR
10USNATO41	CFE/VCC: VCC EXPERTS AND CFE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE [...] (S) At the 17 December Verification Coordination Committee Experts Meeting the U.S. secured the following CFE inspections for the 15th year of the residual period beginning 16 March: Non- Russian Inspections: - 1 Quota Inspection in Azerbaijan - 1 Quota Inspection in Ukraine - 1 Fl [...]	2010-01-29 11:55:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK

10USOSCE25	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...]	2010-01-29 07:42:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF
10USOSCE27	OSCE - THE HUMAN DIMENSION UNDER THE KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary. The Kazakhstan Chairmanship-in-Office (CiO) has narrowly defined its priorities within the Human Dimension (HD) of the OSCE for 2010 as Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equality, and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, bypassing more contentious and fundamental issues [...]	2010-01-29 17:16:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM
10USOSCE28	OSCE: 1/27 FSC RESPONSES TO RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Russia's insistence for clarification on why its proposed European Security Treaty (EST) cannot be discussed separately ("sectorally") from the Corfu Process or the human and economic dimensions, all interventions by participating States (pS) supported comprehens [...]	2010-01-29 18:28:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE31	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 25 - 29, 2010 [...] (SBU) Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov formally presented the Chairmanship's Human Dimension (HD) calendar at the well-attended HD Committee's inaugural meeting January 22. True to the Chairmanship's stated priorities, the proposal was heavy on tolerance, gender, and trafficking events at the [...]	2010-02-03 14:56:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ RS GM AJ
10USOSCE32	CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 2 - CONCERN OVER SLOW RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group met briefly on February 2. In discussions with Allies, Italy noted with concern the delayed Russian response to a recent Italy CFE inspection request. Several States Parties noted that they looked forward to working with recently-appointed Special [...]	2010-02-05 07:01:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE36	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 1 - 5, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting with CDA Fuller, Albanian Deputy Foreign Minister Edith Harxhi sounded hopeful the SP would return to parliament before March and said the GoA was waiting to see what SP Leader Rama's next move would be upon his return from a trip to the United States. On the Balk [...]	2010-02-10 14:59:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL MARR KZ KV RS GG AL
10USOSCE68	OSCE/FSC ON 2/24: DIFFERENCES OVER CODE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 24 Forum for Security Cooperation focused on the Code of Conduct, which drew out differences between U.S. and Russian approaches to dealing with conflict prevention and crisis management. It also underscored ambiguities within the Code and the tension between cons [...]	2010-02-26 15:52:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE9	KAZAKHSTAN INAUGURATES OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: At its inaugural Permanent Council meeting January 14, the Kazakhstani Chairmanship reiterated its call for an OSCE summit - stressing the importance of building on ongoing discussions of European security - and highlighted its priorities for the year. Kazakhstan urged efforts t [...]	2010-01-15 07:57:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ RU OSCE
10USUNNEWYORK48	EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 64TH GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 20:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA AL AM AJ BO BK BU HR CY EN
10USUNNEWYORK5	UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: US ACHIEVES OBJECTIVES IN [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before midnight on 23 December 2009, Permanent Representatives from approximately two dozen UN Member States concluded nine hours of negotiations to resolve the impasse over the scales of assessments in the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee. The meeting, which [...]	2010-01-07 15:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL UN UNGA KUNR
10USUNNEWYORK60	UNICEF Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session [...] (U) Summary: The UNICEF January 12-14 first regular session dealt with a light menu of routine items (budgeting and final approval of a few country programs),but took place against the backdrop of the Haiti earthquake disaster and Executive Director Ann Veneman's announcement that she would no [...]	2010-02-03 15:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNICEF EAID ECON TZ
10USUNNEWYORK92	THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHARTER COMMITTEE WILL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph five below. 2. (U) Summary. Last December the Sixth (legal) Committee of the General Assembly (GA) adopted resolution A/RES/64/115 titled "Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the R [...]	2010-02-18 17:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK96	DPRK: THAILAND PERM REP PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai Perm Rep Sinhaseni briefed Amb. Wolff on Thailand's actions following its December seizure of arms being shipped from North Korea in violation of UNSCR 1874. Sinhaseni explained that Thailand had reported the incident to the Security Council's North Korea Sanctions Committee [...]	2010-02-22 18:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
10VIENNA176	AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the tenth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A. The available information on trafficking in persons comes from a wide range of [...]	2010-02-17 12:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10VIENNA182	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FAC [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-19 06:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PGOV PREL AU
10VIENNA210	Consolidation Looming at Raiffeisen Group [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As markets await final 2009 results, consolidation rumors surround Raiffeisen International (RI) -- the second largest lender in eastern Europe and a listed subsidiary of RZB/Raiffeisen Zentralbank (Austria's third largest banking group). RI will likely report an 80% drop in pro [...]	2010-02-25 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
10VIENNA87	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]	2010-01-26 07:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10VILNIUS48	DEFENSE MINISTER ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Defense Minister Jukneviciene on January 20 asked the Ambassador for USG assistance to provide air transport for President Grybauskaite,s planned visit to Afghanistan this spring. The DefMin hopes to meet with Secretary Gates during [...]	2010-01-26 11:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AF LH
10VILNIUS59	LITHUANIA SKEPTICAL ON FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Eastern Neighborhood Policy, Jonas Grinevicius, discussed current Lithuanian policy toward both Belarus and Russia with Embassy officers January 25. He stressed that President Grybauskaite and the GOL are "very much on the same page." They [...]	2010-01-29 11:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XH RU BO LH
10VILNIUS64	AMBASSADOR MEETS NGO REPS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN [...] Summary: Representatives of NGOs working on women's issues in Lithuania stressed to the Ambassador on January 27 in Kaunas their view that, "women's rights are human rights." These groups are mainly funded on a project to project basis, and promote women's equality, social support, and networki [...]	2010-02-01 08:45:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN XH LH BE
10WARSAW111	POLISH EXPECTATIONS ON BELARUS "TORPEDOED" [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA officials say that Polish expectations for improved relations with Minsk were "torpedoed" by Belarus's recent seizure of a Polish cultural center in Iwieniec and the detention of several dozen Polish activists. One official characterized FM Sikorski's February 12 tete-a-tete [...]	2010-02-22 17:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PGOV PHUM PL PREL
10WARSAW112	POLAND - CIVIC PLATFORM PRIMARY GIVES SIKORSKI A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Civic Platform's (PO) decision to break with longstanding Polish tradition and hold primary elections to decide the party's nominee for president has created an opening for FM Radoslaw Sikorski, one of two declared candidates for the nomination. While the majority of party membe [...]	2010-02-22 18:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
10WARSAW65	POLISH MFA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION: MIXED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official assessed the first round of Ukraine's presidential election as a "stunning success," but emphasized that Tymoshenko and Yanukovych must still be pressed to "respect the democratic process" in the second round. She also criticized Ukrainian President Yushchenk [...]	2010-02-01 07:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PL PREL UP
10WARSAW7	POLAND: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 meeting with the Vice President, a diverse group of Polish civil society representatives, including organizations active in promoting democratic transformation and empowerment of women and minorities, emphasized Poland's efforts to share its successful transform [...]	2010-01-05 12:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM PL
10YEREVAN38	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 [...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per ref A request for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While the Armenian government (GOAM) officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some gl [...]	2010-01-26 06:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
10ZAGREB34	CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...]	2010-01-15 11:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
91STATE419544	U.S. POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF FORMER SOVIET [...] SUMMARY. THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED USG POLICY ON RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25. FOLLOWING IS PRESS GUIDANCE THAT ADDRESSEES MAY USE WITH LOCAL PRESS AND OTHER CONTACTS. PARA 2 IS GENERAL GUIDANCE IN Q-AND-A FORMAT; PARA 3 IS THE TEXT OF THE [...]	1991-12-28 18:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PNAT PBTS

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