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05VIENNA1187	Austria's 2006 Budget - Analysis [...] (U) On April 7, Parliament adopted the GoA's 2006 Budget Bill. For 2006, the GoA predicts a federal budget deficit of 2.2% of projected GDP (EMU's Maastricht definition) and a corresponding consolidated public sector budget deficit of 1.7%. The government's second- highest deficit since 200 [...]	2005-04-12 11:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN AU

05VIENNA1298	HAIDER'S NEW MOVEMENT PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its founding convention on April 17, the Freedom Party (FPO) spin-off, the "Alliance Future Austria" (BZO),elected Carinthian governor Joerg Haider as chairman. Haider underscored the commitment of BZO ministers and legislators to the governing coalition with Chancellor Sch [...]	2005-04-19 12:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1312	AUSTRIANS SKEPTICAL AFTER 10 YEARS OF EU [...] A recent poll by the Austrian Association for European Politics (OGE) revealed that the Austrian public remains highly skeptical of the EU. A significant majority of Austrians do not believe EU membership has brought the benefits they expected, such as higher growth, lower inflation, and red [...]	2005-04-21 06:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN ECON ETRD AU EUN
05VIENNA138	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]	2005-01-14 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VIENNA1924	AUSTRIA: PARTIES PREVENT KAMPL FROM ASSUMING [...] (SBU) On June 8, all parties in Austria's parliament agreed on a strategy to prevent a controversial nationalist from becoming president of the Upper House as of July 1. The deputy, Siegfried Kampl, unleashed a storm of protest in April when he complained of "brutal persecution" of Nazis aft [...]	2005-06-09 13:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA1935	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING AND EU CUBA POLICY: [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref (a) points on the upcoming GAERC to Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 7. Embassy delivered ref (b) points on Cuba on June 3. Pol Unit chief then discussed the issues on June 8 with Andreas Riecken, MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Poli [...]	2005-06-10 09:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM IR IZ LE YI CM CU AU EUN
05VIENNA2126	AUSTRIA'S GROWTH FORECAST OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] According to a recent forecast from the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO),the Austrian economy should grow at an average annual real rate of 2.3% during 2005-20009. WIFO cautioned that further Euro appreciation would negatively affect this projection, and that sustained growth [...]	2005-06-24 13:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA2197	AUSTRIAN AVIATION SECTOR INTENSIFYING RELATIONS [...] In 2004, the AUA group (Austrian Airlines, LaudaAir and Austrian Arrows) carried a record number of passengers and operating profits rose by 25 percent. The outlook for 2005 is dim because of overcapacity in the European market and higher-than-projected fuel costs. Both AUA and the Vienna Ai [...]	2005-06-29 12:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR AU ICAO
05VIENNA2285	VIENNA FY05 GA THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] Third quarter review for Vienna follows: 2. General Authorization No. 1206 - Current Oblig. Require Surplus - Auth. Oct-Jun Jul-Sep Total (Deficit) Amer Sal. 0 0 0 0 0 FN Sal. 243,421 166,069 69,405 [...]	2005-07-07 10:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AU
05VIENNA2349	DOWNWARD REVISION FOR AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 to 1.8-1.9%, and for 2006 to 1.9-2.3%. The institutes stress again that these figures represent upper limits. The recovery remains export-driven, but there is a possibility that investment and private [...]	2005-07-13 11:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA2530	AUSTRIA: TELECOMS UPDATE [...] tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Western Wireless is for sale following Alltel's takeover of Western Wireless. Interest in tele.ring has dropped noticeably after the Lower Austrian state government imposed a new tax on mobile phone masts effective January 1, 2006 [...]	2005-07-27 14:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2696	AUSTRIAN SUBSIDIARY OF WESTERN WIRELESS SOLD [...] On August 9, T-Mobile, a subsidiary of the German Telekom's T-Mobile group, bought tele.ring, the successful Austrian mobile phone subsidiary of Alltel/Western Wireless, for Euro 1.3 billion. With the purchase of tele.ring, T-Mobile solidified its place as the number two mobile pho [...]	2005-08-11 06:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD EU AU
05VIENNA2717	AUSTRIANS SUPPORT EU MEMBERSHIP, BUT SKEPTICISM GROWING [...] According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Austrians support EU membership, roughly the same percentage resulting from the 1995 membership referendum. However, support for the EU is at the lowest level since 1997, confirming an increasingly skeptical attitude towards the EU and its institutions. [...]	2005-08-12 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECIN EFIN AU EUN
05VIENNA2753	EU PRESIDENCY - FUNDING FOR IT EQUIPMENT [...] Post requests the following additional equipment, listed in approximate priority order (highest to lowest),in USD, to support post's requirements during the Austrian EU Presidency from January-June 2006. ITEM EACH Dollar TOTAL Unclassified Equipment List [...]	2005-08-17 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL AU
05VIENNA28	AUSTRIA ORDERS ANOTHER HAGUE RETURN ENFORCED & [...] SUMMARY: AUSTRIAN COURTS HAVE AGAIN ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, THIS TIME TO HER FATHER IN POLAND. THIS MARKS THE THIRD TIME IN 2004 THAT THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED THE RETURN OF A CHILD UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION, DESPITE INVOCATION OF ARTICLE 13B, WHI [...]	2005-01-05 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI AU
05VIENNA3025	ALPBACH ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPE NEEDS MORE [...] The August 18-September 3 European Forum Alpbach's Reform Symposium focused on the flagging Lisbon Agenda, moribund EU growth rates, labor market inflexibility, and Germany's bleak economic outlook. Politicians, academics, and subject experts called for more democracy and closer po [...]	2005-09-12 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN ECIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3060	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON THE AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to Clemens Auer, the Minister of Health's Chief of Staff, on September 8. APHIS also discussed avian flu issues with Johann Herzog, Ministry of Health Advisor for Veterinary Affairs, Medicine, Biotechnology, and Food Safety; and with Johan Damoser, A [...]	2005-09-14 12:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI AU KSTH WHO
05VIENNA3329	SPO Wins Absolute Majority in Burgenland [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In state elections in Burgenland on October 9, the Social Democrats won an absolute majority. This followed a victory in Styrian state elections on October 2 (reftel). The state chapter of Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's People's Party (OVP) saw a modest increase in s [...]	2005-10-11 09:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AU
05VIENNA3495	AUSTRIA'S 2005/2006 GROWTH OUTLOOK REVISED [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes again have lowered economic growth forecasts for 2005 slightly to 1.7-1.8%, and for 2006 to 1.8-2.1%. High energy prices necessitated the modest downward revision. The Austrian economy remains dependent on exports, as consumer spending and [...]	2005-10-31 11:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3586	WTO -- DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON EUROPEAN [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Josef Mayer, the Under Secretary-level Chief of the Austrian Economics Ministry's Trade Section. Charge and Agriculture Counselor delivered ref (a) demarche on November 4 to Werner Wutscher, Secretary General (Deputy Minister) of t [...]	2005-11-08 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EU AU
05VIENNA3852	GSF Payments to Begin; Reconciliation Fund [...] (U) At a December 9 press conference, Parliamentary President Andreas Khol (and chairman of the General Settlement Fund, or GSF) and GSF Secretary General Hannah Lessing announced that, as a result of the dismissal of the Whiteman case by the U.S. federal court for the southern district of New [...]	2005-12-12 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
05VIENNA39	DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA: USG CALL FOR DONOR SUPPORT [...] (U) The Ambassador presented refs (a) and (b) demarches on January 7 to Foreign Ministry Secretary General (Deputy Secretary equivalent) Johannes Kyrle. Kyrle broke out of a SIPDIS tsunami strategy meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, SIPDIS Interior and Defense in order to see [...]	2005-01-07 14:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR EAID PGOV XO AU
05VIENNA45	AUSTRIA'S 2005/06 GROWTH OUTLOOK ?EAN [...] Austria's GDP grew 2.0% in 2004, driven by booming exports in response to strong world economic growth, according to two leading Austrian economic institutes. The institutes now forecast real GDP growth of 2.2-2.3% in 2005 and 2.2-2.4% in 2006. The strong Euro, high oil prices and the U.S. tw [...]	2005-01-07 15:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA493	AUSTRIAN COURTS ORDER AGAINST HAGUE RETURN TO [...] SUMMARY: In July 2004 Austrian courts ordered against the return of a child to her father in Hungary. According to Supreme Court documents, the mother wrongfully retained the child in Austria when she failed to return the child after a scheduled summer visitation in 2003. In conversations w [...]	2005-02-22 07:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI AU
05VIENNA7	LACK OF COMPETITION IN AUSTRIA'S ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (U) According to a recent report from Austria's Federal Competition Authority, the anticipated benefits from the liberalization of the electricity market in 2001 have not materialized because incumbent providers have successfully cooperated to maintain a de-facto oligopoly. The incumbents ha [...]	2005-01-04 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV AU EUN
05VIENNA738	FPO SACKS RIGHT WINGERS AFTER ELECTION LOSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Freedom Party (FPO) executive board decided on March 7 to strip prominent right-wingers of party offices. In a reaction to severe losses last weekend in local elections in the state of Lower Austria, the leadership also tasked a six-person reform committee with "renewing" [...]	2005-03-09 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA739	NEW STRAINS IN FEDERAL COALITION - BOTH SIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Friction between Chancellor Schuessel's People's Party (OVP) and the junior coalition partner, the Freedom Party (FPO),is generating a new wave of media speculation about the stability of the federal coalition. Carinthian governor Joerg Haider, in an apparent attempt to distra [...]	2005-03-09 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA945	FREEDOM PARTY CRISIS HEADING FOR APRIL SHOWDOWN [...] (SBU) The Freedom Party's leadership crisis continues unabated. On March 9, in an apparent damage-containment exercise, the party leadership announced a move to "re- brand" the Freedom Party (FPO) at a special convention on April 23. Meanwhile, Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider has alternatel [...]	2005-03-22 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VILNIUS101	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES U.S.-LITHUANIA RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to the provincial city of Mazeikiai, home to the Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery, January 19-20 to convey a message of close U.S.-Lithuanian ties. He also focused on efforts to combat corruption, intolerance, HIV/AIDS, and trafficking-in-persons. Mazeikiu Na [...]	2005-01-28 13:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG OVIP ELAB PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1023	CHINA,S RELATIONSHIP WITH LITHUANIA: FORM OVER [...] (C) China's diplomatic and economic profile in Lithuania is growing. There are more visits by official Chinese, an expanding diplomatic presence, and a burgeoning commercial relationship. GOL officials have told us that they see clear signs of greater Chinese interest in Lithuania. Increas [...]	2005-09-27 13:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH LH
05VILNIUS1271	LITHUANIAN PROSECUTOR AGAIN CHALLENGES EDITOR'S [...] (U) Lithuania's Prosecutor General has filed a final appeal of the court order to dismiss the case against the newspaper owner and editor Vitas Tomkus for distributing allegedly anti-Semitic and anti-homosexual articles two years ago. The new appeal argues that the court erred by considering [...]	2005-12-02 15:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI LH
05VILNIUS1275	PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM B1/B2 VISA VALIDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We have completed work on the first three months of a year-long, B1/B2 validation study. Two percent of our randomly selected applicants during this period did not return, while another one percent remain as suspected yet unconfirmed overstays. While this preliminary data does [...]	2005-12-05 11:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD LH
05VILNIUS144	LITHUANIA'S FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES GOL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Algirdas Butkevicius, meeting with Ambassador Mull on February 9, delivered an optimistic prognosis for Lithuania's continued strong economic growth. While stressing that some politically difficult questions still lie ahead, Butkevicius discussed several areas [...]	2005-02-11 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AFIN ECON EFIN LH PGOV PREL
05VILNIUS165	LITHUANIA: YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Lithuania is making progress against intellectual property rights (IPR),but it should remain on the Watch List for 2005 due to persistent weaknesses in its enforcement system. A local industry association estimates that the rate of piracy for recorded music, films, and games dropped to 40 p [...]	2005-02-22 12:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD LH
05VILNIUS28	LITHUANIA INCSR (INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Money laundering is not a significant problem in Lithuania. Strict legal and regulatory controls and the GOL's cooperation with international regulatory counterparts explain the government's success. The Lithuanian government increased controls to prevent financial crimes and money launderi [...]	2005-01-10 14:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH
05VILNIUS3	LITHUANIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] To maintain its high rate of growth, Lithuania needs more foreign investment. The government affords foreign investors equal protection to domestic investors, and sets few limitations on their activities. Foreign investors have the right to repatriate or reinvest profits without restriction [...]	2005-01-03 14:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON KTDB LH
05VILNIUS5	Lithuania's Acquisition of Night Vision Devices: [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. A U.S. vendor of advanced Night Vision Devices (NVDs) recently advised the Lithuanian government that its acquisition contravenes de facto USG policy. The apparent policy to deny new NATO members these devic [...]	2005-01-04 06:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL LH
05VILNIUS528	LITHUANIA'S ECONOMY: WHY 2004 WAS SUCH A GOOD [...] Final 2004 figures confirm that Lithuania's economy remains on a roll. High growth, low inflation, and expanding foreign investment still characterize the economy. Surging domestic consumption fed Lithuania's growth, but also contributed to a growing current account deficit and upward pressur [...]	2005-05-23 05:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD LH
05VILNIUS674	SUBJECT: LITHUANIA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's new Finance Minister Zigmantas Balcytis told the Ambassador that his principal challenge will be to keep the fiscal deficit and inflation in check so that Lithuania can enter the euro zone as planned in 2007. During the Ambassador's June 23 call on Balcytis, the FinMin [...]	2005-06-28 13:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL PINR AFIN ECON MARR LH
05VILNIUS778	PHOTO-SUBSTITUTED LITHUANIAN PASSPORTS: PROOF IS [...] Summary: Good-quality photo-substituted new-generation Lithuanian passports, which have become increasingly popular with citizens of other FSU countries seeking to benefit from Lithuania's membership in the EU, are difficult to detect. Fraudulent documents are generally only distinguishable f [...]	2005-07-27 13:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS LH
05VILNIUS8	OUTPOURING OF LITHUANIAN SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI [...] We delivered reftel points encouraging assistance for the victims of the December 26 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami to Diana Mickeviciene of MFA's Asia and Pacific SIPDIS Division on January 4. Mickeviciene said that the GOL will likely announce on January 5 plans to contribute 150,00 [...]	2005-01-04 14:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV LH
05VILNIUS962	CONTINUING EMIGRATION BEGINNING TO AFFECT LABOR [...] SUMMARY: Lithuanians continue to emigrate since their country joined the EU last year. As Lithuania's skilled workers emigrate, the number of foreign laborers from Belarus and Ukraine has increased. The Government acknowledges the need for programs to manage emigration, encourage emigrants [...]	2005-09-13 12:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON SMIG PGOV LH
05VILNIUS972	WHY DO SO MANY LITHUANIANS COMMIT SUICIDE? [...] (U) Lithuania, a dramatic success story in so many ways, is the suicide capital of Europe, with 40 suicides per 100,000 residents each year. Teens and middle-aged men are most at risk. The bustling economy and expanded social protections have failed to lower the suicide rate, which has been [...]	2005-09-16 09:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KPAO LH
05WARSAW1117	Poland: 2005 Special 301 Submission - Gradual [...] (SBU) Poland's efforts to improve its IPR protection continued through the fourth quarter of 2004, with increased activities by customs and police authorities to curb IPR violations in the optical disc area. It is clear that copyright and trademark protection is significantly better than se [...]	2005-03-02 08:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PL
05WARSAW1122	Poland: 2005 Special 301 Submission - Gradual [...] (SBU) Poland's efforts to improve its IPR protection continued through the fourth quarter of 2004, with increased activities by customs and police authorities to curb IPR violations in the optical disc area. It is clear that copyright and trademark protection is significantly better than sev [...]	2005-03-02 09:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PL
05WARSAW1168	POLAND: FIFTH ANNUAL (2005) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 18-21 of REFTEL A. Embassy point of contact is POLOFF Tom Yeager (telephone: 48-22-504-2676, fax 48- 22-504-2613, e-mail yeagerta@state.gov). POLOFF (FP- 04) spent 65 hours collecting data and compiling report; Two POLFSNs spent [...]	2005-03-02 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
05WARSAW1205	POLISH OPPOSITION LEADER LAYS OUT PROSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Jan Rokita, the head of Poland's leading opposition party (PO - Platforma Obywatelska/Civic Platform),and the man expected to be the country's next Prime Minister outlined the key planks of his economic policy at a March 1 meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce. Rokita said [...]	2005-03-03 14:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL PL
05WARSAW1282	POLISH PIPELINE COMPANY FINALIZING A BUSINESS PLAN [...] (C) As promised, PM Belka met with his Ukrainian counterpart PM Tymoshenko early in her tenure to discuss practical steps the two sides could take to deepen their bilateral ties. The two Prime Ministers agreed to form a bilateral committee to accelerate work on linking the Odessa-Brody oil pi [...]	2005-03-08 11:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL PL
05WARSAW1320	Poland Cautiously Optimistic EcoFin Will Loosen [...] (U) Polish papers widely reported that EU Finance Ministers came to no final conclusions at their March 8 EcoFin meeting on loosening the Stability and Growth Pact procedures for calculating deficits. For Poland, this means that EcoFin has yet to make a final decision on how to classify the [...]	2005-03-09 13:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW1395	Polish Finance Minister Requests Formal Agreement [...] (SBU) On March 10, the Embassy received a letter from Finance Minister Gronicki (dated March 1) expressing appreciation for U.S. acceptance in principle of Poland's offer to repay its outstanding Paris Club debt early. Per the Paris Club Secretariat's instructions to Poland to seek formal agr [...]	2005-03-14 07:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PL
05WARSAW1522	POLISH PM BELKA AND HIS PARTY AT ODDS [...] (U) A March 16 meeting between PM Marek Belka and the leadership of the governing Democratic Left Alliance (SLD),ended with disagreement over Belka's plan to resign this spring and the leadership's announced desire for fall elections. Belka stuck to his position that he will resign on May 5, [...]	2005-03-17 13:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PL
05WARSAW206	Poland Pleasantly Surprised at Upturn in [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish and Russian firms had feared that Poland's EU accession would disrupt trade, in part because the EU required Poland to abrogate its bilateral trade agreement with Russia. Despite problems in some sectors, trade has expanded significantly. Polish exports were up more [...]	2005-01-11 13:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ENRG EPET PREL PL
05WARSAW2061	PRIVATE PROPERTY COMPENSATION BILL ADVANCES TO [...] (U) Following a sharp debate April 15, the Polish Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority of 303 to 105 to send to committee a government bill that would provide cash compensation for property nationalized after the Second World War. Although in the debate, the opposition Civic Platform [...]	2005-04-20 14:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KNAR PGOV PHUM PL IS
05WARSAW2252	Polish Finance Ministry Releases Annual Report on [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Polish Ministry of Finance's Financial Intelligence Unit (the General Inspectorate for Financial Information, or GIIF),released an annual report in April on its activities in 2004 to combat money laundering and terrorism finance. The Polish Government has [...]	2005-05-13 13:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW2467	Polish Finance Ministry Hopes Higher Taxes Excise [...] (U) On June 1, the Polish Ministry of Finance announced that it would increase the excise tax on imported heating oil and liquefied gas used for cars (autogas) by mid-June. Under the proposal, the excise tax on heating oil would be raised from 233 Zloty ($68.70) per 1000 liters to 1028 Zloty ( [...]	2005-06-06 15:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW2496	Poland Continues to Chip Away at its Budget Deficit [...] (U) In early June, the Ministry of Finance released its initial assumptions for the 2006 budget, officially kicking off the six month budget drafting season. The Ministry of Finance purposely proposed conservative estimates for growth (4%) and inflation (1.5%). Finance also set the budget de [...]	2005-06-09 08:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PL
05WARSAW26	Polish Parliament Enacts 2005 Budget with Lower [...] (SBU) Summary: Just before Christmas, the Polish Government completed work on a 2005 budget which has a lower deficit for the first time in three years (forecast at 3.7% of GDP compared to 4.8% in 2004). In drafting the 2005 budget, the GOP built on its success in 2004 in revitalizing the pri [...]	2005-01-05 06:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW3270	Polish Economy not yet Hurt by Rising Oil Prices [...] (SBU) Rapidly increasing oil prices have had a limited effect on the rate of inflation in Poland to date. Over the past 12 months, the average zloty price of oil has increased 12 percent, while the consumer price index rose only 1.3 percent and producer prices remained unchanged. Nevertheless [...]	2005-09-02 12:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW3298	CENTRIST CIVIC PLATFORM SURGES IN PRE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The centrist Civic Platform (PO) has moved into a strong first-place position in the latest opinion surveys, with just a few weeks remaining before Polish parliamentary and presidential elections. PO's recent surge suggests that the party will dominate a coalition government fo [...]	2005-09-07 13:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PL
05WARSAW3469	POLAND: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (U) Summary: Muslim extremism is not perceived to be an issue of concern in Poland; the Muslim community is very small and the population is 96 percent Roman Catholic. However, the Embassy and ConGen Krakow closely monitor the media for any indications of rising extremist threats. Given the co [...]	2005-09-27 09:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PL
05WARSAW3914	DEPUTY PM STRESSES LAW, VISAS IN MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Ambassador Ashe's November 23 introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Ludwik Dorn, discussion focused on law and order issues but also included visas as well as next-generation national leadership. The Ambassador underscored his desire to host a lunch [...]	2005-11-25 16:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS PL
05WARSAW4124	DRAFT POLISH DEFENSE BUDGET, MORE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Poland's Parliamentary Defense Committee offered a glimpse of future defense spending when it approved the $5.6 billion draft defense budget for 2006 on December 15. This represents a 3.3% increase (adjusted for inflation) over 2005. Significant elements of the draft include $1 billi [...]	2005-12-28 15:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL PTER PARM PL
05WARSAW58	Markets Show Increasing Appreciation for the [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zloty appreciated the most of any convertible currency against the Dollar, growing 20% in 2004. Most observers attribute this rise to a mix of factors, including greater political stability under the current technocratic government, Poland's entry into the EU in May, and t [...]	2005-01-06 06:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW924	Polish Government Declares Half a Loaf on Public [...] (U) On February 1, the Council of Ministers issued a communiqu claiming that provisions implemented to date of the government's fiscal reform plan (the "Hausner plan," named after its chief architect, Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner) would save 25.4 billion Zloty ($8.2 billion) between 2004-7. [...]	2005-02-18 07:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW966	Polish Ministry of Finance Reorganizes Debt [...] (U) At the end of January, the Ministry of Finance reorganized its debt department, creating a unified department from two formerly separate units, one for foreign debt and one for domestic debt. Pawel Kowalewski, the new head of the unified department, explained to Econoffs that this unifica [...]	2005-02-22 11:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PL
05WELLINGTON119	NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA DELAY STARTUP OF JOINT [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand and Australia have agreed to delay the startup of a joint agency to regulate therapeutic products in both countries, after encountering difficulty in lining up political backing for legislation necessary to set up the agency. In New Zealand's case, that difficulty pa [...]	2005-02-10 23:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON237	NEW ZEALAND LABOUR PARTY STAKES ITS CLAIM FOR 2005 [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand's governing Labour party released its list of Members of Parliament, which outlines the rank by which MPs will enter Parliament after the 2005 election. The list reveals Labour's confidence in the face of an upcoming election, with almost all sitting MPs receiving high [...]	2005-03-22 00:41:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON342	IN SEVERAL WAYS, LABOUR GOVERNMENT BETRAYS REFORMS [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Never entirely content with the market-opening reforms that New Zealand's Labour government spearheaded in the mid-1980s, the leaders of today's Labour government have rolled back several of those reforms. Over the last four years, the government has intervened in the ene [...]	2005-04-29 03:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON387	NEW ZEALAND'S UNIONS FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES [...] (U) Summary: After a decade of quiet on the labor front, New Zealand's unions are again walking the picket line against a spectrum of industries. Emboldened by union- friendly legislation enacted in 2000 and 2004 and anxious to grab a bigger slice of the country's recent prosperity, organized [...]	2005-05-17 03:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON409	MINISTER SUTTON'S INVITATION TO USDA SECRETARY [...] (SBU/NF) Aides to New Zealand Agriculture Minister Sutton have reiterated to us their hope that Secretary Johanns will visit New Zealand, noting that a potential August/September visit, timed to a Quint Ministerial in Australia, would be viewed as "supportive." Minister Sutton would welcome t [...]	2005-05-24 01:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON45	NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-14 04:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC USTR
05WELLINGTON461	NEW ZEALAND MOVES CLOSER TO CUTTING MOBILE [...] Summary: New Zealand's two mobile-phone service providers are a step closer to being ordered to lower the fees they charge to complete calls into the country on their networks -- fees that are among the highest of OECD nations. The Commerce Commission on June 9 issued its final report on its [...]	2005-06-12 18:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON538	LAWSUIT MAY DELAY DECISION ON MOBILE TERMINATION [...] New Zealand's two mobile-phone service providers have gone to court to challenge the Commerce Commission's recommendation that the government begin regulating land-to- mobile phone charges. The court case throws into uncertainty what had been an expected decision by the Minister of Communica [...]	2005-07-12 01:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON577	NEW ZEALAND AIMING TO STEM SALE OF PRESCRIPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: With selected medicines much cheaper in New Zealand than in the United States, efforts are under way to impede the ability of Americans to purchase prescription drugs from New Zealand. The New Zealand Ministry of Health is tightening the law to prevent doctors from prescribing m [...]	2005-07-29 01:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR NZ
05WELLINGTON635	AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS' FINAL CALL ON FM GOFF [...] (C) Summary: During his final meeting with Foreign Minister Goff on August 18, Ambassador Swindells reiterated his call for both countries to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on the bilateral relationship. He and Goff agreed that Embassy Wellington should begin quiet work with NZ counterp [...]	2005-08-19 03:08:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON642	NATIONAL SHAPING UP AS GENUINE CHALLENGER TO [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables about where New Zealand's political parties stand in the run-up to September 17 general elections. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badly battered in the 2002 campaign, New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party, has reclaimed [...]	2005-08-23 02:57:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON650	NEW ZEALAND'S LABOUR PARTY: SEEKING VICTORY IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Locked in a tougher than expected battle for votes, a once-confident Labour Party has forsaken its reputation for fiscal restraint to dish out promises of pork for students and low- and middle-income families. In the run-up to New Zealand's September 17 election, Labour also has [...]	2005-08-25 05:06:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON661	MAORI PARTY PROSPECTS DIMINISH IN SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Although the Maori Party has made impressive gains in membership and general support in its one year of existence, despite early projections it is unlikley to capture all seven Maori constituency seats in the September 17 election. It's probable 3-5 constituency seats would s [...]	2005-08-29 22:08:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON663	MAORI PARTY PROSPECTS DIMINISH IN SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Although the Maori Party has made impressive gains in membership and general support in its one year of existence, it is unlikely to capture all seven Maori constituency seats in the September 17 election. Its probable 3-5 constituency seats would still make the Maori Party a [...]	2005-08-30 04:48:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON682	AS NATIONAL'S SUPPORT SURGES, NZ ELECTIONS TOO [...] (C) Summary: Just 10 days out from New Zealand's general elections, the race is too close to call. Recent polling puts the opposition National Party ahead of the Labour Government, with one poll showing the spread as much as 8 percentage points in National's favor. National seems to have s [...]	2005-09-07 05:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON695	THE KIWI VOTER: TRAPPED BETWEEN BOREDOM AND [...] (C) Going in to the final week of New Zealand's general election campaign, polls are fluctuating wildly: one had National in a seven-point lead, while another had Labour leading by nine points just two days later. The latest put the major parties in a dead heat, with support for Labour at 40. [...]	2005-09-09 04:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON70	THE NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS 2005: NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reporting that Embassy New Zealand and ConGen Auckland will provide in the run-up to this year's Parliamentary elections. Although no date has been set, the elections must occur before September 2005. 2. (SBU) Summary: The current Labour Government i [...]	2005-01-26 21:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON715	NZ ELECTIONS: EMBASSY CONFIDENTLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's election race remains the closest in years. We believe it likely the National Party will get more votes than the Labour Government, but the real question will be whether this would be enough to ensure a National government. Mixed Member Proportional voting (MMP),[...]	2005-09-16 05:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON717	NOMINATION REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM [...] POST REQUESTS A SEVEN-DAY VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM TO ASSIST VICE CHANCELLOR STUART MCCUTCHEON OF AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY (PLUS A FOUR-MEMBER DELEGATION) FOR MEETINGS WITH LEADING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY AND FUNDING AGENCIES. 2. POST REQUESTS A PROGRAM OF MEETINGS AND ADVIC [...]	2005-09-18 23:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON813	NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] (C) New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on October 19 unveiled a new Cabinet dominated by familiar faces, with veteran members of Parliament named to the top seven positions. None of the Cabinet assignments is particularly controversial. However, the one controversial choice -- the appoin [...]	2005-10-19 06:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON849	NEW ZEALAND'S ECONOMY FACES BUMPY ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) After enjoying five years of strong economic growth, New Zealanders are awakening to the sober reality that the party may be over. The sign posts for a rough patch ahead have multiplied in recent weeks. Yawning deficits have appeared in the country's trade balance and current account. [...]	2005-10-28 02:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON861	NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER TOUTS FTA TO AMERICAN [...] Summary: In a meeting with visiting American Farm Bureau Federation representatives, New Zealand Minister of Trade Phil Goff pitched his country's case for free-trade negotiations with the United States. Goff asserted that a free-trade agreement would benefit both countries and that U.S. agri [...]	2005-11-04 03:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON891	UNINTENTIONALLY, NEW ZEALAND LAW IMPEDES SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand legislation intended to tighten the rules on foreign ownership of land is having the unintended effect of restricting sales of businesses and properties. U.S. sellers of two large investments in New Zealand -- a poultry-farm company and a stake in a forestry busines [...]	2005-11-16 00:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECIN ECON NZ ETRC
05WELLINGTON985	NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 02:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR NZ
05YEREVAN1007	ARMENIA'S STEADY GROWTH, STABLE ECONOMY CONTINUES [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's steady economic performance continues during 2005. First quarter data supports the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) forecast of 8 percent GDP growth in 2005, and th [...]	2005-06-08 10:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1044	REMITTANCES DRIVE UP ARMENIAN CURRENCY, HAMPER [...] (SBU) A recent upward trend in remittances and capital inflows into Armenia has led to significant real appreciation of the national currency, the Armenian dram, since July 2003. These cash inflows enable Armenians to finance higher consumption and investment, but the nominal appreciation of [...]	2005-06-16 08:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1074	U.S. INVESTORS WIN IMPORTANT VICTORY AGAINST GOAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On June 16, Armenia's court of appeals ruled in favor of a group of American investors who have been trying, for over two years, to collect USD 2 million in taxes that they had overpaid to the [...]	2005-06-20 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD AM
05YEREVAN1229	COMPETITION COMES TO ARMENIA'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) In the culmination of Armenia's years-long struggle to end Armentel's monopoly on telecommunications in Armenia, a second mobile telephone operator entered the market on July 1. Backed by Karabakh Telecom, the monopoly operator in Nagorno-Karabakh, VivaCell immediately undercut Armentel's [...]	2005-07-12 02:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EINV AM
05YEREVAN139	ARMENIA'S 2005 BUDGET: MORE BUTTER, STILL PLENTY [...] (C) The GOAM has billed the 2005 budget as having a social focus. Both tax receipts and social spending are set to rise ambitiously in line with the GOAM's Poverty Reduction Strategy. After much debate, official defense spending is set to rise too, although spending on education will exceed [...]	2005-01-27 11:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN AM
05YEREVAN1686	AMBASSADOR PRESSES KOCHARIAN TO SUPPORT USG [...] (S) On 15 September, the Ambassador met with President Kocharian for just over an hour, at our request, primarily to discuss the USG's upcoming push for free and fair elections in Armenia in 2007 (parliamentary) and 2008 (presidential). The Ambassador opened the meeting by thanking Kocharian f [...]	2005-09-16 09:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM AM
05YEREVAN1960	REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES UP IN DRAFT 2006 BUDGET [...] (SBU) The GOAM draft budget for 2006, currently under debate in the National Assembly, envisages significant increases in health and social security expenditures paid for by increased tax revenue and deficit spending. The budget is based on an exchange rate of AMD 420 to the dollar, a dram ap [...]	2005-11-04 13:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN2018	2006 BUDGET INCREASES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (U) On November 11, the National Assembly approved the 2006 budget which includes a 22 percent increase in public spending funded by continued economic growth, improved tax collection and international donor support. The 2006 budget calls for AMD 482.2 billion (USD 1.15 billion at the project [...]	2005-11-17 11:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2062	ARMENIA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY, 2005-2008 [...] (SBU) Armenia is at a crossroads in its democratic development. While the political landscape has remained relatively consistent since the last elections, the next two years will test the government's commitment to its reform agenda. As Assistant Secretary Fried said during his October visit [...]	2005-11-23 13:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL AM
05YEREVAN2065	COE DELEGATION TO OBSERVE IN LESS THAN 5 PERCENT [...] (C) Supporters and opponents of Armenia's November 27 referendum have shifted their focus to the capital in the final days before the ballot. Competing rallies have drawn lower-than-expected attendance and there have been few reports of confrontation. While most political observers expect i [...]	2005-11-25 14:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM

05YEREVAN2129	ARMENIA HOPES FOR A DEAL ON GAZPROM'S THREATENED [...] (C) Despite Gazprom's recent announcement that, as of January 1, 2006, it plans to double the price of natural gas exports to Armenia, the GOAM appears to be holding out hope that it will be able to negotiate a deal to minimize the impact of and/or delay the price increase. According to press [...]	2005-12-08 15:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG AM RU
05YEREVAN257	TIP: CONCERNS ABOUT PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT [...] (SBU) Balancing Armenia's considerable progress over the past year in successfully prosecuting trafficking in persons (TIP) cases are serious, persistent allegations that senior members of the Prosecutor General's office are susceptible to outside influence. We have raised our concerns about [...]	2005-02-14 11:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP
05YEREVAN52	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN: 2005 TO BE THE YEAR OF TAX AND [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's President Robert Kocharian has publicly said that 2005 will be a year of reform for the customs and tax services in Armenia. Besides increasing tax revenu [...]	2005-01-13 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP ECON AM
05ZAGREB377	Prosecutors Investigate Refugee Housing Scam [...] (SBU) In mid-February, the Croatian Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) began investigating possible illegal sales of refugee Serb houses to the Croatian State Agency for Refugee Property (APN). Intermediaries in Serbia and Montenegro (SAM),supposedly representing Serb [...]	2005-03-09 12:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV HR
05ZAGREB6	MESIC AND KOSOR HEADING FOR SECOND ROUND IN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Stjepan Mesic fell one percent short of the simple majority he needed for a first round re-election on January 2, finishing the day at 49 percent of the 2.2 million votes cast. He will face Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) nominee Jadranka Kosor, who received 20 [...]	2005-01-03 15:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB716	A/ASD RICARDEL MEETINGS WITH CROATIAN PRIME [...] (C) On April 28, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security, Ms. Mira Ricardel, accompanied by Ambassador Ralph Frank, met with Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister. In addition to a tour of regional issues, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader asked for U.S. support both in delaying the [...]	2005-05-05 11:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR NATO
06ABIDJAN1050	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER FORMS A NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny has formed a new cabinet, replacing the former Ministers of Transport and Environment, dividing the Ministries of Justice and Interior in twoministries each, and naming two new Secretaries of State, a rank slightly below that of minister. Thus, the new cabin [...]	2006-09-18 16:35:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1093	COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...]	2006-09-29 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON IV
06ABIDJAN1094	COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...]	2006-09-29 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON IV
06ABIDJAN1134	COTE D'IVOIRE: USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] Per reftel B instructions, post has compiled information on the below industries. Please refer to Ref C for information on the Stock Market Exchange with regard to the request for information on financial services. Included in this cable is information on the banking sector. 2. Banking: [...]	2006-10-06 18:26:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD IV
06ABIDJAN226	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...]	2006-03-01 16:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV
06ABIDJAN554	COTE D'IVOIRE: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful seventh meeting on May 19. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Elections (HRE) Studeman, Ivoirian Chief of Staff General Mangou, and New Forces Chief of Staff Bakayoko, along with the head of the Elect [...]	2006-05-26 09:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN771	COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS RESUME STRIKE [...] (SBU) Primary and secondary school teachers, who suspended their strike June 20 after meeting with President Gbagbo (ref A),are threatening to resume the strike July 18. The teachers said at the time that their demands had not been met but that they would suspend the strike to allow for furth [...]	2006-07-18 13:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN885	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SUSPENDS DISMANTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The UN confirms reports that it has halted the dismantlement of militias in Guiglo over the weekend. A UN official told us that tension in Guiglo remained high as some 1000 militia members from other towns continued their protests over the weekend. Although officially the UN cl [...]	2006-08-08 18:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN906	HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) visited Guiglo from August 1-3 to meet with UNHCR field representatives and visit the Nicla Refugee Camp for Liberian refugees. There are approximately 10,500 Liberian refugees in the northern Refugee Welcome Zone (ZAR),of which 5,987 [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IV
06ABUDHABI1327	UAE REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY PROGRESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the January 2 submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref A),there have been additional developments. During the period January 1-March 31, the UAEG created a Cabinet-level Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs that its new minis [...]	2006-04-04 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM KMPI AE
06ABUDHABI1340	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES THE UAE'S TREATMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 30, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report urging the UAEG to take immediate steps to end abusive labor practices. The report focuses heavily on the plight of foreign construction workers who often end up in &debt bondage.8 HRW also urged the UAEG to expand its staff [...]	2006-04-05 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI135	UAE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV AE USTR OPIC
06ABUDHABI1472	TREASURY U/S QUARLES VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Summary. During Treasury Under Secretary Quarles' March 22 meetings, his interlocutors stressed their belief that the U.S. - UAE relationship was strong and that government investors in the UAE would continue to invest in U.S. assets, despite DP World. Over ninety-eight percent of the Ce [...]	2006-04-15 12:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI1927	UAE STOCK MARKET DOWN [...] (U) Summary: The UAE's two stock markets, like others in the region, are experiencing a sharp drop from the high prices of 2005. GCC investors, especially Saudis, are reportedly withdrawing from the UAE market and investors are nervous about increasing Iranian-U.S. tensions. The U.S. stock [...]	2006-05-10 11:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON AE EINF
06ABUDHABI2563	TEXTILES INDUSTRY: PESSIMISTIC DESPITE RISING TRADE [...] SUMMARY: Officials from the UAE Ministry of Economy, two textile factories in the UAE's Jebel Ali Free Zone (ATRACO Industrial and Carolina Fabric LTD) and one garment factory in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Garment Factory (ADGF) are pessimistic about current and future prospects of the UAE textile an [...]	2006-06-21 11:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD TC
06ABUDHABI2809	RE: TIP/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, PolOff delivered the trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan (ref A) to the head of the UAE National Anti-Trafficking Committee, Sultan bin Saeed Al-Badi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice. Al-Badi acknowledged UAE trafficking problems but was concerned about [...]	2006-07-09 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2955	Another Great Year: 2005-2006 UAE ACCESS MicroScholarship [...] Summary: The UAE ACCESS MicroScholarship Program provided 300 non-urban, non-elite Emirati high school students with conversational American English skills and exposure to American culture. From September 2005 to April 2006, extra-curricular activities and field trips gave added value to the [...]	2006-07-18 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KDEM TC
06ABUDHABI3204	UAE CENSUS RESULTS FINALLY RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, the UAEG finally released results of a census conducted months earlier. Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi reported that as of December 6, 2005 the UAE's population was 4.1 million, up from 2.4 million in 1995. UAE nationals account for just over 20 percent [...]	2006-08-08 11:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3417	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: On August 19, Econoffs attended a meeting with The Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA),the Ministry of Economy and various intellectual property industry stakeholders. The head of AAA, Scott Butler, briefed the Ministry on a variety of intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, [...]	2006-08-27 05:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3537	ASSESSMENT OF UAE TERRORIST FINANCING ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy's country team provides the following assessment of the terrorist/insurgent finance operating environment in the UAE. Responses are keyed to reftel, to the extent possible. End summary. Legal Regime ------------ 2. (SBU) Question. What la [...]	2006-09-06 14:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC IQ
06ABUDHABI3820	UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SLOWDOWN DUE TO INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE textile industry continues to decline due to increased international competition brought on by the elimination of the worldwide textile quotas. Two textile factories in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Emirates Textiles LTD. and Carolina Fabrics LTD.) and one garment factory in A [...]	2006-10-01 05:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI3851	UAE DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (C) Estimates of the cumulative value of defense procurements by the UAE in recent decades reach well over 20 billion dollars (although the UAE does not publish its overall defense and security expenditures). Funded essentially by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, that money has been spent on sophis [...]	2006-10-02 14:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAPS PREL MASS MOPS BEXP AE
06ABUDHABI4253	UAE VICE-PRESIDENT MANDATES IMPROVING WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai announced a series of measures to improve the conditions of expatriate laborers including: mandatory health insurance, the creation of a labor court, an in [...]	2006-11-09 10:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI4326	UAE OFFICIALS DISCUSS OIL AND GAS EXPANSION PLANS WITH EIA [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili told the 12th Annual ECSSR Energy Conference that the UAE would increase its oil production capacity to 2.7 mb/d in 2006. He told EIA Administrator Guy Caruso that he did not know what OPEC would decide about oil production during its December meet [...]	2006-11-22 07:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI4528	UAE FNC ELECTIONS RESULTS: 20 MEMBERS, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN, [...] (U) Summary: On December 16, 18, and 20, the UAE held their first limited election for 20 members of its 40-member Federal National Council (FNC). Despite the fact that 14% (65) of all candidates were women, only one woman was elected--in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Even though voting was limit [...]	2006-12-21 16:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI470	ADNOC DEPUTY CEO ON ADNOC EXPANSION PLANS [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, ADNOC Deputy CEO Abdulla Nasser Al-Suwaidi (protect) told econchief that Abu Dhabi's Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) had approved Exxon/Mobil's bid for a 28% stake in the Upper Zakum field and was offering Exxon/Mobil a 20 year concession on the field. He noted that [...]	2006-02-11 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI789	UAE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...]	2006-03-04 03:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
06ABUDHABI975	UAE STOCK MARKETS' DOWN AS LIQUIDITY DRIES UP [...] (SBU) Both of the UAE's domestic stock markets have dropped in value sharply since the beginning of the year. Dubai's stock market dropped by five percent on March 13 to its lowest point in 11 months. Abu Dhabi's stock market dropped by about two and a half percent on the same day. Dubai's ma [...]	2006-03-14 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN AE
06ABUJA1218	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ULRICH'S MAY 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-05-23 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM MASS NI
06ABUJA1255	NIGERIA'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FUND CUTS [...] Summary. The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria canceled on April 28 the funding of two five- year Nigeria HIV grants totaling $81 million. The Fund did so because of "inadequate performance" by the Fund's principal recipient in Nigeria, the National Action Committee on AID [...]	2006-05-30 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV ELAB SOCI NI
06ABUJA1390	INL LEA MEETING WITH AG AND NDLEA CHAIRMAN [...] (U) INL LEA Downey met separately May 31 with GON Attorney General (AG) Bayo Ojo and NDLEA Chairman Giade to discuss the AG,s proposed visit to the U.S. The Nigerian delegation requested meetings with INL A/S Patterson and the DEA Administrator to discuss certification issues. LEA advised [...]	2006-06-08 09:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM NI NARCOTICS
06ABUJA1593	ECONOMIC LIFE BUDS IN NIGERIA'S CROSS RIVER STATE [...] Summary: Economic officer and REO visited Cross River State to examine its economic infrastructure and potential for ecotourism. Officers had a wide range of meetings with local figures, including Cross River Governor Donald Duke. Duke emphasized his plans to develop the state's agricultural [...]	2006-06-26 10:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EAID EIND PGOV NI CM
06ABUJA1632	12TH NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY. On June 7-9 2006, the NESG and NPC sponsored the 12th Nigerian Economic Summit, "Sustaining Reform and Unlocking Nigeria's Potential". President Obasanjo delivered the opening address and closing remarks. Nigeria has to improve on its ranking from the lowest quarter (88 out of 117) [...]	2006-06-27 15:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EPET NI
06ABUJA212	A VISIT TO NIGERIA'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja economic officer and military air attach visited the headquarters of Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This visit occurred following the October and December 2005 crashes of large passenger aircraft near Lagos and in Port Harcourt. NEMA curren [...]	2006-01-31 07:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NI
06ABUJA2226	SCENESETTER FOR RADM GREENE'S AUGUST 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-08-25 11:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MASS KDEM PREL NI
06ABUJA2415	SENATE CAUTIOUSLY CONSIDERS IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Senate on September 12 reacted cautiously to President Obasanjo's efforts to impeach his political nemesis, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, by referring the matter to committee for study. The move reflects an effort to buy time in the Senate, where there is little enthusiasm [...]	2006-09-14 08:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2504	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JULY 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable evaluates HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 132 million people (PRB, 2005) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 4.4%. (NPS, 2005) Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]	2006-09-25 07:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA2509	SURVEY VIEWS AVIAN FLU'S NIGERIA ECONOMIC IMPACT [...] Summary. A team from the USG's Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) visited six Nigerian states in August to assess the avian influenza socioeconomic impact on Nigeria's poultry sector. Nigeria has about 36% of West Africa's poultry and the sub-region's most modern poultry sector. [...]	2006-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2547	SHELL TELLS THE PRESIDENT DELTA REPAIRS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Shell has halted attempts to restore production in the Western Delta due to continued security considerations. In a September 25 meeting, President Obasanjo told Shell he was willing to acknowledge the importance of security up front. He otherwise appeared poorly briefed on Shell' [...]	2006-09-27 14:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV ASEC NI
06ABUJA2555	POLITICAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palpable tension has gripped Nigeria over the recent spate of political murders. The trend is not new. High profile killings have been a hallmark of Nigerian politics for years, though the rate clearly is accelerating as election season approaches. In late July, Funsho Williams, [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA260	LEA TRIP TO LAGOS CONFIRMS FAILURES, REVEALS [...] SBU - Entire Text 2. SUMMARY: LEA Downey's Jan 20-28 trip to Lagos confirmed the failures of several INL-sponsored law enforcement projects but also revealed possibilities and opportunities for future programs. Joint and integrated projects, incorporating NGOs and private sector elemen [...]	2006-02-03 10:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV EFIN PINR NI
06ABUJA2624	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2625	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2633	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2725	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - NIGERIA [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560. (World Bank 2006 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were marr [...]	2006-10-13 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AGOA ECON NI
06ABUJA2803	NIGERIA: 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 National Trade Estimate. Trade Summary ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $22.6 billion in 2005, an increase of $7.9 billion from $14.7 billion in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $1.6 billion, up 3.9 pe [...]	2006-10-26 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NI
06ABUJA2984	CHIEFS OF MISSION AGREE ELECTION CRISIS LOOMING [...] (S) The high-tech voter registration is fatally flawed and is lowering the overall credibility of INEC and the political process, according to nine Chiefs of Mission who gathered for a discussion on the status of election preparation for the 2007 elections. with bad news emerging every day [...]	2006-11-16 07:08:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3040	NURTURING DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Our top policy objective in Nigeria is to ensure the first democratic transition between two civilian administrations with the conduct of free and fair elections in April 2007. However, for many Nigerians, the current political environment and heretofore inadequate preparations [...]	2006-11-24 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3071	NIGERIA PLAGUED BY FAILING ROAD NETWORK [...] Summary. Nigeria's road-transportation network has deteriorated badly following decades of neglect, almost no maintenance, and severely deficient funding. Nigeria has recognized for decades the need to improve its roads but so far has failed to do so. A Central Bank survey found that most r [...]	2006-11-29 08:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN NI
06ABUJA3172	PROGRESS IN THE NIGERIAN HOUSING SECTOR [...] Summary: During a recent visit of an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) team to Nigeria, government officials (GON) estimated that the housing deficit is between 14-16 million housing units, with an even larger financing gap of approximately 44 trillion naira. Nigeria's housing n [...]	2006-12-11 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
06ABUJA3182	BATTLELINES DRAWN IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP convention scheduled for Dec. 16 may be one of the most significant political gatherings in Nigeria's post-independence history and its outcome, for better or worse, could have a significant impact on Nigerian politics for years to come. With President Obasanjo's popularit [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA321	FITCH RATINGS ASSIGNS NIGERIA BB MINUS RATING: [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Nigeria (GON) received a BB Minus rating, which is just below investment grade from the highly respected Fitch Ratings. The rating was in part based on the recent agreements reached with the Paris Club (PC),but at this time the GON has no intentions of seeking acce [...]	2006-02-10 08:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
06ABUJA451	Nigeria: Budget 2006 Is Passed Into Law [...] Summary: On February 22, President Obasanjo signed the 2006 Appropriation Act (the Budget) into law. The National Assembly (federal legislature) passed a U.S. dollar 14.72 billion (Naira 1.899 trillion) budget for 2006, a 1.23% increase over President Obasanjo's earlier budget submission of U. [...]	2006-02-23 16:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
06ABUJA657	DELTA EVENTS AND NIGERIA'S CREDIT RATINGS [...] (C) Summary: The conclusion of the debt forgiveness deal in December greatly improved Nigeria's debt burden numbers and was a major factor in Nigeria's recent credit ratings. Though the ratings were not investment grade, they indicated a significant level of confidence in Nigeria's ability and [...]	2006-03-23 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EPET NI
06ABUJA667	NIGERIA: ANGLICAN PRIMATE ON DELTA, THIRD TERM [...] (C) Summary: The Anglican Primate told the Ambassador on March 21 that he was discouraged by the way the third term debate has crowded out resolution of the current hostage crisis in the Delta. He affirmed that hostage taking is bound to continue. He characterized President Obasanjo as one [...]	2006-03-24 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NI
06ABUJA668	A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES [...] (C) Summary: A walk through the statistics and discussion with the IMF,s resident representative in Nigeria has helped to clarify the dichotomy between Nigeria's recent dramatic improvements in macroeconomic stability and the economic stress felt by most Nigerians. Nigeria,s economic policy re [...]	2006-03-24 18:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EPET ECPS NI
06ABUJA683	THIRD TERM EFFORTS CLOUD ELECTION CREDIBILITY [...] (C) Summary. American democracy organizations based in Nigeria believe that the credibility of the 2007 elections is negatively affected by President Obasanjo's attempt to amend the constitution to allow him to serve a third term. The preparations for elections are desperately behind schedul [...]	2006-03-27 17:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI THIRDTERM
06ABUJA900	LOCAL VIEWS ON NIGERIA'S FITCH AND S&P RATINGS [...] (U) Summary: Some Lagos business leaders, looking at the credit ratings as a broad indicator of Nigeria's economic prospects, consider the January 31, 2006 Fitch Ratings of BB minus and the February 6, 2006 Standard and Poor's (S&P) Ratings of BB minus for long-term foreign currency and BB ra [...]	2006-04-25 07:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI
06ACCRA1141	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO GHANA OF GENERAL JONES [...] (SBU) Ghana is democratic, market-oriented, pro-American, and has one of the best human rights records in Africa. President John Kufuor is in his second term. Ghana is on the UN Security Council and the IAEA Board of Governors this year. As the first sub-Saharan country to achieve independen [...]	2006-05-16 16:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH MARR MCAP PGOV PREL
06ACCRA1308	LUNCH WITH FORMER PRESIDENT JERRY RAWLINGS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted former President Rawlings, his wife, and four aides for lunch on May 19. The Ambassador explained at the start that the Embassy made it a policy to meet with all major party leaders in Ghana. She encouraged Rawlings and his entourage to share their vision [...]	2006-06-08 12:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON GH
06ACCRA1688	SOME TOGOLESE REFUGEES REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent UNHCR registration revealed that the overall count of Togolese refugees who fled into Ghana's Volta Region in 2005 has decreased from 11,900 to 6,578. Refugees remain queasy about repatriating, despite evidence that several thousand have quietly done so already without [...]	2006-07-24 08:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TO BN GH
06ACCRA1952	GHANA ON THE BRINK OF AN ENERGY CRISIS [...] (U) This message is an action request (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary: On August 22, President Kufuor met with the Ambassador to seek urgent USG assistance to prevent an energy crisis caused by record low levels of water at the large Akosombo Dam. He hoped we could provide USG-owned gene [...]	2006-08-24 11:12:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG GH PGOV EINV
06ACCRA2087	POLITICAL-ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS IN GHANA: [...] This cable covers noteworthy political and economic highlights in July-August, 2006. Topics covered in this cable are: - West African Political Parties Meet - Whistleblower Bill Passed - Renewed Violence in Yendi - Human Rights Roundtable - DHRF Signing Ceremony - [...]	2006-09-06 16:01:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET GH PGOV PHUM
06ACCRA217	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ULRICHT,S VISIT TO GHANA, [...] (SBU) Introduction/Summary: Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor just [...]	2006-01-26 14:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB GH MAS PGOV PREL
06ACCRA2630	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DUTCH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Newly arriving Dutch Ambassador Alida ("Lidi") Remmelzwaal paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater on October 30; the DCM and Poloff also attended. Remmelzwaal shared her government's concerns over transparency and economic development in Ghana. Ambassador Bridgewater pro [...]	2006-11-01 16:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR GH
06ACCRA2674	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HEAD OF NEW DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Obed Asamoah engaged Ambassador in a robust discussion on economic development, his vision for the new political party he founded, health, and education. Asamoah shared our concerns over the escalating war of words between President Kufuor and former head of state Rawlings, ass [...]	2006-11-06 16:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GH
06ACCRA2808	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO GHANA OF HUD SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. In 2007, Ghana will celebrate 50 years of independence. President John Kufuor is nearly two years into his second four-year term, which has so far been marked by solid ec [...]	2006-11-22 16:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH OTRA PGOV PREL
06ACCRA3025	Ghana: 2007 Budget Highlights [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Ghana (GoG) released its 2007 budget on November 16, 2006. The 2007 Budget outlines a target growth rate of at least 6.5 percent, single digit inflation, accumulation of internatioal reserves of at least 3 months import cover, ad an overall budget deficit of 3. [...]	2006-12-22 12:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GH
06ACCRA303	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON GHANA'S SENIOR [...] (C) On January 24, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on GoG Senior Minister J.H. Mensah. Mensah said the GoG aimed beyond the basic poverty reduction framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with its new Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy. The goal is to increa [...]	2006-02-03 13:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH
06ACCRA439	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO GHANA OF CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) Ghana is a democratic, market-oriented, pro-American country in a region marked by conflict and authoritarian rule. It has one of the best human rights records in Africa and has made significant efforts to combat trafficking in persons. President John Kufuor just completed the first yea [...]	2006-02-17 14:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ECON GH OREP OTRA PGOV PREL
06ACCRA518	GHANA'S 2006 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) As requested ref A, post submits this cable as input for the sixth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on combating domestic trafficking in chi [...]	2006-03-02 13:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
06ACCRA636	AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENT KUFUOR TO SUPPORT CMS [...] (C) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 15 with President Kufuor to urge his support for CMS Energy's $200 million project to expand its thermal power plant in Ghana from 220 MW to 330 MW. CMS and the IFC-led lenders group have failed so far to convince Cabinet to approve the government guarante [...]	2006-03-17 12:17:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN EINV GH
06ACCRA833	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 24 with Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu to press for action on a number of pending issues: 1) the Minister's participation in USAID's March 30 remittance conference; 2) terrorism finance prenotifications (Ref A); 3) status of the money laundering law [...]	2006-04-11 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL ELAB ENRG KTFN GH
06ACCRA96	GHANA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per Ref A, Post is pleased to provide below the 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted December 22, 2004 (Ref B). P Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Polic [...]	2006-01-13 11:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG BEXP ETRD EINV PREL PGOV GH
06ADANA128	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's textile industry continues to face difficulties in dealing with rapidly growing global competition, particularly from China and India. Textile industry leaders in Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep and Adana recently told us that the textile industry in Turkey's southeast continu [...]	2006-05-30 12:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL TU SY IZ
06ADANA151	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 12:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA159	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA182	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 05:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA238	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 08:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA244	GAZIANTEP: TURKEY'S SOUTHEASTERN ENGINE KEEPS CHUGGING; [...] The Southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep is the region's model child for economic development, with a diverse, internationally competitive industrial base. Locals attribute the success to an entrepreneurial tradition, a light touch by government as well as above-average levels of smuggling [...]	2006-11-20 14:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL TU CH
06ADANA254	TURKEY'S SOUTHEASTERN ENGINE KEEPS CHUGGING; NEIGHBORING [...] (SBU) The Southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep is the region's model child for economic development, with a diverse, internationally competitive industrial base. Locals attribute the success to an entrepreneurial tradition, a light touch by government as well as above-average levels of smu [...]	2006-12-06 08:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PTEL TU CH
06ADANA38	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 10:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA5	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 08:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA57	TURKEY: NEWROS CELEBRATIONS QUIET IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) Participation in this year's March 23 Newroz celebrations was generally lower than in past years throughout Turkey's southeast. The celebrations were generally peaceful with comparatively few instances of violence reported. Our contacts in the region, as well as media reports, said that [...]	2006-03-24 15:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU ADANA
06ADANA62	TURKEY: NEWROS CELEBRATIONS QUIET IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) Participation in this year's March 23 Newroz celebrations was generally lower than in past years throughout Turkey's southeast. The celebrations were generally peaceful with comparatively few instances of violence reported. Our contacts in the region, as well as media reports, said that [...]	2006-03-30 06:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
06ADDISABABA1195	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary. At the end of her three-day trip to Addis Ababa April 23-26, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour legal analysis is needed in the high profile trial of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leadership, civil society representatives and journalis [...]	2006-05-01 17:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1499	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION DIALOGUE WITH EPRDF PROVIDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The political dialogue between the ruling EPRDF and opposition parties UEDF and OFDM yielded its first fruit on May 22: a joint public declaration on respect for the constitution and renewed space for peaceful political activity. The government, UEDF and OFDM also agreed on a [...]	2006-05-30 15:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06ADDISABABA1539	ETHIOPIA: EVIDENCE WEAK SO FAR IN OPPOSITION TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their case against detained opposition CUD leaders, independent journalists, and civil society representatives, the prosecution in late May presented video footage of internal CUD meetings in which the party leadership and some constituents debate whether or not MPs should tak [...]	2006-06-05 11:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA1600	ETHIOPIA: GOE CONSIDERS JUNE 15 EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda told Charge June 12 that the GOE did not understand why the June 15 EEBC meeting was being held, and predicted that the likely outcome would be conflict, if not a total breakdown in the current EEBC process. He asked that the USG consider p [...]	2006-06-12 15:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1641	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ETHIOPIA IN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (C) Summary: According to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),Ethiopia remains in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1640. UNMEE is more concerned about Eritrean activities than continued Ethiopian troop movements and training. A Defense Attache c [...]	2006-06-15 13:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA2041	SOMALIA: TFG REPORTS ICU FORCES' ADVANCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's ambassador to Ethiopia and permrep to the AU, Abdulkarim Farah, expects IGAD foreign ministers to endorse a detailed plan early next week for a peace support operation (IGASOM) to Somalia, following which the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) may take further action. [...]	2006-07-25 13:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2042	SOMALI PERMREP BRIEFS AU PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) met to discuss the situation in Somalia and upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to closed door deliberations, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Abdulkarim Farah briefed P [...]	2006-07-25 13:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO
06ADDISABABA2059	SECOND REQUEST FOR SELF-HELP OBLIGATION REPORTS - [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Per reftels, Post is providing a preliminary obligation report for FY06 projects. Post expects to fully obligate its 80,000.00 USD allocation by August 15. END SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. PRELIMINARY OBLIGATIONS FOR FY06 SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROJECTS: 2.Project [...]	2006-07-26 05:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN ET
06ADDISABABA2123	ETHIOPIA: NATIONAL ELECTION BOARD REFORMS MOVING [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 27, Pol/Econ Counselor and Poloff met with British election expert Hannah Roberts and Rosanna Dudziak of the UNDP to discuss progress on the reorganization and capacity building of the Ethiopian National Elections Board (NEB). In early 2006, Roberts completed a study ide [...]	2006-08-03 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ET

06ADDISABABA2270	ETHIOPIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION MINISTER TALKS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ali Suleiman, the Minister for the Federal Anti Corruption and Ethics Commission told the Charge and Cons chief August 10 that the Alazar Dessie case, which falls within his jurisdiction, may finally be concluded in January. He also discussed the Commission's priorities: educat [...]	2006-08-17 08:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CASC ET
06ADDISABABA2527	ETHIOPIA: 10,000 PRISONERS RELEASED IN NEW YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On September 10, 2006, (New Years Eve in the Ethiopian calendar) the Ethiopian government granted pardons and reduced sentences for nearly 10,000 prisoners across Ethiopia. This is the largest pardon ever granted in Ethiopia and reduces the prison population by 15 percent. All o [...]	2006-09-18 11:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA2532	ETHIOPIA: 10,000 PRISONERS RELEASED IN NEW YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On September 10, 2006, (New Years Eve in the Ethiopian calendar) the Ethiopian government granted pardons and reduced sentences for nearly 10,000 prisoners across Ethiopia. This is the largest pardon ever granted in Ethiopia and reduces the prison population by 15 percent. All o [...]	2006-09-18 11:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA2572	ETHIOPIA: GENERALS' DEFECTION MAY SIGNAL DEEPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent defections of senior Oromo military officers have shaken the Ethiopian military establishment. Brigadier General Kemal Gelchu of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) defected to Eritrea on Aug 8, taking as many as two hundred soldiers and lower level officers with [...]	2006-09-21 13:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC ET ER
06ADDISABABA2629	ETHIOPIA: GOE BREAKS UP TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY A recent attempt by the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA),an organization claiming membership of three-quarters of Ethiopia's teachers, to hold a national conference was disrupted by Addis Ababa police. The ETA has historically been viewed as opposed to the ruling EPRDF, an [...]	2006-09-28 11:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA2948	DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]	2006-11-06 14:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3293	ETHIOPIA: WTO ACCESSION LEAPS FORWARD WITH MFTR [...] Summary. Ethiopia reached a significant milestone in its bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) when the GOE submitted the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) to the WTO Secretariat on (date). From application to membership, WTO Accession comprises three major phases: fact fin [...]	2006-12-14 12:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA714	ETHIOPIA: MELES WILLING TO RE-LEGALIZE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles says he no longer sees any reason why the CUD, whose leaders remain in jail, cannot re-register as a legal party. Party leaders at liberty are trying to overcome both internal differences and obscure legal obstacles to reconstitute Ethiopia's largest opposition politica [...]	2006-03-13 07:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06ADDISABABA723	AU APPROVES AMIS REHAT - NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The March 10 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) ministerial supported transition of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission. The PSC extended AMIS' mandate until September 30, 2006, and set a deadline of April 30 to conclude the A [...]	2006-03-14 04:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO EAID PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA898	OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS CONTINUE EFFORTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliamentarians leading the "Opposition Caucus" that represents ex-CUD MPs who have taken their seats in the House of People's Representatives are determined to form a new CUDP. (NOTE: The CUD was a coalition party that was disbanded after the elections in favor of the new CUDP [...]	2006-04-04 10:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA96	ETHIOPIA: POST DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopia's May 2005 national elections delivered a shock to the country's nascent democratic system for which no one was prepared. Opposition parties' unexpectedly strong showing frightened the GOE into rolling back some elements of what had been an unprecedented democratic open [...]	2006-01-11 12:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06AITTAIPEI1120	MEDIA REACTION: DPP PARTY REFORM CONFERENCE [...] Summary: Taiwan dailies March 31 focused on KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's meeting with President Chen Shui-bian slated for April 3, and junior DPP legislators' plan to hold a conference to discuss party reforms. 2. The editorials March 31 all commented on DPP legislators' call for a party ref [...]	2006-03-31 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1154	Economic Briefing for March 2006 [...] This cable summarizes selected recent economic events in Taiwan in March 2006: --Economy clouded by card debt, fuel costs --Capital outflows continue --Credit/cash card debt hurts banks profits --Tightened control of cross-Strait trade --Corning locates largest R&D center in Taiwan --DuPo [...]	2006-04-03 08:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI1383	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give significant coverage April 20 to the alleged bribery scandal involving former Presidential Office deputy secretary-general Chen Che-nan, while Chinese President Hu Jintao's U.S. trip and his scheduled meeting with U.S. President [...]	2006-04-20 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1510	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S TRANSITS IN THE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage May 2 on the details of President Chen Shui-bian's transit in the U.S., legislators' proposed constitutional amendments, the corruption scandals involving First Lady Wu Shu-chen, and the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayora [...]	2006-05-02 08:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2338	MEDIA REACTION: FIRST FAMILY'S ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 8-10 on various issues, such as the recommendation by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office of 12 years in prison for former Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Chen Che-nan for insider trading and influen [...]	2006-07-10 07:19:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2512	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.- TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 26 on the Cabinet-sponsored Sustainable Economic Development Conference; follow-up moves to oust President Chen Shui-bian; Typhoon Kaemi, which swept over Taiwan Tuesday; and investigations into the Taipei City Governm [...]	2006-07-26 09:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2585	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS, MIDDLE EAST [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave significant coverage August 2 to a Presidential Office press release Tuesday which said that President Chen Shui-bian has accepted the resignation of a housekeeper who works for his daughter but has been paid out of public funds, adding that [...]	2006-08-02 07:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2612	DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH TAIWAN'S AGRICULTURE CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In his August 1 meeting with Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) Chairman, Mr. Su Chia-chyuan, Director Young gained a commitment to finalize the documents establishing the Consultative Committee on Agriculture (CCA) by the end of October, reiterated the primacy of science-bas [...]	2006-08-03 07:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TW
06AITTAIPEI2845	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN FTA, TAIWAN POLITICAL [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to focus their coverage August 17 on former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's efforts to oust President Chen Shui-bian, and investigations into the Presidential Office's special state affairs expense account. The mass-circulation "Apple Dai [...]	2006-08-17 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2962	TAIWAN TIFA FOLLOW-UP: PROGRESS AND HIGH LEVEL [...] Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Eric Altbach and the U.S. trade delegation visit to Taipei August 17-21 to follow-up the May TIFA talks. Taiwan was eager to reaffirm its commitment to the TIFA process and report on actions taken since the May T [...]	2006-08-25 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EIND EINT ETRD KTEX TW
06AITTAIPEI3337	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to center their September 27 reporting on Premier Su Tseng-chang's plan to confer with major political party leaders for a settlement of the current political stand-off; and on the follow-on movements of former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-t [...]	2006-09-27 09:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3487	TAIWAN FUEL PRICES TO REFLECT MARKET [...] SUMMARY. Taiwan's China Petroleum Corporation (CPC),announced September 27 a NT$0.9 per liter reduction in wholesale prices of gasoline and diesel fuel and implemented a system to base its wholesale prices on fluctuations in international crude oil markets. This move follows years of direct [...]	2006-10-12 07:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI3745	NSPO REACTION TO AIT DEMARCHE [...] (S/NF) Summary: AIT delivered ref A demarche to National Space Program Office (NSPO) Director Lance Wu on October 30. Wu said he understood the U.S. policy on the release of satellite source codes. He said he appreciated and accepted the offer to collaborate with Orbital Systems. Wu said tha [...]	2006-11-03 04:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ETTC PREL TSPA TW
06AITTAIPEI3989	NT Dollar Loans to Foreign Borrowers [...] (U) Taiwan's monetary authorities in November started permitting banking institutions to lend NT Dollars (NTD) to foreign borrowers in Taiwan which may be used to finance direct investment, securities trading, and real estate purchases. The new measure relaxes the conditions for using NTD loa [...]	2006-11-29 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI3990	WEF Ranks Taiwan 100th in Banking Soundness [...] The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently gave Taiwan's banking system a ranking of 100th out of 125 rated economies. Taiwan's banking regulators have expressed dismay, disagreement, and have pointed out flaws in evaluation method. End summary. Poor Ranking ------------ 2. In its 2006 [...]	2006-11-29 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI711	Freeing Taiwan's "Card Slaves" [...] (SBU) Summary: Overdue credit card debt and the absence of a personal bankruptcy law has led to a few high-profile cases where Taiwan "card slaves" chose suicide or crime as their only options to escape aggressive harassment from debt collection agencies. While the overall amount of delinquen [...]	2006-03-07 23:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI719	NRC COMMISSIONER VISIT TO TAIWAN NUCLEAR PLANTS [...] (C) Summary: Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jeff Merrifield visited Taiwan Feb 22-24 to meet with his counterparts at the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) and to visit the Institute for Nuclear Energy Research (INER) along with two nuclear power plant sites in northern Taiwan. AEC chairman Ouyang [...]	2006-03-08 07:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PARM IAEA KNNP TW
06AITTAIPEI852	Central Bank Short-term Liabilities Prevented BOP Deficit [...] Taiwan in 2005 had a trade surplus of US$18 billion, which more than offset its services trade deficit and net capital outflow, and which pushed up Taiwan's foreign exchange (FX) reserves by 4.8% to US$253 billion. However, Taiwan would have had a negative Balance of Payments (BOP) in 2005 if [...]	2006-03-15 08:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI863	Central Bank Short-term Liabilities Prevented BOP Deficit [...] Taiwan in 2005 had a trade surplus of US$18 billion, which more than offset its services trade deficit and net capital outflow, and which pushed up Taiwan's foreign exchange (FX) reserves by 4.8% to US$253 billion. However, Taiwan would have had a negative Balance of Payments (BOP) in 2005 if [...]	2006-03-16 03:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
06AITTAIPIE2654	THREAT OF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE HIGHLIGHTS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THREATS BY OPPOSITION LEGISLATORS TO PUSH FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO THE FOREFRONT THE PENDING MAJOR RESTRUCTURING OF THE LEGISLATIVE YUAN (LY). IF A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE PASSES THIS FALL, PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN CAN DISSOL [...]	2006-08-08 00:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06ALGIERS1112	ALGERIA AMBIVALENT AS CHINESE LABOR AND GOODS, NOT [...] Chinese workers, who first flocked to Algeria in the late 1990s to meet the country's steep labor demand for construction projects, today number around eight thousand at any given time. While they are still most prevalent in the construction sector, many moonlight as traders of Chinese wares. [...]	2006-06-19 14:51:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV CH AG
06ALGIERS1315	BOUTEFLIKA MULLS CHANGES TO 2005 HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (SBU) President Bouteflika is reviewing proposed changes to Algeria's 2005 hydrocarbon law, touted at the time as a major step toward greater openness. The proposed changes would slow down current rates of oil and gas exploitation while limiting the expanded role for foreign energy companies e [...]	2006-07-17 12:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TRGY AG
06ALGIERS1545	FLN OFFICIALS STATE THEIR PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two senior officials in the National Liberation Front (FLN),Algeria's predominant political party, reviewed the party's near-term priorities for us on August 29. Their top goal is implementation of President Bouteflika's Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Second is [...]	2006-08-30 14:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1769	FORMER SONATRACH COUNSEL CRITIQUES CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A former Sonatrach counsel provided us with a detailed briefing on the changes to Algeria's hydrocarbon legislation over the last 20 years and his views on the impact of the recent hydrocarbon amendments. He clarified that while the new amendments obligate the Algerian petrole [...]	2006-10-04 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON TRGY AG
06ALGIERS2067	SENATE PRESIDENCY THE PRIZE OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (U) The Ministry of Interior announced last month that the wilaya councils (roughly equivalent to U.S. state legislatures) will elect 48 senators December 28 to the Conseil de la Nation (the national upper house, usually referred to as the Senate). In addition to these contested seats, Presid [...]	2006-12-05 07:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS565	REALITIES OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Influential segments of the Algerian public, assured by President Bouteflika last fall that voters were not approving a general amnesty for terrorists, are expressing serious reservations on its implementation after seeing prominent terrorists and FIS leaders returned to the streets and ma [...]	2006-03-29 15:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS570	BECHTEL POISED TO PREVAIL IN BID PROCESS FOR [...] (U) This cable contains proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. BIDS UNSEALED IN FULLY TRANSPARENT PROCESS ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In full view of the Algerian media, public and diplomats representing the home countries of firms bidding to build [...]	2006-03-29 17:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP ELTN ETRD AG
06ALGIERS662	RELEASED ISLAMIC LEADER ATTACKS GOA LEGITIMACY, [...] (C) Since his March 6 release from prison pursuant to the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, Ali Belhadj, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has blatantly defied the Charter's ban on those released engaging in political activity. Belhadj's most direct ch [...]	2006-04-12 13:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS887	OPEN SKIES: ALGERIA OFFERS REDUCED WEIGHT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy received May 13 an MFA diplomatic note (Ref B) providing Algeria's response to our Open Skies proposals of March 11 concerning exchange rates, intermodal transport, and transition period start date. The latest proposals (faxed to NEA/MAG) overtake Ref A instructions, which had no [...]	2006-05-17 15:47:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRA EBEXP KTIA ECON AG
06ALMATY1085	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL EXECUTIVE WARNS OF FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Martin Ferstl, Country Manager for Shell, told Ambassador on March 3 that the Kashagan project contained a "serious" design flaw in the design of its offshore facilities. As a result, the one-year design process would have to begin anew, with corresponding delays in first produ [...]	2006-03-28 02:50:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY1210	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- New Refinancing Rate -- FSA to Toughen Requirements for Second- [...]	2006-04-04 08:56:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1372	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE MARCH 31, 2006 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Bans Waterfowl Hunting For Fear Of B [...]	2006-04-14 10:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1404	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Kelimbetov reports that the GOK has almost finished its review of the draft MOU on the Program for Economic Development; he will push for completion before the upcoming VIP visit to Astana. Kelimbetov said that the Kazakhstani government [...]	2006-04-18 05:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KZ
06ALMATY1415	KAZAKHSTAN ADOPTIONS: ALLEDGED ABUSE OF ADOPTED [...] SUMMARY. The first-ever reported allegation of sexual abuse of an adopted Kazakhstani child in the United States has ignited a firestorm of anti-adoption criticism in the Kazakhstani parliament and provoked widespread hand wringing among adoption providers and pro-adoption advocates. With co [...]	2006-04-18 09:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI PREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KPAO KZ
06ALMATY1437	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN KAZAKHSTAN - [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with pending anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, INL sponsored an AML study tour for Kazakhstani parliamentarians to visit the financial intelligence unit (FIU) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the trip, the majority expressed doubt about the necessity for t [...]	2006-04-20 08:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1456	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher discussed Kazakhstan's business climate, regional economic integration, and oil and gas infrastructure projects on April 10 with representatives of American companies operating in Kazakhstan. While acknowledging that their companies were thriving in [...]	2006-04-21 04:09:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ AF PK
06ALMATY1576	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CEC CHAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Election Commission is reviewing its election law and procedures with ODIHR, and preparing for October 2007 maslikhat elections, according to CEC chair Zhumabekov. While the Kazakhstani government believes that its election law largely conforms to international stan [...]	2006-05-02 01:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1583	KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR ALMATY BIOKOMBINAT EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The private company that purchased the Biokombinat veterinary vaccine production facility is moving forward with construction of a smaller production facility in Stepnogorsk, in order to observe the terms of its privatization deal and avert potential threats to its real estate de [...]	2006-05-02 11:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ
06ALMATY1627	KAZAKHSTAN: KEEPING THE DRUGS IN THE FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Traders from South Kazakhstan ply age-old skills to traffic Afghan narcotics and local marijuana. MVD tries to clamp down but the mostly women drug dealers who manage the business get off lightly. Stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, as in Singapore, are on hold pending coa [...]	2006-05-05 05:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	POLITICAL
06ALMATY1664	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The paper shredder at the Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) Program office has been working overtime of late. May 2006 will be the office's last full month in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" of Almaty and over the last weekend in June EXBS Kazakhstan will relocate h [...]	2006-05-11 01:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY1759	KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL OPPOSITION ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: An activist from the "For a Just Kazakhstan" (FJK) movement has been sentenced to five years in jail for allegedly ordering others to burn Nazarbayev campaign billboards. FJK leaders claim the charges were trumped up in order to justify statements by law enforcement authorities d [...]	2006-05-18 01:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KZ
06ALMATY1960	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S PATTERSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 12 visit to Astana, INL A/S Anne Patterson, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, secured agreement with the Vice Minister of Interior to initiate a counter-narcotics strategy dialogue. Her conversation with the Deputy Procurator General broke through a logjam on the [...]	2006-06-03 03:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2074	KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO MEDIA LAW RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 08:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY215	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 Meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mynbayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and A [...]	2006-01-23 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ETRD KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY2160	KAZAKHSTAN: POLICE, ALGA SUPPORTERS CLASH AT SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 6, opposition Alga party supporters were denied access to a Supreme Court hearing on the Ministry of Justice's decision to deny that party's bid for official registration. Failing to gain entry to the hearing, Alga supporters began to set up a sound system on the steps [...]	2006-06-20 01:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2299	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE, APRIL [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Russia and Kazakhstan to Form Uranium-Related JV -- Smuggling [...]	2006-06-28 08:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY2532	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS AMENDMENTS TO MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has taken a step backward on media freedom, but the step turned out to be much smaller than originally feared. On July 5, President Nazarbayev signed a package of controversial and hastily-considered media law amendments into law. Advocates, including the Informatio [...]	2006-07-13 03:10:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO KZ PGOV PHUM
06ALMATY256	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE BYELKAMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kazakhstani court has refused to enforce the London Court of International Arbitration's award of legal fees to U.S. firm Byelocorp Scientific Inc. (BSI). BSI will contest the ruling, which asserted that enforcement of the LCIA award would be "detrimental to public order in [...]	2006-01-24 07:50:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV PREL PINR KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY2673	KAZAKHSTAN: THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The nuclear fuel cycle in Kazakhstan is wholly managed by the state-owned Kazatomprom company, and dominated by uranium mining and milling operations. Kazatomprom is investing heavily in increasing uranium production not only to profit from the projected increase in world demand, [...]	2006-07-25 09:02:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR KZ
06ALMATY2681	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 9 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Series of Economic Laws Adopted -- Trade Policy Promotion Cente [...]	2006-07-26 07:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
06ALMATY282	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- KAZAKHSTAN [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel request. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy since its independence in 1991. The European Union in 2000 and the U.S. Department [...]	2006-01-25 10:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTDB USTR ECONOMIC
06ALMATY2953	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...]	2006-08-19 03:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY2955	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...]	2006-08-19 03:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3143	KAZAKHSTAN: SUPREME COURT DENIES HARE KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan denied the Hare Krishnas' appeal of an adverse lower court ruling concerning title to their commune in the Karasai district, near Almaty. The GOK now intends to form a special commission to resolve the issue. The Hare Krishnas are [...]	2006-09-06 21:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY3178	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production company (KMG E&P),the onshore production subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company, formally announced its intention to issue shares on both Kazakhstan's stock exchange (KASE) and the London Stock Exchange. Accord [...]	2006-09-11 08:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY326	KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGE MEETS WITH GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov is satisfied with the conditions under which he was released, although resentful of the three-month delay in the process. He plans to stay involved in politics, but has not yet determined exactly what his role will be in the opposition. Zhak [...]	2006-01-30 08:28:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM
06ALMATY3275	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH SENATE SPEAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Speaker Abykayev told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 9 that Kazakhstan saw SIPDIS President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to the U.S. as an opportunity to highlight its record on economic reform and security. A/S Boucher underscored the need to discuss plans f [...]	2006-09-18 07:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
06ALMATY557	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Law on Private Entrepreneurship Signed -- Kazakhstan to Invest [...]	2006-02-11 10:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY603	KAZAKHSTAN: LUKOIL, CHINESE BIDDING FOR "NATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick O'Mara, Vice President of the privately-held Canadian oil company "Nations Energy," told Poloff on February 10 that Lukoil and "the Chinese" were bidding to buy his company, Kazakhstan's eighth-largest oil producer. Contrary to press reports, India's Oil and Natural Gas C [...]	2006-02-14 13:48:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ CH
06ALMATY756	KAZAKHSTAN: WHITHER IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship is broad and deep, built on a number of significant points of congruence. The GOK is a potential ally and partner on a whole range of issues that are critically important to the U.S., including diversifying Eurasian gas supplies and routes to w [...]	2006-02-24 14:00:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV KDEM PHUM PARM KPAO KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY886	CHEVRON'S EURASIA MANAGER OFFERS INSIGHT INTO CPC [...] (C) Summary. Guy Hollingsworth, Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit President, told Ambassador on March 2 that he believes that Russia is conditioning CPC pipeline expansion on the construction of a Burgas-Alexandroupolis (B-A) bypass in part because both Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko and Tra [...]	2006-03-07 11:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ RS
06ALMATY887	KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN, SARSENBAIULY FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: In separate messages, a prominent parliamentarian and 18 members of Alynbek Sarsenbaiuly's family harshly criticized the course of the investigation and pointed toward political motives behind the murder. The chairman of the international relations committee of the lower house o [...]	2006-03-07 13:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KZ
06AMMAN1118	LOWER HOUSE CONSIDERS BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: Jordan?s draft Budget Law for 2006 in front of Parliament?s Chamber of Deputies this week estimates a deficit of USD 635 million, with gross public expenditures at USD 4.9 billion, revenues at USD 4.2 billion, and foreign aid at USD 333 million. In the budget submission, the Deputy [...]	2006-02-15 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV JO
06AMMAN1174	LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT APPROVES BUDGET AMIDST [...] (SBU) The Chamber of Deputies on February 15 approved the GOJ's budget for 2006 (reftel) with only minor modifications during a chaotic session marked by a walkout of MPs and a vote by a hurried show of hands. During the full week of debate prior to the vote, 72 out of 110 MPs insisted on ex [...]	2006-02-16 16:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN JO
06AMMAN1177	PRAGMATISTS LEAD MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S LEADERSHIP [...] ( C ) Summary and introduction: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political auxiliary, the Islamic Action Front, have traditionally been pragmatic and established participants in Jordan's political order. Rank and file zealots -- mostly Palestinian-Jordanians and now energized by Hamas' e [...]	2006-02-16 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KPAL KDEM PINR JO
06AMMAN151	ARTICLE 98 -- PARLIAMENT COMPLETES RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-08 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR JO KICC
06AMMAN1790	ARAB BANK MOVES TO REDUCE RISK IN THE EVENT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Arab Bank, Jordan's largest bank and the largest provider of banking services in the West Bank and Gaza, has been steadily lowering the amount of credit it offers the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the Hamas parliamentary victory. In anticipation of a worst-case scenario with [...]	2006-03-09 16:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KWBG KPAL KTFN JO
06AMMAN18	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RATIFICATION OF [...] (U) The legal committee of the Chamber of Deputies - the lower house of Jordan's parliament - on January 2 formally recommended the ratification of the U.S.-Jordan Article 98 agreement. The Chamber of Deputies had referred the agreement to the legal committee on December 7, after earlier rej [...]	2006-01-03 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO KICC
06AMMAN1986	JORDAN ELIMINATES SOME OIL SUBSIDIES, REDUCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Bakhit's government is set to completely liberalize prices in three oil product categories, and raise fuel prices across five remaining subsidized products, effective April 1. The average weighted increase to fuel prices will be about 25 percent, but will include a [...]	2006-03-19 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG SOCI JO
06AMMAN2119	GOJ SUBMITS NEW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS LAW TO [...] (SBU) The GOJ submitted a new municipal elections law to parliament on March 20, accompanied by a request that it be given priority status. The draft law provides for the direct election of all mayors and municipal council members in Jordan, except for the capital of Amman. The bill also set [...]	2006-03-22 16:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN JO
06AMMAN2358	Jordan/H5N1: First Human Case Arrives by Ferry from [...] Summary: A 31 year-old Egyptian who arrived on March 27 in Jordan already sick from H5N1 avian flu is Jordan's first human case. The man raises poultry at his home in Egypt, the presumed source of the infection. The man's medical condition on April 2 is stable. No other human cases are rep [...]	2006-04-02 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU JO
06AMMAN239	FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...]	2006-01-16 07:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO
06AMMAN2452	EFFECTS OF JORDAN'S UPCOMING FUEL PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The one-time fuel price hike for 2006 - the largest jump to date, which is expected in coming days - will bring Jordan's budget to manageable levels by eliminating $415 million in fuel subsidies (Ref C),but will stretch many household budgets close to the breaking point. Some [...]	2006-04-06 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV SOCI EPET JO
06AMMAN2496	SPOTTY RESPONSE TO CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE; [...] ( SBU )The Islamic Action Front,s call for a two-hour general strike April 9 met with a mixed response. In several East Amman lower middle-class neighborhoods known for Islamist sympathies, poloff observed between one quarter and one half of shops closed on some commercial streets. Several [...]	2006-04-09 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KISL ECON ELAB JO
06AMMAN2525	JORDAN FUEL PRICE HIKES, "SAFETY NET" IMPLEMENTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Businesses, consumers, and government offices were moving rapidly April 9 to adjust to the fuel price hikes approved by the cabinet April 8 and implemented at midnight (see ref's). In addition to a JD 61.7 million ($87 million) "social safety net" program (Ref C) already in ef [...]	2006-04-10 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV SOCI EPET JO
06AMMAN2648	HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS SHOWCASES ANOTHER GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's $330 million pharmaceutical industry is a bright spot in the nation's industrial development and one of the front-runner sectors in the leadership's strategy of export-led economic growth. Hikma Pharmaceuticals and its parent, the Hikma Group, is the shining star amon [...]	2006-04-13 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TSPL KIPR TBIO JO
06AMMAN2750	KING ASKS HIS GOVERNMENT TO AID THE POOR, WHILE PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public letter addressed to Prime Minister Bakhit on April 13, King Abdullah urged the GOJ to ease the impact on the poor of the recent cut in fuel subsidies, and to make the rich shoulder more of the tax burden. Meanwhile, the Planning Minister confirmed that a more progre [...]	2006-04-17 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN ENRG SOCI JO
06AMMAN277	REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Amman strongly endorses Washington's wish to support more cultural and sports programs. These are bridges of communication that are extremely effective notwithstanding the nature of political relations or perceptions. Because of its popular appeal, basketball has opened doors for the U.S. in [...]	2006-01-17 07:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
06AMMAN2916	Sandia Workshop Works to Lower Bioterrorism Risks, [...] Summary: An April 11-13 workshop sponsored by Sandia National Lab gathered thirty Middle Eastern lab scientists in Amman to discuss biosafety and biosecurity risks and risk reduction strategies at health and agricultural biology labs. Expert speakers outlined best practices for lowering risk [...]	2006-04-25 03:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER XF JO
06AMMAN303	JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 [...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2006 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Jordan 2006 Investment Climate Statement - Jordan Openne [...]	2006-01-17 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR
06AMMAN327	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 10:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN3800	KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 25 SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's independence day speech included pointed references to unnamed foreign powers, a gesture to domestic critics who see him as too close to the U.S. The speech's theme of self-reliance also aimed at lowering expectations that Gulf governments will launch dramatic ne [...]	2006-05-30 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN JO
06AMMAN4144	MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS, ANTI-TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 11:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN4297	"Get the Lead Out! Sulfur, Too" - Middle East Clean Fuels [...] Summary: Fifty participants in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles met in Cairo May 24-25. Stakeholders discussed plans to eliminate the use of leaded gasoline, and to promote low sulfur gasoline and diesel in the Middle East and North Africa. Studies from the United States show tha [...]	2006-06-14 05:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ENRG XF EG
06AMMAN4456	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON TERRORISM AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN4833	JPRC EXPANSION PLANS MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The future of Jordan Petroleum Refinery Corporation (JPRC) - operator of Jordan's sole refinery - remains unclear as its 25-year concession over production, distribution, and marketing of petroleum products draws to an end in 2008. JPRC, a semi-public corporation, hopes that it w [...]	2006-06-28 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KPRV ECIN ECON JO
06AMMAN5123	Iraq Water Seminar Links Government, Academics [...] Summary: The seminar "Clean Water in Iraq - Water Purification and Environmental Remediation," sponsored by State's ISN (International Security and Nonproliferation) Bureau and held June 25-29 in Amman, made important contributions towards linking the policy, technical, governmental and academ [...]	2006-07-09 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV IZ JO
06AMMAN540	PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION PUTS TAX REFORM OFF FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's anti-reform parliament dealt a significant, temporary blow to Jordan's economic reform agenda by rejecting a draft income tax law. Parliament was on strong constitutional grounds in doing so, as the bill had been enacted as a temporary law in the waning days of the Bad [...]	2006-01-24 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KMPI KTDB JO
06AMMAN612	FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT'S FINANCE [...] (SBU) A dispute over the membership of a key committee brought the Chamber of Deputies' business to a crawl for over two weeks. The controversy froze all committee work and significantly delayed review of the government's annual budget. END SUMMARY. --------------------------- TIE VOTE S [...]	2006-01-25 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN JO

06AMMAN632	JORDAN'S PACE OF PRIVATIZATION TO PICK UP SPEED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Executive Privatization Commission (EPC) Chairman, Mohammed Abu Hammour, provided upbeat prospects for privatization efforts in 2006. He forecasted $1 billion USD in revenue generated for the first six months of 2006, with an incremental $200 million in the second hal [...]	2006-01-26 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV KPRV ECON JO
06AMMAN6708	ANTI-TERRORISM LAW PASSES LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's lower house of parliament approved a new anti-terrorism bill. Passage of the measure was a priority for the Bakhit government because of the King's call for new anti-terrorism legislation. The law strengthens Jordan's regime for countering terrorism financing and closes [...]	2006-08-30 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KTFN JO
06AMMAN6724	PETITIONERS CALL FOR "REVIEW" OF JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Citing Israeli and U.S. policies toward the Palestinians and Lebanon, one-hundred Jordanian political and tribal figures petitioned King Abdullah to "reconsider" Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. End Summary. 2. (U) Ahmed Obeidat ) Prime Minister from 1984 to 1985 and chi [...]	2006-08-31 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS LE JO
06AMMAN7737	PRODUCTIVE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT [...] ( SBU ) Summary: Jordan's Parliament concluded its extraordinary session September 28, six weeks after King Abdullah recalled the legislators and handed them an ambitious 42-bill agenda (ref A). A potential crisis over two imprisoned Islamist MPs was averted when the Islamic Action Front ba [...]	2006-10-10 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMCA KDEM KMPI KTFN EFIN JO
06AMMAN7789	JORDAN'S GROUP OF ELEVEN INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan joined ten other countries on the margin's of last month's UN General Assembly to launch a "Group of Eleven." Nine lower middle income countries joined Croatia and Pakistan to form a group dedicated to advance mutual interests in the global economic, investment and trade [...]	2006-10-12 05:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD ECON EAID JO
06AMMAN8241	Market Liberalization in Jordan Will Not Meet 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of Jordan's Executive Privatization Committee (EPC),former Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour, offered an upbeat analysis of the government's privatization efforts and successes in 2006. The much-delayed but ongoing privatization of Jordan Telecom (JT) should c [...]	2006-11-02 18:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPRV JO
06AMMAN8341	QIZ MANAGERS COMPLAIN ABOUT GOJ LABOR CRACKDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. garment buyer representatives, QIZ estate owners, and factory operators have started to complain in recent weeks about the state of Jordan's QIZ industry. Contacts say they are losing revenue as costs rise and machines sit idle with no workers available. Some owners have h [...]	2006-11-08 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX JO BG
06AMMAN8408	ANGRY REACTIONS TO BEIT HANUN DEATHS AND U.S. VETO [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians reacted with anger to full-page photos in local papers of dead Gazan women and children, and to Arab satellite media coverage of the story. Israel's announcement that it would investigate the incident, and the USG's expression of regret, were received by the public and [...]	2006-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC JO
06AMMAN8598	JORDAN AWAITS THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT [...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: JORDAN IS ABUZZ IN ANTICIPATION OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND VISIT TO THE COUNTRY. THE LEADERSHIP VIEWS THE VISIT AS A CHANCE TO ADVANCE ITS VIEWS ON IRAQ AND OTHER REGIONAL ISSUES AND BE SEEN AS A FAVORED PARTNER OF THE U.S. TRADITIONAL CRITICS ARE RAISING THEIR VOICES IN P [...]	2006-11-26 16:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
06AMMAN866	JORDAN BATTLES GROWING DEFICITS; LESS THAN MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 31, global credit rating agency Moody's lowered its outlook for Jordan's sovereign rating - not the rating itself - from stable to negative. Utilizing 2003 as a benchmark, Moody's cited "ongoing deterioration" in the country's external balance of payments and fiscal [...]	2006-02-06 20:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON ENRG EINV JO
06AMMAN960	NON-VIOLENT PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Non-violent protests continued against the publication of cartoons deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. The U.S. was a target of some demonstrators' ire, along with Europe and Israel. Jordanian authorities have maintained control of the protests. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Ac [...]	2006-02-08 16:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL JO
06ANKARA100	TURKEY: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),areas [...]	2006-01-06 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB TU OPIC USTR
06ANKARA1042	TURKEY: CONCERN OVER U.S. POLICY UNDERMINES [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey, many of our interlocutors expressed concerns about the recent Danish cartoon issue and U.S. Middle East policy. Even our more moderate contacts who tend to b [...]	2006-03-02 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA1105	THE ALLEGED OVERVALUATION OF THE TURKISH LIRA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TU
06ANKARA1115	TURKISH PM TAKES CRITICS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan has opened numerous legal cases against writers, politicians, cartoonists, and others whose criticism he found personally offensive. Contacts say Erdogan's aggressive response to criticism reflects a combative nature honed during his childhood in an impoverished distri [...]	2006-03-06 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU
06ANKARA1153	TURKEY: LAWSUIT AGAINST ARMY COMMANDER RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit (slated to take the top job in TGS this Aug.) is again at the center of public controversy. On Mar. 5, the Van Public Prosecutor filed a complaint against Buyukanit for allegedly trying to influence the trial of Jandarma off [...]	2006-03-08 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA1160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1253	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...]	2006-03-10 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU
06ANKARA1332	ERDOGAN'S RISKY ECONOMIC DECISIONS COINCIDE WITH [...] (SBU) Under pressure from exporters, the GOT announced a Value-Added Tax rate cut for the textile sector without consulting the IMF and in violation of its agreement with the Fund. At the same time, the GOT has decided not to renew the mandate of the respected Central Bank Governor. These two [...]	2006-03-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
06ANKARA1460	TURKEY'S LOWER 2006 TOURISM NUMBERS COULD [...] (U) SUMMARY. ON THE HEELS OF 2005'S RECORD TOURISM NUMBERS, A "SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS" - THE AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK, THE CARTOON CONTROVERSY, AND RUMORS OF AN ALCOHOL BAN - HAS LED TO A SHARP DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF 2006 BOOKINGS FOR FOREIGN VISITORS IN TURKEY. WHILE THE ANTALYA'S M [...]	2006-03-20 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA1524	AI Continues to Plague Turkish Poultry Sector [...] (U) Summary. The AI outbreak continues to plague the poultry sector in Turkey albeit at a reduced pace. AI has been confirmed in 151 locations in 28 provinces throughout Turkey, according to the most recent report from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Poultry consumption remain [...]	2006-03-23 10:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO AMED TU CASC EAID SENV ECON
06ANKARA1528	DISARRAY OVER CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SYMPTOMATIC OF [...] (C) Summary: The process of selecting a new Central Bank Governor moved from comedy to farce as President Sezer and Prime Minister Erdogan traded confusing statements about the state of play. The disarray over selection of a new Central Bank Governor reflects Erdogan,s pro-Islam ruling Jus [...]	2006-03-23 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA1568	TURKEY-SYRIA FTA: NARROW SCOPE AND MODEST [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials and businessmen do not share the SARG's optimism about the recently-approved Turkey-Syria Free Trade Agreement. Turkish officials tell us that Turkey's FTAs are dictated by European Customs Union requirements, and business contacts tell us that Syria [...]	2006-03-24 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD POL ECON TU SY
06ANKARA1629	IMF CRITICISM OF TURKEY COINCIDES WITH PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PBIO TU
06ANKARA1653	INCOME INEQUALITY DECREASING IN TURKEY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to updated data for 2004, the share of the population living in poverty in Turkey decreased from 28.12 percent to 25.6 percent. The data also shows a growing city/countryside divide as urban poverty declines and rural poverty increases. Contrary to widespread percept [...]	2006-03-28 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM TU
06ANKARA1657	CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...]	2006-03-29 06:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA1746	The Anatolian Tiger Roars: 7.4% GDP Growth in 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 05:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA1943	KIRSEHIR: A CITY CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirsehir, two hours southeast of Ankara, is an Anatolian city of 88,000 plagued by a lack of business investment. Blessed with geothermal resources and included in the government investment incentive scheme for low-income provinces, Kirsehir hopes to generate a tourism market [...]	2006-04-10 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU
06ANKARA1950	COMPETITION SPURRING TURKISH AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The entry of private airlines into Turkey's scheduled domestic market has increased competition for state-owned Turkish Airlines. Such private airlines provide cheaper fares and alternatives to Turkish consumers, but they also add to the regulatory burden faced by Turkey's Dir [...]	2006-04-10 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON TU
06ANKARA2041	TURKEY'S FINANCE MINISTER REITERATES COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging April 11 conversation, Finance Minister Unakitan told Ambassador that Turkey's government remains committed to fiscal discipline, sound economic policies, and structural reforms, welcoming the fact that Ambassador had come to him rather than rely on distorted [...]	2006-04-14 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN TU
06ANKARA2047	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S APRIL 10 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Robert Wexler met April 10 with PM Erdogan, FM Gul, Economy Minister and lead EU negotiator Babacan, D/CHOD Kosaner, PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu, and Turkish Union of Chambers President Hisarciklioglu. Wexler's message was that although the HAMAS visit [...]	2006-04-14 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ
06ANKARA207	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-19 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2411	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2444	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2481	ALLEGED HARASSMENT OF US FLAGGED YACHT BY GREEK [...] (C) The Greek Coast Guard fired warning shots that struck an American-flagged yacht in the Aegean on April 30, according to MFA Maritime/Aviation Deputy Director General Vakur Gokdenizler. The Greek Coast Guard reportedly objected to the boat's flying a Turkish flag on its mast while it was i [...]	2006-05-05 04:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR TU
06ANKARA2510	TURKEY PICKS CALIK TO BUILD SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT has chosen local firm Calik Enerji to build the Samsun-Ceyhan Turkish Straits oil bypass, awarding it a six-month conditional license, still subject to approval by the President. Many of our contacts question whether Calik, whose Chairman Ahmet Calik is close to AKP po [...]	2006-05-08 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV EINV TU
06ANKARA2597	TURKISH U/S ALI TUYGAN ON GREEK ISSUES AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Ali Tuygan debriefed Ambassador May 5 on PM Erdogan's May 4 meeting in Thessaloniki with Greek PM Karamanlis and distanced Turkey from FM Gul's reported hard line on the Halki Seminary. Tuygan reviewed follow up on Secretary Rice's recent visit. Discussion also t [...]	2006-05-09 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER GR IR IZ TU
06ANKARA264	TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: FM GUL SIGNS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority in early January and signed separate agreements with the PA in Ramallah and with Israel in Jerusalem, giving a Turkish consortium organized by the Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) [...]	2006-01-24 08:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV IS TU
06ANKARA2981	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: A POLITICAL PRIMER [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's southeast encompasses 23 provinces stretching from Gaziantep in the west to Kars in the north and Hakkari in the far southeast. This region includes most of Turkey's Iranian and Syrian borders and its entire Iraqi border [...]	2006-05-25 06:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
06ANKARA3021	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3104	TOUGH TIMES AT TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary. Experts agree that the challenge of bringing Turkey's inflation rate down from last year's 8% to normal OECD levels will be far harder than the success over the last four years reducing it from 70% to 8%. Thus, longtime central banker Dormus Yilmaz took the helm of Turkey's Ce [...]	2006-05-26 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA323	TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...]	2006-01-27 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ
06ANKARA325	TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER ON TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with Finance Minister Unakitan, the Ambassador stressed the importance of preparing for Turkey's upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review. Unakitan expressed confidence that the legislation governing Turkey's anti-financial crime agency will be pa [...]	2006-01-30 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER PBIO TU IZ
06ANKARA3307	TURKEY AVIAN INFLUENZA: POULTRY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new AI cases in poultry or on wild birds in Turkey since March 31, 2006. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the AI outbreak was completely extinguished by April 24, 2006. The Protection and Control General Directorate issued the last follow up report [...]	2006-06-07 07:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID TBIO AMED CASC KFLU SENV TU
06ANKARA346	TURKEY CENTRAL BANKER WORRIED ABOUT BACKSLIDING [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Central Bank Governor Serdengecti believes that while economic risks, such as from the current account deficit, are receding, the potential for political backsliding on reforms is the main threat to Turkey's economic recovery, along with potential instability in the r [...]	2006-01-30 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA3544	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3644	Treasury U/S Adams Visits Istanbul Amid Market Turbulence [...] (SBU) Summary: In a day in Istanbul June 13, Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams met with the Turkish Treasury Under SIPDIS Secretary, a Central Bank Vice-Governor and private sector analysts SIPDIS and bankers. Despite the sell-off in Turkish markets, neither the officials nor the ba [...]	2006-06-21 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA3651	TURKISH YOUTH: DEMOGRAPHICS AND IDENTITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly three-quarters of Turkey's population is under the age of 35. To better understand this increasingly important cohort, Mission Turkey's first- and second-tour officers conducted several months of outreach, meeting with young people throughout the country and discussing t [...]	2006-06-21 11:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SCUL SOCI TU
06ANKARA367	TURKEY'S MUCH-IMPROVED DEBT SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 19:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA3896	MANAGING TURKISH MARKETS AND MEETING WITH TREASURY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 05:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN TU
06ANKARA3973	OPINION POLL ON STATUS OF WOMEN IN SIX TURKISH [...] (U) Summary and comment: The United Nations Joint Program to Promote and Protect Women and Girls' Human Rights in Turkey recently released a poll on the status of women in six cities. The poll results reveal two major faultlines affecting attitudes towards women: 1) between Turkey's modern e [...]	2006-07-07 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN TU
06ANKARA407	TURKEY'S RULING AK PARTY AND CORRUPTION: AK'S [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in 2002 based in large part on its image as a clean party, but for the past two years, questions about corruption within AKP have hung in the air (refs A and B). AKP has done little to enact promised anti-corrupt [...]	2006-02-02 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR TU
06ANKARA4120	HAYMANA SUB-PROVINCE: RURAL UNDERDEVELOPMENT NEAR [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, we visited Haymana, an agricultural sub-province located 70km from Ankara. Despite its proximity to the capital, Haymana suffers from rural underdevelopment. Outward migration to cities and abroad has been a fact of life for over three decades. Education is not alw [...]	2006-07-14 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA413	TURKEY: EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent energy issues involving Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia have focused attention on regional transit projects via Turkey for Caspian and Middle East gas going to Southeast and Central European markets. Turkish Energy Minister Guler,s upcoming visit (REF C) to Washington offers [...]	2006-02-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR
06ANKARA4304	A/S SULLIVAN MEETINGS WITH TURKISH ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Economy Minister Ali Babacan and Central Bank Governor July 14, Assistant Secretary Sullivan explored recent financial market volatility, Turkey,s macroeconomic progress and Iraq,s bilateral debt. Babacan and the Central Bank Governor both admitted there were Turk [...]	2006-07-25 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV TU IZ
06ANKARA4379	TURKEY'S LOOMING ELECTRICITY DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With growing fears of an electricity supply deficit in Turkey before the end of the decade (Ref B),the Turkish government has announced plans to move forward more quickly on privatization and establishment of an electricity market for pricing and settlement. Meanwhile, long fi [...]	2006-08-01 07:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET BEXP EXIM OPIC TU
06ANKARA4406	TURKEY AND IRAQ'S ILLICIT AND LICIT FUEL TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Illegal fuel product trade in Turkey is significant and an issue of great concern to the Turkish Government, but we are not aware of any evidence that fuel smuggling in Turkey has any link with the insurgency in Iraq. Despite the challenges of the single bottleneck Habur Gate an [...]	2006-08-01 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KCOR TU IZ
06ANKARA4456	ROGUE LAWYER STRIKES AGAIN; PARLIAMENT MAY TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Novelist Elif Safak has been charged with "insulting Turkish identity" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. Safak was charged as a result of a criminal complaint filed by ultranationalist lawyer Kemal Kerincsiz. Kerincsiz has exploited Article 301, which targets those wh [...]	2006-08-03 10:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA4473	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4474	TFLE01: TURKEY: ANGRY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The mood in Turkey regarding events in Lebanon - particularly the failure to achieve an early, UN-brokered ceasefire - has turned angry. Growing protests on the streets have been matched by official statements in Kuala Lumpur (PM Erdogan at the OIC ministerial) and Washington (F [...]	2006-08-03 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4493	TURKISH TOURISM DOWN ONLY SLIGHTLY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 05:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
06ANKARA4526	US-TURKEY SECURITY RELATIONS: INCREASINGLY [...] (S/NF) After the March 1, 2003 parliamentary vote vetoing a northern front for the Iraq War and the July 4, 2003 arrest (including hooding) of Turkish special forces personnel in Suleymania (an event widely seen in Turkey as a national insult),our security relations were at their lowest point [...]	2006-08-07 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA4707	TURKEY VIEWS ON HABUR GATE, FUEL TRADE TO SOMO, [...] (C) Summary. Although the smuggling investigation that had impeded Turkish fuel shipments to Iraq is over and construction of the new customs facility at Habur is nearly complete, Turkish trade officials observe that Iraqi demand for fuel from Iraq appears to be declining. At the same time [...]	2006-08-11 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EPET ETRD PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA4833	SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO TURKEY INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: Saudi King Abdullah visited Ankara and Istanbul from August 8-11 in the first visit of a Saudi King since 1966. Turkish MFA Middle East desk officer Barbaros Dicle characterized the visit August 18 as a "turning point" in bilateral relations. The two countries signed six agreeme [...]	2006-08-18 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SA TU
06ANKARA4998	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Koray Targay, MFA's Ambassador-level coordinator of Turkish assistance to Iraq, expressed deep concern that Turkey had not yet been invited to join the core preparatory group drafting the "Iraq Compact." He said that this was a priority of the Ministry and senio [...]	2006-08-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA5092	TURKEY: LIMITED IMPACT OF INTEREST RATE HIKES [...] (SBU) Summary. In its August 24 meeting, Turkey's interest rate setting Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep Central Bank interest rates on hold at 17.5%. Since the global emerging market turmoil in May, however, the MPC has increased interest rates by a total of 4.25%, reversing [...]	2006-09-01 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
06ANKARA5212	COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN IRAN: A MISNOMER? [...] (S) Summary: Over a period of two months conoffs surveyed male Iranian visa applicants about the military service requirement in Iran. While all Iranian men upon reaching eighteen years of age are ostensibly required to fulfill a national military service requirement, many means exist for th [...]	2006-09-11 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IR
06ANKARA550	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Tuesday, January 17: [...]	2006-02-08 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA5511	LETTER FROM FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER TUZMEN TO USTR SCHWAB [...] On September 19, we received the following letter from State Minister for Foreign Trade, Kursad Tuzmen, to USTR Schwab regarding Turkey's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) benefits. The letter provides a number of arguments for Turkey's retention of GSP. As stated in refs A and B, this [...]	2006-09-20 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TU
06ANKARA5625	CARGILL'S SWEETENER PLANT CONTINUES TO SOUR IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Cargill representatives will meet with Turkish PM Erdogan on September 30 in New York to once again ask for his intervention in continuing legal troubles regarding Cargill's sweetener plant near the city of Bursa in northwestern Turkey. In addition to the meeting with Erdogan, we underst [...]	2006-09-26 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV BEXP TU
06ANKARA5734	TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY SMARTING FROM INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of textiles and apparel continue to increase slightly (3 percent to date in 2006 and 7.25 percent in 2005),government and industry officials present a bleak picture of the sectors' future. Most notably, Turkish exports to the U.S. fell by 23 perce [...]	2006-10-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU
06ANKARA5802	SE TURKEY LEADERS WANT POSITIVE RESPONSE TO PKK [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana Cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Kurdish and regional GOT leaders in SE Turkey are hopeful the PKK cease-fire will de-escalate the violence, but worried that Ankara will not capitalize on the opportunity, which they believe offers an opening for serious, long [...]	2006-10-05 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA5803	TIP IN TURKEY: PERSPECTIVES FROM A MAJOR HUB, [...] (C) Summary: Trabzon's location as a transportation hub on the Black Sea and proximity to countries such as Georgia and Russia make it a major hub for the trafficking of sex workers. Trabzon's leaders are making efforts to reduce the level of prostitution. The Chief Prosecutor is actively p [...]	2006-10-05 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5846	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-06 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5849	TURKISH PRESIDENT'S STATISM SHOWS [...] (C) Summary: In addition to venting inflammatory rhetoric on social and political issues (refs),Turkish President Sezer used his October 1 opening speech to Parliament to reiterate the statist economic philosophy he shares with Turkey's opposition parties and other elements of the "deep sta [...]	2006-10-06 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PINR TU
06ANKARA5862	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5867	TURKEY: CMEA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS [...] Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of Turkey's imports of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as requested in reftel. Embassy Ankara and our Turkish government contacts have no information which indicates Turkey's imports of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine are used for anything [...]	2006-10-11 05:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL TU
06ANKARA592	SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM DELAYS IMF REVIEW AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: For the third time in the past year, parliamentary passage of critical Social Security reforms are holding up an IMF review and this time, the IMF says it will not consider a waiver. GOT officials insist they support the reform, but seem to prefer wearing down the parliamentary [...]	2006-02-09 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA5993	WILL TURKEY REALLY BOYCOTT FRENCH COMPANIES IN THE WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The lower house of the French parliament's October 12 decision to make denial of the Armenian "genocide" illegal elicited strong reactions from Turkey's business leaders and politicians (ref A). Although most politicians, including PM Erdogan, urged public caution until the Fre [...]	2006-10-17 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TU
06ANKARA6020	TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL AND ELECTION LAW CHANGES [...] (SBU) Turkey's president approved a constitutional amendment on October 17 lowering the age for parliamentary candidates from 30 to 25. The move opens the door for thousands of potential new political contenders in the general elections scheduled for November 4, 2007. Parliament also revise [...]	2006-10-18 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA6052	IMF MISSION RUNS INTO ELECTION-YEAR RESISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The IMF mission currently in Turkey has run into a difficult negotiating stance on the part of a Turkish Government focused on the coming election year. With the IMF now expecting an 8% current account deficit in 2006 and slower growth and market volatility in the coming year, the [...]	2006-10-19 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
06ANKARA6056	TURKEY'S NUCLEAR POWER QUEST AS BEAUTY CONTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy Ministry U/S Sami Demirbilek explained that due to legal and financial limitations, Turkey will rely on the private sector to realize its decision to add nuclear power to its energy mix. He told us that the government's role is limited to providing an electricity purchas [...]	2006-10-20 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU
06ANKARA6143	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6150	TURKISH FINANCE MINISTER ON AL-QADI, TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Finance Unakitan vowed rapid implementation of the law reforming Turkey's Financial Intelligence Unit, with an eye to better compliance with FATF recommendations. Unakitan was open to a USG workshop on listing and de-listing, and in general to [...]	2006-10-30 06:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA6159	TURKEY: WORKSHARE AND TECH TRANSFER REMAIN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Gonul will raise two issues during his October 30 Pentagon meetings and also in Texas with Lockheed Martin on October 31: maximizing workshare and technology transfer on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program; and, negotiating workshare or offset work as part of [...]	2006-10-30 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA617	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA623	DEFENSE PROCUREMENT ISSUES DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Air Forces (TUAF) Commander Comert, launched his initial meeting Feb. 1 with the Ambassador by laying out a series of defense equipment issues currently frustrating TUAF training and programs. Ambassador countered with USG and US industry concerns that strict Terms and C [...]	2006-02-13 06:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV TU RU IR
06ANKARA6253	COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS "EFFECTIVE REPENTANCE" [...] (U) A panel of judges from the Turkish Court of Appeals ruled November 1 that PKK members who had otherwise committed no crime shall benefit from Article 221 of the Turkish penal code, which allows for "effective repentance." Under this article, persons who are members of a criminal gang may l [...]	2006-11-03 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM TU IZ
06ANKARA6343	FIERY RHETORIC OVERSHADOWS LOW TURNOUT AT HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
06ANKARA6380	Turkey's Energy Bill Adds to Current Account Deficit [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey imports well over 90% of the crude oil and natural gas it consumes, and imported natural gas -- from Russia and Iran -- accounts for 45% of electricity production. In addition to the concern this raises about supply security, high energy prices are a main factor adding [...]	2006-11-09 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG EPET TU
06ANKARA6410	IN A POLITICAL YEAR, TURKEY STICKS WITH IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Government has re-committed to the IMF program despite having to swallow a fifth straight dose of fiscal austerity in advance of next year's elections. Before recommending that its Executive Board approve a new $928 million disbursement -- hopefully before the cru [...]	2006-11-14 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6419	ONE MONTH AFTER PKK DECLARES CEASE-FIRE, RELATIVE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: PKK violence has largely -- but not entirely -- subsided since the terrorist organization's unilateral cease-fire started Oct. 1. Many here hope the lower level of violence will give the GOT room to address the root [...]	2006-11-15 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6494	Fiscal Discipline in an Election Year [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's 2007 budget calls for total expenditures of $137 billion; 32% of projected 2007 GDP and 18% higher than in 2006. Despite the sharp election-year spending increase, the Government will maintain Turkey's austere 6.5% of GDP primary surplus target, if necessary by means o [...]	2006-11-24 06:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
06ANKARA6500	Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...]	2006-11-24 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN
06ANKARA6503	UPTICK IN NERVOUSNESS IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 06:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA6505	TURKEY CONTINUES TO SEEK WTO RICE SETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) We met November 22 with Foreign Trade Undersecretariat Director General Sevket Ilgac to discuss ways to improve cooperation on IPR issues in advance of the regular Special 301 cycle (reftel). Ilgac appreciated the demarche and instructed his staff to work with the embassy on the various [...]	2006-11-27 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO TU
06ANKARA6513	LABOR MARKET REFORMS COULD HELP TURKISH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has relatively low wage levels in relation to comparator countries yet strong growth has not made much of a dent in high unemployment. Rapid growth in the working-age population contributes to low employment rates, but so do labor market problems including high severance [...]	2006-11-27 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
06ANKARA6541	DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]	2006-11-30 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU
06ANKARA6542	DEVELOPMENT IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a leading Turkish NGO, and the UNDP released a joint study identifying a series of short-term policies to address socio-economic problems in Southeast Turkey. The study offered few new insights as to devel [...]	2006-11-30 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU

06ANKARA6589	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT LEADER AGAR: POLITICIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's November 24 meeting Mehmet Agar, leader of the center-right True Path Party (DYP),Agar focused mainly on DYP's domestic strategy to answer society's demands for change that he believes the current Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has not met. For DYP [...]	2006-12-05 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
06ANKARA6648	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6665	TURKEY,S KURDS' EXPECTATIONS SINKING AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish leaders in Turkey's southeast have concluded that serious discussion of the Kurdish issue will be trumped by nationalistic posturing until after next year's elections. Continuation of the PKK ceasefire, which is universally welcomed in the region, is threatened by ongoin [...]	2006-12-15 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA6672	TIP IN TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES KEY AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish parliament passed amendments to two key articles in the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) December 5 that will improve anti-trafficking efforts in Turkey once implemented. Lawmakers added forced prostitution to Article 80, the primary anti-trafficking article, and removed f [...]	2006-12-15 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG TU
06ANKARA6729	GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...]	2006-12-22 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6734	TURKEY FDI: GROWING BUT GREENFIELD LAGS [...] Summary: (SBU) Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Turkey has increased dramatically in the last two years, but greenfield investment still lags far behind. Analysts cite the need for judicial reform, Turkey's large informal economy, high employment taxes and costs, the large indirect tax bur [...]	2006-12-22 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV BEXP KIPR TU
06ANKARA873	TURKEY/IRAQ: MFA HEARS OUR VIEWS ON MUQTADA [...] (C) Summary. We have made USG views on a possible visit to Turkey by Muqtada al-Sadr (ref a) known to Foreign Minister Gul as well as working level MFA officials. The MFA understands our views and it remains inclined to receive Sadr, although the timing is unclear. We have urged MFA offic [...]	2006-02-23 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ IR TU
06ANTANANARIVO1162	MADAGASCAR AND IMF DISAGREE ON INVESTMENT LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A September 20-October 4 Mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) found Madagascar largely compliant with the terms of its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and praised the Government of Madagascar (GOM) for appropriate use of its debt relief windfall. The [...]	2006-10-16 13:59:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL IMF MA
06ASHGABAT1095	A PRIMER ON THE WRECKING POWER OF THE RUHNAMA [...] (U) Modern Turkmenistan has come to be defined by President Saparmurat Niyazov's first major book, the Ruhnama or "Book of the Soul," published in 2001. The first of two volumes, Ruhnama Volume I combines philosophical ruminations and moral dictates within a pseudo-historical narrative. Whil [...]	2006-10-20 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SCUL SOCI TU TX
06ASHGABAT1142	NIYAZOV'S GRIM FAIRY TALE - TURKMENISTAN AFTER 15 [...] (C) Amidst the fake joy and practiced pageantry that constituted Turkmenistan's celebration of its 15th year of independence, there was palpable fear and resignation throughout Ashgabat. Teachers took children out of school for two months preceding the events to rehearse for the stadium even [...]	2006-11-03 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TX EPET
06ASHGABAT1244	DISTRICT ELECTIONS IN TURKMENISTAN -- GOVERNMENT CLAIMS [...] (SBU) District-level elections for members of local people's councils proceeded with much fanfare but low voter turnout on December 3. Official reports claimed turnout reached 96.95%, embassy officers found voter turnout, at least in Ahal Province and in the Magtymguly District of Balkan Prov [...]	2006-12-06 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT1285	GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S FLEX OBSTRUCTION MORE [...] (U) This year Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) recruitment has encountered an unprecedented level of interference and disinformation from the Ministry of Education (MOE),despite official approval of the program and host government rhetoric that the problems will be resolved. As in past years, [...]	2006-12-19 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
06ASHGABAT138	NIYAZOV ESTABLISHES NEW RESHUFFLE RECORD [...] (SBU) President Niyazov announced 23 new appointments and 18 dismissals in the course of three meetings on January 25. Former presidential favorite Aganiyaz Akyev was relieved as Chief of the Presidential Apparatus and appointed the new hakim (governor) of Dashoguz Welayat (province). Chie [...]	2006-01-27 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PINR EPET TX
06ASHGABAT139	UNITED WE STAND (SORT OF): ASHGABAT'S WESTERN [...] (SBU) On January 27, Consular officers from the U.S., German, British and French embassies met at the German Embassy in Asghabat to discuss shared consular trends and anti-fraud prevention measures pertinent to each embassy. Like the U.S. Embassy, EU embassies reported an increase in demand an [...]	2006-01-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS FR GM KFRD PGOV TX UK
06ASHGABAT231	PHARMACEUTICALS IN TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC, [...] A pharmaceuticals availability crisis in the mid- 1990's caused the GOTX to let private business into the national medicine distribution system. Largely as a result of the ensuing private-sector activity, supplies soon reached near-saturation levels. Subsequently, the GOTX began to secure a [...]	2006-02-24 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL TX
06ASHGABAT412	GOTX ALLOWS WRITER ESENOV TO DEPART TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite FM Meredov's confirmation to OSCE Ashgabat Ambassador Ibrahim Djikic on April 14 that PEN Club award winner, writer Rahim Esenov, would not be permitted to travel due to two convictions (reftel),Esenov and his daughter Maya departed the morning of April 17 for New Yor [...]	2006-04-20 03:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT567	TURKMENISTAN'S GOOD AND BAD COPS MEET STATE'S [...] (C) On May 19, EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Regional Coordinator Christopher Crowley, EUR/ACE Central Asian Desk Officer John McKane (who were in Ashgabat to participate in post's recent assistance review - ICAR),and Charg Brush met with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov and Deputy Pri [...]	2006-05-26 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT659	INDIA'S ENGAGEMENT IN TURKMENISTAN: CHALLENGES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During two conversations with the new Indian Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Binaya Srikanta Pradahan on June 15 and June 21, PolOff discussed the declining state of economic relations between India and Turkmenistan, various educational, cultural and other programs -- in [...]	2006-06-23 03:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL ETRD TX IN
06ASHGABAT699	DEAL OR NO DEAL? NIYAZOV PLAYS HARDBALL ON [...] (C) On June 29 GazProm Chairman Alexei Miller returned to Turkmenistan to discuss gas prices with President Niyzaov )- his second visit in less than two weeks. The following day, a Ukrainian delegation headed by Minister Plachkov met with Oil and Gas Minister Atayev for a similar negotiation. [...]	2006-07-03 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG TX UP RS BO ZK
06ASHGABAT702	AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL WITH NIYAZOV [...] (C) During an hour long farewell call with Ambassador, an apparently healthy and engaged Niyazov: -described plans for upcoming elections at all levels, starting with village councils July 23 and leading up to presidential elections in 2009; -noted that he would maintain his chairmanship o [...]	2006-07-05 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX PHUM ENRG PINS KDEM ZK
06ASHGABAT721	Afghan-Turkmen Relations: Mutually Beneficial [...] (SBU) During a July 6 meeting with PolOff, Afghanistan Depuy Chief of Mission Rooz M. Noor discussed bilateral trade, transport routes, political relations, future joint projects and the general state of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations. END SUMMARY Afghan Trade with Turkmenist [...]	2006-07-07 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG TX AF ETRD PGOV SOCI ZK
06ASHGABAT880	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STUDY TOUR ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] In response to reftel request to extend an invitation to the Government of Turkmenistan to nominate 10 law enforcement officials to a study tour of the United States this October, the embassy forwarded an official notification to the government on August 15. Embassy requested a list of nominee [...]	2006-08-18 08:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM SNAR OTRA TX
06ASHGABAT884	VINTAGE -- BUT SUBDUED -- NIYAZOV ON TRANS-CASPIAN [...] (C) During an August 14 two-hour meeting with SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov expressed interest in multiple gas pipelines but failed to endorse the practical steps involved. Niyazov supported a new trans)Caspian line, but stated [...]	2006-08-18 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET ETRD IR KZ PGOV PREL RS TX
06ASHGABAT963	MYRADOVA DIES IN PRISON, CIRCUMSTANCES UNKNOWN [...] (C) Sona and Mara Myradova notified embassy September 14 that their mother, Ogulspapar Myradova, was reportedly dead. After hearing rumors and under continued surveillance, the daughters were asked by Turkmenistani authorities to identify their mother's body at the city morgue after it had be [...]	2006-09-14 14:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT997	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL CHIEF UPBEAT ON OIL AND GAS [...] (SBU) Citing Turkmenistan's estimated reserves of 45 billion metric tons of oil equivalent, Garyagdy Tashliyev, chairman of Turkmenistan's state oil concern, advised emboffs September 13 that Turkmenistan would avoid the refining, sale and storage "mistakes" that previously afflicted the secto [...]	2006-09-22 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASMARA553	CONTROLLING THE MARKET, CONTROLLING THE PEOPLE: [...] (C) Summary: Taking its ideological cue from the centralized economies it so admires, the GSE, acting through the Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice, established the Hidri Trust in 1994 with the intent of helping society. Hidri, meaning a promise or pact, is, however, an entity shrouded [...]	2006-06-27 14:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EIND PINR ER
06ASMARA847	ERITREA: AGOA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Holly Holzer, Tel: 291-1-12-00-04, Fax: 291-1-12-75-84, email: holzerhc@state.gov 2. (SBU) Post's response is keyed to outline provided by AF/EPS. Begin text: Country Background Summary: Eritrea's economic policy continues to be built on a [...]	2006-10-13 09:17:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AGOA ECON ETRD ER
06ASTANA	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON CPC [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA147	KAZAKHSTAN'S "BONUS SCANDAL": PUBLIC COMPANIES IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The so-called "bonus scandal," in which President Nazarbayev lashed out against the exorbitant level of salaries paid to top executives at state-owned companies, has added to the mounting criticism of the government. The media has portrayed the affair as part of Nazarbayev's ef [...]	2006-09-27 12:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG KZ
06ASTANA204	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON CPC [...] (C) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Ambassador Ordway, ExxonMobil Country Manager David Willis described steps taken by his company to assert itself in the process of developing a Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) to carry Kashagan (and now possibly Tengiz) crude to market [...]	2006-10-19 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA29	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV OUTLINES PLAN TO MAKE KAZAKHSTAN ONE [...] (U) Summary: In his annual state of the nation address delivered on March 1, President Nazarbayev presented his "Strategy for Kazakhstan's being among - the world's 50 most competitive countries." In his introductory statement, he spoke of the key components of his vision: the market economy, [...]	2006-04-13 07:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR
06ASTANA395	KAZAKHSTAN CONDUCTS LOCAL "ELECTIONS" [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 20, Kazakhstan held local elections for 30% of the country's district and city level akims (mayors/county executives). The elections were conducted as part of the government's program to promote democratization. As the electoral process was tightly controlled by the [...]	2006-11-02 03:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KZ
06ASTANA689	KAZAKHSTAN: DEFACTO DELAY IN AML LAW? [...] Summary: Enactment of an extension of the Property Legalization Law until April 1, 2007 is likely to create similar delay in the enactment of the anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing law currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani Mazhilis (lower house of parliament) [...]	2006-11-29 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ASTANA737	TENGIZ UPDATE: RIOT DELAYS PRODUCTION INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: TengizChevrOil (TCO) General Director Todd Levy told DCM on November 27 that the October 20 riot at Kazakhstan's Tengiz oil field (Ref A) -- and the subsequent exodus of site workers -- would likely delay "second generation" Tengiz production from 4-6 months, until year-end 2007. [...]	2006-12-06 02:55:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA927	KAZAKHSTAN: SALE OF NATIONS ENERGY -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE? [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KZ
06ASUNCION1040	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 7 [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Remittances Hit USD 650 Million -- Paraguayan Export Share to US the Lowest in the Region -- SENAD Money Approved -- Paraguay's Securities Exchange Growing REMITTANCES HIT USD 650 MILLION 2. (U) The InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) announced this week that Paragua [...]	2006-10-13 15:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PA
06ASUNCION1066	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, OCTOBER 14 [...] SUMMARY: -- Hunger on the Rise -- Cubas' Mother Appeals for President Bush Support -- Human Rights Court Says GOP Should Pay Victims -- Bank Profits Surge -- Capital Goods Imports Increase -- Defense Spending lowest in Region, Bolivian Concern HUNGER ON THE RISE 2. (U) The Food and A [...]	2006-10-20 16:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MCAP MARR PINR
06ASUNCION1200	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOVEMBER [...] (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Oviedo Sentence Confirmed, Prompting Protests -- UN Official Discusses Torture -- Pension Fund President Indicted -- Security Expert Talks About Military Transformation -- Supreme Court Justice Fretes Rejected by Opposition -- Paraguay Ranked an Imperfect Democracy [...]	2006-12-01 18:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
06ASUNCION1221	SUSPECT COURT RULING SPARKS OUTRAGE AND VIOLENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A court decision to convict of manslaughter the owners of a supermarket in which 350-plus perished in a fire -- vice the murder charges most Paraguayans clearly sought -- prompted December 5 the worst rioting Asuncion has seen since 1999 riots toppled then-President Cubas. Violenc [...]	2006-12-06 20:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC PINS SNAR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION148	PARAGUAY: INFORMATION ON LATIN AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (U) The information that follows responds to INR/I Request for Information C-AL5-01594. Answers are keyed to ref A questions. A. (C) The principal impediment to making the Defense Minister more responsible for oversight of the military is the fact that the Defense Minister is not in the op [...]	2006-02-09 20:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PA
06ASUNCION258	PARAGUAY: CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TESTING PRESIDENT [...] (C) In the Ambassador's introductory call on March 3, Central Bank (BCP) President Monica Perez said that little had changed with respect to the dispute between Perez and the four other BCP Board members (reftels). She said she had accomplished all she could in the current hostile environmen [...]	2006-03-09 13:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PINR PA
06ASUNCION270	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- MEDRETE: Providing Care for the Poor -- Paraguay First to Ratify Environmental Accord -- Protesters Block Bridge -- Ex-Multibanco Directors Convicted -- GOP Ends Cuban Doctor Program ------------------------------------ MEDRETE: Providing Care for the Poor ---------------- [...]	2006-03-13 14:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION503	PARAGUAY'S INCIPIENT INSURGENCY: A KEY MOMENT FOR [...] (C) The involvement of militant members of the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in two high-profile kidnappings (refs D and E),the murders of two policemen (refs C and F),and an assault on a rural police station (ref A) are evidence of a small militant leftist mov [...]	2006-05-12 14:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MASS PA CO VE CU
06ASUNCION536	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 13-19, [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Duarte Visits Vienna, Brussels, and Paris -- Defense Commission Supports US Military Exercises -- Cubas Suspects Seek Refuge in Bolivia ----------------------------------------- Duarte Visits Vienna, Brussels, and Paris ---------------------------------------- [...]	2006-05-23 18:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PA
06ASUNCION590	PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BANTZ CRADDOCK [...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time as we prepare to submit a new request to the GOP to establish [...]	2006-06-07 17:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION749	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 15 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Ambassador Donates Computers for TIP -- Poor Children Forced into Shelters -- 60 Percent of Adolescents Out of School ------------------------------------ Ambassador Donates Computers for TIP ------------------------------------ 2. (U) On 7/20, the Ambassador donated fou [...]	2006-07-21 13:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KWMN PA
06ASUNCION750	PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL OLIVER [...] (C) Brigadier General Oliver J. Mason, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, emergency management, social reforms and other areas of cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political a [...]	2006-07-21 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION753	TRANSPARENCY PARAGUAY 2005 CORRUPTION REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Transparency Paraguay's second annual National Survey on Corruption for the year 2005, which was presented to the press on 5/24, is an evaluation of Paraguayan citizen perceptions of corruption in their country. Overall public opinion indicated that a vast majority view Paraguay a [...]	2006-07-24 14:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON
06ATHENS131	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-17 14:19:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
06ATHENS1852	IRANIAN FM HEARS UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM GOG AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 14 meeting between Greek PM Karamalis and Iranian FM Motaki, the PM delivered the international community's common position, imploring Iran to accept the P5 plus one nuclear package delivered to Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in early June. Deputy FM Valy [...]	2006-07-17 15:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR GR
06ATHENS1867	GREECE: EARLY ELECTIONS RUMOR LIKELY JUST THAT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to "Eleftheros Typos," a strongly pro-government Athens daily, PM Karamanlis may be toying with the possibility of early parliamentary elections to coincide with local elections already scheduled for October 15, 2006. The paper suggests that with a weak opposition leader [...]	2006-07-18 14:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GR INTERNAL
06ATHENS1891	GREEK DEP FM TELLS BRYZA: ON CYPRUS, NO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ries and EUR DAS Bryza met with Deputy FM Valynakis on July 14 to discuss Cyprus. While all praised progress on Cyprus settlement issues, discussion on compromise proposals to avert a Turkey EU train wreck this fall were less promising. Valynakis was steadfast in the [...]	2006-07-20 12:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR CY TU
06ATHENS2078	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY CONFERENCE EXAMINES [...] (C) Summary: Gazprom's growing stranglehold on European energy supplies, particularly in the area of natural gas, has the potential to reduce these countries' diplomatic freedom of movement in support of U.S. diplomatic goals. Improving these countries' energy security and diversity of supply [...]	2006-08-09 04:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
06ATHENS338	GREEKS CONSIDERING ISAF PRT, BUT MAY NEED HELP [...] (C) Summary. Greek leaders know that ISAF's Stage III expansion will increase pressure on them to increase their contribution to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. Senior officials are contemplating offering to assume command of a PRT in the north, but are uneasy about the domestic political c [...]	2006-02-06 14:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GR AF NATOAFGHAN
06ATHENS369	CORRUPTION IN GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 11:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR
06ATHENS535	YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: GREECE [...] (U) Summary: There are continuing IPR problems in Greece. Enforcement remains problematic with law enforcement authorities understaffed and undertrained for IPR duties. A still larger obstacle is the judicial branch, which has been unwilling to impose penalties significant enough to provide [...]	2006-02-24 12:30:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON GR
06ATHENS572	GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. SUMMARY: Greece has made signific [...]	2006-03-01 05:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR TIP
06AUCKLAND7	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES R. KEITH TO AUCKLAND, NEW [...] AMCONGEN Auckland welcomes James R. Keith, Senior Advisor (China, Mongolia, Hong Kong and Taiwan) to Auckland, 09-11 March 2006 to attend an official meeting. 2. Post has reserved Deluxe accommodation in Wednesday 08 March, out Saturday 11 March 2006 as per email request. Stamford Plaza Ho [...]	2006-02-08 04:19:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CH NZ
06BAGHDAD101	DPM CHALABI UPDATES ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi, serving at that time as acting Minister of Oil (MoO),hosted a status review on January 8 for the Steering Group for Infrastructure Integrity. According to data he presented, Chalabi claimed that Baghdad has 1.1 days of gasoli [...]	2006-01-11 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD1024	TOUR D'HORIZON FROM HIGHER JURIDICAL COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary. Judge Medhat al-Mahmud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council and Chief Justice of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court, described the importance of public integrity and the need to keep -- but improve -- all the major anti-corruption institutions in Iraq today. He called [...]	2006-03-29 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM KCOR KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD106	IRAQ'S ENERGY TIGHTROPE: ANOTHER PERFECT STORM AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Electricity has been in chronically short supply for months, and developments of recent weeks have exacerbated even the normally tight situation. Interdictions, low efficiencies caused by unscheduled maintenance, and use of inappropriate fuels have been the usual culprits behind [...]	2006-01-12 10:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1087	FALLUJAH: ARMY-POLICE FRICTION AND PERCEIVED U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of recent Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) friction in Fallujah led to a Marine- initiated meeting held March 20 to convey Coalition Force (CF) concerns and implement operational changes. The Shia-dominant army units (two brigades) and Sunni- dominant city police fo [...]	2006-04-03 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1216	SOMO PLANS TO IMPROVE EXPORT EARNINGS [...] (C) Summary: The newly-appointed Director General of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) requested USG assistance in upgrading platforms in Basrah to allow increased exports of heavy fuel oil (HFO). According to al-Amiry's calculations, Iraq would increase revenue from the sale of HFO [...]	2006-04-13 19:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1244	BEGINNING MUCH-NEEDED FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 11:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR KDEM KPRV PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1286	CAUTIOUS BEGINNINGS TO FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Evidence on the ground indicates that the GOI intends to reform -- and eventually eliminate -- its Public Distribution System (PDS),a $3 billion subsidy program that fails in its mission of ensuring food security for all Iraqis. The Embassy PDS Reform Team (chaired by Embassy [...]	2006-04-20 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR KDEM KPRV PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1287	UNDERSTANDING RECENT INFLATION IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The impact of the December 2005 fuel price increases contributed to a one month, one-time inflation spike of 13.1 percent in February 2006. Although inflation is undesirable, a one-time inflation increase based on a badly-needed economic reform (see reftels for similar situatio [...]	2006-04-20 12:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD1288	PROGRESS ON TURKISH LETTERS OF CREDIT, GOI LOOKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) Deputy Director George Zayya George told us April 17 that TBI has signed off on approximately 60 of the 70 letters of credit (L/Cs) necessary to re-start Turkish fuel imports to Iraq. TBI also is processing amendments to L/Cs to which the Government of Tu [...]	2006-04-20 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1323	MOD ON DETAINEE OPERATIONS TRANSFER, RELEASES [...] (C) On April 23, Minister of Defense Sadoun al- Dulime and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General, Detainee Operations met (with Pol-MilOff in attendance) to discuss MOD's role in the staggered transition of Coalition detainees and the facilities in which they are housed to the Government of Iraq ov [...]	2006-04-24 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PTER OPDAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1684	SNAPSHOT OF DISPLACEMENT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Displacement of Iraqis spiked following the mid-Feburary bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, but has now leveled off to a slower overall rate of growth. The main reasons for displacement include: death threats, lack of access to education, discriminatory firings, forcible e [...]	2006-05-22 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1804	IRAN HOSTED CONFERENCE OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari on May 28. FM Zebari responded that due to a schedule conflict, the Iraq neighbors conference, scheduled for May 31 to June 1 in Iran was cancelled and a new date has not been set. June 10-11 was proposed but [...]	2006-05-29 16:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1979	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF OIL, HUSAYN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28, in his first meeting with the Ambassador as Minister of Oil, Husayn al-Shahristani outlined priorities for the oil sector and expressed the need for continued U.S. support. The new Minister also acknowledged the importance of inter-ministerial cooperation -- flagging t [...]	2006-06-12 10:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1983	SESSIONS 24-32: SADDAM TRIAL DEFENSE WITNESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: From May 15-31, the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) heard testimony from defense witnesses for the eight defendants in the Ad-Dujayl trial. Amid concerns over testimony given by four defense witnesses, a hearing was held to assess perjury charges. The perjured witnesses revealed that [...]	2006-06-12 11:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2115	SHAHRISTANI PUSHING FOR REFORM IN THE MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a positive meeting June 16 with Econ staff members, Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani focused on four areas of reform for his Ministry: hydrocarbon legislation, liberalization of fuel imports, improved contracting procedures, and rooting out corruption. His goals, especial [...]	2006-06-21 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TCOR ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD2169	SHAHRISTANI PUSHING FOR REFORM IN THE MINISTRY OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-24 18:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD2646	HUNGER STRIKE BY AD-DUJAYL DEFENDANTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 8, 2006, Saddam Hussein began a hunger strike in response to the June 21, 2006 murder of one his defense attorneys. He also ordered Taha Yaseen Ramadan, Barzan al-Tikriti, and Awad al-Bandar (three co-defendants in the continuing Ad-Dujayl trial) to participate in this hun [...]	2006-07-24 07:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM
06BAGHDAD2667	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first meetings with Iraqi energy officials on July 18, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met with Minister for Electricity (MOE) Karim Wahid al-Hasan, Prime Minister (PM) Nuri al-Malaki, and Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh. Secretary Bodman said that [...]	2006-07-25 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2744	CORRECTED COPY - IRAQ: STAYING CLEAR OF THE MESS [...] (C) Summary: Econoff on July 17 accompanied a U.S. military team on visits to two Iraqi state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to assess the condition of the companies and determine how best to assist them to improve overall security conditions. The visits illustrated difficulties in dealing with sta [...]	2006-08-01 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EINV KPRV IZ
06BAGHDAD2842	DEMARCHE TO IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTER ON SITE 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31 Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator asked Iraqi Minister of Interior Bolani when he would authorize the execution of the arrest orders issued in connection with the abuses committed at the Ministry of Interior detention facility known as Site 4. ROL Coordinator also [...]	2006-08-07 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PGOV MASS KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD2927	AMBASSADOR,S AUGUST 6 AND 7 MEETINGS WITH PM MALIKI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on both August 6 and 7 with Prime Minister Maliki to review plans for the second phase of the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki -- focused on national reconciliation -- hoped that residents forced out by sectarian intimidation would return on [...]	2006-08-12 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2933	PM MALIKI REQUESTS USG HELP FACILITATING FUEL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Prime Minister Maliki requested the USG approach Iraq's neighbors - Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in particular - to request these countries increase or facilitate fuel exports to Iraq in light of the country's continuing fuel shortage. Gasoline and LPG (coo [...]	2006-08-13 19:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2937	IRAQ MINISTER OF FINANCE PLEDGES HELP ON BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 10:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD294	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: ALLAWI SAYS SCIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allawi told the Ambassador on February 1 that the Shia Coalition is confused, with SCIRI fearing a Sadrist and Fadhila pullout. Allawi claimed that Mohammed Ridha Sistani is exerting efforts to hold the coalition together, but has limited influence over the Fadhila Party. Referri [...]	2006-02-01 20:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2965	GOI SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM PLANS TO ADDRESS THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh jointly chaired a meeting August 12 to identify issues and concrete steps Iraq can take to address the immediate fuel crisis. National Security Advisor (NSA) Mowafuq Rubaie said a security operation similar to the Baghdad Secu [...]	2006-08-15 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3053	AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...]	2006-08-22 11:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3057	IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...]	2006-08-22 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3332	BAGHDAD'S DISTRICTS: A PRIMER [...] (U) Baghdad is home to nearly one-fourth of Iraq's 27 million residents, and the city is bisected north-to-south by the Tigris river. Administratively, it has nine urban districts. The following is a primer on those districts. Karadah: Beverly Hills of Baghdad ----------------------------- [...]	2006-09-08 06:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD3346	MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM; [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...]	2006-09-09 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3391	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI SENDS LETTER TO COR SPEAKER [...] (C) On September 7, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani sent a letter to the Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Mahmud Mashhadani, regarding the controversy of the Iraqi flag issue in the Kurdistan region. Partly done to stem the negative public backlash [...]	2006-09-12 07:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3506	PM,S OFFICE NOTES PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-CORRUPION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on September 14 with the State Department Inspector General, Charge, and EconCouns, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff remarked corruption is equal to the dangers of terrorism, and asked for U.S. assistance to solve Iraq,s corruption problem. He noted the contro [...]	2006-09-19 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD359	CHALABI BULLISH ON FUEL PRICING, DOWNCAST ON [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi told the Ambassador on February 5 that a letter issued by PM Ja'fari empowering Chalabi to oversee fuel supplies to Baghdad was wholly inadequate to the task of restoring domestic refined product supplies and exports. The Ambassador foll [...]	2006-02-07 10:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD362	DPM CHALABI: 6000 MEGAWATTS BY SUMMER [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi told the Ambassador February 4 that, as deputy to Prime Minister Ja'fari in the newly-created Electricity Committee, he intends to see power generation reach 6,000 MW by the summer of 2006. PM Ja'fari is "not engaged" on energy issues, C [...]	2006-02-07 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3698	SADR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER COMPLAINS ABOUT GROWING [...] (C) Summary. In a September 26 meeting, Baghdad's Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Dr. Haider Jabr Zedan told EmbOffs that he was facing increasing pressure to become a member of the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM). Having refused several overtures, Dr. Haider claimed that he had receive [...]	2006-10-04 08:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ KDEM
06BAGHDAD3985	IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BLAME PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16 with President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, both assured the Ambassador that the third National Reconciliation Conference for Political Party leaders was "indefinitely postponed," rather than cancelled outright. Both Talaban [...]	2006-10-23 19:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4237	CHALABI DISCUSSES DEBAATH LEGISLIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ahmed Chalabi, Commissioner of the Higher National De-Baathification Commission (HNDBC),met November 9 with the Ambassador, PolCouns and other Emboffs to discuss continuing concerns with the draft De-Baathification Reform legislation. The draft law's lack of transparency, contin [...]	2006-11-14 18:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4464	BAGHDAD LOCAL LEADERS SAY NOVEMBER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. Several District Advisory Council (DAC) Members in Baghdad and a number of average citizens expressed concern recently about what they see as a further decline in public faith in the central government following a spike in violence in November. The turning point, some said, was t [...]	2006-12-06 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4476	PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI FERTILIZER PLANT BACK IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Bayji fertilizer plant, one of two large-scale petrochemical production sites in Iraq, resumed production at 45 percent of total capacity on November 21. The plant has operated only 15 days out of the entire 2006 calendar ye [...]	2006-12-07 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IR IZ PTER SENV
06BAGHDAD4591	GOI MINISTRY OF FINANCE TARIFF STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with three members of the Ministry of Finance Tariff Steering Committee on December 7, 2006, and were told that the GOI needs USG assistance to finalize its tariff legislation. On the GOI's plans for the reconstruction levy, the committee members said that a proposal [...]	2006-12-17 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JO IZ
06BAGHDAD4593	REQUEST FOR DEMARCH ON UNAMI DRAWDOWN [...] (C) This is an Action Request for the Department. See paras 7 and 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi sent a cable on November 27 to HQ UN which recommended a major reduction of staff in Iraq. Under this recommendation, which was quickly [...]	2006-12-17 11:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IO IZ
06BAGHDAD4605	WOMEN,S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS GRADE COUNCIL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of prominent women's rights activists gathered in early December to critique the government institutions that most affect their work. Speaking on issues beyond just women's rights, the group expressed the view that none of the three bodies that most influence their activit [...]	2006-12-18 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4613	POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON KEY THEMES [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of State for Reconciliation and National Dialogue hosted the much anticipated political parties conference December 16-17 in Baghdad. The GOI intends for this conference to be one in a series of political party conferences although future dates have not been announced. [...]	2006-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM IZ

06BAGHDAD4616	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES THE OIL LAW AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih met with Charge d'Affairs Daniel Speckhard on December 18 and discussed the issues raised in Prime Minister Maliki's speech at the National Reconciliation Summit on December 16. Specific topics include the oil law, the 2007 GOI budget negotiatio [...]	2006-12-19 10:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD4620	PRT TIKRIT: FARMERS STRUGGLING IN IRAQ,S [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The growth of the agricultural sector is essential in Salah ad Din, a rural province in the Sunni heartland largely lacking many of the natural resources of its neighbors. Farmers in Salah ad Din face a number of significant [...]	2006-12-19 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR IZ IR
06BAGHDAD4666	CHALABI AGREES TO CONCESSIONS ON DE-BAATH REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Chairman of the De-Baathification Commission Ahmed Chalabi told the Ambassador that reform of de-Baath procedures was necessary, but cautioned against blanket decisions that reached too far. The Ambassador emphasized the need for balance, and pressed Cha [...]	2006-12-22 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4667	PM COMMITS TO UNVEILING AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY ON [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki December 20 told the Ambassador he sought decisive action with the development of a new plan for security in Baghdad and agreed to announce the new plan at a speech in coming days. He also agreed with the importance of following through with his com [...]	2006-12-22 14:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4771	MUTHANNA: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Muthanna is beset by militia intimidation -- notably by the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) -- power shortages, and poor economic performance. That said, the province is currently stable, relatively secure, and has a reasonably effective provincial government. MNF-I efforts could be effec [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4775	NAJAF PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Najaf is dominated by the SCIRI party, which controls half the seats on the PC. As one of the holiest locations in Shi'a Islam, it is also home to the country's top religious leaders. The economy in Najaf continues to flourish as a result of tourism. Security has been relativ [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD48	OIL SECTOR IN CENTER OF CONFLICT [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of both Oil and Finance, hosted a status review January 4 of energy infrastructure protection. Fuel convoys were reported to be delivering fuel to Baghdad. The convoys had been attacked multiple times [...]	2006-01-06 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR EFIN IZ PO TU
06BAGHDAD495	DPM CHALABI ON OIL MINISTRY CORRUPTION AND KURDISH [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, newly provided with expanded authority over the energy sector, is wrestling for results with the military and civilian bureaucracies. On other subjects, Chalabi cited a recent comment by Kurdish Regional President Mas'ud Barzani o [...]	2006-02-16 17:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD563	SECTARIAN NERVES ON EDGE AFTER SAMARRA SHRINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are many rumors of attacks on Sunni religious sites and anti-Sunni demonstrations in the wake of the February 22 bombing of the Shia holy mosque in Samarra, but there appears to be much less occurring on the ground. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party Deputy Secretary-General A [...]	2006-02-22 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD601	SITUATION UPDATE SATURDAY: VIOLENCE DIMINISHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: By most accounts, Baghdad saw fewer acts of sectarian violence on 25 February than it had over the previous several days, largely due to the extended curfew still in effect. A variety of contacts told us that anti-Sunni violence had occurred overnight February 24-25, especially a [...]	2006-02-25 16:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD611	IRAQ ENERGY UPDATE -- THE INADEQUACY OF MUDDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fuel supplies are very low across the country and are critically so in Baghdad. Imports of refined products and domestically produced fuels both dropped during the first two months of 2006. Turkey and Iraq have come to agreement on arrears payments and, in time, the resumption [...]	2006-02-27 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD65	ALLAWI/SUNNI ARAB GROUPS WILL ACCEPT ELECTION [...] (C) Ibrahim al-Janabi, Chief of Staff to Dr. Ayad Allawi, told PolOffs January 8 that the political parties working with Allawi and the Sunni Arabs (MARAM) are beginning to concede the reality of the election results. He anticipated that they ultimately will negotiate for entry a national uni [...]	2006-01-09 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD745	MINISTRY OF OIL OFFICIAL -- LACK OF SECURITY IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr Radwan Al-Sa'adi (Please protect),a Director General at the Ministry of Oil, confirmed that lack of security reduced both oil exports and investment. Lack of constitutional clarity also inhibited upstream investment. Nevertheless, he said Iraq has 12 draft contracts with f [...]	2006-03-08 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET IZ KCOR PINR
06BAGHDAD767	PST BAGHDAD: COUNCIL VOTES TO REPLACE [...] Sadr City District Council Chairman Hassan Husain Shama was replaced by Vice Chairman Jawad Kadhim Mansi at a regular session of the Council on March 9. The vote tally favoring Jawad was 22 to 15. Hassan served as chairman for the past two years, which called for personal courage: his prede [...]	2006-03-09 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD768	REPORTS OF ATTACKS DRIVING FAMILIES OUT OF BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: A group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Shia community in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, told Poloff March 6 that hundreds of families had moved out of Nahrawan under threat from Sunni Arab terror groups. A USAID contractor NGO with substantial field expertise in mi [...]	2006-03-09 16:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD917	ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi took deserved credit for a series of strategic and tactical victories to meet the ongoing energy crisis during the past week, the most important [...]	2006-03-20 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR
06BAGHDAD936	FUEL CRISIS CONTINUES IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel supplies, especially LPG and gasoline, remain short across Iraq. Fuel imports entering Iraq from Turkey are negligible. Supplies continue to be imported from Kuwait by truck and from UAE and Iran by sea at Khor Zubayr. A ten-car train delivered LPG to Baghdad for the f [...]	2006-03-21 20:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IR TU IZ
06BAGHDAD955	THE 2006 IRAQI BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's 2006 budget is a bold document that tackles subsidy reform, greater Iraqi burden-sharing in the security ministries, and sustainment. Unlike 2005, when Iraq had a budget surplus (largely through higher than anticipated oil revenues),so far this year Iraq is getting less [...]	2006-03-23 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV EPET IZ
06BAKU1019	AZERBAIJAN SETS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that municipal elections will be held on October 6. Three types of elections will be held: re-run elections in the municipalities that participated in the 2004 elections in which the results were invalidated (141 municip [...]	2006-07-13 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1076	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 11 hosted a breakfast with representatives from the IMF, EBRD, ADB and World Bank to review recent developments on international assistance to Azerbaijan and the status of the economy. The Ambassador explained U.S. economic priorities, highlighting the importa [...]	2006-07-21 07:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ
06BAKU1108	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on the Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov, the Ambassador discussed the importance of people-to-people exchanges and cultural diplomacy targeted at youth. Rahimov shared his concern for school-age children, noting that children who feel empty are mor [...]	2006-07-28 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI ELAB KISL AJ
06BAKU1189	PARLIAMENT'S INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MPS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals for changes to the number required for a faction in Azerbaijan's Parliament are on the horizon. Under the Azerbaijani Parliament's internal regulations, a party or faction must have 25 Members of Parliament (MPs) in order to originate draft legislation. A faction is [...]	2006-08-11 10:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ
06BAKU1231	AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM TRENDS RAISE [...] (C) Summary: The past six months have seen the emergence of disturbing trends in Azerbaijan's media climate. Senior GOAJ officials, most prominently the Minister of the Interior, have sued numerous journalists for civil and criminal libel in response to criticism in the print press. These law [...]	2006-08-18 13:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1398	PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS GENERAL WARD THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan wants to "increase and deepen" its relationship with the United States. He argued that US and Azerbaijani regional interests and goals "coincide," and [...]	2006-09-25 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1407	FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...]	2006-09-26 12:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1428	AZERBAIJANI APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS YENI FIKIR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-29 12:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1472	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY AND GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov October 2 to discuss Azerbaijan's expanding role as an international energy supplier and to press Minister Sharifov to begin discussions with the Government of [...]	2006-10-11 04:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PREL AJ RU IR TU
06BAKU1476	AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT 2007 BUDGET PROJECTS 42 PERCENT [...] (SBU) After months of debate and anticipation, the Government of Azerbaijan is poised to submit its largest ever Consolidated State Budget to Parliament for final approval. After the huge increases in expenditures in the 2006 state budget (an 80 percent increase over the 2005 budget),all econ [...]	2006-10-11 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL AJ
06BAKU1480	LACK OF OSCE LEADERSHIP UNDERCUTS DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) With Presidential elections looming in 2008, we cannot afford to continue with weak OSCE leadership in Azerbaijan. The OSCE can and should provide coordination and leadership to the international community's efforts to promote democracy, rule of law, and respect for human rights in Azerb [...]	2006-10-11 13:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RU AJ
06BAKU1531	WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner October 15 with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, representatives from four international financial institutions agreed that economic reform was critical for Azerbaijan's future and that the WTO accession process could advance the [...]	2006-10-20 06:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL AJ ETRD
06BAKU1564	WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 17 lunch meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, key Members of Parliament (MPs) agreed that when considering potential WTO accession, the most important point to consider is that Azerbaijan possesses the political will [...]	2006-10-30 06:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD AJ
06BAKU1579	CORRECTED COPY: FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Parliament's draft law criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" has triggered a heated reaction from the Azerbaijani public, including several atempted protests at the French Embassy. Azerbaijan's parliament criticized the draft law, stating that it cast doubt on [...]	2006-10-30 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM FR
06BAKU1606	AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 21 President Aliyev pardoned 106 prisoners, among them two journalists convicted of libel in 2006. The pardon was met with skepticism in the human rights community, in part because it overlooked popular political satirist, Mirza Sakit who was sentenced to prison on drug [...]	2006-11-03 14:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1621	AZERBAIJAN: STATE OIL FUND ANNOUNCES YEAR-TO-DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1, the State Oil Fund announced that year-to-date budget revenues totaled USD 839.6 million while budget expenditures totaled USD 697.82 million. During the first nine months of 2006, the Oil Fund received revenue of USD 786.9 million from implementing oil and gas agr [...]	2006-11-07 16:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL AJ
06BAKU1624	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Presidential elections only two years away, President Aliyev already is highlighting his economic progress during his presidency. In a series of public addresses during a recent trip to Azerbaijan's regions, President Aliyev highlighted the country's economic development dur [...]	2006-11-08 15:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAGR EAID AJ
06BAKU1656	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, the Chairman of the State Social Protection Fund (SPF) Salim Muslumov briefed the Ambassador on Azerbaijan's reformed pension system and the SPF's efforts to provide greater pension benefits to citizens from Azerbaijan's new oil wealth, as [...]	2006-11-14 13:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL AJ
06BAKU1659	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S NOVEMBER 27-28 [...] (C) Azerbaijan is at a pivotal moment in its development, with billions in energy revenue beginning to flow into government coffers, increasing fears of tensions with Iran and Russian resurgence in the region, and senior leaders taking a careful look at Azerbaijan's internal development and p [...]	2006-11-14 16:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1682	EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his trip to Azerbaijan November 7-11, J. Frank Mermoud, the Department of State's Special Representative for Business and Commercial Affairs, met with Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) ministers and officials to discuss economic reform, World Trade Organization (WTO) member [...]	2006-11-17 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL AJ
06BAKU1721	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues),President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...]	2006-11-28 06:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1729	AZERBAIJAN IN MUTED SHOCK OVER CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society remains in a state of muted disbelief following the GOAJ's surprise decision to close independent ANS Television and evict several independent media outlets from their downtown offices. The Coordination Council Union of Public Interest Organizations, an umbrell [...]	2006-11-28 14:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ
06BAKU1752	GOAJ OFFERS ANS TV FREQUENCY FOR TENDER [...] (SBU) On November 30, the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) announced that it will offer ANS TV's frequency for tender. NTRC Chairman Maharammli said that ANS TV would be allowed to compete in the tender, which will be held from December 5 until January 5. ANS VP Seyfulla Mustafa [...]	2006-12-01 15:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1754	AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR ON PM NOGHAIDELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan the November 30 visit of PM Noghaideli to Baku was "very positive," and highlighted Georgia's and Azerbaijan's shared strategic vision on energy security and on seeking European markets for Caspian energy. In the meeting between [...]	2006-12-01 16:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ PREL PGOV
06BAKU1764	DECEMBER 4 UPDATE ON ANS TELEVISION ISSUE [...] (C) As reported reftel, Ambassador spoke to Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev December 2 to seek clarification of the apparent contradiction between the GOAJ's decision to offer ANS TV's frequency for tender and the assurances provided by President Aliyev that ANS will be allowed to [...]	2006-12-04 14:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1771	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON UPCOMING GAS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on December 5 that he expected the December 8 Trilateral meeting of Energy Ministers in Tbilisi to "clarify" whether Turkey was willing to help Georgia with its winter gas problems. He said Azerbaijan [...]	2006-12-05 15:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GA PGOV PREL TU AJ
06BAKU1777	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ANS TV STATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev said on December 5 that he had instructed his government to "find a solution" to the ANS problem, but added that ANS had to "act with respect" and realize it was not above the law. To facilitate a solution, he bruited the possibility of postponing the recently a [...]	2006-12-07 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1791	DOD DAS MACDOUGALL'S DECEMBER 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador--accompanied by SIPDIS Major General Harry Wyatt of the Oklahoma National Guard and EUCOM Brigadier General Melvin Spiese--met with Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on December 7 to discuss bilate [...]	2006-12-08 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHUM AJ IR
06BAKU1798	AZERBAIJAN: IMF REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS REVENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IMF Resident Representative provided an overview of Azerbaijan's macroeconomic environment at a November 30 meeting of the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group. Azerbaijan's GDP is projected to grow by 32 percent in 2006, while the non-oil sector fiscal deficit has [...]	2006-12-11 06:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AJ
06BAKU1799	GOAJ PREPARING FOR SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Following up on her November 30 meeting with President Aliyev (REF A),Ambassador Derse met separately with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev to discuss the February 2007 inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission and to [...]	2006-12-11 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR ETRD EINV AJ
06BAKU1819	DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 discussion with Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov said that as recent regional developments have again underscored, Azerbaijan has "no alternative" to friendship [...]	2006-12-14 07:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM IR AJ
06BAKU1823	UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S [...] (C) Barry, I deeply appreciate your rescheduling your visit and your willingness to lead a serious and sustained dialogue with Azerbaijan in support of its democratic development. Progress on political and economic reform is a key element in our bilateral relationship and essential if we are [...]	2006-12-14 15:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1839	AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PRODUCTION DELAYS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 19 conversation, SOCAR President Abdullayev said December 19 that the two main problems facing Azerbaijan,s 2007 winter gas balance were Turkish unwillingness to follow up on the general political agreements on gas redistribution discussed in Tbilisi, and the latest [...]	2006-12-20 14:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TU AJ GA
06BAKU1841	AZERBAIJAN: SOME PROGRESS IN TRILATERAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of 'First Gas' from Shah Deniz gas field beginning to flow on December 15, the question of how Turkey was to be compensated for allowing its 2007 Shah Deniz gas to be redistributed to Azerbaijan and Georgia was left undecided during December 14-15 negotiations [...]	2006-12-20 14:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA
06BAKU309	AZERBAIJAN 2006 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken on combating human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, Post has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizations, [...]	2006-02-28 08:52:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PREF PGOV PHUM KFRD ASEC ELAB
06BAKU328	AZERBAIJAN: BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER PUSHES UK [...] (C) Summary. In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Lord Lester, a British barrister representing jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, probed USG interest in political asylum for Aliyev in the UK. The Ambassador eventually declined to support this approach while [...]	2006-03-01 14:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU511	AMBASSADOR AND STATOIL DISCUSS SHAH DENIZ PHASE II [...] (C) SUMMARY: Statoil executives briefed the Ambassador March 29 on the challenges facing the international energy companies and the GOAJ as Shah Deniz Phase II (Phase II will increase annual gas production by 18-20 bcma) moves forward. International companies want to pool their gas with the GO [...]	2006-04-04 09:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KZ AJ
06BAKU574	AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON DETAINED FORMER MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Lawyers for jailed ex-Minister Farhad Aliyev report that his health continues to deteriorate due to inadequate GOAJ medical care; they also claim that the GOAJ has been criminally negligent in its medical treatment of Aliyev. ICRC, which has regular access to Aliyev and the rest [...]	2006-04-14 09:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU625	A MIXED REPORT CARD FOR AZERBAIJAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's new parliament has a mixed record, almost five months into its work. While information from the leadership and pro-governmental MPs indicates the legislative body will function more transparently (including possibly incorporating a version of public comment into some [...]	2006-04-24 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KISL IR AJ
06BAKU735	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Baku, Frank Mermoud, State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, and Charge met with representatives of Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) and members of the State Customs Committee. The meetings focused on follow-up from the [...]	2006-05-18 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD AJ EAIR SNAR
06BAKU993	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: During her July 7 introductory call on Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, the Ambassador reviewed U.S. priorities for the bilateral relationship -- global security, energy security, and political and economic reform -- emphasizing that continued reform is essential for [...]	2006-07-11 08:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AM AJ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN572	BRUNEI'S HARI RAYA: OPEN TALK AT OPEN HOUSES [...] (C) At this year's Hari Raya open houses -- a custom that distinguishes Brunei's celebration of the post-Ramadan month -- Ambassador and DCM heard unusually candid views from senior GoB officials on issues ranging from royal succession, bilateral security cooperation, and the status of major [...]	2006-11-08 03:39:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ECON SOCI CVIS MARR PTER PHUM
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN630	BRUNEI KEEPS THE OIL TAPS WIDE OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brunei's oil production and exports look set to reach their highest annual levels in 25 years in 2006, due to technical advances in offshore fields and a policy decision by the Government of Brunei (GOB) to maintain production at the maximum sustainable rate. The GOB has no pre [...]	2006-12-14 07:17:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET BX
06BANGKOK1050	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Piracy rates of intellectual property in Thailand remain high and few dramatic steps were taken during 2005 that would predict significant reductions in those rates in the near future. Nevertheless, legislative developments and enforcement actions for the ye [...]	2006-02-22 06:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
06BANGKOK1119	THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]	2006-02-24 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANGKOK1134	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS [...] (C) Summary. In 2005, the Thai body politic finally came to the consensus that separatist violence in Southern Thailand is a real and growing problem. That said, government officials and their critics rarely move beyond well-worn generalizations when speaking about the problem. Hard numbers [...]	2006-02-24 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK115	THAI TELECOM SECTOR REFORM: NTC ISSUES LICENSES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thailand,s telecom sector has long been defined by the co-existence of its state owned enterprises TOT and CAT, and several private companies doing business under concessions granted by the state owned enterprises (SOEs). While the concessions brought competition into the Thai [...]	2006-01-06 12:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECPS EINV ECON TH
06BANGKOK1180	MASSIVE PROTEST IN SANAM LUANG - POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Late on Friday, February 24, Prime Minister Thaksin dissolved the Lower House of Parliament and announced snap elections to take place on April 2. While the opposition political parties vacillate in their response to Thaksin's latest maneuver, the demonstration led by the Peop [...]	2006-02-28 00:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1317	THAILAND'S POLITICAL CRISIS AND THE FTA [...] (C) With Prime Minister Thaksin's February 24 dissolution of the Parliament and the calling of elections, our FTA with Thailand is on hold. That may not be all bad: the FTA was the one American component of the increasingly vociferous anti-Thaksin campaign here, and the negotiations hiatus [...]	2006-03-03 03:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD TH US FTA
06BANGKOK1372	CHINESE INVESTMENT IN THAILAND (C-AL5-01054) [...] (SBU) Summary: Well known as a destination of foreign investment, China is becoming a foreign investor in its own right and is seeking out investment opportunities in Thailand. Encouraged by a friendly business atmosphere and a stable environment for investment, Chinese investors see Thai [...]	2006-03-06 09:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PINR CH TH
06BANGKOK1629	MEDIA ACTIVIST WINS LANDMARK LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] (U) On March 15, the Thai Criminal Court ruled in favor of media activist Supinya Klangnarong, affirming that she had not libeled the Shin Corporation. Shin Corp, which was until January owned by the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, had filed the case against Supinya and five exec [...]	2006-03-16 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK1776	MANAGING OUR TREATY OF AMITY AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The RTG has resumed routinely issuing approvals for US investments under the Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations (AER),so US investors again enjoy preferential, better than MFN access to the Thai market. The extension of AER benefits is conditional, and its legal status is [...]	2006-03-23 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD TH
06BANGKOK1889	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: REFUGE AT THE MALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: More rumors from Thaksin's cabinet predicts that the PM may be "taking a break" from politics. Reflecting a change in tactics, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stationed their demonstration today at Siam Square, the heart of Bangkok's shopping district. Three major shopp [...]	2006-03-29 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2156	THAILAND'S OTHER ELECTION: SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Elections for Thailand's 200 Senate seats are scheduled to be held on April 19. The nominally non-political Senate body was last elected in 2000. Its members cannot succeed themselves at the end of their six year term. Though strict, (and in some cases bewildering) guideli [...]	2006-04-12 09:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2291	DPM SURAKIART PLEDGES TO RESOLVE SHAN TRAFFICKING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador called DPM Surakiart on April 20 to urge him to press for resolution of the long-standing detention of six stateless Shan hill tribe trafficking victims in Malaysia. Ambassador told Surakiart that this case has been an issue of concern to us since early last year and [...]	2006-04-20 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM PREL TH TIP KTIP
06BANGKOK2294	MORE TROUBLED ELECTIONS: SENATE RESULTS AND MP [...] (U) Summary: Thai voters turned out in reportedly lower than expected numbers on April 19 to elect new members of the 200 seat Senate. The polls were largely uneventful save in the separatist violence afflicted southern border province of Narathiwat, where three persons died in separate sho [...]	2006-04-20 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2336	RE-RUN ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AMIDST A CLOUD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai electorate will head for the polling booths again on April 23 to try to resolve some 40 lower house constituencies where no candidates had been able to garner more that 20 percent of the votes in single party polls in the earlier general elections (and one where the [...]	2006-04-21 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2370	THAILAND: ELECTION RERUN LEAVES PARLIAMENT'S [...] (U) Summary: The April 23rd rerun votes for the lower house, held in 40 unresolved constituencies, has left the question of how and when to seat the Parliament still hanging in the air. Lower numbers of voter turnout compared to the April 2 general election seem to be driven by increased vo [...]	2006-04-24 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2617	THAILAND: NEW PRICING POLICY REINTRODUCES DIESEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 26, after weeks of popular outcry over high fuel prices, Thailand's Ministry of Energy announced several fuel pricing measures that had the effect of reducing the pump price of diesel. Rather than introducing a direct subsidy, the government reduced contributions from [...]	2006-05-04 04:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EPET TH
06BANGKOK2688	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ANNULS APRIL 2 POLLS [...] (C) Summary: In several split decisions, the Thai Constitutional Court ruled that the April 2 general elections were unconstitutional, the results null and that a new election must be held for the lower house of Parliament. The timing of the new polls is uncertain. With the incumbent Elect [...]	2006-05-08 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2747	UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE MENDING BONES BUT BREAKING [...] Summary: Thailand's universal health care system introduced by caretaker PM Thaksin has earned broad popularity among the Thai public. However, it has faced heavy criticism for being chronically underfunded, forcing public hospitals to cut back on service and placing numerous hospitals into [...]	2006-05-10 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TH
06BANGKOK2750	WHERE TO NOW IN THE WAKE OF COURT POLL DECISION? [...] (C) Summary. Observers across the political spectrum are now speculating on when the Thai electorate will be called back to the voting booths. As noted in reftel, questions over the Election Commission's role and Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin's candidature loom large. Politicians and o [...]	2006-05-10 10:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2826	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF EAP A/S HILL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Chris, we're looking forward to your upcoming visit to participate in the ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue. I am also planning to host a dinner in your honor with former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. Anand is thoughtful and I think you'll enjoy hearing his views on s [...]	2006-05-11 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3111	THAILAND-WASHINGTON STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ON [...] Summary. The State Partnership Program (SPP) between the Washington State National Guard and the Royal Thai Armed Forces has evolved from humble beginnings addressing "niche" disaster response/consequence management areas to become an invaluable Embassy tool allowing us to advance objectives [...]	2006-05-24 00:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK3147	THAKSIN BACK AT HIS DESK [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin returned to chair the weekly Tuesday Cabinet meeting at Government House on May 23. This in effect ended the "political break" that he began on April 5. The cabinet members revoked its previous resolution appointing Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Van [...]	2006-05-24 08:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3202	THAILAND IN 2006 - POLITICS AND THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Political uncertainty will be the theme the rest of this year in Thailand as Thaksin and his political opponents gird for renewed conflict. US-Thai FTA negotiations can be expected to languish during this period. If the political instability becomes protracted a decline in fore [...]	2006-05-26 06:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK3219	GREATER COMPETITION IN THAILAND'S ELECTRIC POWER [...] SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Government (RTG)'s unsuccessful attempt to privatize the state-owned electric power producer EGAT Plc has unexpectedly revived hopes for greater competition in the electric power sector. In view of EGAT's reversion to its former status as a state-owned enterprise, as [...]	2006-05-26 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV KPRV TH
06BANGKOK3237	SEED PIRACY IN THAILAND: A "GROWING" PROBLEM [...] Summary: Behind the headlines of record losses to optical disc and trademark piracy in Thailand lies a less known but equally serious form of intellectual property infringement. Plant breeders in Thailand have seen their plant varieties and the seeds derived from them, which typically tak [...]	2006-05-30 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR EAGR TH
06BANGKOK3354	DELAY IN FTA TALKS LIKELY TO HIT US EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary. There is a growing possibility that US-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations will be indefinitely postponed. The sizable opportunity costs for US commerce of the FTA's failure have been documented in several econometric studies of the FTA's likely effects: foregone U [...]	2006-06-05 00:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON TH
06BANGKOK3435	THAI TELECOM ROUNDUP: MERGE OR DIE? [...] SUMMARY: The takeover of Thailand's two leading mobile phone providers by foreign companies and the political crisis unleashed by the prime minister's family's sale of its stake in Shin Corporation to Temasek of Singapore has fundamentally altered the context of both the telecom business and r [...]	2006-06-07 08:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ECPS EINT TH
06BANGKOK3828	CREDIT TIGHTENTING IN THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid will be visiting the US July 9-14 to fly the Thai flag for investment. The slowing of the Thai economy is being exacerbated in the short term by a reduction in credit availability and lack of liquidity in the stock exchange. Becaus [...]	2006-06-28 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TH
06BANGKOK4041	STEAK WITH THAKSIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin told me again that he would not be back as prime minister, but he still plans to lead his party to election victory before he steps down. I suggested that he could lower political tensions and preserve the option to return as PM in the future if he stepped down soon; he [...]	2006-07-07 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4254	ETHNIC-CHINESE THAI IN THE FAR SOUTH: US, CHINA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. As a southern province with a minority of Muslim Thai, Songkhla is a relative safe-haven for ethnic-Chinese Thai families living in the deep South. But the southern unrest has taken a toll on Hat Yai, the trade capital of Songkhla, where tourism has declined by over fifty pe [...]	2006-07-18 03:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO TH CH
06BANGKOK4373	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: SHUFFLING THE DECKS IN A [...] (C) Summary. The liar's poker of Thai politics heated up this week, with Army Chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin ordering his own reshuffle of lower-level officers and Thaksin's caretaker government preparing to shift around senior civil servants. Speculation over possible senior-level defections from [...]	2006-07-20 09:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK4530	AVIAN INFLUENZA RE-SURFACES IN THAILAND; ONE HUMAN DEATH [...] (U) Summary: Numerous die-offs of poultry have occurred in Thailand over the past month, concentrated mostly in the central and north-central provinces. Despite testing of samples taken from the dead birds over the month-long period, government veterinary laboratories failed to detect the vir [...]	2006-07-27 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SOCI PGOV EAID EAGR KPAO XE
06BANGKOK4612	THAILAND AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] Human Health: Since the death on July 24 of a 17-year-old boy from H5N1 avian influenza in Phichit Province in north-central Thailand, local public health workers have stepped up their active surveillance activities in the area. While local news reports have accentuated the increase in the nu [...]	2006-07-28 12:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR KFLU PGOV SOCI TH
06BANGKOK4880	CHINESE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: FAIR OR FOUL PLAY? [...] Summary: In its efforts to manage globalization and competition, Thailand has welcomed Chinese trade and investment. China in turn has responded with well-connected companies utilizing government incentives to invest. Both countries extend attractive policy measures to encourage this trend. [...]	2006-08-10 03:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON TH
06BANGKOK4881	EDUCATION REFORM OR NOT [...] Summary. Most employers and academics consider the Thai education system inadequate in providing a workforce for the country's economic needs. Standardized test scores are dropping, students are not developing critical thinking skills, and they are seen as entering the workforce unprepared. [...]	2006-08-10 03:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SCUL BEXP TH
06BANGKOK4888	A NEW CHINESE EXPORT [...] Summary: Emerging as the sixth largest source of engineering contractors in the world, China's construction industry is seeking to increase exports of these services to Thailand. An experienced Chinese industry executive spoke candidly regarding his company's difficulties in navigating the di [...]	2006-08-10 05:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TH
06BANGKOK4914	A NEW CHINESE EXPORT [...] Summary: Emerging as the sixth largest source of engineering contractors in the world, China's construction industry is seeking to increase exports of these services to Thailand. An experienced Chinese industry executive spoke candidly regarding his company's difficulties in navigating the di [...]	2006-08-11 03:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TH CH
06BANGKOK5230	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: UPDATED VIOLENCE STATISTICS [...] (C) Summary. Our analysis of newly available statistics suggests that the violence in the first half of 2006 continued to ebb and spike at levels consistent with 2004 and 2005, possibly with a slight downward trend. The frequency of bomb attacks may be increasing by a small amount, but shoot [...]	2006-08-26 03:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR TH
06BANGKOK5565	THAKSIN LOYALIST SEES LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) Former House of Representatives Speaker Bhokin Bhalakula claimed the upcoming legislative election would reaffirm majority support for Thai Rak Thai (TRT),although Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra likely would not seek to remain as Prime Minister. In a September 8 lunch with the Ambassa [...]	2006-09-11 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM MOPS ASEC TH

06BANGKOK5610	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: ANALYZING THE BOMBS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, instructors from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) met with senior Thai police officials responsible for southern Thailand to discuss ATF analysis of bomb evi [...]	2006-09-13 04:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR TH
06BANGKOK5796	VISIT OF PRM ASSISTANT SECRETARY SAUERBREY [...] (C) Summary. During an August 26-September 2 visit, PRM Assistant Secretary Sauerbrey informed the RTG of the USG decision to extend the material support waiver to Karen refugees in other camps in Thailand. Thai officials welcomed this development. A/S Secretary Sauerbrey requested RTG ap [...]	2006-09-20 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5874	THAILAND UPDATE: CONTINUED CALM; THAKSIN TAKES A [...] (C) Summary. The Council for Democratic Reform under the Monarchy (CDRM) lowered its media profile on September 22 as efforts to set up an interim civilian government intensified. Several key security portfolios at the sub-ministerial level have been shuffled. Thaksin released a statement fr [...]	2006-09-22 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK6156	NEW THAI ECONOMIC TEAM - HIGH ON PHILOSOPHY, LOW [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's new economic team, led by the highly respected Bank of Thailand Governor Pridyathorn Devakula, faces the challenge of maintaining steady economic growth, reassuring foreign investors, and ensuring that the previous regime's rural base continues to receive special econom [...]	2006-10-06 08:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH
06BANGKOK689	WHY IS THIS FTA TAKING SO LONG? [...] (C) Summary: Our answer to the question of why this FTA is taking so long is four lacks: lack of adequate preparation in Thailand for the FTA talks; lack of experience among Thai negotiators in negotiating a comprehensive FTA with a major trading partner; lack of strong and effective leade [...]	2006-02-06 03:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ELAB TH
06BANGKOK711	SOMCHAI VERDICT - WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The verdict in the trial of five police officers implicated in the disappearance of Somchai Neelapaijit, while disappointing, opens the door for further investigation of the police role in the case. Trial observers agree that the weak effort of the prosecution is largely to bl [...]	2006-02-07 02:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK7126	THAILAND: TWO YEARS AFTER TSUNAMI DEVASTATION, [...] Summary: Less than two years after the devastating December 26, 2004 tsunami struck southern Thailand, the annual US$2.5 billion tourist industry of Phuket has staged an almost complete recovery. Arrivals from some Asian countries remain soft, but the shortfall has been compensated by a big [...]	2006-11-28 06:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TH
06BANGKOK7133	THAILAND PREPARING COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR HIV/AIDS DRUG [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Contacts at the Thai Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) told Embassy that the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) may announce on December 1 that they plan to pursue a compulsory license for efavirenz, an antiretroviral used to tre [...]	2006-11-28 23:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
06BANGKOK7150	EXPLAINING THE DECISION TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) The cabinet's November 28 decision to lift martial law in a majority of Thailand's provinces was due in no small part to a desire to respond to international concerns, although domestic opinion-makers had begun increasingly questioning the need for restrictions on civil liberties. Since Se [...]	2006-11-29 11:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MOPS TH
06BANGKOK7331	THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW INTERIOR [...] (C) Interior Minister Ari Wong-Araya outlined to the Ambassador on December 7 the Surayud government's approach to the conflict in the South, which focuses on building understanding through peaceful means, including the restoration of the old Southern Border Provinces Administration Center. A [...]	2006-12-08 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR TH
06BANGKOK7335	NEXT STEPS FOR THAILAND'S COMPULSORY LICENSE BID [...] (C) Summary: On November 29, the RTG Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) issued a statement announcing a compulsory license (CL) on efavirenz, a Merck-patented medicine used to treat HIV/AIDS patients. The Ministry's statement cited the high price of the drug as a barrier to access to effective HIV dr [...]	2006-12-10 05:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
06BANGKOK7435	"GRAVE CONCERN" ABOUT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Amid pressure to take action in the face of a rapidly appreciating currency and tepid economic growth, on December 13 Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee met and decided to keep the Bank of Thailand (BoT) policy rate unchanged at 5 percent. Committee chair and BoT Assistant Governor Sucha [...]	2006-12-15 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TH
06BANGKOK7504	THAI EQUITIES BOUNCE BUT PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) On the evening of December 19, Deputy PM Pridiyathorn announced that his government would immediately lift the obligation for a non-interest bearing reserve requirement on foreign investors seeking to invest in Thai equities. The requirement would be maintained, however, on foreigners wi [...]	2006-12-20 08:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TH
06BANGKOK7511	THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THAILAND'S SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary: While economic factors are not the root cause of Thailand's southern Islamist insurgency, there are important economic dimensions to the Southern crisis that, if effectively addressed, could make a contribution to the solution. Existing official statistics for the South presen [...]	2006-12-20 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER PINS TH
06BANGKOK7549	POLITICAL MANEUVERING IN NORTHEAST THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. In a recent trip to the rural northeast, our contacts downplayed and in most cases outright denied the existence of political "undercurrents" (ref A),but pointed to energetic efforts by former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) members of parliament to reorganize and choose new party affiliatio [...]	2006-12-21 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR TH
06BANGKOK7550	THAI MARKETS UPDATE: CHINA CURRENCY POLICY AT [...] (SBU) While the Bank of Thailand has lifted the 30 percent reserve requirement on foreigners investing in Thai equities, the restriction remains in place for debt instruments. The President of the Thai Electronic Bond Exchange (a subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Thailand) told the press that [...]	2006-12-21 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CH TH
06BANGKOK922	SONDHI'S LAST STAND II - THE ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, 2006 the second major anti-Thaksin rally in as many weeks drew a crowd conservatively estimated by the media at over 50,000. Sondhi Limthongkul broadened his movement to oust the Prime Minister by bringing together students, academics, opposition Senators, and gr [...]	2006-02-15 11:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK944	THAILAND - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 05:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV TH
06BANGKOK969	THAILAND - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 01:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV TH
06BANJUL422	THE GAMBIA: AF DAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD'S MEETING [...] (C) President Jammeh extended a warm welcome to visiting AF DAS Thomas-Greenfield, who urged the GOTG to take steps to reverse the negative trends in GOTG's performance that had resulted in the suspension of The Gambia's MCA eligibility. Jammeh gave assurances that opposition parties would be [...]	2006-07-06 09:57:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KMCA PGOV AU GA
06BANJUL601	THE GAMBIA: MORE REACTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) A well-informed journalist, Pap Saine, portrayed Taiwan and local businessmen of Lebanese origin as key sources of funding for President Jammeh's successful re-election campaign. A Commonwealth Secretariat official and election observer, Prof. Ade Adefuye, asserted that Jammeh's victory [...]	2006-09-28 18:00:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMCA GA
06BANJUL653	GAMBIAN JUSTICE UPDATE: GOOD AND BAD NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: High-profile detainees and trials continue to create headlines in The Gambia. Some long-term detainees, such as former journalist Malick Mboob and former National Assembly member Duta Kamaso, have been released. Other detainees continue to languish in jail awaiting trials that [...]	2006-10-20 17:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GA
06BANJUL691	THE GAMBIA: MORE ON CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Following the appointment of Secretaries of State (ministers) for Foreign Affairs, Trade, Industry and Employment, and Tourism and Culture, the GOTG cabinet reshuffle initiated October 18-19 is now virtually complete; only the post of Attorney General and Secretary of State for Justice rem [...]	2006-11-06 20:05:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL GA
06BANJUL763	THE GAMBIA: THE BUDGET, BACKLOG, AND BANK LOANS [...] The Department of Finance disclosed budget figures for 2006 and estimates for 2007 before the National Assembly on December 6, with poverty reduction and consolidation of fiscal policy as the key highlights for the coming fiscal year. Secretary of State for Finance, Musa Bala Gaye, admitted [...]	2006-12-20 17:55:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA
06BASRAH1	SUNNI COMPLAINTS SYMPTOMATIC OF "SORE LOSER SYNDROME" [...] (C) Summary: On December 28, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Hazim Joda, the manager of the Basrah Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, and discussed allegations of fraud during the December 15 election. Hazim assured the RC that there had been no widespread fraud during [...]	2006-01-02 08:25:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BASRAH107	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: Water supply and sanitation are the main environmental issues for both the Basrah Provincial Council and the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Environment. Because of problems of purity, many residents purchase their water from reverse osmosis stations for drinki [...]	2006-06-20 09:07:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV ECON EPET IZ
06BASRAH122	GROWING NUMBERS OF BASRAH YOUTHS TURN TO DRUGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-22 11:31:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINS SOCI SNAR IZ
06BASRAH145	MURDER INVESTIGATION OF REO BASRAH LOCAL EMPLOYEE [...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom w [...]	2006-09-11 14:12:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	ASEC PGOV IZ
06BASRAH146	MURDER INVESTIGATION OF BASRAH REO LOCAL EMPLOYEE [...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom works [...]	2006-09-11 16:42:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IZ
06BASRAH24	INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, SECURITY ARE CASUALTIES AS BADR AND [...] (C) Summary: On February 20, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Captain Hussain M. Abdallah, the Director General of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA). Captain Hussain described Umm Qasr port operations as being at full capacity. He acknowledge [...]	2006-02-22 06:58:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID ETRD EINV IZ
06BASRAH52	BADR IN BASRAH: A CHANGE IS IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: The General Secretary of the Badr Organization in Basrah, Hassan Al Rashid, and three colleagues attended a luncheon hosted by Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah on April 10. During the lunch Al Rashid discussed the inability of the provincial council to deliver basic service [...]	2006-04-11 08:53:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
06BASRAH55	MILITIAS IN BASRAH -- DIRTY POLITICS PERSONIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Most of the militias in Basrah are controlled by political parties or, in some instances, are now political parties in their own right. The insidious nature of militias acting as political parties - or vice versa - makes politics in Basrah particularly perverse. The Fadillah pa [...]	2006-04-15 06:17:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BEIJING10098	TIBET RAILWAY COMPLETION ADVANCES AMID PROBLEMS [...] (C) Meeting the scheduled July 1 completion date for the high-profile Qinghai-Tibet railway line will be a major challenge, according to an Amcit engineer heavily involved in the project. Although the Minister of Railways reportedly ordered the completion date moved up to coincide with his p [...]	2006-05-24 08:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON CH
06BEIJING1059	SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI MEETS WITH NPC FOREIGN [...] During a January 13 meeting at the Great Hall of the People Senator Lisa Murkowski and National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Jiang Enzhu discussed economic development, energy and commercial protection issues. China plans to double its 2000 GDP by 2010 and to qu [...]	2006-01-17 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EIVN KIPR OREP CH
06BEIJING11711	MOLSS Seeks More Inspectors, Training to Improve [...] (SBU) Summary: The Director of the Inspection Division of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security's Legal Affairs Department is aware of and trying to remedy the problem of too few labor inspectors in China; his goal is to double the total number of inspectors so that each inspector is res [...]	2006-06-09 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING11756	MEDIA TESTS LIMITS ON COVERING LEADERS' PERSONAL [...] (C) The envelope-pushing Southern Weekend newspaper recently challenged a longstanding taboo on reporting on the private lives of retired leaders when it published a retrospective on the activities of Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, and other recently-retired leaders. Embassy contacts said that the pa [...]	2006-06-09 13:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING12549	CHINA: IS INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY OVERWHELMING, OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AS SUFFERING FROM OVERCAPACITY. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATIONS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR THAT THE OVERCAPACITY PROBLEM COULD IMPACT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY. THE REGULATIONS [...]	2006-06-16 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING12988	VOIP IN CHINA - NOT UNTIL CHINA's TELECOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Enthusiasm in China for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) was evidenced by over 1,400 registered attendees at a June 14-16 China VoIP Conference & Expo in Beijing. While VoIP technology is mature and software like Skype is but a download away, China's VoIP companies are face [...]	2006-06-20 03:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
06BEIJING13022	JUNE 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH, [...] Key points made at the June 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China has "taken note" of reports of an impending DPRK missile launch. -- China will send an official delegation to the African Union Summit in July. China and Angola will sign a series of treaties involving law enfo [...]	2006-06-20 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING13477	PARTY INTELLECTUAL SEES "LEFTIST" LEANINGS AMONG [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Poloffs, high-profile Party intellectual Ma Licheng (protect) maintained that it is too early to speculate about leadership maneuvering for next fall's 17th party congress. However, he provided a general readout on political dynamics at the top of the Party. In M [...]	2006-06-23 17:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING14617	PRC/AFRICA: WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of seven African nations provided an opportunity for China to highlight the humanitarian aspects of its engagement in Africa, according to MFA Africa Department Officer Zhang Dianbin. Wen refuted criticism that China engages in neo-colonialism in Africa [...]	2006-07-12 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING16381	U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREANS, HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY AND ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI TIANKAI DISCUSSED NORTH KOREANS IN CHINA, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CANDIDATES TO HEAD THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) DURING AN AUGUST 9 BILATERAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE U.S.-CHINA GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM (GIF). U/S DOBRIANSKY E [...]	2006-08-09 12:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC KN UN CH
06BEIJING16512	CODEL STEVENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, reviewed with President Hu Jintao the results of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Exchange dialogue and urged further Chinese cooperation on the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. President Hu said the bilateral relationship is in good [...]	2006-08-12 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH KN LE IR
06BEIJING16513	CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 11 in Beijing to discuss key U.S.- China bilateral issues following the third annual U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) dialogue in Guilin. Senators raised concern [...]	2006-08-12 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG CH
06BEIJING16515	CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO ON AUGUST 11 IN BEIJING TO DISCUSS KEY U.S.- CHINA BILATERAL ISSUES FOLLOWING THE THIRD ANNUAL U.S.-CHINA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (IPG) DIALOGUE IN GUILIN. SENATORS RAISED CONCERN [...]	2006-08-13 22:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH TW KN LE IR
06BEIJING17324	COLONEL SANDERS CHANGES HIS WAYS, BUT LABOR LAWS [...] (U) On August 8, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced at a Beijing news conference that it would stop hiring employees through labor dispatch agencies (LDAs),and begin hiring directly. LDAs are labor contractors, who provide manpower to an employer for a fee. Under this arrangement, the w [...]	2006-08-22 03:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING18143	CBRC ASSISTANT MINISTER'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 25, FinAtt and Econoff met China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Assistant Chairman Wang Zhaoxing to discuss draft administrative rules on foreign banks, which would implement China's WTO accession obligations in this sector. While Wang noted the regulations are [...]	2006-08-29 06:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH
06BEIJING18200	CBRC ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN'S AND BANKERS' VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 25, FINATT AND ECONOFF MET CHINA BANKING REGULATORY COMMISSION (CBRC) ASSISTANT CHAIRMAN WANG ZHAOXING TO DISCUSS DRAFT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES ON FOREIGN BANKS, WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT CHINA'S WTO ACCESSION OBLIGATIONS IN THIS SECTOR. WHILE WANG NOTED THE REGULATIONS ARE [...]	2006-08-29 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV WTRO PGOV CH
06BEIJING18224	MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER [...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...]	2006-08-29 23:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH
06BEIJING18225	MOFCOM TO SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD: MERGER [...] (SBU) China's proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) rules do not signal a shift in attitude towards foreign investment, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General (DG) in charge of the drafting process, who met on August 28 with EB/CBA Mermoud. The DG argued that China, a [...]	2006-08-29 23:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN KIPR CH
06BEIJING18534	CHINA LABOR ISSUES OVERVIEW [...] (U) This message provides background to assist with the planning of Labor Secretary Chao's September 13 meetings with Chinese Minister of Labor and Social Security Tian Chengping. The cable includes a section on current political and economic context (paras 4- 19),a review of developments [...]	2006-09-01 08:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL CH
06BEIJING18541	GOVERNANCE ISSUES MEET FEVERISH INVESTMENT [...] (C) THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE THAT EXCESSIVE INVESTMENT AND CREDIT GROWTH POSE A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE ECONOMY, BUT OUR CONTACTS SUGGEST THAT FOUR GOVERNANCE ISSUES STAND IN THE WAY OF A BOLD RESPONSE. FIRST, PREMIER WEN JIABAO'S EMPHASIS ON FORGING INTERNAL CONSENSUS, EVEN AMONG [...]	2006-09-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING18589	PRC EXPERT ON EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese firms must export to survive and may view export control laws and regulations as an impediment to profitability, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) Senior Research Professor and Deputy Director Ouyang Liping told Poloff. (Note: CICIR is affili [...]	2006-09-05 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH
06BEIJING19543	WREATHS LAID, SONGS PLAYED AS MEMORIES FADE [...] (C) Party leaders allowed limited media coverage but no official commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Mao Zedong's death on September 9. In a carefully managed, low-key observance, the Party convened no official functions and issued no official statements to mark the event. Media and cu [...]	2006-09-14 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING20073	POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D321423 AND D321151 [...] (U) REFTEL A requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at the CHINA OCEAN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (COMRA) in order to determine that COMRA is in possession of commodities shipped against USDOC license applications D321523, D32115 [...]	2006-09-21 07:46:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING20223	DDG LUO ON CHINA-SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China remains concerned about instability in Nepal, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui told Polmincouns in a September 22 discussion of China-South Asia issues. China continues to avoid contact with the Maoists in Nepal and wonders what role the UN could play [...]	2006-09-22 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR XD AF NP IN PK CH
06BEIJING20679	PRC-JAPAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: VFM DAI RETURNS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's "Strategic Dialogue" with Japan finally ended September 27 amid upbeat rhetoric but no concrete decision about the possibility of a summit meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to the Japanese Embassy h [...]	2006-09-27 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH
06BEIJING20796	REASONS BEHIND THE LIMITED RESPONSE TO FEVERISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several contacts have pointed out reasons they believe that China will not or should not pursue bold action in the near term to deal with high rates of investment and credit growth. A private sector economist emphasized Premier Wen Jiabao's desire for officials -- including regul [...]	2006-09-28 02:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV CH
06BEIJING20987	BEIJING-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION ON POSSIBLE HU-ABE [...] (C) Hopes are high for a pre-APEC meeting between President Hu Jintao and newly-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japanese DCM Shinyichi Nishimiya said. No specific agreements are in place. However, the Japanese viewed Hu's recent acknowledgement that both countries needed to improve relat [...]	2006-09-29 14:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK EUN
06BEIJING21330	OBJECTION! SCHOLARS, JOURNALISTS CRITICIZE NEW [...] (C) New rules imposing stricter controls on dissemination of information about court cases has touched off sharp debate in Chinese legal circles and among journalists. The Supreme People's court has introduced a new system of court spokespersons who will be solely responsible for releasing n [...]	2006-10-10 11:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO CH
06BEIJING22239	LOWER THIRD QUARTER GROWTH BUT MORE TIGHTENING [...] (SBU) China's year-on-year GDP growth rate, as measured on a quarterly basis, fell from 11.3 percent in the second quarter to 10.4 percent in the third quarter, a result in line with numerous private sector forecasts. The decline comes in the wake of numerous cooling measures undertaken by th [...]	2006-10-19 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
06BEIJING22825	BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS EU HR [...] (C) Summary: The 22nd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue took place October 19 in Beijing, with special emphasis on freedom of expression, criminal justice reform and combating racism. Chinese officials denied that censorship exists, challenged the basis for some of UN Special Rapporteur o [...]	2006-10-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
06BEIJING22842	BLACKBOARD BUNGLE: BEIJING SCHOOL CLOSINGS UPSET [...] (C) The Beijing city government's decision to shut down dozens of independent schools catering to migrant children has been a contentious topic among principals, scholars and the media this fall. Although relaxed residence permit rules now allow the children of Beijing's surging migrant worke [...]	2006-10-30 03:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING23736	CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS [...] (S) Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin told the Ambassador that China remains concerned about Chen Shui-bian's plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform, despite his current political troubles. TAO's Chen asserted that Chen Shui-bian will take [...]	2006-11-13 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING23797	WUHAN RIPE FOR GROWTH, SAY U.S. BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Wuhan's economy continues to grow rapidly, and the city's investment climate is increasingly attractive to foreign enterprises, according to Wuhan- based U.S. business representatives. Extensive infrastructure, a strong industrial base, low labor costs, and a helpful local government sp [...]	2006-11-16 03:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING24029	XINHUA TO PRESS AHEAD WITH RULES RESTRICTING [...] (C) The Xinhua News Agency plans to move ahead with State Council-mandated regulations restricting foreign wire services' distribution of news and financial data in China, Xinhua Foreign Affairs Office Deputy Director General Zhou Zongmin told Emboffs November 22. The Foreign Information Adm [...]	2006-11-24 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KPAO CH
06BEIJING24171	HENAN PROVINCE'S NINE-CITY URBANIZATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Provincial and municipal level officials in Central China's Henan Province look to rapid urbanization to accelerate economic growth and absorb excess rural labor. Henan's urbanization plan focuses on nine cities that account for 40 percent of the province's population and 60 percent of i [...]	2006-11-30 04:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING24246	HANDFUL OF INDEPENDENTS WIN TICKETS TO CHINA'S [...] (C) Although Beijing's popular elections for local people's congresses on November 8 were hailed by the Chinese media as a democratic triumph, they appear to have been a highly orchestrated effort that left little to chance. At a pre-election neighborhood meeting between candidates and prospe [...]	2006-12-03 23:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
06BEIJING24258	CHINA/COAL: VISIT TO SHANXI PROVINCE MINE BRINGS ISSUES TO [...] (SBU) Coal is likely to provide 65 to 70 percent of China's energy needs for at least the next 20 years, according to industry estimates, yet the sector itself faces widespread challenges related to transportation, industry restructuring, profitability, and safety. All of these problems were o [...]	2006-12-04 03:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING24266	AMBASSADOR RAISE CONCERNS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (C) The Ambassador expressed the United States Government's serious concerns regarding the cases of the New York Times' Zhao Yan, legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his wife, lawyer Gao Zhisheng and his wife, the sons of Rebiya Kadeer, American citizen Jude Shao and Yang Jianli during a meetin [...]	2006-12-04 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC CH
06BEIJING24423	PRC/IRAN: THINK-TANKER DISCUSSES IRANIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) Iranian diplomats told Chinese officials in October that the North Korean test will "derail" UNSC actions against Iran, according to Li Guofu, of the MFA-affiliated China Institute of International Studies. Li said that Beijing is redefining its national security interests and is changing [...]	2006-12-08 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24495	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL TOUTS JUDICIAL PROCESS [...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing touted the Chinese Government's handling of Chen Guangcheng's retrial (reftel) during a December 8 meeting, claiming that "it shows China is governed by the rule of law." Xu told poloff she would inquire about the Chinese Government's investigation into th [...]	2006-12-13 12:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24538	URGING CHINA TO ACCEPT UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) China should reconsider its opposition to a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma, Polmincouns stressed to MFA Deputy Director General for Southeast Asia Tong Xiaoling on December 14. The situation in Burma is harming the peace and security of the region. Tong said China remains opposed [...]	2006-12-14 12:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ASEAN BM CH
06BEIJING24641	LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH
06BEIJING24655	LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Li Yizhong, Minister for the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) met with Labor Secretary Chao on December 15, after the conclusion of the SIPDIS Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). SAWS did not participate in the SED. Secretary Chao told Li that the SED was a histo [...]	2006-12-20 00:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH
06BEIJING2981	MFA ON DAI - YACHI MEETINGS IN JAPAN [...] (C) China will not change its policy of friendship towards Japan nor its opposition to visits by Japan's leaders to Yasukuni Shrine, EVFM Dai Bingguo told VFM Shotaro Yachi during the fourth session of their Comprehensive Policy Dialogue. According to the MFA Japan Division Director, Yachi ca [...]	2006-02-17 14:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH KN JA
06BEIJING4560	CHINESE LESS NEGATIVE THAN JAPANESE ON OUTCOME OF [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to the negative Japanese assessment of the March 6-7 Japan-China East China Sea Talk reported reftel, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Xue Jian claimed some progress had been made. China and Japan reached consensus on the principle of joint development, although bot [...]	2006-03-11 03:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH JA
06BEIJING4758	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS, STABILITY WITH [...] (C) During a March 9 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Liaoning Party Secretary and potential "Fifth Generation" leader Li Keqiang candidly discussed the economic development and stability challenges he faces. Liaoning has the largest number of urban poor in China, a substantial number of ru [...]	2006-03-14 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
06BEIJING5529	PART 1 OF 2: CODEL GRAHAM-SCHUMER MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a March 23 meeting with Vice Premier Wu Yi, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) strongly urged near-term reform of China,s exchange rate policy as a key step to promote a successful April visit to the United States and to preclude Congressional action on [...]	2006-03-24 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV OREP CH
06BEIJING5699	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez emphasized to Premier Wen Jiabao in March 28 meeting that the next several weeks provide an opportunity for China to demonstrate that the U.S. policy of engagement can lead to tangible benefits to the peoples of both the United States and [...]	2006-03-28 15:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD KIPR BEXP EFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING696	NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PROMOTING [...] (SBU) Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney discussed bilateral relations, Taiwan and economic issues with National People's Congress Chairman Wu Bangguo on January 10 at the Great Hall of the People. Representative Kirk outlined the Worki [...]	2006-01-13 06:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EFIN KIPR CH
06BEIJING7115	NDU DELEGATION MEETS WITH CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF [...] (C) Chief of the PLA General Staff Liang Guanglie advocated increased bilateral mil-to-mil exchanges, called Chen Shui-bian's cessation of the NUC and NUG a "dangerous step" and gave a general explanation for China's increased military spending in his April 11 meeting with a delegation from [...]	2006-04-14 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
06BEIJING7229	WHA A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH BEIJING BASED LATIN [...] (C) Summary: During a luncheon hosted by Ambassador Randt for visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Beijing-based Ambassadors from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru discussed their bilateral relations with China and its influence in Latin America. Most agreed China is primarily [...]	2006-04-17 08:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV CH XM VE CU TW
06BEIJING747	U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS WITH GANSU GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) During a meeting between a visiting delegation from the U.S.-China Working Group led by Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney and Gansu Governor Lu Hao, the two sides discussed increased educational exchanges between Gansu universities and University of Illinois. The space [...]	2006-01-13 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING8476	FOREIGN DIRECTORS OF CHINESE BANKS HELPING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch on April 19 lunch with analysts from the New York Federal Reserve Bank, three foreign directors of four Chinese banks (Minsheng Bank, China Everbright Bank, Bank of Beijing and Xi'an City Commercial Bank) shared their experiences. On the question of governance, [...]	2006-05-09 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV CH
06BEIJING9677	Will Draft Labor Contract Law Improve Conditions [...] (SBU) Summary: The draft Labor Contract Law (LCL),considered by the National People's Congress (NPC) at its March session and published for comment through April 20 by the NPC Standing Committee, gives workers increased protections by providing fixed-term contract protections for workers who [...]	2006-05-21 22:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIRUT1010	MGLE01: NORTHERN LEBANON POOREST DISTRICT IN THE [...] On March 22, econoff met with Statistics Lebanon chief Rabih Haber to attain non-governmental statistics on poverty in Lebanon. According to its recently completed annual survey of households, Statistics Lebanon found that qadas in northern Lebanon had the highest poverty rates in the countr [...]	2006-03-30 11:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER ECON SOCI LE
06BEIRUT1029	MGLE01: HARIRI DEFENDS MEETING WITH PFLP-GC CHIEF [...] (C) On 4/2, MP Saad Hariri defended his meeting on 3/31 with Damascus-based PFLP-GC leader Ahmad Jibril. Responding to the Ambassador's objections, Hariri said that his meeting was connected directly to the ongoing national dialogue. Participants in the national dialogue asked Hariri, Parli [...]	2006-04-03 08:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY KPAL
06BEIRUT1086	MGLE01: SPECIAL CABINET SESSION DISCUSSES [...] Summary: The GOL's economic reform agenda was presented before the full Cabinet for the first time during a special session on April 5. President Lahoud chaired the session where both Finance Minister Azour and Economy Minister Haddad made Power Point presentations outlining the GOL's reform [...]	2006-04-06 15:34:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN LE
06BEIRUT1090	MGLE01: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MARRIAGE WEAKENING AMAL [...] (C) Econoff met separately with independent Shia leaders Mohammad Obeid and Mohammad Baydun on April 5. Both Obeid and Baydun reported that Amal's support is crumbling away at the rank-and-file level. The main reason was Amal movement leader and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri's perceived [...]	2006-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1239	MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION MEMBER [...] (C) Electoral commission member Abdel Salam Cheaib told Embassy officers that Lebanon has a rare chance to enact real, lasting reform, but warned that reform efforts will only succeed with long-term, stalwart support from the United States and the European Union. He acknowledged that Lebanese [...]	2006-04-20 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI PINR LE SY
06BEIRUT1297	MGLE01: SHIA POLITICIANS VIEW HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) Former MP Salah Harake provided econoff with impressions of the two Hizballah-nominated ministers in the cabinet within the Shia community. Harake described Minister of Energy and Water Mohammad Fneish as a "good guy" who has run his ministry well. Fneish, "competent and rational," is [...]	2006-04-26 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT1310	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 3-5 VISIT OF PM A/S [...] (C) During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Siniora expressed confidence about Lebanon's ability to tackle critical problems through a process of national dialogue. Of these problems, the two most prominent are the fate of President Lahoud, who remains in place through a Syrian [...]	2006-04-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER KPKO OTRA LE
06BEIRUT1339	MGLE01: AOUN DEFENDS HIS POSITION, CRITICIZES [...] (S) In a 4/29 meeting, the Ambassador shared USG concerns about Iran, Syria, and Hizballah with presidential aspirant and MP Michel Aoun. Aoun denied being a tool of any of the three. The USG, in his view, should welcome the alliances he has made with Hizballah and pro-Syrian politicians. [...]	2006-05-01 12:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS IR
06BEIRUT1470	MGLE01: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh to discuss the health of the Lebanese economy and the prospects of PM Siniora's economic reform program. Salameh began the meeting by briefing the Ambassador on two recent reports by t [...]	2006-05-10 10:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV KIPR LE
06BEIRUT1471	MGLE01: SHIA SPIRITUAL LEADER SPEAKS OUT FOR [...] (C) On May 9, Ambassador accompanied by PolChief met with head of the Higher Shia Council, Abed al-Amir Qabalan to brief him on PM Siniora's visit to the United States. Qabalan said the Taif accords are the solution to Lebanon's troubles and the leaders should return to that as the basis for [...]	2006-05-10 10:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM CASC KISL PGOV PHUM
06BEIRUT1481	MGLE01: SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF IO/AS [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Lebanon will underscore USG interest in Lebanon, and the role of the United Nations here. PM Siniora and four of his ministers visited Washington and New York April 17-22 to discuss the government's reform efforts and U.S. support for the country in its transition [...]	2006-05-10 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR KCRM PGOV UN LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1577	MGLE01: NATIONAL ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION [...] (SBU) According to a member of the national commission charged with reforming the electoral law, the commission has finally reached agreement on a draft law. The draft would call for a mixed electoral system, one with both small districts and large districts. According to this system, 79 Me [...]	2006-05-19 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID SOCI LE
06BEIRUT1678	MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR [...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...]	2006-05-30 11:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1716	MGLE01: FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON LEBANON'S [...] (C) Damianos Kattar, Lebanese Finance Minister during the government of Najib Mikati in 2005, believes that the present government must restore crebibility before it can advance economic reform. He estimates that at least USD 15 billion of Lebanon's USD 38 billion national debt derives from [...]	2006-05-31 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV LE

06BEIRUT1733	MGLE01: CIVIL SOCIETY PREPARES FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) As the national commission charged with drafting a new electoral law has been conducting its work, civil society activists have been developing an eight-point platform for promoting electoral reform. All eight points, including proportional representation and an independent electoral com [...]	2006-06-01 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE
06BEIRUT1808	MGLE01: A STRATEGY TO SUPPORT ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Reform of the electoral law is the bellwether of the Lebanese government's overall reform plan, and U.S. support for it is in entirely keeping with the President's Freedom Agenda. While there is widespread popular support for replacing the electoral law currently in effect -- associated [...]	2006-06-07 12:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID KPAO LE
06BEIRUT1902	MGLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON ELECTORAL REFORM AND [...] (C) PM Siniora is optimistic that Lebanon's draft electoral law will survive intact upcoming debates in the Cabinet and Parliament. Although the size of the electoral districts could be a sticking point with several constituencies, Siniora believes the overall beneficial impact of a new ele [...]	2006-06-13 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1964	MGLE01: SCARED OF BLOODSHED, SA'AD MUSES ABOUT [...] (S) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff at his Qorytem residence, Sa'ad Hariri expressed alarm at mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions that he believes have driven Lebanon to the brink of civil war. Citing his concern following the May 28 attack on Israel and the June 1 Hizballah r [...]	2006-06-15 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IR LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2072	MGLE01: SOME SHIA LOOK FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE CLIENT [...] (C/NF) In a June 21 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, independent Shia intellectual Mohammad Obeid said he is trying to reform Nabih Berri's Amal movement from the inside. He wants to take advantage of growing discontent over Speaker Berri's perceived sell-out of the moveme [...]	2006-06-21 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2155	MGLE01--CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN FEARS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 26, PolChief, accompanied by Pol Assistant, paid a farewell call on Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The Minister was in the mood to send a message to the USG. It was a simple and often repeated refrain: We are worried about extremism in the north of Leba [...]	2006-06-28 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE SY KPAL IR
06BEIRUT2293	MGLE01: BRAMMERTZ SLOGS ON WITH UNIIIC BOUND BY [...] (S/NF) According to United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) Commissioner Serge Brammertz, administrative delays with the UN's bureaucracy have taken up 50 to 70 percent of his time in the last month and have significantly hindered the UNIIIC's efficacy and p [...]	2006-07-07 15:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2322	MGLE01: JA'JA' SAYS FEAR OF SECTARIAN CLASHES IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC MCAP LE SY IZ
06BEIRUT2422	TFLE01: LEBANESE ECONOMY DEVASTATED BY AIR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 15:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE
06BEIRUT2476	TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN [...] (C/NF) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pedersen urged an immediate de-escalation to the fighting even if a cease-fire takes some time. He warned that the humanitarian situation and violence could spiral out of control in less than [...]	2006-07-26 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPKO LE MOPS PBTS PTER
06BEIRUT2487	TFLE01: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN DELIVERING OIL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 12 and 13. 2. BACKGROUND: Lebanon is currently facing a humanitarian crisis with more than 700,000 Lebanese now displaced from their homes. Humanitarian supplies are arriving and negotiations are being made for a humanitarian corridor to help d [...]	2006-07-27 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET LE SY
06BEIRUT2615	STRENGTHENING A SHAKY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES -- [...] (SBU) This message contains a non-exhaustive list of initiatives that we suggest the USG support, in the first days of the fragile cessation of hostilities forged by U.S. leadership in UNSCR 1701. We seek to strengthen the GOL and move Lebanon toward a permanent cease-fire. After the U.S. [...]	2006-08-14 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2699	SHIA MINISTER CLAIMS BERRI TRICKED HIZBALLAH, NOW [...] (S/NF) Minister of Health (Shia, member of Amal) Mohammed Khalifeh (please protect throughout) told the Ambassador in a 8/18 meeting that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah are currently at odds. By Khalifeh's account, Berri was infuriated by Nasrallah's [...]	2006-08-19 08:23:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2732	SUMMARY OF GOL REQUESTS, IDEAS [...] (C) Ever since Hizballah initiated the current Israeli-Hizballah crisis, PM Siniora and other GOL officials have asked us for help in several specific areas. In most cases, we have politely explained why we could not help (or why any assistance was contingent upon the Lebanese taking action [...]	2006-08-23 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2768	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH SEES OPENING FOR REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador delivered on August 25 the Department's demarche on the upcoming Stockholm Conference to Foreign Minister Salloukh. FM Salloukh stated that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will lead the delegation and his office was presently formulating a list of assistance priorities. [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2910	UK PROPOSES CHAIRING SECURITY COORDINATION UNIT IN [...] (C/NF) In a 9/6 meeting with the Ambasador and DATT, UK Ambassador James Watt and British Brigidier General Andrew D. Mackay accurately described a problem faced by donors wishing to help the Lebanese security services: No one is in charge of coordinating requests or trying to match offers w [...]	2006-09-08 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL EAID PGOV LE
06BEIRUT3003	LEBANON: NASRALLAH'S THREATENING WORDS ELICIT [...] (C/NF) An extended two-part Hassan Nasrallah interview on Al-Jazeera television on 12-13 September has provoked a sharp response across the political spectrum in Lebanon. Pro-reform forces were both outraged and felt threatened by the harsh rhetoric that Nasrallah employed. His accusations [...]	2006-09-15 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3008	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES REFORM [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh, who will attend the IMF/World Bank meetings in Singapore next week, took some credit for shepherding the Lebanese financial system through the recent war with minimal damage. He warned, however, of fiscal difficulties ahead as Lebanon comes to grips with a c [...]	2006-09-15 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LE PREL
06BEIRUT3089	BERRI ON THE RAMPAGE AGAINST SINIORA [...] (S) In a 9/25 one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri relentlessly attacked Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Siniora, according to Berri, was to blame for Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's harsh rhetoric at the 9/22 Hizballah rally: The PM visited B [...]	2006-09-25 13:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3129	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI PLAYS HARBALL WITH HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 27 September met with Saad Hariri to talk about his strategy during and following Ramadan. Hariri plans to renew dialogue with Hizballah at a lower level but will not meet with General Aoun to avoid alienating his moderate Christian allies. Hariri descri [...]	2006-09-27 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3230	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SEES DROP IN GROWTH AND [...] (C) Finance Minister Azour on October 5 summarized for the Ambassador, econoff, and S/CRS Coordinator his consultations with the IMF, scenarios for economic performance, and plans for economic reform and the Beirut I donor conference. While deeply concerned about a 2-3 percent negative GDP gro [...]	2006-10-05 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3232	LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE WILL RECONSIDER [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Foreign Minister Salloukh gave mixed signals on whether he understands the potential cost of the recent campaign by pro-Hizballah forces to portray the recent conflict in Lebanon as an American operation. He initially failed to see the contradiction between issuing specious [...]	2006-10-05 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT324	MGLE01: SINIORA ON END TO CABINET BOYCOTT, [...] (C) In a 2/4 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora claimed that he and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri had orchestrated the end of the Shia cabinet boycott by cornering Hizballah publicly. There is no private and no written deal, Siniora insisted, noting that he fully expec [...]	2006-02-06 09:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE IS SY KPAL
06BEIRUT3542	LEBANON: BERRI EXPLAINS HIS GOAL OF A UNITY [...] (C) Amal Movement Leader and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri argued November 3 that his recently-announced initiative for "consultations" among Lebanon's political blocs was not a Syrian-Hizballah plot but rather a genuine attempt to defuse a dangerous situation created by a "pressured" Hassa [...]	2006-11-03 17:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3619	LEBANON: DEFMIN ON LAF STABILITY, CHANGES UNDER A [...] (S) In a meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for the LAF, and hoped that such support would continue in the form of light materiel to be used in the LAF's daily o [...]	2006-11-14 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KCRM MARR MAS PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3650	LEBANON: A BATTLE PLAN EMERGES, AND SWIFT ACTION [...] (C) Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh told the Ambassador and Emboff on 11/17 that the GOL is desperate for strong support from the USG and other allies. They will fight Lahoud on constitutional grounds, while attempting to bring Berri back into the fold. Outlining the strong ta [...]	2006-11-18 07:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE
06BEIRUT3732	CITING BERRI, RIZK FLOATS NEW APPROACH ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Minister of Justice Charles Rizk pitched a new idea for establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Meeting the Ambassador on 11/30, Rizk argued that both approaches currently under discussion to establish the tribunal are, and will remain, blocked. With pro-Syrians murdering politic [...]	2006-11-30 16:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3757	GEMAYEL MEETS NASRALLAH, WILL TEST HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Amin Gemayel -- former President, grieving father, and presidential aspirant -- met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 12/3. Briefing the Ambassador on the meeting, Gemayel said that he was taken aback by Nasrallah's hatred of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, MP Saad Hari [...]	2006-12-04 17:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3766	DIFFICULT EXISTENTIAL BATTLE FOR LEBANON LOOMS [...] (S) With Nabih Berri's Amal movement trapped as an unenthusiastic partner, Hizballah, Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, and various pro-Syrian politicians are on the ascendency. They appear prepared to use all available means to implement an agenda hostile to U.S. interests in Lebanon: [...]	2006-12-05 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3782	LEBANON: BERRI FOR BOTH SINIORA AND CABINET [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, a curiously jubilant Speaker Berri laid out his positions: he is for the current GOL, including PM Siniora, staying; opposed to any confidence or no-confidence vote or a new Ministerial Declaration; but in favor of the opposition obtaining a "blocking minor [...]	2006-12-07 13:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3810	HINTS OF A DEAL IN THE AIR, BUT MARCH 14 LEADERS [...] (C) Marwan Hamadeh told us today (12/11) that the rumors circulating in Beirut about an imminent Sudan or Arab League-brokered deal between March 14 and March 8-Aoun have no basis in fact. While March 14 leaders will try to work with Amr Moussa on an initiative, they do not believe that Hiz [...]	2006-12-11 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3914	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES ALARM BELLS ON [...] (S) In contrast to his usual calm-within-a-storm posture, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh has sounded the alarm bells -- albeit private alarm bells -- on Lebanon's financial and fiscal position. In a 12/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Salameh spoke with unprecedented can [...]	2006-12-29 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	EFIN ECON LE PGOV
06BEIRUT487	MGLE01: TRIPOLI ACADEMIC AND MAYOR PLACE BLAME ON [...] (C) Sunni professor from Tripoli Nawwaf Kabbarah told econoff February 15 that MP Saad Hariri had enlisted the help of the Jamiyeh Islamiyya (Muslim Brotherhood) in recruiting protesters from Tripoli's poor neighborhoods for the February 5 protest at the Danish consulate. The result of this [...]	2006-02-17 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL LE PGOV SOCI SY
06BEIRUT545	MGLE01: AOUNISTS AGREE TO DIALOGUE, STILL [...] (C) Summary: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) member and advisor to Michel Aoun Gebran Basile met with Poloff to discuss his party's position on the national dialogue proposal of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Basile said that Michel Aoun would represent his party at the March 2-3 meetings, [...]	2006-02-22 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SY LE
06BEIRUT632	MGLE01: ELECTORAL LAW REFORM COMMISSION FINISHING [...] (SBU) The national commission charged with reforming the electoral law is expected to submit a draft law to the Prime Minister within a week. It will incorporate a number of reforms: an independent electoral commission, quotas for female candidates, a lowering of the voting age, and regulat [...]	2006-03-02 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI EAID LE
06BEIRUT674	MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM -- BLUE-RIBBON PANEL MAY [...] (C) The national commission charged with reforming the electoral law has just slipped past another deadline for submitting a draft law to the Prime Minister. Commission members are still debating one key element of the law: electoral districts. Commission member Nawaf Salam told us that he [...]	2006-03-06 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI LE
06BEIRUT827	MGLE01: STATUS OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE -- SIDE [...] (C) Following the March 14 evening session, Speaker Nabih Berri announced a break in the national dialogue conference until March 22. This development was somewhat unexpected, considering that Druse leader Walid Jumblatt had just returned to Beirut two days earlier to rejoin the talks, but [...]	2006-03-17 09:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT836	MGLE01: GOL PRESENTS UPDATE ON ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Prime Minister Siniora presided over the GOL's 90-minute presentation of "A Medium-Term Reform Program for Lebanon with International Support" to representatives from nineteen embassies and international organizations. Siniora, Finance Minister Azour, Central Bank [...]	2006-03-17 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN LE
06BEIRUT846	MGLE01: WALID JUMBLATT ON THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) On March 16 Druse leader Walid Jumblatt discussed with Charge the national dialogue, Jacques Chirac's report of a possible Arab initiative to secure Syrian President Bashar al-Asad,s cooperation in removing President Lahoud, Sheba,a Farms, and Christian presidential candidates. Jumblatt, [...]	2006-03-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT895	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI ASKS FOR US, SAUDI, AND [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was upbeat about the success of the national dialogue he has brokered. He was confident of a solution to Hizballah's arms when the national dialogue resumes on March 22. The difficult issue, accordi [...]	2006-03-21 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS EG KISL LE PGOV SA SY
06BEIRUT899	MGLE01: ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION RESIGNEE [...] (C) In a 3/20 meeting, Ziad Baroud explained his resignation from the national commission on electoral law reform, lashing out at several fellow commission members in the process. Baroud asserted that a proposed nine-district electoral map was unfair to the Christian community, expressing bi [...]	2006-03-21 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI SOCI LE
06BELGRADE1001	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the Serbia and Montenegro submission for the 2006 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims. As requested in reftel, we have sent tracked edits to the Serbia and Montenegro portion of the final 2006 report via e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA James Roseli. One of the two investment [...]	2006-06-22 07:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
06BELGRADE1147	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE 2006 [...] Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia, the current members of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),announced that they expect that Montenegro, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Macedonia, and Serbia, will join CEFTA by the end of the year. Draft Law on Optical Dis [...]	2006-07-18 15:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
06BELGRADE1174	Election Outlook for Serbia -- Still [...] (U) Two June polls in Serbia indicate that the Radicals and Socialists continue to be within reach of together winning a majority in future elections -- particularly if turnout is low. A Kosovo outcome perceived as negative by the electorate could conceivable sap support for the democrats f [...]	2006-07-21 14:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE1257	GOS ADOPTS PRIVATIZATION STRATEGY FOR NIS [...] (U) On July 20, the Government of Serbia (GOS) approved the privatization strategy of state-owned oil company "Naftna Industrija Srbije" (NIS). The approved strategy was not the preferred option proposed by the privatization advisor consortium Merrill Lynch and Raiffeisen Investment. The appr [...]	2006-08-09 11:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR
06BELGRADE1258	MOBI 63 SOLD FOR EUR 1.513 BILLION [...] On August 1, the largest Norwegian mobile operator Telenor signed the sales agreement with the Government of Serbia (GOS) to buy Serbian mobile operator Mobi 63 (former Mobtel) for EUR 1.513 billion. Telenor won the televised auction organized the day before, competing with Austrian Mobilkom [...]	2006-08-09 11:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV BTIO KPRV SR
06BELGRADE1681	ICTY ACTION PLAN SCORECARD, OCTOBER 2006 [...] (c) SUMMARY: In July, the USG provided the GoS with eleven recommendations designed to advance the hunt for Ratko Mladic. Due primarily to the resistance of PM Kostunica himself, the GoS has not carried out in full a single one of our recommendations (two have been, arguably, partially initiated). [...]	2006-10-17 06:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM UNSC SR
06BELGRADE1765	SERBIA OFFERS INCENTIVES TO FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (U) Attracting foreign direct investment is increasingly becoming a priority for the Serbian government. The GOS is developing a range of incentives for investors, including cash grants to investments resulting in significant job creation, as well as tax incentives in the form of credits and [...]	2006-10-27 08:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EINV ECON SR
06BELGRADE1842	SERBIA'S SANDZAK -- DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS DROP AS [...] SUMMARY: A recent visit to the largest city in Serbia's Sandzak area, the home of Serbia's largest Bosniak minority community, shows the local political machine of Sulejman Ugljanin, a close ally of PM Kostunica, firmly in control. A murky election-day shoot-out during a Belgrade-backed recal [...]	2006-11-13 06:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAO KIRF PREL PHUM SR
06BELGRADE1852	SERBIAN ELECTIONS SET FOR JANUARY 21, 2007 [...] (SBU) Early on November 10, the Serbian Parliament adopted the constitutional law and set January 21 as the date for new parliamentary elections, with presidential elections mandated sometime before December 31, 2007. Parliament is disbanded and Prime Minister Kostunica's government continues [...]	2006-11-13 14:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL
06BELGRADE1854	SERBIAN ELECTIONS SET FOR JANUARY 21, 2007 [...] (SBU) Early on November 10, the Serbian Parliament adopted the constitutional law and set January 21 as the date for new parliamentary elections, with presidential elections mandated sometime before December 31, 2007. Parliament is disbanded and Prime Minister Kostunica's government continues [...]	2006-11-13 15:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL
06BELGRADE1877	SERBIAN FISCAL EXPANSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's macroeconomic outlook appears strong as the country moves toward elections. GDP was up 6.7 percent in the first half of 2006, inflation likely will reach only 9 percent, and strong export growth continues, at 27 percent. Record inflows of foreign direct investment, mainl [...]	2006-11-20 10:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN EIND PGOV SR
06BELGRADE1929	K1: MOVING SERBIA BEYOND KOSOVO - IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCE [...] (c) As part of our Mission-wide K1 (Kosovo settlement and aftermath) strategy, we have laid out in reftel our recommendations on how to manage the endgame in the status process here in Serbia. This message focuses on the next step of K1: expectations and consequence management. This invol [...]	2006-11-28 07:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL PHUM SR
06BELGRADE1974	CEFTA - SERBIA SEEKS COMPROMISE ON CIGARETTES; [...] (SBU) In order to break an impasse on the initialing of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),the Government of Serbia (GOS) has offered a concession to Croatia on cigarette duties. In a November 30 letter, Serbia's chief negotiator offered to lower the overall level of protectio [...]	2006-12-06 14:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL HR SR
06BELGRADE1996	K+1: MOVING SERBIA BEYOND KOSOVO - IMMEDIATE [...] (c) As part of our Mission-wide K+1 (Kosovo settlement and aftermath) strategy, we have laid out in reftel our recommendations on how to manage the endgame in the status process here in Serbia. This message focuses on the next step of K+1: expectations and consequence management. This inv [...]	2006-12-12 16:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SR
06BELGRADE2062	RUSSIA, SERBIA SIGN MOU ON PIPELINE [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government (GOS),state-owned gas company Srbijagas and Russian Gazprom-Gazexport signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Moscow on December 20 that establishes a framework for future cooperation and a possible agreement with Gazprom on extension of the Blue Stream gas p [...]	2006-12-22 11:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR
06BELGRADE210	MONTENEGRO: AFTER THE REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) Summary: It is increasingly likely that Montenegro will hold a referendum on independence in the spring of 2006. Whether or not the vote is for independence, Montenegro's relationships with Serbia, and, potentially, with the United States will change significantly. Regardless of the ou [...]	2006-02-13 10:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR MW PNAT
06BELGRADE220	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 15:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB MW PGOV SR USTR
06BELGRADE237	MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM TALKS: EU [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Envoy Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, after receiving the full support of EU member states and the EU Presidency, has proposed to the pro- and anti- independence camps specific criteria for the Montenegro referendum. The required majority would be 55 percent of valid votes cast, [...]	2006-02-17 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE257	SERBIA'S DEMOCRATS UNDER THREAT? [...] (SBU) Recent polls indicate that Serbia's anti-Western nationalists are within striking distance of capturing a parliamentary majority in new elections. Potentially traumatic issues later this year, such as Kosovo final status, could strengthen their hand even further. Early elections, perha [...]	2006-02-21 09:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE299	MONTENEGRO'S OPPOSITION, GOVERNMENT TO BACK EU [...] (C) Summary: The Montenegrin Parliament is expected to meet February 28 to adopt the question, date, and rules for the referendum -- the "EU package." The opposition was quicker to support the package than the GoM, which engaged in a last-minute campaign to persuade the EU to lower the thresho [...]	2006-02-24 16:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SR MW
06BELGRADE321	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY 2006 [...] (U) The Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW) in Vienna projects the GDP growth in Montenegro will reach 5.0 percent. GDP growth was 4.0 percent in 2004 and 3.7 percent in 2005. WIIW expects unemployment to plateau at the current level, and inflation to rise slightly to 3.0 perc [...]	2006-03-02 07:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE401	FINANCE MINISTER ON INVESTMENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Polt met with Finance Minister Mladjan Dinkic on March 7 to raise several issues involving U.S. investors and economic policy. Dinkic pledged to be helpful in resolving issues related to U.S. Steel and the gas shortages that are affecting production at the company. H [...]	2006-03-14 11:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ECPS ENRG EINV KIPR SR MW
06BELGRADE404	NATURAL GAS CRISIS IN SERBIA HIGHLIGHTS PROBLEMS [...] (U) The recent gas shortage in Serbia highlights both deficiencies in its infrastructure and the perils of relying solely on Russian gas delivered through the Ukrainian pipeline. Both domestic and foreign companies that rely on natural gas supplies were negatively affected, and continued reliab [...]	2006-03-14 14:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR MW
06BELGRADE568	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MARCH 2006 [...] (U) Public debt rose 4.5 percent in 2005, to Euros 704.4 million. As a share of GDP, public declined from 45.7 percent in 2004 to 42.7 percent. Seventy-seven percent of the debt was inherited from the former Yugoslavia. For 2006, the Finance Ministry plans to repay Euros 151.6 million of the [...]	2006-04-12 09:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE654	CENTRAL BANK FIGHTS TO LIMIT CREDIT GROWTH [...] Summary: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA IS CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO CONFLICTING GOALS: PREVENTING DINAR APPRECIATION, WHICH IT PURSUES BY SELLING DINAR TO BUY UP FOREIGN CURRENCY, AND CURBING THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE IT CREATES IN THE FIRST STEP. THIS BALANCING ACT HAS PROVED DIFFICULT, AS IT HAS [...]	2006-04-26 14:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SR MW
06BELGRADE679	MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tensions relaxed after both blocs realized that they had "gone too far" in the past week. In the wake of the heavily publicized opposition trip to Washington, strong public and private statements by Ambassador Polt and the Consulate cautioned politicians against effor [...]	2006-05-03 08:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE711	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL 2006 [...] Montenegro's public debt at the end of 2005 amounted to Euros 700 million or 43 percent of gross domestic product (GDP),which according to the Ministry of Finance is below the maximum allowed level in the EU. In 2002, public debt was 88 percent of GDP. According to Maastricht criteria, the to [...]	2006-05-08 07:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW SR
06BELGRADE768	CENTRAL BANK TIGHTENS - AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA REACTED TO APRIL'S HIGHER INFLATION BY FURTHER TIGHTENING MONETARY POLICY. THE CENTRAL BANK NOT ONLY RAISED THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT ON OVERSEAS BORROWING BY BANKS, BUT IT ALSO FORMALLY IMPOSE LIMITS ON BANKS' RETAIL LENDING, TIED TO THEIR BA [...]	2006-05-15 15:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SR MW
06BELGRADE825	MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: INDEPENDENCE, ACCORDING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Republic Referendum Commission announced at 8:30 a.m. Monday May 23, the official preliminary results in the May 21 independence referendum: 55.5 percent for independence. While official, these results are "preliminary," pending possible complaints that could be lodged by t [...]	2006-05-23 15:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE898	MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE: DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoM is moving quickly to establish itself as an independent state, following the June 3 Declaration of Independence. The GoM on June 4 requested international recognition from the USG (ref),and other members of the UN Perm-5 as well as neighboring states. Quint Ambassadors [...]	2006-06-06 08:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE904	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: MAY 2006 [...] On June 3, the Parliament of Montenegro adopted a Declaration of Independence, following the May 21 referendum on independence from Serbia. The two economies were already distinct, stemming from Montenegro's adoption of the deutsche mark in 1999, and later the Euro. The distinction is reflecte [...]	2006-06-07 08:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
06BELGRADE957	DISSOLUTION OF STATE UNION OF SERBIA AND [...] (U) Introduction: The Republics of Serbia and of Montenegro will need to take a series of steps to finally dissolve the State Union. We will report periodically on actions being taken by the republics and by us to encourage a successful transition. End introduction. Upcoming Travel to U.S. [...]	2006-06-15 06:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR SR MW
06BELIZE198	BELIZE: RUN-UP TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The ruling Peoples United Party (PUP) recently had manifesto launches in nine municipalities. The Belize City event focused on lower taxes, more jobs and good governance. Some observers have contrasted the PUP's event with the more subdued UDP Plan of Action launch (REF A). Leader of [...]	2006-03-01 17:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN ECON PINR BH
06BELIZE968	HOW MANY BELIZEANS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHTBULB? [...] (SBU) In an effort to fulfill its 2003 election campaign promise to lower BelizeansQ electricity bills, Prime Minister Said Musa announced plans to replace traditional incandescent light bulbs with energy-efficient fluorescent ones in every home in the country. The Cuban government donated 30 [...]	2006-11-01 13:32:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BH
06BELMOPAN66	BELIZE: PARLIAMENT APPROVES BROV LOAN AND "SUPER BOND" AS [...] Summary: The House of Representatives and the Senate met in emergency sessions on December 8 and 11, respectively, and approved a second USD 25 million loan from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BROV) (ref A) and the issuance of new bonds equivalent to USD 565 million. These two financi [...]	2006-12-14 21:15:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SOCI BH
06BERLIN1190	NEW GERMAN LEFT PARTY: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE STEP [...] (C) Summary. The merger of Germany's two largest leftist parties, the Left Party.PDS and the WASG (Electoral Alternative for Social Justice),is proceeding but with considerable difficulty. The Berlin branch of the WASG appears determined to run against the PDS in fall state elections, despi [...]	2006-05-03 14:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
06BERLIN1495	GERMAN-IRAN TRADE: CHILL IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Increased international pressure on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities may already be affecting Germany's trade with Iran, despite record numbers for 2005. Germany enjoys a substantial trade surplus with Iran, but officials and business people report German businesses [...]	2006-06-02 14:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD ETTC GM MNUC PREL IR
06BERLIN1504	GERMAN PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) A German Government opinion welcomed the objectives of a Bundesrat bill to criminalize clients who knowingly or recklessly patronize victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). As a Justice Ministry official pointed out, the Merkel Government's November 2005 Coalition Agreement supports im [...]	2006-06-02 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1614	GERMANY'S GRAND COALITION: THE RETURN OF POLITICS [...] (U) Summary. After a winter and early spring in which the internal troubles of the SPD provided almost the only domestic headlines, politics returned to Germany in May as the government turned its attention to a series of domestic issues: passage of an anti-discrimination law and tax hikes (b [...]	2006-06-13 14:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
06BERLIN1687	TIP: RECENT GERMAN GOVERNMENT STEPS; FIGHTING TIP [...] (SBU) On June 14, Germany deposited instruments of ratification for the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons (Palermo Protocol). Germany will become a party to both July 14. Federal Interior Ministry offi [...]	2006-06-19 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1835	TIP: WORLD CUP UPDATE [...] (U) Three weeks into the World Cup, German officials and NGOs report no increase thus far in incidents of trafficking in persons (TIP). Officials credit a combination of factors, including increased surveillance and raids on brothels, effective border controls, joint operations with police in [...]	2006-06-30 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN2269	GERMANY DEBATES HEDGE FUND REFORM; BACKS [...] SUMMARY. Hedge funds are politically contentious in Germany. The two major political parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Grand Coalition" have staked out opposing positions on whether Germany should reform its hedge fund regulations. The three major German financial agencies -- the Bund [...]	2006-08-09 09:09:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV GM
06BERLIN2303	SCENESETTER: FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S BERLIN VISIT [...] (C) Summary. German officials welcome your visit to Berlin to show the strength of U.S.-German law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation; we want you to use the visit to strengthen it further. You can underscore to nearly all key law enforcement decision-makers the need for uncomplica [...]	2006-08-11 11:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PTER KJUS ASEC PGOV ETTC CVIS PREL KHLS GM
06BERLIN2344	INDUSTRY IMPLICATIONS OF THE REITS DEBATE IN [...] SUMMARY: Germany's Finance Ministry is nearing the completion of a draft law to legalize Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The decision to legalize REITs, however, must first receive the approval of Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Coalition" Cabinet, which is deeply divided on the issue. Wh [...]	2006-08-15 10:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV GM
06BERLIN2546	SPD IN DRIVER'S SEAT FOR BERLIN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary. With three weeks to go, opinion polls and political commentators and contacts all say Berlin's September 17 election of a new parliament is the SPD's to lose. The Social Democrats lead the Christian Democrats by over ten percent in all polls and the ratings gap between the two parties' [...]	2006-08-30 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
06BERLIN2548	FIRST LOOK AT GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY, G-8 [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the German government is not expected to finalize its G-8 and EU presidency agendas until after cabinet meetings on each scheduled for October 1 and October 11 respectively, Environment Ministry contacts conveyed August 23 what they see as focal points for German envir [...]	2006-08-30 15:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EAIR GM
06BERLIN2577	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary. The July 31 train bombing plot, the UK airplane bombing plot, and the Hizballah-Israel war have brought about public debate in Germany that gives us new opportunities for increased counterterrorism cooperation which you should explore in your discussions here. After 9/11, German [...]	2006-08-31 16:54:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PTER PGOV GM
06BERLIN2676	S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...]	2006-09-13 07:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU
06BERLIN2785	U.S.-GERMAN COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY: SEIZING THE [...] (S) Summary. The discovery this summer of the plot to bomb German trains, coming on top of terrorists' plans in the UK to blow-up transatlantic flights, has created an opening for the German government to move on further counterterrorism initiatives. Interior Minister Schaeuble's trip to Was [...]	2006-09-21 08:46:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS CVIS TBIO GM EU
06BERLIN3059	GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. NATIONAL SPACE POLICY [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 9. 2. (S) Summary: Global Affairs officer briefed German officials in Bonn on the U.S. National Space Policy October 16. Although the German officials appreciated the information, they also expressed some reservations. In sum, they contended [...]	2006-10-20 17:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM GM
06BERLIN3333	MERKEL FACES PARTY CONVENTION AFTER YEAR IN OFFICE [...] (C) After a year in office, Chancellor Merkel finds herself, her party, and her government languishing in the polls. The largest tax hike in German history, a failed health care reform effort, and challenges to Merkel's Qdership from within her own party are the three leading causes of this s [...]	2006-11-17 17:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3353	GERMANY 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM GM
06BERLIN3395	CONVENTION STRENGTHENS MERKEL IN PARTY, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary. Angela Merkel's re-election as party leader with an unexpected 93 percent of the vote, together with poor performances by her principal rivals and good results for her proteges, has helped to consolidate her leadership of the CDU. Her strong showing may also boost her position v [...]	2006-11-30 09:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3422	ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ CHAIRMAN?S [...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...]	2006-12-05 08:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM
06BERLIN3442	ENGAGING GERMANY ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE: CEQ [...] SUMMARY: White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James L. Connaughton met with senior German officials from the Environment, Economic, and Foreign Affairs Ministries as well as the Bundestag (parliament) and Chancellery to discuss environment and energy policy as Germany prepar [...]	2006-12-07 09:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON EAIR GM
06BERLIN3520	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Your December 21 meetings in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck are an excellent opportunity to push economic reforms and boost German, European and global growth as Germany assumes the leadership of the G-8 and the EU. The Chancellor an [...]	2006-12-15 17:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL GM
06BERLIN477	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS LAUNCH DISCUSSION OF NEW BASIC [...] (U) Under the slogan "New Justice Through More Freedom," Chancellor Merkel hosted a mini-covention of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on February 21 to launch the development of a new Basic Program for the party. Merkel emphasized the many challenges not addressed in the 1994 Basic Progr [...]	2006-02-21 16:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
06BERLIN993	THE GERMAN ECONOMY: MORE GROWTH? [...] (U) SUMMARY: A rise in German business confidence indexes signaled a change of mood about Germany's economic prospects in early 2006. Many linked the boost to Chancellor Merkel's "honeymoon" effect as business groups put high hopes in the new government and a turnaround from Germany's wan 0.9% [...]	2006-04-12 09:26:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL GM
06BERN2122	SWISS ELECTORATE REAFFIRMS TIES WITH EU; APPROVES $800 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 16:16:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EUN SZ

06BERN8	MORITZ LEUENBERGER, NEW PRESIDENT OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-03 16:11:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SZ
06BERN828	SWISS ECONOMICS/TRADE MINISTER JOSEPH DEISS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise announcement, Swiss Economics and Trade Minister Joseph Deiss announced on April 27 that, effective July 31, he would resign his position as Economics and Trade Minister and step down from the seven-member Federal Council, where he is the Christian Democratic Party' [...]	2006-04-27 11:06:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV SZ
06BISHKEK1333	KYRGYZSTAN OPPOSITION RALLY LESS THAN EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 17 in the southern Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan's opposition staged a "Kurultai," or "people's congress," bringing together representatives from various political parties, NGO groups, and the government. A crowd of approximately 1500 heard numerous speeches, most of [...]	2006-09-18 12:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
06BISHKEK1417	AN IFTAR IN OSH: A TRIP TO SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28-29, the Ambassador traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second city, and met with government officials, NGO and political party representatives, and journalists. The Ambassador toured the newly renovated Drug Control Agency regional headquarters, and she met with part [...]	2006-10-05 14:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
06BISHKEK1450	BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] SUMMARY: Your visit offers an opportunity to move our democracy and civil society agenda forward. Following the downturn in our relations this summer, and building on A/S Boucher's August visit, the Kyrgyz are now indicating they may have gone too far, and want to repair relations. Moving a [...]	2006-10-13 11:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KPAO KG
06BISHKEK1588	KYRGYZ WELCOME REGIONAL ELECTRICITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the October 30-31 visit of SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch and SCA RAO Leo Gallagher to Bishkek, Kyrgyz officials expressed support for developing infrastructure to export electricity, reform of the power sector and foreign investment in the Kyrgyz energy sector. However [...]	2006-11-13 03:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KG
06BISHKEK1741	A TALE OF CORRUPTION IN THE KYRGYZ PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Parliament Speaker Alymbekov revealed to Ambassador aspects of a murky privatization deal for the Kyrgyz tin and tungsten company "ShPU." According to Alymbekov, the government inexplicably selected the lower of two bids for "ShPU," rejecting a much higher bid from a U.S. [...]	2006-12-11 10:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN KG
06BISHKEK1744	A PRIMER TO POLITICAL PARTIES OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kyrgyzstan's new constitution envisions an increasingly important role for political parties in the parliament and in forming the government. Under the new constitution, half of the 90 seats in the new parliament will be elected by party list, and the majority party (among thos [...]	2006-12-12 10:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KG
06BISHKEK1753	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON AIRBASE SHOOTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 12, Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ermek Ibragimov regarding the way ahead on the Manas air base shooting incident. He agreed that the incident had become an internal political issue, making it harder to contain. He raised questions about [...]	2006-12-13 11:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE MARR KG
06BISHKEK1782	KYRGYZ GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyzstan's IPR agency chief Roman Omorov recently claimed that the number of confiscations of pirated audio/video products in 2006 should nearly double the 20,000 pirated items confiscated in 2005. Based on analyses by Omorov's staff, nearly 80% of items seized by police for [...]	2006-12-19 09:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON EINV KG
06BISHKEK385	KYRGYZ JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE (OR THE LACK THEREOF) [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of judicial independence in the Kyrgyz Republic continues to be problematic, with the judiciary little more than a tool of the executive branch. Even with the ouster of President Akayev in March 2005 and the guarded optimism that judicial reforms might follow, little [...]	2006-03-23 05:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PGOV KMDR KG
06BISHKEK766	LITTLE TENSION IN RUN-UP TO MAY 27 OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four days before the large opposition demonstration planned for May 27 in central Bishkek, tensions are noticeably lower than in the run-up to the April 29 opposition protest (reftel). Opposition leaders have in recent days backed away from an earlier vow to call for President [...]	2006-05-23 12:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG
06BISHKEK867	SUPREME COURT DENIES ASYLUM TO FINAL UZBEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of a lower court to deny refugee status to the last of the remaining four Uzbek refugees who have been in detention since summer 2005. The court decision brings to an end the asylum seekers' lengthy legal battle to remain in Kyr [...]	2006-06-13 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM UZ RU KG
06BOGOTA10111	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS [...] (U) October 25, 2006; 8:30 AM. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mark Silverman Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren Ambassador William B. Wood USAID Mission Director Liliana Ayalde Attorne [...]	2006-11-01 15:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO
06BOGOTA10236	A/S SULLIVAN ASSURES TRADE CONFEDERATIONS ON FTA [...] (C) In a cordial 40 minute meeting on October 25, EB Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan said the U.S. shared labor leaders' goal of poverty reduction in Colombia, and explained the FTA would be instrumental toward this end. The presidents of the CUT (555,000 workers),the CTC (55,000 worker [...]	2006-11-02 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO
06BOGOTA10759	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS [...] (C) Post welcomes the December 2-7 visit of Admiral Stavridis, SOUTHCOM Commander, to Colombia. With U.S. assistance, Colombia is fighting a war on four fronts -- FARC, ELN, paramilitaries, and drug traffickers -- with a mix of political, military, and police measures. A multi-phased offensi [...]	2006-11-28 20:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
06BOGOTA11338	FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS AERIAL ERADICATION CONTINUES [...] (C) Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo told the Ambassador on December 15 the GOC would continue its aerial eradication efforts near the border with Ecuador despite GOE protests. President Uribe was annoyed that the GOC's moratorium on spraying near the border had resulted in an additio [...]	2006-12-19 20:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV PHUM SNAR CO
06BOGOTA11380	UAVS -- "EYES IN THE SKY" FOR COLMIL OPERATIONS [...] (S) Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a low-tech, low-cost, and low-risk but potentially high-impact new addition to USG-GOC intelligence cooperation in support of counterterror and counterdrug efforts. Since their arrival in July, a test package of UAVs has provided valuable, real-time ae [...]	2006-12-20 21:10:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
06BOGOTA1180	FIRST DEMOBILIZATIONS OF THE YEAR INCLUDE BIGGEST [...] (C) On January 20, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) Mineros Bloc demobilized 2,789 of its members at a farm outside Taraza, Antioquia Department. This was the biggest single demobilization since the peace process began in late 2003 and the first time that representatives of the [...]	2006-02-08 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1369	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR LT. GENERAL CLAPPER [...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Lt. General Clapper to Colombia with enthusiasm. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern about Venezuela. With U.S. assistance, it is fighting each of t [...]	2006-02-14 11:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA1447	THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: SUBSTANCE TAKING A BACK [...] (C) Summary: Campaigning for the March 12 Congressional elections is thus far light on substantive issues and platforms. New electoral rules allow voters to cast ballots for individuals rather than parties, which could further erode the parties' ability to maintain legislative discipline in [...]	2006-02-15 16:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA1448	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern about Venezuela. With U.S. assistance, it is fighting each of the fronts with a slightly different mix of political, military, and police measures, all of which are expensive and at times controv [...]	2006-02-15 16:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA1584	COLOMBIAN FIU (MONEY LAUNDERING PREVENTION UNIT): [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 14:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA1664	REPRESENTATIVE LOWEY GETS JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW [...] (C) Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) and House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Minority Clerk Nisha Desai met with Prosecutor General (Fiscal) Mario Iguaran to discuss implementation of the Justice and Peace (J&P) Law on February 20. Iguaran thanked Lowey for her [...]	2006-02-23 16:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR KJUS PTER CO
06BOGOTA1870	COLOMBIA'S ECONOMY: STILL DEFYING GRAVITY [...] (Summary) The Colombian economy demonstrated strong growth in 2005, despite the GOC's limited progress in addressing structural economic issues. GDP growth will be close to 5 percent and IMF targets for the budget, deficit, inflation and reserves were either met or exceeded. Public debt is l [...]	2006-03-01 21:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA1948	YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST RECOMMENDATION [...] Summary. Post recommends that Colombia remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2006. While data protection for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals remained in effect, Colombia continued to face high levels of copyright piracy in 2005. Colombia has the legal tools necessary to combat pir [...]	2006-03-03 21:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON CO
06BOGOTA2031	COLOMBIA'S RISING YOUNG POLITICIANS ON MARCH 12 [...] (C) Over a dozen, up-and-coming political candidates from the Liberal, Conservative, Cambio Radical, Polo Democratico Alternativo (Polo),and the "U" parties shared their impressions with poloffs on the March 12 Congressional elections, the role of the paramilitaries, the future of the partie [...]	2006-03-07 19:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
06BOGOTA2141	COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM VALLE DEL CAUCA [...] (C) Poloffs' contacts in Valle del Cauca predicted during March 2-3 meetings the Liberals would win more congressional seats on March 12 than other parties in the Department, but said Uribista parties combined would win nationwide. They also expected President Uribe to carry the department in [...]	2006-03-08 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA2142	NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CUCUTA [...] (C) Summary: Voters in Cucuta, Colombia's fifth largest city and focal point for trade with Venezuela, are calling for job creation, road and infrastructure spending, and better access to health care. A leading Senate candidate, by all accounts, is far outspending rivals and is rumored to h [...]	2006-03-08 22:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON CO VE
06BOGOTA2291	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO [...] (C) On March 8, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo shared his views on the ELN, the paramilitary demobilization process, and the country's security situation with the Ambassador over dinner at the residence.Restrepo said the recent round of talks with the ELN in Havana had been difficult, [...]	2006-03-14 15:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2518	FARC IDEOLOGY ON THE BACKBURNER [...] (C) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) began in 1964 as a Marxist insurgency dedicated to redressing rural grievances, at a time when the democratic left had been politically marginalized. Over time, illicit activity and alienation from the democratic left have taken the FARC f [...]	2006-03-21 21:06:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2897	COLOMBIAN BANKING SECTOR: REVIEW AND PROSPECTS [...] (Summary) 2005 was a year of continued growth and consolidation for the Colombian banking sector, with banks registering a record 2.4 billion USD in profits, an increase of 46 percent over the previous year. Colombia's financial regulatory bodies were also consolidated in 2005 to improve gene [...]	2006-03-31 17:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN
06BOGOTA2936	COLOMBIAN TELECOM SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (Summary) The telecommunications sector is a major contributor to Colombia's recent economic expansion. Telecom sector growth and investment have been substantial in recent years, driven by a sizeable increase in the mobile services market, but Colombia needs to do more to augment internet s [...]	2006-03-31 22:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ECPS CO
06BOGOTA3765	SEN REED MEETS WITH NGO COLOMBIAN COMMISSION OF [...] (U) Senator Reed did not have an opportunity to clear this cable. 2. (U) Summary. On April 20 CODEL Reed met with Gustavo Gallon, Director of the NGO the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ). Gallon said the Democratic Security policy targets only certain criminals and protects only certa [...]	2006-04-27 23:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA4066	COLOMBIA'S FRUSTRATION WITH FTA DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The GOC is concerned over what it perceives as bad faith negotiating on the part of mid-level USTR officials. While senior Colombia trade officials have generally been reserved in public statements about the status of the FTA final texts, recent press reports indicate the GOC is [...]	2006-05-08 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL CO FTA USTR
06BOGOTA407	ASSESSING THE PARAMILITARY PHENOMENON AFTER [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables focusing on the paramilitary phenomenon in the latter stages of demobilization. Poloffs have discussed with Colombian politicians, academics, and social leaders in Bogota, Medellin and Barranquilla how paramilitaries will evolve as their ranks shrin [...]	2006-01-18 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4083	WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP - MAY 1-7 [...] (U) Election roundup for May 1-7. 2. (C) FARC Attacks Local Government Leaders in Run Up to Elections: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has stepped up attakcs on local government officials in the run up to the May 28 presidential elections. To date, 16 city council membe [...]	2006-05-08 22:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS CO
06BOGOTA4348	FARC URGES VOTING AGAINST URIBE; IMPLIES WILL NOT [...] (C) In recent communications implying the guerillas' intent to refrain from disruptive actions, FARC Secretariat leaders have urged Colombians to participate in May 28 presidential elections. This reversal of past pronouncements may be a face-saving maneuver to mask impotence against the GOC [...]	2006-05-16 23:30:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4469	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BISHOP OF TUMACO, NARINO [...] (C) In a cordial hour-long lunch with the Ambassador, Gustavo Giron Higuita, Bishop of Tumaco, Narino Department (which borders Ecuador),explained that all of Colombia's illegal armed groups were operating near Tumaco, and that the ELN was involved in the region's drug trade. He said illicit [...]	2006-05-19 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SENV SNAR CO
06BOGOTA4616	CAMPAIGN SEASON INFLUENCES GOVERNMENT-LABOR [...] (C) On April 19th, perhaps influenced by political reasons, an alliance of Colombia's three major trade confederations and a pensioner's group announced a suspension of dialogue with the GOC over lack of GOC action on an alleged trade unionist "hit list," a World Bank report calling for loweri [...]	2006-05-24 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD CO
06BOGOTA4662	FARC TALKS COMING SOON? SOME THINK SO [...] (C) Peace talks with the FARC are possible in the next few years, according to a group of ten (mainly leftist) Colombian observers. Their surprisingly optimistic outlook is based on a conjunction of factors: military pressure; gains by the democratic left; narcotrafficking difficulties; inte [...]	2006-05-25 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA5177	REMITTANCE FLOWS TO COLOMBIA [...] SUMMARY. Remittances to Colombia grew five percent in 2005 to USD 3.3 billion, with the majority coming from the U.S. and Spain. While rapid remittance growth assisted the economic recovery following the 1999 crisis, it has slowed considerably since 2003. Remittances equal 2.7 percent of G [...]	2006-06-08 22:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SNAR CO
06BOGOTA5894	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN, JULY 3-5 [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the July 3-5 visit of CODEL Cornyn to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in Colombia,s history. Close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia are expecte [...]	2006-06-29 22:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON CO
06BOGOTA6759	COLOMBIA'S COMPREHENSIVE TAX REFORM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of President Uribe,s decisive electoral victory, the GOC presented its comprehensive tax reform bill to Congress on July 20. The revenue neutral reform includes an overall reduction in the income tax (including reduced marginal rates),offset by a significant expans [...]	2006-07-26 20:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV CO
06BOGOTA7060	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS - AUGUST 5-9 [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the August 5-8 visit of CODEL Davis to Colombia. President Alvaro Uribe was re-elected in May; he is the first president to be re-elected to a second, consecutive term in over 100 years. We expect close bilateral relations between the United States and Colombia to continu [...]	2006-08-03 19:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOC ECON CO
06BOGOTA717	COLOMBIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Uribe administration stepped up the economic liberalization begun in the early 1990's and is committed to an open investment regime. Liberalization has progressed furthest in telecommunications, accounting/auditing, energy, and tourism and to a lesser extent, legal services, insurance, dis [...]	2006-01-26 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR CO
06BOGOTA7494	GOC-ELN PROCESS MIGHT BE PICKING UP STEAM [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo will shortly present ELN military commander and negotiator Antonio Garcia with a formal GOC peace proposal on cease-fire, disarmament, and the ELN's possible participation in the political process, said GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas. [...]	2006-08-16 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MARR PHUM PINR CO
06BOGOTA7897	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL BROWN [...] (C) Post welcomes the September 1-6 visit of General Bryan "Doug" Brown, Commander, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, to Colombia. With U.S. assistance, Colombia is fighting a war on four fronts -- FARC, ELN, paramilitaries, and drug traffickers -- with a mix of political, military [...]	2006-08-29 17:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
06BOGOTA8108	URIBE'S CONGRESSIONAL COALITION FRAGILE, BUT [...] (C) President Uribe begins his second term with a fragile majority in Congress, which will require him to devote substantial time and political capital to domestic politics. Uribe insiders say the next 9-12 months will be critical for his legislative agenda, as jockeying for the 2007 local ele [...]	2006-09-05 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD CO
06BOGOTA9120	COAL IN COLOMBIA -- ENJOYING A POST-STRIKE BOOM [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 19:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN ETRD CO
06BOGOTA9376	GOC CONCENTRATES EX-PARAMILITARY DETAINEES IN LA [...] (C) Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (AKA "Jorge 40") and Freddy Rendon Herrera (AKA "El Aleman) were among four former AUC leaders that President Uribe ordered to be transported to La Ceja October 10. They joined 26 other former AUC representative figures and 34 rank and file members concentrated there. [...]	2006-10-12 00:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BRASILIA1079	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] The following is the seventy-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-06-02 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1193	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. After Secretary Gutierrez's June 5-6 discussions in Rio de Janeiro at the Association of American Chambers of Commerce of Latin America (AACLA) annual meeting and the bilateral U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue (septels),he traveled to Brasilia for sessions with government polic [...]	2006-06-14 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV EPET KTFN BEXP BR
06BRASILIA1240	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. During Secretary Gutierrez's June 4 - 8 policy visit to Brazil, the Secretary and his team - OPIC President Robert Mosbacher Jr., USDOC A/S David Bohigian, State DAS Patrick Duddy, US Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Steve Pinkos, Charge Phil Chicola, TDA, Western Hem [...]	2006-06-21 13:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV ENRG BEXP BR
06BRASILIA1245	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. During Secretary Gutierrez's June 4 - 8 policy visit to Brazil, the Secretary and his team - OPIC President Robert Mosbacher Jr., USDOC A/S David Bohigian, State DAS Patrick Duddy, US Patent and Trademark Office Deputy Director Steve Pinkos, Charge Phil Chicola, TDA, Western Hem [...]	2006-06-21 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV ENRG BEXP BR
06BRASILIA1355	BRAZILIAN COPYRIGHT OFFICE SEEKS AN ALTERNATIVE PATH ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, Econ and FCS personnel met with officials at Brazil's Copyright Office (organizationally, located within the Ministry Culture) to discuss Brazil's emerging policy on IPR and digital inclusion issues. This meeting was to follow-up on an earlier, June 7 session between [...]	2006-07-05 19:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECPS BR
06BRASILIA1366	BRAZIL: SUBMISSION FOR INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Per instructions in reftel, US Embassy Brasilia is aware of two (2) claims of US persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Brazil (GOB). Claim 1 ------- a. Claimants A and B b. 1999 c. Claimants A and B, along with a Brazilian partner, through a joint [...]	2006-07-06 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ENRG CASC ECON OPIC PGOV BR
06BRASILIA139	BRAZIL: U.S. CARRIERS EXPLORE NEW ENTRY POINTS DESPITE [...] (U) This cable contains business-proprietary information. It has been coordinated with AmConsulate General Sao Paulo. 2. (SBU-NOFORN) Summary. During a recent trip to Sao Paulo, Charge met with local United and American Airlines representatives to gauge their interest in offering air conne [...]	2006-01-23 11:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CVIS CMGT BR
06BRASILIA1440	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZIL'S MERCOSUL PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, Econoffs met with Julio Laranjeiras, Counselor for Mercosul at the Ministry of External Relations to discuss Brazil's ambitious and hopeful integration agenda during its 5-month tenure as Mercosul pro tempore president starting August 1. Brazil plans to, among other th [...]	2006-07-17 15:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR
06BRASILIA1455	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 77 [...] The following is the seventy-seventh in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views exp [...]	2006-07-19 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1480	THE VEGETABLE OIL REVOLUTION - FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE CAR [...] Summary: Brazilian energy parastatal Petrobras recently publicized the development of a new diesel fuel, H-Bio, further bolstering Brazil's already prominent position in the world of biofuels. A hydrogenated synthesis of petroleum and vegetable oil, Petrobras is touting the social, environment [...]	2006-07-24 11:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1509	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78 [...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA157	BRAZIL: U.S. CARRIERS EXPLORE NEW ENTRY POINTS DESPITE [...] (U) This cable contains business-proprietary information. It has been coordinated with AmConsulate General Sao Paulo. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip to Sao Paulo, Charge met with local United and American Airlines representatives to gauge their interest in offering air connections [...]	2006-01-24 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CVIS CMGT BR
06BRASILIA1630	BRAZIL: ECONOMY HELPING LULA'S REELECTION BID [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic factors are boosting President Lula's chances of winning reelection in October 2006. Solid expected GDP growth of about 4% this year combined with higher salaries, lower unemployment and inflation under control, mean that the economic "feel-good" factor going into the [...]	2006-08-09 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA1638	BRAZILIAN NGO FOCUSES ON IMPROVING THE CLIMATE FOR DOING [...] (U) Summary. In a series of recent events, the Brazilian Competitiveness Movement (MBC),a local NGO, has sought to create greater awareness of the barriers to doing business in Brazil and the need to improve the local investment climate. Specifically, MBC has explored the possibility of lin [...]	2006-08-10 17:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP ECON EIND BR
06BRASILIA1655	MIXED SIGNALS ON LOCAL CURRENCY-DENOMINATED TRADE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the local press, on July 20 Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega met with Argentine Economy Minister Felisa Miceli on the margins of the Mercosul Summit meeting to discuss ways to conduct trade between the two countries in local currency (reais/pesos) instead o [...]	2006-08-11 17:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN BR
06BRASILIA1702	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry, and Commerce Luiz Furlan. The wide-ranging session touched upon a variety of topics, including the upcoming Commercial Dialogue meeting in Washington during the fall between U [...]	2006-08-16 16:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR EFIN SENV BR
06BRASILIA1711	BRAZIL ESTH UPDATE, JULY/AUGUST 2006 [...] American Company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced construction of a biodiesel plant in the state of Mato Grosso. ADM will invest a total of USD 30 million in the refinery, which will be the biggest biodiesel-producing plant in the world with a yearly production capacity of 180 thous [...]	2006-08-17 15:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1866	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REFORM AGENDA WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Finance (Fazenda) International Secretary Luiz Pereira made the point that, with the macroeconomic framework for growth in place, it was time for Brazil to focus ever more on the microeconomic reforms and business environm [...]	2006-09-05 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA2069	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 81 [...] The following is the eighty-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]	2006-09-28 16:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2099	BRAZIL: SECOND QUARTER GDP GROWTH DISAPPOINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy expanded by a scant 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2006, a result below most analysts' expectations, due primarily to poor results in industrial production and investment. According to Central Bank survey data, the market now expects 2006 GDP growth barely [...]	2006-10-02 19:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA2157	BRAZIL: LULA AND ALCKMIN TIE IN DEBATE BUT ALCKMIN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and PSDB challenger Geraldo Alckmin faced off against each other for the first time in a live national television debate on Sunday, October 9. Lula and Alckmin traded accusations for nearly two and a half hours in a debate that many saw as [...]	2006-10-11 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
06BRASILIA2246	BRAZIL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: VOTERS WILL RE-ELECT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT - Workers Party) appears to be headed for re-election on October 29. Challenger Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB - Brazilian Social Democracy Party) has failed to convince a majority of voters that they would be better off if he were elected, and [...]	2006-10-27 11:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV BR
06BRASILIA2278	BRAZIL: LULA REAFFIRMS MACROECONOMIC POLICY CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Only a day after winning reelection to a second four year term, President Lula was forced by an outburst from his Institutional Relations Minister and PT party stalwart, Tarso Genro, into reaffirming during a series of October 30 television interviews his commitment to his curre [...]	2006-10-31 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA2314	The October 17 Meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Bilateral [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. On October 17, a USG delegation met with the Brazilian interagency economic players in a session of the two countries' Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM) meeting. The wide-ranging agenda covered a variety of issues, including WTO matters (the Doha Round, [...]	2006-11-05 12:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ENRG WTRO BEXP BR
06BRASILIA2319	IBAMA RESPONSIBLE FOR TOPPLING TWO MORE MAJOR ILLEGAL [...] Ibama, Brazil's Environmental Protection Agency, has executed two major operations against illegal logging in the month of September. The first one, a three-week long operation, code named Guariba, confiscated 8,500 cubic meters of sawn wood and logs in the state of Mato Grosso. Operation Guar [...]	2006-11-06 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA BR
06BRASILIA2399	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 84 [...] The following is the eighty-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-11-14 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2433	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GOODLATTE [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned November 26-28 visit to Rio de Janeiro. Deputy Chief of Mission Phil Chicola will greet you in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 prior to your scheduled meetings the next day. We are lining up for you meetings with U.S. agricu [...]	2006-11-20 18:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA2487	EU DELEGATION SEEKS EMBASSY SUPPORT ON REGULATION OF [...] (U) Action Request - paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On November 24, EU Econ Counselor Fabian Delcross contacted Emboff to enlist USG support in persuading the GOB to proceed with plans to tighten up current regulations governing the import of generic agrochemicals. According to Delcross, the nat [...]	2006-11-24 23:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EIND BR
06BRASILIA2490	BRAZIL'S FISCAL GORDIAN KNOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from its reelection victory, the Lula Administration has begun to consider the elements of a plan to try to cut through its fiscal Gordian knot: a rigid budgetary system rife with constitutional earmarks and revenue sharing requirements, a large debt service burden, high [...]	2006-11-27 16:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA2521	BRAZILIANS BEGIN TO SPEAK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL "CRISIS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Air Traffic Controllers' continued "work to rule" operation, which reduces the number of aircraft each controller handles to the maximum allowed by International Civil Aviation Organization standards (14),has made flight delays routine in Brazil: on November 27, accord [...]	2006-11-30 16:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA CASC ECON BR
06BRASILIA2562	WHY BRAZIL'S ECONOMY WILL JUST KEEP MUDDLING THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: By many measures, Brazil's economy has better fundamentals today than it has had at any point over the last three decades. The 1994 "Plano Real" brought previously unknown macroeconomic stability to Brazil, defeating its traditional inflation nemesis. Fiscal management has pro [...]	2006-12-07 15:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL SOCI BR
06BRASILIA2583	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned December 12-13, 2006, visit to Brasilia. Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health Patricia Norman and OES Advisor Lawrence Sperling will greet you upon your arrival in Brasilia December 12. You are scheduled [...]	2006-12-11 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV BR
06BRASILIA2589	Brazilian Regulatory Agency Contemplates Increasing [...] (SBU) Summary. ANVISA, Brazil's FDA-equivalent, has published new regulations which require importers of medical devices to provide the agency with detailed foreign economic pricing data, along with it product registration or re-registration dossier, as a condition for market access. Compani [...]	2006-12-11 20:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR
06BRASILIA2661	Brazil's Proposal for Compensated Reduction of [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 19, 2006, USAID's Embassy Brasilia office and Emboffs hosted Paulo Moutinho of the Amazon Institute of Environmental Research (IPAM). Moutinho presented details of the Government of Brazil's proposal for compensated reduction of deforestation as a means to combat gl [...]	2006-12-22 12:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA BAIO BR
06BRASILIA271	INTERFARMA BRIEFS CHARGE ON DIFFICULTIES IN DOING BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent trip by Charge to Sao Paulo, officials from Interfarma - the local industry group representing international pharmaeuticals firms - described the challenges member companies face in operating in Brazil. Chief among Interfarma complaints was that the high tax b [...]	2006-02-07 15:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD TBIO ECON BR
06BRASILIA281	BRAZIL: FINANCE MINISTRY REACHES OUT TO G-8 EMBASSIES [...] Action Request - paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 2, the Ministry of Finance's Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Luiz Pereira, called in Emboffs from the German, French, Italian, Canadian, Japanese, British, Canadian, and U.S. Embassies to brief on the themes that [...]	2006-02-08 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN BR
06BRASILIA366	BRAZIL - THE EVER-RISING REAL AND OTHER MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The torrent of dollars entering Brazil, fueled primarily by the trade surplus (over $44 billion in 2005) but also by FDI and portfolio investment flows, has created both opportunities and challenges for Brazilian macroeconomic policy management. GoB and private debtors are maki [...]	2006-02-21 19:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BR
06BRASILIA478	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned March 19-26 visit to Manaus, Santarem, Brasilia, Maringa, and Sao Paulo. I will, unfortunately, be out of the country at that time, but the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission will greet you in Manaus on Sunday evening, March 19 [...]	2006-03-10 20:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA578	VICE-MINISTER OF JUSTICE OPEN TO COOPERATION ON IPR PIRACY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 17, FCS Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and Commercial Attache met with National Secretary of Public Safety Luiz Fernando Correa to discuss pending bilateral trade issues. In this friendly hour-long meeting Correa proved open to cooperation with the USG on: a) combatin [...]	2006-03-22 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP KIPR KCRM ASEC ECPS EAIR BR
06BRASILIA588	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OPEN TO COOPERATION ON IPR PIRACY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 17, FCS Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and Commercial Attache met with National Secretary of Public Safety Luiz Fernando Correa to discuss pending bilateral trade issues. In this friendly hour-long meeting Correa proved open to cooperation with the USG on: a) combatin [...]	2006-03-23 10:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP KIPR KCRM ASEC ECPS EAIR BR
06BRASILIA665	BRAZIL - NEW FINANCE MINISTER'S EARLY CHOICES REASSURE [...] (SBU) Summary. New Finance Minister Guido Mantega has moved cautiously in his early days on the job, reassuring financial markets. His choices for Vice Minister and Treasury Secretary, Bernard Appy and Carlos Kawall, respectively, have been well received. On March 31, Mantega supported a mea [...]	2006-04-05 18:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA678	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SPECTER [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your April 12-15, 2006 visit to Brasilia (DF) and Manaus (AM),Brazil. We look forward to your trip and are arranging meetings and events for you in Brasilia and Manaus. As the Charge d'Affaires, I will meet your party upon arrival and [...]	2006-04-07 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC PGOV ECON KSCA SENV OTRA DR CO
06BRASILIA790	BRAZIL AT A FISCAL INFLECTION POINT? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lula administration heretofore has compiled an impressive record of fiscal rectitude, routinely posting primary budget surpluses well beyond its formal 4.25 percent of GDP target. This performance has allowed the GoB to reduce its net-debt-to-GDP ratio (from 57.2% in 2003 to [...]	2006-04-24 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA823	CODEL SPECTER VISIT TO BRAZIL APRIL 12-15, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Congressional delegation headed by Senator Arlen Specter, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, visited Brasilia and Manaus April 12-15, 2006, and met with Brazilian officials to discuss narcotics, immigration and environmental issues. Codel members included Senator Specter and Mrs. [...]	2006-04-27 17:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SENV TBIO KSCA OTRA BR
06BRASILIA954	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 74 [...] The following is the seventy-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-05-16 17:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA961	BRAZIL - CENTRAL BANK RESOLUTE IN FACE OF INTEREST RATE [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend of May 6-7, newly-appointed Finance Minister Guido Mantega made statements to the press which appeared to condition positive relations between the Finance Ministry and the Central Bank (BCB)on continued CB interest rate reductions. The Bank's Monetary Policy Dire [...]	2006-05-17 16:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BR
06BRASILIA965	GOB PROVIDES EMERGENCY AID TO SOY FARMERS [...] Summary. The Brazilian federal government announced on May 12 a subsidy of 1 billion Reais (approximately US$470 million) in emergency aid for soybean farmers in the form of price supports. The package seeks to reduce the indebtedness of soy farmers and help improve the generally adverse agric [...]	2006-05-17 18:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR WTRO ETRD ECON BR
06BRASILIA971	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned June 4-8 visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo. I will greet you in Sao Paulo airport on June 4 prior to your active schedule of events at the AACLA meeting in Rio and with Minister of Development, Industry, and C [...]	2006-05-18 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRATISLAVA121	EARLY ELECTIONS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT ECONOMY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament's unanimous approval to hold early elections June 17 (vice September) is not expected to have much impact on the economy. Outside of a slight depreciation of the Slovak Koruna following the Christian Democratic Movement's (KDH) defection from the ruling coalition, most [...]	2006-02-13 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV LO

06BRATISLAVA131	DINNER WITH FICO: SLOVAKIA'S OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Smer Chairman Robert Fico and Vice Chairman Pavol Paska (who also chairs parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee) at a February 15 dinner, during which Fico and Paska made their predictions about what post-June 17 election Slovakia would look like in terms of f [...]	2006-02-16 16:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON SOCI CVIS LO
06BRATISLAVA287	SMER PARTY CONFERENCE PRESENTS A MODERATE FICO [...] (U) Summary: Party chairman Robert Fico presented an unexpectedly moderate position at Smer - Socialna Demokracia's weekend conference. He acknowledged for the first time that some of the current government's reforms might be useful, and laid down strict adherence to European rules allowing Sl [...]	2006-04-11 14:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA302	HELL NO, WE WON'T SEW: SURGEONS ON STRIKE [...] Summary. On April 6, doctors, nurses, and hospital workers in Bratislava went on strike, demanding that the GOS raise wages by 25 percent and halt the ongoing privatization of hospitals. Within a few days, the strike spread to at least 15 hospitals throughout the country. The doctors, who h [...]	2006-04-13 15:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA331	SLOVAK ECONOMY GROWING AT RECORD PACE [...] SUMMARY: In the last quarter of 2005, the Slovak economy reached an all time record for economic growth of 7.6 percent, the fastest rate among the four biggest economies that joined the EU on May 1, 2004. A high volume of investments and fast-growing household consumption were the key growth [...]	2006-04-25 12:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO
06BRATISLAVA373	ROMA UPDATE: MAYOR TRIES TO DEPORT FAMILIES, NDI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Embassy continues to be heavily involved in promoting human rights and integration among Slovakia's minority communities, the Roma in particular. In the past month, the Emboffs have: -- Visited a northern village in which the mayor is seeking to move 35-40 Roma to a smal [...]	2006-05-11 08:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA375	NEW GMO LAW LOOKS GOOD, SO FAR [...] (U) Summary: Slovakia adopted new "co-existence" legislation for genetically modified organisms in April 2004, and is now in the process of drawing up regulations to enforce the new law. The law will enable the Ministry of Agriculture to establish conditions for growing genetically modified c [...]	2006-05-11 09:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL
06BRATISLAVA417	Slovak Election Scenescetter [...] Summary. (SBU) Recent opinion polls indicate that eight of the 21 parties running in the June 17 elections will gain the five percent of valid votes cast required to enter parliament. SMER-Social Democracy leads the polls with more than 30 percent support. The next highest party, either SKDU [...]	2006-05-26 14:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA438	CAMPAIGN ISSUE: HEALTH CARE REFORM - EVERYONE [...] Summary. Health care reform is widely perceived by Slovaks as the Dzurinda government's biggest achilles heel. Privatization has not yet brought about a noticeable improvement in services, investment in health services remains low, and new private insurance schemes are increasingly unpopular [...]	2006-06-05 09:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA457	SMER LACKS DIRECTION ON ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY - The recent release of Smer's official election program sheds little light on what the economic policy would actually look like in a Smer-led coalition government. The party platform is essentially a critique of the reforms instituted over the past eight years, and calls for an o [...]	2006-06-09 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL LO KDEM
06BRATISLAVA476	SLOVAKIA'S JUNE 17 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) With 6 major political parties likely to pass the 5 percent parliamentary threshold (and two more within easy striking distance) in Slovakia's June 17 national elections -- and none of them positioned for such a decisive victory as to allow for a two-party coalition -- it will likely be a [...]	2006-06-14 14:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA490	Tax Reform and the Election [...] Summary. The flat tax is the flagship of the reform agenda that helped the government of Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda quickly turn Slovakia into one of Europe's most attractive destinations for global investment. While admired by investors, Slovakia's flat rates for income, corporate, and [...]	2006-06-16 15:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA494	SMER AND SDKU COMPETE TO FORM NEW RULING COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the June 17 elections (reftel),Smer chairman Robert Fico was emboldened to begin thinking strategically about the government he would form with the political capital his party earned at the polls. However, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda -- himself encouraged by [...]	2006-06-19 16:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA527	SLOVAKIA'S NEW RULING COALITION: SMER-SNS-HZDS [...] (U) At a June 28 press conference, Smer chairman Robert Fico announced his party presidium's unanimous decision to form a coalition government with nationalist party SNS and former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar's HZDS. Under the agreement, Smer will get 11 seats in the cabinet, SNS 3, and [...]	2006-06-28 18:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA589	SLOVAKIA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - JULY 18, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Slovak korun has faced intense weakening pressure over the past two weeks due to investor uncertainties about the future direction of GOS economic policies. Prime Minister Robert Fico and Finance Minister-designate Jan Pociatek have clashed in public about economic and fiscal plans, [...]	2006-07-18 11:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA592	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PM DZURINDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Ambassador's first meeting with the former PM Mikulas Dzurinda since the June 17 elections, the former PM was confident that his party SDKU would gain strength in the opposition. SDKU plans to play on conflicts between new PM Robert Fico and coalition partner Vladimir M [...]	2006-07-18 13:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO LO
06BRATISLAVA601	SLOVAKIA'S POST-ELECTION STATE OF MIND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The June 17 parliamentary elections were characterized by low voter turnout: 54.67 percent. Robert Fico's Smer was the clear winner across Slovakia, taking 29.14 percent and five of Slovakia's eight regions. Mikulas Dzurinda's SDKU only won the Bratislava region, but it was pl [...]	2006-07-25 12:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA607	AMBASSADOR'S BREAKFAST WITH KDH CHAIRMAN PAVOL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Pavol Hrusovsky on July 25 to discuss KDH's post-election prospects. Despite a poor showing in the June 17 parliamentary election, Hrusovsky appeared confident that KDH would remain a major player in the [...]	2006-07-26 14:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA619	GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR COORDINATED WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (S) Para 4 of this message contains an action request regarding Slovak government officials' planned travel to Baghdad August 17. 2. (S) As promised reftel, FM Jan Kubis provided CDA July 29 an advance copy of the Iraq-related text of the Fico government's just-agreed program that will be p [...]	2006-07-29 17:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	IZ LO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
06BRATISLAVA621	SLOVAKIA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - JULY 28, 2006 [...] (U) The following are recent noteworthy events in the Slovak economy: PM'S ADVISOR: REALITY WILL DIFFER FROM ELECTION PLEDGES --------------------------------------------- ---------- 2. (SBU) In anticipation of the GOS release of its economic plan on August 1, Emboff spoke this week with [...]	2006-07-31 06:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LO
06BRATISLAVA666	PM FICO PRESENTS POLICY AGENDA FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW AND COMMENT. One month after Slovakia's new governing coalition took office, Prime Minister Robert Fico has presented the government's policy statement, a four-year agenda determined by the governing three-party coalition. Bureaucrats had drafted an early version of the govern [...]	2006-08-09 16:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM LO
06BRATISLAVA719	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUND-UP AUGUST 25, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Justice Ministry, under the auspices of new Justice Minister Stefan Harabin, has prepared draft legislation to close the Special Court and the Special Prosecution Office. Former Justice Minister Daniel Lipsic provided a copy of the draft to the media. According to the draft, both i [...]	2006-08-25 13:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB LO
06BRATISLAVA802	SMER PARTY CONGRESS PRODUCES NO SURPRISES: FICO IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Smer ("Direction"),the leading party in Slovakia's governing coalition, unsurprisingly re-elected the Prime Minister, Robert Fico, as Chairman of the party during the annual party congress on September 30. Two of Fico's closest advisors became Vice Chairmen, replacing two inte [...]	2006-10-02 15:13:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA914	PREVIEW OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN SLOVAKIA: [...] (SBU) Slovakia's nation-wide municipal elections have traditionally reflected local issues and political alliances. Ruling parties and opposition parties on ocassion ally to back the same candidate. However, observers expect that PM Robert Fico's record high popularity may have an impact local [...]	2006-11-20 11:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA938	SLOVAK LOCAL ELECTIONS PREVIEW - DEC 2, VOL. II [...] (SBU) This is the second of two pre-election cables outlining the candidates and issues in the Slovak local elections to take place on December 2. Contrary to previous municipal elections that followed local political trends, the alliances for this election reflect national coalition and oppo [...]	2006-12-01 16:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA946	WHAT DOES A GUY HAVE TO DO GET FIRED AROUND HERE? [...] (U) Summary. Slovakia's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is busy preparing new legislation to overhaul its labor code in early 2007. Business interests are happy with the current law and concerned about forthcoming changes, especially since the drafter of the new proposal, MOL State Secre [...]	2006-12-07 08:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB LO
06BRATISLAVA963	SLOVAKIA AMONG WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING ECONOMIES [...] SUMMARY: Slovakia's economy rose by a record 9.8 percent year-on-year during the third quarter, up from 6.7 percent in the previous three months, the Statistical Office reported. The growth at one of the fastest rates worldwide was driven mainly by consumer goods and investments. Robust econo [...]	2006-12-13 13:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO
06BRATISLAVA979	SLOVAK GOVERNMENT RENEWS INTEREST IN TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new National Coordinator for Fight against Trafficking in Persons held his first inter-ministerial Expert Group meeting on the subject. The Ministry of Interior earmarked SKK 2 million (USD 74,000) for TIP activities in 2007. The GOS passed an amendment on the law coverin [...]	2006-12-21 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG LO
06BRIDGETOWN1127	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #23: DOMINICA, GRENADA AND ST. [...] (C) Summary: Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts have each signed bilateral agreements with Venezuela allowing joint venture companies to begin receiving petroleum products under the PetroCaribe oil accord. Dominica and Grenada will reportedly import several different types of fuel, including d [...]	2006-06-30 16:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL DO GJ SC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1216	ST. LUCIA - PM ON GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 call on Ambassador Kramer, St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony pleaded for the USG to delay toughening the language on crime in the St. Lucia Consular Information Sheet (CIS) until after national elections. To make his case, he highlighted his government's effor [...]	2006-07-13 18:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC PREL PGOV PINR SNAR KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1220	BARBADOS SUGAR INDUSTRY - STILL ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The ailing Barbados sugar industry is a large drain on government resources. In 2004, the country lost US$498 on each ton of sugar exported, for a total loss of US$17,136,360. Instead of shutting down this incredible drain on resources, the government plans to invest US$150 m [...]	2006-07-13 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1254	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #24: GRENADA'S PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Grenada (GOG) hopes to use the PetroCaribe oil accord to import diesel supplied by PDVSA, Venezuela's state-owned oil company, as a means to gain leverage over Grenada's privately owned electric company and convince it to lower rates charged to consumers. At [...]	2006-07-18 18:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GJ VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1287	OECS SIX SIGN ON TO CSME [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of quibbling and backtracking (Ref B),the six nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) signed on to the single market phase of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at the start of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting July 3-6 in St. [...]	2006-07-21 21:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EAID PREL PINR XL
06BRIDGETOWN1315	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...]	2006-07-28 22:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN1470	REQUEST FOR AGREMENT: FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN N. [...] Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica presents its compliments to [...]	2006-08-22 17:47:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OFDP DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1623	PROFILE OF BARBADOS OPPOSITION LEADER DAVID [...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with PolOff, leader of the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) David Thompson sought to portray his party as the party of the "common man," who will rise up in the next election to defeat the Barbados Labour Party (BLP),which has ignored his inter [...]	2006-09-14 20:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB SMIG BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1640	DOMINICA HOPES FOR IMPROVED U.S.-CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer and Dominica Foreign Minister Savarin exchanged views on U.S.-Caribbean relations in a September 8 meeting in Bridgetown. Savarin explained that, in addition to Guatemala's claim on Belize territory, Guatemala's role in damaging the Caribbean banana industry is [...]	2006-09-15 19:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PBTS PHSA DO CH VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN178	BARBADOS BUDGET - PM PLEDGES TAX CUTS AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur presented his government's 2006 economic and financial policies in a January 16 speech to parliament. PM Arthur pledged to lower energy costs, cut taxes, boost pensions, and prop up manufacturing. Most of the budget seems practical and will [...]	2006-01-27 18:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECPS SENV ENRG PINR BB
06BRIDGETOWN1801	LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE: [...] (U) Discussions with eastern Caribbean Energy Ministries in the region revealed a strong interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. Like the countries themselves, the proposed alternatives are very diverse, ranging from ethanol and geothermal, to solar and wind, and even to waste conversion. [...]	2006-10-10 21:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	BB EAGR ETRO PGOV PREL EAID EPET ENRG EINV
06BRIDGETOWN1836	BARBADOS' LABOR RELATIONS TODAY [...] (U) Summary: In the four decades since independence, Barbados has enjoyed a relatively calm industrial relations environment, with successive governments focused on ensuring social stability by promoting economic progress of all socio-economic groups. The history of Barbados is intertwined [...]	2006-10-17 15:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1852	BIOFUELS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: UNCLASS/SBU [...] (U) Discussions with eastern Caribbean Energy Ministries in the region revealed a strong interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. Like the countries themselves, the proposed alternatives are very diverse, ranging from ethanol and geothermal, to solar and wind, and even to waste conversion. M [...]	2006-10-20 00:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV PGOV PREL BB
06BRIDGETOWN1961	U.S. INTERESTS IN ST. LUCIAN ELECTIONS: FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The most pertinent issues for the United States in the upcoming St. Lucian elections are foreign relations, crime, and the economy. The ruling St. Lucian Labor Party (SLP) is expected to hold on to power, and therefore, significant change in St. Lucia's policies is unlikely. Ho [...]	2006-11-08 13:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI KCRM VE
06BRIDGETOWN199	FRAUD SUMMARY - BRIDGETOWN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 10:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BB
06BRIDGETOWN2203	BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A RIFT, AND A SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Unon of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for the pe [...]	2006-12-18 12:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2211	BARBADOS: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: While Barbados does not have a comprehensive policy or action program on child labor, it does have a solid framework of policies in areas connected with child labor, including education, child care, welfare, social security, and labor administration. Barbados has only recently begun [...]	2006-12-18 14:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2228	BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A TEMPEST, AND A SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for 2007- [...]	2006-12-20 20:03:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2233	BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Barbados' economy continues to grow at a steady pace and is projected to expand by 3.4 percent in 2006. However, a recent meeting with Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research revealed the CBB's concerns over the economy's medium to long-term health. Barba [...]	2006-12-22 18:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN304	2005 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT (OCSR) FOR [...] CHIEF OF MISSION (COM) responsibility extends to seven (7) independent nations of the Eastern Caribbean including: -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbados -- Dominica -- Grenada -- St. Kitts and Nevis -- St. Lucia -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines CONSUL GENERAL (CG),Bridgetown provides c [...]	2006-02-17 12:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KCRM KSAC BB GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN312	ST. LUCIA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Former St. Lucia Prime Minister John Compton has warned against the deepening ties between CARICOM member states, Venezuela and Cuba. Compton, leader of the opposition United Workers Party, expressed his concern that St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony and other Caribbean l [...]	2006-02-17 17:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG CU VE ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN429	GRENADA: THE PRIME MINISTER, OFFSHORE BANKS AND [...] (C) Summary: Keith Mitchell's ten-year tenure as Prime Minister of Grenada has been tarnished by numerous allegations of corruption, the worst of which involve Grenada's once thriving offshore banks and its economic citizenship program. This situation was highlighted in February by the convic [...]	2006-03-08 16:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CPAS EFIN EINV KCRM OFDP GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN487	ANTIGUA HALF MOON BAY: NATALIA QUERARD AND HER SIX [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Amcit Natalia Querard, Managing Director of Half Moon Bay (HMB) holdings, updated the DCM February 16 on Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) attempts to expropriate the HMB resort. Querard also outlined her six active court cases, lev [...]	2006-03-17 19:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
06BRIDGETOWN533	EASTERN CARIBBEAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY POSSIBILITIES [...] (U) This message is in response to the action request in Ref A. See contact list in paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean is a land of missed opportunities for alternative energy. High oil prices, however, have recently brought the issue to the forefront. This is a very [...]	2006-03-27 12:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENS SOCI EAID EPET TRGY ENRG XL CU VE
06BRIDGETOWN553	EASTERN CARIBBEAN MOVES TOWARD ECONOMIC UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean's small island-states are creating an economic union that could lead to political integration. Under a draft plan, the heads of government of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) would sit on a supranational body that has the authority to mak [...]	2006-03-30 12:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN PGOV PREL UK XL
06BRIDGETOWN602	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #20: TEXACO AND VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco have settled their dispute over the pricing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),with the GOSV agreeing to increase the government-regulated price of this cooking fuel used in nearly every home on the island. The [...]	2006-04-07 11:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE XL
06BRUSSELS1569	BELGIAN STEWPOT: May 8, 2006 [...] Advice for Belgian Investors Facing Iran Uncertainty 2-3. Belgian firms Seek Profit Overseas 4-6. Belgian workers more productive, but more expensive 7. Turning the Black Economy White 8. Rich Belgium Still has Poverty 9. Flemish Trade Balance in the Red 10. Self Check-Out Arrive [...]	2006-05-10 12:43:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS1637	Belgium's Environmental Management: The [...] (U) Summary. In contrast with government rhetoric touting commitment to a clean environment, Belgium's environmental management ranks poorly among EU member states. The country's geography, linguistic divisions, and complex political structure contribute to a difficult environmental policym [...]	2006-05-16 16:50:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EINV BE
06BRUSSELS1876	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006 [...] Introduction 2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office 3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops 4. Big Future for Walloon Airports 5. Antwerp Port Container Traffic Booming 6. Belgian Competitiveness Weakening 7-8. American Financial Router Expanding 9. WANTED: Pan-European Pension Fu [...]	2006-06-07 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE
06BRUSSELS2926	BELGIAN STEWPOT: August 29, 2006 [...] (U) According to statistics issued in July by the Survey of Current Business, the value of the stock of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Belgium rose by over $6 billion in 2005. U.S. investment in Belgium reached $36.73 billion in value, ranking Belgium ninth within the EU-25. The increase [...]	2006-08-29 15:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EWWT EIND BE
06BRUSSELS2988	SN-BRUSSELS AIRLINES PLANS EXPANSION IN [...] (U) According to company representatives, SN Brusels Airlines (SNBA) is planning to expand it presence in Africa in the coming years. Eschwing larger airports such as Casablanca, Nairobi and Johannesburg, where other international airlines have a strong presence, SNBA intends to focus on West [...]	2006-09-05 06:11:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV BE XY ZF
06BRUSSELS3203	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] (C) The Belgian government generally shares USG goals at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session, according to France Chainay, Director for Human Rights matters in the MFA's International Organizations Division. She told polcouns the Belgians were particularly anxious to avoid having one [...]	2006-09-22 11:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM BE
06BRUSSELS3531	Airbus Turbulence Hits Belgian [...] (U) Summary. Belgian aviation contractors to Airbus expect a 10 to 15 percent reduction in sales this year, but claim that to date no supply contract has been cancelled despite the slowdown in Airbus A380 production. Protecting jobs is the principal objective for Belgian federal and regional [...]	2006-10-18 04:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EIND EINV BE
06BRUSSELS3578	Belgian Chemicals Industry Faces Challenges [...] (U) Summary. Belgium's chemical industry is one of the country's most important economic sectors, representing 16 percent of national GDP. Many American chemical companies maintain a significant presence in Belgium. The industry faces challenges as high demand draws investment to the develo [...]	2006-10-20 15:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV BE
06BRUSSELS3715	BELGIUM,S 2007 FEDERAL BUDGET: OLD TRICKS HARDER [...] (SBU) Belgium,s Federal Budget for FY2007 is a mosaic of political compromises, with social benefits for the political left and law and order spending and fiscal conservatism for the political right, funded with a mix of new revenue enhancements. To ensure balanced books, the budget projects [...]	2006-11-03 14:38:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BE
06BRUSSELS3799	BELGIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY REASSESSED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pressed by global energy concerns and climate change targets, Belgium is reassessing the country,s use of nuclear energy and its future energy policy options. Although current law commits Belgium to decommissioning its nuclear-powered generating installations from 2015-2025, med [...]	2006-11-13 11:54:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN SENV BE
06BRUSSELS4149	Money Talks - Economic Factors in Belgium?s [...] (SBU) Summary. Belgium?s federal-regional negotiations in spring-summer 2007 on the division of political competencies will have major economic implications. If the federal government cedes responsibilities to the regions, regional demands for direct taxing authority and fiscal autonomy will [...]	2006-12-15 11:58:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD BE
06BRUSSELS456	COMMISSION ARGUES FOR LIFTING CURBS ON [...] SUMMARY. The EU Commission released its analysis of the impact of workers from Central and Eastern European countries on the labor markets of the "old" member states. The report listed arguments against restrictions to the free movement of workers imposed in 2004 by most of the "old" EU me [...]	2006-02-10 06:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS743	EU CONSTITUTION AND ENLARGEMENT: PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Pundits and politicians have claimed that the EU Constitution is everything from dead to simply waiting for the European Council in June for resuscitation. Cries of a "crisis" in the EU following the French and Dutch referenda are overstated; the EU is functioning, even if it is not meet [...]	2006-03-06 10:28:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS791	LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on a range of political and security issues. An important component of that cooperation is greater synergy between US and EU approaches to development and humani [...]	2006-03-08 10:55:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS800	U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM),held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discussions, but no agreement on what kind of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting might take place should UN agreement on the Human Rights Council (HRC) not be [...]	2006-03-08 14:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1093	PM TARICEANU TO AMBASSADOR -- "TIME HAS COME" FOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told the Ambassador July 5 that he and his National Liberal Party (PNL) believed that "the time had come" for Romania to begin discussing a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Tariceanu stood by the proposal for a pullout he and Defense Minister Atan [...]	2006-07-06 17:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1171	THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL [...] (C) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disappearance before being prosecuted in court in connection with the 2005 Romanian hostage crisis in Iraq. Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Director Radu Timofte [...]	2006-07-21 17:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO
06BUCHAREST1237	ROMANIA'S EXTREME NATIONALISTS: A FEW NEW FACES, [...] (C) Summary: Romania's extreme nationalist political parties continue to garner between 12-20 percent of public support, according to opinion polls. Many analysts believe these groups could gain further support following Romania's anticipated EU accession in 2007, as the public reacts to chan [...]	2006-08-04 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST1574	IRI POLLS UNDERSCORE BASESCU'S DOMINANCE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A recent IRI opinion survey underscores President Basescu's continuing dominance of the Romanian political scene. A majority of respondents evinced a preference for political stability over early elections. Interestingly, almost as many Romanians support the opposition PSD as th [...]	2006-10-12 16:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST1838	MINISTERIAL MUSICAL CHAIRS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of Romanian government (GOR) ministerial changes have increased the turmoil in the ruling coalition and demonstrated yet again that control of public funding (including from the EU) is a core concern for party leaders. The fight for political leverage over the mo [...]	2006-12-08 17:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST1908	BREAKING WITH THE PAST: PRESIDENT BASESCU ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. At a special parliamentary session, President Traian Basescu publicly condemned the communist regime that ruled the country between 1945 and 1989 as &illegitimate and criminal8 and tendered a formal apology to its victims. The event marked the release of a report drafted by a president [...]	2006-12-29 12:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST289	ROMANIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION BATTLE HEATS UP -- [...] (C) Summary: The National Anti-corruption Department (DNA) formally indicted former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase February 16 on bribery and corruption charges. Although the DNA has not showed its full hand, some of the charges relate to a suspicious property purchase in central Bucharest at [...]	2006-02-17 18:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON RO
06BUCHAREST411	(C) ROMANIA'S ENERGY SECTOR - RUSSIAN DEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Romania, once a net exporter of energy products, now produces 40% of its domestic oil consumption and 60% of its gas needs, and the rates are decreasing each year. While gas imports are based on trades at the international gas boards, Romania imports nearly all gas from Gazprom [...]	2006-03-10 17:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST447	DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO ROMANIA HIGHLIGHTS BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala had a productive, upbeat series of meetings during his March 6-8 visit to Bucharest. He expressed strong USG support for Romania's June 5 "Black Sea Forum," (Ref C) and told Romanian officials the U.S. would be represented at an appropriate senior level. His Rom [...]	2006-03-15 16:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RO SOCI
06BUCHAREST448	EX-PM ADRIAN NASTASE OUT, PSD IN DISARRAY AS [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was forced to resign as Chamber of Deputies President and Executive President of the main opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) after a no-confidence vote during a marathon nine-hour March 14 special meeting of national and local PSD leaders. Duri [...]	2006-03-15 17:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM RO
06BUCHAREST516	YOUNG LIBERAL LEADER ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Bogdan Olteanu, the ex-minister for relations with parliament, was elected March 20 President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, replacing former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase. A curious coalition of deputies elected Olteanu in the first round, consisting of the parties of [...]	2006-03-23 15:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR RO
06BUCHAREST519	WHAT ROMANIA CAN DO TO PROMOTE STABILITY, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Romania's desire to play an active role in the Black Sea region could, if properly channeled and supported by the U.S., the U.K. and like-minded partners, further our goals for the region and beyond. Bucharest could play a positive role in promoting regional efforts to strengthen [...]	2006-03-24 18:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG ASEC PTER KCRM
06BUCHAREST757	PRESIDENT BASESCU UNDERGOES SURGERY FOR HERNIATED [...] (U) Romanian President Traian Basescu underwent surgery for a herniated disc early Tuesday, May 9, at the University of Vienna Allgemeines Krakenhaus Hospital. He had been transported the evening before to the Austrian capital. A press release from the presidential palace reports that doctor [...]	2006-05-09 11:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO
06BUCHAREST841	A VISIT TO THREE ROMA VILLAGES REVEALS ENDURING [...] (U) Summary: In April, Human Rights officer visited three Roma communities in Mures County, Transylvania, the most ethnically diverse and yet ethnically divided county of Romania. Although less than 20 kilometers apart, each community demonstrated dramatically different levels of development, [...]	2006-05-19 14:02:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST881	ROMANIA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Romania's president, foreign minister, and national security advisor agreed to support U.S. efforts to resolve Kosovo's final status when they met in Bucharest with Ambassador Frank Wisner, the Secretary's Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks. While noting serious con [...]	2006-05-30 15:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PREL PGOV YI EU RO
06BUCHAREST913	MORE AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT [...] (U) Following the detection of H5N1 in three commercial poultry farms in the city of Codlea, Brasov County, the number of outbreaks identified throughout the country has grown rapidly. A total of 114 outbreaks have been confirmed in 15 counties since May 12, including outbreaks within the cit [...]	2006-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO
06BUDAPEST2048	POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE: FIDESZ CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the diplomatic community October 9, FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban underscored his demand for Prime Minister Gyurcsany's departure as "the only key to stability" in Hungary. The present government, he asserted, is "paralyzed" and lacks the political credibility to under [...]	2006-10-11 05:58:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON HU
06BUDAPEST2111	ORBAN TELLS AMBASSADORS INSTABILITY IS "A RISK I'M [...] (C) FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban told G-7 Ambassadors October 12 that he believes Prime Minister Gyurcsany "can't survive" in the face of reduced real income stemming from higher inflation, increased popular discontent re austerity measures, and continued opposition from the right. Charging th [...]	2006-10-18 09:05:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST2322	"NO ILLUSIONS" ON REFORM FROM FORMER PM HORN [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley November 16, former PM and MSZP MP Gyula Horn wasted no time in addressing the challenge of implementing the Gyurcsany government's convergence program. He asked us facetiously "not to say reform - because everyone will think we're talking about more cutback [...]	2006-11-16 15:08:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST2500	INSIDE LOOKING OUT: MAKING HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian foreign policy has remained a notable exception to partisan domestic disputes to date, but new individuals and new institutions are testing the waters in the policy process. Although EU membership allows the GoH to default to the consensus position on the many issues in [...]	2006-12-18 17:11:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR HU
06BUDAPEST541	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THAT'S ZALA, FOLKS [...] (U) On a March 9 trip to Nagykanizsa, Zala County, most contacts described the local mood as tenuous and uncertain. With the election one month away, Emboffs visited this small city of 60,000 to meet with a range of local figures: a business executive, a representative from the Roma minority [...]	2006-03-14 16:58:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST553	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST [...] (C) Borsod-Abauj- Zemplen County in Hungary's northeast region is mostly rural, suffers from high unemployment and is a stronghold of the Reformed and Catholic Churches. Local observers believe that county voters will likely elect a majority of MSZP candidates to Parliament,although FIDESZ c [...]	2006-03-16 15:39:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST629	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOTS FROM WESTERN [...] (SBU) Contacts in Gyor, Sopron, Szombathely, Csorna, and Kormend predicted to Embassy representatives in March 21-24 meetings that opposition party FIDESZ would continue to dominate western Hungary in the April general elections. A majority of interlocutors believed that FIDESZ would again w [...]	2006-03-28 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST644	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHEAST: [...] (U) MSZP is likely to gain seats from FIDESZ in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County. During a March 23-24 reporting trip to the area, most interlocutors predicted to poloffs that in addition to holding on to its two districts in the county seat of Nyiregyhaza, MSZP could win up to half the remaini [...]	2006-03-29 14:37:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST658	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: DISPATCH FROM PECS [...] (U) This cable continues Embassy's pre-election coverage from the provinces in the run-up to the April contest. On a March 28-29 trip to the southwestern town of Pecs, Baranya County, local contacts described the city's electorate as inured to partisan politics and somewhat anxious about brea [...]	2006-03-31 05:40:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI MARR HU
06BUDAPEST698	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PROMISING CAKE TO PENSIONERS [...] (U) This cable examines the likely role of pensioners in this spring's elections, and the issues most likely to unite them. Pensioners are a large and growing segment of Hungary's voting population. As elsewhere, they turn out at the polls more regularly than younger voters. Today's pension [...]	2006-04-05 15:59:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST718	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: DEBRECEN SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) Conversations in Debrecen April 4 with governing MSZP, junior governing coalition SZDSZ, opposition FIDESZ, and a journalist suggested strongly that FIDESZ can be expected to sweep Hajdu-Bihar (eastern Hungary) County's nine individual mandate seats and turn in an equally strong party li [...]	2006-04-07 13:56:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI HU
06BUDAPEST733	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PARSING ROUND ONE'S RESULTS [...] (SBU) Only the April 23 second round of Hungary's elections will establish who may form the country's next government, but the wind is with the governing coalition. That alone is a first for Hungary's post-1990 elections, but there were some other surprises: an unexpectedly robust turnout, an [...]	2006-04-10 16:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV HU
06BUDAPEST842	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY SECOND ROUND [...] (C) The April 23 final round of the parliamentary elections returned the current MSZP-SZDSZ governing coalition to power with an enhanced majority. The Central Election Commission is expected to certify final returns the week of May 1, once absentee ballots are tabulated, then President Solyo [...]	2006-04-24 12:34:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR HU
06BUENOSAIRES1025	ARGENTINA VERY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS [...] (C) POLOFF met May 5 with Minister Maria Ines Fernandez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations, to discuss reftel points. POLOFF said that Canada, the U.S., and Brazil had all contributed to the proposed OAS electoral mission for Guyana, but that the OAS was still short of the nece [...]	2006-05-05 21:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC OAS PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1028	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.0 percent m-o-m in April, slightly above market expectations of 0.9 percent, following a 1.2 percent m- o-m increase in March. Last month's increase brought inflation to 3.9 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to a 4.5 percent inc [...]	2006-05-08 15:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1038	MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...]	2006-05-08 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION

06BUENOSAIRES1059	MEDIA REACTION BOLIVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the prevailing fear in Bolivia due to the Government's planned agrarian reform; the US canceling Ollanta Humala's US visa; Brazilian President Lula's irritation with Venezuelan President Chavez's interventionism in the region; the [...]	2006-05-10 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION

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