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07BRUSSELS142	CODEL WEXLER MEETING WITH FM DE GUCHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 16, CONGRESSMAN ROBERT WEXLER IN HIS ROLE AS INCOMING HFRC EUROPEAN SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR MET WITH BELGIAN FM KAREL DE GUCHT. WEXLER AND DE GUCHT DISCUSSED HOW CLOSE THE U.S. AND EU ARE ON MOST FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES. DE GUCHT ENCOURAGED THE U.S. TO ENGAGE ON THE MIDDLE [...]	2007-01-17 14:18:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BE

07BRUSSELS1462	A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH THE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. South Asia delegation to the COASI (the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party) Troika on South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S.-EU-India relations, and the situati [...]	2007-05-02 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF PK IN CE NP BG
07BRUSSELS1558	BELGIUM'S 2007 ELECTION ? WHERE THE PARTIES [...] (U) In 1983 some 300,000 people marched through the streets of Brussels to protest the deployment American cruise missiles in Belgium. It was the largest protest registered since World War II, and almost brought down government of Wilfred Martens. Despite predictions that the issue would hav [...]	2007-05-10 12:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BE
07BRUSSELS1787	NATO, AFGHANISTAN, AND BELGIUM: JUNE 10 ELECTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht told DCM on May 30 that the June 10 federal polls limit Belgium's ability to be responsive to NATO's request. De Gucht said that while his party (the party of the Foreign and Prime Ministers) was sympathetic to the request from NATO, the [...]	2007-06-01 10:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR BE AF
07BRUSSELS1860	CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS: [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 15:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCFE NATO PARM PREL BE
07BRUSSELS1871	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM VERHOFSTADT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MEETING, AMBASSADOR REVIEWED WITH PM VERHOFSTADT KEY ISSUES IN THE U.S.-BELGIAN RELATIONSHIP INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE, TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN, AND RECONSTRUCTION AID AND DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ. PM REVIEWED PROSPECTS FOR THE FEDERAL ELECTIO [...]	2007-06-07 11:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MILI CG BE
07BRUSSELS1882	LETERME'S CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS GAIN MOMENTUM IN [...] (C) With the election just days away, the latest polls show the alliance of the centrist Christian Democrats and the moderate nationalist New Flemish Alliance (CD&V/NVA),headed by CD&V's Yves Leterme, leading in Flanders with close to thirty percent of the votes. If the voters confirm these [...]	2007-06-08 08:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE
07BRUSSELS2052	EU FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: [...] (C) Big changes in style and management of the policy process are expected when Germany hands off the six-month rotating EU Presidency to Portugal on July 1. In the realm of the EU,s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),Council decision by consensus remains the rule and the EU Presiden [...]	2007-06-22 11:42:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EUN MARR MOPS PO XG
07BRUSSELS2056	EU FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: [...] (C) Big changes in style and management of the policy process are expected when Germany hands off the six-month rotating EU Presidency to Portugal on July 1. In the realm of the EU,s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),Council decision by consensus remains the rule and the EU Presiden [...]	2007-06-22 13:00:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EUN MARR MOPS PO XG
07BRUSSELS2170	U.S. AND EU-27 HOLD THIRD DIALOGUE ON VERIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) of the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter met with EU members of the Conference on Disarmament/UN and Non Proliferation Working Groups (CODUN and CONOP) June 4, 2007. This third meeting followed a successful U. [...]	2007-07-03 14:35:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EUN IR KN KNNP
07BRUSSELS233	BELGIAN PLANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26 [...] (C) Per refs A and B instructions, we outlined U.S. thinking on Afghanistan with the three key players on this issue in Belgium -- the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry, and the Defense Ministry. Our contacts were pleased to learn of USG plans to provide additional support for Af [...]	2007-01-24 05:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF BE EAID MARR MOPS PINS PREL
07BRUSSELS2402	AMBASSADOR FINLEY DISCUSSES OSCE AND COE WITH EU [...] On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Julie Finley led the U.S. delegation to the COSCE (the EU's OSCE working party) troika. During the four hour consultations, the EU declared its hope for reforms in Kazakhstan in light of its CiO bid and agr [...]	2007-07-30 08:27:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MARR PARM OSCE EUN XH
07BRUSSELS2649	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE AND [...] (C) Poloff relayed nonpaper and talking points August 20 to Bruno Angelet, in the MFA's Office of Foreign and Security Policy. Angelet thought the U.S. proposal, with the proposed timeline of parallel actions, "looked good." He said Brussels had been concerned about the current stalemate wit [...]	2007-08-21 13:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL BE
07BRUSSELS2667	U.S.- EUROPEAN UNION - RUSSIA TRILATERAL [...] (U) A meeting of the United States - European Union (EU) - Russia Trilateral High Level Working Group on terrorism convened June 22 in fulfillment of a commitment made at the U.S.- EU - Russia Trilateral Ministerial Meeting in Berlin on April 4. Participants expressed support for the work of t [...]	2007-08-22 15:54:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KCRM PREL SNAR EU RU UN
07BRUSSELS2687	PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Portuguese Political and Security (PSC) Ambassador Pais told Charge August 23 that the EU will only address recognition and next steps on Kosovo as the December 10 report deadline moves closer. Pais floated a "hot house" Dayton-like conference as a possible way to pressure the Kosovars a [...]	2007-08-24 12:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EUN KV RU TU
07BRUSSELS311	EUROPEAN UNION OPERATIONS CENTER COMES ON LINE [...] (SBU) Summary. The European Union Operations Center was declared operational January 1, 2007. It is designed to plan and run an autonomous military operation of approximately 2000 personnel. In practice, the Ops Center will also be used to run civilian and integrated crisis response missions. [...]	2007-01-30 14:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN MCAP PREL
07BRUSSELS3128	DEA ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN DRUG [...] (C) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy discussed the drug situation in Afghanistan with Commission, Council Secretariat, and Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors during her September 30 to October 2 visit to Brussels. She emphasized close links betwe [...]	2007-10-12 12:33:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07BRUSSELS3192	EU AND W. BALKANS: CARROTS NOT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE; [...] (C/NF) The EU has repeatedly reaffirmed the "European vocation" of the countries in the Western Balkans. It is committed to membership for all countries in the region and the Commission plans to contribute almost USD two billion over 2007-09 to help prepare them for eventual membership. Whil [...]	2007-10-19 12:35:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID ZL EUN
07BRUSSELS3248	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON W.BALKANS: CONCERN OVER [...] (C) EU and member state officials told EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh, during the Oct. 24 U.S.-EU consultations on the W. Balkans (COWEB) and in separate meetings in Brussels, that they are reviewing the possible launch of an ESDP mission in Kosovo before a UDI and that a "critical mass" of member [...]	2007-10-26 14:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ZL EUN
07BRUSSELS3249	SECURITY AND DEFENSE AGENDA HOSTS CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Summary. Discussion at a high-level conference on European security, October 18 in Brussels, focused on the need for greater action to build "European level" capabilities to confront complex, cross-border security threats. Participants stressed the need to integrate internal and externa [...]	2007-10-26 15:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EUN
07BRUSSELS3382	EU FMS AND KOSOVO: GETTING TO A "GENUINE" DEBATE [...] (C) EU FMs discusse Kosovo at their November 19 GAERC. According to several contacts, various FMs want a "genuine internal EU debate" on Kosovo, sometime after December 10, before taking key decisions on recognition and the ESDP mission. Some reportedly do not want to be seen as simply rubbe [...]	2007-11-21 18:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID ZL EUN
07BRUSSELS3390	USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Counterterrorism Coordinator Dell Dailey, met with representatives of Belgium's counterterrorism, law enforcement, and intelligence communities, as well as parliamentarians, to discuss Al Qaida's increasing threat to Europe and the West, a [...]	2007-11-27 09:08:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER TU BE
07BRUSSELS3466	FRIED TO PSC: TIME TO MOVE ON KOSOVO AND [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried told the EU's Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors December 6 that the EU must move forward on Kosovo and not be subject to Serbian electoral manipulation. He briefed on his talks in BiH, noted the recent avoidance of a "train-wreck," and emphasized the need t [...]	2007-12-06 18:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK GG KV SR EUN
07BRUSSELS3477	A/S FRIED MEETS GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER GURGENIDZE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 15:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS EUN
07BRUSSELS3482	EU CHAD MISSION ON RAZOR'S EDGE [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the EU Military Staff (DGEUMS),LtGen Leakey told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Nigro on December 5 that the 8EU is on a razor's edge regarding the military mission in Chad," clarifying that due to severe force generation shortfalls, EU credibility "may be at [...]	2007-12-11 14:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS EUN CD CT PHUM
07BRUSSELS3501	AMBASSADOR SCHWEICH DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN RULE OF [...] (C) The U.S. Coordinator for Counter-Narcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, discussed police training and counter-drug issues with several European Union (EU) officials at a November 28 meeting in Brussels. Officials on both sides agreed on virtually all polici [...]	2007-12-13 20:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07BRUSSELS392	Ambassador's Comments on Belgium and [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador has used a series of end-of-tour interviews with Belgium's print and electronic media to highlight the need for Belgium to make a greater contribution to the NATO effort in Afghanistan. His pointed comments have gained prominent attention, both as one of the lea [...]	2007-02-05 16:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BE AF
07BRUSSELS51	BELGIAN STEWPOT: JANUARY 8, 2007 [...] (U) Both foreign and domestic investment in Belgium rose strongly in 2006. Preliminary data show that domestic investment in fixed capital in Belgium rose 3.2 percent in 2006, after declining marginally in each of the past five years. Surveyed industrial firms expected final 2006 data would [...]	2007-01-09 17:33:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EIND SOCI BE
07BRUSSELS810	DISCUSISONS WITH THE EU AND NATO ON LEGAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. John Bellinger, Legal Adviser at the State Department, and Joshua Dorosin, Assistant Legal Adviser for Political and Military Affairs, met February 27 with their counterparts from the 27 EU Member States and representatives from the Council and Commission Secretariat. The major [...]	2007-03-12 06:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN
07BRUSSELS822	EU DEBATES NEXT STEPS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On March 6, the European Council's Political and Security Committee (PSC) debated the recommendations of a joint Commission/Council Expert Team to Georgia led by EU Special Representative to the Caucasus Peter Semneby. Nordic, Central and East European Member States strongly supported the [...]	2007-03-12 17:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EAID GG EUN
07BRUSSELS91	EU LEADERS SEEK BALANCE ON ENLARGEMENT; TALK TOUGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 18:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF BK EUN IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07BUCHAREST106	AMBASSADOR'S 1/25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU: [...] (C) Summary: In their January 25 meeting, the Ambassador discussed with President Basescu Romania's bid for the 2008 NATO Summit, the Joint Strike Fighter program, and moving forward on the Nabucco gas pipeline project. Basescu agreed to get personally engaged in Romania's bid to host the NA [...]	2007-02-01 16:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ENRG SOCI RO
07BUCHAREST113	DEMARCHE: COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) POLMILOFF delivered demarche to MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on January 19. Vasiu said the MFA was aware that there were plans for a Cluster Munitions (CM) conference in Oslo but Romania had not yet been formally invited. She not [...]	2007-02-02 17:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO
07BUCHAREST115	FOREIGN MINISTER UNGUREANU RESIGNS OVER DETENTION [...] (SBU) At Prime Minister Tariceanu's request, Foreign Minister Ungureanu resigned on February 2, following revelations that Ungureanu had not informed the Prime Minister about the arrest last October of two Romanian contractors in Iraq (ref. a). After President Basescu on February 1 corrected [...]	2007-02-02 18:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST1229	USAREUR MEETING WITH ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) USAREUR Commanding General McKiernan accompanied by Ambassador met October 31 with Romanian Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu. Melescanu prefaced the meeting by expressing his appreciation for the excellent bilateral ties between the two nations, boasting that the partnership between Rom [...]	2007-10-31 15:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO
07BUCHAREST1244	ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary: For Romania, the more specific the international mandate for Iraq, the better the outcome in terms of continued engagement in Iraq. President Basescu is committed to maintaining Romania's military commitments overseas, but the imprecisions within Romania's overlapping constitutio [...]	2007-11-02 13:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ RO
07BUCHAREST1266	ROMANIAN PREPARATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT (C-RE7-02147) [...] (C) The GOR has appointed Ambassador Victor Micula, the Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry, as overall NATO Summit coordinator. He has assembled an interagency task force with a core group currently of around 25 individuals representing a range of agencies. These include special [...]	2007-11-08 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO RO
07BUCHAREST1286	POTENTIAL IMPACT IN ROMANIA OF TEO PETER â€œFINAL [...] (C) Summary: The impending "final offer" by the U.S. Army Foreign Claims Service, Europe to the family of the late Romanian rock star Teofil Peter, who was killed in a 2004 car accident involving Embassy Bucharest's former Marine detcommander, seems certain to have a significant, negative effect on [...]	2007-11-16 15:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KLIG MARR RO
07BUCHAREST1318	EUROPARLIAMENTARY ELECTION: EVERYONE HAS WON AND [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the November 25 Euro Parliamentary election and referendum, all major parties have tried to publicly spin the results as a victory for their side. PNL contacts said the key lesson from the election was for them: "Don't fight with Basescu." Since his opponents [...]	2007-11-29 15:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST1319	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON TEO PETER CASE IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador was called to the Presidential Palace 11/29 for an "urgent" meeting with Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Anca Ilinoiu; no further information about the topic was provided in advance. After pleasantries, Ilinoiu cut straight to the chase: the President's office was aware that a "final U [...]	2007-11-29 16:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST1379	CONTENTIOUS LIBERAL LEADER NOMINATED FOR JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The governing National Liberal Party (PNL) decided on December 17 to nominate Norica Nicolai, Deputy Speaker of the Senate and one of the PNL vice-presidents, for the Justice Minister position vacated since the December 10 resignation of Tudor Chiuariu. President Traian Basescu [...]	2007-12-20 05:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST143	DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A TRAINING CENTER FOR [...] (C) During a February 7 meeting to discuss Afghanistan, Kosovo and GAERC issues (septel),MFA Political Director Ovidiu Dranga shared a draft concept paper for creating a European Training Center for Post-Conflict and Post-Crisis Reconstruction (ETCPR). Dranga believes the ETCPR addresses a g [...]	2007-02-09 18:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST144	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER TARICEANU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador accompanied by DCM and Acting Polchief met with Prime Minister Tariceanu on February 8, to get his views on the current domestic political turmoil and to remind the PM of continuing US priorities on Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. While Tariceanu was at times cagey in respon [...]	2007-02-09 18:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST158	"THE GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE" - PSD DELIVERS CHARGES AGAINST BASESCU TO PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Social Democratic Party (PSD) delivered to Parliament on February 12 its case for the suspension of President Basescu. In a subsequent briefing for NATO and EU envoys, PSD head Geoana said the suspension motion would first be debated in a joint session of Parliament. Following Base [...]	2007-02-13 17:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST168	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ORTIZ VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes you to Romania, and is eager for you to tour what will soon be the US-Romanian forward operating facilities in Constanta. President Traian Basescu has championed a strong strategic partnership with the United States, committing Romania to a trans-Atlan [...]	2007-02-15 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL RO
07BUCHAREST169	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ORTIZ VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes you to Romania, and is eager for you to tour what will soon be the US-Romanian forward operating facilities in Constanta. President Traian Basescu has championed a strong strategic partnership with the United States, committing Romania to a trans-Atlan [...]	2007-02-15 05:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL RO
07BUCHAREST192	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANTOS VISIT TO ROMANIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 18:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST202	PNL LAUNCHES PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE TO WITHDRAW [...] (C) Liberal Party (PNL) legislators, led by former Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu and Senator Norica Nicolai opened a new front in the current political war by announcing at a press conference February 21 that they will launch a debate in Parliament on withdrawing Romanian troops from Iraq. [...]	2007-02-22 13:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ RO
07BUCHAREST268	CFE CROSS-GROUP STATIONING LANGUAGE: OPTION ONE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 13:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR TU NO UK CA BU RO
07BUCHAREST292	CLUSTER MUNITIONS BACK ON THE TABLE [...] (C) MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on March 9, cautioned POLMILOFF that Romania will revisit its decision not to associate the GOR with the Conference on Cluster Munitions. Vasiu said that the GOR's decision to send a relatively low lev [...]	2007-03-13 16:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO IS RO
07BUCHAREST313	MEDAR OUT, STANISOARA IN: PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES [...] (SBU) The Presidential Office announced 3/15 a major reshuffle of the Presidential Administration, including the naming of Mihai Stanisoara as National Security Advisor; Sebastian Lazoroiu as the head of a reorganized Political Planning department; Cristian Preda as Presidential Advisor for E [...]	2007-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI RO
07BUCHAREST314	COMPARING NOTES ON MOLDOVA: AMB. KIRBY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Romanian frustrations in dealing with Moldova were a leitmotif during Ambassador Kirby,s visit to Bucharest March 7-8, which included calls on senior Basescu advisors, the PM's Chief of Staff, the MFA State Secretary, and exchanges with MFA Moldova experts and representatives of l [...]	2007-03-16 16:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RO MD
07BUCHAREST373	AMBASSADOR TO TARICEANU, BASESCU, AND GEOANA: PUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Prime Minister, President, and the head of the opposition PSD, the Ambassador expressed concern about the current political turmoil spilling over into governance, investment, and Romania's trans-atlantic equities. He also warned that questions were [...]	2007-03-30 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST381	MFA: ROMANIA IS INTERESTED IN LEADING A PRT IN [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (SBU) New Director General for Strategic Affairs, Victor Micula, accompanied by NATO Policy Deputy Director Ana Tinca, told DCM and POLMILOFF on March 28 that Romania was interested in leading a PRT in Qalat, Zabol Province (where Roman [...]	2007-04-03 15:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV
07BUCHAREST385	SENIOR PSD OFFICIAL ON NEW CABINET, IRAQ, BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: PSD Vice President Diaconescu predicted easy parliamentary approval of the new Cabinet line-up proposed by Prime Minister Tariceanu. He also predicted that the Constitutional Court would rule against President Basescu, adding further substance to efforts to remove him. Diaconesc [...]	2007-04-04 14:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST405	ROMANIA SUBSCRIBES TO STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 13:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RO
07BUCHAREST412	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a get-acquainted meeting with the Ambassador, new Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu stressed that continuity of policy and close ties with the United States would be the hallmark of his tenure. He assured the Ambassador that Romania was "not in a hurry" to withdraw all forces [...]	2007-04-11 14:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST453	PARLIAMENT SUSPENDS PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Parliament on April 19 voted 322 to 108 (10 abstentions) to suspend President Traian Basescu for 30 days. The suspension should go into effect April 20 after the Constitutional Court notes the decision and it is published in the Official Gazette. Basescu's staff a [...]	2007-04-19 15:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RO
07BUCHAREST463	PM TARICEANU: DONâ€™T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Tariceanu told Ambasssador that he was personally disappointed with the ongoing domestic turmoil in Romania, but also claimed he had received a vote of confidence from European Commission President Barroso. Tariceanu was concerned about reports that the USG was being "mo [...]	2007-04-24 12:50:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST477	ON ROMANIA,S PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu is expected to push for a political decision by mid-May within the Supreme Council on National Defense (CSAT) to withdraw all Romanian troops from Iraq. The Prime Minister has asked Foreign Minister Cioroianu and Defense Minister Melescanu [...]	2007-04-27 17:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ RO
07BUCHAREST512	WHAT'S AT STAKE: SCENE-SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO [...] (C) When you arrive next week, Romania will be in the middle of an unprecedented 30-day suspension period for President Basescu. Barring further surprises in this soap opera, a May 19 national referendum will decide his fate; odds are he will be returned to office, perhaps by a wide margin. [...]	2007-05-04 16:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST582	LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating inv [...]	2007-05-21 15:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MASS MARR PINER RO
07BUCHAREST583	LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [...] (C) Post found no information to indicate that the below named individual has been involved in or accused of any human rights abuses pursuant to the Leahy Amendment-mandated human rights checks requirements. Post requests that the Department check its records for any information indicating inv [...]	2007-05-21 15:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MASS MARR PINR RO
07BUCHAREST60	ROMANIA: GOALS FOR INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Acting Pol Chief on January 16 discussed NATO Ministerial goals (ref a) with MFA Political Director Ovidiu Dranga and NATO Office Deputy Director Ana Tinca. Pol Chief noted the excellent bilateral discussion between Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns held on the margins [...]	2007-01-18 16:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP RO
07BUCHAREST628	RFG: MFA SEEKS WASHINGTON VISIT TO DISCUSS CFE [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) State Secretary for European Affairs Adrian Vierita on May 29 told Charge that he would like to visit Washington the week of June 4 to consult on the upcoming CFE Extraordinary Conference. Vierita said the request for consultations [...]	2007-05-30 14:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP RU RO
07BUCHAREST656	CFE: ROMANIA'S VIEWS ON JUNE 12 EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed contents of ref a on June 1 with HLTF Rep and Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism, Mihaela Vasiu and with CFE action officer Dana Marca, and followed up on June 4 after they had an opportunity to consult with GOR inter-agency contacts. [...]	2007-06-04 16:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREL PARM OSCE RU RO
07BUCHAREST665	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu on June 5 in advance of Cioroianu's visit to Washington next week. While in Washington, Cioroianu will stress Romania's continued commitment to our strategic partnership, to reform and to combating corruption, and to making t [...]	2007-06-07 07:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST670	SAME BED, DIFFERENT DREAMS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: President Basescu told the Ambassador that in the aftermath of the failed attempt to remove him as President, he could no longer work with Prime Minister Tariceanu. He was now working on two fronts to replace the Tariceanu government--either through a bid to re-create a coalition [...]	2007-06-07 12:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST677	YOUR MEETING WITH ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADRIAN [...] (C) Your meeting with Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu on June 13 affords us a golden opportunity to influence the thinking of a new, untested Minister on issues important to us. More importantly, it underscores our support for a close partnership with Romania, whatever the politic [...]	2007-06-11 14:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST79	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 23 MEETING WITH FM UNGUREANU [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, Ambassador and Foreign Minister Ungureanu discussed the upcoming NATO Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Kosovo, and Romania's bid for the 2008 NATO Summit. Ungureanu has become increasingly involved in promoting Romania's offer to host the NATO Summit in 2008 [...]	2007-01-24 16:24:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO SB RO
07BUCHAREST797	"I NEED A SILVER BULLET": AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary: PSD head Geoana told the Ambassador that he wanted to encourage Romanian politicians to bring their infighting under control and to reach a "minimum common understanding" on a common agenda in order to ensure the success of the 2008 Bucharest NATO Summit. Geoana acknowledged the [...]	2007-07-10 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST856	ROMANIA: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns delivered on 23 July reftel demarche to MFA Director for East Europe and Central Asia Ambassador Gheorghe Magheru. Magheru was in agreement with the U.S. points and expressed special interest in the strategic context for the U.S. demarche (i.e., the importance of making s [...]	2007-07-24 15:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EUN AJ RO
07BUCHAREST86	PSD,S GEOANA ATTACKS FROM THE REAR, AS TWO PALACES [...] (SBU) Summary: In one of the rockier political moments since Prime Minister Tariceanu and President Basescu came to power, the opposition parties under Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana, Conservative Party president Dan Voiculescu and Greater Romania party head Vadim Tudor have initiated [...]	2007-01-26 17:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST876	ROMANIA'S FOREIGN POLICY AT MID-YEAR: THE CALM [...] (C) Summary: President Basescu is back in charge with a new, stronger presidential mandate, and he has reasserted himself into almost all aspects of day-to-day foreign policy formulation. Consequently, Prime Minister Tariceanu and his new cabinet have been marginalized by Basescu on key [...]	2007-07-31 08:27:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RO
07BUCHAREST911	LASZLO TOKES CHALLENGES UDMR LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary: Romania's ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR),the Liberals' coalition partner government, risks failing to meet the five percent electoral threshold in upcoming elections, starting with this fall's European Parliamentary race. The candidacy of controversial Bishop Laszlo Tokes could di [...]	2007-08-10 14:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
07BUCHAREST940	SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION: GEOANA ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary: An informal PSD strategy meeting August 14 reportedly developed into a gripe session among party leaders unhappy with the party's current strategy of "constructive opposition" (e.g., silent support for the ultra-minority Tariceanu government.) A brief session apparently ended with PSD [...]	2007-08-17 14:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST947	RFG: GOR CONSIDERING NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT [...] (C) This message is a request for guidance. See para 3 below. 2. (C) MFA NATO Directorate Deputy Director Ana Tinca on August 21, raised with Polmiloff a request for USG position on the prospects for the GOR to advance at NATO a proposal for developing Romania's Strategic Airlift Capabili [...]	2007-08-21 14:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP NATO PREL RO
07BUCHAREST978	ROMANIA ON KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Romania's Kosovo policy is largely driven from the top, especially by President Basescu's office which continues to adhere to the view that no solution can be imposed on Belgrade and Pristina without damaging the fundamental OSCE principles of territorial integrity. Romanians al [...]	2007-08-27 14:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU KV NATO YI RO
07BUDAPEST101	HUNGARIAN UPDATE FOR JANUARY 26 INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) USAID hosted a PRT for senior GoH interagency representatives in Budapest January 23. Post capitalized on the meeting to review reftel points with representatives from the MFA's Office of Security Policy, highlighting our commitment to provide significant new resources and our call on Al [...]	2007-01-24 08:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS
07BUDAPEST1051	THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS: ORBAN ON ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) An energetic and upbeat Viktor Orban met with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security, the transatlantic relationship, and Cuba (domestic political issues septel). ENERGY SECURITY: SUPPORTING THE [...]	2007-06-27 14:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1096	SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT [...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of A/S Fried to Hungary. SUMMER OF NO LOVE LOST 2. (SBU) Your trip comes at the beginning of the summer "cucumber season," and an exhausted Gyurcsany government is taking a much-needed (if not particularly well-deserved) break after a year [...]	2007-07-06 11:18:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1140	HUNGARY MUST FIND ITS VOICE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (S) Summary: In an extensive one-on-one conversation with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried July 10, Prime Minister Gyurcsany recognized the strategic challenge posed by Russia, reaffirmed his commitment to playing a more active role to promote a common EU policy on Russia and energy security, and [...]	2007-07-13 13:22:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL ECON ENRG RU HU
07BUDAPEST1157	HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FIRE [...] (U) Just over a year since the second Gyurcsany administration took office, parties, think tanks and the media are evaluating the performance of the government during a turbulent year that many say has changed the dynamics of politics more than any other since the system change. Although the [...]	2007-07-17 12:47:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1164	A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Ivan Udvardi, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary Fried commended GoH activism on Cuba and called for SIPDIS similar leadership on issues including Russia and energy security. Varkonyi formally requested a meeting f [...]	2007-07-18 09:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1179	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) Hungarian preparations for the upcoming GAERC finds significant harmony with US positions on key issues. Kosovo remains in the Hungarian spotlight with concerns over possible impact on ethnic Hungarians in the Vojvodina with the inevitability of Kosovo's independence. Encouraging the EU to [...]	2007-07-20 14:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI HU
07BUDAPEST1190	"AND PUTIN SMILED": HUNGARIAN READ-OUT ON THE [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, briefed Ambassador Foley on the July 19 Finno-Ugric Summit in Saransk, Russia, privately acknowledging the negative optics of the event but making every effort to downplay the discussion of political is [...]	2007-07-24 08:23:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL ENRG KDEM PHUM RU HU
07BUDAPEST1243	VISIT OF CHAIRMAN LANTOS TO HUNGARY, AUGUST 12-20, [...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of Chairman Lantos to Hungary. SUMMER OF NO LOVE LOST 2. (SBU) Your trip comes as Hungarians takesa much-needed break after a year characterized by conflict over domestic politics and drift in foreign policy. 3. (SBU) Hungary is subjec [...]	2007-08-01 12:14:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST1298	KOKA ON REFORM, RUSSIA, AND VISION FR FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 12:47:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HU EU RU
07BUDAPEST1534	HOMECOMING KING: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) French President Sarkozy completed a brief but high-profile visit to Hungary September 14, including meetings with President Solyom, Prime Minister Gyurcsany, and opposition leader Orban as well as an address to the Hungarian Parliament. His meetings and public statements were highligh [...]	2007-09-17 15:17:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM
07BUDAPEST1582	ALL THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEN: WHO'S WHERE ON [...] (SBU) As reform continues to dominate the political landscape, clearer divisions are emerging within the governing coalition and among the party leaders. 2. (C) Within the government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany remains most visibly associated with the package of reforms that commonly bear h [...]	2007-09-24 15:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PINR HU
07BUDAPEST1722	DASD CAGAN'S TALKS WITH THE HUNGARIANS [...] (C) Summary. DASD Cagan discussed the upcoming Iraqi Coalition Conference and the potential Hungarian Operational, Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) contribution to the Dutch PRT in meetings with senior Hungarian MOD, MFA and Parliamentary Defense Committee representatives. Stressing the imp [...]	2007-10-15 10:50:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL NATO NL HU
07BUDAPEST177	SCENE-SETTER FOR WHA P/DAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit coincides with the first parliamentary session of the year, which will likely bring renewed friction between the center-left coalition government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and the opposition, led by former PM Viktor Orban. The running battle over the government's refo [...]	2007-02-09 07:19:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1850	MR. KOSTUNICA GOES TO BUDAPEST [...] (C) Summary: In a visit described as "neither as bad as we feared or as positive as we hoped," Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica met with Hungarian officials in Budapest November 13. Prime Minister Gyurcsany encouraged Kostunica to engage fully in finding a diplomatic solution to the question [...]	2007-11-16 13:11:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HU SR KO
07BUDAPEST1855	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER'S EU [...] (C) Andras Dekany, Head of MFA's EU Relations and Crisis Situations Section, provided Embassy the GoH views on several reftel agenda items for the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers' meeting November 19-20. Beginning with the Chinese arms embargo issue, Dekany believes this will not be an agenda [...]	2007-11-16 16:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1877	TRIANGULATION UNDER FIRE: A STEP BACK TOWARD THE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) A number of recent steps indicate continued efforts by the GoH to chart a course between Washington and Moscow. These latest steps include moves back toward the East in what will likely be a continuing series of [...]	2007-11-21 15:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU HU
07BUDAPEST1879	TRIANGULATION UNDER FIRE: A STEP BACK TOWARD THE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) A number of recent steps indicate continued efforts by the GoH to chart a course between Washington and Moscow. These latest steps include moves back toward the East in what will likely be a continuing series of [...]	2007-11-23 08:46:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG RU HU
07BUDAPEST188	HUNGARIAN NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE ON MODERN [...] Post warmly welcomes the opportunity to nominate the following GoH officials: Gyorgy Molnar, MFA Director for International Security Policy: A career diplomat, Molnar has extensive experience in the full range of security affairs including NATO issues. He visited Afghanistan during the pre [...]	2007-02-12 08:39:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER MARR MOPS
07BUDAPEST1882	19TH CENTURY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: SHADES OF THE PAST [...] (SBU) Our contacts across the political spectrum are still talking about the thought-provoking visit of foreign affairs columnist and commentator Robert Kagan November 19 ) 20. In a series of meetings with officials in and out of government, highlighted by remarks before a joint session of [...]	2007-11-26 15:07:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST266	SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS DI CARLO'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (C) The integration of the Balkans into the Euro-Atlantic community remains an issue of bipartisan consensus despite Hungary,s fractious domestic political dynamic. All parties supported NATO and EU accession and see the International Community's presence as key to stability in the Balkans an [...]	2007-02-23 10:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU

07BUDAPEST350	DAS DI CARLO'S CONSULTATIONS IN HUNGARY [...] (C) Summary: DAS Di Carlo's visit to Budapest March 1 - 2 updated key GoH decision-makers and opinion-leaders on our Balkan agenda, highlighted by our commitment to moving forward on final status for Kosovo to promote the entire region's integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. Hungarian of [...]	2007-03-07 12:02:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS HU
07BUDAPEST354	AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES: PM GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gyurcsany addressed the diplomatic corps March 7 in his first "annual review" of Hungarian foreign policy. The event follows closely on the heels of a comprehensive but criticized study by the MFA (ref a),and sought to link constructive engagement abroad to conti [...]	2007-03-08 10:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST45	INITIAL GOH REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Foley reviewed the essential elements of the President's January 10 announcement on Iraq policy with MFA State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi January 11 per reftel, emphasizing our support for the Iraqi government's actions to promote stability, bolster the economy, and achieve nat [...]	2007-01-11 16:01:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
07BUDAPEST509	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST [...] (U) Embassy Budapest looks forward to your visit and provides the following information in preparation for your arrival. 2. (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session to open what all regard as a critical year, and the parties are [...]	2007-04-03 08:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST639	CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: FIDESZ APPROACHES ITS PARTY [...] (C) FIDESZ and party president Viktor Orban appear stable in advance of the party Congress on May 5. All indications are that Orban will remain unchallenged for now, and that the party will make a "political declaration" but will not announce any long-term policy platform at the meeting. Aft [...]	2007-04-26 09:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV KUM HU
07BUDAPEST647	HUNGARY ALREADY CONTRIBUTING FULL RESOURCES IN [...] (C) Per reftel the Government of Hungary (GOH) is currently contributing maximum resources to ongoing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. On 25 April, Minister of Defense Szekeres reaffirmed GOH contributions to NTM-I in high-level Pentagon meetings with SECDEF, CJCS and at State with D, notin [...]	2007-04-26 15:16:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER HU
07BUDAPEST70	MFA ON CUBA, AFGHANISTAN, AND RUSSIAN OIL CUT-OFF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Foley met with MFA State Secretary Varkonyi January 11 to review the state of play on SIPDIS key issues following her return from the EUR Chiefs of Mission Conference. Varkonyi outlined GoH initiatives to promote a democratic transition in Cuba, including the addit [...]	2007-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM ECON
07BUDAPEST71	MFA ON CUBA, AFGHANISTAN, AND RUSSIAN OIL CUT-OFF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Foley met with MFA State Secretary Varkonyi January 11 to review the state of play on SIPDIS key issues following her return from the EUR Chiefs of Mission Conference. Varkonyi outlined GoH initiatives to promote a democratic transition in Cuba, including the addit [...]	2007-01-17 15:35:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM ECON
07BUDAPEST76	MFA LOOKS FORWARD TO JANUARY 26 NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para xxx for action request. 2. (C) Ambassador Foley reviewed the latest USG thinking on Afghanistan and Kosovo with MFA Political Director Ivan Udvardi in preparation for the upcoming meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels January 26. A [...]	2007-01-18 10:58:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID
07BUDAPEST777	KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO UNSC ACTION [...] (U) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel demarche in a meeting with MFA State Secretary (Political Director-equivalent) Ivan Udvardi May 15. 2. (C) Udvardi evinced little surprise at the broad outlines of our policy but did seek confirmation that passage of a resolution in May is our objective [...]	2007-05-16 09:40:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST910	HUNGARY RESPONDS TO DEVELOPING A UNIFIED ALLIANCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department head Gyorgy Molnar, department deputy Vilmos Hamikus and department NATO expert Gabor Marosfi on June 4. According to Molnar, Hungary agrees with our positions noting that Russia withdrawing from the [...]	2007-06-05 10:28:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL HU
07BUDAPEST98	HUNGARY'S POSITION ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) GOH officials say that Hungary will accept the Government of Norway's (GON) invitation to attend the February 22-23 Oslo conference per reftel. MFA Director of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Policy Andras Toth told POL off on 22 January that the GOH will attend the conference "in ord [...]	2007-01-23 14:58:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO
07BUDAPEST992	BLUE DANUBE: POLITICAL COMMENTATORS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) Former Secretary Albright's breakfast with Hungarian political commentators June 14 reflected consensus across the political spectrum that Hungary is still struggling practically and psychologically with the responsibilities of its accession into the Euro-Atlantic mainstream. 2. (C) O [...]	2007-06-19 09:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUENOSAIRES1090	MEDIA REACTION; RCTV; G8 SUMMIT; 06/04/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to the implications of the revocation of RCTV's license in Venezuela; and the upcoming G8 Summit with the major topics of disagreement between the US and Russia. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Venezuela - Ch [...]	2007-06-05 09:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1120	MEDIA REACTION; BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY; RUSSIA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international opinion pieces discuss Brazil's "realistic" foreign policy; Russia's authoritarian style of government; and prospects for the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Venezuela is involved in Brazil's strategic game" [...]	2007-06-07 15:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES2229	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SANCHEZ [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina November 20-21. Your visit occurs during a period of heightened political interest following the October 28 election victory of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her November 14 announcement of her [...]	2007-11-16 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR AR
07BUENOSAIRES343	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN, IRAQ, VENEZUELA, ANTI-TERRORISM, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Lead international stories today include the US decision to deploy a second aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf area, Prime Minister Tony Blair's reported plan to announce today the trimming of UK forces in Iraq and regional politics in light of President Nestor Kirchner's [...]	2007-02-21 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES411	ARGENTINA: FEBRUARY 9 BURNS/SHANNON MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 21:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER AA ASEC ETRD IAEA CU HA
07BUENOSAIRES481	MEDIA REACTION; CHINA AND RUSSIA'S REARMAMENT; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include an alleged Chinese and Russian rearmament, which could spark US concern; the "conflicting attitudes of the (Argentine) presidential couple towards the Bush-Chavez clash;" and the traffic in people in Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2007-03-14 10:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES632	MEDIA REACTION; HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI'S TRIP TO SYRIA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers focus on the alleged irritation triggered in the White House by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria; a predicted overhaul in the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and possible implications of the US-Brazilian bio-fuels deal on US-Latin Amer [...]	2007-04-04 18:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES677	MINISTER OF DEFENSE STRESSES POSITIVE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, and again on March 28 with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Stephen Johnson, Defense Minister Nilda SIPDIS Garre stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship with the U.S. and training and exchange opportunities [...]	2007-04-10 19:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES900	MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY'S TIES TO BUSH; TECHINT AND CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on France's relationship with the US; and Argentine company Techint toning down a possible conflict with Venezuelan President Chavez. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The US praises [...]	2007-05-09 17:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07CAIRO160	EGYPT DISCUSSING NATIONAL POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poloff discussed the movement to develop a legally binding treaty to restrict the use of cluster munitions (CM) with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that representatives of several ministries discussed CM at a recent "National Committee" meeting [...]	2007-01-22 13:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO EG
07CANBERRA1547	DUTCH, CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/REL AUS, UK, CANADA) At our quarterly U.S.-UK-Canada-Netherlands lunch on October 19, Dutch Ambassador to Australia Niek van Zutphen commented that senior Dutch officials were sincere in voicing continuing support for the Netherland's troop commitment in Afghanistan, but faced formidable do [...]	2007-10-19 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AS
07CANBERRA1744	U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER [...] (C) Under Secretary Nicholas Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, called on newly sworn-in Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon on December 4. Fitzgibbon reaffirmed the Rudd government's commitment to the alliance with the United States, asserted his government's long-term commitment to Afgh [...]	2007-12-11 23:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS KNNP PREL AS
07CANBERRA1763	AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche on cluster munitions December 17 to Dr. Ada Cheung of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch in DFAT's International Security Division. Australia remains in agreement with the USG position on cluster munitions, particularly on the need [...]	2007-12-18 00:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL AS
07CANBERRA293	AUSTRALIAN PLANS TO INCREASE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) The Government of Australia, concerned about the upcoming Taliban offensive and worried that Dutch preparations to counter the expected Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan are not robust enough, are making preliminary plans to deploy an additional 250 Australian Defence Force (ADF [...]	2007-02-22 03:35:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS AS
07CANBERRA329	AUSTRALIA WANTS ADDITIONAL FORCES FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 28, we received a briefing from Australian Defence Force (ADF) CMDR Jonathan Sadlier and Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Afghanistan Section Assistant Director Malcolm Brailey, which provided additional information about the proposed Australian troop increas [...]	2007-03-02 07:34:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS AS
07CARACAS2319	VENEZUELAN AIR FORCE ANNOUNCES RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Air Force announced on December 5 the purchase of 12 Russian cargo aircraft to upgrade their heavy lift and in-flight refueling capability. In late October 2007, Rosoboronexport announced that it planned to double or triple its defense industry contracts with the [...]	2007-12-10 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PGOV VE
07CHIANGMAI139	CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP SAYS GOING GETTING TOUGHER IN [...] (C) It is getting tougher to operate in western China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to the head of the "Friends of China" (FOC) Christian group's Chiang Mai office. Although FOC - which has been placing teachers and developmental workers in China for 20 years - has never had a [...]	2007-08-27 08:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI CASC TH CH
07CHISINAU1367	NO VORONIN-ZUBAKOV AGREEMENT ON TRANSNISTRIA; [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the DCM, Presidential advisor Marc Tkaciuk categorically denied the existence of any agreement made between President Voronin and Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov. The meeting with Zubakov mostly concerned domestic political issues and th [...]	2007-11-14 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV TN GM RS MD
07CHISINAU1393	Marginal Moldovan Political Parties Merge. Bet on the [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for 2009 parliamentary elections, marginal political parties are merging to increase the vote bank of the ideologically like-minded. One center-left, social-democratic alliance has potential. One centrist agreement adds marginally to centrist strength, which is n [...]	2007-11-26 08:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR MD
07CHISINAU1505	STRATAN GETTING COLD SHOULDER FROM BOTH NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Foreign Minister Stratan complained that his Romanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Cioroianu, would be in Chisinau for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but had not requested a meeting with him. Stratan mentioned that Moldova also faces problems with its easte [...]	2007-12-21 13:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV RO UP MD
07COPENHAGEN1069	DENMARK FIRM IN SUPPORT OF U.S. APPROACH ON KOSOVO [...] (C) There is "no doubt" that Denmark will be among the first EU member states to recognize the independence of Kosovo, Danish MFA Head of Department for Eastern Europe Ruben Madsen assured us December 12. Danish PM Rasmussen briefed the parliamentary foreign policy committee earlier that day, [...]	2007-12-13 09:09:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI DA
07COPENHAGEN130	DENMARK: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade the urgency of new contributions for Afghanistan and NATO-ISAF, emphasizing our common interest in ensuring that the requirements identified by SACEUR are met as quickly as possible. Gade indicated general support for our [...]	2007-02-09 14:49:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS AF DA
07COPENHAGEN167	DANISH PM ANNOUNCES IRAQ WITHDRAWAL, INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced February 21 that Denmark will radically scale down its presence in Iraq in August 2007 and will then deploy additional forces -- perhaps as many as the net 400 soldiers to be pulled from Iraq -- to join the Danish battalion in Afghani [...]	2007-02-21 15:11:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO IZ DA
07COPENHAGEN63	DANES IN IRAQ: EDGING TOWARD THE EXIT? [...] (C) Summary: Recognizing growing domestic opposition, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has signaled that Denmark hopes to join the British in scaling down its Iraq deployment by mid-2007, provided that Iraq forces can take over security responsibilities there. At the same time, the [...]	2007-01-18 08:45:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ DA
07COPENHAGEN66	DANES SUPPORT U.S. INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL GOALS [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish MFA Permanent Secretary (deputy FM) Ulrik Federspiel the urgent need to SIPDIS seize the momentum in Afghanistan, to pre-empt and thwart an anticipated Taliban offensive in the spring. The United States plans to increase our forces and assistance a [...]	2007-01-19 08:43:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF DA
07DAKAR1435	TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONS [...] (S) During Embassy,s Dakar Fourth of July celebrations, PolOff had a candid discussion with Turkish Ambassador Yalcin Kayaerensoy (strictly protect) on the Turkish people,s continued anger over the capture of its soldiers in July 2003, Turkey,s upcoming July 22 election, the rise of nationali [...]	2007-07-09 17:03:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PREL KDEM KISL PINR PTER SOCI SG TU
07DAMASCUS131	Syria/ Tajikistan, Syria/Oman, Syria/Germany, Syria/Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 11 reported the visit to Damascus by Tajik President Imamoli Rakhmanov on Feb. 9, and his talks with President Asad, VP Shara and FM Mouallem. The Presidents called for scheduling a withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, reiterated the importance of a Palestin [...]	2007-02-11 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS340	Issa Codel, Specter, Pelosi's Visit [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Apr. 6 reported President Asad's meeting on Apr. 5 with Darrell Issa, member of the US House of Representatives. Talks dealt with developments in the region and means and mechanisms to start relations on a correct basis between Syria and the United States. Issa als [...]	2007-04-09 13:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS664	Syria/PDRK, US/Syria, Syria/EU, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 2 reported the July 1 meeting of Assistant Secretary General of the Ba'ath Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar, with Kim Tai Jung, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Relations' Bureau at the Central Committee of the Democratic Korean Work Party. The two reviewed current devel [...]	2007-07-02 12:48:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS835	Shara, Syria/India, Nasrallah, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 15 reported a meeting with journalists in Damascus by Vice President Shara on August 14 confirming that Syria has no intention of waging war against Israel to restore occupied Golan, but he accused Israel for seeking "any excuse to launch a war." "Israel know [...]	2007-08-15 13:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS847	Syria/Saudi Arabia, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 19 featured a statement by an official source expressing regret over a Saudi official statement regarding statements attributed to VP Shara, which "were unrightfully changed," stressing at the same time Syria's insistence on not being dragged into disputes tha [...]	2007-08-20 10:25:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DHAKA1089	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING (ADDITIONAL NAMES) FOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following additional candidates have been selected for participation for the International Defense Management Course to be held in Dhaka from July 15 to 26, 2007. Post vetting was completed on July 1, 2007. Post requests that vetting be com [...]	2007-07-03 06:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
07DHAKA1782	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR-EAST SOUTH ASIA (NESA) [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near-East South Asia (NESA) Combatting Terrorism Executive Seminar to be held December 5 - 19, 2007 in Washington, DC. Post vetting was completed on November 13, 2007. Post requ [...]	2007-11-13 09:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
07DHAKA1794	LEAHY VETTING FOR UNITED NATIONS STAFF OFFICERS [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the United Nations Staff Officers Course to be held December 2 - 13, 2007 in Rajendrapur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on November 14, 2007. Post requests that ve [...]	2007-11-15 15:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
07DILI327	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...]	2007-09-25 09:32:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT
07DOHA206	QATARI MFA DOES NOT WANT NATO/ISAF TO BECOME A [...] (S) SUMMARY: Qatari Deputy Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamad al-Rumaihi told Ambassador and DCM February 25 that U.S. personnel supporting the NATO/ISAF Afghanistan mission out of Al-Udeid Air Base are covered by the bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement. He nevertheless complained tha [...]	2007-02-25 14:57:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07DUBLIN191	SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER BERTIE AHERN'S ST. [...] (SBU) An imminent, potentially historic opportunity to restore the Northern Ireland Assembly sets the political backdrop for this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, "TEE-shuck") Bertie Ahern. Building on the 2006 UK/Irish-brokered talks among the [...]	2007-03-08 17:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR MOPPS MARR IE
07DUBLIN286	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE APRIL 19-20 VISIT OF EUR PDAS [...] (SBU) Embassy Dublin eagerly anticipates your visit and the opportunity to join your discussions with ranking Irish Government officials and others on the full range of bilateral and U.S.-EU issues. Your visit comes at an historic moment in U.S.-Irish relations, with the scheduled restoratio [...]	2007-04-13 16:37:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MOPPS MARR ECON SENV EI
07DUBLIN60	IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...]	2007-01-23 18:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
07DUBLIN748	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER DERMOT AHERN'S [...] (SBU) The twin political successes of restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly (May 8, 2007) and the re-election of the Fianna Fail party into power (May 24, 2007) will be the backdrop to Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern's meeting with the Secretary on October 3. The Government of Ireland has [...]	2007-09-27 12:36:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV MOPPS MARR EI
07DUSHANBE1030	TAJIKISTAN A DECADE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR [...] (SBU) Ten years after peace accords ended the 1992-1997 civil war, President Emomali Rahmon has taken a great deal of credit for pulling Tajikistan out of conflict and setting it on a path which he claims could be a model for other post-conflict societies. At a June 25-26 conference commemor [...]	2007-07-06 07:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR TI
07DUSHANBE1516	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]	2007-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE628	SETTING THE SCENE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (C) You will be pleasantly surprised by the veneer of Dushanbe's active consumer economy, which hides the underbelly of massive corruption and industrial decay. The government, including the recently renamed Foreign Minister Zarifi and President Rahmon (going back to their Tajik roots),insis [...]	2007-04-25 12:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE786	PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]	2007-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE886	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S JUNE [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe welcomes you on your first trip to Tajikistan. This will be an important step in forging personal relationships with key Tajik leaders. We enjoy friendly relations with this small but strategic country on the Afghan border. In addition to DoD and CENT [...]	2007-06-13 09:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07FRANKFURT671	Social Democratic Leader on Trans-Atlantic Relations, U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, national SPD Chairman and Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President Kurt Beck spoke with the Consul General at the state chancellery in Mainz, praising trans-Atlantic relations, raising concerns about military stationing issues, and offering his take on goals for the Germ [...]	2007-02-12 14:14:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR GM
07GENEVA2492	A/S FRIED MEETS WITH ANTONOV ON CFE IN GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, A/S Dan Fried, accompanied by A/S Paula DeSutter and an interagency team, met in Geneva with Russian MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoly Antonov, accompanied by Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Federyakov to resume discussion of the U.S. paper on elements [...]	2007-11-15 10:24:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG MD NATO
07GENEVA525	VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY - STAKEHOLDER [...] Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky visited Geneva February 28 as head of the U.S. delegation to the World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Polio Eradication, resulting in continued global commitment to eradication and establishment of miles [...]	2007-03-06 10:41:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO WHO
07HALIFAX89	CANADA'S FOREIGN, DEFENSE, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS [...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs held its 10th Annual "Diplomatic Forum for Heads of Foreign Mission" in St.-Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, in mid-September. Seventy-seven Ambassadors, including Ambassador Wilkins, and two Consuls General participated in the two-day meeting. Three fe [...]	2007-10-17 12:25:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CA
07HAMBURG12	G8 OPPONENTS CARRY OUT ANOTHER ATTACK IN HAMBURG [...] (U) In the early morning hours of January 26, vandals attacked the property of two ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems Board Members. Alleged G8 opponents splattered Walter Klausmann's house with paint balloons and broke his car's windshield shortly before setting Herbert Aly's car on fire. In a thre [...]	2007-01-31 07:10:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV GM
07HAMBURG58	HAMBURG, GERMANY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] (U) Consulate General Hamburg warmly welcomes Congressman Jerry Costello and his delegation to Hamburg, Germany August 24-27. The U.S. has had a strong relationship with the Free and Hanseatic State of Hamburg for almost 220 years. Commissioned in 1790, ConGen Hamburg has been working to fost [...]	2007-08-16 20:34:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PRGOV ECON GM
07HELSINKI140	FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...]	2007-03-01 05:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI
07HELSINKI144	FINNISH RESPONSE - RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to Finnish MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra on March Â [...]	2007-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ PL FI
07HELSINKI150	FINLAND'S MARCH ELECTION: SDP LIKELY TO TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest polls give Finland's Social Democratic Party (SDP) a chance to win the March 17 election, but the popularity of Center Party (CEN) PM Matti Vanhanen seems to indicate that the SDP will more likely come in a very close second. But in the follow-on negotiations to form [...]	2007-03-05 14:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FI
07HELSINKI162	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TUOMIOJA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Tuomioja to thank him for his helpful comments regarding the US missile defense initiative with Eastern Europe, but also to note her disappointment with other public comments he had made suggesting that the US made grave mistakes in Iraq and [...]	2007-03-08 09:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR FI
07HELSINKI187	FINLAND: MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH [...] (C) The public reaction in Finland to US missile defense plans in Eastern Europe and Russian misrepresentations of them have been largely muted. Several editorials and comments from leading politicians appeared in the immediate aftermath of Putin's Munich speech, but very few of these directl [...]	2007-03-15 16:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU FI
07HELSINKI321	FINLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT: TURNING A PROMISING NEW [...] (C) Finland's new center-right government is eager to reverse the malaise that often typified US-Finnish relations after 2003, and from the Foreign Minister on down a palpable shift in tone is already evident. Trans-Atlanticists have replaced notorious US-skeptics at the MFA, the MOD and elsew [...]	2007-05-04 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MARR EUN FI
07HELSINKI322	FINLAND CALLS FOR UNIFIED EU RESPONSE TO ESTONIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The escalating dispute between Russia and Estonia over the Bronze Soldier has prompted an unusually strong criticism of Russia's behavior from senior Finnish officials, who are typically known for their caution in dealing with Russia. The President and the FM have issued strong s [...]	2007-05-04 13:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN FI
07HELSINKI351	A CLEAR CHANGE OF TONE: FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva underscored to Ambassador Ware the new GOF's intention to improve the US- Finnish bilateral relationship, and he highlighted the shared foreign policy challenges the US and the EU face in Russia. The Ambassador urged more Finnish funding for peacekeepin [...]	2007-05-14 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EUN FI
07HELSINKI352	NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT BREAKS WITH THE PAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their first meeting, new Speaker of Parliament Niinisto and the Ambassador discussed NATO issues and the EU's approach to Russia. The Speaker spoke warmly both of the new tone in Finnish-US relations and of the "more open dialogue on NATO" his party intends to lead now t [...]	2007-05-14 14:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN FI
07HELSINKI416	SCENESETTER: FINNISH FM KANERVA,S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kanerva's June 11 visit gives us an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the new GOF's stated goal of improving relations with Washington. Finland has a center-right government for the first time since 1995, and the right message from the Secretary will lay out our expectatio [...]	2007-06-01 13:04:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FI
07HELSINKI51	FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new "Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NATO ministerials (reftels) with Finnish Roving Ambassador to Afghanistan Antti Koistinen and MFA Director for Security Policy Kimmo Lahdevirta on Jan. 25. I [...]	2007-01-26 09:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI
07HELSINKI514	FINNISH RESPONSE: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 12:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO FI
07HELSINKI530	GOF PREPARING REPORT AIMED AT INCREASED ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is preparing a wide-ranging proposal for increased participation in NATO/ISAF and for increased assistance to Afghanistan. Details are currently sketchy, but MFA officials expect the proposal to include an increase in Finnish troops; increased weapons and other materiel t [...]	2007-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID FI AF
07HELSINKI601	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH STATE SECRETARY TIILIKAINEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware and PolChief met with Teija Tiilikainen, State Secretary at the Finnish MFA, for a tour d'horizon of multilateral and bilateral issues. Topics included potential increases to Finland's NATO/ISAF commitments in Afghanistan; Kosovo; Russia; and Finland's 2008 OSCE [...]	2007-08-06 08:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN NATO FI
07HELSINKI606	FINLAND SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUG. 19-20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of Senators Arlen Specter and John Thune to Finland offers the United States important opportunities: (1) to encourage Finland to take a greater role in NATO-led crisis management and reconstruction operations, especially in Afganistan; (2) to urge Finland to join othe [...]	2007-08-07 12:39:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI EUN FI
07HELSINKI614	FINNISH RESPONSE: BRIEFING OUR ALLIES ON ROLLOUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 06:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF FI
07HELSINKI615	FINNISH RESPONSE: DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 06:19:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO RS FI
07HELSINKI636	CHIEF OF THE FINNISH DEFENSE FORCES MEETING WITH [...] (C) ADM Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of the Finnish Defense Forces (CHOD),briefed the Ambassador on his recent trip to Russia, where he met with the Russian Army Chief of Staff (and Deputy Defense Minister) Yuri Baluyevsky. Kaskeala and Baluyevsky discussed, inter alia, the US missile defense initi [...]	2007-08-17 13:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GL FI
07HELSINKI639	FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have currently put the brakes on the GOF's plan to increase its military commitments to NATO/ISAF in 2008. Meaningful increases in Finnish development and counternarcotics assistance to Afghanistan ar [...]	2007-08-20 11:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI
07HELSINKI689	SCENESETTER: PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13-15 VISIT TO [...] (SBU): The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Helsinki and views your visit as a key opportunity to advance the most important issues on the US-Finland agenda. Afghanistan and NATO top the list, as both are the subject of intense domestic political discussion right now. Many in the new governmen [...]	2007-09-07 13:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FI PREL PGOV MARR
07HELSINKI715	FINLAND LOOKS TO AFGHAN PRT LEADERSHIP IN 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and other senior GOF officials told PDAS Volker and Ambassador Ware that Finland's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) gave a green light to PRT leadership in Afghanistan in 2009. The move will likely involve "alternating" leader [...]	2007-09-18 13:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI
07HELSINKI725	PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13 - 14 VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Volker visited Helsinki Sept. 13-14 for wide-ranging discussions with FM Kanerva, with MFA and MOD officials, and with senior advisors to the President and Prime Minister. Bilateral discussions focused on Finland's intention to increase its contributions in Afghanistan (sept [...]	2007-09-25 09:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI
07HELSINKI75	FINLAND'S 2007 ELECTION: CONSERVATIVES MAKE THE [...] (U) January marked the unofficial opening of Finland's Parliamentary election campaign, and most of the country's eight political parties appear a bit slow coming out of the gate. To be fair, the election is still nearly two months away -- quite a long time, in the Finnish context -- and most [...]	2007-02-06 08:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FI
07HELSINKI753	FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing a "Nordic approach" to security policy that could result in new NATO Response Force (NRF) commitments 2008; in more Nordic-led OMLTs; and in a long-term commitment to staffing the Mazar-al-Shariff [...]	2007-10-04 13:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI
07HELSINKI817	UPDATE ON FINLAND'S FALL SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) met with President Halonen Oct. 26 to continue internal deliberations regarding Finland's next steps in relation to Afghanistan/ISAF, EU Battlegroups, and the pending EU operation in Chad. Finland appears ready to [...]	2007-11-02 11:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL MOPS FI
07HELSINKI860	AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President Karzai suddenly ordered the release of five Afghan men convicted in June for detonating a roadside bomb that killed a Finnish peacekeeper in Meymenah. Unofficial reports from Afghanistan-based Fi [...]	2007-12-05 13:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF
07IRANRPODUBAI26	UNODC OFFICIAL VIEWS IRAN DRUG CHIEF REPLACEMENT A SIGN OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 16:01:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR SNAR
07ISLAMABAD2107	FOREIGN SECRETARY AND TURKISH AMBASSADOR REFLECT [...] (S) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan May 7 and Turkisk Ambassador Engin Soysal SIPDIS May 8 to hear their reflections on the April 29-30 Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey trilateral in Ankara. Both Khan and Soysal were in Ankara for the meetings -- Khan as [...]	2007-05-10 12:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2317	TRUCKS DESTROYED IN ROCKET ATTACK AT TORKHAM [...] (C//REL TO ISAF, NATO) According to Mission contacts, at approximately 0400 local time Monday, May 21, unknown persons fired two Russian-made MRB-12 rockets at a group of fuel trucks bound for Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The trucks were parked in a lot near the Torkham border crossing, a [...]	2007-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK AF PREL
07ISLAMABAD256	MUSHARRAF TELLS BOUCHER ABOUT PAKISTANâ€™S PLANS FOR [...] (S) Summary and introduction: In his January 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf spoke of irritants in Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan's tactical adjustments to enhance security i [...]	2007-01-17 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EAID MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD274	BOUCHER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, INDIA, TRADE WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri for a wide-ranging discussion, which included Pak-Afghan and Pak-India relations, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, the development plan for Pakist [...]	2007-01-17 12:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF PK AF IN CA
07ISLAMABAD2794	F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC [...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...]	2007-06-22 13:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD3084	RED MOSQUE AFTERMATH; DEMISE OF NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) operation was a catalyst for implementation of this weekend's attacks on Pakistani security forces in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the FATA. However, the attacks were primarily a tribal response to the growing re-deployment of government [...]	2007-07-16 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PK
07ISLAMABAD3291	GROWING PERCEPTION THAT U.S. WILL ABANDON PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: News that the U.S. House and Senate had approved House Resolution 1 with language requiring the President report annually on Pakistan's efforts in the War on Terror predictably caused a stir in Islamabad. The media's interpretation of the bill narrowly focused on the perceived [...]	2007-07-30 14:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
07ISLAMABAD3534	MUSHARRAF AND SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSS WAR ON [...] (C) Summary: Senator Durbin called on President Musharraf August 7 to discuss Pakistan's role in the war on terror, the state of Islamic extremism in Pakistan, relations with the U.S., and education in Pakistan, particularly in religious schools. Senator Durbin recognized Pakistan had been A [...]	2007-08-13 07:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4083	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PAKISTAN MEETINGS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) During a lunchtime session of the Strategic Dialogue September 13, the Deputy Secretary and Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan discussed regional issues. Khan said that despite some successes, Pakistan is disappointed about the lack of progress on "real" issues in the Indo-Pak dialogue. Khan q [...]	2007-09-21 10:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK

07ISLAMABAD4084	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte held bilateral meetings September 12 during the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Foreign Minister Kasuri. Khan raised concerns about the negative impact of the U.S. NIE, the 9/11 Commission legislation's Pakistan [...]	2007-09-21 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD954	PAKISTAN'S REFUGEE REPATRIATION PLAN WORRIES UNHCR [...] (C) Summary. Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s Geneva office met with the DCM on February 19th. The representatives expressed concern that, in Pakistan's desire to close camps and reduce its refugee population, the government might violate UNHCR [...]	2007-02-28 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK PREF
07ISTANBUL1005	TURKISH SECURITY CHALLENGES: DOMESTIC PRESSURES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 08:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL517	TURKISH DEMOCRACY: ISOLATION AND TRADITION [...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political science professor Ali Carkoglu argued in a recent meeting that traditional Kemalists - the military, the courts, Turkey's bureaucracy - are insulated from normal Turkish society and have no stake in its improvement. A siege mentality and sense of is [...]	2007-06-15 11:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL631	NORTHWEST TURKEY'S TEKIRDAG IN CAMPAIGN MOOD [...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Tekirdag located just up the Marmara seacoast northwest of Istanbul a few days after the press splashed claims of U.S. support to the PKK by three masked persons said to be PKK defectors across newspapers and television sets. The pleasant town, known for excellent k [...]	2007-07-16 13:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL653	BURSA: RESERVED FORMER OTTOMAN CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Istanbul's final pre-election campaign visit was to Bursa, traveling aboard a new 75-minute car ferry from Istanbul to a dock just 25 miles from the town center, cutting the four-hour car trip to under two hours. Businessmen in their Mercedes joined vacationers to fil [...]	2007-07-20 11:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL690	AKP MP VAHIT ERDEM ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP Vahit Erdem argued that the U.S. offers the only viable strategic partnership for Turkey, but noted that U.S. Iraq policy is an enormous problem and cautioned that only concrete U.S. action against the PKK in Northern Iraq could ease the pr [...]	2007-07-31 06:19:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07KABUL1010	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: NSA RASSOUL ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan National Security Advisor Rassoul told visiting U.S. Delegation to the US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks that the situation in Helmand remained problematic due to the volatile mix of drug traffickers and Taliban. Unlike six months ago, Rassoul believed Iran was m [...]	2007-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1015	VISITING GERMAN DELEGATION ASKS FOR MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A German government delegation, visiting to inaugurate the newly completed German Police Program Office facility in Kabul, discussed Afghan National Police (ANP) training and reform with Ambassador Neumann, emphasizing the need for more intensive U.S.-EU cooperation. The Germans [...]	2007-03-27 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1016	PRESIDENT KARZAI REAFFIRMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) During a March 13 meeting with a senior U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks, President Karzai reaffirmed the strategic importance of the relationship. He asked that the U.S. do whatever it must to minimize collateral damage and civilian deaths in U.S. milit [...]	2007-03-27 13:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1017	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PLENARY LOOKS TO ENERGIZE [...] (C) The U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense Edelman and Assistant Secretary Boucher joined its Afghan counterpart for a Plenary Meeting in Kabul on March 13 to reaffirm the importance of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership. The Prosperity session focused attention on the loomi [...]	2007-03-27 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1032	HOW NOT TO LOSE THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having been caught off guard by the Taliban's opportunistic efforts in the South, post stepped back to look at the situation in the North to assess how best to avoid destabilizing violence and power vacuums in the region. The current stability in northern Afghanistan can be credit [...]	2007-03-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR SNAR AF
07KABUL1033	KABUL POWER SUPPLY - LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 03:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID ECON EPET ETRD KPWR PGOV AF
07KABUL1050	PAG MARCH 18: TENSIONS BETWEEN ISAF AND MOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-31 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL1057	ATTACK ON PRT MEHTARLAM KILLS CHILDREN AND ANA [...] (SBU) At approximately 1445 local time on April 1, PRT Mehtarlam sustained a vehicle borne suicide attack on the front gate of the ANA side of the compound. The lone driver attacked an ANA convoy entering the gate with his white Toyota Camry or Corolla. Governor Mangal reported that three ch [...]	2007-04-02 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1058	KARZAI MAKES "SURPRISE" VISIT TO HELMAND [...] (C) President Karzai's March 29 short-notice (for security reasons) visit to Helmand was well received but much less impressive than his December visit to Kandahar which lasted three days. Karzai repeated several themes during his four hour visit to Lashkar Gah which included meetings with pr [...]	2007-04-02 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1118	PRT PANJSHIR: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ABDULLAH, AT [...] (SBU) According to former Foreign Minister Abdullah, who maintains a home and strong connections in Panjshir, the province is changing rapidly thanks above all to the new road that connects it with Kabul. He cited education as a key sector for Panjshir,s future and bemoaned the lack of strong [...]	2007-04-05 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR AF
07KABUL1123	PRT/BADGHIS: SPAIN IMPROVES EDUCATION [...] (U) The civilian component of the Spanish PRT recently launched the latest part of its plan to improve the provincial government's ability to meet the educational needs of the people of Badghis Province. They plan to erect temporary tent schools at 160 locations identified by the Education Mi [...]	2007-04-05 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID AF
07KABUL1169	"OPERATION ACHILLES" MOVES TALIBAN FROM SANGIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since last fall, the Taliban presence in North Helmand had been growing, especially in the districts of Musa Qala, Now Zad, and Sangin. This Taliban presence undermined USAID's multi-million dollar efforts to refurbish the major hydroelectric plant located at Kajaki Dam -- an [...]	2007-04-09 16:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PTER MARR PGOV AF
07KABUL1238	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: DEFENSE MINISTER WARDAK ON [...] (S) In a separate meeting with members of the Strategic Partnership delegation, Minister of Defense Wardak stressed the importance to Afghanistan of its partnership with the United States, and praised U.S. forces for the "marvelous job" they are doing in Afghanistan. He noted in particular the [...]	2007-04-14 08:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MASS NATO AF
07KABUL1267	THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE: WHERE WE ARE, WHERE [...] Summary: This cable uses the opportunity offered by a tasking from the Joint Department of State - Department of Defense Inspector General Interagency Assessment of Afghanistan Police Training and Readiness (ref A) to review recent progress in Afghan police development and to describe ongoing [...]	2007-04-15 14:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SNAR ASIG PREL PGOV ASEC NATO AF
07KABUL1344	PRT LASHKAR GAH: GOVERNOR HOSTS JIRGA IN SANGIN [...] (SBU) Following the recent military operation to clear the Taliban from Sangin district, on April 12 a Government of Afghanistan (GOA) and ISAF delegation traveled from Lashkar Gah to Sangin to meet with a group of elders. Governor Wafa's delegation included the Police Chief, head of the Ule [...]	2007-04-19 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1352	PRT QALAT: GOVERNOR LED ERADICATION IN ZABUL [...] (U) Governor Led Eradication (GLE) is underway in Zabul province and is looking to expand and cut into what could be an increase in poppy production in Zabul this growing season. Through April 15, UNODC has verified 200 hectares of eradication in the province. PRTOff observed the eradication [...]	2007-04-21 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF SNAR KCRM
07KABUL1356	PRT JALALABAD: WHAT NEXT FOR POPPY ERADICATION [...] (SBU) Nangahar Governor Sherzai shared his plans for the future with officials from the PRT at a lunch on April 18, including what to do with so much poppy in the province. Sharzai indicated he will fire officials who do not support his eradication campaign and complained that even members of [...]	2007-04-22 08:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF SNAR KCRM
07KABUL1370	IRANIAN WEAPONS IN AFGHANISTAN: MFA ASKS TO KEEP [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) wants to keep the issue of the Iranian-made weapons recently found in Kandahar under the radar screen in the lead up to the June visit of the Iranian President to Afghanistan. According to the MFA, President Karzai supports the plan to avoid additiona [...]	2007-04-22 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1394	THE NATIONAL FRONT: POLITICAL FLAME OR SPUTTERING [...] (C) Officially launched with great fanfare on April 3, the United Front may already be losing momentum as a political movement. Several Afghan VIPs who were reputedly members have turned out to not be officially in the group after all, although they may just be bending with the wind and waiting [...]	2007-04-24 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF
07KABUL1420	GOA TELLS ISAF THAT ITS IO CAMPAIGN UNDERMINES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Interior on April 24 convoked public information officials from ISAF and the UK Embassy to register disapproval over a series of IO products regarding poppy eradication that UK Task Force Helmand had disseminated during its Spring campaign. The IO products at [...]	2007-04-25 15:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AF
07KABUL1426	URUZGAN ERADICATION OFF TO ROCKY START; DUTCH MAY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dutch may use the NATO informal ministerial in Oslo or other high-level opportunities to raise concern about Afghan-led poppy eradication efforts in Uruzgan province which the Dutch fear will jeopardize the security of their PRT operations and possibly the mandate of the [...]	2007-04-26 09:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07KABUL1456	BAGRAM THEATER INTERNMENT FACILITY--PAKISTANI, YEMENI DETAINEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-29 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	AF KAWC MARR PINS PK PREL PTER
07KABUL1478	PRT JALALABAD: FALLOUT FROM MILITARY OPERATION IN NANGARHAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the night of April 28, coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted an operation against a suicide bomb cell in the vicinity of Bati Kot, about 20 miles southeast of Jalalabad. In the course of the operation, four insurgents as well as a woman and teenage gir [...]	2007-05-02 10:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1542	AFGHANISTAN - TRUCKER STRIKE DISRUPTS COMMERCE AND DELIVERY [...] (SBU) A truckers' strike called by a Peshawar-based transport association has stopped containerized traffic from entering Afghanistan at the Torkham border crossing since April 27. The truckers are protesting taxes, bribes and illegal collections they have to pay on the highway between Torkha [...]	2007-05-07 11:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD MOPS PREL KCRM ELAB ASUP AMGT AF
07KABUL1555	AFGHANISTAN TERROR FINANCE - DISRUPTING EXTERNAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO AF
07KABUL1574	MESHRANO JIRGA "DRAFT RESOLUTION" ON RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) Meetings with a member of the Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament) and a senior Parliamentary staffer provided some clarity on the intent of the reconciliation resolution passed on May 8. According to these contacts, the intent of the resolution passed by the Meshrano Jirga was to [...]	2007-05-09 19:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL AF
07KABUL1578	ISAF DETAINEES: CANADIANS CONCLUDE NEW AGREEMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary: It is NATO policy that ISAF partner nations should transfer detainees to GoA custody within 96 hours, or release them. While NATO's policy originally did not identify a particular Afghan agency to receive the ISAF detainees, an ISAF HQ order (FRAGO) issued March 30 designated [...]	2007-05-10 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KWAC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1593	2007 AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENT FORM READ OUT [...] SUMMARY: The 2007 Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) was well attended and more coherently structured than its predecessor in 2005. The plenary Q working group Q plenary structure led to vigorous debate and helped to shape an emerging consensus on critical issues including aid effectivene [...]	2007-05-13 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL1609	NATO SCR EVERTS CALLS FOR MORE UNITY OF EFFORT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Cohen, NATO Senior Civilan Representative Daan Everts said that the North Atlantic Council (NAC) had a "distinctly more positive" view than they had previously, based on their most recent visit to Afghanistan. His own view was somewhat different, however, [...]	2007-05-14 13:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF
07KABUL1610	NDS SALEH ON PAKISTAN, THE TALIBAN, AND AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Eliot Cohen, National Director of Security Amarullah Saleh analyzed the nature of the Taliban and its links to Pakistan. He said that despite repeated attempts to share information with the Pakistanis, they have not been responsive to his initiat [...]	2007-05-14 13:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR NATO AF
07KABUL1679	KARZAI: CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 DIAG meeting, President Karzai voiced concerns about the perception of defenselessness held by citizens in Paktia following the recent skirmish between Afghan and Pakistani forces on the border. He cited citizens' concerns that the disarmament process has diminished the [...]	2007-05-17 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON MARR MASS NATO AF
07KABUL1690	AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER FIRING INCIDENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Another border firing incident between Afghan and Pakistani forces occurred early on the morning of May 17. The facts regarding which side fired first and why remain hard to pin down, with each side blaming the other for having provoked the exchange. The incident occurred in [...]	2007-05-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS MASS NATO PREL PK AF
07KABUL17	PRT JALALABAD: INTELLECTUAL SHURAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: During three separate "intellectual shuras" in Nangahar province, PRT Jalalabad heard views from local citizens on a range of issues that touched their daily lives. Locals expressed specific concerns about the role and activities of ISAF, particularly ISAF searches and convoys. S [...]	2007-01-03 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1712	SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE: AMENDED PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) President Karzai signed an amended Provincial Council (PC) law in late March. The law,s key elements give parliament and the president shared authority over PCs and give PCs a significantly expanded role overseeing appointed elements of the provincial governments, including the Provinci [...]	2007-05-22 13:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL1720	AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT SECURITY, POLICE, POPPY IN [...] (C) (SUMMARY) During a May 13 visit to Mazar-i-Sharif and meeting with Balkh Governor Atta, the Ambassador offered congratulations for a dramatic reduction in poppy production, announced a planned increase in assistance to the province, and urged more progress on combating local warlords. T [...]	2007-05-23 10:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PINR PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF
07KABUL1725	AFGHANISTAN - JCMB "INFORMAL GROUP" REVIEWS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG EAIR PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL1727	AFGHAN NATIONAL CIVIL ORDER POLICE: FIRST [...] Summary: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) graduated the first two battalions of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) May 17 in a ceremony at the Mazar-E-Sharif Regional Training Center (RTC) . These two battalions will be deployed in Kabul as a riot intervention force. According to an [...]	2007-05-24 08:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MASS NATO AF
07KABUL1746	AFGHANISTAN - COCA COLA PLANS LARGE EXPANSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN BEXP ECON AF
07KABUL1749	COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHAN SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Counselor Cohen reviewed Afghanistan,s internal and external security situation in recQt meetings with Minister of Defense Wardak and Minister of Interior Zarar Moqbel. Wardak emphasized the need for a larger, more capable, and better equipped Afghan National Army. According to his calc [...]	2007-05-25 11:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AF
07KABUL1757	COUNSELOR COHEN AND NSA RASSOUL DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent wide-ranging conversation with Counselor Cohen, National Security Advisor emphasized that the security situation in Afghanistan has improved significantly since last summer, particularly in Kandahar, and that reconstruction is starting to take hold in many areas. He [...]	2007-05-27 08:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AF
07KABUL1779	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: NON-PAPER ON SECURITY [...] (S) On May 25, the Ambassador delivered the ref C non-paper on security detention to President Karzai in a one-on-one meeting. Karzai undertook to review the matter. On May 26, Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim told A/DCM that President Karzai had held an internal meeti [...]	2007-05-29 09:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KAWC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL178	BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN [...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]	2007-01-20 05:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1785	REGULATING PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES: NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Following the recent DIAG meeting at which President Karzai highlighted perceived problems with unlicensed Private Security Companies (reftel),the Policy Action Group on May 17 further reviewed the situation with the international community. Deputy Minister of Interior Khalid and head [...]	2007-05-29 14:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR EFIN NATO AF
07KABUL183	BOUCHER AND SPANTA TALK NEIGHBORS, COORDINATION [...] (C) On January 9, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta discussed Pakistan, cross-border jirgas, U.S. funding for Afghanistan, Iran, the Strategic Dialogue, and the U.S. proposal to energize the Joint Coordinating and Monitoring Board. Spanta was downbeat over recent [...]	2007-01-20 11:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK
07KABUL184	A/S BOUCHER MEETING WITH AFGHAN NSA RASSOUL [...] (C) During a January 9 meeting between Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan National Security Advisor SIPDIS Rassoul, Rassoul offered a comprehensive look at the security situationin Afghanistan, and the two shared concerns over the situation in Musa Qala and poppy cultivation. Boucher s [...]	2007-01-20 12:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK ECON
07KABUL185	BOUCHER, MOSBACHER AND KARZAI TALK ENERGY, [...] (S/NF) On January 10, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Overseas Private Investment Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Mosbacher met with President Karzai. Mosbacher briefed Karzai on the Investment Corporation's projects in Afghanista [...]	2007-01-20 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
07KABUL186	BOUCHER AND WARDAK TALK ABOUT RESOURCES, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Defense Minister Wardak, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher assured Wardak that the United States is working to provide "bigger and better" support to the Afghan National Security Forces. Wardak replied that, in the [...]	2007-01-21 01:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO MOPS PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL1860	PRT GARDEZ: ASSESSMENT TEAM SUPPORTS NEW CZECH PRT [...] (C/REL) The Czech Republic is considering establishing a new PRT in Logar Province. During a May visit to US-led PRT Gardez, which currently has responsibility for Logar, a Czech assessment team indicated it planned to give a favorable recommendation to the Czech government and to ISAF HQ for [...]	2007-06-05 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL187	AFGHAN AND UN OFFICIALS COVER KEY DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-21 01:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID PGOV EFIN AF
07KABUL188	PRT NURISTAN: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER KILLED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 15, unknown assailants attacked Nuristan Provincial Council member, Ahmad Shah Walikzada, and his cousin on the road between Nangarach village and the PRT Nuristan base. Ahmad Shah was evacuated by U.S. military helicopter to the Asadabad Forward Surgical Team facility [...]	2007-01-21 05:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID MARR AF
07KABUL1946	AFGHAN UPDATE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS [...] (U) Reftel A (June 6) reported on the outcome of the recent Afghan-Pak meeting in Islamabad on Jirga preparations. On June 11, Director of the Afghan Jirga Preparation Commission Farook Wardak briefed the international community on latest developments, highlighting two outstanding issues: pa [...]	2007-06-12 08:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL195	PRT/KUNDUZ: FRENCH COMPANY TRIES TO REVIVE COTTON [...] (SBU) The New Afghan Project for Cotton and Oil Development (NAPCOD),a joint venture between the Afghan Government and a French company, continues to struggle to re-establish the successful cotton processing industry of the pre-war North. It currently produces cotton lint, cottonseed oil, ca [...]	2007-01-21 10:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07KABUL1961	JUNE 12 INCIDENT IN NANGARHAR [...] (C) An Afghan police unit became engaged with Coalition Forces during a nighttime operation on June 12 in Nangarhar Province, leading to the death of 7 and injury of 4 police. The Governor quickly held a press conference, then met with the PRT and Special Troop Battalion Commanders. The Govern [...]	2007-06-14 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL1970	GUNMEN SHOOT SCHOOLGIRLS IN LOGAR [...] (SBU) Two schoolgirls were killed and five wounded on June 12 when two assailants fired at students leaving a school in Logar Province south of Kabul. Police report they have made three arrests, including one of the shooters. Afghan authorities believe that the gunmen were Taliban members; ho [...]	2007-06-19 02:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAID PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1971	PRT URUZGAN - THE FIGHT FOR CHORA [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...]	2007-06-19 07:00:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
07KABUL2004	PRT URUZGAN - THE FIGHT FOR CHORA [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...]	2007-06-21 15:11:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI AF
07KABUL2068	PRT BAMYAN: AMBASSADOR ASSESSES DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his introductory visit to Bamyan Province, Ambassador Wood and Governor Habiba Sarabi discussed development priorities and security risks in what has generally been Afghanistan's most secure province. The Ambassador also met the Provincial Council, a women's shura, and [...]	2007-06-27 11:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PHUM PTER EAID AF
07KABUL2071	RECONSTRUCTING AFGHANISTAN - USG PROCUREMENT AS DEMAND [...] (SBU) Beginning with Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's (CFC-A) landmark Afghan First initiative, local procurement of goods and services by the U.S. and NATO military establishments and the international community is growing. It needs to grow more. An April 2007 study estimates that of th [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EIND ETRD EINV EAID MOPS AF
07KABUL2099	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS SEE MANAS IMPACT ON WAR IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and a six member delegation of Kyrgyz senior officials to Afghanistan June 13-14 to allow them to better understand the importance of Manas Air Base in supporting coalition military and reconstruction efforts. The delegation me [...]	2007-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF KG
07KABUL2130	PRT LASHKAR GAH: AIR STRIKE IMPACTS PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Taliban hijacked what should have been a successful week in Helmand Province and forced President Karzai's hand in making a statement critical of ISAF. The week of June 18 started promisingly in Helmand's Nahri Sarraj district with a school construction groundbreaking ceremo [...]	2007-07-05 08:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2137	PAG TO DISCUSS COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE SOUTH [...] (S/REL ISAF) Summary: At a June 28 Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting chaired by Afghan NSA Rassoul, COMISAF GEN McNeill urged the GoA and international community to do more to address the growing narcotics problem in Afghanistan. Ambassador Wood proposed that the PAG meet in three weeks to di [...]	2007-07-05 14:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR SNAR PTER MOPS NATO AF
07KABUL2143	PRT/BADGHIS: DEALING WITH ETHNIC POLITICS, [...] (SBU) The June 9th insurgent attack against the Murghab district center that left two Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) Officers dead and three government buildings damaged by fire was the largest and best organized insurgent attack to date in normally calm Badghis Province. The attack i [...]	2007-07-08 10:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL216	PRT FARAH: ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT -- POPPY AND IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being dry and barren, Farah depends heavily on agriculture. Although poppy production has decreased recently, Farah remains a major poppy producing province. Governor-led eradication has begun, but it has a long way to go. The Alternative Livelihoods Program is not [...]	2007-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EAID AF IR
07KABUL217	PRT-GARDEZ: NEW PAKTIA GOVERNOR,S VIEWS ON KEY [...] (C) Paktia Governor Rahmatullah Rahmat shared his views on major issues facing the Province during recent meetings with the Gardez PRT. Rahmat identified development activities as key to ensuring a stable and productive province. The Governor praised PRT development projects and pledged to f [...]	2007-01-22 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
07KABUL2189	PRT GARDEZ: LOGAR PROVINCE SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Logar is a stable, secure, and prosperous province close to Kabul. The onset of warm weather increased the number of security incidents but the province remains generally stable and attractive for development efforts. The exception is isolated Kharwar District, which insurgents use as a [...]	2007-07-11 14:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2249	PRT URUZGAN: CHORA LEADERS SPEAK TO AFGHAN [...] (C) On July 6, Chora district and tribal leaders met at the district center with a team from the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission investigating civilian losses in the June fight for Chora. Their message was clear and measured, devoid of the histrionics or exaggeration and blame for IS [...]	2007-07-12 14:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL226	KARZAI OPENS PARLIAMENT'S SECOND YEAR [...] SUMMARY: (C) On January 21, Parliament held its second annual inauguration ceremony. The President and parliamentary leadership reflected on accomplishments in 2006 in their speeches but said little about plans for the future. Karzai spoke on large themes -- security, corruption, educatio [...]	2007-01-23 04:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL2299	PAG DISCUSSES SCHOOL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 12 the Policy Action Group (PAG) chaired by NSA Rassoul discussed school security. Education Minister Atmar reported that there had been 20 attacks against schools in the previous week. Education Minister Atmar assessed that the Taliban have shifted their focus from d [...]	2007-07-17 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PTER EAID NATO AF
07KABUL2324	UNHCR VIEWS ON AGHANISTAN, IRANIAN DEPORTEES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 5 meeting, Ambassador and UNHCR Country Representative Salvatore Lombardo discussed a wide range of issues. Chief among these were the politicization of the Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, Afghan deportees from Iran and concerns regarding President Karzai,s forth [...]	2007-07-19 02:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL AF IR PK
07KABUL2341	PRT GARDEZ: PAKTIA PROVINCE SIX MONTH REPORT [...] (SBU) Security incidents have increased with the onset of warm weather in Paktia, but vigorous government and coalition counter-insurgency activities have maintained a climate that allows for expanded economic development and the gradual extension of GOA administrative control. The new governo [...]	2007-07-21 12:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2465	KHOST GOVERNOR PRAISES COALITION/AFGHAN [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Khost Governor Arsala Jamal in Kabul on July 19. Governor Jamal praised the strong coordination between Coalition Forces (CF) and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He also positively assessed his partnership with the PRT. He encouraged more U.S. investment i [...]	2007-07-31 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2469	PRT ASADABAD: KUNAR PROVINCE SIX MONTH REPORT [...] (C) Kunar Province on the mountainous border with Pakistan continues to see significant insurgent activity. Economic development and infrastructure improvements have helped limit the influence of insurgents in the Kunar and Pech valleys, but insurgents continue to contest control of isolated [...]	2007-07-31 13:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2470	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) During Ambassador's July 8 meetings in Kabul with members of Parliament from Nangarhar Province and his July 9 visit to Jalalabad, the MPs, Governor Sherzai, and provincial leaders highlighted security concerns, Pashtun community sentiments towards the IROA, and drugs. They expressed sup [...]	2007-07-31 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PTER PHUM PGOV AF
07KABUL2487	AFGHANISTAN - NATO MANEUVERING TO GET CONTROL OF [...] (C/NF) NATO's civilian leadership in Afghanistan has been lobbying the GoA to gain control of civil aviation development at the expense of the Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) and the established donor coordination process. The NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) [...]	2007-08-01 14:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON PREL AF
07KABUL2497	PRT JALALABAD: NANGARHAR PROVINCE SIX MONTH [...] (SBU) Nangarhar's strategic location on the Pakistan Border and relative economic prosperity make it an important indicator of progress in Afghanistan. Recent set-backs in security and an increase in poppy production over the last six months are disappointing. ISAF and CF forces have intens [...]	2007-08-02 10:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL255	PAG APPROVES EXPANDING ANAP TO EAST AND [...] (SBU) The January 11 Policy Action Group (PAG) approved two Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) proposals. The first will expand the authorization of ANAP for Kandahar from 1300 to 2000. The additional 700 police will be recruited from and deployed to Panjwayi and Zharey districts to ba [...]	2007-01-25 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV SNAR PTER AF
07KABUL2554	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PROACTIVE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Afghan Government held a Strategic Partnership Quarterly Update meeting on Prosperity and Governance with Embassy counterparts on July 21. Organized by the Ministry of Finance and co-Chaired by Deputy Minister Shahrani, Afghan representatives reported progress on most Prosperity and [...]	2007-08-05 06:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2684	PRESIDENT KARZAI MOVES SUB-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) President Karzai has decided to move the Ministry of Interior's civil administration division -- responsible for governors, district administrators, mayors, and civil registry functions -- to a new Independent Office for Sub-National Governance under the Office of the President. This wel [...]	2007-08-13 04:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2735	PARLIAMENT PASSES UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] (SBU) The lower house of the Afghan National Assembly (Wolesi Jirga) passed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) on August 15. Its passage by the upper house and ratification will complete an Afghanistan Compact benchmark. 2. (SBU) The Government of Afghanistan signed t [...]	2007-08-16 06:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EAID AF
07KABUL2743	POLAND TO CONSIDER A PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Government will soon consider whether to stand up a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. Internal discussions will begin in Warsaw on August 17. Polish diplomats in Kabul have met with Embassy PRT director to sound out initial USG thoughts. Based on [...]	2007-08-16 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF PL
07KABUL275	JCMB SUCCESS - ANDS PRODUCES PRIORITY PROJECT LIST IN [...] On January 25, ANDS Executive Director Adib Farhadi passed to Deputy ECON Counselor the GOA's consolidated priority project list, which emerged from the recent round of JCMB Consultative Group meetings in which GOA officials and donor representatives participate. Post successfully negotiated i [...]	2007-01-27 06:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM AF
07KABUL28	NEW AFGHAN NATIONAL COMMUNICATION COORDINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: With active encouragement and support from the international community (IC) and especially Embassy Kabul, the Government of Afghanistan established the National Communication Coordinating Center (known as the NCCC or NC3) in early December 2006. Although the GOA is still identif [...]	2007-01-04 10:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF PREL PTER MOPS
07KABUL2987	NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON DEPLOYMENT WITH DUTCH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian MFA Political Director Kai Eide, in an August 30 office call on DCM, was noncommittal about how Norway would respond to a Dutch request that Norwegian troops be deployed alongside the Dutch in Uruzgan province. Eide indicated that the GON would remain engaged in the Nort [...]	2007-09-06 13:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL3068	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-13 02:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3069	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3070	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3437	SPANISH OFFER TO TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY COMPANY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-Combined Security Transition Command Q) Afghanistan message. 2. (C) Spanish willingness to support and train the Afghan Army is appreciated. Our concerns here are that Spanish (and other) Allied assistance be provided in a manner that reinforces Q) not und [...]	2007-10-09 03:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
07KABUL3448	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. INVASION [...] SUMMARY: Editorialists in all major Kabul dailies used the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to measure the progress their country has made, and, despite improvements, all found the progress wanting. A resurgent Taliban, government corruption, ineptitude of the Afghan securi [...]	2007-10-10 02:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL3460	SPANISH OFFER TO TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY COMPANY [...] (U) This is a resend of Kabul 03437. This is a joint Embassy-Combined Security Transition Command Q) Afghanistan message. 2. (C) Spanish willingness to support and train the Afghan Army is appreciated. Our concerns here are that Spanish (and other) Allied assistance be provided in a [...]	2007-10-10 08:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
07KABUL360	PRT QALAT: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The political situation in Zabul is fairly stable, with a good governor, Delbar Jan Arman, who has served for almost two years. His efforts are undermined by a weak administration both in the capital and in the districts, and his own unwillingness to empower and build the cap [...]	2007-02-05 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL3662	D/NSA LTG LUTE AND D/SRSG ALEXANDER DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Deputy SRSG Chris Alexander used an October 22 meeting with Deputy NSA LTG Lute to lay out a proposal for closer UNAMA-ISAF coordination on an overall counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. He reported close coordination between the SRSG and COMISAF, but highlighted difficulties coor [...]	2007-10-28 07:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID AF
07KABUL368	PRT LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ELDERS DEFY THE TALIBAN [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The death of a local Taliban commander,s brother in an air strike in Helmand province was the catalyst for a series of events that shattered the relative quiet of Musa Qala district, culminating in the Taliban,s seizure of the district center on February 1. In retaliation [...]	2007-02-05 13:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS MCAPARR MARR PHUM AF
07KABUL370	PRT BAMYAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Bamyan continues to enjoy relative peace and security. Development assistance from the U.S. Government is on the rise, almost entirely due to the twelve fold increase in CERP assistance for 2007. On the political front, Governor Sarabi has taken steps to counter criticism from her poli [...]	2007-02-06 06:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON PHUM AF

07KABUL372	PRT NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Nuristan Province has traditionally been neglected and remains underdeveloped, but recent initiatives by Governor Tamin are energizing district administrations and encouraging communities to take responsibility for their own security. Despite these efforts, security remains problematic [...]	2007-02-06 10:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON EAID MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL373	PRT PANJSHIR: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (U) Over the past year, Panjshir Province has recorded remarkable progress. Security is holding, governance is maturing, reconstruction is advancing and society is evolving. Constraints remain, however, both in terms of infrastructure and mentality. The Governor highlights education as the [...]	2007-02-06 10:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MASS ECON EAID SOCI AF
07KABUL375	PRT/BAMYAN: ANA OPENS INTELLIGENCE BRANCH [...] (C) The Afghanistan National Army (ANA),which previously consisted of three recruiters in Bamyan, was augmented in December to include an intelligence component of approximately 20 soldiers. Their stated mandate is to recover arms caches and investigate smuggling. They have reached out to [...]	2007-02-06 11:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF
07KABUL3754	RESPONSE TO GERMAN REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF [...] (SBU) Post appreciates Embassy Berlin's REFTEL message relaying the German government's sensitivities about the nomination of the Kunduz province governor, Mohammad Omar, for participation in the autumn International Visitor program. 2. (SBU) Post would appreciate Embassy Berlin's conveying [...]	2007-11-05 01:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MARR GM AF
07KABUL3765	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY EDELMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Your visit, coming near the end of this year,s fighting season, is an opportunity to assess 2007,s military, political and development progress and to prepare the ground for major challenges in 2008. With 2008 being the last full year before the next Afghan president [...]	2007-11-06 08:32:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL3803	NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) The NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Daan Everts of the Netherlands, has circulated a letter to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic community announcing that he will be concluding his duties and vacating his posting in Afghanistan by th [...]	2007-11-10 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL3848	AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING: SHIFT TO FOCUSED DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghan National Police (ANP) development has lagged behind that of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Despite the training of over 70,000 ANP individuals and advances in equipping and recruiting, the police remain largely ineffectiv [...]	2007-11-15 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
07KABUL395	PRT QALAT: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES--ONE STEP AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: By their actions and through a series of meetings with the PRT, local women have expressed their desire for employment, education, and security in southern Zabul province. Key players for women's activities in Zabul are the Directorate of Women's Affairs (DOWA),two women Provinc [...]	2007-02-06 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL3973	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' DECEMBER 3-5 VISIT [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit, coming at the end of this year,s fighting season, is an opportunity to assess 2007,s military, political and development progress. ISAF was the clear winner this year on the battlefield, which has pushed the enemy to resort increasingly to asymmetric attacks. [...]	2007-12-02 08:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
07KABUL4005	CANADA'S MANLEY PANEL IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian DCM Hoffman on December 4 provided the Charge with an assessment of the 10-day visit to Afghanistan by the Panel on the Future Role of Canada in Afghanistan (Manley Panel). Hoffman emphasized repeatedly that the Panel,s report will be critical to the future of the Canad [...]	2007-12-06 14:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL4022	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AMIDST MUSA QALA FIGHTING, AFGHANS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 02:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL4208	FRANCE REPORTEDLY WILLING TO HOST AFGHAN DONOR [...] (C) Foreign Minister Spanta relayed to the Ambassador December 26 French Foreign Minister Kouchner's willingness to host an Afghan donor conference in May or June. On December 22, during President Sarkozy's one-day visit to Kabul, Spanta had inquired of Kouchner about France's interest in host [...]	2007-12-27 14:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN MARR PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07KABUL442	CODEL PELOSI CITES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During January 28 CODEL Pelosi visit to Kabul, Pakistan and poppy were dominant themes. Speaker Pelosi, Chairmen Skelton (Armed Services),Lantos (Foreign Affairs),and Reyes (Intelligence) and Sub-Committee Chairs Murtha (Defense Appropriations) and Lowey (State/Foreign Operatio [...]	2007-02-09 14:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PTER PGOV SNAR MOPS AF
07KABUL483	PRT JALALABAD: NEW OFFICIALS REINVIGORATE DIAG [...] (U) Summary: New DIAG Regional Director visited the PRT to describe plans for new initiatives to reinvigorate the DIAG process. Two weeks later, DIAG hosted an event in Jalalabad for former Mujahideen. While the meetings were encouraging, getting new momentum for DIAG will require hard work [...]	2007-02-13 06:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
07KABUL515	CABLE/PRT JALALABAD: 6 MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (U) Summary: Nangarhar province is an important urban and agricultural center along Afghanistan's eastern border. During the past six months, the security climate has witnessed increased enemy activity, including IED attacks and ambushes of PRT convoys. The paving of roads and a dramatic r [...]	2007-02-14 19:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL564	ANA RETENTION RATES SHOW IMPROVEMENT; MORE WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: For the Afghan National Army to grow rapidly to the target strength of 70,000 personnel by December 2008, traditionally high AWOL and attrition rates need to be reduced. The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) are work [...]	2007-02-20 12:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR ASEC NATO PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL579	PRT ASADABAD: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (C) Kunar,s security improved significantly in 2006 except in the isolated border areas. Ongoing road construction will help consolidate security gains, and will enable economic growth. Better and larger police forces will be necessary to keep Kunar,s security and economic trends positive in [...]	2007-02-21 11:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PTER ECON EAID MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL581	SOUTHERN GOVERNORS OUTLINE MAJOR SECURITY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: During a February 6 introductory meeting in Kandahar with COMISAF, the governors of Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul pressed for increasing police salaries and getting more police officers into the Southern provinces to provide leadership to new recruits. ANA 205th Corps Co [...]	2007-02-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID NATO MARR AF
07KABUL605	NORTHERN GOVERNORS FOCUSED ON POPPY ERADICATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, the Ambassador met with the Commander of PRT Mazar i Sharif and held a joint meeting with Interior Minister Moqbel Zarar and five governors from the Northern provinces to discuss poppy eradication efforts in the north. The counternarcotics strategy in the North [...]	2007-02-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF
07KABUL606	KARZAI DISCUSSES SECURITY, PAKISTAN WITH CODEL [...] (U) On February 21, Codel Dicks discussed security and reconstruction issues with President Karzai. Karzai expressed confidence about GOA and ISAF ability to succeed. Attendees included Representatives Dicks, Kaptur, Frelinghuysen, Rothman, Carney, and Murphy. ---------------------------- [...]	2007-02-25 11:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL621	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 8 MEETING WITH COMISAF [...] (S) Summary: General McNeill emphasized that ISAF will maintain the initiative, and that the "spring offensive will be mine." He said that, from a military perspective, he does not like the current situation in Musa Qala (reftel). However, he said that he is prepared to leave things as they [...]	2007-02-26 09:03:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	NATO MOPS MARR PREL PINS AF
07KABUL661	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 15 Strategic Partnership Working Group meeting ranged broadly over issues related to building Afghan National Security Force capacity and increasing security sector links. The discussion covered the growth, equipping, and capacity building of both the army and poli [...]	2007-02-28 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL662	OSD DELEGATION DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: In February 13-15 meetings, a delegation from the Office of the Secretary of Defense discussed Pakistan, Iran, Afghan security forces development, and the Strategic Partnership with key leaders in the Afghan government. National Security Advisor Rassoul advised that the GOA is w [...]	2007-02-28 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL672	RUSSIAN FM SAYS NATO MUST LEAVE AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Drawing on Cold War rhetoric, Russian FM Lavrov told FM Spanta on February 23 that NATO must leave Afghanistan as it was an enduring presence against Russia (according to Spanta's debrief). The GOR is also worried about Iran's nuclear program and does not trust its regional intentions. [...]	2007-03-01 07:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NATO RU IR AF
07KABUL680	PRT/GARDEZ: GOVERNOR'S PLAN TO DEAL WITH TALIBAN [...] (SBU) Paktia governor Rahmatullah Rahmat announced on Jan. 30 that he intends to move energetically and methodically to bring Zormat District, currently plagued by insurgency, under government control. He outlined a plan, developed with UNAMA, to reform the district administrative and securit [...]	2007-03-02 04:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL682	ANSF AMMUNITION STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT NEEDS OVERHAUL [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting of the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) Ammunition Working Group, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A) urged the MOD to destroy its stockpiles of unserviceable ammunition. The buildup of unserviceable ammunition in MOD depo [...]	2007-03-02 10:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL AF
07KABUL685	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) On February 22, senior USG officials responsible for Afghanistan and GoA counterparts participated in a Working Group on Governance in preparation for the Strategic Partnership plenary to be co-led on the U.S. side by U/S Burns and U/S Edelman on March 13-14. Participants agreed on a li [...]	2007-03-03 07:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL722	GERMAN MP REQUESTS TOUR OF BAGRAM THEATER [...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, German Ambassador to Kabul Dr.Hans-Ulrich Seidt wrote letters to Ambassador Neumann, COMISAF GEN McNeill, and CJTF-76 Commander MG Rodriguez on behalf of German parliamentarian Mrs. Elke Hoff of the Free Democra [...]	2007-03-04 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PTER CONS GM AF
07KABUL723	PRT FARAH: A NEW GOVERNOR TAKES OFFICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Farah Province welcomed its third governor in six months as Mawlawi Mohideen Baluch took up office January 31. In a public speech, Baluch outlined his priorities to build a madrassa and university, improve the economy, maintain existing Iran-Afghan relations, reach out to anti-g [...]	2007-03-04 14:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IR AF
07KABUL756	AUSTRALIAN DESIRE TO PUT THEIR FORCES UNDER US [...] (S) Reftel explains that the Australians wish to put their additional forces under the Special Forces rather than NATOISAF command. Several of the issues discussed in the cable are not matters of the ROE or ISAF practice, but are specifically Dutch issues and we think some of them may be outd [...]	2007-03-05 14:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS AS
07KABUL758	GERMAN MP REQUESTS TOUR OF BAGRAM THEATER [...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, German Ambassador to Kabul Dr.Hans-Ulrich Seidt wrote letters to Ambassador Neumann, COMISAF GEN McNeill, and CJTF-76 Commander MG Rodriguez on behalf of German parliamentarian Mrs. Elke Hoff of the Free Democra [...]	2007-03-05 15:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PTER CONS GM AF
07KABUL790	PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ghor Province should be one of Afghanistan?s success stories, but because it remains unable to attract the resources needed to overcome its developmental deficit, the province continues to lack the wherewithal for economic and political "take-off". Marginal progress was made [...]	2007-03-07 13:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MARR NATO SOCI AF
07KABUL805	SCENESETTER II: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Reftel reported scenesetter for the March 13 U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Plenary meeting. This message provides points for March 13-14 bilateral meetings in Kabul (in order of the meeting schedule). FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ----------------------- 2. (S) Under constant press [...]	2007-03-08 17:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL834	LOWER HOUSE APPROVES PRESIDENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, the Lower House of Parliament passed the amended amnesty bill that included the President's proposed changes by a vote of 128-3. Speaker Qanooni interrupted the budget discussions in the plenary to announce that he had received the President's amendments to the bill [...]	2007-03-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL878	PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND: TWO SUICIDE BOMBINGS, [...] (SBU) At about 1115hrs on March 13, approximately one mile south of the PRT, two DynCorp vehicles (attached to the Poppy Elimination Program (PEP) coming from Bost airfield and driving to the Lashkar Gah PRT in Helmand were the targets of an IED attack. It has not been confirmed whether it wa [...]	2007-03-15 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL881	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has approved a plan for a European mission to Afghanistan aimed at enhancing training for the Afghan National Police. The ESDP mission will strengthen the European contribution to police training, of which the largest part is now the German Police Prog [...]	2007-03-15 13:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL94	PAKISTAN PM AZZIZ VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim characterized the January 4 visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Azziz as a "good trip." There had not been agreement on substance, but Azziz and Karzai held frank and open discussions on a range of bilateral issues. Foreign Minister S [...]	2007-01-10 06:04:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
07KABUL954	KOENIGS AND BOUCHER ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION, [...] (C) A special response fund to allow the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan close developmental cooperation with ISAF would advance civilian-military coordination; Washington support requested. Additionally, in a March 14 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central A [...]	2007-03-24 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF IR
07KABUL99	IDPS, URBANIZATION AND THE CHANGING FACE OF AFGHAN [...] SUMMARY: Ebbing and flowing tides of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been a constant feature of the Afghan landscape for, at least, the past thirty years. Events in recent years seem only to mirror, in many ways, similar displacements following the Soviet invasion, the civil strife [...]	2007-01-10 09:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV AF
07KHARTOUM17	UN LIGHT PACKAGE IN DARFUR NEEDS AN ENERGIZER [...] (C) Summary: A January 3 visit to El Fasher revealed numerous problems with the initial deployment of the UN light package. As reported septel, the small initial UN military contingent has yet to be integrated with the AMIS peace-keeping force. The UN police contingent is trying to define a [...]	2007-01-04 12:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KUWAIT1399	NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...] (SBU) On August 27, Charg paid a courtesy call on Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Deputy Director Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah. On September 5, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo also met with SIPDIS Shaykh Thamer and later provided a briefing of hi [...]	2007-09-16 10:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU PM PINR
07KUWAIT148	KUWAIT PROPOSALS FOR FPC REPORTING TOURS 2007 [...] Kuwait Public Affairs proposes five rank ordered FPC reporting tour topics: Gulf regional security; free trade; Islam/Religion in America; history of women's participation in American politics; and the life of Kuwaiti students at American colleges and universities. Post also nominates Al-Qabas [...]	2007-01-31 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC KU
07KUWAIT160	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-04 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT440	KUWAIT NSB DEPUTY AIRS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ AT [...] (C) Summary. NATO member embassies met March 21 to discuss NATO cooperation with Kuwait under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and the upcoming visit of a NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation. The Poles briefed on the March 5-6 Contact Point Embassy meeting in Brussels highlightin [...]	2007-03-28 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MNUC PTER NATO PGOV IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT638	KUWAIT COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING NEW WAY FORWARD ON [...] (S/NF) During recent meetings with U.S. officials, Kuwait's senior leadership reaffirmed their continued commitment to supporting coalition efforts in Iraq. The Amir, Prime Minister, Defense/Interior Minister, Foreign Minister, and Kuwaiti Armed Forces Chief of Staff told CENTCOM Commander W [...]	2007-04-30 12:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT870	NATO VISITS LAY GROUNDWORK FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) On June 2, the Polish Embassy, the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Kuwait, briefed resident NATO member embassies on recent NATO visits to Kuwait. From May 6-7, NATO officials conducted a workshop on Civil Emergency Planning and Crisis Management in Kuwait. The team emphasized radiological [...]	2007-06-04 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KU
07KUWAIT873	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]	2007-06-05 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KYIV1104	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) Ukrainian MFA provided the written response May 9 of the Ukrainian government position previewed ref A to the U.S. request for a mixture of 500 Igla-1 and 1,000 Igla MANPADS missiles for countermeasures development (ref C). In a nutshell, the reply states that such MANPADS missiles are st [...]	2007-05-10 13:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1108	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR DIA DIRECTOR LTG MAPLES [...] (S/REL UP) General Maples: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv at a time of political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictions in a newly-amended constitution [...]	2007-05-10 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV1243	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SEGA [...] (SBU) Undersecretary Sega: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. For more than seven weeks Ukraine has been in political turmoil and paralysis as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resol [...]	2007-05-24 14:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV1299	UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...]	2007-05-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1300	UKRAINE:SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY [...] (SBU) General MacKiernan: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. The past couple of months have been marked by political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictio [...]	2007-05-25 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV1327	UKRAINE: CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is a guidance request. See para 6. 2. (U) We met May 31 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov at his request to discuss the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Extraordinary Conference called by Russia for June 12-15. Bela [...]	2007-05-31 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV1418	UKRAINE: CRIMEA UPDATE - LESS TENSE THAN IN 2006; [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's May 29-30 visit to Simferopol, Crimea and an earlier poloff visit May 17-18, all of our interlocutors agreed that the situation in Crimea appears less tense than it did six months ago (reftels). The primary issues in play remain control/ownership of land; the [...]	2007-06-08 08:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM PREL UP
07KYIV1425	UKRAINE: MILITARY EXERCISE LEGISLATION PASSES, SEA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Yushchenko signed the annual military exercise authorization bill June 6 and Rada (parliament) passage on May 29. Despite support from PM Yanukovych and most of the Party of Regions (the Rada's largest faction),Socialist and Communist party opposition remai [...]	2007-06-08 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV UP
07KYIV1515	UKRAINE: RADA SPUTTERS TO A CLOSE AS ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary. Speaker Moroz closed the Rada's aimless plenary sessions on June 19, clearly under some pressure by Party of Regions leaders and despite earlier vows by Socialists and Communists to continue sessions into July. Moroz read a letter to the Rada written by PM Yanukovych in which the [...]	2007-06-21 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1516	UKRAINE: DNIPROPETROVSK LUKEWARM ON RADA [...] (C) Summary. On an early June trip to Dnipropetrovsk city, the capital of a major industrial center in the East, poloff found a wealthy city more blue than orange, but with a great deal of distrust of both Donetsk-based Party of Regions and Dnipro-native Tymoshenko, leaving an opening for othe [...]	2007-06-21 14:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1560	UKRAINE: U.S.-RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE DISCUSSION: [...] (U) EUR/PRA Director and head of delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine non-proliferation Working Group (NPWG) talks Anita Friedt delivered ref A's notification June 26 to Ukrainian MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov on the margins of NPW [...]	2007-06-27 11:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP
07KYIV1563	UKRAINE: JUNE 27 DOMESTIC POLITICAL SCENE UPDATE - [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the long (June 28 Constitution Day) weekend, Ukraine's political scene sputtered slowly forward towards summer holidays and election campaigns. President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych spent significant time out of Kyiv, meeting twice at Boryspil airport to discuss [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV163	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION AND THE NATO PFP [...] (S) Summary: As a result of a January 17 meeting with Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko on the proposals regarding man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) contained ref A, PM/WRA will work with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to develop an amendment to the NATO/PfP Trust F [...]	2007-01-22 12:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1761	UKRAINE: CFE POSITION PARALLELS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) During a July 18 press conference with his visiting Canadian counterpart, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed a position that closely tracked Department's July 14 statement on Russia's announcement that it would su [...]	2007-07-19 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV1843	UKRAINE: AKHMETOV WING OF REGIONS GEARS UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with Party of Regions leaders Raisa Bohatyreva and Borys Kolesnikov--both members of the business-oriented wing of Regions dominated by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov--it was clear that there was an ongoing and heated debate within the party over strategies for the election, [...]	2007-07-30 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV1897	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION AND CFE; [...] (C) Visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk August 2 on the results of the July 30 U.S.-Russia experts' meeting on missile defense cooperation as requested reftel, as well as on parallel Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) discussions. Ya [...]	2007-08-03 11:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AJ CZ PL RS UP
07KYIV1916	UKRAINE: NATO SEA BREEZE EXERCISE AN "UNQUALIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Sea Breeze 2007, the largest ever multinational exercise in the Black Sea, concluded July 22. Over two weeks, exercise participants from 13 NATO PfP member countries enhanced interoperability through peacekeeping operations, search and rescue, and communications training. Despite [...]	2007-08-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV1940	UKRAINE: REGIONS'S PARTY CONGRESS: A HANDSHAKE, A [...] (C) Summary. The Party of Regions August 4 party congress was the least predictable of the major party congresses, featuring both moderate speeches by Prime Minister Yanukovych and faction leader Raisa Bohatyreva and well-received speeches from Communist Party leader Symonenko and a representa [...]	2007-08-08 09:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV196	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS GRAFFY'S FEB 7-12 [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes at a time when the struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation passed by Yanukovych's majority in the Rada (p [...]	2007-01-26 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
07KYIV1968	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH, OTHERS ANALYZE PRE- AND [...] (C) Summary: Key GoU leaders varied on their assessment of the upcoming pre-term elections in their August 1-2 meetings with EUR DAS Kramer but all acknowledged the importance of free and fair elections and the need to resolve tensions that have dominated the domestic political scene since A [...]	2007-08-10 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV1971	UKRAINE: THE ORANGE REVOLUTION AND UNEASY [...] (C) Summary. The nine parties of the democratic megabloc came together August 7 to formally become the Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) election bloc, with a youth-oriented message and an attempt to rekindle the fervor of the Orange Revolution. The bloc consists of People's Union O [...]	2007-08-10 12:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2001	UKRAINE: TEN YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Ten years after the signing of the NATO-Ukraine Charter and two and a half years after the Orange Revolution, many policy makers and experts in Ukraine and in the West hoped that Ukraine would jump on a fast track to NATO membership. However, today public support for NATO members [...]	2007-08-15 07:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2075	UKRAINE: BYUT CONGRESS--NATIONALIST WRAPPINGS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In a congress that emphasized Ukrainian nationalism and loyalty to Tymoshenko, the diminutive opposition leader presented her detailed program for the country's future, "the Ukrainian Breakthrough." In a 75-minute speech, Tymoshenko laid out her ideas for everything from increasi [...]	2007-08-17 12:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV210	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) On January 29, Ambassador, accompanied by DATT and poloff, passed ref A non-paper to Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko. Hrytsenko said he was frankly relieved the U.S. had elected to pursue an approach that involved some level of compensation to the Ukrainian government to transfer MANPA [...]	2007-01-29 15:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV211	UKRAINE: NATO REFERENDUM ON HOLD AFTER [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko's January 26 decision to refer two constitutional articles on holding a referendum to the Constitutional Court for clarification effectively pushes down the road the need to decide whether there will be a referendum on membership in NATO and the Single Economi [...]	2007-01-29 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO UP
07KYIV2114	UKRAINE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED; [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) As agreed ref email, PolCouns met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Volodymr Belashov August 23, to follow up on Acting EUR A/S Volker's meeting with the Ukrainian Charge and Moldovan Ambassador August 22 in Washin [...]	2007-08-23 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS UP
07KYIV2185	UKRAINE: U.S. REACTION TO CFE NON-PAPER DELIVERED [...] (U) We delivered U.S. comments contained ref A on the Ukrainian Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) non-paper (ref B) to MFA Arms Control Director Volodymyr Belashov August 31. Belashov thanked us for the speedy U.S. response and welcomed the information that the U.S. had briefed Georgia and [...]	2007-08-31 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2204	UKRAINE: PERSONALITIES, NOT PROGRAMS, [...] (C) Summary. The conscious decision of the three main parties in Ukraine to focus their campaigns on the same themes -- populist social and economic promises and anti-corruption slogans -- means that the vote will come down once again to personalities and perceived leadership types. The offic [...]	2007-09-04 13:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV223	UKRAINE: TARASYUK RESIGNS AS FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Borys Tarasyuk ended two months of uncertainty and political confrontation over his lame-duck tenure as Ukraine's Foreign Minister by offering his resignation to President Yushchenko January 30, after a district court deferred a decision on his legal challenge to the Rada's Dec [...]	2007-01-31 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UP
07KYIV224	UKRAINE: REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE MEDIA REPORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko told Ambassador January 29 that the U.S. announcement about its preparedness to locate missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic had the unintended consequence in Ukraine of reinforcing [...]	2007-01-31 16:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
07KYIV2401	UKRAINE: COALITION SCENARIOS IN A CLOSE RACE [...] (C) Summary and comment. With reliable polling suggesting that no one party will win an outright majority on its own in the September 30 elections, a coalition will have to be formed either based on an orange variant, a broad coalition that in some way joins the Party of Regions and Our Ukrai [...]	2007-09-18 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2402	UKRAINE: KIROVOHRAD: IT'S A TWO PARTY RACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: In conversations with Kirovohrad's Communist mayor, Our Ukraine Governor, and various campaign workers regarding preparations for the September 30 elections, opinion across the spectrum was that Regions and BYuT will be the top two vote getters with about 25-30 percent each, w [...]	2007-09-18 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
07KYIV2417	UKRAINE: NATO, RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ISSUES ENTER [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions' recent decision to call for a referendum on neutrality (local shorthand for no NATO membership),and an official status for the Russian language resurrects divisive election themes, present in 2004 and 2006, that the major parties had tried to keep quiet so far [...]	2007-09-19 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2479	UKRAINE: SEPTEMBER 30 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS A [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainians will go to the polls on September 30 -- for the fifth time in the past three years -- to elect a new parliament, and attempt to end the political deadlock that has gripped this country since President Yushchenko's April 2 decree dissolving the Rada. With the polls show [...]	2007-09-27 14:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2481	UKRAINE: REGIONS FOCUSES ON CAMPAIGN; PUTS ASIDE [...] (C) Summary. Pouring money and manpower into its campaign effort, Party of Regions leaders have put aside their differences to aim for another win in the September 30 Rada election -- as all polls show them doing -- but squabbles over policy direction and coalition formation could resurface in [...]	2007-09-28 02:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2496	UKRAINE: MYKOLAYIV -- RUNNING ON ISSUES BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern industrial city of Mykolayiv wrestles with a number of local issues revolving around the question of who will control the city's economic assets. Controversy centers in particular on ownership of the Black Sea Shipyard, currently in the hands of Russian businessmen, [...]	2007-09-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV PREL RS UP
07KYIV2508	UKRAINE: ALL SIDES WAIT WHILE ELECTIONS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. As votes continued to trickle into the Central Election Commission on October 2, parties remained for the most part constrained, holding off on both court challenges and coalition negotiations until the final count is announced. With more than 97 percent of the vote counted by 5 [...]	2007-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2555	UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, BALL IN BALOHA'S [...] (C) Summary. Conversations on October 10 with key advisers for Yuliya Tymoshenko and PM Viktor Yanukovych, Hryhoriy Nemyria and Serhiy Lyovochkin respectively, underscore what we have been hearing for the past week -- the ball on coalition formation is in Yushchenko's court, but it may be Pre [...]	2007-10-10 13:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2566	UKRAINE: DASD CAGAN REQUESTS PLUS-UP IN IRAQ [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. In consecutive meetings with Ukrainian Chief of Defense, General of the Army Serhiy Kyrychenko, Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Veselovsky on October 8, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of [...]	2007-10-12 02:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ UP US
07KYIV2634	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT AND OU-PSD [...] (C) Summary. Leader of Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc Yuriy Lutsenko and Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Roman Bezsmertniy told the Ambassador in separate SIPDIS meetings October 16 that OU-PSD and President Yushchenko would support an orange coalition and Tymoshenko to [...]	2007-10-17 12:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2673	UKRAINE: READ-OUT OF MOSCOW TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING [...] (U) We drew on ref A October 23 to brief MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Rustam Rustamov on the results of the U.S.-Russia "2-plus-2" discussions held October 12-13 in Moscow. Belashov, who was on his way the same aftern [...]	2007-10-23 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS UP
07KYIV2713	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH AND TYMOSHENKO WAIT FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PM Yanukovych and his potential successor, Yuliya Tymoshenko, met separately October 24-26 with Colin Powell and Richard Holbrooke, both of whom were in Kyiv to deliver speeches at the invitation of the Pinchuk Foundation, established by businessman and Kuchma son-in-la [...]	2007-10-26 12:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2748	UKRAINE: YOUNG DEPUTIES UNDERSCORE PARTY DIVIDES [...] (C) Summary. A lunch with three young MPs, all under 35 years old, underscored the fact that the three main factions share common policy ideas, but have such strained relations that any cooperation in the next year or two could be situational and uneven. Olena Bondarenko (Regions),Yuriy Pav [...]	2007-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2759	UKRAINE: IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) With regard to all the scenarios contained in reftel, Ukraine's parliament must approve the deployment of Ukrainian military units in peacekeeping operations (PKO),while the President can authorize the participation of individual members of the military in PKOs by the issuance of a Presid [...]	2007-11-06 11:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ UP
07KYIV2794	UKRAINE: MFA Statement on Russian CFE Treaty Suspension [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on November 8, issued a statement expressing its alarm over the Russian Duma decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty's provisions. The strong statement continues the Ukrainian MFA's concern and engagement over the issue (reftels) [...]	2007-11-08 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2810	UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall [...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...]	2007-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP
07KYIV2833	UKRAINE: ODDS MOUNTING AGAINST A TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Summary: After visiting EUR DAS Kramer's series of meetings with top Ukrainian political figures, it is clear that the path to the premiership for Yuliya Tymoshenko will be difficult and is still far from certain. Presidential Administration head Baloha said that he was "101%" certain tha [...]	2007-11-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2858	UKRAINE: PREPARING FOR THE NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. We need to engage now with Ukraine to craft a role for this important partner at the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest even as Ukrainian political forces are focused on building a coalition and forming a new government. While President Yushchenko, FM Yatsenyuk, and Minister of [...]	2007-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL UP
07KYIV2894	UKRAINE: CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE AND MISSILE [...] On November 26, we provided the background information contained ref A on U.S.-Russia discussion on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and missile defense (MD) to MFA Arms Control Counselor Rustam Rustamov and Attache Katerina Bila. (We had originally scheduled a meeting with Arms [...]	2007-11-27 07:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2902	UKRAINE: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS -- DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the U.S.-Iraq Statement of Principles November 27 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko and U.S. and Canada Desk Director Yuriy Nykytiuk. We emphasized the U.S. desire to consult on the best pos [...]	2007-11-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ UP
07KYIV296	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES OHRYZKO AS FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko nominated First Deputy (and currently Acting) Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko February 5 to replace former FM Tarasyuk, defying general expectations that Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Chaliy would be nominated. Ohryzko's nomination [...]	2007-02-05 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3036	UKRAINE: COALITION AGREEMENT TOO BROAD TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Should Yuliya Tymoshenko be confirmed as Prime Minister -- a vote is scheduled for December 11 -- her government program would be based on the coalition agreement, a wide-ranging 81-page document that promises sweeping reforms across the board with an emphasis on social programs, [...]	2007-12-10 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV3102	UKRAINE: WHO'S WHO IN THE TYMOSHENKO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The new Tymoshenko government, confirmed by the Rada December 18, is an interesting mix of PM Tymoshenko loyalists and President Yushchenko loyalists, and of experienced politicians and technocratic newcomers. Disagreements over Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense slots between the [...]	2007-12-20 05:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP

07KYIV315	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Gates, your meeting with President Yushchenko at Wehrkunde next week comes at a time when the struggle between Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation [...]	2007-02-07 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UP
07KYIV3154	UKRAINE: BOHATYREVA APPOINTMENT MUDDIES REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. With Regions finally settling into its role as the opposition, and both Prime Minister Tymoshenko and Regions leader Yanukovych making efforts to be constructive, President Yushchenko's decision to name deputy leader of Party of Regions Raisa Bohatyreva Secretary of the National [...]	2007-12-27 09:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV361	UKRAINE: COALITION PUBLISHES, SEEKS TO AMEND, [...] (SBU) Summary. The controversial Law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which tips the balance of power toward the Prime Minister at the President's expense, continues to be a political football on Kyiv playing fields. The February 2 decision by the Rada (parliament) and Government to officially p [...]	2007-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV452	UKRAINE: RADA REJECTS FM/SBU NOMINEES IN ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary. The Party of Regions-led Rada majority on February 22 rejected presidential nominees for Foreign Minister and Security Service (SBU) Chief in what appears to be the latest skirmish between the President and Prime Minister in the long-running struggle for power. Presidential Secre [...]	2007-02-22 16:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV467	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko arrives in the U.S. at a time when the feuding and deal-making between Ukraine's three major political forces is hamstringing policy-making and legislating. The struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance an [...]	2007-02-23 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV540	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH LOBBIES EUROPE VIA BERLIN [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to gain public support from Germany for his government's goal of promoting Ukraine's integration with Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych made a one-day working visit February 28 to Berlin, meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and addressing a group of German [...]	2007-03-06 15:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN GM UP
07KYIV546	UKRAINE: ENGAGING UKRAINE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: We passed reftel points and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering's powerpoint presentation to MOD and MFA officials February 26-28. Ambassador's February 21 conversation with Presidential adviser, preeminent Ukrainian strategic thinker, and former rocket scientist Vo [...]	2007-03-07 09:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL EZ UP
07KYIV663	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES NATO/SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling discussed Ukraine-NATO relations and security issues with a range of Ukrainian officials March 18-20, in addition to energy, domestic politics, Belarus, and Transnistria (septels). Presidential adviser Oleh Rybachuk described his [...]	2007-03-22 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
07KYIV686	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S DISCUSSIONS OF DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: In a wide range of conversations EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling conducted with Ukrainian officials and commentators March 18-20, the overriding theme in domestic politics was that all branches of the government were consumed with the ongoing struggle for polit [...]	2007-03-23 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV702	UKRAINE: THE STRUGGLE FOR SEVASTOPOL [...] (C) Summary: Sevastopol continues to be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Ukraine and Russian for the hearts and minds of its residents. Moscow Mayor Luzhkov visited Sevastopol February 21, to open a renovated Moscow-funded Russian Culture and Information Center, to visit the Russian Bla [...]	2007-03-29 08:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
07KYIV751	UKRAINE: MOD SAYS NO MANPADS FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Ukrspetsexport and Ministry of Defense representatives, an MOD official said that in response to the U.S. request for additional MANPADS to be used for counter measures development, other than the de [...]	2007-03-30 12:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV756	CREATION OF A GUAM SECRETARIAT CENTRAL TO GUAM'S [...] (C) Summary. First Deputy Minister of Georgia and GUAM National Coordinator Valery Chechelashvili sounded an optimistic note during our conversation with him after the March 15-16 GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) meeting. Chechelashvili, slated to be GUAM's new Secretary General o [...]	2007-03-30 14:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV779	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS FOR U.S.; [...] (U) This is an action request for missile defense related information. See para 5. 2. (SBU) We met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov at his request March 30. Belashov expressed his appreciation for Missile Defense Agenc [...]	2007-04-02 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS EZ PL US UP
07KYIV784	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OVER RADA DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: Justifying his April 2 decree dismissing the Rada (parliament) and calling pre-term elections for May 27, President Yushchenko told G-7 ambassadors April 3 that new elections were a democratic instrument to resolve a political crisis that stemmed from a parliamentary crisis. The [...]	2007-04-03 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR UP
07KYIV853	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH AND YUSHCHENKO AGREE EU [...] (C) Summary: During his March 27 visit to Brussels, PM Yanukovych said he wanted Ukraine to adopt a long-term strategy for EU membership and thanked his interlocutors for their help so far. Echoing President Yushchenko's earlier comments, Yanukovych urged the incorporation of a reference to U [...]	2007-04-11 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN UP
07KYIV88	UKRAINE: AIRCRAFT ENGINE BUILDER MOTOR SICH AND [...] (C) Summary/comment: Ukraine's aircraft engine and industrial gas turbine producer Motor Sich occupies a dominant position in both Ukraine and Russia's aviation industries. The venerable company, which began producing aircraft engines in 1915, remains dependent on Russia for 41 percent of it [...]	2007-01-12 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC EAIR EIND PINR PREL RS UP
07KYIV906	UKRAINE: POLITICIANS CALCULATING ON [...] (C) Summary. While President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych continue to negotiate over whether there will be new Rada elections at some point this year, political playmakers from all parties are angling for best outcomes in the face of possible political compromise or snap elections. [...]	2007-04-13 15:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV921	UKRAINE: CODEL PRICE GREETED BY RADA CRISIS, HAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The visit Codel Price and members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission to Kyiv on April 1-3 came at a contested moment for the development of Ukraine's parliament--a constitutional crisis over whether the ruling coalition majority was formed unconstitutionally and whether [...]	2007-04-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV924	UKRAINE: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER YATSENYUK -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's newest and youngest foreign minister, is extremely bright and, although he has no previous experience at MFA, will pick up the full scope of his new responsibilities quickly. He puts an emphasis on the economic side of his new duties, since he has [...]	2007-04-18 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL PINR UP
07KYIV973	UKRAINE: YATSENYUK'S FIRST VISIT TO WASHINGTON AS [...] (C) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk is familiar with Washington as a former Economics Minister and acting and deputy head of the Ukrainian National Bank, but his visit at the end of April will be his first opportunity to discuss the full range of foreign policy issues. With respect to the bilateral [...]	2007-04-24 14:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD US UP
07KYIV976	UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO OPTIMISTIC ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DATT met with Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko on April 23, 2007 to discuss command and control of military forces, potential uses of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior in times of crisis, Hrytsenko,s inclusion on the party list of Our Ukraine (OU) [...]	2007-04-25 03:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS UP
07LEIPZIG13	FLIGHTS TRANSPORTING U.S. TROOPS RECEIVE EXEMPTION FROM [...] (U) Summary. On June 29, 2007, a Saxony state agency for regional infrastructure issued an amendment to the operating regulations for Leipzig/Halle airport, one effect of which will be that commercial charter flights transporting U.S. military personnel between CONUS and Middle East/Central A [...]	2007-07-06 10:21:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR EAIR MOPS PREL NATO GM
07LISBON1078	PORTUGAL INTERESTED IN MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials were grateful to receive the fact sheets developed by EUR/PPD and EUR/PRA on the proposed U.S. missile defense system in conjunction with Poland and the Czech Republic. Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Pedro Sousa Abreu, who [...]	2007-04-20 10:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1498	DUSD FATA'S MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEF TO NATO PA [...] Summary. DASD Fata provided a missile defense briefing to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Portugal, stressing that the proposed long range system was to detect, deter, and defend against missile threats from the Middle East and that the system posed no threat to Russia. Fata stres [...]	2007-05-29 10:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PO PREL
07LISBON1812	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PORTUGAL JULY 19-20 [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Your visit -- at the beginning of Portugal's EU presidency -- is particularly timely and provides an excellent opportunity to try to shape from the outset the Portuguese government's priorities in a direction consistent with U.S. interests. Portugal - Steadfast Ally ------- [...]	2007-07-11 18:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	PREL PO
07LISBON1841	TOUR D'HORIZON OF PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with EUR/ERA director Bill Lucas, Portuguese officials shared their latest thinking on Lisbon's agenda for its EU presidency (July ) December 2007). Lisbon has a number of challenges on its plate: securing final approval of an EU reform treaty; holding an EU-Afr [...]	2007-07-16 12:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN PO
07LISBON1854	A/S FRIED WITH PORTUGUESE DEFENSE STATESEC JOAO [...] (C) Summary. Portuguese State Secretary for Defense Mira Gomes told A/S Fried that his ministry is considering a plan to lead an Operational Mentoring Liaison Team in Afghanistan in addition to Portugal's current military contributions there, although budgetary and political considerations may [...]	2007-07-18 14:39:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PO AF RS EUN
07LISBON1858	U.S.- EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) A/S Fried met July 13 in Lisbon with Political Directors (PolDirs) from the 27 EU member states and with the EU Troika political directors. The agenda included Kosovo, Russia, NATO coordination in Afghanistan, conflicts in Africa, institution building in the Palestinian Territories, and [...]	2007-07-18 17:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS MOPS PHUM PREL PO EUN UN XA AF ZL RS
07LISBON216	PORTUGAL AND THE INFORMAL NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Summary: Portugal is unlikely to make further commitments for Afghanistan given existing contributions to several overseas operations coupled with the current austerity budget. MFA staff will, however, recommend an enhanced public diplomacy effort by their principals and they look forwar [...]	2007-01-24 13:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PO
07LISBON2199	PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...]	2007-08-28 17:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR
07LISBON2200	PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...]	2007-08-29 06:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR
07LISBON2258	PORTUGAL GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA WATKINS [...] Embassy Lisbon welcomes and grants country clearance for EPA Officials Tim Watkins, Deputy Director, Rachelle Duvall, Physical Scientist, and Deborah Luecken, Research Physical Scientist, to travel to Lisbon, Portugal from September 21-31, 2007 (Watkins and Duvall) and Septmeber 22 - October 0 [...]	2007-09-04 14:26:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PO KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY
07LISBON2307	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (SBU) Mr. President: Your meeting with Prime Minister Socrates -- two months into Portugal's EU presidency -- provides an excellent early opportunity to try to shape the Portuguese government's priorities in a direction consistent with U.S. interests, both from a bilateral perspective and in the E [...]	2007-09-07 16:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	PREL PO
07LISBON247	AMBASSADOR, PM'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (C) At a January 25 meeting with Ambassador Hoffman, Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Jorge Roza de Oliveira discussed the media attention and government response to Ana Gomes' vocal investigation of alleged CIA rendition flights through Portugal. He noted that Foreign Minister Amado [...]	2007-01-26 16:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO PO
07LISBON2564	EU DEFENSE MINISTERS INFORMAL IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. High Rep Solana briefed EU Defense Ministers on the first face-to-face Troika-led negotiations between Serbs and Kosovars. Solana's spokesman said the EU would support any necessary action by troops currently stationed in Kosovo to maintain stability. Solana strongly defended th [...]	2007-10-04 10:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF XA ZL PO EUN
07LISBON2714	PORTUGAL ON THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Portugal's October 25 bilateral meetings with Russia will be designed to keep current relations warm. Even the October 26 EU-Russia summit will discuss issues generally and in a relatively short format. The Portuguese noted, however, that they do not see the December 10 deadline [...]	2007-10-24 16:59:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV IR RS UZ ZL PO
07LISBON2730	PORTUGUESE FM AMADO ON RUSSIA, IRAN, KOSOVO, AND [...] (C) Ambassador hosted FM Amado for a very friendly, two-and-a-half hour one-on-one lunch at the Residence on October 24. Amado said the EU would press President Putin during the October 26 EU-Russia summit to agree to additional UN sanctions on Iran and to invite the OSCE to observe the De [...]	2007-10-26 17:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PO
07LISBON2882	PORTUGAL'S AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C/NF) In a November 9 lunch with DATT and P/E Counselor, the Foreign Minister's diplomatic advisor, Paulo Lourenco, made it clear that President Cavaco Silva himself was behind Portugal's recently announced decision to reduce its contributions to ISAF beginning in August 2008. Lourenco said [...]	2007-11-09 17:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PO
07LISBON2911	MINISTERS CONFIRM, ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN, PORTUGUESE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In conversations with Ambassador Minister of Defense Severiano Teixeira and Minister of Foreign Affairs Amado confirmed that Portugal intended to draw down its contributions to ISAF by August 2008. The Defense Minister portrayed this move as a "different kind of commitment," [...]	2007-11-14 16:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV PO
07LISBON3013	PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT ON AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C) I went alone to my courtesy call on President Cavaco Silva on November 26. It was a warm meeting in which we both described the excellent state of bilateral relations but focused mostly on a constructive discussion of the recent Portuguese decision to draw down combat forces in Afghanist [...]	2007-11-27 16:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PO
07LISBON550	PORTUGAL SIDES WITH NATO ON US MISSILE ASSET ISSUE [...] (C) Pol-Econ officer outlined our concerns regarding the recent Russian threats against Poland and the Czech Republic in a meeting with MFA Disarmament and Security Officer Felipe Ramalheira. Ramalheira welcomed the information about the consultations with Russia and noted that he had not been [...]	2007-03-06 09:59:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PO
07LISBON644	FORMER GOVERNOR BUSH MEETS PORTUGUESE PM, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush, accompanied by Ambassador Hoffman, both President Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Socrates stressed that the U.S.-Portugal relationship transcends party politics, asserting that changes in Portugal,s government do not [...]	2007-03-13 09:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA XF PO
07LISBON966	SPEAKER PELOSI'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a courtesy call on Portuguese Parliament President Jaime Gama on April 6 during a Lisbon stopover following her trip to the Middle East. The hour-long meeting was cordial and broad ranging. Speaker Pelosi underscored that the dele [...]	2007-04-13 09:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PO EUN XF ZP AF
07LJUBLJANA111	SLOVENIA: CONTINUING ITS COMMITMENT TO NATO IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia begins its fifth year of commitment to Afghanistan this week with the deployment of 53 fresh soldiers for a six month rotation with the Italian-led PRT in Herat. These troops relieve 52 troops deployed at that location since August 2006. The GoS announced this fall that [...]	2007-02-23 09:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA15	SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND JANUARY 26 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 14:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO OPDC SI
07LJUBLJANA188	SLOVENIA: MEDIA RESPONSE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian media coverage of U.S. missile defense plans in Poland and Czech Republic has been generally restrained, with numerous straightforward, factual articles, but, as is typical, a handful of acerbic anti-American commentaries from Slovenia's skeptical intellectual elite. A [...]	2007-03-28 09:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	KPAO MARR PREL NATO PGOV MASS SI
07LJUBLJANA237	VCJCS GIAMBASTIANI PRAISES SLOVENIAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Erjavec, Chief of Defense Gutman, and Deputy Chief of Defense Steiner were pleased to show off the Slovenian Armed Forces' (SAF) progress in defense transformation and its significant contributions to international security during a visit March 30 and 31 by Vice [...]	2007-04-17 08:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA25	SLOVENIA AGREES ON KOSOVO, WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Just back from a weekend visit to Belgrade with FM Rupel, MFA Director of Western Balkan Affairs, Leon Marc, expressed the Government of Slovenia's unreserved agreement that there should be no daylight between the US and EU positions on the future status of Kosovo. Raising the pe [...]	2007-01-19 11:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK EUN YI SI
07LJUBLJANA255	PDAS VOLKER ENCOURAGES SLOVENES TO KEEP TRANS [...] (C) In meetings April 10 with Government of Slovenia officials, EUR PDAS Kurt Volker reinforced the importance of maintaining a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue during Slovenia's EU Presidency. Discussions at the MFA focused on the Western Balkans including an idea suggested by MFA Security Poli [...]	2007-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IR RU SI
07LJUBLJANA285	SLOVENIA'S WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia is a standout ally in NATO - currently 11% of its active duty forces are deployed in support of NATO, EU, and UN operations abroad - and is making small, but concrete contributions to coalition efforts in Iraq. I [...]	2007-05-04 14:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER SI
07LJUBLJANA30	SLOVENIA: DINNER WITH THE RUPELS: KOSOVO/SERBIA, [...] (C) Summary. At dinner with COM and wife January 17, FM Dmitrij Rupel reported briefly on his recent trip to Belgrade where he urged PM Kostunica to accept the inevitable on Kosovo. He said he expected the Italian-Slovenian relationship to improve over the next year, noting a discrete agreem [...]	2007-01-19 15:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT SI
07LJUBLJANA31	SLOVENIA IN CAUTIOUS, LISTENING MODE ON CLUSTER [...] (C) PolMilOff met with MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman on January 22 to discuss reftel demarche and ascertain the Government of Slovenia's (GoS) positions on cluster munitions policy and the upcoming conference hosted by the Government of Norway on February 22 and 23 in O [...]	2007-01-23 05:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA312	SLOVENIA CLOSELY WATCHING U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCOURSE [...] (SBU) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar on May 14. Slapnicar told PolMilOff that Slovenia was closely watching recent discourse on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). 2. (C) Slapnicar [...]	2007-05-16 10:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREL OSCE PARM NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA337	U.S. FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE AS DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary. Nearly one year after the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria won a 330 million USD (263 million Euro) contract to supply 135 8x8 armored vehicles to the GoS, the issue continues to dominate headlines amid allegations of cost overr [...]	2007-05-25 15:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MARR MCAP ECON PGOV PINR PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA342	SLOVENIA/CROATIA: PRESSURE MOUNTING TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary. The unseasonably warm spring seems to have been an early trigger for the annual summer border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. Following a winter of relative peace on that front, Slovenian Foreign Minister Rupel stepped back into the fray after the unveiling in Croatia on M [...]	2007-05-29 09:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR SI
07LJUBLJANA382	SLOVENIA: UNIFIED NATO POSITION IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel a points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar who will represent the GOS at the High Level Task Force meeting in Brussels June 7. Slapnicar thanked PolMilOff for the points, the explanation of USG views, and the [...]	2007-06-06 11:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07LJUBLJANA412	SLOVENIA PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS READINESS TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director Stanislav Vidovic told PolMilOff June 14 that the GOS would publicly reaffirm its desire to join the Adapted Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty when possible (as requested in reftel a). He said that he hoped this would help b [...]	2007-06-15 11:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07LJUBLJANA416	HARRAH'S HAMMERS OUT 11TH HOUR AGREEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, Harrah,s Entertainment and the Slovenian state-owned casino company Hit signed a letter of intent to build a mega entertainment center in Nova Gorica in western Slovenia worth up to $1 billion in U.S. foreign investment. Since talks were initiated eighteen months ago [...]	2007-06-19 14:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA418	COM'S JUNE 14 LUNCH WITH PRIME MINISTER JANSA [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch hosted by Prime Minister Janez Jansa for COM June 14, the Ambassador urged Slovenia to exert strong leadership during its upcoming EU Presidency (January-June, 2008). Jansa discussed themes for the Presidency, warned about the potentially explosive situation in Kosov [...]	2007-06-22 13:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PINS EINV MOPS ECON PHUM ETRD PGOV
07LJUBLJANA432	KEEPING SLOVENIA IN IRAQ: HELP NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Slovenia's active support for coalition efforts in Iraq could terminate after only eighteen months. With its commitment of four troops halved to two by the reduction of billets at NTM-I earlier this year and the two re [...]	2007-07-02 12:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR IZ SI
07LJUBLJANA439	SLOVENE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY IN CRISIS [...] (U) Summary. The Slovene Intelligence and Security Agency (SOVA) has come under close scrutiny recently by a Government of Slovenia (GOS) task force specially formed to investigate alleged irregularities in SOVA's performance. What was intended to be a confidential investigation was leaked to [...]	2007-07-05 13:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PGOV PINR SI
07LJUBLJANA44	SLOVENIA: ANOTHER NEW FACE IN THE PROVINCES, [...] (U) Summary. Maribor, Slovenia's second city situated in the northeast, voted Franc Kangler of the Slovene People's Party (SLS) into office in the October 2006 elections. After 47 days in office, he is confident he can meet 70% of his campaign promises by the end of this year. Kangler spent [...]	2007-01-29 14:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SI
07LJUBLJANA52	SLOVENIA: MOUNTAIN SCHOOL LOOKING FOR WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a January 24 meeting with Lt. Miha Kuhar, the director of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Mountain Warfare School, Kuhar eagerly embraced suggestions that the school partner with the U.S. Military's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany and expressed [...]	2007-01-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA558	SLOVENIA RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO NMT-I [...] (C) Slovenia has renewed its commitment to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) by deploying two fresh troops to Baghdad to replace two soldiers who returned to Slovenia as scheduled. An officer who will perform logistical base operations and a non-commissioned officer who will serve as [...]	2007-08-30 11:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI
07LJUBLJANA560	SLOVENIA RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO NMT-I [...] (C) Slovenia has renewed its commitment to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) by deploying two fresh troops to Baghdad to replace two soldiers who returned to Slovenia as scheduled. An officer who will perform logistical base operations and a non-commissioned officer who will serve as [...]	2007-08-30 12:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI
07LJUBLJANA564	OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA FOR SLOVENIA [...] (SBU) In post's judgment, Slovenia should not have many difficulties fulfilling the accession to the OECD. It meets many of the pre-accession criteria and shares the fundamental common values. Since independence in 1991, its foreign policy goal has been to integrate into the Euro-Atlantic co [...]	2007-08-30 17:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD PGOV OECD KDEM SENV SI
07LJUBLJANA590	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Security Policy Division representative Mateja Kracun on September 10. She stated that the MFA had instructed its permanent representative to NATO to support North Atlantic Council Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's planned visit to SIPDIS T [...]	2007-09-11 15:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA662	SLOVENIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Slovenia's Presidential election will take place this Sunday, October 21. The State Electoral Commission has confirmed the candidacies of seven citizens. The top two finishers will go to a second round on November 11 if neither garners over 50 percent of the vote. Polls still predict Eur [...]	2007-10-19 10:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA666	SLOVENES FOCUSED ON BALKANS AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Slovene officials assured visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber October 4-5 that the GOS views the transatlantic relationship as vital even as it becomes increasingly immersed in the internal business of the EU Presidency. Garber welcomed Slovenia,s Presidency and stressed that the U.S. is looking [...]	2007-10-24 09:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO PGOV PHUM ENRG SI
07LJUBLJANA681	SLOVENIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Slovenia for the loss of lives, property, livelihoods, and serious damage to infrastructure caused by a surprise flood that damaged one-third of the Republic of Slovenia. I hereby request $50,000 for disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. 2. On September 18, 2007, Pr [...]	2007-10-26 14:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA69	SLOVENIA: FORMER PRESIDENT KUCAN LAMENTS LACK OF [...] (C) Summary: Milan Kucan, independent Slovenia's first and longest serving president continues to hold his finger to the nation's political pulse. On February 1, he shared with COM his views on domestic politics and what he terms a lack of vision by both the ruling coalition and the opposition [...]	2007-02-05 15:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA704	SLOVENIA EAGER TO HEAR FROM DAS DICARLO ON BALKAN [...] (C) In a series of November 5 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, senior MFA officials urged close cooperation and sought U.S. views as to the way forward on Balkan issues, which Slovenia sees as a priority issue for its EU Presidency. The Slovenes stressed the importance of speeding up [...]	2007-11-09 11:52:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA736	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US PROPOSALS ON MD AND CFE [...] (C) On November 30, EmbOff used reftel points to brief MFA Security Division Director Stanislav Vidovic on U.S. proposals for Missile Defense (MD) and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Vidovic stated that Slovenia supports both U.S. proposals. Regarding MD, Slovenia supports al [...]	2007-11-30 12:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA762	SLOVENIAN POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TRACKS EU [...] (U) On December 11, Emboff delivered reftel points and nonpapers to MFA Security Policy Division Minister Counselor Irina Gorsic, who related that Slovenia supports the common EU position on cluster munitions in both the Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) framework and the Oslo Process. Gorsic [...]	2007-12-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PARM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA79	SLOVENES TALK CLUSTER MUNITIONS, MANPADS, PSI, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Security Policy Director Stanislav Vidovic told PM/WRA Director Richard Kidd on February 6 that Slovenia is willing to hear the USG position on cluster munitions, ready to follow up on MANPADS discussions, eager to test its abilities with a May PSI exercise, and solidly in su [...]	2007-02-13 13:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PARM PINR PREL MARR MASS SI
07LJUBLJANA95	SLOVENIA WRESTLING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS IN NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia's commitment to NATO and to international security took a giant leap forward this week as the Slovenian Armed Forces began a six month, 600 troop deployment -- the largest overseas operation in the history of independent Slovenia -- to take over the Western Sector of KFOR [...]	2007-02-16 14:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PINS NATO SI
07LONDON1279	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS REVIEWS AFGHAN AND OTHER CN ISSUES WITH UK [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 14:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AF UK
07LONDON640	(C) AFGHANISTAN: UK WILL URGE ICELAND TO KEEP [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 15:02:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IC AF UK NATO
07LUANDA519	ANGOLA: AGING ARSENAL THREATENS CIVILIANS [...] (C) Summary: Recent visits to Angolan Air Force ammunition storage facilities found inadequate storage practices for the vast remnants of its Soviet-era arsenal. The Angolan military's limited stockpile destruction capacity has prompted them to turn to NGOs such as HALO Trust for assistance. [...]	2007-05-24 11:08:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL KHDP PINR AO
07LUXEMBOURG110	LUXEMBOURG PRESSED TO REIN IN ITS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Following up to ref A, Embassy translated and sent to EUR/UBI the text of a statement by Foreign Minister Asselborn made March 13 before the Chamber of Deputies explaining his public comments crticizing the planned European missile defense system (MDS)(ref B). Embassy believes that the st [...]	2007-03-15 16:34:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL NATO MARR PL EZ RU LU
07LUXEMBOURG12	AMBASSADOR WAGNER PRESSES AFGHANISTAN AND MIDDLE [...] (C) On January 8, Ambassador Wagner met with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. She outlined four priorities for the USG in the Middle East: success in Iraq; the MEPP; stability in Lebanon; and Iran. She noted that the U.S. would vigorously support creation of an independent Palest [...]	2007-01-09 07:14:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG162	AMBASSADOR WAGNER'S MEETING WITH FM ASSELBORN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wagner met privately with Foreign Minister Asselborn April 28 to press home the U.S. government's deep concerns about the unhelpful remarks he has made about missile defense. Asselborn defended his comments by stating that he was merely saying "what other people were [...]	2007-05-03 16:33:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG204	PUTIN VISITS JUNCKER LOOKING FOR FRIENDS IN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a one-day, first-ever state visit by a Russian or Soviet leader to Luxembourg on 24 May. The visit encompassed several dimensions but focused heavily on EU-Russia relations with the majority of the 9-hour visit being taken up by meeti [...]	2007-05-25 19:48:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV LU EU NATO RU
07LUXEMBOURG215	LUXEMBOURG SUPPORTS CM BAN, BUT WILL NOT ALLOW IT [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief discussed points contained reftel with Michel Leesch, MFA Desk Officer for Political-Military & Non-Proliferation Affairs on 29 May. Leesch said that Luxembourg had a mandate from Parliament to negotiate an international instrument which would ban cluster munitions an [...]	2007-05-31 15:26:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG222	LUXEMBOURG TO CHAIR EXTRAORDINARY CFE TREATY [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer discussed points contained reftel as well as the point-by-point response to Russian concerns with the Luxembourg MFA. The MFA was particularly appreciative of the information as Luxembourg was notified last week by the Netherlands that Luxembourg would be chairing this ex [...]	2007-06-05 15:55:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL LU RU
07LUXEMBOURG280	LUXEMBOURG UNABLE TO PROVIDE AMMUNITION FOR LAF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 16:04:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO LU LE
07LUXEMBOURG35	LUXEMBOURG ARMY WANTS TO CREATE UNITS FOR [...] The Government of Luxembourg will soon ask its parliament to approve reforms that will make it easier for troops to serve in NATO and EU missions outside the Grand Duchy. Minister of Defense Jean-Louis Schiltz outlined the proposal at a January 17 swearing-in ceremony for 39 new enlistees. Th [...]	2007-01-19 15:26:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG398	LUXEMBOURG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of Defense recently provided the Embassy with updated facts and figures concerning Luxembourg's total contributions to Afghanistan's security and development. The information included military as well as developmental assistance. 2. (U) Regarding military assistance, sin [...]	2007-10-01 13:39:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR LU AF
07LUXEMBOURG42	LUXEMBOURG URGED TO INCREASE ITS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Wagner met with Defense Minister Jean-Louis Schiltz January 23 to encourage increased Luxembourg support for Afghanistan. Offering the Minister an overview of U.S. policy in the Middle East including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Middle East Peace Plan (MEPP),the Ambassa [...]	2007-01-24 16:11:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF LU
07LUXEMBOURG459	LUXEMBOURG EXTENDS ISAF AND KFOR MANDATES AND WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 11:58:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL NATO EU PINS AG KV LU
07LUXEMBOURG491	LUXEMBOURG: OSLO PROCESS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM discussed points contained Ref A with Paul Duhr, Secretary General of the Luxembourg MFA on 12 December. Duhr made it clear that he understood the U.S.' position on the Oslo Process and cluster munitions and assured the Ambassador that whatever the outcome of [...]	2007-12-13 13:18:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL NATO NAMSA LU
07LUXEMBOURG494	LUXEMBOURG APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Luxembourg Parliament passed a long-anticipated military reform package on 19 December 2007 without objection. Key provisions include the creation of "Available Operational Units" (or UDO in French) which are available for service abroad, expanding the size of the army by nea [...]	2007-12-20 15:49:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV NATO MOPS PREL EU LU
07MADRID1021	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO [...] (C) Dear Secretary Rice: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit is a milestone in our work, together with you, to overcome the differences over Iraq with the Spanish government and convince them that further [...]	2007-05-25 11:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL SP
07MADRID108	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS: BRUCE JONES [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USGS Chief Scientist for Geography Bruce Jones to travel to Playa de Palma, Spain on February 10 to February 16. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final editorial board meeting for the NATO CCMS book on Landscape Science and Environmental Security. [...]	2007-01-19 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHYTRP KSCA ECON SENV SP
07MADRID1099	SPAIN ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez June 6 to discuss the need for a united response to Russia's concerns on the CFE treaty. Sanchez said that neither he nor Deputy DG for International Security Affairs Pablo Gutierrez-Segu would be able [...]	2007-06-06 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL SP
07MADRID1113	SPAIN: EMBASSY REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Please see Action Request in paragraph six. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A $1.2 billion frigate construction program involving Spain, Norway, and Lockheed Martin has been on hold for months because of a technical disagreement between Spanish MOD and USG regarding a signature on an export control [...]	2007-06-08 16:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC SP
07MADRID1144	SPANISH POLDIR ON CFE, CUBA, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar June 7 to discuss the need for unity at next week's extraordinary CFE Treaty conference in Vienna. Dezcallar reiterated Spain's strong commitment to NATO and expressed concern at the tone of Putin's recent rhetori [...]	2007-06-11 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCFE CU SP OSCE
07MADRID116	SENIOR SPANISH OPPOSITION OFFICIAL REITERATES [...] (C) Summary. The DCM on January 16 met with Angel Acebes, Secretary General of the opposition Popular Party (PP) and SIPDIS Minister of Interior under former President Aznar. The meeting covered a myriad of foreign policy issues. Acebes reiterated his party's strong disagreement with the anti-terr [...]	2007-01-22 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID1178	SPAIN ON SCO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-15 07:19:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS NATO SP AF
07MADRID1202	SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...]	2007-06-19 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS AF

07MADRID1251	SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...]	2007-06-22 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS AF LE
07MADRID1337	SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USAFE REORG AND MANPOWER [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, Post notified the GOS of US Air Force Europe's plans to eliminate the 38th Combat Support Wing and reduce 31 USAFE positions at Moron air base by the end of FY09. Post delivered the notification through the US-Spain Permanent Committee (PC),which is established un [...]	2007-07-09 07:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL MARR NATO SP
07MADRID134	SPANISH ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) ESTHOFF made reftel points January 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, sharing U.S. concerns about the movement to restrict the use of cluster munitions, inquiring about GOS intentions vis-a-vis the February 22-3 Oslo Conference, and probing to see if S [...]	2007-01-25 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP
07MADRID136	SPAIN SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN [...] (C) During a private dinner with spouses, the Ambassador briefly discussed with FM Moratinos on January 19 ref A points regarding the US's objectives for the NATO foreign ministerial and the need for Allies to take the offensive in Afghanistan. Moratinos said he looked forward to greater det [...]	2007-01-25 17:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO SP
07MADRID1487	SPANISH DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, DEFENSE SALES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso told the Ambassador on July 25 that Spain's military training teams (OMLTs) will go to Afghanistan in September. He said that NATO's efforts to improve ISAF-OEF coordination are helping but reaffirmed the need to continue to be mindful of the h [...]	2007-07-30 11:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR SP AF
07MADRID1492	SPAIN WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY [...] (U) Dear Madame Chairwoman: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. In addition to being a beautiful, historic and culturally rich nation, Spain is a valued U.S. partner and an important geostrategic player. Spai [...]	2007-07-30 16:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL SP
07MADRID1494	SPANISH DEFENSE POLDIR ON LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on July 26 that Spain believes that the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon is helping. He rejected press reports that Spanish troops in Lebanon had been working with Hizballah. Cuesta said that MOD would be working throughout [...]	2007-08-01 07:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP LE AF
07MADRID159	NEW SPANISH DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR ON [...] (C/NF) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met with new MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta on January 30 to SIPDIS reinforce ref A points on the importance of additional commitments to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. DCM emphasized that while ISAF is making progress in Afghanistan [...]	2007-01-30 17:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP AF
07MADRID1661	SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche relating to the August 6 Russian incursion into Georgian airspace to Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 29. Moratinos, who was preparing to leave for Moscow that very afternoon, gave indications of his agreement with U.S. concerns. He to [...]	2007-08-29 17:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP PGOV OSCE CVIS NATO
07MADRID1702	SPAIN/NATO: GENERAL SANZ ON HIS CANDIDACY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz Roldan told me August 30 that he feels positive about his chances as a candidate for Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero both offered Sanz their personal support, and Sanz said that he ho [...]	2007-08-31 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL NATO SP
07MADRID1721	SPAIN PARTICIPATION 2007 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] Country clearance is requested for Pol/Mil officer E. Strother Murray, the designated participant for Embassy Madrid, to travel to Brussels, Belgium from September 18 to 21. The purpose of travel is to participate in the USNATO/USEU Pol/Mil workshop from September 19-21. 2. The following [...]	2007-09-07 07:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO OTRA
07MADRID1774	SPAIN/CT OVERVIEW: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Mr. Ambassador, the visit to Madrid of your interagency delegation comes during a time when the Spanish government is already in a heightened state of terrorist alert, both from the Basque terrorist group ETA and from Islamist extremists threatening to strike at the heart of t [...]	2007-09-13 13:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL SP
07MADRID196	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SECDEF ROBERT M. GATES [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Delegation traveling with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to travel to Seville, Spain on or about February 7 to February 12. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the USNATO Defense Ministerial meetings. 2. Contro [...]	2007-02-06 12:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC EAID KHIV OTRA SOCI SP
07MADRID197	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF VISIT TO SPAIN [...] (C/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome to Spain. Your visit to Spain will be brief, and it will be focused on NATO issues rather than on the host. Nonetheless, the trip provides an important opportunity to discuss key initiatives with your Spanish counterpart, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, an [...]	2007-02-06 14:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID198	SPAIN: EU CONSTITUTION HELPS THOSE WHO HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain hosted a January 26 conference at the deputy foreign minister level of the 18 nations that have ratified the EU Constitution Treaty. While most efforts at reviving the EU Constitution impasse have focused on stripping away enough objectionable content to satisfy the Frenc [...]	2007-02-06 14:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SP
07MADRID1987	EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S OCTOBER 15 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and CDA Llorens met October 15 with Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. A/S Fried briefed Moratinos on 2 2 talks on CFE and missile defense, including the possibility of major progress on CFE in time for the OSCE ministerial Spain is hosting in November. A/S Fried prepa [...]	2007-10-18 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP KV CU
07MADRID2034	EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]	2007-10-25 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2046	EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID - [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]	2007-10-29 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID208	SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN FIRM [...] (C/NF) President Zapatero is highly unlikely to in the near term reverse his statement that Spain will not augment its troop presence in Afghanistan, thereby nixing the possibility of staffing the ISAF XI HQ in Kabul (with some 120-150 personnel). This conclusion stems from Ambassador Aguirre,s con [...]	2007-02-07 14:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID2092	NATO MILITARY COMMITTEE VOTE - SPANISH MAKE FINAL [...] (C) DCM met November 7 with Secretary of State for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta. Cuesta raised the CHOD Sanz' candidacy for Chair of the NATO Military Committee, noting that all three countries seeking the post -- Italy, Poland, and Spain -- had much to recommend them. However, he noted that It [...]	2007-11-08 19:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID210	FM MORATINOS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos called Ambassador Aguirre February 7 to discuss Spain's commitment to Afghanistan in advance of the February 8-9 NATO ministerial in Sevilla. The Ambassador had previously spoken with Defense Minister Alonso and National Security Advisor Casajuana on t [...]	2007-02-07 17:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID2123	ROYAL SMACKDOWN OF CHAVEZ MEETS WITH SPANISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Judging from the reaction in Spain, King Juan Carlos seems to have been speaking for many when he asked Venezuelan President Chavez to shut up at the Iberoamerican Summit (ref a). His angry rebuke of Chavez has gone over well with the Spanish public, and the recording of it is r [...]	2007-11-16 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID2142	SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. We realize much of your time will rightly be occupied by the OSCE ministerial, but we are certain that when you engage on bilateral issues, you will find the Spanish keenly interested in what you have to say. The country is absorbed with [...]	2007-11-20 18:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID2150	SCENESETTER: SPAIN WELCOMES SECRETARY PETERS [...] (SBU) I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 362 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit comes just three months before the general elections, an exciting time for the country in what appears will be a very close race between incumbent President [...]	2007-11-23 18:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SP ECON OREP PREL
07MADRID2179	ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED BILATERAL WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen on 11/29/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/07 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Rocen was not willing to commit on when Montenegro might recognize Kosovo - [...]	2007-11-30 14:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV NATO PREL OSCE
07MADRID2197	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH POLISH U/S WASZCZYKOWSKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Polish Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski on 11/30/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/2007 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Waszczykowski said that while Poland does plan troop level reductions in [...]	2007-12-05 09:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO OSCE EUR
07MADRID2202	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns met with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on the margins of the Organization of Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Burns agreed with Schwarzenberg that NATO members must coordinate a strong message and plan for dealing w [...]	2007-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL SP CZ
07MADRID2225	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary Burns and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. U/S Burns delivered our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its institutions, particularly ODIH [...]	2007-12-11 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID2247	DEMARCHE ON U.S. VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar November 13, stressing the urgency of bringing closure to the issue of Kosovo. Dezcallar said Spain has never been enthusiastic about a declaration of independence and hoped the entire affair woul [...]	2007-12-14 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI SP
07MADRID2297	SPAIN: DCM COMPARES NOTES WITH MOD SEC-GEN LUIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Chief of Mission and Spanish Ministry of Defense Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta reviewed the past year in U.S.-Spanish cooperation and addressed ongoing issues at their December 19 meeting. Saying it helped to have helpful counterparts, Cuesta agreed 2007 had [...]	2007-12-26 06:58:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID2302	SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ [...] (SBU) Summary: I warmly welcome Codel Martinez to Madrid. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays and starting to focus on what is likely to be a very competitive March 9 general election. Although the media here prefers to focus on the allegedly frosty U.S.-Spain relation [...]	2007-12-28 12:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL SP
07MADRID2304	SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The December 27 Spanish press carried an interview with Former President Jose Maria Aznar in which Aznar asserted Kosovo's independence would have pernicious consequences for Europe. He said Spain had not participated in NATO operations in the Balkans in order to create an independent Kos [...]	2007-12-28 18:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI SP
07MADRID269	SPANISH DEPUTY DEFMIN ON UPCOMING PENTAGON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met with Secretary of State for Defense Francisco Pardo on February 13 to review plans for Pardo's upcoming, defense-sales-focused trip to the US. DCM and Pardo briefly discussed bilateral defense sales, the GOS reaction to press coverage of US military flights stopping in S [...]	2007-02-14 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID402	SPANISH BACKTRACK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting scheduled to discuss other disarmament-related issues, MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez sheepishly informed ESTHOFF that the information he had provided on January 24 regarding Spanish policy on cluster munitions (REF A) had been in [...]	2007-03-05 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP
07MADRID438	SPAIN: NEED UNSCR ON KOSOVO; MUST ENGAGE SERBIA [...] (C) The DCM met with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on March 2 to discuss his recent visit with Foreign Minister Moratinos to Belgrade and Pristina as Chair-in-Office of the OSCE. The DCM emphasized the need to support the Ahtisaari plan and maintain EU and U.S. [...]	2007-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP YI
07MADRID483	OUTGOING SPANISH DEP DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, BILAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a farewell meeting, outgoing Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told DCM on March 13 that his recent trip to the US was useful. He said that he continues to worry about how to manage the "asymmetry" in the bilateral defense relationship. Pardo reiterated the Zapatero gov [...]	2007-03-15 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID564	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 12:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD KNNP
07MADRID667	SPAIN: MOD POLICY DG ON NCIS/OSI, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Director General for Policy Major General Benito Raggio told PolCouns on March 26 that he is glad to see a positive conclusion to negotiations over regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigati [...]	2007-04-11 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP RU YI
07MADRID672	SPANISH EX-DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR REFLECTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Francisco Torrente, a retired admiral who stepped down in January as MOD Secretary General for Policy, told DCM during a private lunch on March 26 that Spain would staff the NATO-ISAF headquarters in Kabul beginning in summer 2008, after national elections. He acknowledged that th [...]	2007-04-11 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PGOV SP AF
07MADRID686	SPAIN APPRECIATIVE OF MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEFING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of ongoing USG efforts to engage the Spanish government on missile defense, Missile Defense Agency deputy director Brigadier General Patrick O'Reilly met with MOD and MFA officials, as well as opinion leaders and an influential opposition member of Parliament, on March 30. [...]	2007-04-13 10:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID687	SPANISH MFA READOUT OF MORATINOS TRIP TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: With FM Moratinos traveling in Central Asia as OSCE chairman and thus unable to meet with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez gave DCM an initial readout on April 12 of Moratinos' trip to Cuba. Jimenez said that the trip's objective was to r [...]	2007-04-13 10:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID69	SPAIN: DEFMIN ON SECDEF/NATO MINISTERIAL, SUB [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Defense Minister Alonso January 11 to touch base on the upcoming visit to Seville of SecDef Gates in connection with the February 8-9 NATO Defense Ministerial. The two, who meet frequently, were to meet briefly for coffee but the session lasted an ho [...]	2007-01-12 17:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV SP
07MADRID707	SPANISH POLDIR: MY TRIPS TO KABUL, TEHRAN, HAVANA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish MFA DG for Policy Rafael Dezcallar told DCM on April 17 that his recent trip to Afghanistan left him newly optimistic because NATO-ISAF is on the offensive and Afghan ministers and troops are starting to play a serious role. He said that the GOS will soon begin an initiat [...]	2007-04-18 15:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SP IR AF CU AG MO WI IZ KZ UZ
07MADRID750	SPAIN AND US SIGN NCIS/OSI REGULATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As required by the 2002 revision of the bilateral Agreement on Defense Cooperation (ADC),Spain and the US have signed regulations for the activities in Spain of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and USAF Office of Special Investigations (OSI). Defense Minister Alon [...]	2007-04-25 14:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID824	SPAIN: MISSILE DEFENSE IS NRC ISSUE, NOT OSCE ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM OSCE EZ PL RS SP
07MADRID836	SPAIN'S IDEAS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a conversation with DCM on May 3 that focused on missile defense (reftel),MFA PolDir Rafael Dezcallar raised four issues related to Afghanistan. Dezcallar wanted to know whom in the Department MFA should contact regarding [...]	2007-05-07 06:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP
07MADRID859	ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...]	2007-05-10 13:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID869	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DHS/NNTRAV DECORPO, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to DHS personnel: James Decorpo, Joe Foster, Lilia Ramirez from the Science and Technology Directorate to travel to Toledo, Spain on May 5 to May 10. The purpose of this visit is to participate in NATO meetings on prediction detection of improvised explosive [...]	2007-05-11 12:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM SP
07MADRID911	SCENESETTER FOR US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C/NF) Dan, welcome back to Spain. I appreciate your patience and efforts to finally resolve the NCIS/OSI issue and I'm glad that you've made this High-Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting a priority. Now that the Permanent Committee is back on track, handling routine issues at the staff lev [...]	2007-05-14 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID950	DEPUTY FM LEON ON KOSOVO, IRAQ, IRAN/VENEZUELA, [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with MFA Secretary of State Bernardino Leon on May 17 at the Charge's residence. Leon said Spain was looking forward to the visit of Secretary Rice and said that there was concern that the visit not be manipulated by "either side" of the Spanish political spectrum. C [...]	2007-05-18 17:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID976	SPAIN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS/LIMA TEXT [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF and POLOFF made reftel points May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to support U.S. positions as the international community charts the future of the [...]	2007-05-21 11:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS NATO PARM PREL SP
07MADRID984	RUSSIANS ON SPANISH OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns discussed OSCE issues with Russian Political Counselor Alexey Dementiev and Advisor Dennis Gonchar on May 18 at the Russians' request. Dementiev indicated Russia's strong support for the U.S. led Global Initiative and offered to increase U.S.-Russia coordination through [...]	2007-05-22 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE SP RS
07MADRID999	3RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...]	2007-05-24 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS
07MANAMA582	BAHRAIN DECIDES AGAINST JOINING PSI OPERATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action message - please see para 3. 2. (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa confirmed to the Ambassador June 21 information that Defense Minister General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa also discussed with the Ambassador the previous day: that Bahrain [...]	2007-06-21 13:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM BA REGION BILAT
07MANAMA883	BAHRAIN'S LEADERS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: In three days of courtesy calls with Bahrain,s senior leadership following the Ambassador,s presentation of credentials, we have noted a striking consistency of views on the challenges facing Bahrain: --- The bilateral relationship is strong, cemented by a feeling of personal f [...]	2007-09-17 14:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PINR PREL IR BA
07MANILA2827	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES [...] (SBU) Chairman Reyes and Members of the Delegation, a warm welcome to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. Your visit comes at a time when the Philippine military is still mourning the loss of soldiers in Mindana [...]	2007-08-17 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL EAID RP
07MANILA2869	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL SILVERBERG [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy warmly welcomes Staffdel Silverberg to the Philippines. The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. Your visit comes at a time when the Philippine military is still mourning the loss of soldiers in Mindanao while [...]	2007-08-23 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL EAID RP
07MANILA533	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN CHABOT [...] (U) Congressman Chabot, a warm welcome to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines remain strong. The unique bond shared between U.S. and Philippine veterans further strengthens our ties, as the memory of our partnership in Wor [...]	2007-02-15 10:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL EAID PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP
07MASERU210	LESOTHO: U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning the introduction of a U.S. resolution granting Kosovo independence to Lesotho's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa on April 4. She provided the key points, notably the fact that Kosovo has experienced eight years of United Natio [...]	2007-04-04 14:41:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR UN LT
07MASERU213	LESOTHO: U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning the introduction of a U.S. resolution granting Kosovo independence to Lesotho's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa on April 4. She provided the key points, notably the fact that Kosovo has experienced eight years of United Natio [...]	2007-04-05 09:01:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UN LT
07MINSK258	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK259	NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHAIR WELCOMES AND [...] (C) Ambassador on March 19 met with the Chair of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences (BNAS) Myasnikovich. The BNAS chair briefly criticized U.S. "isolationist" policies towards Belarus, but generally spoke about the need to increase U.S.-Belarusian bilateral cooperation in science. Myasnikovic [...]	2007-03-23 16:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR BO
07MINSK270	DEFMIN SEEKS USG COOPERATION DESPITE THE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev told Ambassador during their first meeting that he would like to deepen the military's interaction with the United States, but he understands the political obstacles to high-level cooperation. The MoD benefited greatly from past USG assistance, and Maltsev [...]	2007-03-29 12:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK273	LUKASHENKO RESURFACES AFTER SUSPICIOUS 17-DAY [...] (C) President Lukashenko made a point to quell rumors about his health after a suspicious 17-day absence from the media spotlight. On March 28, a pale and balding Lukashenko appeared at a state-owned greenhouse and livestock farm and admitted to journalists that he was a bit tired, but comple [...]	2007-03-30 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK382	LUKASHENKO, PALE AND BOMBASTIC, SLAMS U.S. AT [...] (SBU) President Lukashenko on May 9 delivered a war-like Victory Day speech to WWII veterans and the diplomatic corps at Victory Square in Minsk. After leading a short march of WWII veterans and laying a wreath at the eternal flame, Lukashenko praised the heroism and sacrifice of the Belarusi [...]	2007-05-10 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
07MINSK578	LUKASHENKO PAYS FEALTY TO RUSSIA, DEFIES WEST [...] (C) In recent Belarusian Independence Day speeches, President Lukashenko reaffirmed the GOB's commitment to strengthening its relations with Russia and other former Soviet republics. Meanwhile, the dictator defiantly downplayed the economic consequences of the EU's recent removal of trade pr [...]	2007-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MINSK780	LOVING FOR LUKA IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES: A GLIMPSE [...] (C) Recent travel to Lukashenko's birthplace revealed Shklov and environs to be a veritable Potemkin village. Thanks to the dictator's largesse, the town of less than 15,000 sported brightly painted houses -- at least on the main streets -- and a number of new public institutions. The vaunte [...]	2007-09-12 08:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK825	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Leaflets against Edicts Seized at Market (para. 2) - Corruption Case Sent to Supreme Court (para. 3) - Activist Hospitalized After Arrest (para. 4) - Participants of F [...]	2007-09-27 16:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
07MONTREAL302	Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre-License Check on Application [...] (SBU) Conoff contacted Rheinmetall Canada headquarters in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. All officials contacted were helpful and forthcoming, and though they had not been contacted by the Mission in the past, understood the purpose of our questions. 2. Natalie Nantel, Transport Coordinator [...]	2007-07-25 14:28:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC NL CA TU GM NO
07MOSCOW1001	U/S JOSEPH-RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. On January 29 in Moscow, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak co-chaired a meeting on the Strategic Security Dialogue. They discussed a range of issues, including: -- Joint Ini [...]	2007-03-09 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	IAEA KACT KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS START
07MOSCOW1105	CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...]	2007-03-14 14:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS
07MOSCOW1236	RUSSIAN MFA: AFGHANISTAN POST-FM VISIT; IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting, MFA Director Maryasov said Russia was evaluating further arms donations to Afghanistan, finalizing the debt relief documents, pushing for CSTO-NATO counter-narcotics cooperation, and sending a drug control official to Kabul in the "nearest future." During [...]	2007-03-22 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR RS
07MOSCOW1287	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...]	2007-03-23 19:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1288	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...]	2007-03-23 19:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1291	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...]	2007-03-26 02:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1292	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...]	2007-03-26 02:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW1305	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...]	2007-03-26 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW1653	RUSSIA-HUNGARY: WARMING TREND [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's late-March visit to Moscow continued the warming trend in relations between Russia and Hungary. Strong economic interests have been sufficient to overcome the historical legacy that dominates Russia's relations with some of its former s [...]	2007-04-12 08:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG HU RS
07MOSCOW1809	UKRAINE: GOR WAITING FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) Since the early-April start of the Ukrainian government crisis, the GOR has consistently maintained that it is an internal Ukrainian affair and not amenable to Russia's overt involvement. The Ukrainian FM Yatsenyuk's April 16 visit was portrayed as "business as usual," during which the t [...]	2007-04-19 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1877	US-RUSSIA STRATEGIC SECURITY TALKS, APRIL 17 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Missile Defense (MD) dominated the all-day Strategic Security talks in Moscow April 17. The Russian side, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, contended that the proposed placement of MD interceptors and a radar in Poland and the Czech Republic, respectively, occurred along [...]	2007-04-23 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MARR PINS PREL PTER RS
07MOSCOW1932	PUTIN'S STATE OF THE FEDERATION ADDRESS: TOUTING [...] (SBU) Summary: President Putin's hour-plus address to the Federal Assembly on April 26 was - he emphasized - his last. To loud applause, he declared support for a "moratorium" on Russia's compliance with the CFE Treaty. He again condemned U.S. plans to deploy BMD systems in Europe. The bul [...]	2007-04-26 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV PARM RS
07MOSCOW2128	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...]	2007-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS
07MOSCOW2201	RUSSIA AND A CFE "MORATORIUM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed with the Ambassador Putin's April 26 call for a moratorium on Russia's compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and his insistence that all NATO Allies ratify the Adapted Treaty without linkage to the 1999 Istanbul c [...]	2007-05-11 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MARR NATO RS
07MOSCOW2469	MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) The Kremlin or its well-wishers have been making erratic attempts to fine tune the press in an effort to ensure that the looming Duma and presidential elections go according to script. Ownership of key media by the government or by those friendly to it has been consolidated, a code of beh [...]	2007-05-25 14:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2472	CODEL NELSON/LOTT: SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a vital juncture in Russian-American relations. As Russia moves closer to succession in March 2008, the more complicated this relationship will be to manage. There is a lot at stake: deepening cooperation in reversing North Korea's nuclear status and preventing the [...]	2007-05-25 17:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PARM ENRG RS
07MOSCOW2590	CODEL NELSON-LOTT MEETS WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group Co-Chairs Senator Ben Nelson and Senator Trent Lott, accompanied by Senators Evan Bayh, Judd Gregg, and Richard Burr, met May 29 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and [...]	2007-06-01 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KNDP ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS
07MOSCOW2659	LOCAL PUNDITS ON RUSSIA'S ESCALATING RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: The latest Russian rhetoric against U.S. missile defense plans, in conjunction with last week's missile testing, is read by both pro-Kremlin and liberal analysts as further evidence of Putin's continued frustration with U.S.-Russian relations. They argue that the combative ton [...]	2007-06-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2693	RUSSIA SUPPORTS CLUSTER MUNITIONS DISCUSSION IN [...] (C) Andrey Malov, Counselor in the Multilateral Disarmament Section of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us June 5 that Russia shared the US view that discussion of cluster munitions (CM) should remain in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). [...]	2007-06-06 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS
07MOSCOW2741	RUSSIA: NO FLEXIBILITY ON CFE REDLINES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Russians plan to come to the June 12 CFE Extraordinary Conference (which they convened) with no new initiatives. Instead, they plan to restate their longstanding positions and to listen to what the U.S. and its Allies have to offer. Barring an unanticipated decision by NA [...]	2007-06-08 11:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM RS
07MOSCOW2860	SUMMIT TIDBITS: PUTIN WITH SAAKASHVILI AND VORININ [...] (C) Russian MFA and Security Council readouts of President Putin's meetings with Presidents Saakashvili of Georgia and Voronin of Moldova at the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit stressed their constructive and friendly atmosphere. Concrete results were not noted, however. The MFA has [...]	2007-06-15 06:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR GG MD RS
07MOSCOW3030	CFE: POINTS ON UPCOMING US INSPECTION IN RUSSIA [...] (S) Drawing on reftel points, we notified Aleksey Ivanov, Deputy Director of the political-military section in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, and Anton Mazur in the Conventional Arms Section of the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs of the upcoming US CFE inspec [...]	2007-06-22 02:46:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU RO SP NATO
07MOSCOW3088	CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US [...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...]	2007-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE
07MOSCOW3338	POSITIVE REACTION TO "LOBSTER SUMMIT" [...] (C) Summary. While extensive media coverage of the so-called "Lobster Summit" quickly gave way to euphoria over Russia's winning the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Moscow experts agreed that Putin demonstrated in Kennebunkport a desire to tone down the rhetoric and find ways [...]	2007-07-09 11:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MNUC RS
07MOSCOW3445	FORMER EMBASSY EMPLOYEE REQUESTS REFUGEE STATUS; [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Freelance journalists Marina Kalashnikova, who was fired by the Embassy in 2000, and her husband Viktor Kalashnikov (a former Russian intelligence officer) have requested refugee status or other USG assistance in leaving R [...]	2007-07-16 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINR APER RS
07MOSCOW3494	RUSSIANS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND CCW [...] (C) The Russians acknowledge that we have similar positions on cluster munitions and share the aim of keeping their discussion within the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). They also share our aim of trying to coordinate positions on cluster munitions well in advance of the November m [...]	2007-07-17 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS
07MOSCOW3567	AFGHANISTAN: MOSCOW STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has sharply stepped up its engagement with the Afghan government since FM Lavrov's February visit to Kabul. Moscow intends to finalize its debt relief agreement with Kabul by the end of the month and is actively weighing increased arms supplies and initiating a program [...]	2007-07-20 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW381	AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO REENGAGE WITH RUSSIA? [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 2-3 Washington consultations provide an opportunity to seek support for the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan's security and reconstruction. While Moscow has been critical of U.S. and Western efforts in Afghanistan, it has also expressed inte [...]	2007-01-30 16:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW3996	"PEACE MISSION 2007": SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 9-17 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise -- Peace Mission 2007 -- is the largest in the history of the SCO. Approximately 6,500 troops are participating, the bulk from Russia and China. SCO Heads of State, including Chinese President Hu, ar [...]	2007-08-15 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER RS CH
07MOSCOW402	RUSSIANS DEFEND ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN, SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Visiting Moscow January 18-19, EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt told Foreign Ministry officials that increased Russian transparency on arms transfers to sensitive countries could lessen the possibility of sanctions under U.S. law. Washington was willing to work with the Russian si [...]	2007-01-31 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM MCAP PREL ETTC RS
07MOSCOW4065	PUTIN-YUSCHENKO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The scheduled August 15-20 meeting between Presidents Putin and Yuschenko within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission was postponed to late October or early November. MFA Ukraine Desk Head Vyacheslav Yelagin told us the GOU wanted to focus on the September 3 [...]	2007-08-21 07:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS

07MOSCOW4118	U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian MFA Officials expressed appreciation for the non-paper (timeline) on Adapted CFE ratification and fulfilling the Istanbul commitments (reftel),and agreed to review it carefully and prepare a response for the September 11 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and DFM Kislyak. The [...]	2007-08-22 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW4185	SCO: NO PLANS TO EXPAND, BUT GETTING INVOLVED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonid Moisev, President Putin's envoy to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),confirmed that the organization has no plans to expand any time soon and maintained that the SCO would remain an economic club, rather than a military alliance. Experts agreed, telling us that [...]	2007-08-27 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG EPET PINR PREL
07MOSCOW4247	RUSSIA CALLS STATEMENTS ABOUT ITS RECONSIDERATION [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-large for Black Sea Fleet issues Vladimir Dorokhin told us its diplomatic spat with Ukraine over alleged statements made by a Russian diplomat regarding Russia's legal claim on the Crimea is a "dead issue." Russia characterized as a misunderstanding the Kyi [...]	2007-08-30 02:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK RS
07MOSCOW4419	GOR ON OSCE: UNRELENTING BUT MEASURED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos's August 30 visit to Moscow gave the GOR another chance to air its grievances against the OSCE. This time, the GOR's criticisms were less sharp and there was no hint of Russia's departure from the organization. FM Lavrov, while calling the OSC [...]	2007-09-07 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW4505	FUNDAMENTALS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY CONTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's strong rhetoric during his September 3 remarks on the course of Russian foreign policy, and in particular his use of the term "red lines," differs little from previous GOR statements. While Lavrov emphasized Russia's commitment to cooperation with the W [...]	2007-09-13 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR
07MOSCOW4550	MFA FRUSTRATED WITH UKRAINIAN POLITICS, SATISFIED [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova Viktor Sorokin told us that while senior-level contact with Ukraine continues, Russia is growing frustrated with the virtual paralysis in bilateral relations. Russia places most of the blame for the stagnation on the "divided and pre [...]	2007-09-17 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL ECON UK
07MOSCOW4634	RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...]	2007-09-20 09:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07MOSCOW4897	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak staked out familiar positions on missile defense, arguing that U.S. insistence on radar and interceptor facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland meant the 2 2 delegations would "talk past each other" and accusing the U [...]	2007-10-05 09:57:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM EAID MASS ETTC RU SY IR IZ
07MOSCOW4929	RUSSIA WILL PROVIDE MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Concern over Afghanistan's deteriorating security has led Russia to propose a significant military assistance program to support the Karzai government. The MFA told us October 5 that a draft military aid package awaits Putin's approval. The program will include the direct trans [...]	2007-10-10 06:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS AF RS
07MOSCOW4968	DUMA DEPUTY RYZHKOV ON HIS FUTURE WITHOUT A PARTY, [...] (C) Outgoing Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov told the Ambassador October 7 that he, unusually for him, backed the GOR's resistance to independence for Kosovo and further NATO expansion, which he termed "real" foreign policy problems. The dispute over anti-missile defenses was for Ryzhkov a "virtu [...]	2007-10-12 08:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5006	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES CFE WITH DFM KISLYAK ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, A/S Fried and U/S Defense Edelman continued bilateral discussions with DFM Sergey Kislyak on the U.S.-proposed CFE parallel actions plan in advance of October 12-13 2 2 talks. Fried warned that if Russia followed through on its threat to suspend implementation of [...]	2007-10-15 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5028	A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA
07MOSCOW5039	GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR IN MOSCOW: IRAN, MD, AND [...] (C) Summary: German Political Director Stanzel's October 9 visit to Moscow touched on most major international issues, including Iran, missile defense, and CFE. During his meeting with Stanzel, DFM Kislyak reaffirmed Russia's interest in maintaining a united front with the EC 3 on Iran. Kisl [...]	2007-10-17 11:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV GM AF EU IR RS
07MOSCOW5059	RUSSIA-US MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER [...] (S) Summary. In extensive discussions in Moscow October 10, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak discussed the U.S. plans to place a missile defense system (MD) in Easter [...]	2007-10-18 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS
07MOSCOW5098	RUSSIAN MILITARY AID TO AFGHANISTAN INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, Head of the MFA Afghanistan Desk Yuriy Khokhlov said that the GOR's proposed Afghan military assistance program is intended to compliment and not compete with NATO support for the Afghan government and its anti-Taliban efforts. The Russian and Afghan governments h [...]	2007-10-22 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS NATO AF RS
07MOSCOW5117	LOOKING AHEAD TO THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Russia has set a low bar for the EU-Russia summit, and will go to Lisbon prepared to push back on criticism of its human rights and democracy record, as well as to press for clarity on the implications of EU reform. With the continued stand-off over Polish meat, the Russians see " [...]	2007-10-23 13:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU WTRO ETRD ENRG KO RS
07MOSCOW5154	ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]	2007-10-26 02:25:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07MOSCOW5208	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: OFFERS [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...]	2007-10-30 16:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR
07MOSCOW5230	CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...]	2007-11-01 08:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS
07MOSCOW5269	CFE: RUSSIA PRESSES FOR MORE MOVEMENT ON REMAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Russian MFA welcomed American initiatives during the October 24 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and Deputy FM Kislyak on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE)(ref A),as very constructive and positive, and were looking forward to continuing the talks in Geneva next we [...]	2007-11-06 04:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE PARM RS
07MOSCOW5339	STATE DUMA VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO SUSPEND CFE TREATY [...] (C) Summary: On November 7 the State Duma unanimously approved a draft law to suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The law will come into effect on December 12, pending approval by the Federation Council and President Putin's signature. Objections to the C [...]	2007-11-09 07:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL
07MOSCOW5354	DFM KARASIN URGES TOUGHER U.S. POSTURE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Prior to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister's November 9 meeting with GOG DFM Vashakidze, the Ambassador reinforced U.S. expectations that Russia would do all it could to de-escalate and calm the situation in Tbilisi. Karasin said the U.S. should not underestimate how upset Russia w [...]	2007-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5612	FOREIGN POLICY, RHETORIC AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: International issues have received little attention in the run-up to the December 2 Duma elections, reflecting broad consensus behind Putin's foreign policy. Russia's positions on the top issues that do resonate with the Russian public - Kosovo, NATO enlargement, missile defense, [...]	2007-11-30 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW5735	RUSSIAN GOALS FOR NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia will use the December 7 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial as an opportunity to reiterate its views on suspension of the CFE Treaty, opposition to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense (MD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic, opposition to a Kosovo Unilateral Dec [...]	2007-12-06 16:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
07MOSCOW5749	CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...]	2007-12-07 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS
07MOSCOW5751	RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. The GOR viewed the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial as "controversial." On a positive note, the MFA expressed satisfaction with the strengthened role of the security basket, noting that the OSCE had a unique and positive role to play in Afghan border security. On environ [...]	2007-12-07 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5761	RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH [...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...]	2007-12-07 15:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL RS
07MOSCOW5780	RUSSIA: OHR DECISIONS AND ALLEGATIONS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on Russian allegations about the U.S. Deputy High Representative to MFA Counselor for Bosnia Ivan Gorbunov on December 10. Gorbunov undertook to pass the points to his superiors, and suffered no further comment on the matter. The Ambassador will reinforce U.S [...]	2007-12-11 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK SRS RS
07MOSCOW5795	RUSSIA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN CFE TREATY [...] As expected, at midnight December 12, Moscow suspended participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). According to the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Russia has suspended all actions under the Treaty, including exchanges of information on troop levels, and inspec [...]	2007-12-12 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS
07MOSCOW5824	U.S., RUSSIA, AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION: FIRST WE [...] (C) Summary. MFA European Cooperation Director Ryabkov offered only partial reassurance on prospects for cooperation on European issues after a "stormy" round of international meetings, including strong disagreements on Kosovo and the OSCE. The MFA expected similar restrictions to be placed [...]	2007-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV EU OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW5828	CSTO TO FUNNEL RUSSIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia has made the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) a key vehicle in expanding assistance to Afghanistan by committing itself to providing several hundred million dollars in military aid entirely via the CSTO. Russia's main priorities vis--vis Afghanistan are prev [...]	2007-12-17 09:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL MASS AF RS
07MOSCOW5879	MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...]	2007-12-20 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AF RS
07MOSCOW613	PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...]	2007-02-12 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW627	KOSOVO: DFM TITOV DETAILS PRINCIPLED DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Titov told Special Envoy Wisner on February 8 that Russia's differences with the U.S. over Kosovo were strategic, not simply tactical, but should not color the broader bilateral relationship. Russia's vote at the UN would be predicated on whether Belgrad [...]	2007-02-13 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW628	KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER HEARS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fresh from meetings in Pristina, Belgrade and Vienna, Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Frank Wisner held consultations in Moscow on February 9 to gauge Russian opinion on Kosovo's independence and emphasize the need for Contact Group unity. In meetings with DFM Titov (septel) [...]	2007-02-13 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW674	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...]	2007-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW705	PUTIN'S MUNICH SPEECH: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: One week after delivery, Putin's Munich speech continues to draw praise among Russian analysts as a direct expression of Moscow's foreign policy views and a needed corrective to Western assumptions which take Russian interests for granted. Among Moscow experts, there was littl [...]	2007-02-16 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW753	HIRC Chairman Lantos Meeting with Russian Security Council [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov, HIRC Chairman Lantos announced his intent to introduce legislation repealing Jackson-Vanik and inaugurate a formal congressional working group with Russian Duma Chairman of the International Relations Com [...]	2007-02-21 12:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS
07MUNICH81	PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...]	2007-02-12 17:28:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS
07MUNICH92	APPRECIATION FOR MISSION GERMANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE [...] Consulate General Munich wishes to express its appreciation for the assistance provided by colleagues in Mission Germany supporting the 43d Munich Security Conference. This was the largest Security Conference in history with four heads of government, 16 foreign ministers, and 24 defense minis [...]	2007-02-15 07:45:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GM
07MUSCAT129	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) General Abizaid: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to seeing you and hearing your perspective on activities in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in [...]	2007-02-06 15:15:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
07MUSCAT167	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Regional threat issues continue to be a prominent concern for Oman's leadership. Oman is disturbed by Iran's growing influence in the region and its inability to come to [...]	2007-02-20 07:33:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PREL ECON MU
07NAIROBI762	Somalia Security Highlights [...] (C) Two Somali groups have emerged claiming to lead the resistance to the TFG and its Ethiopian supporters. One of the groups has threatened to attack aircraft attempting to use Mogadishu International Airport, though it may be satisfied for the time being with disrupting TFG revenue flows. [...]	2007-02-14 13:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAPLES119	THE NAPLES GARBAGE CRISIS: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the accumulation of garbage in Italy's Campania region has declined significantly since it grew to crisis proportions earlier this year, continued national and even international press coverage have made it a symbol of everything that is wrong with the Italian South: i [...]	2007-11-20 16:38:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PREL CASC TBIO IT
07NDJAMENA121	PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 18:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD KPKO PREF PREL SU SCRSERD
07NDJAMENA122	PRESIDENT DEBY BACKTRACKING ON UN FORCE IN EASTERN [...] (C) UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi told the Ambassador in meetings February 5 and 6 that President Deby seems to have backtracked on deployment of a UN military peacekeeping force to eastern Chad. Instead, Deby's preference remains a civilian police (ci [...]	2007-02-07 20:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPKO CD SU SCRS
07NDJAMENA70	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS TO REBELS: TIME IS NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his meeting with DPA non- signatory groups, Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios delivered a clear message to rebel leaders gathered in eastern Chad that the only solution to the Darfur crisis was through negotiation. He informed them that the USG supported an all-incl [...]	2007-01-24 17:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF CD SU
07NEWDELHI1051	INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...]	2007-03-02 14:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN
07NEWDELHI2360	DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...]	2007-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN
07NEWDELHI2916	CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTH US-INDIA WORKING GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on June 19 focused on opportunities for the U.S. and India to work together to meet new challenges in global peacekeeping capacity. IO PDAS James Warlick led the US delegation, and Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora of the [...]	2007-06-22 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR UNGA IN
07NEWDELHI945	STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]	2007-02-26 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IR PK IN
07NEWDELHI946	STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...]	2007-02-26 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER NATO IN
07NICOSIA140	CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...]	2007-02-14 13:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY
07NICOSIA574	CYPRUS ALREADY HELPING LEBANON; ARMAMENTS TO LAF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 13:01:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	LE CY MARR MASS MOPS NATO EU
07NICOSIA70	NO CYPRUS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN; STILL DECIDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 05:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO CY PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK
07NICOSIA896	THIRD-PLACE CANDIDATE STILL OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polling that shows him well behind front-runner incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos and left-wing challenger Dimitris Christofias troubles DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides little. In a meeting with Embassy officers November 8, the soft-spoken but articu [...]	2007-11-09 09:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO CY
07NICOSIA940	WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES [...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...]	2007-11-26 15:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU
07OSLO1055	NORWAY DISMISSES U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 11:59:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO
07OSLO1113	NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...]	2007-11-19 11:13:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO
07OSLO1161	NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY [...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...]	2007-12-18 13:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO
07OSLO248	NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...]	2007-03-13 16:18:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR
07OSLO264	NORWAY EXPLAINS DECISION TO RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19, MFA Political Director Kai Eide briefed the EU/NATO ally countries on the GON decision over the weekend to have direct political contacts with the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG). He explained that the GON welcomed the NUG because: --the NUG is taking [...]	2007-03-19 15:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS ISPA KPAL IS NO
07OSLO376	NORWEGIANS REPLY TO CFE DEMARCHE [...] (C) On April 16 we received a response to our February 24, 2006 demarche (Reftel A) concerning the transfer of battle tanks and artillery entitlements for the flank zone from Kaare R. Aas, MFA Director General and Siren Gjerme Eriksen, Deputy Director General. 2. (C) Begin response tex [...]	2007-04-17 10:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NRRC PARM KCFE NO
07OSLO382	NORWAY'S MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE BROADENS, WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 05:21:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NO
07OSLO404	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 15:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP NO
07OSLO525	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: NORWAY ASKS U.S. TO PROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met on May 16 with key MFA and MOD members of the Norwegian cluster munitions task force to deliver reftel points on our objections to the Lima text. The Norwegians continue to maintain that they are not seeking a total ban, and that the text was not designed to be a start [...]	2007-05-18 14:33:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO
07OSLO573	NORWAY POSITIVE ON NATO REQUEST FOR ISAF FORCES [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that Norway provide two OMLTs, 15 trainers for CSTC-A and fill the remaining billets committed to ISAF HQ. Embassy also raised the issue of sending the Telemark battalion to Afghanistan in [...]	2007-05-31 14:32:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR NO
07OSLO598	NORWAY ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 11:21:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO
07OSLO614	POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lt. General Obering,s June 6 visit to Oslo, building on Secretary Rice,s April visit and Embassy Oslo,s continued outreach, has helped move the governmental and public debate over missile defense in Norway in a positive direction. Norway has not changed its basic skepticism of missile [...]	2007-06-08 13:16:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NO
07OSLO658	PM STOLTENBERGÂ´S RUSSIA TRIP: GRADUAL GAINS IN THE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,s June 7-10 visit to Russia produced progress on Norwegian priorities in the Barents region. Despite some controversial statements on missile defense and some public criticism of Russia,s human rights record, Stoltenberg,s visit was primarily characterized by s [...]	2007-06-18 11:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NO
07OSLO667	FM STOERE AND AMBASSADOR WHITNEY ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Whitney met with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on June 15 over lunch and discussed a variety of issues including the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and missile defense, a White House visit for Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the New Embassy Compound. END SUMMARY [...]	2007-06-19 08:44:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NO
07OSLO706	BOUCHER DOES BUSINESS IN OSLO ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the June 26 Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meetings, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with high-level Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense officials, covering a broad range of matters including Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...]	2007-07-02 07:29:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE
07OSLO717	(S) SAFE REORGANIZATION AND MANPOWER REDUCTION IN [...] (S) On July 3 Ar Attache delivered reftel points to MOD Directo of the Transatlantic and European Security Coopration Division Henning Vaglum. Vaglum voiced th GON's appreciation of the notice of pending actons, and will forward the information to the ppropriate office in Stavanger. Noting [...]	2007-07-05 13:28:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM NATO NO
07OSLO718	NORWAY UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE LEBANESE ARMY ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-05 15:06:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU NO
07OSLO729	NORWAY: NEGATIVE IMPACT OF U.S. WEAPONS SYSTEM PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 09:33:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NO
07OSLO838	CFE: NORWAY PROCEDURES FOR ADAPTED CFE RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 14:56:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO
07OSLO960	STOERE TO ATTEND SECRETARY'S DINNER [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 15:18:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OPDC PREL EU NO
07OSLO988	GETTING NORWAY TO DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN: [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 13:02:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL AF NO
07OTTAWA1046	CANADIANS BACK UNIFIED ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Canada's position on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) is closely aligned with our own: CFE is critical to European security and the Russians must deliver on their Istanbul Commitments before NATO allies ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE). Canada would like to join like [...]	2007-06-04 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM KCFE NATO PREL CA
07OTTAWA117	CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...]	2007-01-22 21:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL NATO
07OTTAWA118	CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...]	2007-01-22 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL NATO
07OTTAWA130	CANADA TO PRESS EUROPEANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: Canada shares our take on the way ahead in Afghanistan and at the NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Brussels on January 26. Foreign Minister MacKay will press our European partners to deliver on the promises they have made on Afghan security and reconstruction. The FM will tr [...]	2007-01-24 22:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PINS MARR CA
07OTTAWA1512	CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche and strategy document to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Advisor Gallit Dobner on August 8. Dobner expressed appreciation for the detailed briefing. She said it tracked with the "very useful and hi [...]	2007-08-08 19:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA189	CANADA'S NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HITS THE GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Canada's new Environment Minister John Baird seems delighted to have responsibility for the politically charged environmental portfolio which is expected to be a key issue in the national election anticipated for later this year. Already, he has demonstrated his skills on the flo [...]	2007-02-02 16:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PGOV PINR ENRG CA
07OTTAWA1903	NEW CANADIAN PANEL TO REVIEW AFGHAN OPTIONS; [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a mid-morning press conference on October 12 announced the formation of a new "Independent Advisory Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan." He emphasized that he expects the panel to "provide expert non-partisan advice that will help parliamentar [...]	2007-10-12 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA1922	CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...]	2007-10-17 16:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK
07OTTAWA1928	HARPER GOVERNMENT TO SURVIVE THRONE SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Liberal leadership will not seek to bring down the Harper government over the contents of the October 16 Throne Speech, recognizing election fatigue among the voters. The Liberals have charged that the government's comments on Afghanistan were nonetheless too ambiguous, w [...]	2007-10-17 22:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA AF
07OTTAWA1958	CANADA SEEKS HIGH-LEVEL U.S. PARTICIPATION IN PRT [...] (SBU) Please see action request in para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Operations Officer David Fairchild raised the upcoming November 25-27 PRT conference in Lithuania entitled "Provincial Reconstruction [...]	2007-10-23 15:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS CA AF
07OTTAWA1966	CANADIAN READOUT ON DEATH OF MULLAH NAQIBULLA [...] (/NF) Summary. Canadian officials are concerned about the power vacuum left in the wake of the death of Mullah Naqibullah (Naqib) in Kandahar, as well as likely diminished loyalty to the central government from the Alokozai tribe and greater dangers for NATO-ISAF operations in the Arghandab [...]	2007-10-24 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS AF CA
07OTTAWA1993	CANADA: POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PIC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 11:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO PK CA
07OTTAWA2023	CANADA: (5/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fifth in a series of five tel [...]	2007-11-02 19:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA
07OTTAWA2069	CANADIANS, GERMANS DISCUSSING HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Summary: German and Canadian officials in Ottawa are discussing the possible deployment of German CH-53 rotary-wing aircraft to southern Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF operations. The Canadians asked us to avoid raising or pressing the matter with the Germans for now because thei [...]	2007-11-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR NATO CA GM
07OTTAWA2073	NEW CHALLENGES TO CANADA'S AFGHAN DETAINEE POLICY [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian officials, the government soon will face new legal and political challenges to its practice of conveying detainees to Afghan authorities. Official documents that the Canadian federal court has compelled the government to convey to opponents of the policy w [...]	2007-11-09 22:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NATO AG CA
07OTTAWA2125	SCENESETTER FOR CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Stephen Harper leads one of the most stable minority governments in Canadian history. He is a Western conservative who came to power on a domestic agenda but has been surprisingly focused on foreign affairs. Harper's foreign policy style includes a halting transition from "peac [...]	2007-11-20 23:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CA
07OTTAWA2133	CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...]	2007-11-21 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA2135	CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND 'MANLEY PANEL' CHART WAY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada's Defense Minister believes Canadian and Afghan forces are performing well in southern Afghanistan but he and his colleagues are worried about the minority Conservative government's ability to convince Parliament to authorize an extension of the current mission from 200 [...]	2007-11-21 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
07OTTAWA2150	CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director of Crime and International Terrorism Evelyn Puxley will lead the Canadian delegation to the Third Annual G-8 International Kidnappers Conference, accompanied by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security [...]	2007-11-27 12:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM CA
07OTTAWA2233	U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...]	2007-12-07 22:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK
07OTTAWA2251	MINISTERS CITE MEASURABLE RESULTS IN AFGHAN MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 20:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PTER AF CA
07OTTAWA2295	CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER OPPOSES EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Stephane Dion ruled out Liberal Party support for the extension of Canadian combat troops in Kandahar during a discussion of Afghanistan with Ambassador Wilkins, the British High Commissioner, and RC-South country diplomats on December 18. Dion criticized the g [...]	2007-12-20 16:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR AF CA

07OTTAWA2322	CANADIAN PM AND DEFMIN PRAISE AFGHAN MISSION, [...] (U) Summary: Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay, Chief of Defense Staff Rick Hillier, and U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins visited Canadian troops in Kandahar on Christmas day. MacKay underscored the "remarkable progress" in Afghanistan, while the Ambassador praised Canada's contribution to [...]	2007-12-27 23:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA2326	PM LINKS PAKISTAN TO AFGHAN MISSION; MEDIA COMMENT [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper joined other world leaders on December 27 in condemning the murder of Benazir Bhutto, stressing that Bhutto's death "cannot be allowed to permit any delay in the return of Pakistan to full democracy." Harper expressed concern about the implications of Bhutto [...]	2007-12-31 13:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR PK AF CA
07OTTAWA234	CANADA, U.S. TO CARRY SAME MESSAGE TO NATO [...] (C/NF) Following up on Assistant Secretary Boucher's February 5 meetings with his Regional Command - South (RC-S) counterparts in Ottawa (septel),we presented reftel points on February 7 to Department of National Defense (DND) NATO Policy Deputy Director Michael Kaduck and Department of Fore [...]	2007-02-07 23:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF CA
07OTTAWA345	AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]	2007-02-23 22:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR AF CA
07OTTAWA432	NATO: CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CROSS-GROUP [...] (C) Responding to reftel points on cross-group stationing, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart said Canada would join us in our effort to get the First Option adopted. She noted, however, that, like the U.S., Canada could live w [...]	2007-03-07 22:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NATO CA
07OTTAWA859	CANADA: TLSA PAPER DELIVERED, ALTERNATE POC [...] (U) We conveyed reftel paper to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) G8 and NATO deputy director and Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START) policy officer on May 9. Both expressed appreciation but had no immediate reaction to the text. 2. (U) Post co [...]	2007-05-09 18:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KPKO MARR MASS PREL CA
07OTTAWA915	CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...]	2007-05-16 21:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA
07OTTAWA95	CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATIONS BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...]	2007-01-18 22:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO CA
07OTTAWA96	CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...]	2007-01-18 22:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO CA
07OTTAWA97	CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 26 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...]	2007-01-18 22:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO CA
07PARIS1034	EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...]	2007-03-16 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU
07PARIS1063	DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...]	2007-03-19 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE
07PARIS1111	GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]	2007-03-22 08:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1115	GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...]	2007-03-22 13:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MNUC PARM FR
07PARIS1154	TALIBAN EXCHANGE: FRANCE AGREES SERIOUS; [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarche March 23 to DAS-equivalent for Security Affairs Pierre Thenard and desk officer Francois Revardeaux, highlighting (also to dispel some press rumors that have circulated) failed U.S. attempts to dissuade the Italians and Afghans from proceeding with suc [...]	2007-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PREL AF IT NATO FR EUN
07PARIS125	FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC NATO FR
07PARIS1312	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE SUGGESTS NEED FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials told PM Acting DAS Ruggiero that the GoF also opposes an international ban on cluster munitions and fears that Norway's push to establish a legally binding instrument could provoke the same fruitless debates between states that followed the Ottowa Convention on la [...]	2007-04-03 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PGOV NATO FR
07PARIS1588	FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...]	2007-04-19 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR
07PARIS1654	NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN OSLO -- FRENCH AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following up on the U.S. agenda for the Oslo Ministerial, the MFA confirmed April 24 that France agrees that NATO should focus on Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Missile Defense. In the context of Missile Defense, France will propose that NATO highlight the 10th anniversary of the NATO- [...]	2007-04-25 14:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO EUN FR
07PARIS1659	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...]	2007-04-25 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER
07PARIS1717	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 12, emboffs conducted a pre-license check on application 050038126 for the export of 12 filter assemblies to Sabena Technics in France via the UK. Sabena Technics has a good reputation in the aircraft maintenance field, and post has no derogatory information about the [...]	2007-04-30 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR
07PARIS1723	FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL [...] (C) On April 30th, we raised reftel demarche on Russia and its CFE obligations with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE. Roux observed that France shared our concern with respect to Russian intentions, especially if Russia is looking to abandon its commitment to the CFE regime [...]	2007-04-30 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE PARM NATO RU FR
07PARIS1763	CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE [...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...]	2007-05-03 12:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR
07PARIS1844	ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...]	2007-05-10 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS
07PARIS1995	THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...]	2007-05-18 09:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV
07PARIS2027	THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED [...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...]	2007-05-18 17:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
07PARIS2095	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...]	2007-05-22 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU
07PARIS2137	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...]	2007-05-23 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR
07PARIS2359	FRENCH WILL NOT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN; LESS PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Gerard Araud told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Sarkozy had made a decision the previous day that France would not leave Afghanistan, but did want to begin discussing an exit strategy in a restricted format (Germany, the UK, the U.S., and France). [...]	2007-06-05 09:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR IR FR
07PARIS243	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24-25 VISIT TO [...] (C) MADAM SECRETARY, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 25 PAGE 02 RUEHFRA0243 C O N F I D E N T I A L INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEBANON, AND THE STRONG U.S. FINANCIAL PACKAGE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON AND THUS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH AND CHIRA [...]	2007-01-22 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE FR
07PARIS2516	GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...]	2007-06-12 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR
07PARIS256	FRENCH THOUGHTS ON NORWEGIAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 22, we discussed with Mr. Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for CB disarmament and the control of conventional weapons, the February 22-23 Norwegian conference in Oslo on cluster munitions. In response to our presentation of U.S. views (reftel),Grand observed that the [...]	2007-01-22 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO FR
07PARIS257	FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE [...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...]	2007-01-22 17:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS2634	INDUSTRY SOURCE DISCUSSES GALILEO WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy officers recently heard a litany of frustrations about the European Galileo Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) project from an EADS contact who had worked on various aspects of the project. According to the contact, financing has been only one of a number of trenc [...]	2007-06-19 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA ECPS FR
07PARIS2643	YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...]	2007-06-19 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2725	ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]	2007-06-26 07:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07PARIS2726	U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...]	2007-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR
07PARIS2743	U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...]	2007-06-26 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR
07PARIS2787	A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...]	2007-06-28 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2827	U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...]	2007-07-02 07:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR LE UNSC PREL
07PARIS285	FRANCE STANDS BY ITS RIGA COMMITMENTS; NO NEW [...] (C) On January 22, the Ambassador raised our agenda for the Informal NATO Foreign Ministerial with Elysee NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM). Per ref C, MGM expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the NATO Summit at Riga, and, looking ahead to the Informal Ministerial on Janua [...]	2007-01-24 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF FR
07PARIS2890	CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...]	2007-07-05 07:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS2914	FRANCE/KOSOVO: OK TO SECURITY SECTOR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On July 5, we received an interim response to reftel demarche from MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow noting that the MFA had nothing against such consultations in principle. He did not go into further details. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http: [...]	2007-07-06 12:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL KV FR
07PARIS3080	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON STATE OF PLAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 11, Turkish Ambassador Koroturk told the Ambassador that Sarkozy's declared opposition to Turkish EU membership is presenting challenges for French-Turkish relations on a practical level as the French bureaucracy rushes to implement what it interprets as Sarkozy's will, [...]	2007-07-17 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU CY AR FR
07PARIS3166	AMBASSADOR TO NATO NULAND'S JULY 19-20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 20 meetings with Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Levitte, MFA Political Director Araud, and MOD Strategic Affairs Director Ponton d'Amecourt, Ambassador to NATO Nuland previewed U.S. preliminary thinking on preparations for the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, highlighting the [...]	2007-07-24 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO FR PARM RS
07PARIS3202	DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...]	2007-07-27 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR
07PARIS3213	FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...]	2007-07-30 09:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR
07PARIS3579	PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...]	2007-08-28 18:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR FR
07PARIS363	A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...]	2007-01-31 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR
07PARIS379	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3798	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...]	2007-09-13 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR
07PARIS380	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3808	A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...]	2007-09-13 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD
07PARIS3823	KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...]	2007-09-13 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR
07PARIS384	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...]	2007-01-31 17:05:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS3875	A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...]	2007-09-17 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	MARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR
07PARIS3919	FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]	2007-09-18 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3964	USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE [...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...]	2007-09-21 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF
07PARIS3972	FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...]	2007-09-21 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07PARIS4131	FRANCE'S NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO [...] (U) SUMMARY. French Defense Minister Herve Morin used the September 10 - 11 "Summer Defense University" (an annual conference organized by the two houses of French parliament) to lay the foundation for a transformation of France's armed forces including a new relationship with NATO. END SUMMAR [...]	2007-10-02 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
07PARIS4183	SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B),but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...]	2007-10-05 12:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR
07PARIS4357	PRESIDENT SARKOZYâ€™S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]	2007-10-26 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4362	YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...]	2007-10-26 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR
07PARIS4439	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...]	2007-11-07 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR
07PARIS4522	USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...]	2007-11-19 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4529	USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...]	2007-11-19 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS461	DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN EUROSATORY 2008 [...] IN ANTICIPATION OF JUNE 2008 EUROSATORY, U.S. EMBASSY PARIS STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THIS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENT. 2. THE WORLD LARGEST LAND AND AIR DEFENSE ARMAMENT TRADE SHOW, SCHEDULED FOR 16-20 JUNE 2008, PROVIDES AN UNEQUAL [...]	2007-02-06 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MILI PINS ETRD MARR FR
07PARIS4615	WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM FRANCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, President Sarkozy addressed the U.S. Congress and announced that France will "remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes," marking a deepening commitment to Afghanistan under the Sarkozy presidency. Currently, the French Joint Staff is considering proposals for [...]	2007-11-30 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PREL MARR FR
07PARIS4617	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS AND [...] (SBU) Paris extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes close to six months into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period in which the strong U.S.-French bilateral relationship has been reinvigorated. Sarkozy's personal initiative is already visible in ne [...]	2007-11-30 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL FR
07PARIS4667	FRENCH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 4, Ambassador Stapleton and DCM Pekala met with Jean-Pierre Jouyet, State Secretary for European Affairs at the MFA. Jouyet stated his expectation of quick French ratification of the simplified EU treaty and outlined France's priorities of immigration, energy and en [...]	2007-12-07 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN FR
07PARIS4683	USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...]	2007-12-11 10:28:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4685	YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]	2007-12-11 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS627	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...]	2007-02-16 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS685	RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...]	2007-02-22 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ FR PL
07PARIS743	CODEL TANNER: MEETING WITH FRENCH POLITICAL [...] (C) During a meeting with Codel Tanner on February 22, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud reviewed the current state of the bilateral relationship, commented on NATO's continuing purpose, and compared France's and Britain's historically distinct orientations towards the U.S. He also [...]	2007-02-27 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR
07PARIS777	SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY [...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...]	2007-02-28 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL
07PARIS807	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?; [...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...]	2007-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS812	FRENCH ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points Feb 28 to MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS- equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Director Natacha Rimbon (Energy Issues). 2. (C) Energy: Rimbon told us that France would push for a target of 20 percent renewable [...]	2007-03-02 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK IS LE
07PARIS864	BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]	2007-03-07 07:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PARIS921	FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...]	2007-03-09 16:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM
07PARIS922	SOME FRENCH THOUGHTS ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) On March 9, in a follow-up to ref B missile defense discussions at NATO, and in the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera, we met with Melanie Rosselet and Luis Vassy, nonproliferation desk officers at the MFA. Vassy noted that France understood U.S. [...]	2007-03-09 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL NATO FR
07PHNOMPENH399	SCENESETTER FOR MARFORPAC PANDEMIC/AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While fully normal relations between the United States and Cambodia have eluded both countries since diplomatic relations began more than a half century ago, the bilateral relationship has improved markedly over the last few years. Cooperation is particularly close on security [...]	2007-03-13 01:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO SENV ECON CASC CB
07PHNOMPENH926	ENCOURAGING CHINESE ENGAGEMENT WITH CAMBODIA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: China's economic influence in Cambodia is immense and growing. Already Cambodia's largest donor and foreign investor, China's aid comes with no overt conditions and often serves to build infrastructure used to shi [...]	2007-07-10 07:05:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON PGOV CB CH
07PODGORICA1	MONTENEGRO: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2006 [...] ON DEC. 27, THE MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT ADOPTED THE BUDGET FOR 2007 IN THE AMOUNT OF EUROS 617 MILLION, UNDER WHICH CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. (THE SEPARATION, COMMON PRACTICE IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE, WAS FACILITATED BY USG EXPERT ASSISTANCE.) TOTAL [...]	2007-01-03 14:47:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPAO ETRD EINV EAID PGOV MW
07PODGORICA100	MONTENEGRO SENDS DRAFT CONSTITUTION TO PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 09:31:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW
07PODGORICA122	MONTENEGRO MOVING FORWARD ON DEFENSE AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Montenegro is moving forward promptly on a number of defense agreements, both bilaterally with the USG, and with NATO. The GoM on April 19 adopted a decision to sign a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S., and also agreed to enter into an "Article 98" [...]	2007-04-19 14:21:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PARM MW
07PODGORICA130	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 08:50:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MW RS SR
07PODGORICA140	"PRO-WESTERN" SERBIAN NATIONALIST IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ANDRIJA MANDIC, LEADER OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (SNS) IN MONTENEGRO, TOLD POLOFF APRIL 27 THAT THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE. WHILE SINGLING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RUSSIA TO MONTENEGRO, MANDIC SAID HE WAS TRYING TO [...]	2007-04-30 17:01:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MW
07PODGORICA146	PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S U.S. VISIT SHADOWED BY CONTROVERSY [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC'S MAY 1-4 VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, HIS FIRST SINCE MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE LAST JUNE, GOT WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AND GENERALLY POSITIVE REACTIONS. VUJANOVICS MEETINGS WITH VP CHENEY AND SECRETARY WERE COVERED FACTUALLY. HOWEVER, THE SIGNATURE OF THE STATUS OF F [...]	2007-05-04 15:31:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA154	MONTENEGRIN OPPOSITION OPINES AGAINST SOFA, ARTICLE 98 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS IN MONTENEGRO CONTINUE TO MAKE HAY OF THE RECENT USG-GOM SOFA AND ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENTS (REF). POST HAS ENERGETICALLY COUNTERED, PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY, THE NUMEROUS MISUNDERSTANDING AND MISSTATEMENTS ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS. CONSEQUENTLY, ATTACKS ON THE SOF [...]	2007-05-09 13:55:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA159	SCENESETTER FOR ADM ULRICH VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins debate their new draft constitution, and as the opposition continues its misinformed attacks on the GoM-USG SOFA, and our Article 98 agreement. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while l [...]	2007-05-14 12:52:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA167	TRANSPARENCY OF MONTENEGRIN MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) This cables responds to requests for information in Ref. Montenegro only established its Ministry of Defense in November 2006, following independence in June 2006. A number of key laws in the defense area remain in draft, such as the Law on Defense, the Law on the Armed Forces, and the Law [...]	2007-05-16 16:13:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN MARR MW
07PODGORICA172	RUSSIA WANTS TO COOPERATE WITH MONTENEGRIN MILITARY [...] (U) Russian Ambassador Jakov Gerasimov paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Vucinic on May 18. According to press reports, the Ambassador proposed an agreement on technical cooperation and military education and indicated plans to assign a defense attache to the Russian Embassy in Podgori [...]	2007-05-25 09:26:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MW RS
07PODGORICA182	MONTENEGRO MARKS ONE YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE (C-RE7-00522) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 21 MONTENEGRO MARKED THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE. MANY HAVE DESCRIBED MONTENEGRO AS A SOUTH EUROPEAN SUCCESS STORY, REFERRING TO THE PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE QUESTION AND THE VISIBLE PROGRESS THE COUNTRY HAS ACHIEVED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EU [...]	2007-06-04 11:55:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MARR MW
07PODGORICA190	REDUCING THE SIZE OF MONTENEGRO'S SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) Reducing the size of Montenegro's security establishment (police and soldiers) is needed to achieve more professional, more deployable forces, and is a goal set out in Podgorica's FY 2009 Mission Strategic Plan (MSP). The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has developed a pr [...]	2007-06-07 07:30:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID MASS MCAP ELAB MW
07PODGORICA204	VISIT OF ADM ULRICH TO MONTENEGRO, MAY 21-22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. COMMANDER OF JOINT FORCES COMMAND NAPLES (COMJFC) AND U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE (COMNAVEUR) ADMIRAL HENRY G. ULRICH VISITED MONTENEGRO FROM 21-22 MAY 2007. ADM ULRICH'S VISIT COINCIDED WITH THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MONTENEGRIN INDEPENDENCE AND THE U.S. NAVY SHIP VISIT BY THE S [...]	2007-06-13 13:07:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MASS MW
07PODGORICA21	MONTENEGRO'S MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE DRAFT STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT (SOFA) (REF) WAS PRESENTED BY CHARGE BARNES TO MINISTER OF DEFENSE BORO VUCINIC ON JANUARY 30; THE DRAFT SOFA WAS FORMALLY DELIVERED TO THE GOM BY A DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON JANUARY 26. MINDEF VUCINIC STATED THAT HE HOPED TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE A [...]	2007-01-31 16:52:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL MW AF
07PODGORICA222	FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS RANGE OF ISSUES WITH CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER ON MONDAY JUNE 25 COVERED A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING THE CANCELLATION OF THE TENDER FOR THE THERMAL POWER PLANT, THE CONSTITUTION PROCESS, THE TRIAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS CHARGED WITH SUPPORTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY, DEFENSE RELATIONS, VISA SER [...]	2007-06-26 14:00:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA223	MONTENEGRO DIVIDED ON NATO [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH SIX. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLLS SHOW MONTENEGRO STILL DIVIDED ON THE PROSPECT OF NATO MEMBERSHIP. WITH ONE POLL ACTUALLY SHOWING OPPONENTS OUTNUMBERING SUPPORTERS, THE GOM IS LOOKING TO REORGANIZE ITS APPROACH ON THE ISSUE [...]	2007-06-26 15:00:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA229	ORGANIZED CRIME IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SMALL NUMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN MONTENEGRO USE LINKS WITH GROUPS IN NEIGHBORING STATES AND ELSEWHERE TO EXPLOIT MONTENEGRO FOR THE TRANSIT OF SMUGGLED DRUGS, PEOPLE AND ARMS. THE GOM, LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, IS CONFRONTING THE CRIMINAL GROUPS M [...]	2007-07-03 10:36:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM MW

07PODGORICA231	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED VISIT TO MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrins continue to debate their new draft constitution. The Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-American stance, while looking to maintain good relations with Moscow and Belgrade, particularly on Kosovo. The result is a [...]	2007-07-03 11:55:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EINV MW
07PODGORICA24	RUSSIANS ARE COMING TO MONTENEGRO - BUT SO ARE OTHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE RUSSIAN PRESENCE ON MONTENEGRO IS VISIBLE, YET OFTEN OVERSTATED BY MONTENEGRINS AND OUTSIDERS ALIKE. SINCE 1999, REPORTED RUSSIAN FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) HAS AMOUNTED TO EUROS 135 MILLION, OUT OF A TOTAL OF NEARLY EUROS 1 BILLION. THROUGH THE END OF 2006, THE ONLY L [...]	2007-02-05 13:36:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV MW RS
07PODGORICA240	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH GOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MONTENEGRIN PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC AND FOREIGN MINISTER ROCEN, MEETING SEPARATELY WITH VISITING EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED JULY 9, REITERATED THE GOM POSITION ON KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO SEEKS A BROADLY SUPPORTED INTERNATIONAL SOLUTION IN THE UNSC FOR KOSOVO, AND WILL NOT RECOGNIZ [...]	2007-07-10 13:23:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MW SR
07PODGORICA243	A/S FRIED MEETS WITH MONTENEGRIN OFFICIALS, OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JULY 8 VISIT TO MONTENEGRO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED MET SEPARATELY WITH FOREIGN MINISTER MILAN ROCEN, PRESIDENT FILIP VUJANOVIC, PRIME MINISTER ZELJKO STURANOVIC, AND SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT RANKO KRIVOKAPIC. HE ALSO HAD AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION OVER DINNER WITH ME [...]	2007-07-10 14:59:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON CVIS CASC PTER MW
07PODGORICA29	AHTISAARI PLAN CAUSES MILD REACTIONS IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOM IS URGING PRISTINA AND BELGRADE TO FIND A SOLUTION, BUT IS REMAINING OTHERWISE VAGUE ON THE AHTISAARI PACKAGE IN ORDER TO AVOID ALIENATING EITHER OF ITS NEIGHBORS. OPPOSITION REACTION TO THE PLAN HAS BEEN MOSTLY PRO-SERBIAN; ALBANIAN PARTIES ARE RESPONDING TO IT WITH [...]	2007-02-08 16:27:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MW SR
07PODGORICA30	MONTENEGRO FM ROCEN DISCUSSES TALLINN VISIT, KOSOVO, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM ROCEN WAS QUITE PLEASED WITH HIS PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH DAS DICARLO IN TALLINN. HE REITERATED THAT, WHILE THEY SUPPORT PROGRESS, THE GOM WILL LAY LOW ON THE AHTISAARI PLAN. THE GOM IS EAGER TO SIGN A SOFA, BUT THE CEREMONY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO PAST ARRANGEMENTS MADE FO [...]	2007-02-09 16:38:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SR MW
07PODGORICA64	MONTENEGRO STARTS ON LONG PATH TO NATO [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Montenegro started down its long road to possible NATO membership last December 14, when it joined NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP),after the invitation from the Riga Summit. The campaign to gain popular support for NATO membership will likely prove difficult. [...]	2007-03-09 15:22:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MW
07PODGORICA75	NATO SYG SAYS MONTENEGRO ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer visited Montenegro for several hours on March 16. Following meetings with top GoM interlocutors, Scheffer briefed NATO Ambassadors. He made the following points: -- The Montenegrins uniformly expressed eagerness to move quickly to sign [...]	2007-03-16 14:24:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV MW
07PODGORICA91	PRIME MINISTER, DEPUTY, DESCRIBE GOM GOALS: EURO-ATLANTIC [...] (U) PRIME MINISTER ZELKJO STURANOVIC AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER GORDANA DJUROVIC DESCRIBED THE CURRENT GOVERNMENTS GOALS AS EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION AND IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. THE MINISTERS MET WITH VISITING EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER HOH AND CHARGE ON MARCH 28. THE PM SAID THAT MONTENE [...]	2007-03-29 12:38:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR EINV CVIS ECON PINR MW
07PODGORICA93	EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S VISIT EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN LOCAL [...] (U) Summary: The Montenegrin print and electronic media extensively covered EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh's March 25-29 visit to Montenegro and his meetings with Montenegrin officials, as well with NGOs, religious leaders, and human rights figures. Hoh stressed the need for continued reform, [...]	2007-03-30 11:49:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL OPRC MW
07PRAGUE1009	CODEL FRANKS LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON CZECH [...] (SBU) Summary and Conclusion: Ambassador Graber and U.S. Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) met in Prague August 29-30 with key Czech government officials and politicians to discuss missile defense. Franks' main message to the President, the Prime Minister, Foreign and Defense Ministers, and th [...]	2007-09-05 05:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE102	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT STRATEGY - MEET [...] (C) The Czech Government has adopted a strategy of maximum openness with the public in an effort to ensure the success of its plans to host a U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. Czech opponents of missile defense have tried to draw analogies with Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia; opponents also [...]	2007-02-02 15:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1038	REGISTRATION FOR 2007 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 05:38:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EZ MARR NATO PREL
07PRAGUE1051	SECOND MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation John C. Rood and an interagency delegation met September 5 in Prague with a Czech delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar for the second round of negotiations on the Ballistic Missile Defe [...]	2007-09-12 04:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE106	CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER PROMISES FLEXIBILITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Czech opposition leader Jiri Paroubek told Ambassador that he would ensure that his party continued to maintain a flexible approach on a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic. Paroubek confirmed that he felt that for internal party reasons he had no choice but to have [...]	2007-02-05 15:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1064	SECOND VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jackson McDonald and an interagency delegation met with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague to continue negotiations on a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) September 11-12. Overall, the two sides had good, constructive talks and were able t [...]	2007-09-14 14:20:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1080	CODEL TAUSCHER DISPELS MYTHS ON MISSILE DEFENSE DURING [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Tauscher delivered a clear and effective message to Czech politicians and the public about Congressional views on the planned U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. The visit helped dispel a number of persistent myths by making clear that there is bipartisan Congressional support [...]	2007-09-19 13:24:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO OVIP EZ
07PRAGUE1144	DASD CAGAN SEEKS CZECH HELP IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: DOD DASD Cagan held talks with Czech First Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak and Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on October 4, 2007. DASD Cagan sought from the Czechs an additional 20 troops for Iraq, a company (100 to 120 troops) to help the Dutch in Uruzg [...]	2007-10-12 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO
07PRAGUE1154	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES [...] (C) Your October 23 visit to Prague will be important to our effort to win Czech approval of our missile defense (MD) proposals, and to generally solidify the partnership with a key U.S. ally. While MD is likely to dominate discussions with government officials and members of parliament, you [...]	2007-10-17 16:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1160	MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: THE ROAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 13:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1174	CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: The friendly and positive atmosphere during the official meetings of Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) in Prague on October 23 has been overshadowed by a media firestorm sparked by the SecDef's comments regarding possible Russian access to MD sites, including the planned radar [...]	2007-10-26 11:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1177	CZECHS PREPARATIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR, [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 14:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1191	2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:42:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1201	2008 CZECH BUDGET: THE ANOREXIC BEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The draft 2008 state budget passed the first reading in Parliament on October 23 and final approval is expected in December. The Czech government, in an effort to meet the Maastricht budget deficit ceiling of 3 percent of GDP, has proposed a comparatively lean budget for 2008. [...]	2007-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE1205	THIRD VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE1207	CZECH REPUBLIC: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MOPS PREL
07PRAGUE1215	CZECH REPUBLIC MISSILE DEFENSE: CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Visits to Prague of USD(P) Eric Edelman and U/S Rood, together with clear Czech statements following a government meeting on November 6, appear to have put to rest Czech concerns about possible Russian troops at the proposed missile defense radar site (reftel). The Czechs told Ede [...]	2007-11-13 14:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO PINS EZ XG
07PRAGUE1276	CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 14:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS
07PRAGUE1282	2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL APPROVED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1290	CZECHS RAISE "ALARM" ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE [...] (U) Action requests in para 15. 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Czechs are concerned about the pace of negotiations on the European MD site, as well as what they perceive as a lack of full USG commitment to the project. Ambassador has heard in the past week from Deputy PM Vondra and D [...]	2007-12-11 17:07:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL PL EZ
07PRAGUE1319	FOURTH VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 14:12:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE144	THE POLITICS OF MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech government welcomes the U.S. offer to deploy an X-band radar site near Prague as part of Ballistic Missile Defense's third (European) site. But the government does not have a strong majority. Public opinion will determine the outcome of any future parliamentary vote o [...]	2007-02-14 11:46:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE146	CZECH GREENS: PROMOTION TO TOP LEVEL OF NATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Czech Green Party, in government for the first time ever, is exercising an influence far beyond its 3% share in parliament as it rapidly evolves from a coffee house movement to a mainstream political party. The party, which is wrestling with the tensions between its historic ac [...]	2007-02-14 13:59:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE158	GREEN CHAIR BURSIK OFFERS PRAGMATIC APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Green Party, assured the Ambassador that he would work to keep his party's position on missile defense flexible. Bursik indicated that, while he is confident he will be reconfirmed as party chair at the February 17-18 Gre [...]	2007-02-16 15:09:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS EZ
07PRAGUE165	POSSIBLE U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: The following is a suggested list of options for missile defense outreach in support of the establishment of a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic. End summary. 2. (C/NF) This outline is submitted in response to the February 15 sub-PCC on missile defense pub [...]	2007-02-21 10:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE17	CZECH MFA PROMISES FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND [...] MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova confirmed to Poloff on January 5 that the Czech Republic will be represented by a Foreign Minister at the January 26 NATO ministerial proposed by Secretary Rice. Smigolova noted that, despite a possible change of Foreign Minister as part of ongoi [...]	2007-01-05 13:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO AF YI OPDC EZ
07PRAGUE195	KOSOVO: CZECH GOVERNMENT ON AHTISAARI PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government continues its firm support for the Ahtisaari plan. The Czechs are concerned about EU unity on Kosovo, particularly if a new UNSC resolution fails. The opposition CSSD, whose leader has expressed skepticism about Contact Group efforts, is not making it easy f [...]	2007-02-28 12:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM YI ZL EZ
07PRAGUE212	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CZECH PRESIDENT VACLAV [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus's March 5-9 visit to the United States comes less than two months after the USG proposed negotiations on a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic, and one month before Klaus heads to Moscow for meetings with President Putin. It comes as the Czech [...]	2007-03-02 13:35:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR EZ
07PRAGUE22	SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S JANUARY 11 VISIT [...] (C) Dan, I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Your visit will be our first opportunity to meet the "new" Czech government that President Klaus will formally appoint tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. You are set to call on new/old Prime Minister Topolanek, new Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, an [...]	2007-01-08 15:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE262	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH REPUBLIC UPDATE MARCH 13 [...] (C/NF) Summary: Representatives from Embassy met on March 12 with the Czech Government's interagency Missile Defense team for the first of what will be weekly coordination meetings. DFM Tomas Pojar observed that President Klaus' visit to the United States had been a success. Pojar commented th [...]	2007-03-13 14:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE315	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador March 23 that the Czech diplomatic note on missile defense (MD) is on track to be delivered by the end of next week. The Czechs intend to amplify their public debate after this weekend's opposition party congress, and are looking forward to the [...]	2007-03-23 15:27:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR KIPR CVIS EZ
07PRAGUE316	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USD(P) EDELMAN TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Eric, Welcome back to Prague. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the themes concerning missile defense that Secretary Gates relayed to Czech President Klaus during his visit to Washington earlier this month. Your meetings in Prague -- with Deputy Defense Minister [...]	2007-03-24 11:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE328	AGING CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS RE-ELECT A WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) held their annual party congress March 23-25, as an opposition party for the first time in nine years. Party Chairman Jiri Paroubek was re-elected. In spite of running unopposed, Paroubek received only 60% of the votes, down from the 92% he recei [...]	2007-03-27 15:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE333	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT AGREES TO [...] (U) The Czech Cabinet took the formal decision on March 28 to begin negotiations with the United States on basing a U.S. missile defense radar on Czech Territory. In a televised press conference following the Cabinet meeting Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek emphasized that this decision would beg [...]	2007-03-28 16:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE343	VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ERIC EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman visited Prague on March 27-28 and met separately with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr (Sasa) Vondra, Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak, and a group of key Czech parliamentarians. While there was some substantive discussion [...]	2007-03-30 13:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS YI NATO AF EZ
07PRAGUE347	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE APRIL 5 [...] I look forward to welcoming Codel Lowey to Prague on April 5. In anticipation of our luncheon discussion at my residence, I offer some background information in this scenesetter. 2. Seventeen years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czech Republic is today a stable and rapidly developing cou [...]	2007-04-02 08:32:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EZ
07PRAGUE38	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 08:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE418	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Czech Foreign Minster Karel Schwarzenberg pays his first official visit to Washington this week. The Czechs are a dependable and engaged, albeit small, ally in NATO and the EU. Schwarzenberg himself is a committed transatlanticist. It is important for us that Schwarzenberg be a [...]	2007-04-18 11:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE420	MISSILE DEFENSE: SCENESETTER FOR MDA DIRECTOR [...] (C/NF) General Obering, your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a crucial time during the Czech national debate on participation in missile defense with the United States. The enthusiastic support of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's right-of-center ODS party has gotten us this far, but your [...]	2007-04-18 14:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU
07PRAGUE44	A/S FRIED IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE, VISAS, AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with senior Czech officials in Prague on January 11, A/S Fried covered the following: -- Missile Defense: the President is likely to reach a decision soon that will initiate a period of negotiations with the Czechs and/or Poles about terms for basing MD assets in [...]	2007-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EZ
07PRAGUE495	VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...]	2007-05-04 15:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SENV EZ
07PRAGUE497	CZECH PRESIDENT: PUTIN SERIOUS ABOUT MISSILE [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus asked to see Ambassador on May 7 to brief on his April 26-29 state visit to Moscow, and specifically his discussions with President Putin on missile defense (MD). Klaus said he found Putin to be more strident than he had expected on the issue, adding that he " [...]	2007-05-07 15:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU EZ
07PRAGUE500	VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...]	2007-05-09 08:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SENV EZ
07PRAGUE501	MISSILE DEFENSE: GENERAL OBERING HAS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary. Lt. General Henry Obering, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, held meetings with a broad range of leaders in Prague on April 22-23 to discuss the U.S. proposal to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. Participants described the meetings as extremely useful, and [...]	2007-05-09 08:35:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE528	CZECHS WARN THAT RADAR-ONLY MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar warned DCM on May 10 that the recent Congressional move to cut funding for the proposed missile defense (MD) assets in Poland, even though it leaves funding for the Czech radar intact, would undercut the rationale for the system and make it difficul [...]	2007-05-11 16:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV EZ
07PRAGUE529	FIRST VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Robert Loftis and an interagency delegation met with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague to open negotiations on a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) May 10-11. Overall, discussions were productive and the Czech negotiation team was well-prepar [...]	2007-05-11 17:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE538	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO PRAGUE. [...] (C) The President will be welcomed warmly in Prague, both at his bilateral events and for the conference on "Democracy and Security." President Klaus and the government are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the President again, after the November 2002 visit for the NATO Summit. Three [...]	2007-05-14 12:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EZ
07PRAGUE557	CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BALKANS [...] Summary. This is the second in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans. The Czech Republic strongly supports U.S. policy in the Balkans, and views the region as the country's highest security priority. Thus, in recent years the Czech [...]	2007-05-17 09:19:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MASS XH BK MW YI EZ
07PRAGUE565	CZECH PM RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING OF MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador that questions regarding U.S. funding of missile defense projects in Central Europe are damaging Czech efforts to build political support for the system. Referring to the proposal in the House version of the defense appropriations bill that fun [...]	2007-05-18 12:57:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EZ
07PRAGUE591	FIRST MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Assistant Secretary John Rood and an interagency delegation held productive negotiations on a ballistic missile defense agreement (BMDA) with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague on May 22. The Czechs see the BMDA as a much simpler agreement than the proposed Statu [...]	2007-05-23 16:20:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE60	CZECH PLANS FOR THE JANUARY 26 NATO FOREIGN [...] (C) Poloff met January 23 with MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova to discuss Czech plans for the January 26 NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels. The meeting followed up on delivery of Ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar by CFC-A Commander Lieutenant General Karl [...]	2007-01-23 17:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF PK EZ
07PRAGUE614	SCENESETTER FOR KAREN HUGHES VISIT TO PRAGUE ON [...] (U) Under Secretary Hughes, we look forward to welcoming you to Prague on June 4. In anticipation of your visit, we offer the following background information on the Czech economy, bilateral relations, Czech democracy promotion, and plans for your stay. 2. (U) Seventeen years after the Velv [...]	2007-05-29 13:54:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EZ
07PRAGUE62	MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 08:20:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE644	CZECHS AGREE WITH U.S. APPROACH TO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered the authorized portions of Ref A demarche on June 6 to Veronika Smigolova, MFA Director for Security Policy. Smigolova, who will lead the Czech delegation to the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, shared her fear that Allies could be faced with Russian tactics design [...]	2007-06-06 11:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL EZ RU
07PRAGUE648	USNATO PERMREP NULAND IN PRAGUE - PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland visited Prague May 31 - June 1 to address an Atlantic Council-sponsored conference on the consequences for transatlantic relations of U.S. missile defense in Europe. At the conference, in press interviews, and in meetings with senior Czech leaders [...]	2007-06-06 13:00:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ AF NATO
07PRAGUE667	ERA PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - NEW [...] (C) Summary: ERA Corporation plans to develop a more portable version of the VERA passive surveillance detection system, as well as cooperate with Lockheed Martin on passive coherent location technology. This may present new regulatory challenges in coming years. Post looks forward to working [...]	2007-06-08 13:16:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE67	CFC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Prague, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) Commander General Karl Eikenberry briefed Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on January 22nd. In a wide ranging and positive conversation on Afghanistan they discussed contributions, the current situation, and fu [...]	2007-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK EZ
07PRAGUE683	CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary. This is the third in a series of three cables summarizing significant Czech contributions in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has provided substantial military support, development, and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. From the military perspective, the Cz [...]	2007-06-13 11:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MASS AF EZ
07PRAGUE700	CZECHS AGREE TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH SCO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Monika Studena of the MFA Security Policy Department on June 12. The following day Ms. Studena replied that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position, and it will use whatever influence it has to work to prevent possible threats to Coalition intere [...]	2007-06-14 14:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EZ
07PRAGUE729	MAIN CZECH OPPOSITION CONTENT TO PLAY WAITING [...] (C) Summary: The main Czech opposition party, the Social Democrats (CSSD),is in no hurry to return to power, content to allow their main rival, the ruling Civic Democrats (ODS),to take difficult stands and alienate more voters. CSSD's strategy, at least for now, is to criticize the coalition [...]	2007-06-18 17:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
07PRAGUE760	INFORMATION ON U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered information on suggested U.S.-Russia expert-level missile defense consultations to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar and the Czech inter-ministerial missile defense working group June 25. A/DCM informed Pojar the consultations should take place in the next we [...]	2007-06-26 08:58:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS AJ EZ PL UP
07PRAGUE823	CZECHS DELIVER WISH LIST FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Government Coordinator for Communication of Missile Defense Program Tomas Klvana delivered a "wish list" of proposed ballistic missile defense (BMD) public diplomacy activities to the Embassy July 11. This list resulted from Klvana's consultations in Washington June [...]	2007-07-12 13:53:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
07PRAGUE853	CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER ON MISSILE DEFENSE: [...] (C) Summary: Jiri Paroubek, Chairman of the opposition Czech Social Democrats (CSSD),told Ambassador July 18 that he continues to have no personal objection to missile defense, but has been placed in a bind because of the lack of support within his party and the absence of maneuvering room t [...]	2007-07-19 13:53:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GE EZ
07PRAGUE863	CZECH REPUBLIC: FINAL APPROVAL ON AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech government approval to deploy a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to a U.S. base in Logar Province, Afghanistan is expected by mid-August 2007. The Czech-led PRT of approximately 130-150 personnel will begin arriving in Logar in January 2008 with a goal of being fully op [...]	2007-07-23 13:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EXIM NATO PARM PREL PTER AF EZ
07PRAGUE968	CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES PRT IN AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government on August 22 formally approved plans for the Czechs to send a PRT to Logar Province, Afghanistan in 2008. The government plans to place up to 200 personnel in Logar, including a number of civilian experts. Current Czech support to the PRT in Fayzabad will [...]	2007-08-23 13:10:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO AF EZ
07PRAGUE970	CZECH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER ON CFE [...] (C) On June 20, post delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director for Security Policy at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kuchynova-Smigolova said that she would study the U.S. proposal, but her immediate reaction was less than positive. She expressed [...]	2007-08-24 07:42:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07PRAGUE999	MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WHAT WE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Our effort to win approval for a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles. Politically, despite a recent victory on a controversial economic reform package, PM Topolanek's government does not yet have the votes in hand to approve the [...]	2007-08-30 14:46:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ
07PRETORIA3569	BRENTHURST FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADVICE TO RWANDA, [...] (SBU) The Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based think tank funded by the Oppenheimer family, is providing "confidential" policy advice to the Governments of Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Mozambique. Greg Mills, Director of the Foundation (see bio-note at para 6),told PolOff and visitin [...]	2007-10-10 16:12:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID PINR SF
07PRISTINA104	KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...]	2007-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA150	KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...]	2007-02-28 13:55:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS
07PRISTINA194	KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...]	2007-03-13 11:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA241	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMB. NULAND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Victoria Nuland to visit Pristina, Kosovo April 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is in conjunction with an organized visit of NATO Permanent Representative to KFOR. Point of Contact for this visit is Poloff Tracey Thornton [...]	2007-03-30 07:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT NATO OTRA
07PRISTINA278	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAN LYNCH [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Dan Lynch to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 381-38-5959-3195; [...]	2007-04-12 06:42:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA NATO
07PRISTINA286	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HOLLY SCHWENDLER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Holly Schwendler to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...]	2007-04-12 13:02:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EUN PREL NATO ASEC SR YI
07PRISTINA340	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR WARE AND DEFENSE [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Finland Marilyn Ware and Embassy Finland Defense Attach COL. Joy Shasteen to visit Pristina May 8-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to escort six Finnish NATO tour participants. Point of Contact for this visit [...]	2007-05-02 16:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AORC OTRA ASEC FI
07PRISTINA362	KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...]	2007-05-07 15:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA392	KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a May 10 briefing in Pristina on what it said was an "urgent requirement" to fund the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),an UNMIK organization, for one year after status. KPC Coordinator Major General Syk [...]	2007-05-18 16:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA489	KOSOVO: EUPT PROPOSES BROAD TRAINING CONCEPT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent weeklong course in Finland for candidates for the anticipated Kosovo European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission covered ESDP concepts, the goals of the Kosovo ESDP mission, an overview of rule of law sectors in Kosovo, Kosovo-specific case studies, and the missi [...]	2007-06-22 13:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINS YI UNMIK KCRS
07PRISTINA503	KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...]	2007-06-29 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA525	KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SHARE ARMY ROTC [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) For the last two years, the American University of Kosovo (AUK) has been running a Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC)-type program in conjunction with the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC). AUK is affiliated with the Rochester Institute of T [...]	2007-07-09 08:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS MASS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA534	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN [...] (U) Your visit to Kosovo comes at the final phase of a prolonged period of negotiation over Kosovo's status, a process led by UN Special Envoy and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. The status negotiation process began in January 2006 with the articulation of basic principles by the [...]	2007-07-10 16:54:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07PRISTINA543	KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...]	2007-07-13 09:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA544	KOSOVO: SECURITY WORKING GROUPS SLOWLY LEAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: The sub-Working Groups on Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Issues and Security Institutions, two of the six sub-Working Groups (sub-WGs) created by the Working Group on Security (WGS) to carry out its mandate to plan for implementation of Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari final status pac [...]	2007-07-13 09:47:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PINS PREL YI KCRS UNMIK
07PRISTINA643	KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING [...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...]	2007-08-24 13:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA694	KOSOVO: USOP INTERVENTION STOPS SERB PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY (C) Despite USOP's recent intervention in a pair of property disputes involving Kosovo Serbs in Klina (reftel),the municipal government has since attempted to repossess the property known as the "Youth Center." After initial attempts to use expropriation (similar to eminent domain i [...]	2007-09-19 13:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK
07PRISTINA707	KOSOVO: TRANSITION PLANNING MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first Strategic Transition Group meeting since the August recess, SRSG Ruecker on September 20 urged a renewed focus on the transition process and reaffirmed UNMIK's support for the Ahtisaari plan as the blueprint for moving ahead on transition implementation. Progress r [...]	2007-09-26 12:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA768	KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...]	2007-11-05 16:35:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA9	KOSOVO: KOSOVO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Kosovo continues to be administered under the civil authority of the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK was established in June 1999, following the conclusion of the NATO military campaign against Slobo [...]	2007-01-05 11:40:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB PGOV EFIN
07PRISTINA93	KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...]	2007-02-02 18:28:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07RABAT1046	BRIEFING MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) Summary: The visit of an interagency delegation headed by PDUSD Ryan Henry to Morocco June 11 to brief on AFRICOM helped reassure the government and provided the opportunity to alert the public to the proposed new command. The delegation briefed a GOM interagency group headed by MFA Dire [...]	2007-06-22 16:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MO PTER PREL

07RABAT1234	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Representative Lowey, My staff and I are delighted to welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Your visit will help underscore the importance of our relations with Morocco. Morocco is a paragon of reform in the region and relations are good enough that it has been designated a [...]	2007-07-31 16:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PTER MA
07RABAT1238	MOROCCAN TROOPS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) In response to the points conveyed reftel, MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita told us on July 26 that the GOM takes the accusations of sexual misconduct against its troops in Ivory Coast seriously, and is sending a high level military delegation to join the UN [...]	2007-08-01 12:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IC MO
07RABAT1730	NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS [...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...]	2007-11-09 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV
07RABAT1895	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: My staff and I are delighted to welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Your visit will help underscore the importance of our relations with Morocco. Morocco is a paragon of reform in the region and relations are so strong that it has been designated a "major, non-NATO al [...]	2007-12-31 12:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER MO
07REYKJAVIK1	Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing [...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...]	2007-01-05 09:10:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO
07REYKJAVIK114	Iceland: 2007 Parliamentary Elections, One Month Out [...] (U) Summary: A month before Icelanders head to the polls for the May 12 parliamentary elections, the Left Greens are riding a wave of interest in environmental concerns. However, the emergence of a new green party could splinter the environmentalist bloc and ensure the current center-right co [...]	2007-04-18 13:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV EIND IC
07REYKJAVIK154	ICELAND NOT IN FAVOR OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN, BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland has not taken a final position on the cluster munitions issue, but is unwilling to support a complete ban on their use. However, due to regional solidarity and a desire to make disarmament a key issue in Iceland's campaign for a UN Security Council seat, the GOI is inc [...]	2007-05-22 07:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS NATO PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK158	ICELAND: HAARDE REMAINS PM IN NEW COALITION, SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Iceland's new government coalition of the Independence Party (IP) and the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) announced their ministers and policy statement on May 22-23. Geir Haarde will stay on as Prime Minister, while SDA leader Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir will become Iceland's [...]	2007-05-23 17:31:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IC
07REYKJAVIK166	ICELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 17:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK171	ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS BURNS [...] (SBU) The Mission and I welcome you most warmly to Iceland. Your timing could not be better. The May 12 parliamentary elections strengthened Prime Minister Haarde's mandate to govern. A new Foreign Minister (and unabashedly would-be future PM) is wary of us but open to an exchange of views. [...]	2007-06-13 09:29:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK192	Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...]	2007-07-03 08:02:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO SENV ENRG IC
07REYKJAVIK20	ICELAND: AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: Iceland is supportive of USG goals for the NATO informal ministerial on Afghanistan and Kosovo on January 26. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary outlined for Ambassador the Icelandic government's plans to increase peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan, [...]	2007-01-26 15:55:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO KPKO AF YI HU IC
07REYKJAVIK203	Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...]	2007-07-13 16:44:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK233	ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING 07 AND [...] (C) Your visit and NORTHERN VIKING 07 come as Iceland's government gets back to work after summer vacation, with a new governing coalition for the first time in 12 years. The parliamentary election on May 12 strengthened Prime Minister Geir Haarde's mandate to govern. The new Foreign Ministe [...]	2007-08-09 16:14:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK247	ICELAND: EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING, [...] (C) Summary: Exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2007, held August 14-15, was the first defense exercise conducted under our commitments set out in the bilateral Joint Understanding of October 2006. The successful exercise brought new positive attention to the U.S. defense commitment to Iceland as [...]	2007-08-27 17:38:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR PGOV RU IC
07REYKJAVIK248	ICELAND: TIMELINE ON ADAPTED CFE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 08:39:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC
07REYKJAVIK298	ICELAND PRESENTS ITS VISION FOR NATO AIR POLICING [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the November Force Generation Conference, the Icelandic Defense Department briefed resident NATO ambassadors October 12 on Iceland's air policing wishlist: quarterly Allied deployments featuring planes on the ground at Keflavik for up to three weeks at a time. As i [...]	2007-10-16 16:46:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL MARR PGOV IC
07REYKJAVIK313	Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...]	2007-10-30 17:38:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK322	ICELANDIC DEFENSE POLICY ONE YEAR AFTER U.S. WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: A year after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik and the withdrawal of permanent U.S. forces from Iceland, Post agrees with Prime Minister Haarde that the turnover went better than either party expected. After recovering from the initial shock of our base closure notif [...]	2007-11-09 17:01:00	Embassy Reykjavik	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PINR IC
07REYKJAVIK334	KOSOVO: ICELAND AGREES AHTISAARI PLAN ONLY REAL OPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 17:35:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNMIK NATO UN YI IC
07REYKJAVIK42	RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 17:10:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR EZ PL IC
07REYKJAVIK69	ICELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY ON KEFLAVIK BASE ONE [...] Summary: The one-year anniversary of the March 15, 2006 announcement of the closing of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) passed quietly, marked only by the announcement that part of the former base will become a university-level institution focusing on international education and techno [...]	2007-03-16 17:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IC
07REYKJAVIK85	NOMINATION TO SEND ICELANDIC BROADCASTER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government plans to withdraw its Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) from Chaghcharan, northern Afghanistan in late April, where it has played an essential part in the region's humanitarian missions since 2004. The withdrawal is part of a plan by the country's F [...]	2007-03-28 15:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PGOV PREL OPRC KPAO AF IC
07REYKJAVIK99	Iceland: Pressing for movement on air defense radar issues [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government is sending ever-clearer messages that it wants visible progress in U.S.-Iceland discussions on the NATO-owned Iceland Air Defense System (IADS) radar sites, for which U.S. funding expires in August 2007. In a March 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Jon E [...]	2007-04-04 16:32:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO IC
07RIGA102	LATVIAN VIEWS ON FEB 12-13 GAERC [...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered points in reftel to Veronika Erte, MFA A/S-level official responsible for EU affairs, on February 7. Latvia's GAERC positions had already been set, but Erte welcomed the US points. Latvian positions are very close to US views on the issues discussed. Kosovo and S [...]	2007-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN LG
07RIGA144	LATVIA ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT ON MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points on missile defense to Latvian Political Director Ilgavrs Klava February 23. As Latvian FM Pabriks had just received a call from his Lithuanian counterpart on this issue, Klava was grateful for our points. He said Latvia would look to issue a stateme [...]	2007-02-27 07:33:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL RS EUN LG
07RIGA165	LATVIAN PLANS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Recent decisions by the UK and Denmark to draw down their troops in Iraq, and suggestions that Lithuania may do the same, have had little impact in Latvia. The GOL continues with its plan, developed last fall and extensively briefed to partners, to make the current rotation of com [...]	2007-03-06 12:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EAID NATO IZ AF LG
07RIGA186	LATVIAN MEDIA: TWO SEPARATE WORLDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Latvian media exists in two parallel spheres, based on language, which media experts refer to as the "two information spaces". This media segmentation tends to reinforce existing ethnic-based differences in Latvian public opinion, and creates some challenges for Latvia's leadershi [...]	2007-03-09 14:15:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PGOV LG
07RIGA192	LATVIAN PRESIDENT DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary: President Vike-Freiberga invoked a heretofore never used constitutional provision to delay for two months controversial amendments to the laws on the oversight of Latvia's security services. She said it was clear that the government had unduly rushed the legislation adding that a [...]	2007-03-12 12:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ASEC PGOV KCRM PREL NATO LG
07RIGA227	LATVIA SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 14:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU LG
07RIGA275	LEMBERGS AND THE SECURITY AMENDMENTS LINKED [...] (C) Summary: Regional Legal Attach and PolOff met with the Latvian Prosecutor General Maizetis (PG) to discuss upcoming USG sponsored training events which will involve Maizetis' office. During the course of the meeting, the PG discussed the events surrounding the introduction, and eventual wi [...]	2007-04-13 15:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL PINR ASEC NATO LG
07RIGA290	SCENESETTER FOR LATVIAN PRESIDENT VIKE-FREIBERGA'S [...] (C) Summary: Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga will make her final official visit to Washington the week of April 30. In her eight years in office she has been a leader in securing democratic values in Latvia and bringing it into the EU and NATO, and a force in supporting others who wish [...]	2007-04-23 15:19:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS LG
07RIGA309	LATVIAN POL DIR ON MD, CFE, AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Charge, Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava wanted to ensure that his comments at the recent NATO ministerial were clear - Latvia supports our efforts at building a missile defense system, but believes that European nations should be ashamed at [...]	2007-05-03 14:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PARM RS YI AF LG
07RIGA358	DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 10 VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer paid a one day visit to Riga, mainly focused on Moldova. In a bilateral meeting at the MFA, the Latvians reviewed their efforts to provide assistance in Moldova and their hope to find ways to provide training to mid-level Belarusian officials. MFA State Secr [...]	2007-05-16 07:42:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BO MD RS LG
07RIGA365	CLUSTER MUNITIONS - LIMA TEXT: LATVIA OPPOSES [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered ref A points May 17 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA. Pelss acknowledged that he had not yet seen the draft Lima Text. However, he stated that the GOL "is not looking for a complete ban" on cluster munitions (CM),and tha [...]	2007-05-17 14:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL LG
07RIGA373	Latvian parliament approves Russian border treaty [...] Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 70-25 on May 17 to ratify the Latvia-Russia Border Treaty signed by both prime ministers on March 27. Although the two main opponents of ratification of the treaty - the coalition party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK) and the opposition part [...]	2007-05-21 10:39:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA409	LATVIA WILL NOT PROVIDE UNAMI MIDDLE RING SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 15:16:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR KPKO UN IZ LG
07RIGA410	LATVIA HAS STRONG INTEREST IN ISAF OMLT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 15:35:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR NATO AF LG
07RIGA411	LATVIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - A TRAGIC-COMEDY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) will vote May 31 for a new President to replace Vaira Vike-Freiberga as she completes eight years in office. The outcome remains unclear. The coalition candidate, Valdis Zatlers, has no political experience, has been underwhelming in press and pu [...]	2007-05-29 16:03:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR LG
07RIGA432	LATVIA SUPPORTS CFE REVIEW GOALS; DOESN'T WANT TO [...] (C) A/DCM delivered ref a points and ref b background to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klave on June 6. Klava took detailed notes throughout the conversation. Although Latvia will not participate in the review conference (it is not party to the CFE treaty),it would actively engage at the HLTF [...]	2007-06-06 14:49:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KCFE PREL NATO LG
07RIGA497	LATVIA: HARD SELL FOR GOVERNMENT ANTI-INFLATION [...] (C) Summary. The government's anti-inflation plan has been received skeptically, as evidenced by the downgrading of Latvia's credit rating by Standard and Poor's in May. A research group's June recommendation that Latvia devalue its currency to help fight inflation and restore export competi [...]	2007-07-06 08:35:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV LG
07RIGA506	ZATLERS TAKES OFFICE AS NEW LATVIAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) New Latvian President Valdis Zatlers was inaugurated July 8, taking over the presidency from Vaira Vike-Freiberga who had served for eight years. A surgeon and head of the National Trauma Hospital, Zatlers was put forward as the candidate of Latvia's ruling centre-right coalition and elect [...]	2007-07-10 12:26:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL LG
07RIGA51	LATVIA'S PROPOSED AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON - [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia has nominated Andrejs Pildegovics, currently President Vike-Freiberga's Chief of Staff, as its next Ambassador to Washington and Mexico City. We have had a long and productive relationship with Pildegovics and have always found him accessible. While his academic and car [...]	2007-01-18 12:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV LG
07RIGA521	AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Only three days on the job, President Zatlers received Ambassador Bailey on July 11. The new President stressed his desire to continue strong bilateral relations with the US, as Latvia's strategic partner. The Ambassador reviewed the many areas of bilateral military, political, [...]	2007-07-13 13:20:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CVIS NATO LG
07RIGA53	GOL DECIDES TO TRY AGAIN ON LATVIA-RUSSIA BORDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Prime Minster Kalvitis has decided to renew discussion of the Latvia-Russia border treaty, with an aim to sign the document in the first half of 2007. He believes the political calendars in Russia and Latvia provide a unique window of opportunity. In order to avoid [...]	2007-01-18 14:21:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA533	LATVIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN CFE MOVES - PLANS, [...] (C) Summary: Putin's July 13 decree on CFE did not surprise Latvia, which expected a move like this after the escalating rhetoric of recent months. But Latvian officials are using it as a reminder that Latvia's border with Russia is a key reason Latvia wanted to join NATO. Public rhetoric ha [...]	2007-07-18 14:57:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE MARR RS LG
07RIGA55	LATVIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Pabriks January 18 to discuss points in reftels on Afghanistan and Kosovo. Pabriks asserted that Latvia remained committed to sending additional troops to ISAF, although the Ministry of Defense was still working on when it would be possible to get additional [...]	2007-01-22 06:54:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO YI AF LG
07RIGA56	LATVIA IN 2007, KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP STRONG [...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2007, Latvia is in a different place than last year. The NATO summit, which kept Riga on allies' lips for a year, is over and President Vike-Freiberga, who almost single-handedly put Latvia back on the world map, is leaving office in July. Yet, the US maintains impor [...]	2007-01-22 06:55:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ECON KPAO CVIS LG
07RIGA579	Poll: Latvians feel secure; support national defense [...] (SBU) Summary: An annual opinion poll commissioned by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in December 2006/January 2007 confirms the tendency shown by previous polls commissioned by the MoD since 2000: the majority of Latvian residents consider Latvia a safe country and in general support the governm [...]	2007-07-31 14:38:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL MARR LG
07RIGA61	HELPING LATVIA DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Ref A requests a full court press for Allied contributions to Afghanistan in advance of the January 26 ministerial. We are concerned that providing the Latvians a laundry list of initiatives where they might help will simply overwhelm them [...]	2007-01-23 10:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EAID NATO AF LG
07RIGA610	LATVIA STANDING UP FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is concerned about the missile impact in Georgia and frustrated by the weak reaction of the Portuguese presidency of the EU. While urging NATO support for Georgia through a NAC briefing and possible NAC visit to Georgia, Latvia will send a person to participate in the inte [...]	2007-08-10 12:02:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG LG
07RIGA629	LATVIA REMAINS CAUTIOUS ON PLANS FOR A/CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Latvia continues to be wary of any plan to move forward on ratification of A/CFE that might leave them behind. They welcomed hearing more detail on our action for action plan and will have more thoughts in upcoming US/Baltic consultations on CFE. The Latvians are looking to ge [...]	2007-08-21 11:29:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KCFE MARR PREL PINR RS LG
07RIGA636	LATVIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANA HELD UP BY RUSSIAN DELAYS [...] The Latvian MOD has informed us that a number of items that Latvia has pledged to the Afghan National Army are delayed due to a nearly year long effort to get retransfer authority from Moscow. With President Zatlers hoping to visit Afghanistan in September, the Latvians would welcome any assist [...]	2007-08-23 08:08:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PARM MARR AF RS LG
07RIGA64	(C) CLUSTER MUNITIONS: LATVIA CONSIDERS CCW BEST [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points January 23 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA, and Sanita Krumina, who works in the same division. Pelss responded that the GOL shares the USG's humanitarian concerns and also agrees that cluster munitions (CM) [...]	2007-01-23 13:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO LG
07RIGA665	LATVIA SUPPORTS NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 07:11:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG LG
07RIGA697	LATVIAN FM PABRIKS WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER 26 TRANSATLANTIC [...] (SBU) On September 17, post delivered ref A letter inviting Latvian Foreign Minister Pabriks to the September 26 transatlantic dinner hosted by Secretary Rice on the margins of the UNGA in New York City. On September 19, Dace Rutka, Head of the Americas and Caribbean Countries Division at the [...]	2007-09-19 15:40:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OPDC PREL EU LG
07RIGA731	PREVENTING FURTHER LATVIAN BACKSLIDING ON RULE OF [...] (C/NF) Summary: One year ago, we said that the outcome of Latvia's parliamentary elections in October 2006 would be key to determining whether Latvia would continue to move forward to strengthen the rule of law or regress to old and non-transparent ways of doing business. Developments since [...]	2007-09-28 11:40:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR PINR PHUM LG
07RIGA796	SECENSETTER FOR OCT 31 VISIT OF PM KALVITIS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis comes to Washington Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 politically weakened but still enormously influential. Latvia's longest serving PM in the post-Soviet era, Kalvitis is enmeshed in a political battle over the dismissal of the anti-corruption chief and with growing voter [...]	2007-10-24 13:45:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS LG
07RIGA817	LATVIAN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C/NF) We have previously discussed with the Latvian government the legal requirements for military deployments overseas in the context of the future of Kosovo. Senior MFA and MOD officials have affirmed to us that Latvia can deploy outside of Latvia in three situations: in a UNSC-mandated/au [...]	2007-11-01 08:33:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL IZ LG
07RIGA850	LATVIA: DAS GARBER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER, CFE, AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Judith Garber visited Riga on November 7 and 8 for meetings with GOL officials at the MFA and DOD. All MFA officials stressed the Visa Waiver program as priority number one in the bilateral relationship. The Latvian MOD expressed strong support for U.S. efforts to negoti [...]	2007-11-14 10:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MARR LG
07RIGA860	LATVIA'S 2008 BUDGET [...] Summary: On November 8th, the Saeima (Parliament) passed the government's 2008 budget, with 54 parliament members voting in favor and 39 against. In line with the main budgetary priority, which was economic stabilization in the face of accelerating inflation, the budget plans to run a 1% of G [...]	2007-11-16 11:46:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD LG
07RIGA865	A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...]	2007-11-21 12:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG
07RIGA871	VIKE-FREIBERGA'S CANDIDACY TO HEAD EU "WISEMEN" [...] (C/NF) Peteris Ustubs, foreign policy advisor to Latvian PM Kalvitis, called in pol/econ chief late November 21. Ustubs had just returned from Paris and a meeting with Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor AMB Levitte. Sarkozy wants to propose former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (VVF) to head [...]	2007-11-23 13:36:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN FR LG
07RIGA873	E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...]	2007-11-23 13:41:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG
07RIGA877	LATVIA ON MADRID: NERVOUS ON CFE [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is wary of the Spanish/German effort on CFE in Madrid and greatly appreciates the US support for core principals in this area. Latvia will make a strong statement of support for ODIHR and election observation. They support the closure of the OSCE mission in Croatia and sup [...]	2007-11-27 16:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE LG
07RIGA906	THE APPEARANCE OF BOLD ACTION, LOOKING FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The process of forming the next Latvian government took a not entirely unexpected turn on December 12 when President Zatlers decided to consult with potential candidates for Prime Minister from outside the party structure. Although Zatlers seems interested in doing something unex [...]	2007-12-12 15:48:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LG
07RIGA92	Latvian parliament approves border treaty on first reading; [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 65 - 26 on February 1 to authorize the government to sign the border treaty with Russia that has been pending since 1997. This was only the first reading and the bill will have to pass again on February 8 before it is final. However, the near [...]	2007-02-02 14:36:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA935	LATVIAN PARLIAMENT INSTALLS NEW CENTER-RIGHT MAJORITY [...] SUMMARY. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) voted 54-43 on December 20 to approve a new center-right government led by former Interior Minister (and former PM) Ivars Godmanis of Latvia's First Party/Latvia's Way (LPP/LC). The new government is composed of the same four center-right parties as th [...]	2007-12-21 14:14:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LG
07ROME1014	KOSOVO UPDATE: D'ALEMA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy is becoming more vocal about its support for the Ahtisaari plan. This week, in an interview in the Italian weekly L'Espresso, FM D'Alema stated that Italy was for supervised independence and noted that Kosovo cannot go back to Belgrade rule. PM Prodi, who asserts he is per [...]	2007-05-14 12:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UNSC YI SR IT
07ROME1017	ITALIAN CANDIDATE FOR OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] Guido Lenzi, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Interior, met with poloff on May 10 to seek support for his candidacy as the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Lenzi, a member of the Italian diplomatic service since 1964, has significant multilateral experience with NATO, UN, E [...]	2007-05-15 10:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PREL IT
07ROME1132	G-6 AND DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy hosted a meeting of the six larger EU nations in Venice May 11-12 to discuss strategies and share experiences on ways to better cooperate in the fight against radicalization and terrorism. Known as the "G6" meetings of EU interior ministers, this year's meeting included DH [...]	2007-05-25 12:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV IT
07ROME1163	AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS, [...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona, Deputy Legal Advisor Valerio Astraldi, Director of the Great Lakes Office Orazio Guanciale and UN Coordinator Giamberto De Vito on May 21 to discuss the International Crimin [...]	2007-05-29 08:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC PREL PGOV IT
07ROME1190	AFTER THREATENING JSF FUNDING, GOI OFFICIAL [...] (S) Summary. In a May 21 meeting with Ecmin, Alfredo Cuzzoni, the Ministry of Economic Development official responsible for the Ministry's support for Italy's defense industry, described an Italian defense procurement system constrained by political infighting and limited budgets. Cuzzoni s [...]	2007-06-01 05:47:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ETTC IR IT MARR PARM PREL
07ROME1497	ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON UN ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In bilateral meetings on the fringes of the Rome Afghan conference, Italy's prime minister and foreign minister guardedly welcomed the prospect of a new, high-level UN envoy for Afghanistan. But PM Prodi told USUN Amb Khalilzad it would be important for such an envoy to have adequate res [...]	2007-07-09 17:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IT
07ROME162	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...]	2007-01-25 08:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT
07ROME163	ITALIAN FM: NO MORE ON MILITARY SIDE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) A/S Fried urged FM D'Alema to bring to the NATO ministerial on Afghanistan ideas for an enhanced commitment, including on caveats, to the multinational effort there. D'Alema responded flatly that Italy could not do more on the military side, although it would confirm its commitment. When [...]	2007-01-25 08:52:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO IT
07ROME175	ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE [...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...]	2007-01-26 11:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC IT
07ROME1783	ITALY'S NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CALLS U.S. CFE [...] (C) Acting Political Minister Counselor delivered reftel points and non-paper August 20 to MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini who called the approach an extremely constructive breakthrough. He said he was encouraged to see such a positive move forward, and appreciated the USG's efforts [...]	2007-08-21 10:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT
07ROME1801	PROSPECTS FOR ITALIAN A/CFE RATIFICATION TIMING - [...] (C) Following up REF B conversation on A/CFE, MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini called Acting Political Minister-Counselor August 23 to inform that he had made a formal request to the MFA's Legal Advisor for an estimate of how long it would take Italy to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty. B [...]	2007-08-23 11:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT
07ROME192	PRESSING ITALY ON AFGHANISTAN CAVEATS AND IRAN [...] (C) Visiting EUR/WE director Allegrone urged GOI officials to look hard at ways to enhance Italy's military contribution in Afghanistan. MFA officials responded that they were doing so, but had to tread carefully to avoid a veto of mission funding by far-left members of the governing coaliti [...]	2007-01-29 10:19:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV XF AF IR IZ LE KNNP IT
07ROME194	ITALY TO PUSH FOR CCW AGREEMENT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary: The GOI generally supports finding ways to limit the use of cluster munitions but does not believe the Oslo Conference is the appropriate venue for the discussion. Italy's center-left coalition government is sympathetic to multilateral efforts that appear to defend humanitarian p [...]	2007-01-29 15:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO IT
07ROME1993	ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL ASIA FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) On September 10 the Italian MFA hosted an international conference on Central Asia in Rome. The conference included the participation of the FMs from Italy and Uzbekistan, DFMs from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Representatives of Italy, the US (SCA/CEN Spratlen) [...]	2007-09-18 10:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IT KZ KG TX TI UZ
07ROME2046	ITALY: YOUR MEETING WITH FM D'ALEMA SEPTEMBER 27 [...] (C/NF) Summary. While the issues on Italy's international agenda in the near future will for the most part track with ours, the GOI's tactics and desired outcomes may not. D'Alema will want to discuss Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, Afghanistan and Sudan. You may [...]	2007-09-24 15:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC IT
07ROME209	IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...]	2007-02-01 16:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT
07ROME2096	AFGHANISTAN: ITALIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE REKINDLES ISAF [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and rescue of two Italian military intelligence officers in Western Afghanistan the weekend of September 22-24 has rekindled the political discussion in Italy over involvement in ISAF. But so far Prodi's far left allies in the fragile governing coalition are keepin [...]	2007-09-28 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF IT UK
07ROME2131	S/P GORDON ENGAGES GOI ON KOSOVO, IRAN, [...] (C) S/P Director David Gordon engaged senior GOI officials on Kosovo, Russia, MEPP, Iran, Lebanon, UNSC reform, Darfur, Afghanistan and climate change during October 1 consultations. On Kosovo the Italians said the goal should be a UNSCR, and that the Kosovars should be persuaded to postpone [...]	2007-10-04 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XF AF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT
07ROME2132	ITALY: PM PRODI SAYS HE'S WITH US ON IRAN, SEEKS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met PM Prodi October 1 and discussed the risks of Italian engagement with Iran and Syria, the need for a broad EU consensus on Kosovo, and developments in Afghanistan, as well as the November Middle East conference, and Italian support for the UN Sudan mission, UNSC action [...]	2007-10-04 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA UNSC NATO IT
07ROME2148	ITALY UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT NEW ZEALAND DRAFT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Emanuele Farruggia, Italian MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation on October 5. Farruggia said that the GOI had not yet had an opportunity to study New Zealand's draft resolution but that the EU as a whole was unlikely to suppo [...]	2007-10-10 09:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA IT
07ROME2153	UNAMID: ITALY CONTRIBUTING C-130 TRANSPORT, [...] (C) S/P David Gordon pressed MFA PolDir Giulio Terzi October 1 to have Italy consider contributing helicopters to UNAMID, per reftel demarche request. Terzi said he thought it was unlikely, but said he would raise the matter at a higher level. Terzi pointed out that Italy had already agreed to [...]	2007-10-10 15:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU IT
07ROME2167	A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...]	2007-10-11 16:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO
07ROME2208	ITALY: EUR/RPM DIRECTOR GARY ROBBINS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins engaged Italian officials on Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Georgia and other NATO and OSCE issues during October 4 meetings in Rome. On Afghanistan, GOI officials said that Italy wanted to see NATO prioritize civilian over military information in its st [...]	2007-10-18 15:19:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM MARR MOPS NATO PINS OSCE IT
07ROME2235	ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S OCT. 30 MEETING [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met DefMin Parisi October 22 to preview agenda items likely to come up in Parisi's October 30 meeting with SecDef Gates. Parisi said he hoped to have a firm answer on Global Hawk by Oct. 30. He said categorically that Italy cannot contribute helicopters to the Darfur mission [...]	2007-10-24 09:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT
07ROME2287	IRAQ-ITALY: S/I STEPHENSON IN ROME: GOI PUSHING [...] (C) Summary. S/I Barbara Stephenson visited Rome on October 30 after the IRRFI conference in Bari to discuss Iraqi political and security developments with GOI officials. Stephenson told the Italians that the international community needed to take advantage of a dramatic decrease in violence [...]	2007-11-02 09:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO IZ SA IR IT
07ROME2360	ITALIANS DISCUSS IRAN SANCTIONS, LEBANESE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 15, S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield met in Rome with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gianludovico De Martino and MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini. De Martino said Italy wanted to see greater on-the-ground coordination of donor progra [...]	2007-11-21 12:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV LE SY IZ IR IS IT
07ROME2395	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...]	2007-11-29 19:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ
07ROME241	ITALY: AMBASSADORS' AFGHANISTAN LETTER HITS [...] (C/NF) An op-ed from ambassadors of the U.S., UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, and Romania calling for Allies -- and particularly Italy -- to stand firm in Afghanistan spurred widespread media and political response. The daily "La Repubblica" printed the op-ed on its front page on February [...]	2007-02-06 12:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IT
07ROME2504	ITALY: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is post's proposed text for the Italy portion of the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (U) There were no successful large-scale terrorist attacks in Italy in 2007. Italy aggressively investigated and prosecuted terrorism suspects, dismantled terrorist-related cells wi [...]	2007-12-21 14:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR
07ROME263	ITALIAN NOMINEES FOR EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Rome nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) RADM (0-8) Mario Rino ME', Deputy Chief, 3rd Reparto (J-3/J-5 equivalent),[...]	2007-02-08 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07ROME275	INTERIOR OFFICIAL ON ANTI-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AND [...] (S/NF) Vice Minister of Interior Marco Minnitti says that anti-Dal Molin demonstrations scheduled for February 17 could be a decisive moment for anti-American activities, either leading to a calming-down or possibly fueling more activity. He told Pol M/C February 7 that both sides should work t [...]	2007-02-09 16:22:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL IT
07ROME385	PRODI GETS APPROVAL TO SEEK A CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C/NF) President Napolitano offered PM Prodi February 24 a second chance to prove his majority in a parliamentary confidence vote that will take place by the end of the week. Prodi appears to have collected four additional votes in the Senate and should squeak through. Thanks to FM D'Alema's [...]	2007-02-26 16:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO PARM IT

07ROME46	ITALY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (C) MFA DG for European Affairs Laura Mirachian says Italy is fully onboard with the Contact Group's support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari. She stated that there is broad bipartisan and expert consensus in supporting Kosovar "delinkage" from Serbia and a NATO and EU future for all the countries of the [...]	2007-01-09 16:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO SR YI IT

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