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07ROME535	PRODI/PUTIN - ITALIANS CLAIM "FULL HARMONY" WITH [...] (C) Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on March 13 and 14 for his fourth bilateral with PM Prodi in ten months. Putin and Prodi met for three-hours over dinner March 13, and traveled to the Adriatic port city of Bari along with several ministers for a largely economic summit March [...]	2007-03-16 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN UNSC RU IT

07ROME625	ITALY ISSUES DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF AHTISAARI'S [...] (U) On March 26, the Italian MFA issued a statement in support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo and pledged to work toward finding a status solution for Kosovo in the UNSC. The statement also welcomed the role of NATO and EU in ensuring the stability of the region. Text of statement [...]	2007-03-27 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU IT
07ROME651	FUNDING DECREE FOR ITALIAN MILITARY MISSIONS [...] March 27, the Italian Senate approved a government decree authorizing calendar year expenditures for "Italian Participation in Humanitarian and International Missions," all of Italy's military missions abroad The full Italian language text of the decree and a detailed English summary are avai [...]	2007-03-30 11:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS EAID PTER NATO UN AF AL LN SU SO
07ROME688	U.S.- ITALY DEFENSE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense trade is a crucial and mutually beneficial component of the U.S.-Italy bilateral relationship, in which both U.S. and Italian firms benefit through collaboration on defense projects and technology transfer. The Italian military is involved in seventeen major weapon s [...]	2007-04-04 11:53:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV EFIN ETRD IT
07ROME697	ITALIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN 2007: AFRICA AND [...] (SBU) Italy's 2007 budget included 1.88 billion euros (0.12 percent of GDP) for foreign assistance, a slight increase from 1.81 billion euros in 2006. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance disburse most assistance funding. MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) -- Italy's US [...]	2007-04-05 09:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV IR LE AF IT
07ROME710	ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE, [...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...]	2007-04-06 10:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT
07ROME96	FRIED PRESSES PRODI ON AFGHANISTAN, DAL MOLIN BASE [...] (S) PM Prodi opened his January 11 a meeting with A/S Fried by questioning the wisdom of the US strike in southern Somalia (he later reiterated this in public). Fried replied that the targets were suspected al-Qaeda terrorists and it must be made clear that Al-Qaeda has no sanctuary anywhere. [...]	2007-01-17 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MARR NATO IT
07SANAA2090	THIRD FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING [...] Yemeni Prime Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohy Al-Dhabbi and German Ambassador to Yemen Michael Klor-Berchtold co-chaired the third Forum for the Future planning meeting in Sanaa on October 27. NEA DAS Kent Patton, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, NEA Foreign Affairs Officer Blake Thorkels [...]	2007-11-13 11:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KMPI YM
07SANSALVADOR1258	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I,m delighted that you,ll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador,s contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation,s most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...]	2007-06-29 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
07SANSALVADOR1939	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...]	2007-09-26 22:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
07SANSALVADOR1953	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...]	2007-09-28 21:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
07SANSALVADOR2229	EL SALVADOR: THE CASE FOR MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY [...] (C/NF) Introduction: The government of El Salvador (GOES) has evolved into a major U.S. partner in Latin America and beyond. U.S.-Salvadoran cooperation extends across a broad spectrum, encompassing defense, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement, as well as regional, multilateral, and trade [...]	2007-11-05 22:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ES MARR MOPS PREL
07SANSALVADOR2249	EL SALVADOR: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) As requested reftel, we provide the following assessment of the political and legal challenges El Salvador would face in order to deploy troops to Iraq in 2009 without the umbrella of a United Nations (UN) Chapter VII mandate. 2. (C) The government of El Salvador (GOES) has maintained a [...]	2007-11-07 18:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES MARR MOPS PREL
07SANSALVADOR2341	WHA/CEN OFFICE DIRECTOR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (U) Summary: WHA/CEN Office Director John Feeley and El Salvador Desk Officer Hillary Thompson visited San Salvador November 15-16. Feeley explained to Salvadoran interlocutors the way ahead on the Central American component of the Merida Initiative and stressed the key role that SICA must pl [...]	2007-12-04 16:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PREL PGOV
07SANSALVADOR298	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA [...] (S) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca is likely to emphasize his concerns over Venezuelan and Iranian threats to regional stability and press for extension of TPS during his February 27 meeting with the President. Saca will also raise gang violence, deportation of Salvadoran criminal alien [...]	2007-02-20 16:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL OVIP KCRM KHLS ES
07SAOPAULO460	MEDIA REACTION: EUROPE: EU-RUSSIA TENSIONS; WESTERN [...] "Cold War Signs" Center-right national circulation and influential daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (5/28): "In addition to the Middle East horrors, a new focus of international tension has continued to expand in recent months and weeks. It is the remarkable deterioration of the relat [...]	2007-05-29 17:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
07SARAJEVO12	BOSNIA - NUDGING PARTIES TOWARD RESPONSIBILITY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Bosnia's October 1 election, negotiations to form a coalition government remain stalled. In an effort to facilitate conversation among the key political players, the Ambassador hosted a series of meetings over the last ten days. The aim was to provide forum wh [...]	2007-01-04 16:33:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1209	BOSNIA: DEFENSE PROPERTY RESOLUTION LAGS, SETS [...] (C) Summary. Over a year behind schedule, the Bosnian Ministry of Defense (MOD) submitted a plan to the Council of Ministers for the resolution of defense property issues between the entities and the state. The plan, required by the 2005 Law on Defense, loosely dictates a transfer arrangement [...]	2007-06-01 14:05:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1317	YOUR JUNE 13-14 VISIT TO SARAJEVO [...] (C) Your visit comes at a particularly troubled time in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a reemergence of nationalism and inflammatory rhetoric has elevated the political temperature to levels some say has not been seen since before the war. With Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Stojan Zupljanin re [...]	2007-06-12 05:50:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KAWC KJUS PREL ICTY BK
07SARAJEVO1375	SILAJDZIC AND THE "LEGAL OPTION" [...] (C) For several months, Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic has alluded to legal avenues by which to "annul the legacy of genocide in Bosnia" and compel the international community to "implement" the February 26 verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Silajdzic's legal visi [...]	2007-06-20 10:42:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK PGOV PHUM PREL
07SARAJEVO1401	BOSNIA: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON WIDER [...] (S) Summary. Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic told the Ambassador that he remains committed to exploring options for expanded Bosnian coalition deployments in the coming year. Cikotic said that he would focus the ministry and military on developing further niche capable units, with an eye tow [...]	2007-06-22 14:14:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO1403	AMB. WILLIAMSON DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON PIFWCS, [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson met with top Bosnian politicians, justice officials and members of international organizations to discuss improving Bosnia's justice system in advance of the ICTY's planned 2009 clos [...]	2007-06-25 05:39:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC ICTY KJUS PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1471	BOSNIA: EAGLE BASE TRANSFER CEREMONY MARKS NEW ERA [...] (SBU) Summary. The return of Eagle Base in Tuzla to the authority of Bosnia-Herzegovina was marked in a poignant ceremony at the facility on June 30. The ceremony focused on the essential contributions to peace and security of the approximately 100,000 U.S. servicemen and women who served in [...]	2007-07-03 16:12:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1545	BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 19-20 VISIT OF [...] (C) Your visit comes at a time of high political polarization in Bosnia. Increased tensions have resulted in the near total paralysis of government and the reform process. Nationalism has even begun to impact the defense reform agenda, where we have seen some recent slippage in the so far suc [...]	2007-07-13 15:11:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1563	BOSNIA - A GLIMMER OF HOPE ON DEFENSE PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 12, the State and two Entity Prime Ministers reached an "Agreement on Basic Principles" on defense property, which holds out the prospect of finally resolving a vexing issue that has hampered Bosnia's defense reform efforts over the last several months. The principles pro [...]	2007-07-17 15:33:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PARM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1584	EXPANDING BOSNIA,S IRAQ MISSION [...] Summary: (C) On 18 July, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq Lawrence Butler and OSD Director of Coalition Operations Peter McVety had constructive meetings with Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic, Chief of Defense LTG Sifet Podzic, and Council of Ministers Chairman Nikola Spiric to d [...]	2007-07-23 16:15:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1700	BOSNIA: ADMIRAL ULRICH URGES OFFICIALS TO MEET PFP [...] (C) During a July 19-20 visit to Sarajevo, Admiral Harry Ulrich, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and NATO Forces South, met separately with Presidency members Zeljko Komsic and Haris Silajdzic, Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic, Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Sifet Podzic and Hi [...]	2007-08-06 13:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK MARR PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO1766	BOSNIA-THE TREBINJE WILDFIRES, A STUDY IN BAD [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed the recent series of fires with local officials in Trebinje where a large number of blazes and outdated equipment had hindered firefighting. The problem was compounded by the failure of State-level institutions, including the Presidency, to provide guidance and addr [...]	2007-08-13 14:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV HR BK
07SARAJEVO1822	BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR PRESSES USG LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador August 22 raised the issues of civil protection, our upcoming law enforcement agenda, defense reform, and the increase in nationalist rhetoric during an August 22 meeting with Council of Ministers (CoM) Chair Nikola Spiric. Using recent fires as an example, Ambassador [...]	2007-08-24 11:27:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SENV HR BK
07SARAJEVO1914	BOSNIA: DODIK AND SILAJDZIC [...] (C) During separate meetings with Milorad Dodik and Haris Silajdzic, Ambassador urged both leaders to consider the consequences of a police reform collapse on Bosnia's Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) prospects. Ambassador warned Dodik that his rhetoric over recent weeks has cros [...]	2007-09-06 15:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO1929	BOSNIA: DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES COALITION [...] (C) Ambassador paid a farewell call on Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic September 5, highlighting the importance of Bosnia's continued support for coalition operations, and the necessity to finish the defense reform agenda in order to make the country a credible candidate for NATO mem [...]	2007-09-07 15:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1980	CONTINUED NECESSITY TO MAINTAIN US MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Replacing the US military commander of NATO HQ Sarajevo with a European is premature and would adversely affect US interests in Bosnia. Turning over NATO HQ to the Europeans would make the organization virtually indistinguishable from EUFOR, and undermine its standing and influe [...]	2007-09-14 14:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1987	BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...]	2007-09-19 08:29:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK
07SARAJEVO1999	BOSNIA - DEFENSE REFORM PROGRESSES BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the past six months, Bosnia has made important progress in defense reform. Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic and his senior deputies have demonstrated that they are committed to reforms and moved quickly to fill the leadership vacuum that existed at the Ministry of Defense (Mo [...]	2007-09-20 08:51:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2046	BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...]	2007-09-25 17:38:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2142	BOSNIAN DEFENSE LEADERSHIP TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL [...] (S) DASD Debra Cagan visited Sarajevo September 28 to encourage the senior Bosnian defense leadership to augment their military deployments in support of coalition operations Iraq. DASD Cagan urged Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic and Chief of the Joint Staff LTG Sifet Podzic to deploy an in [...]	2007-10-04 16:23:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO2174	BOSNIA--HIREP ON MOSCOW TRIP, POLICE REFORM, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 8 dinner for Quint Ambassadors and previewed in an earlier courtesy call with the Ambassador that day, OHR High Representative Miroslav Lajcak shared a read-out from his visit to Moscow, his plans for police reform, and ideas to promote Dayton-implementation . L [...]	2007-10-09 15:56:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2179	BOSNIA: AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON POLITICAL SITUATION, [...] (C) Ambassador made his initial call on the Bosnian Tri-Presidency October 9, stressing US support for Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic integration, the need for constructive leadership from the Presidency, and the importance of consensus in moving the reform agenda forward. All three Presidents affirme [...]	2007-10-10 12:48:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2180	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PM SPIRIC [...] (C) Ambassador English paid an introductory call on Prime Minister Nikola Spiric on October 9. Ambassador emphasized abiding U.S. interests in developments in Bosnia and a commitment to work with forward-looking Bosnian leaders who are focused on the future to realize the goal of Euro-Atlanti [...]	2007-10-10 12:57:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2195	BOSNIA - POLICE REFORM TALKS FINALLY COLLAPSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Lajcak conducted a series of bilateral meetings with political party leaders warning them that they had one "last chance" to reach a deal on police reform; Croat party leaders distributed an alternative protocol that met the three EU principles and was designed [...]	2007-10-11 18:44:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2296	BOSNIA- DEFENSE MINISTER ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic requested to meet with the Ambassador on October 27 to discuss developments in the security situation in Bosnia. Though clear threats to the stability of the country were present, Cikotic told the Ambassador that he believed that he had control over the secu [...]	2007-10-27 17:45:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2309	BOSNIA - EUR/SCE DIRECTOR CHRIS HOH'S OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his October 16-20 visit to the Brcko District, Banja Luka, and Sarajevo, visiting EUR/SCE Director Christopher Hoh expressed concern about the current political stalemate, but pledged continued US support to help Bosnia move forward. While the economy has visibly improved [...]	2007-10-29 14:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2315	BOSNIA POLITICAL UPDATE - OCTOBER 30, 2007 [...] (C) Yesterday's special session of the RS National Assembly resumed this morning in order to approve the text of a resolution negotiated over the evening. The resolution which consisted of language agreed by SNSD, SDS, the Serb Radical Party and PDP passed with 71 votes in favor and 6 votes, [...]	2007-10-30 16:59:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2372	BOSNIA: DAS DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) EUR DAS DiCarlo held bilateral meetings with political leaders on the margins of the October 30-31 PIC to discuss the current political crisis in Bosnia. She reviewed USG concerns with Haris Silajdzic (SBiH),Dragan Covic (HDZ),and Sulejman Tihic. Silajdzic complained about the high bar [...]	2007-11-02 19:04:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EU BK
07SARAJEVO2395	BOSNIA- DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIAN MLRS SALE [...] (S) Summary. The dispute over the proposed sale of Bosnian Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) components to Georgia has resurfaced -- this time with an unusual new twist. As previously reported (reftel),an earlier request by Georgia to purchase the systems was scuttled on "foreign policy [...]	2007-11-07 07:25:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2448	BOSNIA - KEEPING THE US FLAG ON NATO HQ SARAJEVO [...] (C/NF) Earlier this year, my predecessor concluded that it remained critical to U.S. objectives in Bosnia for a U.S. general officer to command NATO HQ Sarajevo (Ref A). After careful review, I have now reached the same conclusion. I am writing to ask you to reconsider the decision not to ret [...]	2007-11-14 17:53:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2517	BOSNIA - FM ALKALAJ SEEKS CONTROL OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: Given the current political environment, keeping Bosnia on the NATO track is even more critical to U.S. objectives here. Therefore, we are concerned by a recent move by Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Sven Alkalaj to politicize this issue by challenging Minister of Defense (MOD [...]	2007-11-21 18:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BK
07SARAJEVO2586	BOSNIA- RS GOVERNMENT STYMIES DEFENSE PROPERTY [...] (C) Summary. NATO HQ,s efforts to finalize a comprehensive transfer agreement on movable defense property were dealt a serious setback on November 29. At a meeting in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (RS) government representatives back-tracked on initial commitments made to NATO HQ and declined [...]	2007-12-03 16:10:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2632	BOSNIA - RS PLANS TO KEEP SURPLUS ARMS, AMMUNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up Assistant Secretary Fried's December 5 exchange with Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik, we met with RS "Military Advisor" Dusko Cetkovic on December 6 to discuss defense property issues. We expressed our concern about statements by RS negotiators that the RS wan [...]	2007-12-10 17:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2636	A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (C) During a December 4-5 visit to Sarajevo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic, Party for Democratic Action president Sulejman Tihic, Social Democratic Party president Zlatko Lagumdzija and Hig [...]	2007-12-11 12:57:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK PGOV PREL
07SARAJEVO2648	BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Selmo Cikotic comes to Washington December 17-21 for Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDCs) and other meetings ready to present his vision completing Bosnia's defense reform, expanding Bosnia's participation in coalition support operations, and expediting NATO ac [...]	2007-12-11 18:04:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR BK
07SARAJEVO319	BOSNIA: THE NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (U) Following is biographic information on the new BiH Council of Ministers, confirmed by the BiH House of Representatives on February 9. Details of the parliamentary session will be reported septel. MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SVEN ALKALAJ (Sven AL-ka-lye),SBiH ---------------------- [...]	2007-02-13 09:05:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO36	BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC AND TIHIC AGREE DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Charge January 5 and 8, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic of the Party for BiH (SBiH) and Party of Democratic Action (SDA) President Sulejman Tihic both made clear that defense reform will continue to be a high priority for the new governing co [...]	2007-01-09 11:21:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO362	BOSNIA - ICJ RULING ON GENOCIDE WILL SHAKE BOSNIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that on February 26 it would rule on the case concerning the "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)." Whatever th [...]	2007-02-14 12:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO369	BOSNIAN DEMINING INVESTIGATION UPDATE: [...] (S/NF) In consultations regarding investigations into allegations of misconduct by organizations involved in demining, State Prosecutor Jurcevic and SIPA officials informed us that they would begin investigatory work shortly. Both organizations again pledged to undertake a thorough and comp [...]	2007-02-14 16:58:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI
07SARAJEVO373	BOSNIA: OSD DASD FATA VISIT TO SARAJEVO [...] (C) Summary. Your visit comes after two years of nearly uninterrupted progress in the defense sphere in Bosnia. Bosnia has successfully created a unified, single Armed Forces and maintains a robust and continuously straightening security relationship with the United States. Leaders and the pub [...]	2007-02-15 13:30:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO467	BOSNIA: OSD DAS FATA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata visited Sarajevo February 21 for discussions with senior Bosnian leaders on Bosnia's NATO integration process and continued U.S. support for defense reform and Bosnia's Euro-Atlantic integration. DASD Fata made [...]	2007-02-27 15:35:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO487	BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...]	2007-03-02 06:36:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
07SARAJEVO509	BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...]	2007-03-06 14:53:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO541	AMBASSADOR'S MEETS WITH BIH FOREIGN MINISTER SVEN [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, called on new Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj at the Ministry March 7. In a wide-ranging exchange, Minister Alkalaj reviewed Bosnia's efforts to fulfill itsPartnership for Peace (PfP) commitments, and disussed the current controversy [...]	2007-03-09 17:22:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM PGOV PINR ENRG EPET BK
07SARAJEVO557	BOSNIA: MOD REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR AMMO [...] (U) Following up on the November 2006 visit of PM/WRA program managers, Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes submitted a formal request to the Embassy for USG financial assistance in the disposal of 2600 tons of unstable ammunition and infrastructure upgrades to the BiH Armed Forces' ordin [...]	2007-03-12 16:31:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO60	BOSNIA: TIHIC LOOKS TO CIKOTIC AS NEXT DEFENSE [...] (C) Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Chairman Suljeman Tihic confirmed to CDA and NATO POLAD that he would nominate former general Selmo Cikotic to be Bosnia's next minister of defense, considering that the USG and NATO had no objection to his appointment. Tihic said he may be able to submit t [...]	2007-01-11 16:37:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO63	STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOLDS INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The State House of Representatives (HoR) held its inaugural session January 11. The session focused mainly on procedural matters, including the selection of the House leadership, creation of a committee to select cabinet ministers, and confirmation of the Prime Ministerial ca [...]	2007-01-11 17:18:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO651	BOSNIA - NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, Bosnia's prospects looked brighter than they had at any moment since Dayton. Today, the accomplishments of post-war reconstruction have been placed in question. Externally, the drawdown of the international presence here, coupled with Europe's stupor over future en [...]	2007-03-23 16:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO670	BOSNIA: FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER NAMED NATO [...] (SBU) On March 27, the Tri-Presidency appointed former Defense Minister Nikola Radovanovic as Bosnia's new Ambassador to NATO. Radovanovic is expected to assume his duties in the coming weeks and will head-up Bosnia's effort to move through the Partnership for Peace (PfP) processes to full NA [...]	2007-03-27 12:15:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO728	BOSNIA: PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS EXTENDED IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. The Bosnian Parliament voted March 30 to confirm the Presidency's decision to extend the mandate of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit in Iraq through the end of 2007. The move clears the final legal hurdle to the deployment of a fifth EOD rotation in May. Securing the ex [...]	2007-04-02 11:51:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO757	BOSNIA: SANADER VISIT ADVANCES BILATERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bosnian government officials and the Croatian DCM described Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's March 28-30 visit to Bosnia as positive and constructive. His impact on internal Bosnian Croat politics was less clear. Croatia and Bosnia concluded agreements on dual citizenship an [...]	2007-04-06 09:35:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HR BK
07SARAJEVO791	A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (C) During his April 3-5 visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried conveyed a message of strong U.S. support for Bosnia's path to Europe. He urged political leaders to seize current opportunities to finalize constitutional and police reforms, thereby cementing Bosni [...]	2007-04-12 16:10:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK
07SARAJEVO801	BOSNIA OFFERS TO HOST COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2008 [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from Acting Minister of Defense Marina Pendes offering Bosnia as the host and organizer of the Combined Endeavor 2008 (CE 08) military exercise. The Ministry of Defense is offering the barracks in Banja Luka and the nearby training center in Manjaca as the [...]	2007-04-13 13:22:00	Embassy Sarajevo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR BK
07SARAJEVO832	BOSNIA: BUGOJNO INDICTMENTS TIMED TO DERAIL [...] (C) On April 16, the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) arrested two individuals on orders from the State Prosecutor over their alleged involvement in the disappearance of Bosnian-Croats in the Central Bosnian town of Bugojno in 1993. The arrests of the two individuals, former B [...]	2007-04-17 13:31:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BK
07SARAJEVO87	PM SPIRIC PRESENTS PLAN FOR GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the vote on his confirmation January 11 to become Bosnia's new Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister),Nikola Spiric of the Serb Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) presented a detailed work plan for the new government. In a 40-minute speech [...]	2007-01-12 17:12:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KCRM KJUS EUN BK
07SARAJEVO932	BOSNIA: NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Newly-installed Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic, along with Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak and Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces' Operational Command BG Mirko Tepsic, will attend the Coalition Conference in Tampa, Florida April 30-May 2. Cikotic, who assumed his duties [...]	2007-04-27 12:45:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ
07SARAJEVO935	BOSNIA: FOREIGN MINISTER ALKALAJ SHOULD HEAR A [...] (C) Summary. Bosnian Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj arrives in Washington April 30 for a week-long visit. Having served as the Bosnian Ambassador to the U.S (1994- 2000),Alkalaj is no stranger to Washington, but this will be his first U.S. visit as Foreign Minister. Although he assumed his [...]	2007-04-27 13:31:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK PGOV PREL
07SEOUL1216	THE POLITICS OF ALLIANCE RELATIONS (3 OF 3) [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable in a series reporting on the politics of U.S.-ROK Alliance relations. Reftel A explored how the Republic of Korea views its security environment. Reftel B looked at how the U.S.-ROK Alliance fits with ROK security perspectives. This final rep [...]	2007-04-26 08:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS KN CH JA
07SEOUL1826	MOFAT EQUIVOCAL ABOUT CONTINUING THE ROK PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary. In a June 7 meeting, DoS and OSD representatives presented the ROKG with a proposed course of action for the ROK's continued presence in Afghanistan beyond 2007. In response, Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs (MOFAT) North America III Division Director Lee Jeong-kyu acknowl [...]	2007-06-15 04:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
07SEOUL1845	ROKG SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (S) On June 19, Hong Sa Won Hwi of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade delivered the ROKG response to reftel demarche. Hong said that he fully sympathizes with U.S. concerns over the SCO's recent movement in military and political affairs. To this end, [...]	2007-06-19 02:23:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	KS MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL ZK
07SEOUL1852	SPI 13: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. The thirteenth U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 13) took place June 8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transition of wartime operational command (OPCON),UNC Armistice maintenance responsibilities, airspace management, security cooperation in Afghanista [...]	2007-06-19 08:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN
07SEOUL1893	DUSD LAWLESS' ALLIANCE MEETINGS WITH MOFAT, BLUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 7, visiting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) Richard Lawless met with the following senior South Korean officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) and the Blue House: Senior Secretary to the President for National Security Yun Byung-se, MOFAT No [...]	2007-06-22 04:49:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL217	POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 2: ENERGY [...] (C) S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner and his delegation met with Korean and Japanese counterparts January 10-11 for a trilateral policy planning dialogue (ref a). Over lunch on January 11, the three delegations discussed energy security, peacebuilding, and UN reform. Both Korea and Japan, [...]	2007-01-23 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL AORC KUNR KPKO KS JA US
07SEOUL220	POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION 1: THE KOREAN [...] (C) During Session 1 of the January 11 U.S.-ROK-Japan Policy Planning Talks, ROK Deputy Foreign Minister Park In-kook, Japanese Deputy Vice Minister Masaharu Kono, and S/P Director Stephen R. Krasner outlined their respective countries' foreign policy priorities and strategies toward North Ko [...]	2007-01-23 08:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KS
07SEOUL2336	AFGHAN HOSTAGE SITUATION: MISSION'S ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fifteen days after 23 Korean hostages were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, emotions are running high in Korea. Especially after two hostages were killed, pressure is mounting on the ROKG to ensure the remaining hostages are saved. Some politicians and leftist groups are [...]	2007-08-03 08:43:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF KN KS
07SEOUL2337	ROK EMPHASIZES AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE CRISIS DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current hostage crisis in Afghanistan dominated the agenda of meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David S. Sedney during his SIPDIS orientation trip to the ROK on August 2. ROKG officials in the Ministry fo Froiegn Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Ministry [...]	2007-08-04 06:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS KS AF
07SEOUL2368	ROK EMPHASIZES AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE CRISIS DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current hostage crisis in Afghanistan dominated the agenda at meetings Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney had with several ROK officials on August 2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and Blue House's Nati [...]	2007-08-07 08:45:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS KS AF
07SEOUL3438	SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL HAWK SALE TO SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. It is Post's assessment that the Republic of Korea's acquisition of the Global Hawk system is essential to U.S. interests and to the maintenance of the ROK-U.S. Alliance in the years ahead. Key to the success of the Alliance for more than five decades has been our ability to ma [...]	2007-12-03 09:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MOPS KS KN
07SEOUL3595	LEE MYUNG-BAK'S FOREIGN POLICY TEAM: PRESIDENT LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 24 meeting with President-elect Lee Myung-bak's foreign policy advisors, the Ambassador discussed the alliance, North Korea, Iraq troop extension, the KORUS FTA, Lee's first trip to the U.S., and the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The team was optimistic that, under Pr [...]	2007-12-26 06:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN KS PGOV PREL PINR
07SEOUL487	SOUTH KOREA GRADUALLY EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH NATO [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with visiting EAP/K Andrew Hyde, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,s (MOFAT) Director of the Security Policy Division, Kim Chang-sik, emphasized that the ROKG sought increased cooperation with NATO but that it would take time to establish the proper internal pr [...]	2007-02-16 08:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AORC NATO KS
07SEOUL659	SPI 11: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS [...] (C) The eleventh U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 11) took place February 7-8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transfer of wartime operational command (OPCON),the transition of Armistice Maintenance Responsibilities (AMRs),USFK camp returns, the status of the Yong [...]	2007-03-06 08:34:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN
07SEOUL793	ROK INQUIRIES ON PRT LEADERSHIP IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) In a March 16 meeting with Director General for North American Affairs Bureau of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Cho Byung-jae, POL M/C raised the issue of ROKG plans to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. C [...]	2007-03-19 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
07SEOUL973	ROKG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH NATO TRANSITION IN [...] (C) On April 2, POL-MIL Chief met with Lee Jeong-kyu, Director of North America Division III of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) to discuss ROKG concerns over additional NATO requirements for the transition of ROK troops to NATO/ International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) [...]	2007-04-03 07:22:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KS PARM PREL MARR MOPS
07SHANGHAI573	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS WITH SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: During a September 3 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, five leading Shanghai academics spoke positively about U.S.-China relations, which one described as stable and predictable. Shanghai Institute for International Studies Vice President Yang Jiemian expressed concern, however, [...]	2007-09-06 06:42:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW KN
07SHANGHAI790	CHINA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SHANGHAI ACADEMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings in early December on China-Russia relations, Shanghai's leading academic experts on Russia characterized the bilateral relationship as "very good." They noted the excellent personal relationship between the two countries' leaders, which, they claim, ensures [...]	2007-12-13 08:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG PARM MCAP CH RS
07SKOPJE102	MACEDONIA'S OPPOSITION: DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARRAY [...] (C) Frustrated over the lack of a genuine political dialogue with the government, Macedonia's main eAlbanian opposition party DUI is boycotting the Parliament and considering cutting ties between the municipalities it controls and the central government. DUI leaders cite a list of demands, inc [...]	2007-02-02 16:55:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MK
07SKOPJE106	MACEDONIA: POSITIVE REACTION TO KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) The GOM, public, and media response to UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's Kosovo status proposal has been uniformly positive. Government leaders are especially pleased with the proposal's language addressing the issue of demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border. They are concerned, however, n [...]	2007-02-05 15:23:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK KS
07SKOPJE120	MACEDONIA: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON ICTY RETURN OF [...] (C) Deputy PM Konevska agreed with the Ambassador during a February 7 meeting that the Macedonian judicial and political system is not yet ready to accept the return of four unindicted ICTY cases involving eAlbanians linked to the two main eAlbanian political parties here. Reminded that time i [...]	2007-02-09 15:13:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK
07SKOPJE134	MACEDONIA: DPA LEADERS ON DIALOGUE, KOSOVO STATUS, [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with leaders of eAlbanian governing coalition member DPA, the Ambassador pressed for a revitalized government-opposition dialogue, warned DPA against attempts to destroy eAlbanian opposition party DUI, and asked for full support for the Kosovo status process. She wa [...]	2007-02-15 15:51:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS MK
07SKOPJE135	MACEDONIAN NOMINEES FOR MARCH CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 10:17:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP PTER PINS EAID NATEU MARR MOPS KISL
07SKOPJE137	MACEDONIA: NEW PUBLIC PROSECUTOR FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) During a February 9 courtesy call with the Ambassador, newly appointed Chief Public Prosecutor Shvrgovski said his number one priority is combating organized crime in Macedonia. Shvrgovski, a former Deputy Public Prosecutor, was appointed by the Macedonian parliament on January 24. He [...]	2007-02-16 12:30:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MK
07SKOPJE162	MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME [...] (C) During a meeting with Prime Minister Gruevski on February 21, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding political dialogue, education issues, and the rule of law in Macedonia (reftels). Pledging U.S. support for Macedonia's NATO membership aspirations, the Ambassador stressed that ther [...]	2007-02-23 15:08:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE190	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S MARCH [...] (U) This message supplements, and is complementary to, the briefing materials already provided to EUR/SCE for your visit to Skopje. NATO MESSAGE SINKING IN, DIALOGUE MOVES AHEAD 2. (C) With your visit an action-forcing event, GOM officials this week are taking some of the steps we have be [...]	2007-03-05 15:23:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK

07SKOPJE203	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION REVIVE [...] (C) PM Gruevski and eAlbanian opposition leader Ali Ahmeti and their negotiating teams met March 7 to revive long-dormant political talks on moving ahead on key NATO and EU membership-related reforms, including implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. The two sides reached agreement o [...]	2007-03-09 09:47:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE209	MACEDONIA: EUR A/S FRIED'S TALKS WITH GOM & [...] (C) During March 8 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, A/S Fried urged (and easily obtained) continued support for the Ahtisaari status proposal and asked his interlocutors to consider publicly supporting a Kosovo UNSCR as a means to bolster security in Macedonia and the region [...]	2007-03-13 08:31:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE257	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL KILLION'S [...] (SBU) Welcome to Macedonia! Your visit to Skopje will give you the chance to hear the Macedonian perspective on Kosovo, to share your findings with high-level government and ethnic Albanian political leaders, and to deliver some important messages to the Macedonian government (GOM) on steps t [...]	2007-03-30 12:51:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE27	BUNGLED MACEDONIAN ARMS SHIPMENT TO BULGARIA: [...] (C) Macedonian police intercepted and halted a shipment of military weapons bound for Bulgaria on December 14, claiming that the trucks lacked the proper paperwork and the required police escort. The shipment of machine guns and mortars was the last of four shipments of excess weapons the M [...]	2007-01-12 16:12:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KOMC MASS PREL MK
07SKOPJE270	MACEDONIA: POLITICAL DIALOGUE CONTINUES -- HARD [...] (C) Since the revival of political talks between the government and eAlbanian opposition party DUI on March 7, several working-level meetings between the two sides, monitored by the U.S. and EUSR, have produced an agreed list of some 38 laws that will be subject to the Badinter principle (doub [...]	2007-04-06 10:25:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE283	MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRIME MINISTER FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador met with PM Gruevski April 11 to press him for greater flexibility in meeting eAlbanian opposition DUI's demands in exchange for DUI's commitment to end its boycott of Parliament. Gruevski asserted he had already conceded much of what DUI wanted in terms of a list of laws r [...]	2007-04-16 06:48:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MK SY
07SKOPJE290	MACEDONIA: CONTROVERSIAL ORTHODOX CHURCH FIGURE TO [...] (U) Zoran Vraniskovski, the defrocked Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) bishop recognized by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) as Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid, likely will be released from prison on May 1, after serving nine months of a one-year sentence for an embezzlement conviction (reftel). Vr [...]	2007-04-17 08:49:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MK
07SKOPJE294	MACEDONIA: STAFFDEL KILLION'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Staffdel Killion met with senior Macedonian government (GOM) officials and with representatives of the two major eAlbanian parties (opposition DUI and governing DPA) during a visit to Skopje April 4. Both government and opposition interlocutors expressed support for the Ahtisaari plan o [...]	2007-04-18 09:38:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MK PGOV PINR PREL
07SKOPJE295	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS ROSEMARY [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Skopje! Your visit allows us to reinforce messages to both government and opposition delivered during recent stops in Skopje by A/S Fried, DASD Fata, and Staffdel Killion. Those messages are: --Continue political dialogue to achieve concrete results and end DUI's boyco [...]	2007-04-18 15:58:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE296	MACEDONIA: GLASS HALF FULL -- FORGING AHEAD ON [...] (C) Following high-level leadership discussions April 13 and 16, PM Gruevski and eAlbanian opposition DUI leader Ahmeti reached a compromise on a key DUI demand to reconstitute the Parliamentary Inter-ethnic Relations Committee. They did not reach agreement on a list of laws that would requir [...]	2007-04-18 16:00:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE336	MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO MEETINGS WITH GOM AND [...] (C) During April 23 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, DAS DiCarlo emphasized the need for the GOM to move forward on NATO-related reforms as time is running out for Macedonia to make its case for NATO membership in 2008. Of utmost importance is resolving the ongoing politica [...]	2007-04-27 14:42:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO MK
07SKOPJE387	MACEDONIA: DIALOGUE -- LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) The political dialogue process between governing VMRO-DPMNE and major eAlbanian opposition DUI appears to be coming to closure, with a possible compromise on the main agenda items DUI had proposed when the talks were revived in early March. Following intensive Embassy and EUSR pressure on [...]	2007-05-17 07:00:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE39	MACEDONIA: MANAGING POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM THE [...] (C) The ICTY's impending return to Macedonian jurisdiction of four unindicted cases which deal with acts allegedly committed by ethnic Albanians (eAlbanians) during the 2001 conflict will raise political tensions here. The ethnic Albanian opposition party DUI will argue, possibly with some ju [...]	2007-01-17 14:51:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK
07SKOPJE404	MACEDONIA: BUILDING TIES WITH KOSOVO [...] (SBU) During his May 17 visit to Pristina, PM Gruevski reiterated Macedonia's support for the Ahtisaari plan and for a UNSCR that would allow for implementation of that plan. Gruevski had constructive talks with Kosovo PM Ceku and other Kosovar officials on demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia [...]	2007-05-22 12:54:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE416	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR POTUS LUNCH WITH A-3 [...] (C) Now in his ninth month in office, Prime Minister Gruevski will arrive in Tirana hoping for an encouraging message on NATO membership and looking for U.S. recognition of Macedonia's GWOT efforts and its constructive stance on Kosovo. It would be useful for him to hear a strong message on t [...]	2007-05-25 15:33:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE418	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION CONCLUDE [...] (C) Governing VMRO-DPMNE and eAlbanian main opposition party DUI concluded a U.S.-EU-brokered political agreement on May 29 that addresses DUI's key policy concerns and paves the way for that party's return to Parliament May 30. Governing coalition partner DPA, angered over DUI's inflated clai [...]	2007-05-29 14:57:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE449	MACEDONIA: THE NAME ISSUE AND NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Strict adherence to the 1995 Interim Agreement (IA) between Greece and Macedonia should remain central to preventing the name dispute from blocking Macedonia's membership in NATO, once it has met membership standards. A Greek threat to veto Macedonia's membership in NATO, or to withhold p [...]	2007-06-06 13:35:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
07SKOPJE454	MACEDONIA: ALBANIAN FM BASHA'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) During his first official visit to Skopje June 1, Albanian Foreign Minister Basha and FM Milososki discussed their hopes for a positive US signal on NATO membership for Adriatic Charter aspirants during President Bush's upcoming visit to Tirana. They considered stronger cooperation on EU [...]	2007-06-07 14:47:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AL MK
07SKOPJE456	MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE [...] (C) The government survived a no-confidence vote June 7 tabled by the opposition SDSM party to protest PM Gruevski's alleged feuding with coalition partners and "failure to advance judicial reforms." While the high-stakes no-confidence gamble was playing out, Gruevski also faced the threat of [...]	2007-06-08 12:56:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MK
07SKOPJE465	MACEDONIAN MILITARY ASSUMES CONTROL OF KFOR [...] (U) On June 7, the NATO HQs in Skopje formally returned all operational control of Camp Able Sentry (CAS) to the Macedonian military, in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Defense, the CHOD, the Ambassador, and the NATO HQ Senior Military Commander. The handover took place after nearly th [...]	2007-06-12 12:35:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KS MK
07SKOPJE476	MACEDONIA: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Since independence in 1991, Macedonia has demonstrated slow but steady progress on judicial reforms. In Freedom House's "Judicial Framework and Independence Ratings for 2006," Macedonia currently ranks number two in the region, behind only NATO and EU member Bulgaria, and well ahead of t [...]	2007-06-19 08:52:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE483	MACEDONIA: GOM PLEDGES CONTINUED FOCUS ON NATO [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A points on NATO enlargement and required reform steps to Deputy FM Petrov and National NATO Coordinator Dimitrov on June 19. In response, Petrov reiterated the GOM's commitment to focusing on NATO reforms, but noted challenges the government faces in passing [...]	2007-06-20 17:25:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO MK
07SKOPJE498	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EAPC SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Macedonia's leaders are hoping to showcase the country's organizational and logistics capabilities in hosting the EAPC summit, which will be set amidst the impressive natural beauty of Lake Ohrid. They have heard and understood our message on the steps they need to take to strengthen th [...]	2007-06-25 13:46:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE533	MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR NULAND URGES PRESIDENT AND [...] (U) During separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski on the margins of the NATO EAPC Security Forum in Ohrid June 29, Ambassador Nuland urged the GOM to maintain steady progress toward meeting NATO standards in the crucial months leading up to NATO's Bucharest Summit in April [...]	2007-07-03 16:02:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE539	MACEDONIA: ADRIATIC CHARTER & NEW PFP MEMBERS [...] (SBU) During an Adriatic Charter (Albania, Croatia, Macedonia) Partnership Commission in Ohrid June 28, USNATO Ambassador Nuland urged the A-3 aspirant countries to: accelerate progress on NATO reforms, demonstrate and describe their readiness for membership in demarches to other NATO Allies, [...]	2007-07-06 13:37:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO MK CR AL
07SKOPJE550	MACEDONIA SUCCESSFULLY HOSTS EAPC SECURITY FORUM [...] (U) The GOM hosted NATO's second Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum in Ohrid June 28-29. A total of 500 individual participants from 48 EAPC nations took part in the forum; 16 countries were represented at the ministerial level. USNATO Ambassador Nuland led the U.S. del [...]	2007-07-10 09:53:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NATO MK
07SKOPJE559	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS BUTLER AND DASD [...] (SBU) Macedonia is a small but effective contributor to global peace operations. The Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) currently contributes 40 troops to international operations in Iraq; 130 troops to NATO's ISAF mission in Afghanistan; 20 troops to the EUFOR mission in Bosnia-Herzegov [...]	2007-07-11 16:41:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO MK
07SKOPJE567	MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING THE MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Implementation of the May 29 agreement between governing VMRO-DPMNE and opposition DUI (reftels) began July 9 with the first meeting of separate working groups on a draft law on the use of languages, and on a package of social benefits for victims of the 2001 conflict. Consistent USG p [...]	2007-07-12 15:11:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO PINR MK
07SKOPJE601	MACEDONIA COMMITTED TO STAYING THE COURSE IN IRAQ [...] (U) NEA DAS Butler, together with OSD and JCS representatives, was in Skopje July 15-16 to thank the GOM for its troop contributions to missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. DATT and POLOFF (notetaker) accompanied the delegation. DAS Butler thanked GOM officials for their strong support for coal [...]	2007-07-23 13:51:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE62	MACEDONIA WILL ATTEND JANUARY 26 NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) Drawing on reftel, P/E Chief delivered points on U.S. objectives for the January 26 NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on January 18. PEChief conveyed USG gratitude for Macedonia's troop co [...]	2007-01-23 15:14:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MK
07SKOPJE629	MACEDONIA: PRIME MINISTER ON WAY AHEAD FOR NATO [...] (C) During a July 31 tete-a-tete lunch, PM Gruevski outlined what he considers to be the remaining tasks for Macedonia to make its case for NATO membership: implement the May 29 VMRO-DUI agreement, fully constitute the State Judicial Council, and pass a liberal religious freedom law. He also s [...]	2007-08-01 16:02:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MK
07SKOPJE699	MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS EX-PM'S IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On August 20, the Macedonian Parliament voted to revoke the immunity of former Prime Minister and current opposition MP Vlado Buckovski. Buckovski is being investigated by the Macedonian authorities for alleged irregularities in procurement while he was Minister of Defense in 2001 (Ref [...]	2007-08-24 11:27:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR MK
07SKOPJE709	MACEDONIA: MOVING TOWARD EARLY ELECTIONS? [...] (C) According to a high-ranking MFA contact, PM Gruevski increasingly favors calling early general elections to capitalize on his high poll ratings and to end intra-coalition squabbling he believes is hobbling his economic development agenda. Gruevski believes he could work more efficiently w [...]	2007-08-30 16:44:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE712	MACEDONIA: MOI CONSIDERS PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) The GOM is actively considering a non-violent approach to resolving the current standoff with former ethnic Albanian MP Xhezair Shaqiri, who is holed up in the village of Tanusevci on the Macedonia-Kosovo border (reftel) to avoid arrest on kidnapping charges. The approach includes offering [...]	2007-08-31 15:36:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK KV
07SKOPJE719	MACEDONIA: EARLY ELECTIONS NIPPED IN THE BUD? [...] (C) The prospect of early elections in Macedonia probably has receded following a joint U.S.-EU demarche September 4 to relay points to Prime Minister Gruevski's cabinet on the potential risks to the country's Euro-Atlantic aspirations of such action. However, the early elections option could [...]	2007-09-05 16:00:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE732	MACEDONIA: UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (U) As requested in reftel on planned high-level attendance at the 62nd UN General Assembly, please find below planned GOM attendance. A. Head of State, President Branko Crvenkovski, will attend UNGA. -- Branko Crvenkovski, President -- Arrival September 22, 2007; departure September 2 [...]	2007-09-07 15:38:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE739	MACEDONIA: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM [...] (SBU) CONTEXT: In Macedonia, there is a rough correlation between religion and ethnicity; most ethnic Albanians, who comprise 25 percent of the total population, are Muslim, as are most Roma and ethnic Turks. There are also smaller populations of ethnic Macedonian Muslims. Macedonia's Muslim [...]	2007-09-11 13:45:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE748	MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) USG efforts in Macedonia to protect and promote human rights focus on strengthening rule of law, decreasing political influence on and corruption in the security forces and judiciary, and capacity building to strengthen democratic institutions and civil society. 2. (U) Embassy officials [...]	2007-09-13 14:05:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MK
07SKOPJE766	MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT ON COHABITATION CHALLENGES [...] (C) President Crvenkovski outlined for the Ambassador on September 19 his proposal for working with Prime Minister Gruevski to improve cohabitation and to resolve the issue of composing the State Judicial Council (SJC),a key NATO membership-related task. Gruevski's initial crude rebuff of th [...]	2007-09-20 07:46:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK KV
07SKOPJE767	MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT ON NAME ISSUE, KOSOVO, [...] (C) During a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss cohabitation challenges (ref A),President Crvenkovski expressed concern that Macedonia might be pushed to the wall in its name dispute with Greece before the 2008 NATO Summit, underscored that there is no difference between Skop [...]	2007-09-20 15:11:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR MK KV
07SKOPJE786	MACEDONIA: DEADLOCK ON STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On September 20, PM Gruevski and President Crvenkovski met to follow up on the President's initiative to improve cohabitation and break the deadlock on the State Judicial Council (SJC) and the appointment of Macedonian ambassadors. Later that day, the President, with the Prime Minister's [...]	2007-09-24 16:50:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE792	MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT BRAWL MARS RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) A brawl in parliament between MPs of ethnic Albanian DPA (governing coalition partner) and DUI (opposition) on September 25 overshadowed DUI's agreement to support a proposal (reftel) to break a long-standing deadlock on composition of the State Judicial Council (SJC),a key Macedonian j [...]	2007-09-27 12:58:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE812	MACEDONIA: GOM POSITIVELY CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Following up on DASD Cagan's September 28 meetings in Skopje with MOD Elenovski and CHOD Stojanovski to request an additional Macedonian platoon for operations in Iraq (septel),P/E Chief conveyed Cagan's points in separate meetings with MFA State Counselor for Bilateral Relations with N [...]	2007-10-09 08:54:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MASS MK PGOV PREL
07SKOPJE815	MACEDONIA: TENSIONS EBB AFTER PARLIAMENTARY BRAWL, [...] (SBU) A week after the September 25 brawl in Parliament between ethnic Albanian MPs (ref A),tensions have ebbed and the government on October 4 succeeded in corralling the votes of the smaller ethnic minority parties to elect four of the remaining five members of the 15-member State Judicial [...]	2007-10-10 09:52:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE841	MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO FOCUSES ON NATO REFORMS, [...] (C) In meetings with government leaders in Skopje October 9-10, DAS DiCarlo told her interlocutors that time is running out for Macedonia to show more concrete progress on reforms required for NATO membership, including enhanced political dialogue, improved President-PM cohabitation, and imple [...]	2007-10-18 16:28:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
07SKOPJE842	MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) During a meeting with DAS DiCarlo in Skopje on October 10, opposition DUI President Ahmeti said implementation of the May 29 Agreement was moving too slowly, and that he would ask governing VMRO for a deadline for concrete results from ongoing working group discussions. He was non-commi [...]	2007-10-18 16:30:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE853	MACEDONIA: MANAGING THE NAME ISSUE AND A NATO [...] (C) Embassy Athens presents a clear assessment of the name issue and Macedonia's NATO membership prospects (ref A). We share Athens, preference for preparing joint recommendations to Washington, but in this case our two Missions differ substantially in their assumptions, analysis, recommendati [...]	2007-10-22 16:56:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK GR
07SKOPJE867	MACEDONIA AIMS TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE IN NAME TALKS AT [...] (C) The GOM will propose, at the November 1 meeting in New York to discuss the name issue with Greek counterparts and with UN Special Envoy Nimetz, four steps that it believes would help reduce bilateral tensions and help prepare the ground for more fruitful efforts to resolve the name dispute. [...]	2007-10-30 16:08:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE876	MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI BRIEFS NATO AND EU HEADS OF [...] (U) The following is a summary of the main points Prime Minister Gruevski made at a meeting with the diplomatic corps on the evening of November 1: 2. (U) Dialogue with opposition: two recent meetings with SDSM, and one with DUI, have nearly finalized agreement on the Parliamentary ruleboo [...]	2007-11-02 16:39:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE879	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR US INTERAGENCY NATO MAP [...] (SBU/NF) When you step off the plane in Skopje on November 7, PM Gruevski will have just taken a beating from Brussels, having received the EU's annual progress report on November 6. The report will criticize the lack of political consensus here, slow progress on EU-related reforms, and the l [...]	2007-11-05 13:09:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE880	MACEDONIA: UNANIMOUS "NO" TO NIMETZ PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) The GOM, with opposition support, has unanimously rejected the point in the November 1 Nimetz proposal on the name that would allow Macedonia to keep its constitutional name but would require it to agree to a modified name for international usage. There is consensus as well between the Pr [...]	2007-11-06 11:18:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK GR
07SKOPJE891	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Skopje! When you arrive, political leaders here will be mulling over the tough message USNATO Ambassador Nuland delivered November 8 during a USG interagency visit to Skopje. Nuland told the government and opposition that Macedonia needs to demonstrate its readiness for [...]	2007-11-09 16:05:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MK
07SKOPJE896	MACEDONIA'S NATO BID: "SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE" [...] (SBU) On November 8, USNATO Ambassador Nuland and a U.S. interagency team told Macedonia's top officials, MPs, and opposition leaders that Macedonia must accelerate reform efforts in the next three months or risk not receiving a membership invitation at the 2008 NATO summit. In addition to co [...]	2007-11-14 17:51:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE919	MACEDONIA'S NATO BID: KEEPING SKOPJE FOCUSED ON [...] (C) During a round of meetings November 19-20, the Ambassador pressed all major political party leaders to take real action to quickly implement reforms needed to strengthen Macedonia's NATO bid. Opposition leaders cited the negative atmosphere in parliament as a hindrance to political consen [...]	2007-11-27 07:53:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE932	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL SLOAT [...] (SBU) Welcome to Skopje! You will arrive shortly after key USG, NATO, and EU officials have called on the political parties, the government, and members of parliament to put aside their partisan differences, engage in constructive dialogue, and rollup their sleeves. We have reiterated a consi [...]	2007-11-28 16:25:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MK
07SKOPJE933	MACEDONIA ON NAME ISSUE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 29 DCM delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Petrov and MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Geleva. Stating that he saw "nothing new" about the U.S. position of neutrality in the name dispute, Petrov was relieved to get DCM's assurances that the points [...]	2007-11-29 16:00:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PREL GR MK
07SKOPJE941	MACEDONIA: POLITICAL BREAKTHROUGH ON NATO TASKS [...] (SBU) During a quadripartite meeting on November 30, government and opposition leaders reached agreement on several key agenda items relevant for NATO membership. On December 3, the parties followed through in the Parliament, passing in quick order the Law on the Parliamentary Inter-ethnic Re [...]	2007-12-04 09:02:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE946	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO NIMETZ PROCESS [...] (C) The GOM's meeting with UN Special Envoy Nimetz on December 3 was positive, with the Macedonian team proposing substantive changes to the latter's framework proposal (ref A) and underscoring its commitment to remaining engaged in the Nimetz process. The GOM made it clear to Nimetz, and in [...]	2007-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK GR
07SKOPJE950	MACEDONIA: CONTINUED MOMENTUM ON MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) A little more than six months after concluding the US/EU-brokered five-point May 29 agreement (ref A),governing VMRO and opposition DUI finally are taking concrete steps toward implementing it. On December 3, Parliament adopted the legislative proposals included in the agreement (ref B [...]	2007-12-06 10:32:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO MK
07SKOPJE960	MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI'S DECEMBER 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) FM Milososoki's visit is a timely opportunity to reinforce the need for continued progress on meeting NATO membership criteria, including government-opposition dialogue, combating corruption, and strengthening rule of law. It is also the right time to tell Milososki that Macedonia needs [...]	2007-12-10 15:20:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK KV
07SKOPJE970	MACEDONIA: RELIGION LAW MEETS INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) The Macedonian parliament adopted a new Law on Religious Communities and Groups in September that significantly strengthens religious freedom provisions, generally meets OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission standards, and supports Macedonia's NATO membership bid. Due to take effect in May 2 [...]	2007-12-13 16:01:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MK
07SKOPJE973	MACEDONIA ON KOSOVO STATUS: FOCUS ON DEMARCATION [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered ref A points on Kosovo status to President Crvenkovski's Chief of Staff, Natasha Savova, and to MFA State Counselor Vasko Grkov in separate meetings on December 13. Savova reiterated the GOM's insistence that there be no territorial division of Kosovo, and stressed th [...]	2007-12-14 07:43:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO YI KV MK
07SKOPJE985	MACEDONIA: PLANNING FOR KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Macedonian government officials, party representatives, and think-tankers believe independence within the Ahtisaari framework is the only option for Kosovo status. They believe recognition of an independent Kosovo should also lead to the technical demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia borde [...]	2007-12-19 13:51:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KV MK
07SKOPJE986	MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI ON THE NAME ISSUE [...] (C) President Crvenkovski is firm in preferring the October 2005 Nimetz proposal over Nimetz's November 2007 framework as a foundation for resolving the name dispute with Athens. He believes Macedonia will meet NATO membership criteria, and that the strategic imperative of shoring up regional [...]	2007-12-19 14:52:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK KV GR
07SKOPJE987	MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI ON THE NAME ISSUE AND [...] (C) PM Gruevski is interested in reaching out to Athens for direct talks on the name dispute. He is under pressure from the German Chancellor to find a solution to the dispute before the NATO summit in April. The Ambassador has reiterated to Gruevski our support for the 1995 Interim Accord, [...]	2007-12-20 13:22:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK GR
07SOFIA1029	BULGARIA: SUBTLE SHIFT IN STANCE ON MACEDONIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria has subtly shifted policy toward Macedonia, tacitly linking Sofia's support for Skopje's Euro-Atlantic integration with Macedonia's conduct of "good neighborly relations." Both government officials and NGO experts recognize that Macedonia's EU and NATO accession is stro [...]	2007-08-23 13:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BU
07SOFIA1045	BULGARIA NAMES CAREER DIPLOMAT AS AMBASSADOR TO UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Parvanov appointed career diplomat Raiko Raichev (also spelled Raychev) as Bulgaria's new permanent representative to the United Nations. Raichev, 52, currently serves as Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin. A non-controversial figure, Raichev has held se [...]	2007-08-28 12:56:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BU
07SOFIA105	BULGARIA: DEMARCHE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 13:33:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO BU
07SOFIA1122	SHIP DEAL WITH FRANCE TO DERAIL BULGARIAN MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: Several Bulgarian defense officials expressed concern over a plan, currently in its final stages, to purchase four Corvette class ships from France at a cost of over one billion dollars. Such a large expenditure for ships that do not fill an operational need would, according to [...]	2007-09-18 13:53:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	MARR PREL BU
07SOFIA114	BULGARIA LEANS FORWARD ON AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador January 25 that Bulgaria had lifted its caveat regarding night operations in Afghanistan, and that there was political will to lift at least some caveats pending receipt of additional training and equipment. The government expects parl [...]	2007-01-25 14:42:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO MARR CVIS IZ AF SR BU
07SOFIA1183	BULGARIANS NERVOUS OVER KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Summary: Our recent high-level contacts with Bulgarian leaders on Kosovo reveal increased nervousness over a likely UDI in December, some softening of opposition to partition, and a clear reluctance to be in the early group of European states that would recognize Kosovo post-UDI. Bulgar [...]	2007-10-02 15:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV SR BG
07SOFIA1185	SEECP FOREIGN MINISTERS: REGIONAL COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Meeting on September 14, SEECP Foreign Ministers and UNMIK/SRSG renewed their commitment to an operational regional cooperation agenda, building on the future Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and its secretariat in Sarajevo. There was a familiar discussion of Kosovo, with the group ag [...]	2007-10-03 06:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI TU
07SOFIA125	BULGARIA: PRESIDENT PARVANOV IN STRONG POSITION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov, Bulgaria's first post-communist president to win re-election, begins his second term in office as the dominant actor on the Bulgarian political stage, despite his relatively limited constitutional powers. His behind-the-scenes influence over the current govern [...]	2007-01-26 14:55:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ BU
07SOFIA1259	RULING SOCIALISTS FACE POPULIST GERB CHALLENGE IN OCT 28 LOCAL VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Sergei Stanishev's ruling socialists square off against GERB, the new populist party of Sofia Mayor Boiko Borissov, in the election for mayors and municipal counselors on October 28. Running on populist, anti-government rhetoric, GERB is set to win mayoral races in Sofia and Plovd [...]	2007-10-24 12:54:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BU
07SOFIA1271	STRATEGY TO SHAPE BULGARIA'S MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (S) Summary: A recent Council of Minister's decision to revise Bulgaria's "Plan 2015" military modernization roadmap represents an important opportunity for the United States to influence the development of Bulgarian military capabilities over the medium and long-term. Our primary goal is increase [...]	2007-10-29 14:24:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR BU
07SOFIA1287	CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ DIFFICULT WITHOUT [...] (S) Summary. Bulgaria's ruling coalition supports the deployment of 155 servicemembers to Iraq and is mulling the deployment of an additional 40 engineers, but it has consistently stated that it views a UNSCR as a politically necessary to continue its deployments. Given over 70 percent publ [...]	2007-11-02 09:39:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV MOPS MARR BU IZ
07SOFIA1340	BULGARIAN ENGINEERS TO IRAQ DELAYED UNTIL NEW UNSCR [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy Defense Minister Yankulova informed DCM Karagiannis that approval for the deployment of 40 military engineers to Iraq is contingent on passage of a new UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on Iraq. Yankulova cited this as the "formal" reason approval of the deployment [...]	2007-11-30 15:33:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR BU
07SOFIA1382	AMBASSADOR WISNER'S MEETINGS IN SOFIA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On December 6 Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks Frank Wisner briefed Foreign Minister Kalfin and, in a separate meeting, members of parliament on the outcome of the Troika negotiations and next steps on Kosovo. Wisner told the Bulgarians that although the Troik [...]	2007-12-18 05:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV UN EU RU BU
07SOFIA1396	SUBJECT: BULGARIA: FACING RESURGENT RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is bracing for the January 17-18 visit of the Russian President, fully expecting Putin will bring some deliverables, but many more demandables. Together with a few cultural sweeteners, the Russians will push a hard line on Kosovo; missile defense, CFE, and U.S. temp [...]	2007-12-21 13:38:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
07SOFIA1397	YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin comes to Washington as Bulgaria's coalition government faces some key foreign and security policy decisions, including Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments, and Russian energy deals. President Putin will visit Sofia on January 17-18 to kick off the "Year of Russi [...]	2007-12-21 13:46:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG MOPS MARR RU KV AF IZ BU
07SOFIA149	BULGARIA: GOVT APPROVES IRAQ EXTENSION [...] (SBU) In a February 2 meeting with the DCM, MFA NATO and International Security Director Petio Petev officially informed us of the government's February 1 decision to extend Bulgaria's mission at Camp Ashraf in Iraq. He delivered a diplomatic note, the operative paragraphs of which read: "T [...]	2007-02-02 14:17:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PGOV IZ BU
07SOFIA160	BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 7 to Zlatin Krystev of the MFA NATO Directorate and Anri Georgiev of the MoD International Cooperation directorate. As reported in reftel B, Bulgaria has announced deployment of an additional mechanized infantry company to Afghanistan and has lift [...]	2007-02-07 11:51:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF BU
07SOFIA163	BULGARIA: NOMINEES FOR MARCH 26-27 INSURGENCY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 14:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PINS PROP KISL MARR MOPS EAID NATO
07SOFIA172	BULGARIA READY TO HELP AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahtisaari deputy Albert Rohan asked Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin February 7 to try to convince Bucharest to be more supportive of Ahtisaari's plan. In a subsequent conversation, Prime Minister Stanishev's Foreign Policy Advisor flagged for us the issue of the Kosovo-Macedoni [...]	2007-02-09 14:48:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI BG
07SOFIA181	BULGARIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Bulgaria - 2007 Investment Climate Statement ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime; a top government priority is to attract foreign investment, especially American. The government foc [...]	2007-02-13 09:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
07SOFIA204	BULGARIA: MOD CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 15 meeting, MoD Defense Policy Director Col. Ivan Milanov gave a readout of Bulgaria's discussions at the Seville Ministerial and outlined Bulgaria's plans for future deployments to Afghanistan. In addition to Bulgaria's previously announced commitment to deploy a m [...]	2007-02-15 13:37:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF BU
07SOFIA218	BULGARIA SEEKS GUIDANCE ON HOSTING NEXT V-10 [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Foreign Minister Kalfin informally offered on January 25 to host a meeting of Vilnius-10 countries in Sofia (reftel). The MFA remains interested in hosting the event, but is reluctant formally to accept or discuss dates while [...]	2007-02-16 14:15:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO XH BU
07SOFIA224	BULGARIA: MFA TAKES HARD LINE ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, MFA Regional Security chief (and resident Black Sea expert) Dimitar Dimitrov briefed us on the GoB's emerging Black Sea strategy. He expressed hardening resistance to Bulgarian membership in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and allowed poloff to revie [...]	2007-02-20 10:39:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07SOFIA251	BULGARIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 12:49:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR BU
07SOFIA252	CONTROVERSIAL ECONOMY/ENERGY MINISTER GOES TO THE [...] (S) Bulgaria's Minister of Economy and Energy Rumen Ovcharov heads to Washington and several other U.S. cities on February 27 for an eleven-day road trip to drum up investor interest in Bulgaria. His meetings at State, Commerce, Energy and USTR will give us an opportunity to press for stron [...]	2007-02-26 15:12:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	ENRG ECON PREL OVIP BU
07SOFIA255	KOSOVO: BULGARIANS ENCOURAGED BY MODERATE RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Parvanov told the Ambassador that on his one-day visit to Serbia February 21 he found the Serbs to be much less hardline in their rhetoric in private. His overarching message to Belgrade's leaders was that the Ahtisaari plan is a good proposal and a "necessary basis for [...]	2007-02-27 13:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR BU
07SOFIA268	BULGARIA: VIEWS ON MARITIME SECURITY IN WAKE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Harry Ulrich (Commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples) visited Bulgaria 21-23 February 2007, meeting with President Georgi Parvanov, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin, as well as [...]	2007-02-28 11:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07SOFIA28	BULGARIA: FM KALFIN TO ATTEND NATO MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 11:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO OPDC AF YI BU
07SOFIA361	BULGARIA HOLDS THE LINE ON ARMS LICENSES [...] (C/NF) On March 16 DCM discussed the state of BG-RU negotiations on the arms licensing issue with Valentin Radomirski, chief foreign policy advisor to PM Stanishev. Reftel A points were delivered to MFA, MOD, and Ministry of Economy and Energy on March 1 and had been previously conveyed to Rad [...]	2007-03-16 13:08:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC RS BU
07SOFIA366	BULGARIA: GOVT VOTES TO TRIPLE DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (SBU) In a decision discussed on March 14 and signed on March 16, the Council of Ministers formally approved two separate deployments in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan. This decision is binding and does not require parliamentary approval. The first deployment will consist of 120 s [...]	2007-03-19 13:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF BU
07SOFIA372	BULGARIA ON CFE TRANSFERS - CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 13:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU
07SOFIA473	BULGARIA IN THE EU: STILL FINDING ITS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's recent accession to the EU has fueled speculation over what sort of member it will be--passive or active--and what priorities it will have in the Union. Many observers expect Bulgaria to continue its pre-accession approach of being cautious, flexible and non-confrontat [...]	2007-04-13 14:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL BU
07SOFIA492	PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 15:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL BU
07SOFIA499	PDAS VOLKER'S MEETINGS WITH BULGARIAN PM STANISHEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PDAS Volker on April 11, PM Stanishev and FM Kalfin strongly endorsed supervised independence for Kosovo and pressed the need for a Security Council resolution. Both ministers also engaged on Black Sea issues, with Kalfin arguing for a stronger NATO pres [...]	2007-04-20 14:31:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO ENRG SR YI EU BU
07SOFIA500	PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 14:35:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL BU

07SOFIA505	PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a V-10 meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, allies were in agreement on key issues, including NATO enlargement, the Kosovo Status process, missile defense, and energy security. All believed strongly about the need for further NATO enlargement and insisted that it be based on rea [...]	2007-04-23 16:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL BU
07SOFIA590	YOUR JUNE 10-11VISIT TO SOFIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 15:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP BU
07SOFIA619	BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER GETS A COLD SHOWER FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin told Bulgarian Prime Minister Stanishev May 8 that the proposed U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic are part of a "unified, strategic offensive system." Russia will not support the Ahtisaari plan because it will leave the Serbs feeling agg [...]	2007-05-18 15:10:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN MARR YI RS LY BU
07SOFIA682	BULGARIA ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Gergana Velichkova, the MFA's acting director of OSCE and Regional Security Affairs. Velichkova thanked us for reftel responses to Russian concerns; she enthusiastically agreed with our points. Noting that Bulgaria is specifically mentioned in two of the s [...]	2007-06-05 14:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU
07SOFIA695	BULGARIA BACKS U.S. APPROACH TO CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A points on June 6 to Gergana Velichkova, the MFA's Acting Director of OSCE and Regional Security Affairs and Col. Stefan Yanev, Director of Defense Policy at the MOD. Both remarked that U.S. views on the upcoming conference were almost identical to those of the GoB an [...]	2007-06-06 14:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU
07SOFIA718	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FM KALFIN: IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin thanked the Deputy Secretary for President Bush's public and private assurances of support for the release of the five Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya. He also asked for the opportunity to consult with the USG in advance of any travel by the Secretar [...]	2007-06-14 08:46:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EFIN NATO LY IZ BU
07SOFIA743	BULGARIA: EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES GEORGIA, KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Valentin Radomirski, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Stanishev, described to EUR A/S Dan Fried on June 11 Russian pressure tactics regarding Bulgarian relations with Georgia, especially regarding export of small arms and munitions to Georgia. Tbilisi's larger than normal [...]	2007-06-19 07:24:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO GG BU
07SOFIA863	BULGARIA: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 15:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM NATO KCRM KCOR ECON ENRG LY BU
07SOFIA87	BULGARIA AND OPERATION BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Despite persistent U.S. lobbying and a high-level push from official visitors, GoB officials are not yet sold on membership in Turkish-led Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). Credible doubts about Turkey's willingness to share information have fed into deep-seated mistrust of [...]	2007-01-18 13:10:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07SOFIA916	PRESIDENT PARVANOV EXPOSED AS COMMUNIST STATE [...] (C) Summary: The commission set-up earlier this year to review the files of the former communist secret services announced that President Georgi Parvanov and key members of his staff collaborated with the communist-era State Security agency. Parvanov was recruited by the State Security's ext [...]	2007-07-31 14:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BU
07SOFIA93	KOSOVO STATUS: BULGARIAN PM SEES NO REASON FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Stanishev told the Ambassador January 12 that Bulgaria supports Ahtisaari and that the Kosovo final status process "cannot be dragged out." This echoes FM Kalfin's message to the Secretary on December 19 that Ahtisaari should present his report soon after the Serb [...]	2007-01-19 11:42:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR BU
07SOFIA940	Resolving Bulgaria's Unpaid Parking Tickets; Advancing our [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (SBU) In June, the Department sent a diplomatic note to the Bulgarian Embassy requesting the GOB pay USD 316,082 in accumulated parking tickets by September 1, or lose USD 449,951 in USG assistance for FY07. In reviewing the available data, P [...]	2007-08-06 05:46:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PARM BU
07SOFIA985	BULGARIA: MFA DOWN BEAT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On August 9, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points and a copy of the new Afghanistan Counter-Narcotics Strategy to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Ivan Petkov. Petkov expressed the difficulties of weaning Afghan farmers off opium poppies. He said Bulgaria, partnering with Germany, had impo [...]	2007-08-10 08:17:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF BU
07STATE103146	DEMARCHE: WORKING WITH THE FRENCH IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) Department requests Embassy Paris to convey to French government officials the USG support for Foreign Minister Kouchner's plan to deploy a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) bridging mission in Eastern Chad and to explore what types of assistance the French might need and desire [...]	2007-07-25 16:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR
07STATE121994	NOMINATION OF SENIOR OFFICER FOR ASSIGNMENT AS [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR USNATO - SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (C) THE PRESIDENT HAS NOMINATED LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES N. MATTIS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE OF GENERAL AND ASSIGNMENT AS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER FOR TRANSFORMATION (NATO). 3. (C) USNATO SHOULD DELIVER THE [...]	2007-08-29 22:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL
07STATE122164	LIMITED TELEPHONE CAPABILITY - USMISSION USNATO [...] The Digital Telephone Link Between the U.S. Mission to NATO and Embassy Brussels has failed. As a result, the U.S.Mission to NATO has limited Telephone capability, especially for incoming calls. At this time, technicians are working to restore full service. Until service is restored [...]	2007-08-30 12:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KRIM
07STATE123875	GUIDANCE: SELECTION OF CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS [...] Washington concurs with approach for selection of CEPMO BOD chairman recommended by USNATO in Ref A. We look forward to MISSION request for further guidance if required as a result of the 6 September meeting. RICE [...]	2007-09-04 19:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR NATO PREL
07STATE124067	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Assistant Chief of Protocol Gladys Boluda EUR Acting DAS Judith Garber D Staff Gustavo Delgado Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi DCM Viktor Szederkenyi 2. (U) SUMMARY. On August 29, t [...]	2007-09-04 23:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HU
07STATE131603	THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- FM Kinga Goncz Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi Acting Chief of Cabinet Gyorgy Varga DCM Viktor Sz [...]	2007-09-18 23:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HU
07STATE138402	(U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 27, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 21:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	OVIP FRIED DANIEL UNGA PREL MOPS NATO MARR KPKO PO
07STATE138413	(U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 25, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 21:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP FRIED DAN UNGA PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR KPKO NL
07STATE138761	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...]	2007-10-02 17:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO
07STATE141316	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15 [...]	2007-10-06 03:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS
07STATE143810	U.S. STATEMENT TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to make the following statement following the briefing of the Special Representative of the Secretary General in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, to the Security Council on October 15. 2. Begin Text: Mr. President, I would like to thank the Special [...]	2007-10-12 22:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL AF
07STATE146225	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 MEETING [...] (U) Classified by: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 27, 2007; 1:00 PM; New York, NY 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo EUR/SCE David Schroeder (notetaker) SERBIA ------ Prim [...]	2007-10-18 21:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP SR YI KV
07STATE148605	DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraphs 2- 5. For Moscow, Beijing, G7, and all NEA Posts, Washington requests delivery of the talking points at the Ministerial level. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Secretary Rice and Secretary Paulson will go on camera at 0900 EST on Thu [...]	2007-10-25 11:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07STATE150674	SECRETARY'S 10/29 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) October 29, 2007, 10:00 a.m., Secretary's Office 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft EUR Elaine Samson (Notetaker) Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Ambassador Carlos Westendorp Chief of Staf [...]	2007-10-30 22:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE KCFE SP KV RU KZ MD
07STATE152304	INSTRUCTIONS (PART TWO) FOR THE RESOLUTION ON [...] This is an action request. Below continues the resolution text of the resolution "The Situation in Afghanistan" from PART ONE of this instruction sent by separate cable. USUN is also instructed to use the points in para 3 in making our Explanation of Vote. 2. Continue resolution text: [...]	2007-11-03 02:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MOPPS UN AF
07STATE153352	ESTABLISHING A NORTHERN GROUND LINE OF [...] (U) This is an information cable for addressee posts and offers a basis for internal embassy discussion before a Request for Information (RFI) is released to the private sector. 2. (C//REL NATO) SUMMARY: US forces in Afghanistan are eighty-five percent dependent on supplies moved through [...]	2007-11-06 23:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS AMGT AFIN BCXP ECON PGOV ZK
07STATE154199	USG RESPONSE TO INTERAGENCY MISSION VISIT TO [...] C) On October 2-4, an Interagency Team from Washington visited Cyprus to survey construction and security of Greek military installations being built to bring the Government of Greece (GOG) into full compliance with its obligations to the United States regarding U.S.-origin defense articles. U [...]	2007-11-08 18:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS NATO PREL CY GR
07STATE154483	GUIDANCE: NTM-I MISSION CONTINUES AND EXPANDS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Washington is concerned with the NATO Policy Coordination Group's (PCG) cover letter and its brief overview of the Autumn 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) of the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). Washington instructs USNATO to stress at all NATO NTM-I discussions and meet [...]	2007-11-09 00:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR MOPS IZ
07STATE156473	VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOLUTION ON THE [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favour of the following resolution to be considered by the Security Council on November 15. USUN is also instructed to draw on points in para 3 for use during the Council's discussion. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Coun [...]	2007-11-15 03:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL MARR NATO BK
07STATE157672	OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL - DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The OSCE Ministerial will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. objectives at the Ministerial. Background information and talking points are provided below. Info addressees are we [...]	2007-11-17 01:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM
07STATE159779	U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION NONPAPER [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Non-Paper on the U.S. proposal to Russia of missile defense cooperation and transparency and confidence-building measures in paragraph 4 was delivered by Embassy Moscow to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 21 (Ref [...]	2007-11-23 23:04:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CR MARR PARM PL PREL RS
07STATE163970	LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FM VERHAGEN ON [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Rice to Foreign Minister Verhagen as soon as possible. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin Text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your November 30 letter informing me of the Dutch government's decision to renew the Netherland [...]	2007-12-05 23:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PARM MOPS NL
07STATE164180	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FM BEZHUASHVILI [...] (S) Summary: A/S Fried urged Georgia not to restrict its democratic space and to re-establish unrestricted freedom of the media. Bezhuashvili responded that Prime Minister Gurgenidze was involved in intensive negotiations with News Corp to re-open the Imedi TV station as soon as possible. On [...]	2007-12-06 17:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07STATE166027	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR USHAKOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Russian Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov met with EUR A/S Daniel Fried for a read-out of meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the foreign ministers level in Brussels. Fried noted that the NRC "could have been much worse." He [...]	2007-12-12 13:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAIR PARM MARR RS
07STATE166386	GUIDANCE: CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING [...] Washington concurs with positions outlined by USNATO in Ref A. RICE [...]	2007-12-12 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR NATO PREL
07STATE166909	DEMARCHE INSTRUCTION ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The Department requests that Embassies in current and new (2008) non-European members of the UN Security Council Countries (except Beijing) deliver the following demarche on Kosovo at the highest appropriate level before December 17. This message is info onl [...]	2007-12-14 01:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07STATE168395	INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC SESSION ON KOSOVO, DECEMBER [...] (C) USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for use during the UN Security Council session on Kosovo on December 19, 2007. Our Quint partners (UK, Germany, Italy, France) have agreed to a low-key approach. We seek to avoid a contentious meeting, which could make it more difficult for UN [...]	2007-12-18 23:16:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UNSC UNMIK
07STATE18563	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...]	2007-02-14 19:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07STATE18578	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...]	2007-02-14 19:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07STATE23655	U.S. RESPONSE TO GEORGIAN OFFER OF ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request for February 27. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) Per refs A and B, President Saakashvili has decided to offer a 2,514-strong infantry brigade (including three infantry battalions and logistical support) for deployment to [...]	2007-02-27 00:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GG IZ
07STATE35309	ENGAGING EU COMMISSIONER FOR ENLARGEMENT OLLI [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) EUR/ERA appreciates Embassy Helsinki,s initiative in reaching out to EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn as reported in Helsinki 70, and encourages future meetings whenever Rehn visits Helsinki. EU Commissioners can provide valua [...]	2007-03-20 21:00:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN
07STATE3592	IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] Department requests Ambassadors reinforce the President's January 10 announcement on Iraq policy with the highest levels in the host governments on Thursday January 11. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department instructs posts to pursue the following objectives: --Drawing on the backgrou [...]	2007-01-11 03:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
07STATE52640	NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 00:04:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
07STATE57781	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR C: ELIOT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 18:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BE OTRA
07STATE62354	IRAQ AMBASSADORS' FORUM - APRIL 30, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Political Military Bureau hosted an Iraq Ambassadors' Forum on April 30. Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed on the challenges faced by Iraq in advance of the launch of the International Compact with [...]	2007-05-08 20:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR IZ MOPS PREL EAID SY
07STATE72784	IRAQ AMBASSADORS' FORUM - MAY 17, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Political Military Bureau hosted an Iraq Ambassadors' Forum on May 17. Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed on the successful launching event of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) and the subse [...]	2007-05-25 21:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IR IZ MOPS PREL SY
07STATE75561	SUCCESSFUL CENTCOM COALITION CONFERENCE IN TAMPA [...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM's Coalition conference in Tampa, FL, successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. The guest appearance by the President was particula [...]	2007-06-01 15:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ NATO
07STATE81232	EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE; [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: As part of the U.S. Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, the State Department collaborated with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to deliver a European conference on [...]	2007-06-11 23:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP
07STATE90284	KOSOVO: BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE SECURITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Action addressees are requested to deliver the U.S. non-paper contained in paragraph 3 below to Quint Foreign and Defense Ministries, to NATO and EU staffs and to the EUPT and OKPCC in Pristina. Addressees are further requested to report reactions to EUR/SCE, [...]	2007-06-28 14:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL KV
07STOCKHOLM1176	SWEDEN SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION IN EVALUATING [...] (s) Sweden has requested U.S. assistance in evaluating requirements for the deployment of the Sweden-led EU Nordic Battlegroup, scheduled to be operational January 1, 2008. At the MFA's request, we met September 18 with MFA Americas Director Hakan Malmqvist and a Swedish interagency group in [...]	2007-09-19 14:47:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS MOPS SW
07STOCKHOLM1400	REINFELDT, BILDT, AND BORG: MAKING THE COALITION [...] (C) As Foreign Minister Bildt heads to Washington for the Annapolis Conference -- his third visit to Washington in two months -- we want to provide the domestic context to his new activist Swedish foreign policy. It has been a difficult first year for Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt and the [...]	2007-11-23 11:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SW
07STOCKHOLM1453	BILDT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt discussed the way forward on Kosovo on December 11. Bildt said 26 of the EU states (except Cyprus) would likely recognize Kosovo independence in some form as early as February, but there were a number of important issues that remained to be [...]	2007-12-12 16:38:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF YI SW
07STOCKHOLM214	SWEDEN: DEMARCHE ON MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND AND [...] (c) Polcouns met 2/28 with MFA Deputy Director General for European and Global Security Ambassador Nils Daag regarding negotiations for Poland and the Czech Republic to host U.S. missile defense assets. Daag, whose portfolio has just been expanded to include responsibility for the United Nat [...]	2007-02-28 13:43:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EZ PL SW
07STOCKHOLM506	SWEDEN: SCENE-SETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER [...] (c) The May 15 visit of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt provides an opportunity to strengthen ties in key areas with a Swedish government that is relatively new to office and better-disposed toward working with the U.S. than its predecessor. Reinfeldt comes from a new political generation a [...]	2007-05-04 15:26:00	Embassy Stockholm	SECRET	PREL PGOV SW
07STOCKHOLM8	ANTI-IMMIGRATION SWEDEN DEMOCRATS ON THE RISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationalistic Sweden Democrats gained 2.9% of the national vote in September, capitalizing on anti-immigration sentiment. The party and its views on restricting immigration are treated with suspicion by the mainstream parties and media. The Sweden Democrats claim that they [...]	2007-01-04 08:40:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM SW
07STOCKHOLM98	SWEDEN: VIEWS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (c) Polcouns met January 26 with MFA Deputy Director General and head of International Law and Human Rights Department Bosse Hedberg in connection with the proposed February 22-23 cluster munitions conference in Oslo. Hedberg noted that he was closely involved with developments on cluster mu [...]	2007-01-26 15:30:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO PGOV SW
07TALLINN165	ESTONIA: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND [...] (U) As requested Ref A, Post has designated Acting DCM Eric Johnson as the POC for public diplomacy and outreach efforts on missile defense. 2. (C) As reported Ref B, Estonia agrees with the USG position on the Russian response to U.S. missile defense plans. We do not expect any wavering o [...]	2007-03-13 09:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU EN
07TALLINN2	ESTONIA: FM PAET VISITS GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Georgia December 18-19, Georgian Officials told Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that: -- they hope for a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) already in 2007; -- they intend to extend economic and political reforms and substantially increase investment in educa [...]	2007-01-03 09:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU NATO OSCE GG RU EN
07TALLINN202	ESTONIA SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 14:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK UN YI EU EN
07TALLINN223	ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART I): REFORMING [...] (U) Summary. The Estonian Reform Party has formed a coalition government with like-minded center-right parties, Isamaa and Res Public Union (IRL) and the Social Democrats (SDE). The coalition agreement, signed by the parties on April 2, reflects Reform's priorities for a pro-active, pro-w [...]	2007-04-03 11:26:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
07TALLINN233	ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART II): BIOS ON KEY [...] (U) Summary. On April 2, the Estonian Reform Party, Isamaa and Res Publica Union (IRL),and the Social Democratic Party (SDE) officially signed a coalition agreement forming the new government. The three-party coalition has 60 seats in the 101-member parliament (Ref A). Prime Minister Andru [...]	2007-04-05 13:10:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EN
07TALLINN247	ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART III): FOREIGN AND [...] (C) Summary. The new Estonian government's foreign and security policy priorities include strong relations with the U.S. and NATO, Afghanistan, better Estonia-Russia relations, and promoting democracy and stability in the region. The new government supports continued engagement in Iraq, but this is [...]	2007-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EN MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
07TALLINN275	ESTONIA: HLG LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 11:21:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MNUC NPG EN
07TALLINN277	U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...]	2007-04-26 15:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN
07TALLINN278	U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...]	2007-04-26 15:09:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN
07TALLINN310	ESTONIA: GOE OFFICIALS ON THE BRONZE SOLDIER, [...] (C) Summary: During a series of courtesy calls May 7-9, senior GOE officials expressed appreciation for strong U.S. support after the attack on Estonian's Embassy in Moscow. Prime Minister Ansip noted Estonia did not want to create problems for its allies, but emphasized that Russia's actions [...]	2007-05-11 14:36:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU EN
07TALLINN330	CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONFERENCE: ESTONIA STILL TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 09:42:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS NATO PARM PREL EN
07TALLINN347	RUSSIAN BEAR HUG SQUEEZES ESTONIAN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: In the three weeks since the April 26-27 Bronze Soldier riots, Estonia has faced pressure from an array of trade-disrupting measures from Russia. Cyber attacks on government and financial websites have been costly and have raised international concern and support. GOE officials [...]	2007-05-29 05:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD RS EN
07TALLINN366	ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: WORLD'S FIRST VIRTUAL [...] (S) Summary. Since April 27, Estonia has been the victim of the world's first coordinated cyber attacks against a nation state and its political and economic infrastructure. The sensational nature of the story, combined with the highly technical details of the subject matter, has led to a good [...]	2007-06-04 14:27:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN
07TALLINN372	ESTONIA UNABLE TO MEET NATO,S ISAF REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 11:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PINS NATO AF EN
07TALLINN373	ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON CFE TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 14:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN
07TALLINN374	ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together wi [...]	2007-06-06 14:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN
07TALLINN375	ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together with [...]	2007-06-06 14:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN
07TALLINN377	ESTONIA TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON EXTRAORDINARY CFE [...] (C) On June 6, we delivered Ref A points to Kristjan Priik, Second Secretary in the MFA's Security and Arms Control Division, on preparations for the extraordinary CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) conference. On June 7, Priik reiterated Estonia's position on Russia's proposal (Ref B). Coo [...]	2007-06-08 09:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN
07TALLINN41	ESTONIA: GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26 [...] (C) On January 20, Acting DCM and Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on goals for Afghanistan at the January 26 informal Foreign Ministerial to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy and Arms Control. Hilpus welcomed the information about the meeting, expressed regret that Foreign [...]	2007-01-22 13:32:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS
07TALLINN432	UPDATE ON ESTONIA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Afghanistan remains one of the Government of Estonia's (GOE) highest foreign policy priorities. The GOE has been increasing its direct development assistance to Afghanistan since 2006, to balance its military presence in the country. The presence of Estonia's first diplomat o [...]	2007-06-28 06:56:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR EUN EN
07TALLINN433	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: The last eight months have been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's recent visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves [...]	2007-06-28 14:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN446	ESTONIA: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 11:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE NATO EU EN
07TALLINN49	ESTONIA: RESPONSE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 20, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy and Arms Control. On January 23, Ketlin Susmalainen a 3rd Secretary in the same department, provided the following response: -- Estonia has not been invited to the April 18-2 [...]	2007-01-23 13:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO EN
07TALLINN5	ESTONIA: PRESIDENT AND PM DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 15:54:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU RU EN
07TALLINN536	ESTONIA'S REACTION TO NEW AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-17 11:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR NATO AF EN
07TALLINN544	ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE RATIFICATION [...] (C) On August 20 and 21, we delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security and Arms Control, and Peeter Helme, MFA NATO Desk Officer, on breaking the impasse to Russia's fulfillment of its remaining Istanbul commitments. Hilpus told us that the GOE's position on CFE remains [...]	2007-08-22 08:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN
07TALLINN547	ESTONIA: NEW DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 15, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon for Mati Raidma, Member of Parliament (MP) and new Chairman of the National Defense Committee (NDC). The two discussed Parliament's upcoming votes to renew the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) mission mandates for Iraq, Afghanistan, [...]	2007-08-24 08:30:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EN
07TALLINN548	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY SELL [...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to W [...]	2007-08-24 10:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN549	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to [...]	2007-08-24 10:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN567	ESTONIA'S FULLFILMENT OF OECD ACCESSION CRITERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In post's judgment, Estonia fulfills the accession criteria for membership in the OECD. Estonia is an active, prosperous and developed member of many international organizations, including NATO, the European Union and the WTO. It demonstrates a broad respect for the values of [...]	2007-08-29 13:26:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV SENV OECD EN KDEM
07TALLINN583	SCENESETTER FOR PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations the past year: the President's historic visit to Estonia last November; Estonian appreciation for U.S. su [...]	2007-09-06 14:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN589	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Tallinn. Three and a half years after NATO and EU accession, Estonia remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is a steadfast ally in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and an effective role model for democracy in the former Soviet states [...]	2007-09-07 14:42:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN604	ESTONIA ON ALLIANCE ATTITUDES TOWARD NAC VISIT TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloffs delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy, and Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Hilpus and Lukk emphasized strong Government of Estonia (GOE) support for the proposed North Atlantic Council (NAC) visit to [...]	2007-09-14 06:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS EN
07TALLINN627	ESTONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND SEPT 26 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 12:37:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OPDC PREL EN
07TALLINN633	ESTONIA: PDAS VOLKER AT V-10 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker participated in the Vilnius Ten (V-10) political directors conference in Tallinn, Estonia on September 12-13. V-10 political directors generally supported eventual NATO enlargement for the Adriatic 3 (Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia) and the need for more EU unit [...]	2007-09-26 11:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN
07TALLINN64	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO VISIT TO [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of the President's historic visit to Estonia last November, and amidst fervent campaigning for Estonia's parliamentary elections in early March. 2. (SBU) Fore [...]	2007-01-30 16:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL EN
07TALLINN693	ESTONIA: AFGHANISTAN, YES - IRAQ, YES FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. On October 24, the Government of Estonia (GOE) submitted for Parliamentary approval four bills to extend Estonian participation in ongoing foreign military operations (Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia) and one to authorize deployment of troops (the EU Nordic Battle Group). While [...]	2007-10-26 09:00:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ EN
07TALLINN708	ESTONIAN DEFENSE MINISTER FORCE FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. In the relatively short amount of time Minister of Defense Jaak Aaviksoo has been in office, he has taken significant steps to reform both the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). Aaviksoo?s priority for 2007 has been to create a military legal framework f [...]	2007-11-01 08:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EN
07TALLINN71	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO VISIT TO [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of the President's historic visit to Estonia last November, and amidst fervent campaigning for Estonia's parliamentary elections in early March. 2. (SBU) Fore [...]	2007-02-01 15:06:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL EN
07TALLINN716	SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 12:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ EN
07TALLINN752	SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PM ANSIP'S NOVEMBER 27-29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's November 27- 29 visit to Washington, his first as PM, comes on the eve of the Estonian Parliament's vote to renew Estonia's participation in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Ansip supports Estonia's military engagements abroad, but relies on USG recognitio [...]	2007-11-21 14:36:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN

07TALLINN802	ESTONIA: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS MANDATES FOR IRAQ, [...] (U) On December 19, the 101 member Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) voted to extend the mandate for the Estonian troop deployment in Iraq by 12 months (until December 31, 2008). 53 MPs voted in favor of the bill, which followed quickly on the heels of the December 18 UNSC vote to extend the ma [...]	2007-12-20 14:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MARR PGOV IZ AF KV BK EN
07TALLINN88	ESTONIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS I: POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Estonia is in full campaign mode in the run up to parliamentary elections on March 4. Eleven parties are vying for seats in the Riigikogu (the Estonian parliament). Of these, five or six are expected to win enough votes for parliamentary representation. The "X-factors" in the e [...]	2007-02-12 13:13:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EN
07TASHKENT1029	UZBEKISTAN REACTS TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan reacted on several fronts to the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) decision on May 14 to prolong sanctions against Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministry issued a critical statement; state-controlled media published negative stories; [...]	2007-05-29 11:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ
07TASHKENT1444	UZBEKS SEEK TO PUNISH NATO'S "SPOILED CHILDREN" [...] (C) NATO's Central Asia Liaison Officer briefed NATO mission on the results of a trip to follow up on agreements made during the visit to Tashkent of a NATO expert-level delegation in May. Shortly after that visit, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed NATO that a further development of [...]	2007-08-09 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR NATO UZ
07TASHKENT1865	LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 October 2007, the Ambassador, the Defense Attache (DATT),Defense Attache Office (DAO) Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and DAO FSN, met with the Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev. This is the first time that Mirzayev himself has received U.S. representatives since January [...]	2007-10-26 10:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV PINR UZ
07TASHKENT1988	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP ALARMED BY AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and poloff attended a meeting of the Central Asian Mini-Dublin Group on November 13 to discuss regional narcotics trends and donor country projects. UNODC presented "an increasingly alarming trend" in Afghanistan drug production and described "a record harvest" [...]	2007-11-16 10:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID AF UZ
07TASHKENT1989	NATO PURSUING LIMITED REENGAGEMENT WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons reported that his meetings with Foreign Minister Norov and Defense Minister Mirzayev on November 12 were substantive and he had been well-received. Uzbekistan has resumed participation in Euro-Atlantic Pa [...]	2007-11-16 10:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL NATO UZ AF
07TASHKENT2022	NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE CHAIRMAN WELCOMES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met November 23 with National Security Service (NSS) Chairman Rustam Inoyatov, who welcomed renewed U.S.-Uzbek cooperation. Inoyatov stressed that we share mutual interests in a stable Afghanistan and in fighting terrorism, extremism and narcotics. He stressed his [...]	2007-11-23 13:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UZ
07TASHKENT2100	LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE ON UZBEKISTANI PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Post wishes to inform Department that it has reviewed its files and has no credible information of gross human rights violations by any of the three listed participants in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training course at the Domodedovo Center in Russia (reftel). A. Name: Mansurjon [...]	2007-12-07 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR PHUM RS UZ
07TASHKENT2121	AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN PRESENTS DUBIOUS IL-76 [...] (C) Summary: An Australian named Frederick Darby in November approached Post with a plan to provide the Australian military with leased IL-76 cargo aircraft assembled in Tashkent. Darby claimed the deal could help sink Russia's plans to bring Tashkent's Chkalov Aircraft Factory (a.k.a TAPOiCh [...]	2007-12-14 13:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PGOV PREL EAIR EIND MCAP NATO EUN
07TASHKENT989	UZBEKS AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: A NATO delegation told NATO missions May 18 that discussions with the Government of Uzbekistan went well. The Uzbeks have re-engaged in Brussels, agreed to work with NATO's Central Asia Liaison Officer for the first time, and appointed a military liaison of their own. Deputy Defe [...]	2007-05-21 11:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR NATO AF UZ
07TBILISI1100	INTERIOR MINISTER MERABISHVILI'S VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion of the separatist conflicts with the Ambassador May 9, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili said Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh has the mentality of a typical Soviet administrator, hopelessly afraid of making any decisions that enta [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1172	FURTHER DETAIL ON MOD PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING [...] (C) The Georgian Ministry of Defense has provided additional information about its priorities for spending the proposed GEL 442,100,000 (USD 261.6 million) increase in the defense budget reported reftel. The money will be spent by the MOD as follows: -- GEL 21.8 million (USD 13 million) on [...]	2007-05-18 13:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV EFIN GG
07TBILISI1279	PARLIAMENTARIANS OUTLINE GEORGIA'S REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Joseph Wood, key ruling party and opposition parliamentarians outlined planned internal reforms and weighed the challenges ahead. While citing strong progress, MPs admitted more work needs to be done in [...]	2007-06-01 04:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG GG RU
07TBILISI1284	PM NOGHAIDELI ON ECONOMIC REFORMS, ENERGY [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli said the Georgian economy was performing well, and the government was pushing hard to get major new reforms underway this year so that they would be well-e [...]	2007-06-01 10:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GG
07TBILISI1293	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO-AFGHANISTAN: URGENT NEED [...] (C) Per reftel request, on May 29, Poloff delivered demarche points to MFA America Desk Officer Irakli Machitidze. Machitidze said Georgia was committed to doing everything it can in the fight against Islamic fundamentalist forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, as evidenced by its significant troop [...]	2007-06-01 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF GG PK
07TBILISI1298	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 1 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of May 19-June Â [...]	2007-06-01 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1299	GEORGIAN POLITICAL REFORM UPDATE, PART ONE [...] (U) This is part one of a two-part series by outgoing officers on Georgia's progress on key internal reforms as Georgia tries to obtain a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the next twelve months. 2. (C) Summary. The Saakashvili government, which came to power following the Rose Revoluti [...]	2007-06-01 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1604	ABKHAZIA: GENEVA-STYLE MEETING IN BONN: SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27 and 28, representatives of the Friends of the UN Secretary General (FSG),together with the UN, met the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for a Geneva-style meeting in Bonn. Most significantly, the sides agreed to resume Quadripartite meetings on law enforcement cooperation i [...]	2007-07-06 11:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC GG RU
07TBILISI1731	DAVID BAKRADZE TO BE NEW STATE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Officials in the State Ministry for Conflict Resolution have confirmed to us that Minister Merab Antadze is departing his post to return to the MFA, and he will be replaced by David Bakradze, currently Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration. Bakradze is a young, t [...]	2007-07-20 12:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GG
07TBILISI1732	RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES IN GEORGIA [...] (C) The strains between Russia and Georgia play out in leaders' statements, the Russian economic embargo, the separatist conflicts, and a number of other public ways, but they also play out on a level that is at least slightly below the surface: Russian "active measures" (or covert actions) aimed a [...]	2007-07-20 12:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1958	GEORGIA BOMBING UPDATE [...] (C) Georgian officials report that SU-type airplanes from Russia crossed into Georgian airspace on the evening of August 6, and that one of the planes dropped a "precision-guided Russian missile" -- estimated to weigh 700-1,000 kilograms -- that impacted near the Georgian village Tsitelubani, [...]	2007-08-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
07TBILISI1976	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with influential majority Members of Parliament. Saakashvili insider Giga Bokeria complained that the recent UN report on the situation in Abkhazia was unbalanced. Bryza argued that the UNOMIG Joint Fact Finding Group (JFFG) report made a stron [...]	2007-08-08 13:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1979	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION MP'S [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with leading opposition Members of Parliament. Their most urgent concern was elections, and they raised the issues of the fairness of the majoritarian system and composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC) (reftel A). Although they als [...]	2007-08-08 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1993	GEORGIA MISSILE ATTACK UPDATE -- AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Speaking at a press conference August 8, Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili maintained the Georgian government's moderate tone in talking about the missile impact on Georgian territory August 6 (reftels). He called for a "group of international experts" to investigate the incident, something t [...]	2007-08-09 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2000	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SPEAKER BURJANADZE [...] (C) Summary: On 27 July, DAS Bryza met with Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze and discussed a wide range of issues. Burjanadze told us that Turkmenistan is interested in closer business and military ties with the West. She believed the ruling National Movement needed to find a [...]	2007-08-10 05:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2084	WHO'S RUNNING GEORGIA: IT'S THE EKA'S [...] (C) Summary: Amid the crowd of young, talented, Western-educated officials in Georgia, one feature often stands out: many of those in key power positions are women. In addition to the prominent role held by the Speaker of Parliament,Nino Burjanadze, one of the founders of the Rose Revolutio [...]	2007-08-21 07:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM GG
07TBILISI2089	GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION UPDATE -- AUGUST 21 [...] (C) A second round of the International Group of Experts (IGE) has completed a report on the August 6 missile impact, endorsing the conclusions made by earlier experts while providing additional detail and more specific information to confirm that Georgian aircraft could not have fired the mis [...]	2007-08-21 11:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI2092	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN GALI--SAME PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: On 31 July-2 August, an Embassy team traveled to Abkhazia to review the human rights situation there. The team participated in a patrol with the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) in the ethnically Georgian Gali region, visited local NGOs in Gali and Sukhumi, and met with the [...]	2007-08-21 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL GG
07TBILISI2139	MAIA TOPURIA CASE [...] (C). Summary: On August 24, the Tbilisi City Court found all 13 defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the country's leadership in September 2006 guilty. Most of the 13 are linked with Igor Giorgadze's Justice Party. Igor Giorgadze is a Georgian fugitive wanted for attempted murder of [...]	2007-08-27 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2267	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 7 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 18-September 7. Government Adopts New Agenda ---------------------------- 2. Parliament is expected to adopt the government's new plan action, entitled For a United a [...]	2007-09-07 12:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2269	STAFFDEL ANAND'S AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 1 VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Georgian officials gave a four-member staff delegation from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs an overview of Georgia's ongoing reforms August 30, in areas including rule of law, elections, defense, prisons, and the economy. The officials stressed the importance of NATO integration a [...]	2007-09-07 12:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2413	DIPLOMATS TURN OUT FOR CONFERENCE IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] Summary: On September 21, the Georgian State Ministry for Conflict Resolution held a conference for the western diplomatic corps in the village of Tamarasheni, a Georgian-controlled village in the South Ossetian zone of conflict. The purpose of the conference was to share information with d [...]	2007-09-26 11:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2453	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER 2 NATO [...] (SBU) DCM Perry delivered the demarche (reftel) to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgi Manjgaladze regarding guidance on the October 2 meeting between NATO and the Georgian delegation. Manjgaladze expressed gratitude for the guidance and said he would get it to the head of delegation, S [...]	2007-10-02 07:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL GG
07TBILISI2559	OPPOSITION COALITION MEETS AMBASSADOR, WANTS EARLY [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, three opposition leaders representing the United National Council of opposition parties (ref A) called on Ambassador to discuss their activities during the current political crisis. The trio presented a letter on behalf of the opposition parties appealing for early [...]	2007-10-10 13:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2560	Georgia's Woman of Courage Nominee 2008 [...] Post's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Marina Tabukushvili, artist, civil society activist, and chairman of the Georgian NGO TASO. Nominee is willing to be considered for the award and agrees if selected to travel to Washington DC. Biographical data requested in reftel [...]	2007-10-11 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN GG
07TBILISI2579	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 12 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of September 29-October 12. Opposition Rally Planned for November 2 --------------------------------------- 2. Several leading opposition parties which have rallied around the [...]	2007-10-15 10:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2610	OPPOSITION RESPONDS TO SAAKASHVILI, OTHER RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's October 16 proposal (ref A) for lowering the party list threshold for next year's Parliamentary election was pocketed by the opposition and met with additional demands. The United National Council of opposition parties (ref B) on October 17 released a man [...]	2007-10-19 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2659	USUPASHVILI ADDRESSES NOVEMBER 2 PROTEST, [...] (C) Summary: On October 24, Chairman of the opposition Republican Party David Usupashvili met with Ambassador regarding the united opposition's planned November 2 protest against the Saakashvili government (ref A). Usupashvili voiced two main concerns about the protests: First, that the gover [...]	2007-10-26 11:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2796	GEORGIA OUTLINES WORK OF COMMISSION ON SOUTH [...] (SBU) Embassy received the below letter and non-paper (full texts in paragraph 2) from Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution David Bakradze on November 5. The non-paper lays out Georgian plans for the continued work of the commission on defining the autonomous status of South Osseti [...]	2007-11-09 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2797	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE NOVEMBER 9 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 27-November 9. Georgia Claims Violation of Airspace ------------------------------------ 2. Zaza Gogava, Head of Georgia's Joint Forces Command, was quoted November [...]	2007-11-09 12:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2800	INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR GEORGIA [...] (U) Summary: This interim assessment (reftel) covers Georgia's continuing strides against trafficking-in-persons (A-TIP) since April, 2007. Georgia aggressively investigates and prosecutes human traffickers. The country's proactive identification of TIP victims is improving, thanks to more A [...]	2007-11-09 15:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GG
07TBILISI2812	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on November 13 he was concerned about a Russian build-up of peacekeeping forces at Ochamchira in Abkhazia, calling it a clear violation of the CFE treaty. Kezerashvili said the MOD was going to share with Embassies a [...]	2007-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2822	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO. 7 [...] (U) Speaker Nino Burjanadze said in a televised statement that the state of emergency imposed on November 7 will be lifted on November 16. She stated "this is important for the international community and our society." Burjanadze also reaffirmed the government's readiness to continue talks wi [...]	2007-11-15 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2893	HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS ARISING FROM THE NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: Events before, during, and after the violence of the November 7 Opposition protest in Tbilisi have raised a number of human rights issues. NGOs, participants in the demonstrations, and others have alleged abuses, including disproportionate use of force, abridgment of freedom of [...]	2007-11-19 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2976	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/28/2007 [...] (U) Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Levan Tarkhnishvili said, as of the November 26 deadline, twenty-two people had registered for the January 5 presidential election. In addition to Mikheil Saakashvili, oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili, United National Council of Opposition (UNC) c [...]	2007-11-28 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2978	GEORGIAN INVESTIGATION OF PATARKATSISHVILI [...] (C) Summary: The closure of Imedi television and the investigation of its finances and operations by the Goverment of Georgia has made headlines around the world. The Government has also begun investigation of other businesses in which oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili is a principal investor. [...]	2007-11-28 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BEXP EFIN GG
07TBILISI3002	WHY PATARKATSISHVILI SCARES THE GOG [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian government accuses oligarch and presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili of moving from ordinary politics to fomenting revolution over the course of 2007. It has taken steps against him personally and against his business interests in an attempt to blunt his in [...]	2007-11-30 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KBIO GG
07TBILISI304	SPEAKER BURJANADZE ON RUSSIA, UKRAINE, REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: During a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Speaker Nino Burjanadze was positive on the recent rapprochement with the opposition (septel). She outlined steps the Parliament is planning to strengthen property rights and offer amnesty for privatization violations committed by ordi [...]	2007-02-14 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3065	PROFILES OF OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] On December 6, the Central Election Commission registered thirteen candidates for the early presidential elections January 5 but only eight, including former President Mikheil Saakashvili, had sufficient signatures to meet the threshold to be registered as a presidential candidate. Following a [...]	2007-12-11 04:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO GG
07TBILISI3092	IMEDI BACK ON THE AIR, MICHNIK AND MONITORS IN PLACE [...] (SBU) Summary. After 34 days off the air due to a governmental shutdown, Imedi, Georgia's most popular television network, resumed full broadcasting on the evening of December 12, 2007. While some technical difficulties remain, Imedi is broadcasting nationally and by satellite to London and [...]	2007-12-13 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO GG PHUM
07TBILISI3096	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE DECEMBER 14 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of December 1-14. Georgian Politicians React to Medvedev -------------------------------------- 2. Georgian political figures reacted immediately -- and unanimously -- to Russi [...]	2007-12-14 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
07TBILISI3112	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/17/07 [...] (C) In a meeting December 14, the Ambassador told NSC Chairman Alexander Lomaia that we had done a comprehensive feasibility evaluation and found that we could not sponsor and mount a proper exit poll (factoring in an adequate amount of time for voter education) in the short time before the Ja [...]	2007-12-17 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3148	GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO AKHALKALAKI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Armenian minority region of Akhalkalaki in Javakheti December 18-19 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOs, press and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap Presidential elections. This impoverished region traditionally [...]	2007-12-21 10:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3149	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/21/07 [...] (C) At the 21 December meeting of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group, the Chairman of the Election (CEC) Levan Tarkhnishvili addressed the group. He discussed the following points: - Cameras at the polling stations: The CEC distributed a press release explaining the purpose of video su [...]	2007-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3151	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary: As the Georgian Presidential election campaign gears up for its final two weeks, a number of themes have emerged on the campaign trail. The most glaring is the brutal blood sport aspect of the Georgian campaign, with each political party battling to the death for dominance. The [...]	2007-12-21 12:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GG
07TBILISI3179	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/28/2007 [...] (U) ODIHR's second report was released on December 28 and notes that the campaign environment has been soured by allegations of use by Saakashvili of budgetary funds, unequal campaign conditions, intimidation, and vote buying. OSCE ODIHR has received information and first hand accounts which [...]	2007-12-28 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI384	Georgia Update February 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 10-23. The 81 Richest Georgians? ------------------------- 2. The newspaper Georgian Times stirred up considerable public interest with its February 15 list of Geor [...]	2007-02-26 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI387	SAAKASHVILI DISMISSES ANTI-NATO DEBATE AND [...] (U) At a February 23 news conference, President Saakashvili dismissed as "foolish" the recent public debate over whether Georgia's NATO aspirations will prevent it from restoring territorial integrity over the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The debate began on February 16, [...]	2007-02-27 06:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
07TBILISI711	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed the recent attack on Georgian government buildings in Kodori and rising tensions in the Gali region, and their relationship to the debate over the next UNOMIG mandate renewal in the U [...]	2007-04-02 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI725	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI932	Ambassador's meeting with High School of Justice and High [...] Summary: Ambassador met with representatives of the Georgian High School of Justice (HSOJ) and High Council of Justice to discuss the HSOJ's progress on meeting the legislatively imposed deadline for launching a fourteen-month training course for newly appointed judges. With less then the six [...]	2007-04-25 12:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TELAVIV1063	ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...]	2007-04-11 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS
07TELAVIV1094	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 10:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. PM Olmert's Performance ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that the US administration has presented Israel and the PA with benchmarks by which the sides will be required to abide, in accordance with [...]	2007-04-27 09:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1299	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 10:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV133	ISRAELI POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF ON RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (S) On January 8, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad shared with the Ambassador the results of his recent visit to Russia and meetings with Russian intelligence officials to discuss Iran and Syria. Gilad said that the Russians believe it will take twice as long as the Isra [...]	2007-01-11 16:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP ETTC MASS SY IR EG RS
07TELAVIV1857	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]	2007-06-20 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2082	NATO A/SYG COLSTON'S JUNE 24-26 VISIT SEES [...] (S) NATO Assistant Secretary General (Defense Policy and Planning) John Colston told NATO embassy representatives in Tel Aviv June 26 that his 3-day visit to Israel resulted in progress on implementation of five chapters of Israel's Individual Cooperation Program (ICP). Observing NATO and Isr [...]	2007-07-06 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL NATO PTER MASS MARR IS
07TELAVIV2109	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 10:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV219	REPORT ON BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) On November 15, 2006, Blue Lantern Officer and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) employee conducted a site visit to the former Israel Military Industries Aircraft System Division (IMIASD) facility and met with Danny Inbal, Corporate Security Director; Israel Zigerson, Purchasing [...]	2007-01-19 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
07TELAVIV2338	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US-Saudi Arms Deal 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- The media reported on Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to increase military aid to Israel to ease concerns over a proposed American weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. The media cite [...]	2007-07-30 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported and all major media, except Maariv and The Jerusalem Post, bannered last night's joint statement by PM Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister announcing their decision to appoi [...]	2007-01-23 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2576	U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...]	2007-08-24 04:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS
07TELAVIV2722	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Military correspondent Amos Harel wrote on page one of the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "It is safe to assume that Assad will make some sort of move to keep Israel on the edge of its seat over the [upcoming Jewish] holidays." Senior colu [...]	2007-09-10 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2893	POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to the Department's request to identify "credible voices" in the Muslim community who reject extremist interpretations of Islam (reftel),post submits the following three names for consideration: A) SHEIKH ABDELLAH NIMER DARWISH (born 1948): Sheikh Darwish is the founder [...]	2007-10-02 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER KISL IS
07TELAVIV2933	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3051	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The top story over the weekend was the alleged assassination plot against PM Olmert in June. Reportedly, the plot which was broken up by Shin Bet and PA security services, involved five [...]	2007-10-22 10:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3120	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 10:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3244	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Global Democracy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Wednesday Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, who is in charge of the strategic dialogue with the US, met with Secretary of State Con [...]	2007-11-08 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3271	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio mentioned that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke to the United Jewish Communities (UJC) General Assembly in Nashville and quoted her as saying that "Now the opportunity [...]	2007-11-14 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3461	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] NIE Report on Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) led with a comment made on Wednesday to the press by IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report "vindic [...]	2007-12-06 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3586	GENERAL JAMES L. JONES' FIRST MEETINGS IN ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Security, retired General James L. Jones, met with Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Barak, IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi and members of the General Staff, Foreign Minister Livni, and Israel Security Agency head Diskin December 18. In all of h [...]	2007-12-20 16:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV844	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-19 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE105	NETHERLANDS: HARD DECISIONS ON DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD leadership is searching for ""creative ways"" to preserve some 2007 defense investment projects, including unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and CH-47 Chinook helicopter acquisition, and participation in NATO's C-17 Strategic Airlift Initiative. While Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) p [...]	2007-01-19 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE1091	NEW DUTCH DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ON WORLD BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Development Cooperation Minister Koenders said Robert Zoellick was a credible World Bank presidential candidate but that future nominations should be open to candidates worldwide. He said NATO should remain in Afghanistan, despite mixed [...]	2007-06-08 08:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PINR AF NL
07THEHAGUE1144	NETHERLANDS/SCO SUMMIT: REACHING OUT ON MANAS [...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered ref A demarche June 13 to Thymen Kouwenaar, Deputy Head of Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Kouwenaar agreed that the Dutch could and should encourage President Karzai to attend the summit and make the case for Manas. He agreed that other steps sh [...]	2007-06-14 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1146	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USNATO'S ROBERT A. [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for USNATO's Robert A. Glacel, Management Counselor and John W. Boyd, Director, Operations and Programs to travel to The Hague from June 17 through Thursday, June 21, 2007 to conduct site visits and consultations with the Dutch MOD in antic [...]	2007-06-15 07:22:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT NATO
07THEHAGUE1152	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) In the June 5 WEOG meeting, the facilitator for consultations on this issue (Luis Garcia, Spain) announced that, in light of the May 25 Note by the DG on the Technical Secretariat's initiative in this area, he had asked the SIPDIS Vice-Chair for the Industry Cluster to cancel the June 13 [...]	2007-06-15 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1192	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country clearance is granted for August 18-24, 2007 visit to Rotterdam, The Netherlands of Department of Veterans Affairs employee Dr. Kathryn Larsen Burgio, PH.D, AD for Research, GRECC. The purpose of the travel is to attend the International Continence Society Annual meeting and present a [...]	2007-06-20 11:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE1196	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO LATEST CASUALTIES [...] (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 [...]	2007-06-20 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE125	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH VIEWS LEADING UP TO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL for the most part agrees with our NATO foreign and defense ministerial goals for Afghanistan. Dutch officials expressed both support and concern regarding the USG-proposed "Comprehensive Approach," and hoped we will continue to balance kinetic and development operations. [...]	2007-01-24 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE1295	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The GONL sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament on June 30 noting it will decide this summer whether to extend its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The decision will follow an exhaustive review of all options, including staying in the mission's current capacity, reducing its contribution or [...]	2007-07-05 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE131	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [...] Country clearance is granted for February 10-13, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Jean Slutsky, Director, Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness, Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Public Health Service, to participate as an invited participant at an international forum on health tec [...]	2007-01-25 15:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE132	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANKFURT INTERNAL [...] Country clearance is granted for IRS Revenue Agent Sally Lynn Williams to travel to the Netherlands from March 28 - April 4, 2007 to provide tax assistance at the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors w [...]	2007-01-25 15:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AMGT ASEC OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE1324	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PLEASED WITH KARZAI [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was pleased with Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop's July 6-7 trip to Afghanistan. According to MFA Task Force Uruzgan Coordinator Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan, comments by Afghan President Karzai during van Middelkoop's visit were constructive, especially in con [...]	2007-07-10 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1329	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Charge D'Affaires, MFA Director of Security Affairs Robert de Groot commented on the recent suicide attack in Uruzgan province and briefed on the state of play on the ISAF mission extension question. He commended the Dutch public for responding in [...]	2007-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1334	NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE PRIORITIZES EXPEDITIONARY [...] (C) Summary: In response to a request from the Dutch Parliament, Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop sent a letter explaining defense priorities leading up to the presentation of the 2007 defense budget in September 2008. Van Middelkoop noted that not all defense priorities (notably the Jo [...]	2007-07-12 12:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL

07THEHAGUE1335	NETHERLANDS: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) Per reftel, Office of Defense Cooperation officer delivered the host nation notification regarding USAFE reorganization and manpower reduction in the Netherlands to MOD America's Desk Officer LTC Chris Parthesius on July 11. Parthesius appreciated the notification, but offered no substanti [...]	2007-07-12 14:14:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM NATO NL
07THEHAGUE1340	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW ON TRACK [...] (C) The key ministers involved in the GONL decision to extend its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province approved July 12 "a way forward" to consult with NATO on various extension options. MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata July 13 that P [...]	2007-07-13 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1364	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD FATA'S JULY 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Dutch officials on July 13, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata discussed the Dutch decision on whether to extend in some capacity its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Dutch officials were receptive to Fata's suggestion of [...]	2007-07-19 10:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1383	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/AFRICA: GAME PLAN FOR NATO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is wrapping up review of several investigations into civilian casualties resulting from the Dutch participation in heavy fighting around Chora several weeks ago. According to MFA Deputy Director for Conflict Prevention Joop Nijssen, the GONL will soon send a letter to th [...]	2007-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1418	NETHERLANDS EXPECT TO LOWER DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: While plans are not yet set, and Parliament must then approve, the Dutch indicated their deployment in Afghanistan will probably be extended but at a reduced level. End Summary 2. (C) Background: On July 12 the six Dutch ministers responsible for deciding on future deployment g [...]	2007-07-27 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PGOV PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE1447	NETHERLANDS:DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA EXPERTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel on U.S.-Russia experts meeting on missile defense cooperation to Dutch MFA Senior Advisor of Security Affairs and Non-Proliferation Frank van Beuningen. Van Beunigen appreciated the information. GALLAGHER [...]	2007-08-03 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO UP AJ CZ PL RS
07THEHAGUE1480	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOUCHER [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Rick Boucher, Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee (HENR),and his accompanying delegation visiting the Netherlands August 16-17, 2007. 2. Per previous e-mail correspondence, Post has arranged accomodations. 3. Emb [...]	2007-08-10 12:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP ASEC FR GM NL OREP AMGT AFIN
07THEHAGUE1492	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PASTOR VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS, [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes Congressman Ed Pastor and his delegation to the Netherlands August 23-26. Your visits to the Energy Center of the Netherlands, Wind Turbine Laboratory, and a wind farm present an ideal opportunity to learn first hand how the Dutch are tackling the issue of in [...]	2007-08-13 14:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EWWT ECON PREL PGOV OREP NL
07THEHAGUE1525	NETHERLANDS/CFE: DUTCH ADAPTED CFE RATIFICATION [...] (C) On August 21, Vincent van Zeijst, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Arms Export Policy Division at the MFA, told poloff that ratification of the Adapted CFE by summer 2008 would be "ambitious but not impossible." Discussing reftel points, Van Zeijst noted that such a timeline would usual [...]	2007-08-21 10:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KFCE NATO NL
07THEHAGUE1625	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ENCOURAGED BY POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: While initially upset by a perceived delayed response by NATO to their call for assistance, the Dutch acknowledge the search for further contributions toward a Dutch-led ISAF mission extension in Uruzgan is beginning to bear fruit. According to Dutch officials, potential contrib [...]	2007-09-04 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1643	NETHERLANDS: NOMINATIONS FOR USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] Post nominates the following officers for the September 19-21 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil workshop: Name: Jason Grubb Title: Political-Military Officer Date of Birth: 6/16/73 Security Clearance: TS/SCI Telephone: 31-70-310-2346 Fax: 31-70-310-2348 Unclass E-mail: GrubbJB@state.gov SIPDIS Ar [...]	2007-09-06 14:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PREL NL
07THEHAGUE1647	NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER -- DEFENSE MINISTER VAN MIDDELKOOP'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop heads to Washington during a turbulent period for the Dutch Ministry of Defense. The Dutch are deployed to a challenging area of Afghanistan as part of ISAF, filling a vital hole in the Alliance's efforts in the south. The GONL is looking hard [...]	2007-09-07 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF MOPS NL
07THEHAGUE165	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANKFURT [...] Country clearance is granted for the February 5-7, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of TSA specialist (International Principal Security Inspector) Stuart Miller to visit the foreign air carrier corporate offices of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Martinair Holland N.V., and Tui Arkefly in Amsterdam. [...]	2007-01-30 09:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE1650	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL NAC [...] (C) The GONL is not opposed in principle to a North Atlantic Council (NAC) trip to Tbilisi, but has reservations regarding the prospects of joining NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer in his trip to Georgia in October. According to MFA NATO Advisor Mark Versteden, the GONL is reluctant to "antagonize R [...]	2007-09-10 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	GG NATO PREL RS NL
07THEHAGUE166	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA ARC OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Ames Research Center official Alexander Tielens to travel to the Netherlands from February 16-22, 2007 to attend a meeting on the key programmes to be executed in the guaranteed time on Herschel. This meeting will initiate the review process of the Hers [...]	2007-01-30 09:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE1729	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DESPERATELY SEEKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch Cabinet is prepared to approve an extension of the Dutch mission in Uruzgan for approximately 1,200 troops, but only if a third party (or parties) steps forward to replace the 400 or so Dutch troops who will need to be withdrawn. Dutch lobbying efforts -- bilaterally and thro [...]	2007-09-19 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1746	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 24-26, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA official Michael T. Tobin,Technical Lead for NATO Missile Defense Debris Working Group will be conducting the meeting for the NATO Missile Defense Debris working group. 2. Embassy understands that [...]	2007-09-21 11:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA NATO NL
07THEHAGUE177	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Country Clearance is granted for the February 4-10, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Charles Jeffrey, Assistant Vice President and Paul Sternhagen, Analyst from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to meet with management of ABN AMRO Bank, NV, and the Dutch regulators (DNB) related to implemen [...]	2007-01-31 11:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	NL TSPA OTRA EFIN FRB
07THEHAGUE1785	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: GOING PUBLIC ON CHORA [...] (S) Summary: In its monthly Afghanistan update letter sent to Parliament on September 24, the GONL described four separate reports regarding possible civilian casualties related to the June 16-20 heavy fighting in and around Chora. The GONL letter acknowledged COMISAF's opinion that the use o [...]	2007-09-26 15:06:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE180	NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: Although not initially invited, the Dutch plan to attend the February 21-22 Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, and are wary of any resulting restrictive framework. The GONL policy on restricting cluster munitions use is evolving, although current formulations focus on a potenti [...]	2007-01-31 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO NL
07THEHAGUE1810	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EIGHTY ADDITIONAL TROOPS [...] (SBU) Finance Minister and Vice Prime Minister Wouter Bos announced September 28 that the Dutch Cabinet has decided to send an additional 80 troops to Afghanistan due to increased fighting near Deh Rawod in southwest Uruzgan province. The two platoons will deploy for Deh Rawod in a matter of d [...]	2007-09-28 13:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE185	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PDASD LONG'S JANUARY 25 [...] (C) Summary: During her January 25 visit to The Hague, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long commended Dutch efforts in their deployment to Uruzgan province in Afghanistan. She stressed the importance of a "comprehensive approach" in [...]	2007-02-01 11:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE1856	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ZEROING IN ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan visited The Hague October 2 to discuss potential GONL extension plans regarding its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. In a series of productive meetings, Cag [...]	2007-10-05 14:11:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1857	NETHERLANDS: HESITANT ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION [...] (C) The GONL is "quite hesitant" regarding the draft resolution for the UNGA's First (Disarmament) Committee to de-alert nuclear forces. According to MFA Director for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Henk Cor van der Kwast, the GONL is leery of the resolution for many of the same reasons [...]	2007-10-05 14:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA NL
07THEHAGUE189	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRUSSELS FAA [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official Anthony F. Faxio, Director of Europe, Africa and Middle East Area Offices, Brussels to travel to the Netherlands from February 7-15, 2007 for a runaway incursion meeting with the Dutch CAA and to attend the annual [...]	2007-02-01 13:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE1898	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance Wouter Bos remains wary of extending the Dutch deployment to Southern Afghanistan, on the grounds that Dutch and NATO forces are unlikely to achieve meaningful reconstruction results in the current security environment. As the leade [...]	2007-10-16 11:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE190	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRUSSELS FAA [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official Daniel Vaca Jr., International Program Officer, Brussels, to travel to the Netherlands from February 12-15, 2007 to attend CANSO Conference in Maastricht. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance has [...]	2007-02-01 13:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE191	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration delegation, consisting of Timothy Tawney, J. Doug McCuisition, David Lavery, Michael Meyer, Chad Edwards, and J. Donald Miller to travel to the Netherlands from February 10-15, 2007 to hold bilateral discussions wi [...]	2007-02-01 14:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
07THEHAGUE1918	NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER FOR PARLIAMENT VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming visit of representatives of the Dutch parliament,s Foreign Affairs Committee to Washington October 22-26, 2007 provides a good opportunity to build the necessary public support for sustaining a significant Dutch military deployment in Uruzgan beyond 2008. Although vis [...]	2007-10-19 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NATO AF
07THEHAGUE1925	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE NEWS ON MARGINS [...] (S) Summary: The GONL received potentially good news from France on the margins of the European Council meeting in Lisbon on October 18-19. According to Dutch officials, French President Sarkozy agreed in a meeting with Dutch PM Balkenende to deploy up to two Operational Mentoring and Liaison [...]	2007-10-23 12:23:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE1955	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO THE [...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt and his delegation to the Netherlands November 8-9. Your visit to the Dutch Health Ministry will provide you with in-depth information about the new Dutch health care system, which came into force as of Janu [...]	2007-11-01 13:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PREL PGOV NL
07THEHAGUE1963	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (U) During the October 19 consultation (at which Iran was noticeably absent),significant progress was made on a draft decision. As a result, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, Del) prepared a new draft to reflect the general consensus achieved during this most meeting. Based on subsequent consu [...]	2007-11-02 18:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1979	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NORWEGIAN "NO" [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was disappointed -- but not surprised -- by the Norwegian Government's decision not to deploy to Uruzgan province as part of an extended Dutch mission. A French-Norwegian combination was viewed by many Dutch interlocutors as the only way to ensure quick Dutch Cabinet an [...]	2007-11-09 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE199	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration delegation, consisting of Timothy Tawney, J. Doug McCuisition, David Lavery, Michael Meyer, Chad Edwards, and J. Donald Miller to travel to the Netherlands from February 10-15, 2007 to hold bilateral discussions wi [...]	2007-02-01 18:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
07THEHAGUE1991	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PM BALKENENDE HOPEFUL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is cautiously optimistic that the Cabinet can reach agreement before the end of the month to extend the Dutch troop deployment in Uruzgan for at least another 18 months. Serious questions remain, however, on the length, financing, and composition o [...]	2007-11-15 12:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU NL
07THEHAGUE1992	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: BALKENENDE MIXES BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 5-8 visit to Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende engaged Russian President Putin on tough issues such as Kosovo, Iran, and human rights in addition to announcing a major multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal (reported septels). Balkenende believes that strong e [...]	2007-11-15 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU KO NL
07THEHAGUE1994	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: MINISTER TIMMERMANS REGRETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, Ambassador met with Dutch MFA Minister for European Affairs Timmermans to discuss Russia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, French President Sarkozy, Timmermans, upcoming trips to the United States, and plans to commemorate 400 years of American-Dutch relations. Although Timmermans o [...]	2007-11-15 12:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU RU KV YI
07THEHAGUE2011	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION DECISION IN [...] (C) Summary: The GONL appears poised to make a positive decision in favor of extending its contribution to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Uruzgan; the only significant remaining questions are: 1) for how long?; and 2) what happens next? Negotiations within Ca [...]	2007-11-21 17:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE2018	NETHERLANDS/OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL, MD/CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: The GONL does not "expect much" from the upcoming OSCE Madrid ministerial, given too many issues pitting Russia against Europe and the United States, such as Kosovo, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, and missile defense. MFA OSCE Special Advisor Tony v [...]	2007-11-28 10:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREK PGOV PHUM NL OSCE
07THEHAGUE2021	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the December 9-14, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA official Michael T. Tobin. The purpose of the travel is to act as the Technical Lead for the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)Consequence of Intercept Analysis Experts Working Group (COIA EWG). T [...]	2007-11-30 08:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NATO NL
07THEHAGUE2025	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CABINET OPTS FOR TWO-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet announced November 30 the decision to extend its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province for an additional two years to August 2010, followed by a four month "re-deployment" phase so that Dutch Task Force Uruzgan is withdrawn from Uruzgan by December 2010. By this date [...]	2007-11-30 16:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE203	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FRANKFURT [...] Country clearance is granted for the February 5-7, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of TSA specialist (International Principal Security Inspector) Irene Goosley to visit the foreign air carrier corporate offices of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Martinair Holland N.V., and Tui Arkefly in Amsterdam. [...]	2007-02-02 12:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE2037	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: NIE DISMAYS DUTCH DIPLOMATS, BUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 4, 2007, Political Counselor and POLOFF delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA officials Herman Quarles and Loek ten Hagen, Deputy Director and Senior Policy Officer at the North Africa and Middle East Department, and Joan Wiegman, Deputy Director for Nuclear Affairs and [...]	2007-12-06 07:20:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM NL IR
07THEHAGUE205	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: LABOR PARTY VIEWS ON DEFENSE AS COALITION TALK... [...] Summary: (C) Labor Party (PvdA) Defense Spokesman Frans Timmermans offered his party's views on the Joint Strike Fighter and Afghanistan within the context of on-going government coalition formation talks. He said that the Labor Party will practically concede defeat in its opposition to JSF, relyin [...]	2007-02-02 15:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE2060	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER SWAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007, Legal Advisor John Bellinger and Ambassador Roland Arnall met with Dutch MFA Deputy Director General Wim Geerts. Geerts and Bellinger focused on Kosovo, with Geerts indicating that a statement by UNSYG Ban in favor of an international presence there could ad [...]	2007-12-14 07:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KV EU UN
07THEHAGUE2061	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD CAGAN'S DEC. 12 [...] (C) Summary: During her December 12 meetings with Dutch officials, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (A) for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan stressed the GONL has the unique opportunity -- especially with a long lead-time to August 2008 -- to work with po [...]	2007-12-14 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE2082	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: IT'S OFFICIAL! TWO MORE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL obtained broad support on December 20 from the Dutch parliament in favor of extending its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province until December 2010. This officially brings to a close months of internal Dutch deliberations on the controversial extension issue, and ensures that the D [...]	2007-12-21 12:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AF NL
07THEHAGUE209	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA NORTHWEST [...] Country clearance is granted for FAA Manager Kyle L. Olsen to travel to the Netherlands from February 12-14, 2007 to attend a Future Aviation Safety Team Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is necessary. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure a [...]	2007-02-02 16:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR FAA NL
07THEHAGUE233	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration delegation, consisting of Timothy Tawney, J. Doug McCuisition, David Lavery, Michael Meyer, Chad Edwards, and J. Donald Miller to travel to the Netherlands from February 10-15, 2007 to hold bilateral discussions wi [...]	2007-02-07 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
07THEHAGUE270	COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Roger N. Clark to travel to the Netherlands from February 21-25, 2007 to attend the NASA Cassini Mission to Saturn Cassini Titan Workshop and NASA/ESA Spacecraft Internal Cassini Titan Workshop and NASA/ESA Spacecraft Internal Meeting. 2. Embassy unde [...]	2007-02-13 11:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA NL
07THEHAGUE280	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA HEADQUARTERS [...] Country clearance is granted for National Aeronautics and Space Administration official John P. LaPointe to travel to the Netherlands from April 3-6, 2007 to participate in a jointly-funded review of Federal Aviation Administration and Civil Aviation Authority of the Netherlands ongoing resear [...]	2007-02-14 09:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
07THEHAGUE297	NETHERLANDS/NEW CABINET: INCOMING FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister-designate Maxime Verhagen told Ambassador Arnall on February 15 that becoming foreign minister was the fulfillment of a "boyhood dream." He stressed that maintaining and strengthening U.S.-Dutch relations will be among his highest priorities as foreign mini [...]	2007-02-16 12:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER EUN NL
07THEHAGUE33	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL [...] Country clearance is granted for Federal Air Marshal Service Operation Team PD 07-28/29 R62 to travel to the Netherlands from February 4-29, 2007 to deter criminal acts targetting civil aviation. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who nee [...]	2007-01-08 15:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA HL
07THEHAGUE330	NETHERLANDS: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered reftel points to MFA working level contacts on February 22; we will engage at higher levels as soon as possible, but this may take several days as the new government was sworn in today. In the meantime, the initial response from the MFA working level suggests the D [...]	2007-02-22 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MARR PL PREL RS NL
07THEHAGUE341	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Commissioner Sudeen G. Kelly to travel to the Netherlands from March 8-14, 2007 to attend the Flame 2007 European Gas Conference, sponsored by ICBI. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer (with energy portfolio) Jason Heung - Emb. Tel: (31) (70) [...]	2007-02-23 14:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE36	NETHERLANDS/NATO: BOT TO ATTEND FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Wim Geerts confirmed that Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot will attend the January 26 foreign ministerial at NATO headquarters. Geerts told POLCOUNS about Bot's planned attendance on January 9. BLAKEMAN [...]	2007-01-09 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO AF YI OPDC NL
07THEHAGUE374	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA ARC OFFICIAL [...] Country clearance is granted for NASA Ames Research Center official Alexander Tielens to travel to the Netherlands from March 22-25, 2007 to visit Sron-Groningen to discuss the synergy of the studies of the molecular universe network and the observational program of the HIFI Heterodyne Inst [...]	2007-02-28 15:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE43	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] Country clearance is granted for the January 14-18, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Armen Donabedian, Project Manager, OPHEP, OS, HHS for the purpose of a site visit. 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into se [...]	2007-01-10 13:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO NL
07THEHAGUE44	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE [...] Country clearance is granted for the January 13-17, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Dr. Alan Hevner, Program Director in the Division of Computing and Communications Foundation, to participate in the International Expert Panel on Software Products in Amsterdam. 2. Embassy understands tha [...]	2007-01-10 13:48:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA AORC OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE471	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH CHOD CLARIFIES [...] (S) Dutch CHOD General Dick Berlijn clarified to Ambassador Arnall on March 15 comments he made in an interview with the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (ref). According to Gen. Berlijn, he did not say anything new or different than the official Dutch government position regarding its two yea [...]	2007-03-16 10:35:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL
07THEHAGUE48	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA JET PROPULSION [...] Country clearance is granted for February 18-22, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory official Lee Armus to attend the Herschel Open Time Key Program Workshop in Noordwijk. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistan [...]	2007-01-11 12:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA NL
07THEHAGUE488	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON AUSTRALIAN [...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Wim Geerts described on-going discussions with the Australian Government on sending additional Australian special forces to Uruzgan province as "no controversy." He expected the Dutch and Australians to resolve the issue of placing the new [...]	2007-03-19 16:03:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF AS NL
07THEHAGUE496	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia John Gastright visited The Hague on March 13 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. Dutch interlocutors expressed satisfaction with their deployment in Uruzgan, but said increased insurgency activities have complic [...]	2007-03-20 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
07THEHAGUE497	YOUR VISIT TO THE NETHERLAND... [...] (SBU) My staff and I are happy to welcome you back to The Netherlands March 22-23. You will be the most senior Department of State visitor here since the formation of the new, center-left coalition government (Balkenende IV). While the coalition has survived its first major political test by w [...]	2007-03-20 14:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KISL NL
07THEHAGUE63	NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE BUDGET WOES -- PRICE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The cost of the Dutch deployment in Afghanistan and probems related to the Dutch Ministry of Defense reoganization -- coupled with negotiations on defene issues during coalition formation talks of the nw Dutch government -- could jeopardize several key projects for the 2007 defense bud [...]	2007-01-12 17:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE643	STATE SECRETARY TIMMERMANS ON EU CONSITUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 4 with Frans Timmermans, the new Dutch State Secretary for European Affairs. Timmermans expressed hopes that EU members could agree on a compromise EU treaty prior to the end of the German Presidency. He reiterated his personal commitment to a continued Dutch [...]	2007-04-05 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL EUN NATO PINR AF BO RS UP NL
07THEHAGUE655	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop stressed the importance of success in Afghanistan. He repeated official policy regarding the Dutch two-year commitment in Uruzgan province, and anticipated a fierce debate this summer w [...]	2007-04-10 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE674	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NUCLEAR REGULATORY [...] Country clearance is granted for the May 12-17, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Andrew Barto, Nuclear Engineer to attend the Uranium Hexafluoride Handling Seminar in Almelo, and visit the Urenco enrichment facility. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST A [...]	2007-04-12 12:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE687	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: INL PDAS SCHWEICH ON [...] (C) Summary. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Tom Schweich visited The Hague on March 29 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. The conversation focused on anti-narcotics programs and balancing poppy eradication with providing alternativ [...]	2007-04-13 12:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL
07THEHAGUE714	NETHERLANDS/JSF/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE ON JSF; [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Ambassador Arnall since the formation of the new government, State Secretary for Defense Cees van der Knaap acknowledged the GONL will make a decision on extending in Afghanistan by the end of the summer -- but his instincts tell him the Dutch will remain in U [...]	2007-04-17 13:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL
07THEHAGUE744	ICI SIGNING: DUTCH LIKELY TO ATTEND BUT OFFER NO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch are committed to supporting Iraqi reform, economic development, and reconstruction, but do not plan a pledge at the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) signing, Dutch officials say. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered on April 16 ref A demarche regarding s [...]	2007-04-20 14:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN EAID EFIN PGOV PREL NL
07THEHAGUE748	NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL remains concerned about linkages in UNSCR 1747 between goods and financing but will work with the FATF to reach practical solutions. They are eager to sign Open Skies Plus, are concerned that proposals for the U.S.-EU summit might be insufficiently ambitious or concrete, [...]	2007-04-23 05:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF NL
07THEHAGUE781	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ANNOYED BY INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch MFA is irate the GOA violated one of the conditions the Dutch set concerning poppy eradication operations in Uruzgan province. According to the MFA, the Dutch embassy in Kabul raised its objections with the GOA and the U.S. Embassy, and may raise them at the NATO foreign [...]	2007-04-26 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL
07THEHAGUE789	NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COALITION [...] (C) The Dutch are not currently contributing troops to the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The Dutch military mission to Iraq ended in March 2005. The 1,100-strong military mission was part of the Iraq Stabilization Force (SFIR) and was stationed in the province of Al-Muthanna. Dutch i [...]	2007-04-27 12:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NL
07THEHAGUE899	NETHERLANDS/EU: MAY 14-15 PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GONL remains concerned about Sudan and will support EU sanctions if no UN sanctions are forthcoming. The Dutch are also concerned about progress on EU-Russia cooperation. They support an EU role in the International Compact with Iraq and Ahtisaari's recommendations for [...]	2007-05-11 15:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN ETRD KPAL PREL EAID NL
07THEHAGUE90	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA EASTERN REGION [...] Country clearance is granted for January 30 - February 2, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration Inspectors Peter Vincent Bono and Samuel Andrew Lombardi to accomplish FAA national program guideline required inspection of aircrafts of carrier Saudi Aramco, Employees. [...]	2007-01-19 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE91	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FAA EASTERN REGION [...] Country clearance is granted for January 30 - February 2, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of Federal Aviation Administration Inspectors Peter Vincent Bono and Samuel Andrew Lombardi to accomplish FAA national program guideline required inspection of aircrafts of carrier Saudi Aramco, Employees. [...]	2007-01-19 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAIR NL
07THEHAGUE93	COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Geologist Guy R. Gelfenbaum to travel to the Netherlands from January 21-28, 2007 to join a select group of scientists and engineers to perform a program review of the morphology program of Delft Hydraulics. 2. Embassy understands that no further assi [...]	2007-01-19 12:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA NL
07THEHAGUE934	NETHERLANDS: TOTAL BAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS NOT [...] (C) Summary: The GONL does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM). However, the Dutch will attend the next CM meeting in Lima on May 24-25 with the goal of working to revise the draft text proposed by Norway that calls for a total CM ban. The Dutch agree the Convention on Conventio [...]	2007-05-16 13:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL NL
07THEHAGUE946	NETHERLANDS: A/S DE SUTTER'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: During a tour d'horizon discussion at the MFA on May 8, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter addressed Russian President Putin's April 26 remarks and attempts to link the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty to [...]	2007-05-18 13:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP KCFE CWC NL
07THEHAGUE96	COUNTRY CLEARANCES GRANTED FOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL [...] Country clearance is granted for USGS Dr. Craig Ely to travel to the netherlands from January 31 - February 2, 2007 to attend a field trip/workshop to waterfowl wintering areas in Groningen. 2. Embassy understands that no further assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who [...]	2007-01-19 15:37:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA NL
07TIRANA1013	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 23-30, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-11-30 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1015	PRESIDENT TOPI IN GREECE: ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET [...] (SBU) Athens welcomed President Bamir Topi for his first state visit to Greece November 25 - 27. Accompanied by a delegation of government officials and Albanian businessmen, the visit's positive images and controlled public relations message overshadowed enduring tensions on many of the polit [...]	2007-12-04 09:01:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1032	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-07 14:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1054	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 7 - 14, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-14 13:49:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SCUL AL
07TIRANA1064	ALBANIA: GROWING DEMILITARIZATION EXPERTISE [...] (U) Albania in early December completed the destruction of over 2,700 metric tons of its largest munitions (over 3,000 sea mines, torpedoes and aerial bombs),some of which contained as much as 700 kg. of TNT. In July 2007, Albania became the first country to destroy its chemical weapons stock [...]	2007-12-18 15:52:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PARM PREL NATO AL
07TIRANA1067	ALBANIA: SOCIALIST PARTY CHAIRMAN: THE SP [...] (C) In a one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador following EUR/DAS DiCarlo's December 19 DVC with Albanian leaders on Kosovo, Tirana mayor and Socialist Party (SP) chairman Edi Rama voiced consternation that the USG might be misconstruing the party's position in supporting Albania's future [...]	2007-12-21 11:27:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AL
07TIRANA1069	ALBANIA: IMPRESSIVE EARLY PERFORMANCE BY NEW PG [...] (C) In an hour-long meeting with the Ambassador December 13, Albania's newly appointed Prosecutor General (PG),Ina Rama, outlined an ambitious set of priorities for her new job. Describing herself as an "activist" who wanted to energize the PG's office, Rama promised to devote herself to s [...]	2007-12-21 13:17:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA1070	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 15 - 21, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-21 15:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI AL
07TIRANA1075	EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- November 13: The DAMEN/GoA patrol boat contract was formally signed. The plan calls for four 42 meter off-shore patrol boats to support Albanian Naval forces, and is part of the $43.8 million naval development project (which incl [...]	2007-12-26 13:19:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL
07TIRANA1078	GOA'S 2008 BUDGET INCREASES INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL [...] The GOA's 2008 budget increases both spending and borrowing as the government looks toward national elections in 2009. Further tax reductions and a dramatic increase in spending on infrastructure projects as well as social and defense programs to meet NATO accession criteria will be financed [...]	2007-12-27 09:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AL
07TIRANA173	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS [...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...]	2007-03-02 15:58:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS
07TIRANA674	ALBANIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Albania for the loss of property, loss of livelihoods, and the potential loss of life caused by heat wave-related wildfires currently raging throughout Albania, and I request USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. The Government of Albania has ma [...]	2007-07-27 10:28:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PREL AL
07TIRANA981	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 3-10, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2007-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA982	ALBANIA: PRIME MINISTER THANKS PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On November 5, Post received the following letter dated October 19, 2007, from Prime Minister Berisha addressed to President Bush. Original has been pouched to EUR/SCE. 2. Begin text. (Original as received in English.) Dear President Bush, It was a special honor and great pleasure to [...]	2007-11-13 12:49:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AL
07TIRANA989	ALBANIA: READOUT OF NOVEMBER 7 INTERAGENCY [...] (C) The Interagency Team led by USNATO Ambassador Nuland on November 7 provided clear benchmarks toward NATO integration to Albania's President Topi, Prime Minister Berisha and key Ministers, and a group of Parliamentarians. She explained that the USG and other NATO Allies will start making na [...]	2007-11-14 16:05:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO AL
07TIRANA999	ALBANIA COURTS THE NATO ALLIES WITH SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Albanian officials voice confidence that their accelerated outreach to NATO capitals in recent months has rallied significant support to Albania's NATO candidacy. Although aware no formal decisions have been made and that they are likely to be invited in conjunction wit [...]	2007-11-20 11:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AL
07TOKYO1	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-03 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1006	AFGHANISTAN: TWO BILLION YEN FOR PROJECTS [...] (U) At the March 8 GOJ-NATO Tokyo Meeting, Deputy Minister Yabunaka announced ODA of 2 billion yen for Afghanistan reconstruction by NGOs, municipalities, community and district organization. MOFA European Affairs Bureau European Policy Division Akima Fumezawa informed AID Counselor that th [...]	2007-03-08 13:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL NATO AFIN PINR JA
07TOKYO1211	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR CROUCH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ballistic missile defense and working toward early deployment of the missile defense agreement, DFM Yachi told DNSA Crouch that during February 26-27 meetings. Japan is troubled by the lack of transparency in China's military development and developmental as [...]	2007-03-19 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER PHUM ECON ETRD EAID MARR KWBG

07TOKYO1432	JAPAN TO PASS KOSOVO MESSAGE TO POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 09:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO JA
07TOKYO1474	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) You take your command as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is focused on expanding Japan's ties, including security relations, with new partners like Australia and India. It [...]	2007-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JN
07TOKYO1528	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/06/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-08 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1665	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-17 00:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1712	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL MEETS MOD DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the United States and Japan are looking forward to the Trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF) meeting to be held April 12 between Japan, Australia, and the United States, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Mull agreed with MOD Director [...]	2007-04-18 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1713	AA/S MULL MEETING WITH MOFA DG FOR NORTH AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: Missile defense cooperation, radar and PAC-3 implementation, and the May 2006 Alliance Transformation Roadmap have strengthened our robust security partnership and it is important to keep marching forward, MOFA North American Affairs Director-General Shinichi Nishimiya told Actin [...]	2007-04-18 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO1716	JAPAN CALLS FOR COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with Political-Military Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull on April 11, MOFA Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and Science Department Director-General Takeshi Nakane called for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM),and requested th [...]	2007-04-18 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO172	MEDIA REACTION - ASEAN REGIONAL SUMMIT/PM ABE'S [...] "Will Envisioned Charter Change ASEAN?" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (1/16): "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),which marks its 40th anniversary this summer, has entered an important phase of major change. ASEAN leaders agreed at their summit in Cebu, [...]	2007-01-16 03:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO1744	ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...]	2007-04-19 22:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA
07TOKYO1764	SCENESETTER FOR MICHAEL MASON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [...] (C) You visit as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. We have highlighted specific law enforcement issues separately. This message will identify the broader political and economic framework within which we are advancin [...]	2007-04-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH JA
07TOKYO2004	JAPAN URGES PROGRESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN CCW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan believes in the need for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM) and wishes to see the U.S. encourage progress on CM via the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) for a formal negotiating mandate ""by the end of the year,"" DDG Shimbo told visiting DAS Ru [...]	2007-05-07 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO2030	TRILATERAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE COOPERATION FORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the trilateral Security and Defense Cooperation Forum (SDCF),U.S., Japanese and Australian diplomatic and defense officials agreed on a range of trilateral initiatives, including: -- a U.S.-Japan-Australia P-3C exercise in October 2007; -- seminars to [...]	2007-05-07 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AS JA
07TOKYO2077	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO226	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 08:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2268	JAPAN OPPOSES NORWEGIAN DRAFT TEXT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) On May 18, Embassy Tokyo delivered ref (A) demarche regarding U.S. concerns about the Norwegian draft text on cluster munitions (CM) to MOFA Conventional Arms Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa, noting that Tokyo was "really concerned" about the draft text, reiterated that Japan r [...]	2007-05-21 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL JA
07TOKYO23	PM ABE'S EUROPEAN TOUR: STRENGTHENING TIES WITH [...] (SBU) Shinzo Abe's first trip to Europe as Prime Minister is intended to strengthen Japan's ties with its "natural partners," according to MOFA Western Europe Division Director Akira Kono. Abe's five-day tour of London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris starts on January 9 in London where Abe will me [...]	2007-01-05 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UK GM FR BE JA
07TOKYO2483	JAPAN URGES U.S. TO CO-SPONSOR NEGOTIATING MANDATE [...] (C) Summary. During a June 1 briefing on the May 24-25 Lima conference on cluster munitions (CM),MOFA officials stressed that there had been no change in the Japanese position and that Tokyo still sought to balance security and humanitarian issues. Citing concerns about growing momentum in t [...]	2007-06-04 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO
07TOKYO2665	JAPAN SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Japan "will likely support" our request for demarches to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) participants on the need to avoid statements inimical to Coalition interests at the August SCO summit meeting, acc [...]	2007-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO ZK JA
07TOKYO2759	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Nihon Keizai front- paged a report from Vienna concerning an IAEA announcement on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog agency will send a group of inspectors to North Korea next week. 2. "Concern over Worsening Security Situation in Afghanistan" Liberal Asahi [...]	2007-06-19 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2760	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN [...] LEAD STORIES: Tuesday morning's Nihon Keizai front- paged a report from Vienna concerning an IAEA announcement on Monday that the UN nuclear watchdog agency will send a group of inspectors to North Korea next week. 2. "Concern over Worsening Security Situation in Afghanistan" Liberal Asahi [...]	2007-06-19 07:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2823	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 03:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3054	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - BUSH-PUTIN MEETING [...] "US, Russia Must Continue Efforts to Bridge Gap" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/4): "Presidents Bush and Putin met at a time when US-Russia relations are at a post-Cold War low. It appears that the two leaders were able to repair their personal relationship of trust after [...]	2007-07-05 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3171	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3437	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3439	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE [...] "Taliban's Indiscriminate Brutality" The business- oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/27): "The Taliban have executed one of the 23 South Korean hostages that the group has been holding. The Koreans had entered the country on a relief mission. This is yet another example of the Taliban's i [...]	2007-07-27 04:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO3569	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/03/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO36	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3688	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/10/07 [...] The government's failure to extend the law would result in the withdrawal of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which has been on the refueling mission in the Indian Ocean for naval vessels of the United States, Britain, and other countries that are engaged in mop-up operations against terrorists [...]	2007-08-10 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3696	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-1 [...] Views in the party are being unified after President Ichiro Ozawa expressed opposition to the said law, but many members are worried that if the party remains opposed to the said law, questions might be raised about its ability to grab political power. The party's move reflects its desire to do [...]	2007-08-13 01:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3736	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3777	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 04:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/07 [...]Ozawa has expressed his opposition to the extension of the law, but Maehara, who is regarded as an active leader of the anti-Ozawa force, has advocated that the law should be extended. There was a rumor in the largest opposition party that Maehara might break away from Ozawa since the two ha [...]	2007-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3870	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3987	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4094	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4159	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4187	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO438	JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Japan supports the U.S. position on cluster munitions (CM) and believes that the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is the best venue for discussing the issue, according to MOFA officials. Japanese au [...]	2007-01-31 10:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO JA
07TOKYO4397	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 22:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4416	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO449	JAPAN,S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minster Taro Aso's January 9-14 trip to Eastern Europe demonstrated Japan's increasing global focus, said a MOFA official during a January 16 meeting. In addition to promoting stability via economic development and exchanges, Japan took advantage of the trip to build supp [...]	2007-02-01 01:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BU HU LO RO JA
07TOKYO4542	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-28 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4588	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4645	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/03/07 [...] The aim is to eliminate as many obstacles as possible in pursuing Diet deliberations due to the dominance of the opposition in the Upper House so that a possible vacuum in MSDF operations as a result of failure to secure Diet approval before the law expires can be lessened as much as possible. [...]	2007-10-03 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4666	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4746	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO475	PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES, [...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...]	2007-02-01 10:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA
07TOKYO4829	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 22:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4846	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 05:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO4902	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5032	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5036	JAPAN SUPPORTS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MIROSLAV LAJCAK [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK NATO JA
07TOKYO5063	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5173	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO520	The Japan Economic Scope - February 2, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. High Pathology Avian Influenza in Japan 4. Abe Urges Early Listing of Japan Post Corporation Stock 5. USG Urges Postal Privatization Committee to Get Serious About Level Playing Field 6. ANRE's Hosaka Discusses Russian, Chinese Energy Issues 7. Machimura [...]	2007-02-06 00:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5228	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5491	ACTING U/S ROOD'S NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, John C. Rood, conducted a series of successful and substantive nonproliferation meetings with senior GOJ officials November 9 on the margins of the U.S.-Japan Commission on Arms Control, Disarmament, Non- [...]	2007-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	KNEP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PTER IAEA JA
07TOKYO5543	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA [...] "Very Odd Change of Leadership" The conservative Sankei editorialized (12/13): "The word 'retirement' appears to be a forbidden one for Russian President Putin, who is scheduled to leave office next spring. First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, whom Putin has chosen as his heir apparent, decid [...]	2007-12-13 04:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO5559	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5624	CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes the optimal solution to the cluster munitions issue is a legally binding agreement arrived at through the CCW process. However, because such an outcome is not certain, Japan will continue to participate in the Oslo Process in order to be able to influence any final [...]	2007-12-20 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS JA
07TOKYO5625	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's December 12-14 visit to Tokyo major topics of discussion included Afghanistan and the promotion of closer contacts between NATO and Japan. De Hoop Scheffer raised the subject of helicopter airlift but received no substantive [...]	2007-12-20 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO JA
07TOKYO582	I/O SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. MOFA DVM Kawai told IO A/S Silverberg on January 25 that Japan would contest Iran for the 2009-10 UNSC nonpermanent Asia slot. A/S Silverberg recalled Washington's positive experience working with Japan during Tokyo,s last tenure on the UNSC. She applauded Japan's approach on UN [...]	2007-02-08 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC JA
07TOKYO692	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO774	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO903	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO941	GENERAL EIKENBERRY MEETS WITH MOD VICE MINISTER [...] Summary. The military situation in Afghanistan has improved, but policing and governance problems must be addressed in the near future, Lt. Gen. Eikenberry of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan told MOD Sr. VM Moriya March 1. Gen. Eikenberry praised Japan's commitment to the Global War on Te [...]	2007-03-06 04:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PK AF JA
07TOKYO957	LTG EIKENBERRY VISIT: JAPANESE AID, RING ROAD, PRTS [...] (C) In a thirty-minute meeting on March 2, LTG Karl Eikenberry thanked Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Cooperation Bureau Director General Koro Bessho for Japan's leadership in Afghanistan, telling him that Japan's contributions have been decisive in the success of operations there [...]	2007-03-07 02:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID JA AF
07TORONTO439	FORMER CANADIAN KANDAHAR COMMANDER MAKES CASE FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Speaking before the Toronto-based Canadian Institute for International Affairs on November 2, Major General Tim Grant, recently returned from a stint as commander of Canadian Forces troops in Afghanistan, encouraged patience and highlighted progress in Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Gr [...]	2007-11-02 18:57:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER CA AF
07TRIPOLI641	QADHAFI HOSTS SARKOZY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF BULGARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just one day after six foreign health workers accused of intentionally spreading HIV left Libya for Bulgaria, French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on July 25 for wide-ranging discussions with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi. Sarkozy and Qadhafi reportedly discus [...]	2007-07-26 15:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EINV ENRG FR LY
07TUNIS1345	THE WAY AHEAD IN THE MAGHREB [...] (S) On Friday, September 14, we (Ambassadors Ford, Godec and Riley) met in Tunis to review developments in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, assess US policy, and chart a way ahead. While our three countries are different in important ways, they all face a difficult challenge from extremists and [...]	2007-10-03 15:44:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL ECON KPAO KMPI PINS PTER SCUL XI
07TUNIS1496	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]	2007-11-21 06:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1497	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]	2007-11-21 06:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS615	SCENESETTER FOR 22ND US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY [...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of DASD Whelan and other USG officials for the 22nd US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC). The Government of Tunisia (GOT) will see your visit and the JMC as an indication of the solid relationship it has with the United States; a relationship it consid [...]	2007-05-17 13:25:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	OTRA PREL MARR TS
07TUNIS648	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL TANNER [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative John Tanner and accompanying members of CODEL Tanner to Tunis from May 30 - June 1, 2007. Tunisian government officials may wish to discuss the latest political, economic and security issues relevant to the US-Tunisian bilateral relationship, as [...]	2007-05-24 12:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS698	CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 12:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS710	CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) During their May 30 to June 1 visit to Tunisia, the ten members of CODEL Tanner were warmly welcomed by GOT officials who stressed the history of positive bilateral relations between the United States and Tunisia. Highlighting that Tunisia is a loyal friend, FM Abdallah and Defense Ministe [...]	2007-06-06 12:37:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07ULAANBAATAR336	Mongolia Scenesetter for A/S Hill [...] (SBU) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. You will be the most senior solo State Department visitor to Mongolia since Jim Kelly in October 2004; Kelly visited to inaugurate the first session of the "Comprehensive, Bilateral, Global, Regional Issues" (CBRGI) d [...]	2007-06-12 23:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR376	Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Payne [...] (U) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit, and to the initiation of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's program of exchange with the State Great Hural. The historic 2005 visits of Speaker Hastert and the President and First Lady underlined the increasing [...]	2007-06-25 09:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07USEUBRUSSELS1407	BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT [...] (C) COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE MAY 8-9, 2007, VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY AND DELEGATION TO VISIT WITH EUROPEAN UNION AND NATO OFFICIALS REGARDING US COUNTERNARCOTICS ISSUES. WE ALSO GRANT COUNTRY C [...]	2007-04-26 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP SNAR PREL EUN NATO BE
07USEUBRUSSELS1736	CYPRIOTS DODGE AND WEAVE ON TURKISH DEMANDS FROM [...] (C) Summary. Cyprus responds to Turkish concerns within ESDP by citing its own litany of grievances against Ankara. Any meaningful change in Turkey's status within ESDP requires Council approval, thus being subject to veto. There is no visible pressure being exerted by major Member States on [...]	2007-05-25 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN NATO CY TU
07USEUBRUSSELS1890	GERMAN PSC AMBASSADOR'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary: German PSC Ambassador (and current presidency chair of the EU Political and Security Committee) Clemens Von Goetze warned that Turkish refusal to allow NATO-EU dialogue on the EU Afghan police training mission was not only endangering the mission itself but risked damaging the Tu [...]	2007-06-08 11:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EUN TU CY
07USEUBRUSSELS2000	TURKS MAINTAIN THEIR CONCERNS OVER ESDP ARE [...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Mission to the EU, Ankara's treatment and status within ESDP represents a serious problem, and their list of demands does not constitute a bargaining ploy related to other political issues. They stress the EU has committed itself to a number of initiative [...]	2007-06-18 14:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN TU
07USEUBRUSSELS2595	EU REQUEST FOR SUPPORT TO EU POLICE MISSION IN [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The EU seeks support to enable its police training mission to deploy beyond Kabul. EU Council Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Robert Cooper, is prepared to send a letter with [...]	2007-08-16 06:14:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN AF MOPS
07USEUBRUSSELS2603	EU REQUEST FOR SUPPORT TO EU POLICE MISSION IN [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The EU seeks support to enable its police training mission to deploy beyond Kabul. EU Council Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Robert Cooper, is prepared to send a letter with [...]	2007-08-16 07:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN AF MOPS
07USEUBRUSSELS2984	DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 13:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3050	EU TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS TURKEY'S ESDP CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. The EU has proposed a series of nine steps designed to address Turkey's concerns over its role within the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). The steps envisioned consist largely of broader and more frequent consultations. More meaningful changes in Turkey's status wi [...]	2007-10-02 13:41:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU
07USEUBRUSSELS3352	EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASSISTANCE FOR ALBANIA TOXIC [...] (SBU) We raised concerns regarding hazardous waste cleanup in Albania (reftel) with Dirk Lange, European Commission (EC) Unit Chief for Albania, and Jose Castrillo, EC Desk Officer for Albania, November 14. We urged the EC to implement plans, particularly at the Fier and Rubik sites. In addi [...]	2007-11-16 16:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CWC EAID SENV EUN NATO AL
07USNATO101	NATO/MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI HEARS ALLIES' CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Macedonian PM Gruevski told NATO's North Atlantic Council on February 14 that he was committed to implementing the reforms necessary to secure a membership invitation from NATO at its 2008 Summit. Allies offered solid support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic course, but expressed [...]	2007-02-15 16:47:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV MK
07USNATO103	EAPC DISCUSSES KOSOVO, PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) The U.S. and UK responded forcefully to Serbian and Russian objections to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's formula for Kosovo's final status at the February 14 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) session. Ambassadors discussed the outcomes of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Planning Symposium [...]	2007-02-16 13:24:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
07USNATO105	(C) WELCOME FOR NSA STEPHEN J. HADLEY, FEBRUARY [...] (C) USNATO warmly welcomes the visit of National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley and delegation to Brussels February 21, 2007 for meetings at NATO and the European Union. The overall control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work: 32-(0)2-724-3136, fax: [...]	2007-02-16 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL NATO EUN AF AMGT
07USNATO109	NSA HADLEY TALKS TO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley discussed a wide range of strategic issues with NATO Allies on February 21, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, new U.S. efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, and relations with Russia. Mr. Hadley's visit comes as Europe [...]	2007-02-22 13:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL WEU RU
07USNATO110	NSA HADLEY'S 21 FEBRUARY DISCUSSION WITH NATO SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY: De Hoop Scheffer described European weakness as playing out in Allies, approaches to Afghanistan (lack of unity of purpose),Russia (desire not to rock the boat),and missile defense (ditto). Mr. Hadley pressed the SYG to have ISAF do more on counternarcotics, and an augmented [...]	2007-02-22 15:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU NATO
07USNATO111	AHTISAARI COMES TO NATO AND OUTLINES WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC and non-NATO KFOR troop contributors on the Kosovo status process and his vision for the way forward. Ahtisaari said that prospects for a negotiated settlement by both sides were exhausted. Th [...]	2007-02-23 08:38:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO112	AFGHANISTAN: INFORMAL MEETING OF REGIONAL COMMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: -Force Generation: RC/S missions agreed that there was a general lack of clarity on just what CJSOR shortfalls remained post Seville, and several RC-S allies intend to ask the SYG for a clear list from SHAPE. Canada and the UK noted progress on the sensitive issue of bringing t [...]	2007-02-23 12:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MASS KPAO AF JA
07USNATO113	UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...]	2007-02-23 12:07:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO REL PTER QA XF
07USNATO115	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 21, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG proposes two steps to advance NATO's Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault reported on ISAF manning issues and detailed recent Taliban movements in country. Canadian PermRep informed the Council that his govern [...]	2007-02-23 16:14:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO117	QATAR REQUESTS NATO PERSONNEL DEPART BY 4 MARCH [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. see para. 3. 2.(C) Summary: Qatari Ambassador to Belgium al-Dosari met with NATO D/SYG Ambassador Minuto Rizzo February 22 and hand delivered a Note Verbale (see para. 6) reporting that the presence of NATO personnel at al-Udeid Airbase would be illegal a [...]	2007-02-23 19:24:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07USNATO121	RFG: SOURCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. When agreeing the establishment of the NATO Office of Resources (NOR),the NAC tasked the Senior Resource Board (SRB) to review the source of the Infrastructure Committee (IC) chairman. Mission recommends agreement to a national chair, in lieu of the cur [...]	2007-02-26 13:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO

07USNATO123	USNATO WELCOME FOR MODERN INSURGENCY TEAM FEBRUARY [...] USNATO, in conjunction with USEU welcomes the visit of the Modern Insurgency Team February 27-March 2, 2007 for meetings at NATO and the European Union. The USNATO control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work:(32-2) 724-3136, fax:(32-2) 724-3421. He can [...]	2007-02-26 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR OTRA PREL NATO PINS BEXP GM
07USNATO124	USNATO WELCOME FOR THOMAS J. BRENNAN FEBRUARY [...] Mission welcomes Thomas Brennan for meetings at NATO. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Kelly Magsamen work tel:(32)2-724-3145. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Accommodations have been confirmed for Mr. Brennan arriving February 28-departing Marc [...]	2007-02-27 09:51:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA NATO BE EU
07USNATO126	USNATO WELCOME FOR JOHN B. BELLINGER AND JOSHUA [...] Mission welcomes Mr. John Bellinger and Joshua Dorosin for meetings at NATO and USEU. Control officer for the NATO visit is USNATO Political Officer, Kelly Magsamen work tel:(32)2-724-3145. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Accommodations have been confirmed by USEU via e [...]	2007-02-27 14:08:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA NATO BE EU
07USNATO128	AMBASSADOR NULAND UPDATES NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer complained to Ambassador Nuland on February 27 that, prior to his meeting with National Security Advisor Hadley on February 21, he had not been briefed on possible U.S. participation in the EU,s ESDP mission for Kosovo. The SYG expressed concern that [...]	2007-02-28 17:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCRM PREL MOPS UNMIK YI
07USNATO129	WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING MARCH 7-8, 2007 [...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Shirley Grosner to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...]	2007-03-01 10:27:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC
07USNATO131	QATAR-NATO SHOWDOWN OVER AIR OPERATIONS [...] (U) This is a request for guidance - see para. 5. 2.(C) Summary: A senior Qatari Air Force officer told NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General (DASG) Robert Simmons in Brussels on March 1 that Qatar would assert full jurisdiction over NATO personnel in the ISAF liaison group working at the [...]	2007-03-01 18:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR QA XF
07USNATO132	WELCOME FOR EUR/RPM DEPUTY BRENT HARTLEY, MARCH [...] U.S. Mission welcomes EUR/RPM Deputy Mr. Brent Hartley to Brussels for consultations March 5-7, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...]	2007-03-02 08:13:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC
07USNATO135	MACEDONIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USNATO [...] Request country clearance for the following USNATO team members invited to accompany the NATO International Staff Ministerial Task Force Planning Team on a visit to Ohrid, Macedonia from March 12 to March 16, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings and site visits lead by the D [...]	2007-03-02 11:56:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT NATO
07USNATO136	MISSILE DEFENSE: ANSWERS PROVIDED TO RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides answers to 11 written questions on U.S. Missile Defense (MD) plans, drafted by the Russian Mission to NATO, which were answered by Lt Gen Obering, Director, Missile Defense Agency, at a NATO-Russia Council meeting on February 28, 2007. While the Russian que [...]	2007-03-02 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO137	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG announced 7,000 soldiers force generated since the Riga Summit, and that he intends to invite SACEUR to brief the NAC soon. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) stressed the importance of the on-going negotiations with Qatar regarding the statu [...]	2007-03-02 16:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO138	NAC-PSC DISCUSSES EU-NATO COORDINATION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the February 26 NAC-PSC on Bosnia, NAC and PSC Ambassadors (with Cypriot and Maltese representatives present) met "informally" to discuss NATO/EU coordination in Kosovo. Both NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative/SYG Solana called for close co [...]	2007-03-02 17:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO139	NATO-QATAR TALKS FAIL, ALLIES PACKING BAGS TO LEAVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 17:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS QA
07USNATO140	NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES STILL GRAPPLING WITH MEANING [...] (S/NF) Allied PermReps and the Russian Ambassador sought to clear the air from the Munich Conference in the Feb. 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC). The Russian delegation has stated repeatedly that Putin's speech in Munich gives us a road-map for future frank discussions at the NRC. Poland, UK, an [...]	2007-03-02 18:18:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO144	WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Mark Shepard to Brussels for the March 8 Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. A [...]	2007-03-06 11:16:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO146	ISAF LIAISON GROUP TO STAY IN QATAR ANOTHER THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 17:49:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USNATO147	NATO-ASIA TIES STRENGTHENING THROUGH ISAF [...] (C) Recent exchanges between NATO and Japan, Korea, and China illustrate the rapid enhancement of practical cooperation through the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. NATO's A/SYG Erdmann is visiting Tokyo the week of March 5, while NATO is expected to fin [...]	2007-03-06 18:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL JA KS CH XB
07USNATO148	NATO/GEORGIA: NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING [...] (U) Below is the text of a report distributed to NATO Allies by the NATO Secretary-General on his February 27 meeting with Georgian President Saakashvili at NATO Headquarters. 2. (C) Begin Text: President Saakashvili visited Brussels from 26-27 February 2007 for meetings with NATO and t [...]	2007-03-07 17:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS GG
07USNATO149	NATO SYG ACCEPTS APRIL 4 DINNER INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 17:16:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL
07USNATO15	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 10, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG focuses Allies on upcoming NATO foreign and defense ministerials, agrees to Ambassador Nuland,s suggestion to invite Afghan FM Spanta to meet ISAF Foreign Ministers on January 26, while delaying a decision on inviting the EU, UN, and World Bank to the ministe [...]	2007-01-12 12:34:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO150	AU PSC COMMISSIONER DJINNIT ADDRESSES THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a disappointing March 2 address to the NAC, African Union Peace and Security Council Commissioner Said Djinnit said the AU "highly appreciated" support received from NATO, including assistance with airlift, capacity building, and "important" lessons learned training, and wel [...]	2007-03-07 17:23:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS NATO PREL AU SU UN
07USNATO151	RFG ON MISSILE DEFENSE: NATO SCHEDULES [...] (C) At the NATO PermReps March 6 luncheon, PermReps agreed to a U.S. proposal to hold two meetings on April 19 on Missile Defense, reinforced by experts from capitals. The first meeting would be in NAC/Reinforced (NAC/R) format and a second in NATO-Russia Council/Reinforced (NRC/R) format to [...]	2007-03-07 18:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO152	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 7, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: PermReps and SYG discussed apparent failure to pre-brief the NAC on Operation Achilles, launch with many parties expressing frustration and disappointment. SYG promised to take this issue of poor communication up with SACEUR. The SHAPE Operations Director MG S [...]	2007-03-08 07:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO160	WELCOME TO USNATO FOR AMB ERIC EDELMAN AND [...] USNATO welcomes the visit of Ambassador Eric Edelman and delegation to Brussels March 11-12,2007 for meetings at NATO. The overall control officer for this visit is Defense Advisor LTC James Luke, work: (32-2) 724-3170, Cell: (32) 476-990-820 assisted by USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockr [...]	2007-03-09 17:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC OTRA NATO AF PK BE
07USNATO161	USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 14:33:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS
07USNATO165	AFGHAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ASKS NAC FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a March 12 coffee with Permreps the Speaker of Afghanistan,s Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament)Yanus Qanuni challenged NATO to provide a long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He said the Afghan Parliament and people did not want NATO and international military force [...]	2007-03-14 11:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER AF PK
07USNATO167	WELCOME HLTF MARCH 21-23, 2007 TO NATO [...] Mission welcomes Karin Look, Larry Schultz, Jennifer Laurendeau, Sharon White, Jeffrey Gibbs, James Starkey, Christopher Beecroft, Powell Moore, and Stephen Olejasz to USNATO for HLTF meetings March 21-23. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32) [...]	2007-03-15 15:20:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA ASEC AADP NATO OSCE PARM
07USNATO169	WELCOME FOR NATO EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE [...] Mission welcomes Anita Friedt, Michelle Azevedo, and Paul Iarrobino to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) [...]	2007-03-15 15:21:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO170	IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN/MISSILE DEFENSE: USD/P EDELMAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, and Deputy National Security Advisor Meghan O'Sullivan briefed Allied PermReps on the latest U.S. thinking on Iraq, Afghanistan, and missile defense in a coffee session at USNATO on [...]	2007-03-15 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ
07USNATO172	NATO WEIGHING NATURE OF POSSIBLE TIES TO QATAR [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 15:45:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USNATO177	NATO/VCC: MARCH 8 VCC EXPERTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: After the U.S. representative executed guidance, the experts agreed (ad ref for Germany, whose representative agreed but stated that he had to go back to Berlin for full approval) that revision 2 of reference B would focus in Annex 1 of table B as directly answering the tasking, [...]	2007-03-20 09:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO178	DATA MANAGEMENT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING, MARCH 8, [...] (U) Summary: The Data Management Expert Group (DMEG) met on March 8, 2007. Italy, Spain, and Romania introduced new representatives, and the Chair reported on staff activity since the January meeting. After reviewing the status of the NCFS and VERITY XXI for the current CFE, the group focused [...]	2007-03-20 11:12:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE
07USNATO181	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 1, 2007, Ms. Laura Gross, Director, Counterproliferation Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discussed Streng [...]	2007-03-20 15:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO183	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 21 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 18:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO186	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Anticipating reftel A, Ambassador Nuland, during the March 21 North Atlantic Council meeting, joined the UK in criticizing the evident Taliban-for-hostage exchange in the release of kidnapped Italian journalist Mastrogiacomo. She also raised the issue separately with SYG de Hoo [...]	2007-03-22 14:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREF PTER PREL AF IT
07USNATO187	DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF [...] (S) Dutch Ambassador to NATO, Herman Schaper, predicted March 20 that all issues related to the deployment of additional Australian SOF to Oruzgan province would be satisfactorily resolved March 21-22 during Dutch-Aussie CHOD talks in the Hague. Schaper confirmed that the Netherlands prefers [...]	2007-03-22 14:32:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PINS PREL MARR AF AS NL
07USNATO188	RFG: NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) has sought political advice from the International Staff (I.S.),urging Allies to agree to invite Belarusian and Uzbekistani Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and Foreign and Defense Ministers to upcoming CHOD and Ministerial meetings of the Euro-Atl [...]	2007-03-22 17:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR BO UZ
07USNATO189	RFG: HOSTAGE TAKING IN AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (U) This cable contains a request for guidance in paragraph 3. 2. (C) As previewed in reftels, the Secretary General has placed the issue of hostage taking in Afghanistan on the agenda of the 3:30 p.m. Permanent Representatives' coffee on March 27. Specifically, he wishes to examine impl [...]	2007-03-23 16:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREF PTER PREL AF
07USNATO19	EAPC PLAYS A FULL HOUSE: FIRST MEETING AT 49 ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nuland provided the January 10 Ambassadorial Session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) with a meaty preview of President Bush,s address on the way forward on Iraq, based on an oral briefing provided by the NSC. EAPC Ambassadors welcomed the gesture to bring real [...]	2007-01-16 12:53:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
07USNATO190	WELCOME FOR NATO NRC AMBASSADORIAL MEETING AND [...] Mission welcomes Donna A. Phelan, James Starkey, Jon Errickson, and Adam Xavier to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support will be provided by [...]	2007-03-23 16:18:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO191	NATO/GEORGIA: ALLIES PRAISE GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. NATO Allies unanimously praised Georgia's restrained response to the March 11 attacks in the Kodori Gorge (ref A) during a March 21 Political Committee meeting at NATO Headquarters. Allies commended Georgia for turning to the UN-led Joint Fact Finding Group, which [...]	2007-03-23 16:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GG RS NATO
07USNATO192	APPROACHING NATO ON KOSOVO EU RULE OF LAW MISSION [...] Per Reftel, USNATO distributed to delegations and the Secretary General on March 22 the points provided on possible SIPDIS U.S. participation in the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. The points were distributed as a non-paper, in order to provide them to PermReps as soon as possible prior to [...]	2007-03-23 16:55:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO199	U/S BURNS URGES NATO UNITY ON NO TRADES FOR [...] (C) Anticipating reftel, U/S Nick Burns raised top line points on the need for NATO unity against trading for hostages during the NAC/Reinforced on March 27. Canada, Norway and the UK joined him. 2. (C) Following bilateral consultations in Rome on March 29, Ambassador Nuland will pursue t [...]	2007-03-27 16:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR
07USNATO209	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A NAC-Reinforced at Political Directors, level on Afghanistan and Kosovo took place March 27, and a U.S./UK counternarcotics briefing to the NAC in ISAF format occurred just prior to the March 28 regular NAC meeting, (both NACs reported septels). As a result, the regular March [...]	2007-03-28 17:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO218	VCC AND EXPERTS MEETINGS, MARCH 29, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings on March 29, VCC experts reached agreement on procedures for reporting ambiguities related to BRM-1K vehicles and use of GPS during inspections; they will continue to address use of digital cameras to report ambiguities and definition of inspection site. The V [...]	2007-03-30 16:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO227	NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL ARMS CONTROL DISCUSSION, MARCH [...] (C) Summary: In the NATO-Russia Council arms control discussion on March 29, 2007, Russian Ambassador Totskiy claimed that Russia "did not know what it needs to do" to get NATO to ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE),and asked for a list of outstanding Russian "debts" related to ratification. All [...]	2007-04-04 09:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO228	ARMENIA'S IPAP IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW BRINGS HIGH [...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Sargsyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian told NATO Permanent Representatives that the first year's implementation of an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO had yielded benefits far beyond the security sector. They credited the IPAP process [...]	2007-04-04 14:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL AR
07USNATO229	U.S., UK BRIEF ISAF CONTRIBUTORS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a joint briefing to the North Atlantic Council and ISAF troop contributors, INL/PDAS and Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, and Head of the FCO's Afghan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit Peter Holland described the narco [...]	2007-04-04 15:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07USNATO230	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 4, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Note: The April 4 exchange of views on the spring 2007 assessment of Armenia,s Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) reported reftel. -- Afghanistan: NAC agrees to task NMAs for advice on how to support EU police mission. International organizations meet more regularl [...]	2007-04-05 07:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO237	RFG - OSLO NRC MINISTERIAL TASKING AND 2007 NRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 16:39:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS
07USNATO241	WELCOME TO NATO FOR A/S JOHN ROOD AND SENIOR [...] Mission welcomes Mr. John C. Rood, Assistant Secretary, and Mr. Hugh A. Amundson, Senior Advisor, Bureau of International Security and Non proliferation to USNATO on April 17-21, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer Reece Smyth. Office: (32)2-724-3268 Fax: (32)2- [...]	2007-04-12 10:20:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL OTRA OVIP BE
07USNATO247	RFG: ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY AND CIVIL [...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB) and Advisory Group of Financial Counsellors (AGFC) will jointly meet in Brussels on April 20 to elect a new national dual-hatted chair of the Military Budget Committee (MBC) and Civil Budget Committee (CBC),agenda at Ref A. Four nations have candidates run [...]	2007-04-13 14:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO
07USNATO248	WELCOME TO NATO FOR STEVEN RUSHEN MAY 6-12 [...] Mission welcomes INR Analyst, Mr. Steven Rushen to NATO for meetings on May 9-11. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel reservatio [...]	2007-04-13 15:07:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OTRA POL EU BE
07USNATO250	RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD APRIL 19 & 20 PLENARY [...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on April 19 and 20, will consider the International Staff (IS) draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan and endorsement of the capability package (CP) for logistics information system services. The Board will hear status repo [...]	2007-04-16 11:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO
07USNATO252	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed Implementation of the Co [...]	2007-04-17 09:55:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO254	WELCOME TO AMBASSADOR RODOLPHE M. VALLEE APRIL [...] Mission welcomes Ambassador Vallee to USNATO for meetings and consultations. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Per email, hotel rese [...]	2007-04-19 07:55:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT LO BE
07USNATO256	WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS APRIL 24, [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Jon Erickson to Brussels for the April 24 for the Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476- [...]	2007-04-19 12:52:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM
07USNATO257	RECOMMENDED DRAFT OSLO NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL [...] (C) Following today's NATO-Russia-reinforced meeting on Missile Defense, USNATO strongly recommends that we try to negotiate a NATO-Russia Council (NRC) agreed statement for release after the Oslo Foreign Ministers' NRC meeting on April 29. The following draft text for the April 29 Oslo NATO- [...]	2007-04-19 16:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO
07USNATO259	U.S. NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH [...] The following is the text of the non-paper provided to Russia on April 17 in Moscow. It was distributed to Allies during meetings on April 19. It was not distributed to partners, other than Russia. Begin text: NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA The United States is [...]	2007-04-20 14:24:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS NATO MARR
07USNATO263	ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. BRIEFING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 19, Senior U.S. Defense and State, officials briefed the North Atlantic Council on U.S. plans to counter the threat to Europe and North America posed by the Iranian and DPRK missile programs. The briefers emphasized our willingness to be transparent with Allies, make our [...]	2007-04-23 16:47:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS NATO
07USNATO264	NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 20th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...]	2007-04-23 16:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO265	MISSILE DEFENSE: A/S ROOD CONSULTS WITH CZECH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the April 19 meetings at NATO HQ on Missile Defense (reftels),Assistant Secretary Rood briefed his Czech, Polish, French and German counterparts on his April 17 meetings in Moscow and the U.S. offer of Cooperation across the full spectrum of missile defense act [...]	2007-04-23 17:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL CZ PL RU
07USNATO266	HLTF MEETING MARCH 22, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite determined efforts by the U.S. and many other Allies, Germany derailed agreement at the March 22 High-level Task Force (HLTF) on the text of a NATO paper on cross-group stationing of forces under the CFE Treaty. Most allies, in particular Turkey, Greece, Norway, Bulgaria [...]	2007-04-24 07:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS
07USNATO268	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON GREEK AMENDMENTS LINKING [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Negotiations among NATO Allies over the text of the 2006-2007 report on Macedonia's progress under the Membership Action Plan (MAP) hit an impasse April 24 over Greek amendments that link the dispute over Macedonia' [...]	2007-04-25 12:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GR MK
07USNATO270	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 25, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: NAC discussed &whither a NATO common hostage policy?8 and alleged Afghan mistreatment of detainees. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) updated the NAC on NATO training support to the ANA and his recent trip to Pakistan. D/SYG urged the NAC to find a way ah [...]	2007-04-25 15:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PTER AF
07USNATO272	REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on April 19 and 20, elected a new chairman of the Board and agreed on plans of action for a variety of NATO programs. The following topics were considered and discussed: logistics information system Capability Package (CP),the Afghanistan [...]	2007-04-27 05:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO
07USNATO274	USNATO RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MOD NATO PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) We appreciated receiving reftel and congratulate Embassy Tel Aviv and EUCOM for engaging with the MOD on the subject of Israel's cooperation with NATO. That engagement showed that there is apparently some confusion amongst GOI officials about the nature of its relationship with NATO. We [...]	2007-04-27 13:48:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL IS
07USNATO279	NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 19th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...]	2007-05-02 08:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL RU
07USNATO282	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 2, 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Allegations of civilian deaths near Herat seized PermReps, attention as the U.S. and Spain push for NATO to develop a response to such allegations. SHAPE focused attention on increased enemy suicide attacks and the need to counter increasing IED attacks, includi [...]	2007-05-02 16:45:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO284	RESPONSE TO COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE: FOREIGN [...] U.S. Mission NATO welcomes the visit of Mr. Richard L. Prosen to conduct consultations with USNATO and NATO International Staff in Brussels, May 9-11, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations have been requested at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel for arrival on May 9, 2007. 3. U.S. Mission POC: [...]	2007-05-03 13:54:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OSCE OTRA PREL PL BE
07USNATO285	WELCOME TO NATO FOR THOMAS A. LYNCH, JR. MAY [...] Mission welcomes Foreign Policy Advisor to the Army Chief of Staff, Thomas Lynch to NATO for consultations May 13-17, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Robert Kemp, work tel:(32)2-724-3487 cell: (32) 0494.54.55.58 and fax: (32)2-724-3421. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...]	2007-05-03 13:56:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA BE
07USNATO29	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 17, 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The NAC agreed to invite UN, EU, World Bank, Japan, and South Korea to January 26 Foreign Ministerial session on Afghanistan with troop contributors and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta. The SYG will invite Afghan Minister of Defense Wardak to Seville meeting of [...]	2007-01-19 08:20:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO295	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 9, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Note: The NAC began with an exchange of views with Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Milososki and Minister of Defense Elenovski on progress made in the context of the Membership Action Plan; reporting on this exchange to follow by septel. End Note. -- Afghanistan: SYG d [...]	2007-05-10 12:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO299	WELCOME JOHN ERATH AND PAUL BROTZEN TO NATO MAY [...] Mission welcomes Mr. John F. Erath, EUR/SCE Deputy Director, and LTC Paul C. Brotzen, EUR/RPM Policy Officer for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Greg Shaffer, work tel:(32)2-724-3383 and fax: (32)2-724-3421. Admin. support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel r [...]	2007-05-11 13:11:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCE NATO OTRA AU BE EUN GM SI UK
07USNATO300	WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF, NRC(ACE),AND VCC TEAM [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF, NRC(ACE),and VCC meetings, May 15-18. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...]	2007-05-11 14:32:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO302	SPAIN RAISES OEF-ISAF COORDINATION WITH ANTO [...] (S) Spanish PermRep Benavides, on instructions, raised with PermReps coordination between Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in connection with recent military operations in western Afghanistan. Emphasizing the impact that collateral damage h [...]	2007-05-14 10:01:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO304	ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]	2007-05-14 16:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO305	ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]	2007-05-15 06:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO306	ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]	2007-05-15 08:39:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO308	COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 14 meetings at NATO HQ with Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and NATO Permanent Representatives, Counselor Cohen discussed NATO's role in Afghanistan, as well as general challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the need to address them in an integrat [...]	2007-05-16 16:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
07USNATO309	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 16, 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Kosovo: During the NAC, the Turks forcefully drew a line in the sand, linking acceptance of the Transition Directive to acceptable language on NATO/EU relations and to the submission of the Technical Arrangements for NAC approval. -- Afghanistan: Deputy Chairman of the Mili [...]	2007-05-16 17:47:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO315	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS' MAY 8 COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 8 meetings at NATO HQ with select Permanent Representatives and Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters highlighted the role that security and good governance play in reducing poppy cu [...]	2007-05-18 15:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR SNAR AF PK
07USNATO316	ALLIES POSITIVELY ASSESS GEORGIA'S PROGRESS, PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 16 meeting to review Georgia's progress in implementing reforms over the last year, Georgian Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili told the North Atlantic Council that Georgia's democratic reforms were moving ahead swiftly and that Georgia would like to move into NATO's Me [...]	2007-05-18 15:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO319	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer, Deputy Secretary Negroponte said the U.S. is considering new sanctions to raise pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the AU/UN "hybrid" force for Darfur, and pushing rebel groups to sign the Darfu [...]	2007-05-21 08:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO320	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...]	2007-05-21 16:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO321	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...]	2007-05-22 08:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO324	A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...]	2007-05-23 06:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR XB
07USNATO329	ACTION REQUEST: PROPOSED NATO STUDY ON CLUSTER [...] (C) USNATO acknowledges receipt of Ref regarding a Proposed NATO Study on Cluster Munitions. Following consultations with SHAPE and the U.S. Military Delegation to NATO, USNATO recomQnds that Qe USG does not formally request a NATO study on cluster munitions. USNATO feels that initiating su [...]	2007-05-24 14:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO330	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) noted SACEUR,s letter to PermReps regarding the start of Operation Adalat. The D/CMC also highlighted recent offers of additional Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLTs),but stressed that these offers ar [...]	2007-05-25 06:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO332	WELCOME TO NATO FOR STAFFDEL KENNETH MYERS, MAY [...] Mission welcomes Mr. Kenneth Myers to NATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Peter Chisholm, work tel:(32)2-724-3384, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. USEU Control Officer is USEU Political Officer M [...]	2007-05-25 12:06:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN FR BR
07USNATO334	WELCOME TO NATO FOR MAY 29, 2007 EWG-R MEETINGS [...] Mission welcomes Anita Friedt, Michelle Azevedo and Paul Iarrobino to USNATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2- [...]	2007-05-25 13:25:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA
07USNATO337	HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...]	2007-05-25 15:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS
07USNATO338	PM BERISHA MAKES ALBANIA'S CASE FOR NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Albanian Prime Minister Berisha told a May 24 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that Albania had made tangible progress in meeting NATO's membership standards and he was confident Albania would be ready to receive an invitation to join the Alliance in 2008. Allies sent a c [...]	2007-05-25 15:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AL
07USNATO340	MAY 16 NRC(ACE): RUSSIA EXPLAINS CFE MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Representative to the CFE Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Mikhail Ulyanov, used the May 16 NATO-Russia Council's Arms Control Experts (NRC(ACE)) meeting to try to explain the rationale for President Putin's April 26 threat to declare a moratorium on Russian implementation [...]	2007-05-25 15:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO342	REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (U) Please see request for guidance by OOB Friday in para 3. 2. (C) NATO D/ASG Bob Simmons concluded two days of talks with Qatari BG Abdullah Juman Al-Hamad May 30 on the status of NATO personnel assigned to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Qatar's Al-Udeid Airbase. Key issue [...]	2007-05-30 16:23:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR QA
07USNATO345	WELCOME TO MICHELLE AZEVEDO FOR JUNE 5, 2007 NAC [...] Mission welcomes Michelle Azevedo to USNATO. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel reservations have been confirmed at the Jolly Sablon, Bodenbroeck 2, 100 [...]	2007-05-31 12:54:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA
07USNATO348	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 30 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) reported that Operation &Adalat8 in northern Kandahar has been delayed and that the Theater Task Force has been redeployed to Operation Achilles to maintain security in the Sangin area. Ambassador Nuland po [...]	2007-06-01 08:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO351	CFE: VCC AND VCC EXPERTS' MEETINGS, MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the May 16 VCC and VCC experts' meetings: a. The U.S. announced an upcoming Vienna Document inspection in Sweden during the time a Swedish exercise below Vienna Document thresholds will be conducted; b. Experts agreed to attempt to hold a NATO Vienna Document course in Cen [...]	2007-06-04 14:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE
07USNATO352	WELCOME FOR JUNE 12-13, 2007 NATO MANPADS [...] U.S. Mission to NATO welcomes the visit of Lisa Benthien, Herman Rediess, and Frank Diaz for the purpose of attending the Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) Conference. The control officer for this visit is Political Officer Mr. Tom Underwood, work:(32-2)724-3142, fax:(32-2)724-3421. H [...]	2007-06-05 11:53:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA ASEC ALBE BE
07USNATO354	WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF AND CFE MEETINGS, JUNE [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF and CFE meetings, June 6-8, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...]	2007-06-06 13:04:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE
07USNATO355	COUNTRY, THEATRE AND SPECIAL AREA CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] COUNTRY TO BE VISITED: TALLINN, ESTONIA, 18-20 JUNE 2007 2. PERSON TRAVELING: A. LT COL JOHN S. SHAPLAND, 585-31-7996, DEFENSE POLICY ADVISOR, USNATO GRADE: O-5 DOB: 18 APR 66; POB: CHAMPAIGN, IL PASSPORT: # 900475340, ISSUED 10 MAY 2006, EXP 31 OCT 2009, TYPE: DIPLOMATIC CLEARAN [...]	2007-06-06 13:06:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO

07USNATO356	WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING JUNE 18-22, 2007 [...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Horacio Vignale to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...]	2007-06-06 14:15:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC
07USNATO357	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 6 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG stated that force generation is a top priority for the Alliance in the run-up to the Defense Ministerial. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) briefed on: next steps in long-term Afghan National Army (ANA) training; support to ESDP police mission in Afgh [...]	2007-06-07 12:35:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO360	CROATIAN PM SANADER RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies indicated strong support for Croatia's NATO candidacy during a June 6 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Croatian PM Sanader, but warned that Croatia should not lose momentum in its reform efforts. Allies focused on the need for Croatia to continue to make [...]	2007-06-11 06:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO HR
07USNATO362	U.S. UPDATES NATO ALLIES ON MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Eric Edelman and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering met with Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer on June 5, and then informally with NATO PermReps, to update them on the status of U.S. Missile Defense (MD) plans in Europe, negotiations with Poland and [...]	2007-06-11 10:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL
07USNATO372	U.S. PRESENTS MOLDOVA PKF ALTERNATIVES TO ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: On 8 June, DAS Kramer presented to Allies the U.S. proposal on internationalizing the peacekeeping force in Moldova (REF A-C). Allies appeared interested in the proposal and engaged with a number of questions about how the force would be implemented. Following the meeting, an [...]	2007-06-15 08:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS RU MD
07USNATO373	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 13 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Afghanistan: The SYG discussed civilian casualties and the need for ISAF to do more on OMLTs and equipment support to the ANA. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault briefed on "modestly positive" force generation conference. SHAPE DCOS for Operations Major Gen [...]	2007-06-15 09:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO374	WELCOME FOR EUR/RPM DEPUTY DIRECTOR EVA SHINAGEL [...] U.S. Mission to NATO welcomes the visit of Eva Shinagel, EUR/RPM Deputy Director for the purpose of attending meetings. The control officer for this visit is Political Officer Mr. Peter Chisholm, work:(32-2)724-3384, fax:(32-2)724-3421. He can also be reached through the tri-mission switchbo [...]	2007-06-18 08:42:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NATO GM
07USNATO376	REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON NATO MANAGEMENT [...] (U) See para 3 request for guidance, due by OOB Brussels time, Wednesday June 20. 2. (U) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer has issued SG(2007)0419 on the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Initiative Adoption of the NAMO Charter, under a silence that expires Wednesday, June 20, at 1 [...]	2007-06-19 16:38:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR NATO
07USNATO377	WELCOME TO NATO FOR MATTHEW E. EWALD JUNE 20-23 [...] Mission welcomes INR/EC Analyst, Mr. Matthew Ewald to NATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Denise Corbin (32) 2-724-3226. 2. Hotel reservations hav [...]	2007-06-20 14:19:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EU BE
07USNATO378	NATO'S BALKAN RESERVE FORCES [...] (C) In response to Principals' recent questions, NATO currently has three Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) maneuver battalions (one German, one Italian, and one British) for the Balkans, in addition to a Strategic Reserve Forces (SRF) maneuver battalion (French). This information was briefed t [...]	2007-06-20 14:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS MARR
07USNATO380	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 20 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto Rizzo reviewed the June 14-15 Defense Ministerial. Allies expressed deep concerns over continuing civilian casualties, including the Spanish PermRep,s insinuation that ISAF,s targeting policy was not being adhered to. Amb [...]	2007-06-21 12:51:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO381	WELCOME FOR NATO SGP MEETING JUNE 27-29, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes William Silkworth, C.S. Eliot Kang, Terry Godby, Michael Scott Davis, and Thomas A. Wuchte to Brussels for the June 27-29 meetings of the Senior Politico-Military Group on Proliferation (SGP). Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (3 [...]	2007-06-21 14:32:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM OTRA NATO
07USNATO383	RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD JUNE 28 & 29 PLENARY [...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on June 28 and 29, will consider the draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan (MTRP),the proposed funding policy for Pakistan's participation in NATO Training courses, and endorsement of the capability packages (CP) for deplo [...]	2007-06-22 14:23:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO
07USNATO384	TERRORIST FINANCING/USNATO: DISRUPTING EXTERNAL [...] (C) In response to reftel, Mission has continuously raised the importance of denying all sources of support to the Taliban, including financial support, with NATO and other foreign officials. The issue of illicit financial support to the Taliban is highlighted particularly starkly during dis [...]	2007-06-22 14:46:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN NATO PREL
07USNATO386	WELCOME FOR EDWARD SMITH JUNE 27-30, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes the visit of Edward Smith, Senior Advisor, South Central Asian Affairs Bureau to Brussels June 27-29. The overall control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work: 32.(0)2.724.3136, Cell: 32.(0)496.198.008. USEU point of contact is PolMil C [...]	2007-06-25 07:35:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFDB BE
07USNATO388	WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF JUNE 28, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF meetings, June 27-28, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul and Denise Corbin(32)2-724- [...]	2007-06-25 14:42:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCFE NATO OSCE OTRA PARM PREL
07USNATO392	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 24 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed two Food-For-Thought [...]	2007-06-27 15:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM
07USNATO399	WELCOME TO STAFFDEL TILLEMANN JULY 1-2, 2007. [...] Mission welcomes Professional Staff Member, Tomicah Tillemann to Brussels for meetings at USEU and USNATO on July 2, 2007. USNATO Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Luc [...]	2007-06-29 13:53:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OREG AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN BEXP ENRG GM RS
07USNATO405	NAC-MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS JULY 4 FOCUS ON [...] (C) Molodvan FM Stratan and Acting DefMin Ion Coropcean consulted with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Moldova's Individual Partnership Action Plan July 4. NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer said that Moldova had made a good start, but strategic concepts still needed to be defined to guide the mor [...]	2007-07-05 05:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR KCFE NATO ML
07USNATO408	REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING JUN 28 & 29, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on June 28 and 29, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) for Vital Security Projects for NATO Command Facilities and agreed on plans of action for a variety of resource issues. The following topics were considered: CP for Deployable Ground Based [...]	2007-07-09 06:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO
07USNATO409	NATO/HLTF MEETING, JUNE 28 2007 [...] (C) Summary. The all-day HLTF June 28 was focused on both assessing the Extraordinary Conference June 12-15, 2007 and preparing to deal with the likelihood that Russia may soon trigger a 150 day countdown to suspension of performance of its CFE obligations or (less likely) of Russia,s su [...]	2007-07-10 15:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO410	NATO-UKRAINE COUNCIL MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY JULY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, the 27 members of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) met in Ambassadorial session at NATO headquarters to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership which established the NUC. Allies commended Ukraine's contributions to [...]	2007-07-11 16:02:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO UP
07USNATO412	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JULY 11 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Spring 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) is under NAC silence; Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) notes that NMAs are working on strategic metrics of ISAF effectiveness; IMS briefs continued high levels of OMF activity in RC-South and RC-East; Ambassadors [...]	2007-07-12 12:09:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO426	OSCE SYG, EAPC AMBS SEEK SYNERGY AND COOPERATION, [...] (SBU) OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut exchanged views with EAPC Ambassadors July 11 on increasing cooperation between the two overlapping organizations. He summarized ongoing OSCE operations, emphasized areas of commonality with the EAPC, and endorsed closer interaction (wit [...]	2007-07-25 17:19:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO OSCE EAPC
07USNATO428	NETHERLANDS REDUCTION IN SUPPORT TO ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under instructions Dutch Charge Van Der Werff and Col Tack (Dutch MilRep,s Office) met with Ambassador Nuland on 25 July to foreshadow a GONL decision to reduce by approximately one third their force presence in Urugzan in 2008. While no final decisions have been made, Van Der We [...]	2007-07-26 09:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL AF NL
07USNATO430	NRC: RUSSIA DISCOUNTS IRANIAN THREAT AND OFFERS [...] (S) Summary: In the July 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian MFA Director of Disarmament Antonov and LTG Buzinskiy gave lengthy presentations on Russia's offer to the United States on missile defense (MD) cooperation in a transparent attempt to drive wedges within the Alliance. The [...]	2007-07-26 15:05:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO431	JULY 17 MEETING OF THE VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and experts met on July 17. Regarding the food-for-thought (FFT) paper (Ref A) on coordinating Vienna Document (VD) inspections, consensus could not be reached due to German objections. There was much unfocused discussion over ho [...]	2007-07-27 15:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO433	NRC/CFE: RUSSIA WANTS COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 15:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO442	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 1 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) reported on a series of ISAF-related decisions in the Military Committee. The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee briefed the Council again on the need for rotary wing capability for RC-South when th [...]	2007-08-01 16:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO445	NATO/HLTF MEETING, JULY 26 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The July 26 HLTF focused on discussion of what the Allies, game plan should be for achieving key CFE and related policy goals in the period prior to December 12, when Russia,s threat to suspend implementation of CFE would become operational. U.S. HLTF Deputy Jennifer Laurendeau [...]	2007-08-06 14:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO446	ALLIES APPRECIATE DAS KRAMER'S BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Summary: Allies praised DAS David Kramer's briefing to Allies on the US/Russia experts' talks in Washington (July 30-31) on missile defense (MD) and CFE. Allies expect US leadership in these negotiations with Russia, and greatly appreciate our efforts to brief and consult with them. Krame [...]	2007-08-06 14:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO448	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 8 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG noted the upcoming Jirga in Kabul Aug 9-12 and applauded ISAF efforts in countering Taliban propaganda. The Deputy Chair of the Military Committee (DCMC) reported on the Border Security Sub-Committee Meetings, and the Ops Briefing show [...]	2007-08-08 15:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF AU
07USNATO45	UNSYG BAN KI-MOON PLEDGES CLOSE COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Overturning staff objections, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a strong signal of his personal commitment to strhengthen UN-NATO relations in an address to the NAC just three weeks after taking office. Both privately and with the press afterward, Ban praised the Alliance's contributio [...]	2007-01-25 17:33:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO UN MARR PREL
07USNATO451	MEETING OF NATO SPS [...] (U) Summary. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Committee met on March 23, 2007, at NATO Headquarters. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) met at NATO Headquarters on March 22, 2007. The U.S Representative was Dr. Vigdor L. Teplitz [...]	2007-08-13 15:13:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PGOV PREL TSPL
07USNATO453	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 14 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on the recent Jirga in Kabul, as Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (DCMC) highlighted the ISAF security for the event. SHAPE MG Wright provided the operational brief, highlighting the current period of high- [...]	2007-08-14 15:47:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO457	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 22 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on U.S. and UK counternarcotics strategies and noted the upcoming National Counternarcotics Conference in Kabul. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported that SHAPE will host a September conference on N [...]	2007-08-22 17:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO46	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG reported that Pakistan PM Aziz will address the NAC on January 30. The outgoing JFC-Brunssum and ISAF Operational Commander General Back presented his analysis of NATO,s efforts in Afghanistan stating that the Alliance's goals are too high. He called for mo [...]	2007-01-25 17:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO466	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 29 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG Rizzo noted the NAC would focus more intensely on key Afghanistan issues prior to the October 24-25 Noordwijk Defense Ministerial including: Afghan Capacity, Long-Term Sustainability, and Counter-Narcotics. He also commented on the UNOD [...]	2007-08-29 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO479	BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At a September 4 informal discussion among NATO Perm Reps, there was significant movement towards consensus in favor of the proposed October 3-4 visit of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) t [...]	2007-09-05 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO484	FM JEREMIC DISCUSSES THE KOSOVO CONUNDRUM AND [...] (C) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic discussed Serbia's Partnership Presentation Document and possible ways forward on Kosovo with NATO PermReps on September 5. Jeremic was forward-leaning on engagement with the Alliance through PfP, but acknowledged Serbians' love-hate relationship to NA [...]	2007-09-06 14:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SR
07USNATO486	UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Antonio Costa, Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO on September 5 on UNODC's 2007 report on Afghanistan poppy production. In addition to NATO PermReps, 24 other interested nations and organizations were on hand as Costa reviewed the key findings and r [...]	2007-09-06 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR ECON PGOV UN AF NATO
07USNATO487	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: PermReps recapped the NAC,s meeting that morning with UNODC Director Costa (reported septel) and agreed to hold an informal meeting to discuss what more NATO might do within the existing ISAF OPLAN to assist the Afghans in counter-narcotics e [...]	2007-09-06 15:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO490	RFG FOR NATO REVIEW OF THE LONGER-TERM ANALYSIS OF [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, September 11. 2. (S) Summary: NATO's Senior Political-Military Group on Proliferation (SGP) failed to come to agreement on the text for NATO's Review of the Longer-Term Analysis of Ballistic Missile Risks and Threats at the September 5 Pl [...]	2007-09-07 14:54:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MNUC NATO PARM PINR PREL
07USNATO495	ALLIES EMBRACE A/S ROOD READOUT OF US-RUSSIA MD [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 12:29:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO PINR KACT RU
07USNATO499	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: COMISAF, accompanied by SACEUR, briefed the NAC and non-NATO troop contributing nations on ISAF successes and challenges, plus stringent efforts to avoid civilian casualties. Full report to come Septel. -- Balkans: The SYG noted the Troika [...]	2007-09-13 14:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO500	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SPC(R) DISCUSSION OF ANNUAL [...] (U) USNATO has transmitted Albania's, Croatia's, and Macedonia's Annual National Programs (ANPs) for 2007-2008 to the Department, DOD, Tirana, Zagreb, and Skopje (REFS). The Senior Political Committee Reinforced with Defense Experts (SPC(R)) will take up the ANPs on September 18 (Croatia),Se [...]	2007-09-13 15:50:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MARR AL HR MK
07USNATO502	SACEUR, COMISAF BRIEF ISAF PROGRESS AND CLEARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate sessions first with the NAC in ISAF format (which includes the 11 non-NATO troop contributors) and then at 26 with the NAC, COMISAF General Dan McNeill described ISAF successes on the battlefield, and challenges in building an effective police force and strengthening [...]	2007-09-14 17:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO506	FRANCE TO ROLL OUT NATO-EU IDEAS [...] (C) Summary: France is set to roll out informal ideas on NATO-EU cooperation (reftel) at both the EU and NATO soon, per its NATO Ambassador. End Summary. 2. (C) French NATO Permanent Representative Richard Duque told the UK and German Perm Reps and the U.S. DCM on September 18 that France [...]	2007-09-19 16:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL FR
07USNATO52	SECRETARY RICE'S NATO INTERVENTIONS AND FACT SHEET [...] At the NATO Foreign Ministerial meetings held Friday, January 26, 2007, Secretary Rice addressed both a regular NAC and a NAC plus non-NATO Contributors and Partners. These interventions are repeated below "as prepared for delivery," along with an Afghanistan Fact Sheet which was made availabl [...]	2007-01-30 15:30:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA NATO MOPS PREL MARR AF
07USNATO520	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Secretary General )- supported by U.S. and UK )- urged the Military Committee to resolve breaks of silence on the ISAF contract helicopter lift initiative; The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported he was assured of Australia,s [...]	2007-09-20 15:51:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO521	SUBJECT: HLTF: NATO ALLIES ENDORSE U.S. PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 13 HLTF, Allies endorsed the U.S. &Parallel Actions Plan8 as the basis to end the current impasse with Russia on the fulfillment of the remaining Istanbul commitments and ratification of the Adapted CFE Treaty. U.S. HLTF Representative Karin L. Look also successf [...]	2007-09-21 15:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO522	NATO PERMREPS' SEPTEMBER 18 AWAY DAY [...] (C) Summary: NATO PermReps and the Secretary General (SYG) brainstormed about goals for the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest and NATO headquarters reform at an all-day offsite on September 18. PermReps expressed no objection to the idea of a missile defense deliverable at Bucharest, althoug [...]	2007-09-21 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO
07USNATO524	NATO/VCC SEPTEMBER 13 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on agreeing on procedures to deconflict Vienna Document Inspections with four non-Allied OSCE states (Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria) for the 2008 year. The NATO Staff will sen [...]	2007-09-24 16:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO525	NON-PAPER CIRCULATED BY SOME ALLIES ON RAISING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Permanent Representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Spain circulated a non-paper (see below) to all Allied PermReps on September 19 on exploring ways to strengthen NATO's profile in arms control and disarmament prior to t [...]	2007-09-26 15:48:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE
07USNATO527	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 [...] (S) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo urged continued efforts to find a long-term fix to ISAF helicopters shortfalls, and Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reminded the NAC of continuing CJSOR shortfalls. T [...]	2007-09-27 10:37:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO528	ALBANIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM WINS OVER SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with an Albanian delegation on September 25 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for the final Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. The delegation outlined its successe [...]	2007-09-27 12:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AL
07USNATO529	RFG: KOSOVO TROIKA'S OCTOBER 15 BRIEFING TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, October 11. 2. (C) On Monday, October 15 the representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. Ambassador Frank Wisner, EU Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) will come to NATO to update and b [...]	2007-09-27 14:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL KV
07USNATO532	RUSSIANS SOFTENING TONE ON CFE AT THE NRC? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Russian military official briefing at the September 26 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting signaled possible Russian softening on its CFE line. NATO International staff reports that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also made some constructive comments in a recent discussi [...]	2007-09-28 15:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO533	RUSSIAN MILITARY DOCTRINE VIEWS NATO AS A [...] (C) This is an Action Request: please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: After delivering a lackluster briefing on Russian military reforms, Russian Senior Military Representative Kuznetsov demonstrated previously unseen frankness in responding to Allies' questions in the September 29 NATO-R [...]	2007-09-28 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO536	MISSILE DEFENSE: 9/25 EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP- [...] (S) Summary: In the September 25 Executive Working Group- Reinforced (EWG-R) meeting, the NATO International Staff agreed to prepare a draft report in response to the Riga missile defense tasking for the October 24-25 NATO Defense Ministerial. The U.S. informed Allies that it is seeking a po [...]	2007-10-01 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO537	MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM ENGENDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian delegation on September 20 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Many Allies commended [...]	2007-10-02 12:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL MK
07USNATO539	GEORGIAN MINISTER BAKRADZE REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Georgian Conflict Resolution Minister Bakradze led an interagency delegation to meet with Allies in a Georgian-initiated discussion of its disputed territories. Bakradze's presentation, his forthright responses to tough questions, and Georgia's associated non-paper hit all the right notes [...]	2007-10-03 13:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO GG
07USNATO54	AFGHANISTAN: COMMITMENTS FROM JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (C) The January 26 informal foreign ministerial at NATO HQ resulted in a reiteration of the Alliance's strong political commitment laid out at Riga. Though not a donor conference, the Ministerial also resulted in several Allied commitments of additional development and military assistance. [...]	2007-01-30 17:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO540	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 3, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: MG Robert Cone, Commander of the U.S. Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),reported on progress and challenges training Afghan National Security Forces and noted new efforts to build police through &Focused District D [...]	2007-10-04 07:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO541	FRENCH PRESENT SHORT PAPER ON PROPOSALS TO [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please respond by OOB, October 15, 2007. 2. (C) SUMMARY: France tabled a paper on NATO-EU transparency measures in an informal NATO PermRep meeting on October 2. Allies, even Turkey, welcomed the step, and undertook to study the ideas closely. PermR [...]	2007-10-04 07:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN FR
07USNATO542	REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE OF HQUSEUCOM 1206 PROPOSAL [...] This message requests USNATO support for a HQUSEUCOM 1206 proposal entitled Global Stability Operations Training Capability (GSOTC). This proposal will minimize gaps that impede foreign nation's military forces to perform efficiently in Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW),and particul [...]	2007-10-04 08:01:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSN NATO
07USNATO544	RUSSIANS PUT THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) In a brief October 1 letter (emailed to EUR/PRM),Russian Senior Military Representative Valentin Kuznetsov informed the NATO International Staff (IS) that Russian MOD representatives will not take part in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Computer Assisted Exer [...]	2007-10-04 17:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO545	CROATIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM RECEIVES GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Croatian delegation on September 18 to review their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Allies were general [...]	2007-10-05 10:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL CR
07USNATO547	DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...]	2007-10-08 06:32:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	SNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO548	RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD OCTOBER 11 & 12 PLENARY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on October 11 and 12, will consider: the eligibility for common funding and approval of outsourcing for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in theater sustainment air lift; endorsement of the [...]	2007-10-08 06:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO
07USNATO561	SECOND FRENCH PAPER ON PROPOSALS FOR STRENTHENING [...] (C) Summary: Norway's deputy PermRep provided USNATO with a draft of a French paper on improving EU-NATO cooperation that was circulated at the EU on 1 October. This paper follows an earlier French paper on NATO-EU relations presented at NATO and provides more detail on French ideas. USNATO [...]	2007-10-16 14:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EU FR XG XT
07USNATO562	DUTCH BRIEF US, UK, AUSTRALIA ON URUZGAN FORCE GEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. We found Netherlands Ambassador Herman Schaper unfocused and gloomy on October 16 in briefing key RC-S allies on Uruzgan backfill requests. Dutch engagement with its top three target nations has yielded some results, but not nearly enough. Slovakia is expected shortly to confi [...]	2007-10-17 09:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL AS UK NO FR LO
07USNATO563	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided a tour d,horizon on force generation, capabilities, funding, and NATO-E [...]	2007-10-17 17:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO564	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007 [...] This is a resend of USNATO 00563, to add additional addressees. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided [...]	2007-10-18 06:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO566	KOSOVO TROIKA UPDATES NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL AND [...] SUMMARY: The representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. representative Frank Wisner, EU representative Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) briefed a special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on Monday, October 15, providing a general update on w [...]	2007-10-19 07:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL KV
07USNATO569	REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on October 12 and 13, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) addendum for Missile Defense Feasibility Study to address the impact of the third U.S. site; agreed to forward to Council the report on analysis of expenditures for the NATO Securit [...]	2007-10-22 05:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR NATO
07USNATO573	FORMER KFOR COMMANDER OPTIMISTS ON KOSOVO, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing KFOR Commander Lieutenant General Roland Kather (Germany),gave his final briefing to an informal meeting of the NAC in an expanded session with all KFOR troop contributing nations. General Kather emphasized that the situation in Kosovo, while currently quiet, neverthe [...]	2007-10-23 08:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MPOS KVIR
07USNATO574	CHANGING TIDES ON MISSILE DEFENSE? BRUSSELS THINK [...] Further evidence that we're making progress on missile defense with Europe, Russian speakers got an earful from a previously skeptical leading Brussels think tank at an 22 October European Security Forum entitled &Does Europe need a new Missile Defense?8 hosted by the Center for European Poli [...]	2007-10-23 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO
07USNATO576	WELCOME TO NATO FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Mission welcomes Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, Douglas E. Lute, and traveling party to Brussels for meetings, October 26-27, 2007. Control Officers for the visit are USNATO Political Officer John Cockrell, office: 32-(0)2-724-3136 cell 32-(0)496-198-008, and [...]	2007-10-24 10:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA NATO PREL BE
07USNATO577	NRC: RUSSIANS ILL-PREPARED TO RESPOND TO US 2+2 [...] (C/NF) Summary: In the October 17 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced meeting on missile defense, Under Secretary of Defense Edelman, EUR Assistant Secretary of State Fried, and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Obering offered our vision for a joint U.S./NATO/Russia regional missile defens [...]	2007-10-24 15:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO578	NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...]	2007-10-24 15:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO579	ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...]	2007-10-24 16:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS
07USNATO584	BOSNIA: NATO SYG TO ISSUE STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) Ambassador Nuland, at an informal meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives on Tuesday, October 30, informed colleagues that the U.S. would demarche Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Capitals leading up to the October 30-31 meeting seeking their support for High Representative La [...]	2007-10-30 16:13:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO BK
07USNATO585	RFG: NTM-I 2007 PERIODIC MISSION REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 4. The Autumn 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) of NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I) has passed NATO's Military Committee (MC) and the Policy Coordination Group (PCG) will meet on November 9 to consider recommendations to the North Atlanti [...]	2007-10-31 18:21:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL
07USNATO586	RFG: HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TO COME TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, November 6. 2. (C) On Wednesday November 7, Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, will come to NATO to update and brief a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and [...]	2007-11-02 15:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO587	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 31, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG commended the good discussions on Afghanistan at last week's informal defense ministerial at Noordwijk and at this week's informal SYG coffee with PermReps. He also noted SACEUR,s recent letter regarding the strains placed on ISAF [...]	2007-11-02 17:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO589	IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]	2007-11-02 17:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO591	GENERAL LUTE, COUNSELOR COHEN AND DELEGATION SHARE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy NSA for Iraq and Afghanistan LTG Douglas Lute and Counselor Eliot Cohen used an October 26 meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to discuss their recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. State's Director for Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon and OSD DASD f [...]	2007-11-05 09:22:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF IZ TU
07USNATO596	IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...]	2007-11-05 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
07USNATO599	HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK BRIEFS THE NAC ON [...] (C) Summary: In a calm yet forceful address to the North Atlantic Council on November 7, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak called on NATO and the international community to recognize that the Bosnian Serbs are working with the support of Belgrade and Moscow to und [...]	2007-11-07 17:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO60	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 31, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) provided a readout of JCMB meeting in Berlin. The International Military Staff (IMS) Operations Director highlighted the need for more troops, the poor progress on staffing of ISAF X composite HQ, and the concern that misunderstandings abo [...]	2007-02-01 15:39:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO601	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Balkans: The NAC discussion with Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, reported separately in reftel. -- Afghanistan: The SYG reported on his November 6 phone conversation with President Kar [...]	2007-11-08 18:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO605	SAAKASHVILI PROMISES NATO SYG TO LIFT STATE OF [...] (C) In his November 11 telephone conversation with Georgian President Saakashvili, NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged him to lift Georgia,s state of emergency, restore Georgia,s media freedoms, and not "lose your friends." He said that Saakashvili had pledged to lift the state of emergency [...]	2007-11-14 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG
07USNATO607	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 14, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG expressed his disappointment with the Amnesty International report on detainees in Afghanistan. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reported on his visit to Afghanistan, noting among other things the operat [...]	2007-11-16 10:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO608	ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS U.S. PREFERENCES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On November 14 Armenian Ambassador to NATO Samvel Mkrtchian called on Ambassador Nuland to discuss possible Armenian contributions to ISAF. Mkrtchian said Armenian PM Serzh Sargsyan had been strongly encouraged by SECDEF Gates and other [...]	2007-11-16 16:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV MARR PREL AM PINR AF
07USNATO609	ACTION REQUEST: FUNDING TO CONTINUE NATO-RUSSIA [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Russia, Allies, contributing partners, and recipient countries enthusiastically support the continuation of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) 2006-07 pilot project to train counter-narcotics officials in Central Asia and Afghanistan in 200 [...]	2007-11-19 12:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO610	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING ALLIES ON ISAF FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Given the disappointing results during NATO's November 6-8 Global Force Generation Conference (GFGC),Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) joins me in asking Washington to turn up the political heat on those Allies whom we believe could do more to help fill the International [...]	2007-11-19 13:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO613	NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...]	2007-11-21 17:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO615	CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...]	2007-11-23 15:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS
07USNATO616	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE reported that November through February historically has been a period of reduced activity by Opposing Militant Forces (OMF),but OMF would likely seek to retain a high op tempo in limited areas. Ambassador Nuland noted that she had [...]	2007-11-23 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF

07USNATO62	PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...]	2007-02-02 08:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK
07USNATO621	NAC-PSC MEETING ON THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Richard Wightman (US) and EUFOR Operation Althea Commander Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer (Germany) briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council and EU Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC) on the situation in Bosnia and [...]	2007-11-28 16:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL BK EU
07USNATO623	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that the first draft of the Autumn 2007 ISAF Periodic Mission Review has been sent to the Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault noted that SHAPE,s PRT initiatives are being [...]	2007-11-29 19:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO624	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met on September 14th 2007 and October 11th 2007 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Both meetings were co-chaired by senior representatives of the United States and of Poland. 2. (C) A paper entitled &Maritime Int [...]	2007-11-30 15:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO625	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met in plenary session at NATO HQ on November 14. The committee was co-chaired by Mr. Joseph Benkert (PDASD/OSD/GSA) of the United States and Mr. Cezary Lusinski (MOD) of Poland. Associated with this month's Plenary, the DGP [...]	2007-11-30 15:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO630	NRC: RUSSIA AND ALLIES WORLDS APART ON BOSNIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) discussion of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Russian MFA,s Third European Department, Vadim Gorelov, appeared as a surprise guest speaker and accused High Representative Lajcak of "misusing" the Bonn powers to fu [...]	2007-12-06 15:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RU
07USNATO632	UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS [...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...]	2007-12-11 14:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO
07USNATO636	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up efforts to hold Musa Qala are implemented across the civil-military spectrum. Ambass [...]	2007-12-14 10:48:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO637	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted due to an error in the reftel number. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up eff [...]	2007-12-14 11:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO640	HLTF: NATO ALLIES READY TO STAY THE COURSE ON CFE [...] (C) At the December 14 HLTF all NATO Allies - without exception - called for a continuation of NATO,s unified response to Russia,s unilateral actions on CFE and urged that the U.S. keep its "parallel actions" package on the table for negotiation with Russia. Praise for U.S. efforts to date wa [...]	2007-12-17 19:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS
07USNATO647	SPS MEETING [...] (U) Summary: NATO held its annual SPS meeting October 19 in Brussels. A U.S. expert briefed on developments for explosives stand-off detection techniques. The Committee discussed finding alternative funding for the Virtual Silk Highway project. There was no objection to the U.S. Commercia [...]	2007-12-20 11:26:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT NATO PREL TSPL
07USNATO648	RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING - [...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...]	2007-12-20 15:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USNATO649	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 19, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 18:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO71	PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...]	2007-02-06 12:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PREL MARR PK
07USNATO72	USNATO NOMINATIONS FOR MARCH 26-27 CONFERENCE IN [...] Per reftel, USNATO nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Ambassador Martin [...]	2007-02-06 15:06:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS EAID PINS PROP PTER KISL AF
07USNATO76	MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL [...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...]	2007-02-07 10:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PREL MARR ML
07USNATO79	NATO-INDIA TO ESTABLISH DEPUTY-LEVEL POINTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest development of NATO's Global Partnerships initiative, NATO and India have agreed to establish points of contact at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary General. NATO D/SYG Rizzo will likely visit New Delhi for consultations. End Summary. 2. [...]	2007-02-08 06:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR IN
07USNATO82	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 7, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Departing COMISAF LTG Richards highlighted NATO accomplishments and remaining challenges, including: continued force shortfall, the need for reconstruction, development and governance to keep pace with Afghan expectations, and the importance of driving a wedge b [...]	2007-02-08 13:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO87	RFG: UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO AHTISAARI'S [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, February 15. 2. (C) On Friday, February 16 UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari will come to NATO to consult with and brief an expanded meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) including non-NATO KFOR contributing countries o [...]	2007-02-12 14:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL
07USNATO89	USNATO WELCOMES JAMES STARKEY FOR VCC EXPERTS [...] Mission welcomes Mr. James Stakey to Brussels for the February 12-13 VCC Meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel rese [...]	2007-02-12 16:03:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM UP
07USNATO92	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 January 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed policy guidance from t [...]	2007-02-14 11:35:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
07USNATO94	WELCOME TO USNATO FOR HONORABLE JOHN TANNER AND [...] Mission welcomes the visit of Representative John Tanner(D-TN),Chairman, House NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and traveling party: -Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner -Honorable Dennis Moore and Mrs. Stephene Moore -Honorable Mike Ross and Mrs. Holly Ross -Honorable Ben Chandler [...]	2007-02-14 16:41:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC NATO USEU OECD BEXP
07USNATO95	SUBJECT: BACKGROUNDER FOR NATO PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) We look forward to your visit to Brussels, where your presence will remind Allies once again of the strong Congressional support for the Alliance. Today, NATO is conducting operations on three continents bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and the Balkans, while supporting peac [...]	2007-02-14 17:26:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR NATO OREP PREL PTER
07USNATO98	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) stressed the immediate need to get ISAF X HQ fully staffed. SHAPE MG Stein detailed ISAF operational successes and plans. UK noted that the jury is still out on Musa Qala, though it believes that Taiban influence is wanin [...]	2007-02-15 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO99	FOLLOW-UP REQUEST FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO BLACK [...] Per Ref A, USNATO reports there are no outstanding expenses related to Black ICE. 2. Per Ref B, the airfare charged against the fiscal data for three NATO participants was 886.20 Euros for Mr. Axel Angeley; 856.49 Euros for Mr. Carsten Fausboll; and 856.45 Euros for Mr. Ayhan Batur. OLSON [...]	2007-02-15 16:12:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC PTER TBIO
07USOSCE453	OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT [...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...]	2007-12-06 12:21:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL
07USOSCE9	OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...]	2007-01-13 18:57:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF
07USUNNEWYORK1049	SIXTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS 14 ITEMS AND CONCLUDES [...] On November 19, 2007, the Sixth Committee adopted without a vote 12 draft resolutions and two draft decisions, thereby concluding the consideration of its agenda for the 62nd UNGA session. Per reftels, USUN joined consensus in the adoption of these resolutions. The resolutions will be present [...]	2007-11-20 18:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1128	SYG BAN ON AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, SUDAN, BURMA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with AMB Khalilzad on December 5, SYG Ban said he is ready to accommodate the U.S. on Paddy Ashdown's candidacy as SRSG for Afghanistan, but could not accept a dual UN-NATO appointment. Ban agreed to issue a statement urging the Lebanese to move forward wit [...]	2007-12-05 21:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1158	FM MILOSOSKI STRESSES MACEDONIAN POSITION ON NAME [...] (SBU) On December 11, Macedonian FM Antonio Milososki stressed to Ambassador Khalilzad that he hoped Macedonia would be accepted into NATO at the April summit in Bucharest. He said Macedonia had doubled its troop level in Iraq and is making other important contributions to global security. O [...]	2007-12-12 23:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MK
07USUNNEWYORK1170	NATO SEEKS COOPERATION WITH 1540 COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General Martin Erdmann (Germany) delivered the first NATO briefing to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 ("1540 Committee") on December 11. Erdmann said 1540 issues were a central part of NATO counter-proliferation efforts [...]	2007-12-14 18:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNSC PREL KPAO PTER KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK1208	SECURITY COUNCIL DIVIDED ON KOSOVO, BUT IS IT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 19 UN Security Council session, Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called for open-ended negotiations on Kosovo's future political status, insisting that any other means of resolving the issue would violate UNSCR 1244 and the UN Charter. Kosovo President Sejdiu declar [...]	2007-12-26 15:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KV UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK1211	DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO CONCERNED ABOUT UNAMID WEAKNESS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At a December 17 working lunch at UN Headquarters, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean Marie Guehenno reviewed problems with the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur (UNAMID). Guehenno said that he continued to be concerned about TCC s [...]	2007-12-26 18:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS KV AF
07USUNNEWYORK1217	EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 62ND UNGA [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador James Gadsden, who served as Senior Area Adviser for Eastern European Affairs to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) Summary: Most Eastern European states generally supported US priority objectives for the Fall session of the 62nd UNGA [...]	2007-12-26 20:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA AA AM BK BU CY EN GG GR HR
07USUNNEWYORK122	SE AHTISAARI AND AMBASSADOR WOLFF STRATEGIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting Special Envoy Ahtisaari and Acting Permrep Wolff discussed the way ahead on the Kosovo status process including taking Ahtisaari's package to the Security Council and work that will follow. Wolff explained that the Russians were continuing to play for ti [...]	2007-02-12 17:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK215	SLOVAKIA WILL NOT DISCUSS STATUS ISSUES DURING [...] (C) On March 14, USUN Political Minister-Counselor William Brencick met with Slovak Political Coordinator Michal Mlynar to deliver reftel points regarding the scheduled March 21 UNSC meeting on UNMIK. Brencick emphasized that we hoped for a strong statement of support for Ahtisaari and his p [...]	2007-03-17 00:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK3	USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]	2007-01-05 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK352	KOSOVO AT UNSC: RUSSIANS ARGUE FOR DELAY LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad suggested to Russian PermRep Churkin on May 4 that the just-concluded Security Council trip to Kosovo seems to have established a solid Council majority in favor of the Ahtisaari package leading to independence for Kosovo. The ambassador framed the Kosovo iss [...]	2007-05-07 13:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK499	(ICTY) YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary: In a farewell call, ICTY Prosecutor Carla del Ponte described her work and plans for the months between now and September when her resignation from the Tribunal takes effect. Earlier she told the Security Council that, "the fact that four persons remain at large, in particular, [...]	2007-06-20 15:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY KAWC KJUS SR XH MW
07USUNNEWYORK522	CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS [...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...]	2007-06-25 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK544	PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...]	2007-07-03 12:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK564	SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]	2007-07-11 11:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK595	SECURITY COUNCIL PUTS KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON HOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following an hour of closed Security Council consultations during which Russia made clear an intent to veto the latest draft resolution on Kosovo if it were brought to a vote, sponsors of the resolution announced to the press that they would "put on hold discussions of a new reso [...]	2007-07-20 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK751	SERBIAN PERMREP SEEMS TO BACK OFF FROM TOUGH [...] (C) On September 11, Serbian Permrep Pavle Jevremovic met with Ambassador Wolff in the wake of Prime Minister Kostunica's statement to members of the Security Council (e-mailed to Department) that had called on them "to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia from the US p [...]	2007-09-13 20:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSC KV YI PREL
07USUNNEWYORK840	UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]	2007-10-09 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK862	SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...]	2007-10-12 23:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK918	U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK, [...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...]	2007-10-25 20:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR
07VATICAN161	RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS GATHER TO ADVANCE WORLD [...] (U) Religious and political leaders from around the world convened in Naples under the auspices of a Catholic non-governmental organization for three days of dialogue and debate on a broad range of issues under the overall theme of "A World without Violence". Among the participants were heads [...]	2007-11-07 10:16:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF EC IS VT
07VIENNA1016	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR GUSENBAUER [...] (C) In a cordial one-hour meeting with Ambassador McCaw on April 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said that the Balkans would remain Austria's top foreign policy priority. In particular, his government was committed to a robust participation in a prospective EU ESDP mission in Kosovo to implem [...]	2007-04-18 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU PTER IZ AF YI
07VIENNA1176	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 07, 2007 [...] Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen and Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) will be interviewed by the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase deal today. The committee will also demand that Darabos provide them with a copy of the expert opinion asse [...]	2007-05-07 13:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1218	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 10, 2007 [...] The parliamentary investigative committee looking into the purchase of Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces will hold the next round of hearings today. A key figure in the affair is due to appear before the committee: Erhard Steininger, a lobbyist for the EADS consortium, who has been a [...]	2007-05-10 13:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1260	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 14, 2007 [...] Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) will appear before the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the Austrian Eurofighter purchase today. Topping the agenda are once again the interceptor deal's tax files, large parts of which were redacted by the Finance M [...]	2007-05-14 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1350	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 22, 2007 [...] The Austrian Press Agency reported yesterday that US Ambassador to Austria Susan McCaw opened the American Corner (ACI) at Innsbruck University's Institute for American Studies on Monday. Austrian Press Agency APA reported on the opening of the American Corner Innsbruck, which aims at "emphasiz [...]	2007-05-22 13:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1666	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 21, 2007 [...] EU heads of government are preparing to meet in Brussels today to discuss a treaty to help the union work more effectively. A draft tabled by Germany recommends deep reforms, but not a constitution - an idea rejected by French and Dutch voters two years ago. Whether progress can be made at the [...]	2007-06-21 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA167	KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...]	2007-01-24 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU
07VIENNA180	AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...]	2007-01-25 13:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU
07VIENNA1881	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 16, 2007 [...] All Austrian media give prominent coverage to the major civil trial, which is set to begin in a Vienna court today. Nine people are facing charges of breach of trust, fraud and false accounting in connection with speculation losses incurred by the formerly union-owned bank Bawag. Those on trial [...]	2007-07-16 13:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1917	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 19, 2007 [...] When questioned by presiding judge Claudia Bandion-Ortner how bank Bawag came to lose around 1.4 billion Euros in currency speculations in the late 1990s, former bank CEO Helmut Elsner blamed his co-defendant, investment banker Helmut Floettl. Losses incurred prior to 1998 were the result of "b [...]	2007-07-19 12:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA200	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 26, 2007 [...] Unlike Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer (SPOe),Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer has harshly criticized FPOe boss Heinz-Christian Strache's "war games pictures." Such images, Molterer underscored, "could not simply be dismissed as some foolish action" Strache committed as a youth. Similarly, should [...]	2007-01-26 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2204	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: August 24, 2007 [...] The leader of the Freedom Party (FPOe),Heinz-Christian Strache, has acknowledged that he had contacts with the German neo-Nazi group Wiking Jugend, which was banned in 1994. ORF television quotes Strache as stressing that he was never a member and that he was last in touch with the group in 19 [...]	2007-08-24 12:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2414	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 14, 2007 [...] A recent survey carried out by the University of Vienna's Institute of Sociology has revealed that the majority of second-generation Muslims living in Austria rejects and condemns violence as a tool to spread their faith. In addition, 77 percent of the interviewees have distanced themselves fro [...]	2007-09-14 13:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2486	NOTE VERBAL FROM AUSTRIAN MFA REGARDING IRAQI [...] (U) Embassy has received a Diplomatic Note (Text in para 3) from the Austrian Foreign Ministry with a request for information regarding the terms and conditions of employment for translators employed by U.S. military forces in Austria. The request arises from the case of an unnamed applicant f [...]	2007-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL
07VIENNA2489	AUSTRIA, ESDP, AND BATTLEGROUPS: ANOTHER CHALLENGE [...] (C) Austria's expected early November final cabinet decision to assign troops to EU battlegroups has already prompted one dust-up between the Defense and Foreign Ministries, with FonMin Plassnik opposing DefMin Darabos' statement that Austrian troops could only deploy on an EU mission under a [...]	2007-09-26 08:51:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EU AU
07VIENNA262	COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on February 2 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Benedict said Austria is very concerned about the negative humanitarian impact of cluster munitions (CMs) and e [...]	2007-02-05 15:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO AU
07VIENNA266	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 05, 2007 [...] The Eurofighter controversy continues to occupy Austrian politicians and media. Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer (OeVP) has once again defended the purchase of the planes and emphasized that former Minister of Defense and now Interior Minister G\|nther Platter had acted correctly. In this asses [...]	2007-02-06 11:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2845	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 23, 2007 [...] The opposition Freedom Party (FPOe) leader Heinz-Christian Strache has called for the resignation of Defense Minister Norbert Darabos over the latter's decision to have Austrian soldiers deployed to Chad on a peacekeeping mission. Referring to a recent internal Defense Ministry report describin [...]	2007-11-23 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA304	AUSTRIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met with Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political Military Affairs, to present ref (a) points on next steps on Afghanistan. 2. (C) Hajnoczi reiterated ref (b) message that Austria does not have the capacity to enhance its military presence in [...]	2007-02-08 13:37:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF AU
07VIENNA350	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 12, 2007 [...] Controversies and conflicts have been dominating the climate in the SPOe/OeVP coalition since it took office a month ago. Any major issue seems to have the potential so split the coalition partners: privatization, elderly care, pension reform or environmental issues. The SPOe suspects the OeVP [...]	2007-02-12 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA370	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR'S [...] (C) 1. SUMMARY: Bernhard Wrabetz, the Diplomatic Advisor to new Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, told DCM and visiting EUR/AGS Director Moon that the Chancellor's foreign policy will feature marked continuity with his predecessor's. Austria will continue to work through the EU and mu [...]	2007-02-13 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA510	AUSTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST [...] (C) On February 26, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, and to MFA Middle East A/S SIPDIS Ralph Scheide. DCM asked for Austrian understanding of and support for the U.S. plans to deploy missile defense assets in Poland and the Czech Republic. DCM stressed [...]	2007-02-28 11:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AU
07VIENNA583	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 06, 2007 [...] Following a call for the introduction of a tax on kerosene by Minister for the Environment Josef Proell, Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer has also spoken in favor of such a move. It would be a "politically sensible" measure with regard to climate protection goals, and could [...]	2007-03-06 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA756	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 23, 2007 [...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos met with Eurofighter boss Aloysius Rauen to discuss the contract to purchase 18 jets for the Austrian armed forces. The time and place of the meeting was kept secret. It is believed that the talks aimed at finding ways to reduce the cost of the aircraf [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA773	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 26, 2007 [...] Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPOe) is still confident he has legal grounds for a cancellation of the Eurofighter purchase contract. A complete backing-out of the deal continues to be "our number one priority," he stressed on Austrian television. "Intensive negotiations" to that effect will [...]	2007-03-26 14:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA807	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 28, 2007 [...] Gernot and Erika Rumpold, owners of the public relations firm which has been in charge of promoting the Eurofighter, told the parliamentary committee looking into the interceptor purchase deal that it was "not uncommon" for a press conference to cost 96,000 Euros, which the committee has called [...]	2007-03-28 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA974	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 13, 2007 [...] Although he had dismissed such a move earlier, emphasizing he was "loyal to the coalition," Defense Minister Norbert Darabos now says he no longer rules out his party, the Social Democrats (SPOe) could be "going it alone," if a decision is made to withdraw from the contract to purchase 18 Eurof [...]	2007-04-13 13:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VILNIUS129	LITHUANIA SANGUINE ABOUT ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) We met with Ambassador-at-Large Gediminas Serksnys February 20 to encourage the GOL to demarche Iceland against the withdrawal of its mobile patrol team from Afghanistan at the end of April 2007. Serksnys expressed only mild disappointment at the loss of the Mobile Liaison Observation Tea [...]	2007-02-23 13:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO
07VILNIUS142	RUSSIA: LITHUANIA'S FAVORITE ANXIETY [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's relationship with Russia continues to affect Lithuania's foreign policy and much of its domestic politics. Fifteen years after independence, Lithuania is still a teenager, struggling -- sometimes rashly -- to demonstrate its independence. Nevertheless, most Lithuani [...]	2007-02-28 10:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH RU EUN
07VILNIUS281	LITHUANIA: READY FOR NATO HLG MAY 3 MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO MNUC NPG LH
07VILNIUS309	LITHUANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) We have been working intensely with the GOL to maintain the Lithuanian troop presence in Multinational Division South East (MND-SE) since the February announcements of British and Danish troop drawdowns from Basra. Following what appeared to be internal wrangling over what Lithuania's nex [...]	2007-05-03 08:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LH
07VILNIUS393	LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS HELP IN [...] (C) On May 28, Ambassador Cloud and Defense Attache met with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas (other issues discussed to be provided septel). Olekas requested U.S. help in getting Lithuanian Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) certified by NATO. He said that some of Lithuania's [...]	2007-06-01 11:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH AF
07VILNIUS449	(C) LITHUANIA MAY PLACE CAVEAT ON FORCES DEPLOYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania may be forced to place a caveat related to Close Air Support on special forces personnel scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in July. Lithuania does not have Joint Terminal Air Controllers (JTACs) who are certified for NATO air-to-ground operations. DAO and ODC are work [...]	2007-06-15 13:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	MOPS MARR MCAP AF LH
07VILNIUS511	LITHUANIA DECIDES TO KEEP PLATOON IN IRAQ, WILL [...] (C) Summary: On July 9, President Adamkus told the Ambassador that Lithuania will meet its commitments in Iraq. He explained that decisions by the Danes and the British to reduce their presence in MNF-southeast forced the Lithuanians to do some restructuring of their presence. President Adamku [...]	2007-07-12 07:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS542	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN [...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...]	2007-08-01 08:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS595	LITHUANIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON ADAPTED [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to Algis Dabkus, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA. Dabkus expressed surprise at the fast-paced timeline. He said that the GOL has always been willing to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty once the Istanbul Commitments are met. 2. (C) Dabkus [...]	2007-08-20 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL LH
07VILNIUS629	U.S.-BALTIC A/CFE MEETING IN VILNIUS, AUGUST 30 [...] (C) Summary: U.S. HLTF Representative Deputy Assistant Secretary Karin L. Look led CFE consultations with Estonia, SIPDIS Latvia, and Lithuania on August 29 and 30, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 29 August with Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis and on 30 August with all three Baltic [...]	2007-09-07 05:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE PARM PREL ZB RS
07VILNIUS791	LITHUANIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. We have conducted an assessment of the legal and political challenges posed to Lithuania by the expiration of a UN Chapter VII mandate per ref A. We conclude that the GOL will not raise any legal concerns, but we believe the political opponents of participation in Iraq will use t [...]	2007-11-02 15:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ LH
07VILNIUS829	LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON GEORGIA FOR NOVEMBER 19 [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's focus for the November 19 GAERC will be Georgia. FM Vaitiekunas plans to try to convince other EU members that Georgia needs more support now, not less. He will push for a statement urging other countries not to intervene in Georgia's domestic political affairs. On [...]	2007-11-16 16:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG IR PK BM LH
07WARSAW1098	YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...]	2007-05-11 16:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1218	START OF MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN POLAND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation began negotiations on a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) agreement with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski. The Poles outlined specific concerns with the U.S. draft BMD agreement. However, they stres [...]	2007-05-25 10:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1221	POLAND-IRAQ: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga called Ambassador in on Friday, May 25, to discuss the changes in the leadership structure of the Multi-National Division Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq, in particular the decision to create a new command (MND-C) that would assume command of MND-CS elemen [...]	2007-05-25 15:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG
07WARSAW1265	POLES ADVISED AGAINST MANPADS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, advising that Poland not sell MANPADS to Georgia, to Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki on May 29. Chomicki appreciated hearing the U.S. position, but politely cautioned that, "This decision rests with the highest authorities in Poland." As if to pre [...]	2007-05-31 14:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1295	POLES OPPOSE RUSSIAN AGENDA FOR CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff, Polish MFA's expert on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, Mieczyslaw Kozinski, labeled Russia's agenda "a non-starter," and called for "NATO solidarity" to oppose Russian goals for the 12-15 June Extraordinary Conference under t [...]	2007-06-04 14:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL PL
07WARSAW1331	CFE EXTRA CONFERENCE: U.S. THINKING POINTS [...] On the morning of June 6, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on CFE Extraordinary Conference Preparations to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Head of Regional Security Policy, MFA. As per instructions contained in Calvin Peterson's June 5 e-mail with subject line "Urgent: Instructions to NATO posts for del [...]	2007-06-06 14:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07WARSAW1430	MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND'S PLAN FOR JUNE 25 TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, Robert Kupiecki, Director of Security Policy, Polish MFA, briefed DCM and Poloff on Poland's plan for the June 25 Missile Defense (MD) negotiations in Washington D.C. Kupiecki cautioned that, despite earlier indications, Poland would not present counter drafts of the [...]	2007-06-21 17:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW1521	POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 11:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL
07WARSAW163	KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE: POLAND FULLY ON BOARD [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Kosovo status timeline on January 18 to Piotr Siebeneichen, Chief of the Balkans Division in the MFA Europe Department. Siebeneichen said the Polish and U.S. positions were nearly identical; Poland strongly supported Un Special Envy Ahtis [...]	2007-01-26 10:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PL
07WARSAW165	POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...]	2007-01-26 11:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL
07WARSAW166	POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...]	2007-01-26 11:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL
07WARSAW1748	POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...]	2007-08-13 09:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1786	SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND [...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...]	2007-08-17 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL

07WARSAW1793	MISSILE DEFENSE: POLES DELIVER DRAFT SITE AGREEMENT [...] (C) On August 20, Andrzej Kremer, Director of the Legal and Treaty Department, Polish MFA, delivered Poland's counter-draft of the Missile Defense basing agreement along with amplifying comments to DCM. He was careful to describe how this document fits into the broader scope of our bilateral [...]	2007-08-20 15:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW181	POLAND-EU: POLISH FM FOTYGA'S VIEWS ON JANUARY [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered Ref B and C pre-GAERC demarches January 17 to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director of the MFA EU Department. Herczynski was unable to coordinate a response within the MFA before the January 22 GAERC. However, Post provides below post-GAERC comments by FM Fotyga at a Ja [...]	2007-01-26 16:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EUN PL
07WARSAW1817	POLISH INSIGHT ON THE NEW AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff on August 9, Krzysztof Debnicki, Afghanistan Desk Officer at Polish MFA, expressed support for the new U.S. policy and, to assist our preparation, offered the following rhetorical questions: - When compensating farmers who forsake poppy production, [...]	2007-08-23 15:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF
07WARSAW1820	DEMARCHE REQUEST: POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY [...] Embassy Economic counselor presented reftel points on August 23 to Darek Manczyk, official responsible for aviation affairs in the Polish Foreign Ministry Office of UN System and Global Affairs. Manczyk said that Poland has a policy of supporting EU and NATO members for the boards of interna [...]	2007-08-24 10:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR EINV PL
07WARSAW1886	POLAND AHEAD OF U.S. ON SUPPORTING GEORGIA AT OSCE [...] (C) On September 5, Poloff demarched Elzbieta Beziuk of Polish MFA on supporting Georgia at the September 6 OSCE meeting (ref a). After offering Poland's complete cooperation at the September 6 meeting, Beziuk turned the tables and expressed three Polish aspirations on Georgia issues. One, [...]	2007-09-05 13:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OSCE PL
07WARSAW1930	POLAND-NATO/GEORGIA: GOP AN ACTIVE PROPONENT OF [...] (C) On the margins of September 6-7 U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations, Pol External Chief shared reftel points on the NAC visit to Georgia (including points intended for "cool" and cold" posts) with MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki, who fully agreed with the U.S. position tha [...]	2007-09-12 13:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG PL RS
07WARSAW1938	POLAND:MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, ROUND THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S John C. Rood's U.S. delegation conducted a productive third round of negotiations on Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) with Poland's team headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on September 6-7 in Warsaw. The two sides exchanged views on the strategic context of [...]	2007-09-13 08:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW2003	AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AT ISSUE IN POLAND'S NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish military participation in Afghanistan and Iraq has become an issue in the snap elections set for October 21 (REF A),with leading opposition party Civic Platform (PO) expressing doubts about continuing deployments. Defense Minister Aleksander Szczyglo has recommended that [...]	2007-09-25 12:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
07WARSAW2104	CFE: POLAND SUPPORTS PARALLEL ACTION, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Poland supports the U.S. proposal for parallel action on the A/CFE but has noted that since the Russians labeled it "insufficient" there is no basis for Poland to pursue ratification at this time. On October 11, in the wake of the of the informal CFE seminar held by all 30 state parties O [...]	2007-10-16 09:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE PL
07WARSAW2136	URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...]	2007-10-22 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL
07WARSAW2142	CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LEAVE IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: With their victory clear, Civic Platform (PO) leaders are making public statements on a wide range of foreign policy objectives, including their party's position on Polish deployment in Iraq. Reflecting widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, PO consistently has ca [...]	2007-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW2188	POLAND'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland faces significant political and legal obstacles to continuing its Iraq deployment beyond 2008, especially without an applicable United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR). Civic Platform (PO),which won the October 21 parliamentary elections and is certain to form [...]	2007-11-02 16:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL
07WARSAW2243	ADDRESSING POLISH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER GAGOR'S NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although reactions vary in intensity, Poland,s foreign and security affairs community is clearly disappointed over the November 14 defeat of Polish Chief of the General Staff Gen. Franciszek in his bid to become Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC). A significant minorit [...]	2007-11-15 16:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PL
07WARSAW2274	PM TUSK WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: As expected, PM Donald Tusk won a vote of confidence in the Polish Sejm on November 24, winning 238 votes (230 are necessary). Tusk presented his governmental expose to the Sejm on November 23, outlining an ambitious agenda that includes health sector reform, infrastructure imp [...]	2007-11-27 16:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2361	AMBASSADOR THOMAS SCHWEICH'S DECEMBER 3 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) On 3 December, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, United States Coordinator for Afghan Counternarcotics and Justice Reform and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, briefed a roundtable of Polish government officials on the new U.S. five pillar st [...]	2007-12-12 12:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNAR PGOV PL PREL
07WARSAW2368	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO [...] (C) In response to Poloff's deliver of reftel demarche, Andrzej Suda of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, underscored Poland's support for the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) and urged immediate action to counter the growing momentum of the Oslo process. Suda noted that Oslo [...]	2007-12-13 14:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO
07WARSAW2395	POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...]	2007-12-19 10:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
07WARSAW691	POLAND-GERMANY: (C-RE7-00514) MERKEL'S SPRING [...] (U) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 16-17 visit to Poland was deemed a great success by both sides, and could prove an important step in warming previously frosty bilateral relations (reftel). By declaring opposition to the claims of German WWII expellees on Polish land Merkel earned [...]	2007-03-20 15:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ENRG PL GM
07WELLINGTON146	NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The GNZ understands the pressures for more resources in Afghanistan and will review carefully our request for additional NATO/ISAF commitments. Current NZ Defence Force (NZDF) deployments to Afghanistan will likely be extended through September 2009, but GNZ will probably not i [...]	2007-02-15 21:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON442	GNZ ON NATO/ISAF REQUESTS [...] (C) Acting DCM and A/P-E couns delivered reftel request to Paul Ash, Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We conveyed Washington's appreciation for New Zealand's continued positive role in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Ash sa [...]	2007-06-15 01:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF NZ
07WELLINGTON496	DEMARCHE FOR LEBANESE ARMED FORCES: TRANSFERRING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 05:49:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
07WELLINGTON646	YOUR VISIT AND EXPANDING US-NZ COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Since your last visit to New Zealand, we have seen an unprecedented improvement in dialogue and cooperation between the United States and New Zealand on a range of security and foreign policy objectives, culminating in the successful visit of New Zealand PM Clark [...]	2007-08-30 05:09:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL US NZ
07WELLINGTON785	A/S HILL REVIEWS REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (S) Summary. During an October 19 stopover in Auckland, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill met MFAT Secretary Simon Murdoch to review regional and bilateral issues. They agreed that the Pacific Islands Forum had produced good results, holding the line on elections in Fiji and RAMSI in the Solomons. P [...]	2007-10-30 00:22:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	PHUM PREL KN NZ US
07YEREVAN1135	ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1-12, 2007 [...] TABLE OF CONTENTS POLITICAL NEWS: -- FM: Armenia ready for an "effective political dialogue" with NATO, will double Kosovo contingent by year's end -- "Inauguration" Day in "NKR" -- Air Tax to take flight? -- Be careful with that!: GOAM reaction to more Turkish "reconstructions" [...]	2007-09-12 07:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV AM TU
07YEREVAN1241	SCENESETTER FOR PM SERZH SARGSIAN'S WASHINGTON [...] (C) Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian's visit to Washington October 17-23 is his chance to see and be seen with Washington leaders in the run-up to his February 2008 presidential election bid. With his extensive defense and security background, Sargsian now needs to show himself as a world leade [...]	2007-10-16 02:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP SERZH SARGSIAN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1251	DASD CAGAN RECEIVES QUALIFIED AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Cagan's Yerevan visit October 11 got positive signals from the Armenian government on doubling its Iraq contingent to 100 and taking on a new fixed-site security mission. Sargsian requested, however, that CDA Perina present the request directly to President Kocharian, who [...]	2007-10-17 06:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AM IZ
07YEREVAN132	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-JANUARY 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Expeditionary Medical Services (EMEDS) contingency hospital training conducted in Armenia on 31 Jan - 4 Feb 07. WIF funded personnel reform seminar coordinations on track. FMF AM-B-BAA Peacekeeping battalion equipment delivery not yet completed. NCO program development mee [...]	2007-02-06 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN133	NATO REVIEW PLEASED WITH ARMENIA IPAP PROGRESS, [...] (C) NATO international staffers gave Armenia high marks on implementation of their Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) during a February 2 briefing to Chiefs of NATO Missions in Yerevan. Frank Boland, NATO's Staff Director of Force Planning, said that the review was "very positive" and [...]	2007-02-07 08:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AM
07YEREVAN1333	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-October 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Letter of Request totaling $6.8M of FMF for Peacekeeping equipment and radios requested for Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade; Review of Armenian National Military Doctrine conducted; DASD Cagan visit; Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) still awaits State Dep [...]	2007-11-07 08:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1412	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-November 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Letter of Agreement (LOA) totaling $6.8M in FMF for Peacekeeping equipment and radios signed by ARM MOD; Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) approved; Letter of Request (LOR) received from ARM MOD requesting additional EDA trucks forwarded to USASAC; ARM M [...]	2007-12-07 06:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN1472	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-DECEMBER 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Joint Visual Inspection for Excess Defense Article (EDA) trucks conducted; EMEDS IPR conducted in San Antonio; ARM MOD cancels EDA UH-1H helicopter request; Dec SPP event postponed until Jan 08. 2. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. On 17-18 Dec 07 the ODC Chief and two repr [...]	2007-12-27 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN186	DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH DEFMIN SARGSIAN, [...] (C) During a February 16 meeting with Armenian Defense Minister Sargsian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Jim MacDougall praised Armenia's progress in defense reform, thanked Armenia for its contribution to coalition operations in Iraq, and encouraged Sargsian to consider sending a conti [...]	2007-02-22 10:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
07YEREVAN332	ARMENIA CELEBRATES NATO WEEK (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ITS [...] (SBU) Embassy Yerevan provided key support to ensure that Armenia's first "NATO Week," held March 12-16, was a success. The Week was launched with the NATO - Armenia Youth Educational Rally, featuring the departure of a NATO bus that traveled from one end of Armenia to the other giving present [...]	2007-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO NATO AM
07YEREVAN451	IVANOV'S ARMENIA VISIT: STUMPING FOR SARGSIAN? [...] (U) Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov's visit to Yerevan April 10-11 generated many of the routine media reports about economic cooperation and and Armenia's views on NATO that typically follow Russian visits to Armenia. Ivanov's meetings with new Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian [...]	2007-04-13 11:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
07YEREVAN720	HR DEFENDER'S OFFICE CREATES MILITARY POSITION [...] The Armenian government has created a new position within the office of Human Rights Defender (ombudsman) Armen Harutyunyan intended to follow up complaints of human rights abuses in the ranks of the Armenian military. The Ministry of Defense proposed the position to the ombudsman in late 200 [...]	2007-06-01 09:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MARR AM
07YEREVAN788	KOCHARIAN DEAD SET AGAINST ATTENDING BSEC SUMMIT [...] (C) On June 16, Charge raised the issue of Armenia's attendance at the upcoming BSEC Summit with President Kocharian. Kocharian said that there was "absolutely no way" he would consider attending. In fact, he would have preferred that FM Oskanian also skip the event, but relented under Oska [...]	2007-06-18 09:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE TU AM
07YEREVAN827	NATO OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON ARMENIA'S IPAP PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's special Caucasus representative found much to praise after his June 21-22 visit. Top Armenian officials affirmed strong political commitment to defense reform goals and the NATO relationship, and IPAP benchmarks are on or ahead of schedule. END SUMMARY 2. (C) TOU [...]	2007-06-27 11:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR NATO AM
07YEREVAN893	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-June 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) held in Wash DC; South Caucasus and Moldova Clearing House (SCMCH) conducted in Tbilisi; U.S. Assessment of Armenian English language program concluded; ODC escorts key MOD leaders to DLI in San Antonio; Letter of Agreement for Nuclear, [...]	2007-07-13 05:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07YEREVAN926	PRIME MINISTER UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sargsian hosted CDA and DCM to a private dinner July 18, for a long evening of vodka toasts and frank conversation, by way of welcome to CDA and farewell to DCM. The overarching message of the event was the Prime Minister's clear intent to sustain a close working r [...]	2007-07-20 10:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN998	SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT-ODC ARMENIA-July 2007 [...] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Large FMF equipment shipment for 12th Peacekeeping Battalion arrives; Received Defense Language Institute assessment of Armenian English language training programs; Armenian OIF contingent deploys; Awaiting Letter of Agreement for Excess Defense Articles (EDA) to be approved [...]	2007-08-07 10:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
07ZAGREB1011	NATO ROAD SHOW VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: USNATO PermRep Victoria Nuland led an inter-agency "NATO Road Show" visit to Zagreb on November 9. President Mesic, Prime Minister Sanader, Foreign Minister Kitarovic and Defense Minister Roncevic all expressed confidence to the U.S. delegation that Croatia was well-prepared for [...]	2007-11-15 09:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO HR
07ZAGREB1014	ELECTIONS 2007 - THE HDZ AT A GLANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of our series of pre-election reporting (REFS A and B),this cable looks at the prospects for the ruling HDZ to remain in power. Less than ten days before November 25 parliamentary (Sabor) elections, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) remains locked in a dead he [...]	2007-11-16 11:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1021	ELECTIONS 2007: PROFILE OF THE MAIN CHALLENGER -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable, part of our series (ref A) leading up Croatia's November 25 parliamentary elections, looks at the prospects for the opposition Social Democratic Party, the only serious challenger to the ruling HDZ. Having entered the election season confident it would oust the HDZ, t [...]	2007-11-20 08:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB1028	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 [...] (U) In order to ensure broader distribution to potential readers, Embassy Zagreb is changing the format of its previous email Activity Reports to a weekly cable wrap-up of events at Post in Croatia. Today's cable is the first edition. 2. (U) President Mesic Urges Belgrade to Stop Fomentin [...]	2007-11-21 16:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1029	ELECTIONS 2007: WHEN DOES A WIN BECOME A VICTORY? [...] (SBU) This cable is the final one in Post's series of pre-election reports leading up to Croatia's November 25 parliamentary (Sabor) elections. Polls indicate Croatia's November 25 elections are too close to call. One certainty is that neither of the two largest parties -- the ruling Croatia [...]	2007-11-23 14:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB103	OSCE ZAGREB PLANS CLOSURE BY END OF 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: OSCE Zagreb Deputy Head of Mission (and retired FSO) Todd Becker briefed DCM January 22 on plans to bring the substantive work of the Mission to a close by December 31, 2007. HOM Jorge Fuentes was convinced that with a concerted push by both the OSCE and the Croati [...]	2007-01-30 12:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE HR
07ZAGREB1032	CROATIAN RESPONSE ON BILATERAL SOFA LANGUAGE [...] (U) Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic on November 22 sent a letter to the Ambassador stating her "belief" that the language regarding "other appropriate US control" of US personnel (proposed in reftel) and the subsequent explanations (provided in ref emails),is "appropriate...thus contributing to [...]	2007-11-23 15:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO HR
07ZAGREB1036	INITIAL RESULTS OF CROATIA'S ELECTIONS: RULING [...] (U) With 95 percent of precincts reporting, the unofficial results from Croatia's November 25 parliamentary elections show the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won 61 seats within Croatia, while the rival Social Democratic Party (SDP) won 56. The HDZ has also likely won 5 seats for repr [...]	2007-11-26 12:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1040	CODEL TANNER - CROATIA STOPS (FEB 21-24, 2008) [...] Embassy Zagreb welcomes the planned visit of CODEL Tanner to Croatia (Zagreb/Dubrovnik) February 21-24, 2008. 2. Embassy Zagreb control officer for this CODEL will be Political Officer Tom Selinger. (Office: 385-1-661-2260; Fax: 385-1-661-2178; Home: 385-1-467-4396; Cell: 385-91-455-1017; [...]	2007-11-28 11:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO AORC BE FR HR
07ZAGREB1047	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS GET UNDERWAY IN EARNEST: After the tight result in Croatia's Nov. 25 elections (REF A),the two major parties -- the ruling HDZ and the opposition SDP -- have begun a series of contacts with the handful of available smaller parties in an effort to attract the eleve [...]	2007-11-29 13:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1048	HDZ LOOKING MORE LIKELY TO FORM GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: SDP Vice-President Antunovic told the Ambassador on November 28 that her party still believes they "have a chance" to form the government, and have not given up. But other contacts, including SDP advisor Grdesic, increasingly indicate that it is more likely the HDZ w [...]	2007-11-29 14:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1060	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN HDZ AND HSS/HSLS GROUP: On December 3, the ruling HDZ began formal talks on a possible coalition agreement with the Croatian Peasants/Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSS/HSLS) group that holds eight parliamentarians. Initial meetings on December 3 [...]	2007-12-05 15:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT HR
07ZAGREB1068	PEASANT PARTY PERSPECTIVE ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) PolChief met with Stanko Grcic, Secretary General of the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS),to discuss on-going coalition negotiations between the HSS, its electoral partner the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). The HSS, with six seats in th [...]	2007-12-10 14:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1072	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT--DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, FINAL ELECTION RESULTS DUE DEC. 13: Due to minor irregularities in the first round on November 25, a handful of polling stations around Croatia had to re-run their vote on December 9. The number of voters was too small to have any impact on final results [...]	2007-12-12 15:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1094	CROATIAN ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN SPENDING FIGURES AND [...] Following the November 25 parliamentary elections in Croatia, Transparency International Croatia (TIH) and GONG, an election monitoring organization, have published their report on campaign spending. During the official campaign season 3 - 23 November, Croatian political parties spent more t [...]	2007-12-21 13:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1095	INAUGURAL MEETING OF CROATIA VISA WAIVER WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November, the Croatian MFA hosted the first meeting of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) Working Group. Embassy participants, including the DCM, Political Counselor, Consul, Econ Officer, and the RSO, presented the requirements for a country to be considered for inclusion in the V [...]	2007-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL KFRD HR
07ZAGREB122	CROATIA AND SLOVENIA AT ODDS OVER MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The long-standing dispute between Croatia and Slovenia over their maritime boundary flared up this week when the GOC renewed a 2001 concession to its national oil and gas company INA for exploration in the Northern Adriatic. With rhetoric that was more heated than usual in this [...]	2007-02-02 15:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT ENRG ECON HR SI REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB137	CROATIAN MINISTERS SUPPORT A-3 PROCESS IN TALLINN, OFFER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the February 5-6 ministerial meeting in Tallinn of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter members and observers with the three new Baltic NATO members, Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic expressed the GOC's strong determi [...]	2007-02-08 06:13:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB173	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NATO, PROPERTY RESTITUTION, [...] (SBU) Ambassador met July 13 with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to discuss Afghanistan, NATO, property restitution, and commercial issues. Their discussion of Kosovo and the Italy-Croatia dispute on Italian victims of Partisan atrocities during WWII are covered septel. NATO Preparations [...]	2007-02-15 14:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD CASC HR AF NATO KIDE
07ZAGREB193	MFA HIGHLIGHTS NATO PUBLIC EDUCATION PLAN AT JOINT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 14:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM PGOV PREL
07ZAGREB220	SEECP FOREIGN MINISTERS MOVE POSITIVELY ON STABILITY PACT [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The March 2 SEECP Foreign Ministers meeting in Zagreb saw positive movement on the Stability Pact transition process to a new SEECP-led regional cooperation framework. The Ministers approved a methodology for selecting both the new Secretary General and the location [...]	2007-03-06 07:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB258	CROATIA NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH MONTENEGRO [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since Montenegro's independence in 2006, Croatian leaders have moved quickly to normalize relations with Podgorica. This positive dialogue intensified in 2007 with official visits to Montenegro by PM Ivo Sanader and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and was capped [...]	2007-03-16 10:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC MW HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB265	NATO ROUNDTABLE REFLECTS ENTIRE NGO SPECTRUM [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Nearly 20 local NGOs and a dozen leading academics debated the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO candidacy at a March 13 roundtable organized by DEFIMI, a scientific research NGO focused on defense and security issues which receives some government funding. Participating NGO [...]	2007-03-19 14:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB395	NATO OUTREACH IN HIGH GEAR, CROATIAN PUBLIC [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After a slow start, the GoC's NATO public education campaign is moving into high gear. Head of MFA's NATO Office Neven Mikec highlighted the GoC's now crowded public outreach calendar with Embassy PolOff, PAO, and DATT at April 12 joint communications working group sessio [...]	2007-04-20 16:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO KPAO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB408	(C) CROATIAN PM CONSIDERS INVITING KARZAI [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Prime Minister Ivo Sanader told Ambassador April 25 that he was considering inviting Afghan President Karzai to the July 6-7 "Croatia Summit" - the second annual such conference with a Euro-Atlantic integration theme. PM Sanader and Croatian President [...]	2007-04-25 14:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO HR AF
07ZAGREB422	NEW FORWARD ON IRAQ: CROATIA'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While politically unable to make direct troop contributions to operations in Iraq, the GoC has offered weapons and training courses to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) (ref C),provides police trainers to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) [...]	2007-04-30 11:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB427	STABILITY PACT TRANSITION: SEECP AGREES ON RCC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Stability Pact-SEECP meetings April 24-25 in Zagreb yielded consensus on the final institutional documents related to the creation of the proposed Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) as the successor to the Stability Pact in early 2008. Consensus with respect to the nomination [...]	2007-05-02 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI
07ZAGREB431	END OF AN ERA: DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER AND FORMER PRIME [...] (U) Ivica Racan - the first and so far only President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP) -- died April 29 of cancer at the age of 63. Three weeks earlier, Racan resigned as SDP president, after his health took a turn for the worse. While his funeral will be a private event, hund [...]	2007-05-03 06:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB45	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JANUARY 26 INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Drawing on Ref A, the Ambassador discussed Afghanistan with Croatian Foreign Minister Grabar-Kitarovic on January 17. The Ambassador stressed the challenges that NATO would face with the spring thaw in Afghanistan and the importance of allies and partners delivering on promises made on A [...]	2007-01-17 15:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK HR
07ZAGREB46	CROATIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, accompanied by low inflation, a stable exchange rate and growth in the tourism sector. At the same time, the government has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy in an effort to [...]	2007-01-17 15:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
07ZAGREB460	ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAN FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met April 5 with Croatian PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic to exchange views on Croatia's NATO aspirations, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other regional issues. 2.(U) A/S Fried and Ambassador met April 5 with PM Ivo San [...]	2007-05-10 16:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN NATO HR YI BK OSCE
07ZAGREB507	PRESIDENT'S A-3 LUNCH SCENESETTER - SANADER [...] (C) Still enjoying the afterglow of his highly successful White House visit last October, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is very much looking forward to seeing President Bush again at the A-3 leaders lunch in Tirana June 10. The PM views his relationship with the President as key to Croatia's int [...]	2007-05-23 15:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR
07ZAGREB512	SOCIAL DEMOCRATS LINE UP TO LEAD PARTY INTO NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's Social Democratic Party (SDP) will choose a new leader at the June 2 party conference, to replace Ivica Racan, the former PM who died last month. The candidates are Zelka Antunovic, former deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister; Milan Bandic, current ma [...]	2007-05-25 10:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB546	MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY ELECTS YOUTHFUL NEW LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Zoran Milanovic is the new President of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia (SDP). A youthful 41 years old, this former diplomat defeated acting party president and former defense minister Zeljka Antunovic in the second round of voting by 828 to 675 votes of dele [...]	2007-06-04 15:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB551	CROATIAN PM SEEKS CLOSURE OF ZAGREB OSCE MISSION, [...] (C) MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic gave Ambassador May 31 a "confidential" non-paper (text para 8) advocating closure of the Croatia OSCE mission and proposing a mechanism to ensure that war crimes trials are monitored. 2. (C) The non-paper commits the GOC to fulfill remaining obliga [...]	2007-06-05 15:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE KAWC HR
07ZAGREB561	U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) Undersecretary Burns met with Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Turkish Economy Minister Babacan, Bulgarian PM Stanishev and Moldovan President Voronin May 10 and 11 on the margins of the Zagreb SEECP Summit. Macedonia --------- 2. (C) Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sought U/S [...]	2007-06-08 10:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE NATO HR MK TU BU MD
07ZAGREB565	U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns visited Zagreb May 10-11 to consult with Croatian leaders and attend the Summit of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (septel). He met with PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic, and had several bilatera [...]	2007-06-08 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR OSCE NATO HR YI BK SR
07ZAGREB603	SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] Post and resident EUCOM representative fully support the proposal in reftel to allot $325,000 of FY 07 1206 funding for Croatian Joint Deployment Interoperability and Readiness Training and English Language Training for Deployment. 2. The proposed Joint Deployment Interoperability and Readin [...]	2007-06-21 16:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL HR
07ZAGREB608	PRESIDENT OF MONTENEGRO VIEWS ON KEY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a relaxed June 22 lunch in Podgorica with Charge Barnes and visiting Ambassador Bradtke, Montenegro President Vujanovic discussed bilateral, regional, and domestic issues. Vujanovic, who had just returned from the Southeastern Europe Energy Summit in Zagreb, described Rus [...]	2007-06-26 15:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR MW
07ZAGREB618	CROATIA COMMITTED TO NATO REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff delivered ref A points during week of June 18 to FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Asst DefMin Igor Pokaz, and MFA NATO Office Director Neven Mikec respectively. GoC representatives were grateful for USG support and guidance and emphasized com [...]	2007-06-28 13:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB664	CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN [...] You are coming to Croatia at an exciting time, as this young nation prepares to take its place among democratic, free-market members of the Euro-Atlantic community with a level of freedom, security, and prosperity that were unimaginable fifteen years ago. Croatia will very likely receive an inv [...]	2007-07-11 10:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB669	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SANADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Prime Minister Sanader on the margins the of the "Croatia Summit," EUR Assistant Secretary Fried welcomed the Summit as evidence of Croatian leadership in Southeastern Europe. Sanader reviewed his efforts to gain support for the closure of the OSCE Missi [...]	2007-07-11 15:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG OSCE HR
07ZAGREB717	CODEL BEAN Visits Croatia [...] Summary: CODEL Bean visited Zagreb on 22-23 July and met with Croatian business, government, and parliamentary leaders. Discussion at most meetings focused on Croatia's leadership and stabilizing role in the region, Kosovo, future membership in NATO and the EU, its international contributions t [...]	2007-07-27 14:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB74	CROATIA SUPPORTS US OBJECTIVES FOR JANUARY 26 [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's conversation with Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (ref B) on the January 26 NATO meeting on Afghanistan, DCM raised USG ministerial goals (ref A) with Pjer Simunovic, Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Security, who [...]	2007-01-23 16:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO HR
07ZAGREB750	CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] You are coming to Croatia at an exciting time, as this young nation prepares to take its place among democratic, free-market members of the Euro-Atlantic community with a level of freedom, security, and prosperity that were unimaginable fifteen years ago. Croatia will very likely receive an in [...]	2007-08-08 13:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB752	KOSOVO NEXT STEPS -- CROATIAN REACTION [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Asst Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic in August 8 introductory call. Simunovic stressed GoC support for the strategy, pointing out that the GoC's overriding interests related to Kosovo's future are stability and the fu [...]	2007-08-09 12:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KV PREL YI UN EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB759	CROATIA PITCHES UNSC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During an August 7 introductory call, MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic briefed the DCM on Croatia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Simunovic said Croatia's unique political and cultural exper [...]	2007-08-14 11:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN HR
07ZAGREB763	CARDINAL MCCARRICK'S VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (SBU) Cardinal McCarrick,s very successful visit to Zagreb sent a strong message of continued United States engagement on Bosnia and reassured Croatian leaders that the U.S. is working with the Bosnian Croats as we seek move ahead on constitutional and police reform. 2. (SBU) In spite of th [...]	2007-08-16 11:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HR BK
07ZAGREB766	US CARDINAL REACHES OUT TO CROATS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The August 12-14 visit of Theodore McCarrick, Emeritus Cardinal of Washington, to Croatia reassured Croatian leaders that the U.S. is engaged in Bosnia and Herzegovina and interested in the situation of Croats there. McCarrick heard from Croatian leaders that Bosnia [...]	2007-08-17 15:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	HR CROATIA PGOV PHUM PREL
07ZAGREB789	FIXED-WING FIGHTERS: TIME TO ENGAGE CROATIANS ON [...] (C) Since my arrival just over a year ago, I have repeatedly stressed to GoC officials that, as a future NATO member, Croatia did not need to procure fixed-wing fighter aircraft. I, along with my DAO and ODC staff, have argued consistently that the GoC could rely on NATO partners for air poli [...]	2007-08-27 08:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB820	GOC TO APPROVE SOFA IN SEPTEMBER, BUT ASKS TO SIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke on September 6 with Hido Biscevic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor to PM Sanader. Biscevic said that Sanader had told him on September 5 that the Government would give final approval to the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SO [...]	2007-09-06 14:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR NATO
07ZAGREB916	NEW POLL SHOWS CONTINUED GROWTH IN NATO SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A poll contracted by the International Republican Institute (IRI) shows a continued rise in public support for NATO membership. In a Post-organized briefing to NATO-member embassies on October 2, IRI representatives highlighted a 10 percent increase in support for Croatia [...]	2007-10-04 15:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM
07ZAGREB941	DAS DICARLO'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MESIC [...] (C) EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo met with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on October 12. DAS DiCarlo praised Croatia's efforts to prepare for NATO membership, and noted that public opinion in favor of NATO was rising in Croatia, and that Mesic's personal support for NATO membership had played an [...]	2007-10-16 07:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR BH SR
07ZAGREB950	SCENESETTER FOR CROATIA'S NOVEMBER 25 PARLIAMENTARY [...] This is the first in a series of reports on Croatia's upcoming elections, providing a general overview of the issues central to the election. Further installments will discuss specific parties and issues in greater detail. 2. SUMMARY: As Croatia gears up for parliamentary elections tentati [...]	2007-10-17 12:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB953	CROATIA ADOPTS LEGISLATION ON DIRECT ELECTION OF MAYORS AND [...] On October 5, just one week before adjourning for the upcoming legislative elections, the Croatian Parliament (Sabor) passed a package of legislation providing for direct election of mayors, county prefects, and their deputies. Until now, these officials have been chosen by the members of the [...]	2007-10-18 11:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB954	REFERENDUM ON CROATIA'S ENTRY INTO NATO - NOT LEGALLY [...] SUMMARY: Real public debate on the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO membership has only just begun, but the campaign for the November 25 parliamentary elections has already produced promises of a NATO referendum from some Croatian opposition parties. While all parties in Parliament are pro-NATO [...]	2007-10-19 07:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB955	REFERENDUM ON CROATIA'S ENTRY INTO NATO - NOT LEGALLY [...] SUMMARY: Real public debate on the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO membership has only just begun, but the campaign for the November 25 parliamentary elections has already produced promises of a NATO referendum from some Croatian opposition parties. While all parties in Parliament are pro-NATO [...]	2007-10-19 07:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
07ZAGREB981	ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE CROATIAN ELECTIONS: IS 4X4 GREATER [...] SUMMARY: This is the second in our series (REF B) previewing issues and parties for Croatia's Nov. 25 parliamentary elections. With the vote less than a month away, Croatia's two main political parties are trying hard to draw distinctions on economic policy. Given the large degree of consensus [...]	2007-11-02 07:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV HR ELECTIONS
07ZAGREB990	ENGAGING THE CROATIANS ON THEIR UNSC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some key decisions affecting Croatia's UNSC membership, particularly on personnel, will have to await the outcome of Croatia's parliamentary elections on November 25, the basic lines of Croatia's approach are already becoming evident. We can expect President Mesic, who will [...]	2007-11-05 07:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC HR
07ZAGREB994	NATO ROADSHOW '07 -- CROATIA SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC feels confident approaching NATO's Bucharest Summit after repeated strong statements of support from President Bush and State Department officials (U/S Burns, A/S Fried) as well as positive feedback from Allies during presentation of their Annual National Progr [...]	2007-11-05 14:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM

08ABIDJAN279	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES IN COTE D'IVOIRE. [...] (SBU) Summary. The global price rise in basic foodstuff commodities is having a serious impact on Cote d'Ivoire, particularly the rise in rice prices. Imported rice has become substantially more expensive compared to its local competition in the past 18 months. The government has attempted [...]	2008-05-02 14:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL

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