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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09BEIJING3296	INITIAL CHINESE REBUFF OF INDIGENOUS INNOVATION [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Huntsman transmitted reftel demarche points under cover of a letter to the Ministers of MOST, MOF and the NDRC on December 9. Separately, emboffs on December 10 delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Finance (MOF) Deputy Director Ge [...]	2009-12-10 12:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI

09BEIJING3313	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...]	2009-12-11 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH
09BEIJING3314	MINORITY POLICY: XINJIANG RIOTS SPARK DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 riots in Xinjiang have sparked a heated debate over the merits of China's Soviet-style minority policy and system of autonomous regions. Beijing University sociologist and Communist Party ethnic policy advisor Ma Rong, according to several contacts, is leading the cha [...]	2009-12-11 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING3315	XINJIANG'S URUMQI STILL TENSE, BUT LESS SO [...] (C) Summary: The visit of PolOff to Xinjiang in early December revealed that the security posture in the capital city of Urumqi has relaxed somewhat but armed personnel from the People's Armed Police (PAP) continue to patrol the Uighur sector and other sensitive areas. While some residents e [...]	2009-12-11 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING332	FEBRUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY VISIT, MIDDLE [...] Key points at the February 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes Secretary Clinton's visit will "strengthen dialogue, increase mutual trust, broaden cooperation and push China-U.S. relations on a track of healthy and stable development." -- China "hopes U.S. Middle East policy can help ease [...]	2009-02-10 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA FR IR XF IT SA
09BEIJING3321	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RIGHTS [...] (C) The Ambassador met December 9 with five prominent Beijing-based human rights lawyers. The lawyers reported increased harassment and political pressure due to their work on sensitive human rights and religious freedom cases and their association with the democracy manifesto Charter '08. Th [...]	2009-12-14 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09BEIJING3327	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 22:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3330	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 03:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3331	AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL [...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...]	2009-12-15 03:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3332	U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]	2009-12-15 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3347	AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]	2009-12-15 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3357	ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN CHINA STILL ELUSIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BEIJING3373	CHARGE'S CALL WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) On December 17, Charge d'Affaires Robert Goldberg telephoned Liu Xia, the wife of detained Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo, to convey USG concerns regarding her husband's case and sympathy for the difficulties she faced. The Charge told Liu Xia that United States believed that Liu Xiaobo had [...]	2009-12-17 07:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING3377	DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...]	2009-12-17 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO
09BEIJING3379	INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic Minister Counselor delivered reftel demarche regarding indigenous innovation to a National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) official December 9. The official took note of USG concerns over the Circular and promised to "respond accordingly." Separately, a Minis [...]	2009-12-17 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV SCUL SOCI CH
09BEIJING3392	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS [...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...]	2009-12-18 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3395	INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - KEY MINISTRY CLAIMS TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),December 18, regarding the joint MOST, Ministry of Finance, and National Development and Reform Commission Circular 618 creating a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. MOST officia [...]	2009-12-18 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH
09BEIJING3397	TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...]	2009-12-18 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB
09BEIJING3399	China/Land/Abuse of Power: Self-Immolation [...] (SBU) Summary: A tragic self-immolation death in Sichuan Province resulting from an urban house demolition dispute, followed by another similar protest in Beijing, has stimulated unusually broad public discussions of local-level abuse of power in land seizures. Some commentators have suggeste [...]	2009-12-18 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING3414	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY [...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK
09BEIJING3415	CHINA AND DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Our concerns over the free speech implications of the OIC "defamation of religions" resolution will have little resonance with Chinese leaders. China's regional and bilateral interests with certain OIC member states also make it unlikely that the PRC will publicly back the U.S. counter [...]	2009-12-21 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC CH
09BEIJING3420	INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - MINISTRY CLAIMS MEASURES [...] (SBU) Econ Minister Counselor (EmbEcon) delivered ref A demarche to Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General for American and Oceanic Affairs He Ning December 22 regarding Circular 618 that creates a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. EmbEcon stressed the Circular [...]	2009-12-22 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH
09BEIJING3421	CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW? [...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...]	2009-12-22 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING344	UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISER GAMBARI DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese military regime's objective is to organize elections in 2010 that will be won by a military-based political party, UN Special Adviser on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the Charge and four other Beijing-based Western mission representatives February 10. Gambari added that [...]	2009-02-11 07:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM IN UN
09BEIJING3442	CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON [...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...]	2009-12-23 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
09BEIJING3443	CHARGE'S DEMARCHE ON LIU XIAOBO TRIAL, UIGHUR [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised the December 23 trial of activist Liu Xiaobo and the forced return of Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang. The Charge expressed strong disappointment that Liu's trial had alr [...]	2009-12-23 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH CB
09BEIJING3449	DRC ASKS PRC TO NOT SUPPORT MONUC RENEWAL [...] (C) The DRC had recently approached China to request PRC support to prevent renewal of MONUC's mandate, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Second Secretary Xu Zhongsheng told PolOff December 17 in response to reftel points urging PRC agreement to su [...]	2009-12-28 01:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA CH UNSC KPKO
09BEIJING3474	CHARGE MEETS WITH DISSIDENT'S WIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with Liu Xia, wife of convicted Charter 08 author Liu Xiaobo, the Charge expressed concern about Liu Xiaobo's safety and noted the U.S. and other countries had called for his immediate release. He said Liu Xiaobo would not be forgotten and would be upperm [...]	2009-12-28 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3482	POPULAR PRC FILM REDRAWS TAIWAN PROPAGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The blockbuster film "The Founding of a Republic," released in China to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, marks a noteworthy shift in Chinese propaganda on Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang . While the storyline of the movie is consistent with [...]	2009-12-29 05:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI CH TW
09BEIJING3488	PRC: U.S. TENSIONS WITH IRAN MAKE SOLVING AMCIT [...] (C) Tensions between the United States and Iran complicate efforts to resolve the cases of six American citizens currently detained in Iran, MFA West Asian Affairs Department Iran Division Deputy Director Ni Ruchi told PolOff December 29. PolOff delivered reftel points requesting China to urg [...]	2009-12-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PINR PROP PREL PARM PTER IR CH
09BEIJING349	SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS CASE: ZENG JINYAN'S INTERNET COMMUNICATION RESTRICTED; SEEKS VISIT WITH HUSBAND HU JIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL
09BEIJING3490	MONITORING G/TIP FY 08 GRANT PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 01:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING350	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...]	2009-02-11 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING3507	PRC: VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING STRENGTHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian and Chinese official sources told EmbOffs that no connection exists between Cambodia's December 19 forced repatriation to China of 20 Uighur asylum-seekers and the PRC's announcement of USD 1.2 billion in bilateral assistance during Vice President Xi Jinping's December 2 [...]	2009-12-31 05:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG EAID ECON CH CB
09BEIJING3509	TRIAL AND SENTENCING OF LIU XIAOBO [...] (C) Summary: The Chinese denied access to diplomats from at least 15 countries who attempted to observe the December 23 trial of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." After applications through diplomatic channels were turned down, PolOff, along w [...]	2009-12-31 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING353	GEORGIAN DIPLOMAT LAMENTS LACK OF CHINESE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Georgia has received "practically nothing" from China since the Russia-Georgia conflict began in August 2008, a contact at the Georgian Embassy in Beijing told PolOff February 11. The Georgian diplomat expressed disappointment with China's limited assistance and unwillingness to [...]	2009-02-11 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MARR RS CH GG
09BEIJING356	THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 23:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING359	THE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND RURAL CHINA: BEIJING [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the sixth year in a row, the Chinese Government,s first major policy document of the year has focused on the rural sector. The document breaks little new ground on the policy front, mainly reiterating the Government,s oft-stated goal of tackling rural poverty and boosting ru [...]	2009-02-12 01:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING366	FEBRUARY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET, ICC INDICTMENT, [...] Key points at the February 12 MFA Press Briefing: -- Tibet is a matter of China's internal affairs and has been a part of China since the 13th century. China continues to strive to improve its system of regional autonomy and to safeguard the interests of all ethnic groups. -- The Chinese [...]	2009-02-12 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH SU ZI FR
09BEIJING379	CHINESE POSITION ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: NO PRC [...] (C) China's position not to recognize Kosovo remains unchanged, MFA European Affairs Department Balkans Division Deputy Division Director Tian Yishu told PolOff February 13 in response to reftel points urging recognition of Kosovo. China was aware of the upcoming anniversary of Kosovo's declar [...]	2009-02-13 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC ICJ CH YI UN KV
09BEIJING382	CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES [...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...]	2009-02-13 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG
09BEIJING384	MFA WILL STUDY CHINA TRANSIT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) PolMinCouns on February 13 conveyed to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo reftel talking points laying out a U.S. proposal for a transportation route through the PRC in support of t [...]	2009-02-13 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV CH AF
09BEIJING398	FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...]	2009-02-17 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT
09BEIJING400	SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC [...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]	2009-02-17 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIJING402	HUMAN RIGHTS: ZENG JINYAN, HU JIA, HUANG QI AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 17 meeting with an MFA Human Rights Division official, PolOff raised U.S. concerns regarding rights activist Zeng Jinyan and her husband (imprisoned rights activist Hu Jia),detained Sichuan-based activist Huang Qi, and imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang. [...]	2009-02-17 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING412	NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...]	2009-02-18 07:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO
09BEIJING419	TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF [...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...]	2009-02-18 12:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH
09BEIJING422	CHINA/REBALANCING: BARRIERS TO BOOSTING RURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption, mismanagement and an inefficient central-local government budgetary system in rural China bode ill for Chinese Government plans to ease the economic slowdown in part through measures to spur rural demand. Two rural Shanxi Province communities provide examples of h [...]	2009-02-19 03:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING431	FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...]	2009-02-19 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK
09BEIJING432	PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM [...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...]	2009-02-19 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING434	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA RESPONDS ON WANG BINGZHANG CASE [...] (C) In response to U.S. expressions of concern about imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang on February 17 (reftel),an MFA Human Rights Division official on February 19 provided information about Wang's case, noting that MFA hopes the United States will view China's quick response as a [...]	2009-02-19 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING439	CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...]	2009-02-20 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING448	Graduate Unemployment in China: Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese government blames rising unemployment on the global financial crisis, but in the case of college graduates the crisis has only exacerbated a preexisting problem. Graduate unemployment began to rise in 2003, as a result of policies to expand enrollment, while reform [...]	2009-02-23 05:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING469	February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...]	2009-02-24 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING470	RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...]	2009-02-24 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS
09BEIJING477	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...]	2009-02-25 06:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING483	TIBET TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS LIKELY [...] (C) PRC authorities are barring most foreigners from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and many Tibetan areas outside the TAR, though the Chinese government has made no official announcement of this policy. One American contact with a long- standing TAR travel permit was recently [...]	2009-02-25 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING484	PRESERVING JOBS TAKES PRECENDENCE [...] (SBU) Spurred by concern over social instability, the Chinese government has responded rapidly to a deteriorating job market, and has made "stabilizing employment" a top economic priority. The main thrust of central and local government measures is to keep people on the job, even if it means [...]	2009-02-26 01:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING499	February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...]	2009-02-26 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING509	CHINA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Please find post's contribution to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph designations are keyed to reftel A questions China's TIP Situation --------------------- A. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) serves as our main source for information on TIP related statist [...]	2009-02-27 07:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING515	CHINA APPROVES ELECTRONICS/ IT INDUSTRIES SUPPORT [...] (SBU) China's State Council on February 18 approved a RMB 600 billion (USD 88 billion) industrial support plan for its electronics and information technology (IT) industries, the sixth of ten industry-specific plans to bolster sectors affected by the economic downturn - and the first to includ [...]	2009-02-27 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH
09BEIJING517	PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU [...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to ChinaÂ´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...]	2009-02-27 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING518	HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]	2009-02-27 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING519	ZARDARI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE CHINA-PAKISTAN TIES [...] (C) Pakistani President Asif Zardari's February 20-24 visit to Hubei Province and Shanghai was aimed at expanding bilateral economic cooperation and promoting investment, especially in the financial, agricultural, hydroelectric, and water conservation sectors. The two sides inked a Pakistan-C [...]	2009-02-27 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING520	PRO-REFORM JOURNAL DIRECTOR REPLACED, POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to renewed pressure from central authorities, the envelope-pushing pro-reform journal Yanhuang Chunqiu has removed its director, Du Daozheng, according to an Embassy contact with direct access to Du and other journal managers. The journal resisted pressure to purge Du in Novem [...]	2009-02-27 11:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING527	PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]	2009-03-02 07:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING531	NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5: [...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...]	2009-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING545	March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...]	2009-03-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH
09BEIJING559	PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...]	2009-03-04 12:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW
09BEIJING575	March 5 MFA Press Briefing: Sudan, Afghanistan, Tibet [...] Key points at the March 5 MFA press briefing: -- China regrets the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir and wishes the relevant parties would consider the possible "repercussions" of their actions. -- China, as a permanent memb [...]	2009-03-05 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SU AF CH
09BEIJING579	PRC: COW'S TONGUE CLAIM NOT LICKED, DESPITE [...] (C) China expects the South China Sea (SCS) sovereignty dispute arising from a maritime baselines bill recently passed in the Philippines Congress will not ratchet up tension in the region and will not affect China's SCS claim, according to an MFA official. China will continue its "shelve dif [...]	2009-03-05 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING580	PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...]	2009-03-05 15:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW
09BEIJING589	NPC PRESS BRIEFING ON CHINA'S ECONOMY BY PBOC, [...] (SBU) Summary. At a March 6 press conference held in conjunction with the ongoing National People's Congress annual meeting (refs),People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Minister of Finance (MOF) Xie Xuren, and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang [...]	2009-03-06 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK TW
09BEIJING592	CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A [...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...]	2009-03-09 02:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV
09BEIJING604	PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS
09BEIJING605	TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...]	2009-03-09 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING613	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING614	JILIN GOVERNOR FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMY AND U.S. [...] (C) Jilin Governor Han Changfu focused on his province's plans for coping with the global financial crisis and attracting U.S. investment during a March 9 lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC). Jilin was experiencing an economic downturn [...]	2009-03-10 11:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING615	March 10 MFA Press Briefing: U.S. Naval Vessel Incident, FM [...] Key points at the March 10 MFA press briefing: -- "The USNS Impeccable violated international and Chinese law and conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea without China's permission." -- The "open policy of Tibet has not changed" but it is "up to the loc [...]	2009-03-10 23:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM SU ZI CH
09BEIJING629	CHINA/SUDAN: PRC ENVOY URGES RESTRAINT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned about the expulsion and closure of NGOs operating in Sudan and the negative impact on the humanitarian situation but believes the impact will not be as serious as described by Western media reports, MFA Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told PolMinCouns March [...]	2009-03-11 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CH SU
09BEIJING631	EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 11 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns expressed concern about human rights violations in China's Tibetan areas and urged China to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representativ [...]	2009-03-11 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV CH
09BEIJING632	TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...]	2009-03-11 12:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING633	CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN [...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...]	2009-03-11 13:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH
09BEIJING648	TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...]	2009-03-12 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING649	ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...]	2009-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING664	NPC CLOSES MARCH 13 WITH PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The 2009 NPC closed March 13 with a brief final ceremony at which delegates approved by overwhelming margins the various "work reports" presented earlier in the NPC session. Although the vote totals revealed that opposition from delegates to the government's reports has increased slightly [...]	2009-03-13 11:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING666	PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...]	2009-03-13 18:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR
09BEIJING676	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] (SBU) On February 25, Embassy officers discussed Asian Development Bank issues with Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Department Director General Zheng Xiaosong and other MOF officials (septel). Concerning safeguards in general, Zheng said the ADB should be more flexible and allow the u [...]	2009-03-16 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN ADB CH
09BEIJING682	LABOR ISSUES AT THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] Summary: Labor issues, especially unemployment, were a major theme of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and National People's Congress (NPC) meetings that began on March 3. Senior government officials cited a severe unemployment problem, with over 20 million rur [...]	2009-03-17 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV CH
09BEIJING692	MARCH 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREAN PREMIER VISIT, [...] Key points at the March 17 MFA press briefing: -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il arrived in Beijing today, March 17, for an official visit. -- China is "concerned" about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which is "complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors." China h [...]	2009-03-17 12:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS PREL PARM SU PG ES BU PK JP
09BEIJING699	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT AFRICAN [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Yang Zhiyu March 18, urging China to support the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Yang offered no substantive response but said he would forward the informa [...]	2009-03-18 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO CH SO
09BEIJING713	March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...]	2009-03-19 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES
09BEIJING724	CHINA URGED TO HALT LIMMT'S CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL PGOV ETTC CH IR
09BEIJING728	PREMIER WEN'S COMMENTS ON U.S. TREASURIES: PROTECT [...] (C) Since Premier Wen Jiabao's March 13 remarks at a press conference that China was "concerned" regarding the security of its U.S. Treasury holdings and other investments (ref),other Chinese contacts have clarified and interpreted his comments. At the G-20 ministerial meeting in London, the head [...]	2009-03-20 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING755	U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]	2009-03-23 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING762	TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER" [...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...]	2009-03-24 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING765	JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...]	2009-03-24 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA
09BEIJING766	RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH [...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...]	2009-03-24 11:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING767	MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...]	2009-03-24 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF

09BEIJING778	SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...]	2009-03-25 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF
09BEIJING780	DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...]	2009-03-25 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING781	CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...]	2009-03-25 12:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CH
09BEIJING807	MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...]	2009-03-26 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW
09BEIJING822	PRC: EMBASSY NOTIFIES MFA ON R/V MARCUS LANGSETH [...] (C) On March 27, the Acting Political Minister Counselor conveyed ref A points offering assurances regarding the R/V MARCUS LANGSETH's research voyage in the South China Sea to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department U.S. Division Director An Gang. An Gang zeroed in on the language [...]	2009-03-27 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH
09BEIJING827	PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...]	2009-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING828	TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...]	2009-03-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING858	MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]	2009-03-31 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09BEIJING870	CHINA ASKED SOUTH AFRICA TO BAR DALAI LAMA FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China had appealed to South Africa to bar the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference at "this particularly sensitive time," a South African diplomat in Beijing told PolOff March 31. While acknowledging the backlash had been more severe than expected, our contact said South [...]	2009-04-01 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KTEX ETRD CH SF SU ZI
09BEIJING872	NPC DELEGATE DISCUSSES MIGRANT LABOR, GRADUATE [...] (C) A rural Anhui Province delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) recently told PolOff that his locality was trying to find jobs for more than 130,000 unemployed migrants returned from cities and coastal areas. Despite efforts to encourage them to start businesses or obtain vocationa [...]	2009-04-01 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CH
09BEIJING880	CHRISTIANITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "MORE OPEN" TO [...] (C) Summary: Most Peking University students had an "objective" attitude toward Christianity, suggesting that religious tolerance had "increased" in China, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at the university. The professor told PolOff his survey found that four percent of [...]	2009-04-02 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH HK TW
09BEIJING885	APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...]	2009-04-03 00:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE
09BEIJING895	CHINA DONE BIDING ITS TIME? PRC SCHOLARS WRESTLE [...] (C) As China considers its broader role in addressing the global economic crisis and reflects with lingering pride on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it also grapples with the relevance and desirability of maintaining its traditional "low-key approach" to foreign policy matters and its oft-stated (an [...]	2009-04-03 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH
09BEIJING904	LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON [...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...]	2009-04-03 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CH
09BEIJING905	NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO [...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...]	2009-04-03 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK
09BEIJING923	APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...]	2009-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW
09BEIJING951	CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY [...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...]	2009-04-09 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN
09BEIJING953	APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...]	2009-04-09 23:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR
09BEIJING96	DUTCH INVITE CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On January 13, PolOff accompanied Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue. Van [...]	2009-01-13 06:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER MNUC MARR MASS CH RS NL
09BEIJING97	CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...]	2009-01-13 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA
09BEIJING982	FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...]	2009-04-14 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH
09BEIJING983	APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...]	2009-04-14 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI
09BEIJING991	NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...]	2009-04-15 05:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY
09BEIJING992	CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...]	2009-04-15 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH
09BEIRT96	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT100	LEBANON: HOARDING OF GASOIL CAUSES SHORTAGES (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Alain Tabourian publicly said on January 21 that the gasoil shortage will drop with the arrival of three tankers in the next two days. A senior MEW source told us the GOL has been distributing about 12 million liters of gasoil daily to the market, while [...]	2009-01-26 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1000	HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...]	2009-09-08 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1001	LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA [...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...]	2009-09-09 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1005	HARIRI WITHDRAWS AS PM-DESIGNATE AND BLAMES THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri withdrew as prime minister-designate on September 10 and announced that he was stepping down in the interests of the nation to break the cycle that prevented his forming a national unity government. Caretaker PM Fouad Siniora told us the move is an attempt to relaunch negotiat [...]	2009-09-10 16:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1007	QATARI OFFER TO BREAK LEBANESE LOGJAM ROUNDLY [...] (C) Late September 10 after Saad Hariri's withdrawal as prime minister-designate (reftel),reports spread rapidly that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al Thani had offered to host the Lebanese for another Doha conference to resolve their issues. Some contacts, thinki [...]	2009-09-11 10:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM LE QA
09BEIRUT101	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT SPECIAL [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador that he expected the four Lebanese judges on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to spend approximately two weeks in The Hague in March to approve the procedural code for the Tribunal. He also believed the four generals, currently [...]	2009-01-26 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS KTIP SOCI
09BEIRUT1012	SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your September 16 visit. Your meeting with President Sleiman will reinforce the message that we value his views and that we recognize that Lebanon has its own issues and agenda in the context of a comprehensive Middle East Peace. Lebanese interest in the progress [...]	2009-09-14 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT1021	HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY [...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...]	2009-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1023	IMF MISSION IN BEIRUT EVALUATES SECOND QUARTER [...] (SBU) On September 10, Domenico Fanizza, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Division Chief for Middle East and Central Asia, met with caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah to discuss macroeconomic performance in the second quarter of 2009. Fanizza is leading an Emergency Post-Conflict Assis [...]	2009-09-16 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1041	ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA [...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BEIRUT1042	LEBANON RECEIVES $298 MILLION IN IMF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Lebanon received the equivalent of $298 million in foreign currency reserves through the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) as part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program aimed at boosting country reserves to combat the world economic crisis. As a result, Lebanon's ne [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ECON EFIN EINT PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1043	LEBANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a mid-September round of calls by the Ambassador, Lebanese religious leaders expressed pessimism about political progress and ruled out deconfessionalization of Lebanon's political system. Sunni Mufti Qabbani accused Hizballah of undermining the state, and his Shia counter [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM SCUL KISL LE VT
09BEIRUT1044	A RECIPE FOR STALEMATE: THE INHERENT WEAKNESSES OF [...] (C) As Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri returns to his task of forming a government, many Lebanese are asking themselves whether any resulting cabinet will be truly able to address Lebanon's many challenges. Both sides of the political divide agree that the current political system preclu [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1045	LAF COMMANDER KAHWAJI CONFIDENT OF MURR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr will be re-appointed to the same position in the next cabinet, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwaji told visiting LTG William Webster and the Ambassador on September 18. Kahwaji continued to be concerned that the current delay [...]	2009-09-24 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS MARR KPKO MCAP IS LE
09BEIRUT1051	DEFMIN MURR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has no new strategy to form the government since his renomination on September 16, caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador September 23. Murr said he advised Hariri to make President Michel Sleiman a "real partner" in the government f [...]	2009-09-24 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KPKO MARR PINR PINS SY IT SP LE
09BEIRUT1053	ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE [...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...]	2009-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1058	GEMAYEL PREDICTS NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's government formation crisis is the result of external interference but should not be solved through additional meddling, Kataeb party leader and former Lebanese President Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador. Although he discounted most formulas currently under discussion [...]	2009-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1059	HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...]	2009-09-25 14:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT106	LEBANON: MIKATI EXPECTS TO RUN WITH HARIRI [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his talks with Saad Hariri on an electoral alliance in Tripoli were going well, and he expected he and Hariri would run jointly in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He believed the National Dialogue w [...]	2009-01-27 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR SY SA
09BEIRUT107	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN FIRMLY SUPPORTS ARAB [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman reiterated his support for the Arab Peace Initiative (API) in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. He speculated that, although the Arab League was divided in its position on the API, the Kuwaitis and the Saudis could easily persuade some Arab League members t [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS LE SY
09BEIRUT1079	SLEIMAN SEEKS TO PROVIDE EXIT TO A CORNERED HARIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sleiman's confidants report that the is taking controversial positions in the press in an attempt to open an escape hatch for Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in the stalled cabinet negotiations. Abi Assi defended the president against recent press attacks and floa [...]	2009-10-01 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT108	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14 [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1081	ATMOSPHERE POSITIVE, CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STILL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's conclusion of the second round of consultations on October 1 was accompanied by positive expectations that a cabinet could be formed soon. However, in separate meetings the same day, caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, caretaker Finance Minister [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA IR EG
09BEIRUT1087	INVALIDATION OF ZAHLE ELECTIONS COULD DISADVANTAGE [...] (C) Reports are circulating of the possible invalidation of the election of three members of parliament from the Zahle district. Should the Constitutional Council approve the pending petitions, the majority would lose likely lose ground and opposition-aligned former Zahle MP Elie Skaff would [...]	2009-10-05 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1088	HARIRI AWAITS REGIONAL EVENTS BEFORE NEGOTIATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's political atmosphere appears improved following a week of talks with parliamentary blocs, but progress still awaits the expected Saudi-Syria rapprochement, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador on October 2. Hariri reported that he had sought to draw [...]	2009-10-05 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS SY SA LE
09BEIRUT109	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER ON THE FOUR GENERALS, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SYRIA-LINKED INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare explained to the Ambassador in a January 26 meeting the issues surrounding the release or transfer to The Hague of the four generals currently in Lebanese custody in connection with former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination. According to Bellemare, the [...]	2009-01-27 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT110	LEBANON: NATIONAL "DIALOGUE" ACTUALLY [...] (C) Former president and Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador the January 26 National Dialogue session was another opportunity to hear "very important monologues." Gemayel said his attempts in the session to push Hizballah representative MP Mohammad Raad to reveal Hizballah's "true [...]	2009-01-27 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT1104	NAHR AL-BARID REMAINS CALM AWAITING DECISION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Relief and Works Agency Director (UNRWA) Salvatore Lombardo and Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Director of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC),remain cautiously optimistic that the State Shura Council will decide on October 13 to permit resumption of reconstruction [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV KPAL PHUM JO IS LE UN
09BEIRUT1107	INCREASED BANK DEPOSITS: BLESSING OR CURSE? (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (U) As Lebanon reports a $14 billion increase in bank deposits in the first eight months of 2009, prominent local economists have publicly characterized increased deposits as a double-edged sword for local banks. Head of Research at Byblos Bank Nassib Ghobril noted that since depositors contin [...]	2009-10-08 07:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1108	LEBANON GEARS UP FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon, which expects to be elected to the Asia group's non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council on October 15, will decide its positions on UNSC issues through consultation among the president's office, the prime minister's office, and the foreign ministry. Its votes will [...]	2009-10-08 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AL LE IR
09BEIRUT1109	NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERICAL GATHERING HAS [...] (C) The newly launched Shia Independent Clerical Gathering (ICG) celebrated several significant benchmarks within its first month, such as hosting a successful iftar during Ramadan and gaining the "moral backing" of Shia parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, independent Shia political activist Lo [...]	2009-10-08 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PTER LE
09BEIRUT111	LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD [...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...]	2009-01-27 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1117	HARIRI SUMMONS SUNNI POWER, BUT REVEALS [...] (C) Lebanese contacts from across the political spectrum perceive Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's emphasis on the constitutional authorities of the prime minister as a strong defense of "Sunni power." However, Hariri's redesignation without support from either of the country's Shia par [...]	2009-10-09 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1118	IMF PROPOSES INCLUDING REMITTANCES IN GDP CALCULATIONS [...] (U) An IMF working paper has suggested adding remittances to Lebanese GDP as a way to create a more accurate representation of debt sustainability. With gross remittance inflows to Lebanon estimated at around 20% percent of GDP in 2008 (making the country one of the largest recipients of remit [...]	2009-10-13 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1131	MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION AGREE GOVERNMENT TO FORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese cabinet could be formed within days, sources from the majority and minority agree, though all note that several imporant details remain unresolved. In the wake of the Syrian-Saudi summit last week, negotiations have progressed considerably and the opposition has back [...]	2009-10-14 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1147	LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...]	2009-10-19 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1149	UPBEAT HARIRI SAYS CABINET NEGOTIATIONS REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was optimistic that the week ahead would be "decisive" for cabinet formation. Discussions over the telecommunications portfolio with Christian opposition figure Michel Aoun continued, however, and Hariri suggested that he might [...]	2009-10-19 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN EAID PTER MARR MOPPS LE
09BEIRUT116	LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...]	2009-01-28 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT117	LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]	2009-01-28 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1175	LEBANON PROGRESSING ON UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] (U) Lebanon has made substantial progress towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),according to a recent report by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The report highlighted improvements in the areas of education, reduction of child and mother mortality rates, gender equali [...]	2009-10-26 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT118	LEBANON: UNIFIL URGES COMMITMENT TO ENHANCED [...] (C) UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander General Claudio Graziano hosted an ambassadorial-level briefing for all UNIFIL contributing countries January 27 to update UNIFIL's bilateral partners on UNIFIL capabilities, a timeline of recent events, and lessons learned in the aftermath o [...]	2009-01-28 18:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT1183	BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY" [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...]	2009-10-28 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE
09BEIRUT1186	HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINS PREL
09BEIRUT1188	HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]	2009-10-30 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SY LE
09BEIRUT1194	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S NOVEMBER 9-10 VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission in Beirut welcomes your November 9-10 visit. Your visit is the first by a U.S. Congressional delegation to Lebanon since the June 7 parliamentary elections. Your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, caretaker PM Fouad S [...]	2009-11-02 13:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE
09BEIRUT1195	DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIG SCREEN (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) On October 24, an Lebanese environmental NGO, the League of Independent Activists (IndyAct),hosted a screening of the drama documentary, "The Age of Stupid," highlighting the dangers of climate change, in collaboration with the British Embassy, the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, [...]	2009-11-03 06:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT1197	RUMORS OF CABINET FORMATION PREMATURE [...] (C) Reports in the Lebanese press that a cabinet would be announced on November 3 appear to have been premature. On November 3, Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, told us that the PM-designate undertook expedited negotiations with Michel Aoun, head of the Change an [...]	2009-11-03 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
09BEIRUT1199	2009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and report to MFA Americas Desk Officer Reina Charbel on October 26. Charbel advised that the report would be shared with relevant GOL offices and said that the GOL remains committed to the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. 2. (SBU) React [...]	2009-11-04 10:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO LE
09BEIRUT1201	ISF POLICE STATION OPENED IN NAHR AL-BARID CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government intends to begin policing inside Palestinian refugee camps for the first time since 1969, starting with the Nahr al-Barid camp, thanks to a USG pledge to fund the construction of a police station and train the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in community pol [...]	2009-11-04 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT1206	ANOTHER WAVE OF OPTIMISM ON CABINET FORMATION [...] (C) In the wake of a flurry of activity, including a visit by caretaker Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil to Damascus, the Lebanese political class seems convinced once again that a new cabinet will be formed in the next few days. Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad [...]	2009-11-06 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
09BEIRUT1207	REFUGEES FACE ARBITRARY DETENTION AND A BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Christians form a rapidly growing proportion of Lebanon's refugee population, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Beirut. Iraqis are registering more quickly with the UNHCR, but they face bureaucratic obstacles to processing them for r [...]	2009-11-06 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG EAID IZ LE
09BEIRUT1210	HARIRI PUTTING FINAL TOUCHES ON CABINET FORMATION [...] (U) The last holdout in the opposition, Change and Reform bloc head Michel Aoun, has assented to Prime Minister-designate Hariri's cabinet formation proposal. Following a meeting of the opposition leaders on November 6, Aoun announced on November 9 that his bloc would be represented by Charbel [...]	2009-11-09 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT1214	NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...]	2009-11-10 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1220	EU PROVIDES MORE THAN 43 MILLION EUROS TO PROMOTE REFORM [...] (SBU) The European Commission (EC) announced that it will provide Lebanon with 43 million euros in grant assistance under its 2009 Annual Action Plan, most of it to be spent on economic reform. Out of this, 8 million euros will go to support Paris III reforms, including supporting Lebanon's WT [...]	2009-11-13 07:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1225	KATAEB AND MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT COMPLAIN OF NEGLECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saad Hariri provoked a crisis in the Kataeb party by allotting it the social affairs ministry instead of the education ministry, Kataeb Vice President Salim el Sayegh told us. Kataeb will remain in the majority but not in the March 14 secretariat, he added. El Sayegh alleged tha [...]	2009-11-16 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT1229	ECONOMIC REFORM PROSPECTS IN LEBANON'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some worried that the long and contentious government formation process would result in an ineffectual cabinet, the new ministers include a surprising number of relatively apolitical technocrats. With regard to the USG's key economic reform priorities in Lebanon (ref A),Em [...]	2009-11-17 07:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE
09BEIRUT1231	NEW MINISTERIAL STATEMENT LIKELY TO BE RETREAD OF [...] (C) Ministers working on the committee drafting the new ministerial statement tell us that the final document will most likely resemble the text of the previous statement, accepted in 2008 following the Doha agreement. "There is a kind of understanding among all parties to use the same formul [...]	2009-11-17 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT1235	2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: This 2009 TIP Interim Assessment for Lebanon is submitted in response to action request in reftel. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) made limited progress in addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, partially because of parliamentary inaction before the June 2009 elections a [...]	2009-11-18 10:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG LE
09BEIRUT1237	LEBANON HOSTS MAJOR ITU CONFERENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Less than three years after its establishment, Lebanon's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the International Telecommunications Union's Global Symposium for Regulators in Beirut November 9-11. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Co [...]	2009-11-18 13:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ACOA PTER PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1238	THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...]	2009-11-18 15:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE
09BEIRUT124	LEBANON: AOUN SETTING THE STAGE TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun complained that Sunni Future Movement leader Saad Hariri planned to pay to fly in expatriate Christian voters to vote against Aoun in the June parliamentary elections. Aoun dismissed the idea tha [...]	2009-01-29 15:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN LE SY
09BEIRUT1242	LEBANON UNPREPARED TO ADDRESS SHEBAA WATER ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese government officials argue that Israel's insistence on retaining the disputed Shebaa Farms stems not from border security concerns but from interest in water rights. Lebanese contacts opine that, given water shortages in the region and increasing worries that global war [...]	2009-11-19 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ECON PBTS PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1247	GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1249	EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...]	2009-11-24 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT125	LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...]	2009-01-29 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT1250	MONITORING OF 2009 G/TIP FUND GRANTED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, emboffs conducted a site visit with G/TIP visitor Rachel Yousey to the Caritas Safe House, which is part of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center's "Protection and Assistance for Victims of Trafficking" USG-fund [...]	2009-11-25 16:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM LE
09BEIRUT1251	PM HARIRI PLEDGES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPERITY [...] (U) PM Saad Hariri, speaking at the 2009 Annual Arab Banking Conference November 19 in Beirut, noted that his recently formed cabinet was not only a national unity cabinet politically but also a "social and economic development unity cabinet" that reflected the ambitions of the Lebanese. He st [...]	2009-11-25 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT SENV PGOV LE
09BEIRUT126	LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY WORK STALLED, SAYS [...] (C) On January 29, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador that internal Government of Lebanon (GOL) discussions on border security had effectively stalled. The Prime Minister had taken this on personally and is the only who can move the complex issue forward. Turning to election [...]	2009-01-30 09:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PTER PINR KTIP PBTS MOPS LE IS SY
09BEIRUT1260	H1N1 IN LEBANON DECLARED AN EPIDEMIC (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Minister of Public Health Mohammad Khalifeh announced November 25 that Lebanon had moved to the epidemic stage of H1N1, as test results showed that 80% of people with the flu were carrying the H1N1 strain. However, he reiterated that the virus was not fatal, noting that most patients were [...]	2009-12-01 07:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PHUM SOCI PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1267	HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...]	2009-12-03 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE
09BEIRUT1271	CABINET STATEMENT SIGNED, HARIRI FACES BUMPY ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet finally settled on its ministerial statement -- a policy roadmap -- on December 2, but the second-guessing about how Prime Minister Saad Hariri reached that point is already well underway. Embassy interlocutors argue that Hariri made several missteps durin [...]	2009-12-03 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL LE
09BEIRUT1277	LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...]	2009-12-04 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS
09BEIRUT1280	MINISTERIAL STATEMENT GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper An-Nahar printed today the full Arabic text of the ministerial statement text that will be debated by parliament beginning December 8. Following is the Embassy's informal translation of Articles 5-8, which deal with UN Security Council Resolu [...]	2009-12-04 16:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT1285	GOL REFINANCES $500 MILLION IN EUROBONDS (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) On December 3, the GOL successfully issued $500 million in Eurobonds to replace an equal value of maturing Eurobonds. The issue consisted of two tranches: a five-year $250 million bond at a 5.875% coupon and a 15-year $250 million bond at a 7% coupon. Both issues were over-subscribed an [...]	2009-12-08 08:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1286	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LEBANON NOTIFIED OF CENTCOM 2010 GULF [...] Post notified Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Nahas and Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Dr. Kamal Shehadi on December 3 that the 2010 Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) will be held inAmman, Jordan, on February 21-23, 2010, and requsted that they s [...]	2009-12-08 08:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECPS PGOV EINT PREL LE

09BEIRUT129	LEBANON: WITH CODEL SMITH, D.M MURR SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) CODEL Smith, accompanied by Ambassador and PolEconOff met with Defense Minister Elias Murr at his residence January 30. CODEL members were House Armed Service Committee members Adam Smith (D-WA),Susan Davis (D-CA),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Glynn Nye (D-VA),Frank Kravotil (D-MD); C.A. [...]	2009-02-02 07:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1290	MARCH 14'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Disillusionment among March 14 Christians is expanding. March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid recently expressed deep concern about the direction of the movement, fearing Syrian pressure on March 14 leader and Prime Minister Saad Hariri would lead to its disbandment. Publicly [...]	2009-12-09 18:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA SY LE
09BEIRUT1298	LEBANON LOOKS TO TURN "GREEN," ACTION AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, popular efforts on environmental issues in Lebanon have received significant local media attention and the newly-formed Lebanese government seems to have taken notice of the public push. Prime Minister Saad Hariri wi [...]	2009-12-10 17:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL LE
09BEIRUT1299	LEBANESE PRESIDENT SLEIMAN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Michel Sleiman and his delegation look forward to their discussions with President Obama and other U.S. officials during their December 12-16 visit to Washington. President Sleiman -- who will be accompanied by Defense Minister Elias El Murr, Foreign Minister Ali Al Cha [...]	2009-12-10 19:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNSC OVIP LE
09BEIRUT130	LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS CODEL SMITH USG SHOULD DEAL [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Michel Sleiman urged the U.S. to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Solving the conflict, he said, would benefit Lebanon greatly because of the significant Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon. Lebanon's relations [...]	2009-02-02 08:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS
09BEIRUT1305	HARIRI'S CABINET WINS HISTORIC VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Saad Hariri's cabinet and its ministerial statement won an overwhelming vote of confidence from the Lebanese parliament late on December 10. In the final vote 122 out of 128 MPs voted to support the new government, six months after elections brought the parliament [...]	2009-12-11 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR KISL LE
09BEIRUT1318	HARIRI'S DAMASCUS TRIP COMPLICATED BY SYRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed on December 10 that the GOL had received "warrants" for 23 former and current Lebanese officials and journalists to appear before the Syrian judiciary. The warrants were issued in connection with a case brought in a Syrian court b [...]	2009-12-14 16:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS LE SY
09BEIRUT1319	ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS TARGET COPENHAGEN (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) A group of Lebanese parliamentarians, Lebanese NGOs, and the local UNDP office issued the "Beirut call to Copenhagen" calling on world leaders to approve an "ambitious, binding and fair agreement in Copenhagen" to face the dangers of climate change (reftel). The head of local environment [...]	2009-12-15 05:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SENV SCOM PGOV LE
09BEIRUT133	LEBANON: LEBANON MEETS USG BENCHMARK FOR PARIS III SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On January 23, the cabinet passed a gas excise floor of LL 470 (approximately 31 cents) per liter, uncapping the price of gas at the pump and tying it to international oil prices, senior staffer at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Zeina Kassem told EconOff January 29. In line with this de [...]	2009-02-02 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT134	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL SMITH [...] (C) Highlighting the fight against Islamic extremists, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told Codel Smith that the LAF had "changed the game" in its fight against terrorism in Lebanon by taking a more offensive approach. Kahwagi stressed that Islamic extremists had ga [...]	2009-02-02 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1353	MENAFATF NOVEMBER 2009 BEIRUT LEBANON PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF X) and working group meetings from November 8-12 at the Riviera Hotel in Beirut. Treasury Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Director for Global Affairs Brian Grant he [...]	2009-12-28 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PTER PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1355	RENEWED GOL COMMITMENT TO WTO ACCESSION IN 2010 (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Christopher Wilson briefed GOL officials and parliamentarians on the status of Lebanon's WTO negotiations during a one-day visit to Beirut December 17. Wilson said the USG sees a real opportunity for Lebanon, with a new cabinet in place, to move towar [...]	2009-12-29 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EWWT SENV PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1359	GEAGEA COMPLAINS OF MARCH 14 ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary: Syria is pushing hard to annul UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1559, and the U.S. should publicly reiterate its support for all resolutions relating to Lebanon, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador. Geagea also complained that Saudi Arabia was pushing Pr [...]	2009-12-29 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY UNSC SA LE
09BEIRUT1366	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit to Lebanon, which will offer a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of scientific issues, from climate change to communications policy, at the highest levels of the GOL while raising general awareness among the public at large. Although Leban [...]	2009-12-31 08:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ESTH EINT PGOV KGHG KIPR TSPL LE
09BEIRUT139	LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...]	2009-02-03 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT140	LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...]	2009-02-03 18:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT141	LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...]	2009-02-04 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS
09BEIRUT148	LEBANON: MICHEL MURR ON THE INDEPENDENTS [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting, MP and self-styled independent list kingmaker Michel Murr told the Ambassador that he, and not his son, Defense Minister Elias Murr, would run for a seat in the Metn district in the June parliamentary elections. Murr appeared confident about his list's chances in [...]	2009-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT153	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON WIRETAPPING, BUDGETARY [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador that applying existing laws was the "easy solution" to the current fiery disputes over wiretapping and the budget for the Council of the South. However, he was not optimistic that this would occur. On the parliamentary elections, Berri [...]	2009-02-06 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT154	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Tripoli, once a vibrant and vital economic hub, is one of seven electoral districts in the North Lebanon administrative a [...]	2009-02-06 15:52:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT155	LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES [...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...]	2009-02-10 09:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT157	LEBANON: ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF COMMITS TO MORE [...] (C) Dennis Hadrick, Program Manager in the Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA),received a verbal commitment from LAF Chief of Staff, Major General Shawki al-Masri, that the LAF will destroy 10 more Man Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) missiles stored in a LA [...]	2009-02-10 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT158	LEBANON: BUDGET DELAYED BY DISPUTE OVER COUNCIL FOR THE [...] (SBU) On January 29, the cabinet postponed discussions of the 2009 budget draft for ten days until the return of President Sleiman from an official visit to Bahrain and the UAE. This should allow time for politicians to resolve the issue of the budget allotment to the Council for the South, wh [...]	2009-02-10 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT159	LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE CHOUF [...] (SBU) This is the second in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Chouf is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary sea [...]	2009-02-10 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT161	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE [...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...]	2009-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT169	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE METN [...] (U) This is the third in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Metn is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary seats in [...]	2009-02-12 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT170	LEBANON: GAZA CONFLICT EXPOSES CHALLENGES FOR [...] (C) Hizballah successfully used the Gaza conflict to reinforce its own standing by talking tough against Israel but not drawing Lebanon into a second, and probably unpopular, war (reftel). However, the conflict exposed several challenges Hizballah faces, as it seeks to consolidate its strengt [...]	2009-02-12 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT172	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH CALLS LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a February 11 meeting with visiting USAID Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah called the current Lebanese government "dysfunctional," and expressed exasperation with the lack of progress on political and economic reform. He saw little [...]	2009-02-13 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN LE
09BEIRUT177	LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...]	2009-02-13 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
09BEIRUT178	CODEL KERRY VISIT TO LEBANON: KEY MESSAGES [...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, welcome to Lebanon. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message of strong, continued bipartisan U.S. support for a sovereign Lebanon. You are the first Senator to visit since President Obama took office and your visit comes a few days after the [...]	2009-02-13 18:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT179	LEBANON: SINIORA -- WE WILL COMPLY QUICKLY WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora on February 12 expressed GOL intentions to comply quickly to all requests that may come from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, including the transfer to the Hague of the four incarcerated generals, if the STL requests it. In a meeting with the Ambassador, visiting U [...]	2009-02-17 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT184	LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS IMF PLEASED WITH LEBANON'S GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) In a February 11 meeting with the USAID Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said a recent IMF delegation, led by IMF Deputy Managing Director Murilo Portugal, was pleased with Lebanon's growth in 2008, e [...]	2009-02-17 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT185	LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY WANTS ITS OWN [...] (C) In a February 15 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Perry Cammack and the Ambassador, Armenian Tashnaq party leaders stressed that their primary goal was the establishment of an independent Armenian bloc in parliament, an objective which would be facilita [...]	2009-02-17 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IS SA
09BEIRUT186	LEBANON: HARIRI ON MARCH 14 ELECTION PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri -- receiving the Ambassador on February 13, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- claimed that the March 8 opposition was working to discredit investigative information on his father [...]	2009-02-17 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT188	LEBANON: TWO SHIA MINISTERS DISCUSS SLEIMAN'S [...] (C) Shia Ministers of Administrative Reform Ibrahim Shamseddine (independent) and Health Mohammad Khalifeh (Nabih Berri's Amal) were mildly critical of President Sleiman during separate meetings February 11 and 12. Both claimed Sleiman had "lost an opportunity" to set a clear vision for the g [...]	2009-02-18 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT195	LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD; [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT196	LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY" [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...]	2009-02-19 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT197	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME [...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...]	2009-02-19 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT198	LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY ENGAGES PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry, President Michel Sleiman called upon Kerry to "take care of the Lebanese people," to support Arab reconciliation, and to press Israel to accept the Arab Initiative for Palestinian-Israeli [...]	2009-02-19 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT199	LEBANON: MARCH 2 SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE, GOL [...] (SBU) DCM delivered Ref A demarche to PM Fouad Siniora's assistant, Rola Noureddine, on February 18. Noureddine had no substantive response. 2. (SBU) Per Ref B, Lebanon continues to provide assistance to Gaza. Ambassador Khalil Mekkawi, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Commi [...]	2009-02-20 10:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT200	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: SIDON [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) South Lebanon is divided into two "muhafazas" (administrative areas): Nabatieh and South Lebanon. The heavily Sunni city [...]	2009-02-20 10:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT201	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: WEST BEKAA-RASHAYA [...] (U) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("quda") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) West Bekaa-Rashaya is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon. No single confessional group dominates this district, which l [...]	2009-02-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT203	LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY AND PM SINIORA DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 18 luncheon with Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed Lebanon's desire for engagement with Syria, and support for U.S. engagement, on the condition that Syria recognize Lebanon's sovereignty and deliver on previous promises. He assessed that the Iranian [...]	2009-02-20 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IR SY IS WE
09BEIRUT205	LEBANON: AOUN'S ALLIES DEFEND HIS VISION, PLEAD [...] (C) In a series of meetings with the Embassy in recent weeks, opposition Christian MPs from Michel Aoun's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc were calm, focused, and confident about their prospects in the June parliamentary elections. They rejected the concept of "independent" or "centrist" c [...]	2009-02-20 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT207	LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK [...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...]	2009-02-23 09:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
09BEIRUT209	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) On February 20, Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Trade, told EconOff that Lebanon has no new offers to bring to Geneva on goods (as budget considerations prevent lifting tariffs) or services (where lawyers groups resist opening up legal services) during the upco [...]	2009-02-23 14:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT210	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: MINNIEH-DINNIEH [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Minnieh-Dinnieh, an impoverished and overwhelmingly Sunni district, is one of the seven electoral districts in the North [...]	2009-02-23 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT222	LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS [...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...]	2009-02-24 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE
09BEIRUT229	LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ALEY [...] (SBU) This is the seventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Aley is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are five parliamentary seats in [...]	2009-02-26 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT230	LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED ABOUT CT COOPERATION, [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT231	LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED BY CT COOPERATION, US [...] (C) President Sleiman discussed recent US-Lebanese cooperation on counter terrorism and was pleased that the U.S. had approved the provision of Raven UAVs to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Embassy renews our suggestion that, if possible, Sleiman be invited to Washington before the June 7 Lebanese [...]	2009-02-26 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT232	LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON GAZA, GHAJAR [...] (C) During a February 25 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora shared his plans to attend the March 2 Sharm el Sheikh Gaza reconstruction conference. In addition to meeting with other regional leaders on Gaza, Siniora said he also hoped to present the GOL's experiences in Nahr al-Barid Pale [...]	2009-02-26 16:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL LE
09BEIRUT233	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LOOKING STRONGER; OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Following the very successful February 14 rally commemorating former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination, March 14 leaders have expressed confidence about March 14's prospects for winning the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. The widely attended February 14 rally, a major succ [...]	2009-02-26 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT234	LEBANON: SOME "INDEPENDENT" SHIA CONTACTS [...] (C) A number of "independent" Shia contacts have shared with us their exasperation with majority leader Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition. They say that the non-Hizballah Shia community was one of the initial supporters of the principles of March 14 -- Lebanese independence and sovereignty -- b [...]	2009-02-26 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IZ
09BEIRUT235	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR SIGNS LETTERS OF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a February 26 meeting that he had signed all seven pending Letters of Agreement needed to ensure the timely delivery of several items of U.S. military assistance before the June 7 parliamentary elections. Murr expressed appreciation for c [...]	2009-02-26 18:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS AE LE
09BEIRUT239	LEBANON: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) In 2008, political and security instability in Lebanon continued to stand in the way of the ratification of pending IPR-related legislation. Most of Lebanon's IP legislation is TRIPS-compliant, with the exception of what relates to pharmaceuticals and undisclosed information. However, a [...]	2009-02-27 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE
09BEIRUT240	LEBANON: THREE SUSPECTS RELEASED FOUR DAYS BEFORE [...] (C) Examining Magistrate Saqr Saqr released on bail three suspects in the Hariri assassination case on February 25. They had been incarcerated since late 2005 and early 2006. All three could still be charged and prosecuted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),scheduled to begin March Â [...]	2009-02-27 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT245	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ZAHLE [...] (SBU) This is the eighth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Zahle is a confessionally diverse district with a population that is 60 percent Christian, 25 percent Sunni and 14 perce [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT247	LEBANON: BODY THAT DECIDES ELECTORAL DISPUTES OFF [...] (SBU) After a contentious battle in parliament to nominate five members to the ten-member Constitutional Court, cabinet ministers -- expecting a similar battle -- have thus far avoided discussions to name the Court's remaining five members. As the June 7 election draws closer, the absence of [...]	2009-03-02 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT249	LEBANON: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT WTO WORKING PARTY, BUT [...] (SBU) On March 1, Zouha Sakr, head of the MEPI-funded WTO accession project at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET),told EconOff Lebanon's February 27 working party meeting in Geneva had gone reasonably well, considering Lebanon had little new information to report. She described the comm [...]	2009-03-03 07:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT25	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...]	2009-01-07 17:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT251	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BEIRUT [...] (SBU) This is the ninth in a series of snapshots we are producing for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Beirut, with three districts and a total of 19 seats, 18 currently held by March 14 MPs, has the status of a "muhafaza" [...]	2009-03-03 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT258	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KESERWAN [...] (SBU) This is the tenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Keserwan is the symbolic capital of the Maronites in Lebanon. Its population is 90 percent Maronite (and 98 percent Christ [...]	2009-03-04 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT262	LEBANON: WA'AD -- EXAMPLE OF HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) The U.S. Government,s January 6 decision to designate Hizballah's Wa'ad construction company was met with muted reaction in Lebanon, likely because of the similar designation in 2007 of Hizballah's construction company Jihad el-Bina as well as the local media's preoccupation in early Janua [...]	2009-03-05 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT263	LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...]	2009-03-05 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE
09BEIRUT264	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BAABDA [...] (SBU) This is the eleventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Baabda, the home of the Presidential Palace, is one of the most confessionally diverse districts in Lebanon. Christian [...]	2009-03-05 15:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT266	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...]	2009-03-08 09:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE
09BEIRUT267	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...]	2009-03-08 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT268	LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...]	2009-03-08 09:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT269	LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora cautioned visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador against U.S. engagement with Syria without conditions. He believed Syria wo [...]	2009-03-08 09:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT270	LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...]	2009-03-08 09:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY
09BEIRUT271	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS WITH FELTMAN,SHAPIRO ON [...] (C) On March 6, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams provided a briefing for visiting Acting A/S of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro. Referring to his upcoming meeting with the Security Cou [...]	2009-03-08 18:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT272	LEBANON: IMF SAYS GOL MET 2008 TARGETS BUT 2009 WILL BE [...] (SBU) On March 3, IMF Resident Rep Edward Gardner told EconOff the GOL could have implemented more reforms, even in the difficult political context, but instead used politics as an excuse for delay. "They constantly say the situation is too bad, but the reality is that it is always bad," he si [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT273	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT274	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] (U) This is the twelfth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Koura, with a population that is 65 percent Greek Orthodox and 85 percent Christian, is expected to be the site of tough [...]	2009-03-10 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT277	LEBANON: SHIA AND SUNNI MUFTIS WITH AA/S FELTMAN [...] (C) In separate meetings March 8, Lebanese Shia Mufti and head of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan and Sunni Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and No [...]	2009-03-11 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT278	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE CONCERNS, [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi, NEA Acting A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro, and the Ambassador heard Audi express his wish for an independent and sovereign Lebanon, but also his significant doubts about the f [...]	2009-03-11 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT279	LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO [...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...]	2009-03-11 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT28	LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED [...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...]	2009-01-08 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT280	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: JBEIL [...] (SBU) This is the thirteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Jbeil (also known as Byblos) is a majority Christian district with a significant Shia (19 percent) minority. Free Pat [...]	2009-03-11 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT281	LEBANON: LEADER CLOSE TO SYRIA COMMENDS FELTMAN [...] (C) Former prime minister Najib Mikati, who once had (and whose family still has) a close relationship with Syrian president Bashar Asad, commended visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro on March 6 for planning t [...]	2009-03-12 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT282	LEBANON: MP HARB WITH FELTMAN, SHAPIRO: ELECTION [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Christian MP Butros Harb, NEA A A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa, and the Ambassador heard Harb caution that, while Syria's "style" had changed, it was still involved in Lebanon's electoral processes by selecting candidates, ve [...]	2009-03-12 08:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT283	LEBANON: JUMBLATT, WITH FELTMAN AND SHAPIRO, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt thanked visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador for continued U.S. support for Lebanon. Acting A/S Feltman reaffirmed the U.S. position that Lebanon's sovere [...]	2009-03-12 08:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY IR RS
09BEIRUT285	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ASSURES AA/S FELTMAN THAT [...] (C) Visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro recounted to DefMin Elias Murr on March 15 their visit to Damascus the day before, commenting on Syrian interest in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Mur [...]	2009-03-12 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT288	LEBANON: WHAT IS IMPACT OF THE DISAGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) There has been speculation in the media and among political observers about disagreements within the March 8/Aoun opposition coalition as its members prepare candidate lists for the June 7 parliamentary elections. There have been claims of disagreements between Christian opposition leader [...]	2009-03-12 16:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT29	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LEBANON [...] (C) According to a diplomat from the French Embassy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's January 6 visit to Lebanon was bogged down by the events in Gaza. Little attention was given to Lebanese-specific issues, including Ghajar and Sheba'a Farms. Sarkozy met with government officials, but did [...]	2009-01-08 16:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR LE SY
09BEIRUT303	LEBANON: FRANCE TO PRESSURE LEBANON ON TELECOM [...] (SBU) Frederic Kaplan, French Embassy economic officer, and Chris de Clercq, UNDP Program Manager at the Finance Ministry, told us separately that a French team will be in Beirut in May to review and assess Paris III reforms and apply pressure on the GOL to move forward on mobile telecom privat [...]	2009-03-16 11:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT304	LEBANON: SINIORA NOT OPPOSED TO NEW UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 18:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF IS SY QA MU LE
09BEIRUT305	LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO [...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...]	2009-03-16 18:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS
09BEIRUT306	LEBANON: CHURCHES LAUNCH POLITICAL CONDUCT CHARTER [...] (U) On March 5, a group of church leaders in Lebanon released a charter for political conduct in advance of the June 7 parliamentary elections. The charter calls for support for the sovereignty of the state, regulating relations with Syria and the Palestinian Authority, and the separation of [...]	2009-03-17 09:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT321	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH ON 1701, PRE-ELECTION ANTICS [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah lamented the fact that Lebanon had not presented its case to the international community better on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Ghajar village. He said UN reports on UNSCR 1701 had fallen short f [...]	2009-03-19 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINR ENRG LE
09BEIRUT325	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CHATAH: NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) In various public presentations in recent days, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah has been blunt about his frustration with the GOL's progress on implementing structural reforms. At a Paris III donor meeting March 18, Chatah said the national unity government has proven an ineffective mod [...]	2009-03-20 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT328	LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS UNITY GOVERNMENT BAD FOR REFORM [...] (U) At a Paris III donor meeting on March 18, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the national unity government has proven to be an ineffective model, as even the smallest decisions are politicized. The resulting government paralysis has held back the disbursement of nearly $500 million in P [...]	2009-03-23 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT336	LEBANON: CHIPPING AWAY AT AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) In January 2008, we analyzed Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's popularity among his Lebanese Christian supporters (ref E),which was strong despite his political alliance with the terrorist Shia organization Hizballah. One year-plus later, and 11 weeks before the June 7 parliame [...]	2009-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT337	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT LOWERS VOTING AGE FOR 2010 AND [...] (U) In a busy March 19 session, parliament approved a draft law to amend the constitution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18; however, it will not be effective in time for the June 7 parliamentary elections. Parliament also deferred a draft law requiring unanimity to amend constitutional l [...]	2009-03-23 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KPAL LE
09BEIRUT347	LEBANON: SHIA FAMILIES READY TO TAKE ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Duraid Yaghi, a prominent Shia from Baalbeck and second-in-command in Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party, praised President Obama's March 20 message to Iran, believing it would corner the extremists into a dialogue with the United States. He expressed his readiness to run against [...]	2009-03-24 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT349	LEBANON: UN CONCERNED THAT LACK OF CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) In a March 23 meeting with foreign Ambassadors, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams stressed the need for a working Constitutional Council, the body that is to adjudicate election disputes. Williams said he feared that the lack of a functioning Council could lead to seri [...]	2009-03-25 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KPAL LE
09BEIRUT350	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BATROUN [...] (SBU) This is the fourteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the Jun 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Batron is a small district with only two seats, both dsignated for Maronite Christians and both currently held by Marc [...]	2009-03-25 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT351	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH, [...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...]	2009-03-26 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT368	LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...]	2009-03-30 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF

09BEIRUT369	LEBANON: FINALLY, POLITICAL CONSENSUS ON CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) On March 26, cabinet appointed four Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) vice governors after the positions had remained vacant for more than six months because of lack of political consensus on filling them. These positions are traditionally filled by people close to major political leaders on a [...]	2009-03-30 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT379	LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BAALBECK-HERMEL [...] (U) This is the fifteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the lead-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Located in northeast Lebanon, Baalbeck-Hermel is Lebanon's largest electoral district. Baalbeck is known for its agricultural [...]	2009-04-01 13:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT383	LEBANON: CLOSE RACE LIKELY IN BEIRUT FIRST DISTRICT [...] (C) Beirut's first district will witness a close race between March 14 and opposition candidates in the June 7 parliamentary elections. This newly-formed district has five seats, each designated for a separate Christian sect. While March 14-aligned candidates Nayla Tueni and Michel Pharaon a [...]	2009-04-02 12:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT39	LEBANON: PUBLIC STATEMENTS URGE RESTRAINT, 1701, [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 rocket-launching from southern Lebanon into northern Israel and subsequent Israeli response, Lebanese leaders have urged restraint by actors on both sides. In official statements and press interviews, key political figures have been moderate in tone, emphasizing t [...]	2009-01-09 15:17:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT396	LEBANON: SUGGESTED USG MESSAGING IN THE RUN-UP TO [...] (C) With two months to go before the June 7 parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Both the majority March 14 coalition and the Hizballah-led opposition express confidence that they will win. In the key Christian swing districts, nervous voters are looking to see who ca [...]	2009-04-06 08:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT398	LEBANON: ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM FOCUSES ON LEBANON'S [...] (U) On April 2, the 17th annual Arab Economic Forum opened in Beirut. Speakers included PM Siniora, Future Party Leader Saad Hariri, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, and several prominent business and financial figures. Their remarks focused on the repercussions of the global economic cris [...]	2009-04-06 11:38:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT400	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...]	2009-04-06 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT401	LEBANON: MARCH 14 IS UNITED, SAYS HARIRI [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador April 3, the day after an off-the-record meeting of March 14 leaders, Sunni leader Saad Hariri said the March 14 coalition had agreed on candidate lists in several key districts, including Chouf, Aley, and Baabda, but work remained to be done. Hariri said Druze [...]	2009-04-06 15:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT412	LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 06:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT416	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST [...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...]	2009-04-08 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT417	LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...]	2009-04-08 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT418	LEBANON: CANDIDATES REGISTERED... WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) Registration of candidates for the June 7 parliamentary elections officially closed at 11:59 pm April 7. The official count of registered candidates reached 702, for the 128 seats in cabinet. Only eight of these are women; Nayla Tueni in Beirut and Education Minister Bahiya Hariri in S [...]	2009-04-08 17:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AID LE
09BEIRUT42	LEBANON: 2009 BUDGET DRAFT PROJECTS THREE PERCENT GROWTH [...] (U) In a press conference on January 5, Minister of Finance (MOF) Mohammad Chatah indicated that the MOF has submitted to the Cabinet a revised 2009 Budget draft based on new economic projections. The MOF lowered Lebanon's projected GDP growth for 2009 to three from five percent, in light of th [...]	2009-01-12 11:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT421	LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH PROMOTES 1949 ARMISTICE AS [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the principles of March 14 are still championed by the majority of Lebanese, but the inability of the March 14 moderate coalition to create institutions that represent those principles has been a "major failur [...]	2009-04-09 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN LE IS
09BEIRUT422	LEBANON: GOL SIGNS 45 MILLION EURO LOAN WITH [...] (U) The GOL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) March 12 with the Export Development Bank of Iran for the reactivation of a 45 million euro loan signed in 2003. The Ambassador queried Finance Minister Chatah on this development April 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) The visit of Lebanese P [...]	2009-04-09 17:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV PTER LE IR
09BEIRUT424	LEBANON: ELECTORAL PLATFORMS INCLUDE ECONOMIC ISSUES FOR [...] (U) During the week of April 6, three of the major political parties launched their electoral platforms to rally voters for the June 2009 parliamentary elections. For the first time, these electoral platforms tackled economic and social issues. While Lebanese Forces (member of the March 14 co [...]	2009-04-13 07:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT426	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WEARY, BUT STILL WITH MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 coalition leader Walid Jumblatt confirmed to the Ambassador April 9 that he was unhappy about "abandoning" two Christian candidates in Aley and Baabda districts, in favor of ones supported by fellow March 14 Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel. Geagea and Gemayel wer [...]	2009-04-13 13:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LE
09BEIRUT427	LEBANON: TRIPOLI: HARIRI'S CANDIDATE LIST NEARLY [...] (C) March 14 coalition-allied Tripoli MPs Moustafa Allouch and Mosbah al Ahdab, in separate meetings, told the Ambassador that Saad Hariri's candidate list for the district was nearly complete. Allouch, with good grace and laughter, called himself "a victim," but said he was not upset to be d [...]	2009-04-13 13:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT428	LEBANON: REMITTANCES STEADY, FEW RETURNS OF LEBANESE [...] (U) While Lebanon's economy and banking sector made it through the international financial crisis relatively unscathed in 2008, many have worried about the potential impact of Lebanese expatriates losing their jobs in the Gulf and either returning to flood the Lebanese job market, or cutting ba [...]	2009-04-13 14:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL LE
09BEIRUT434	LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL, GHATTAS KHOURY ON MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on April 14, Kataeb head Amine Gemayel of the March 14 coalition opposed the formation of a national unity government with a blocking third after June 7 elections. According to Gemayel, March 14 coalition leaders had agreed upon "95 percent" of electoral lists. [...]	2009-04-15 13:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT438	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS CODEL CARNAHAN JUNE 7 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Congressional members Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA) that Lebanon was committed to hold "completely transparent" parliamentary elections on June 7. He [...]	2009-04-16 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS IR
09BEIRUT439	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER WITH CODEL CARNAHAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 09:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT440	LEBANON: SLEIMAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARAB PEACE WITH [...] (C) Meeting with President Sleiman April 9, visiting Congressional Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA),accompanied by the Ambassador and Poloff, stressed U.S. support for Lebanon's independence and sover [...]	2009-04-16 09:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT443	LEBANON: MIKATI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador April 14 that he had compromised with March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri on the candidate list in Tripoli, saying it was far better for the two to work together rather than compete at the expense of the Sunni-dominated community. Mik [...]	2009-04-16 14:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY EG
09BEIRUT445	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...]	2009-04-17 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE
09BEIRUT451	LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTRY COMMITTED TO LIBERALIZATION AND [...] (U) On April 15, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inaugurated the two-day 9th Arab Telecom & Internet Forum in Beirut with the participation of Telecom Ministers from Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Bassil said Lebanon has a clear policy for the telecom sector, consisting [...]	2009-04-21 09:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR
09BEIRUT46	LEBANON: NEW ADVOCATES FOR LEBANESE DETAINEES IN [...] (C) On January 5, 2009 a group of Lebanese (many of whom are former detainees in Syria) launched a new organization. "The Association of the Lebanese Political Detainees in Syria" was formed to resolve the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons and garner support for those already rele [...]	2009-01-12 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT463	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER WILL TAKE STL'S CUE ON FOUR GENERALS' DETENTION [...] (C) In an April 22 meeting, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed that the GOL had transferred all of its files related to former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination and the ensuing political assassinations to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). He expects to learn by April 27 whether STL [...]	2009-04-23 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC AE SY LE
09BEIRUT466	LEBANON: FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING TO ELECTION [...] (C) Over the weekend of April 18-19, pro-opposition New TV aired footage of March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt making comments criticizing his March 14 allies Samir Geagea and Saad Hariri, while simultaneously insulting all Maronite Christians and the Sunni fighters who battled Hizballah dur [...]	2009-04-23 19:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER LE
09BEIRUT470	LEBANON: HARIRI DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS "MISTER FIX [...] (C) March 14 Sunni leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and DCM April 23 that although relations within the March 14 leadership currently were not at their best, Hariri and his allies would find a solution. Referring to himself as "Mister Fix-it," Hariri said disgruntlement with Druze leade [...]	2009-04-24 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT471	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS DOWNBEAT ON GHAJAR, MARCH [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on April 23, expressed dismay at what he saw as a missed opportunity for progress on Ghajar. Williams assessed that new governments on both sides of the border would be less committed to the [...]	2009-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE IS EG
09BEIRUT472	LEBANON: FEW SHIA ALTERNATIVES TO HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The Arabic Islamic Council (AIC) emerged in 2006 as a self-declared Arab alternative to Hizballah. AIC attracted the attention of Lebanese and Arab media because of its claims of "promoting a culture of peace and Arab unity" as opposed to Hizballah's culture of "armed resistance" and ties [...]	2009-04-24 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IR LE
09BEIRUT473	LEBANON: UNEMPLOYMENT EXCEEDED 9% IN 2007 AND MAY RISE IN [...] (U) During the week of April 20, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) published its latest survey on household living conditions showing that unemployment increased from 8% in 2004 to 9.2% in 2007. The increase was mostly attributed to the July 2006 war against Israel, when over 45,0 [...]	2009-04-26 04:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR
09BEIRUT479	LEBANON: NO PROGRESS ON ISSUE OF LEBANESE [...] (C) In August 2008, we reported on the situation of the reported 600-plus Lebanese detainees in Syria and noted the possibility that there might be progress on this issue with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria, among other factors (Ref B). However, eight m [...]	2009-04-27 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
09BEIRUT482	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON ELECTIONS, JUMBLATT, [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he had come to agreement with Majority Leader Saad Hariri on a way forward in the Beirut 2 electoral district, but was still at an impasse with his opposition Christian ally Michel Aoun on candidates in Jezzine [...]	2009-04-28 11:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON LE
09BEIRUT485	LEBANON: PM SINIORA: MOVEMENT ON GHAJAR CAN [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador on April 27 that he believed an Israeli announcement on withdrawal from Ghajar could still have a positive impact on Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Praising the April 26 visit of Secretary Clinton to Lebanon and the clear U.S. commitment to Lebano [...]	2009-04-28 13:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS LE
09BEIRUT490	LEBANON: JUMBLATT REMAINS WITH MARCH 14 DESPITE [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador April 29, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gave no indication he is planning to abandon the March 14 ship, despite recent overtures to opposition Speaker Nabih Berri. March 14 had much work to do to win the June 7 parliamentary elections, he admitted, listing several pro [...]	2009-04-29 17:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SA LE
09BEIRUT493	LEBANON: SIDON PARLIAMENTARY RACE SYMBOLIC FOR [...] (SBU) Pollsters expect the March 14 Sidon parliamentary slate of Minister of Education Bahia Hariri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to defeat opposition candidate Ossama Saad, but the race between Siniora and Saad will be close. Although only one seat is being contested in Sidon, the victor w [...]	2009-04-30 12:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT496	LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...]	2009-04-30 16:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT498	LEBANON: POLITICAL ELITE ATTEND AUB PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Leading figures from Lebanon's political and business communities turned out for the formal inauguration of the new president of the American University of Beirut (AUB),Peter F. Dorman, on May 4. Ambassador and Poloff attended, with ACS Chief in cap and gown representing Columbia Univers [...]	2009-05-05 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCH EAID OEXC OPRC PGOV SCUL KMPI LE
09BEIRUT500	LEBANON: FOUR GENERALS' RELEASE: HIZBALLAH DEMANDS "JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY" [...] (C) In a May 1 speech following the release of the four generals detained in connection with Rafiq Hariri's assassination, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah implied that he would now be wary of future STL decisions because he faults the international court for the generals' prolonged detention. Nasrallah als [...]	2009-05-05 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT501	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON GHAJAR, GENERALS, AND [...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Israel should stress the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as justification for a withdrawal from Ghajar village. He believed that while the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) authorization for the release of fo [...]	2009-05-05 18:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT502	LEBANON: GOL TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWINE FLU (ECONOMIC [...] (U) GOL officials have quickly begun taking necessary precautions to deal with the potential swine flu pandemic. No cases of swine flu have been reported in Lebanon. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has already banned the import of pigs and pork products (except canned and smoked products),[...]	2009-05-06 05:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT512	LEBANON: GHAJAR: UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO ON [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting at UNIFIL HQ, General Claudio Graziano, Force Commander for UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),emphasized that the current UNIFIL proposal for Israeli withdrawal from northern Ghajar is "unchangeable," in his view. He noted that the June 7 parliamentary elections wil [...]	2009-05-08 07:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT515	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SLEIMAN LOOKS AT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with President Michel Sleiman, visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reiterated continuing U.S. support for Lebanese sovereignty and independence and for the voices of moderation within Lebanon. Sleiman predicted that the June 7 parliamentary elections woul [...]	2009-05-09 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT516	LEBANON: ELECTRICITY FROM EGYPT EXPECTED TO RELIEVE POWER [...] (U) On April 27, Lebanon started receiving 50 megawatts (MGW) electricity from Egypt as a start, following the signing of an agreement in February 2009 whereby Egypt would sell Lebanon between 150 and 450 MGW electricity through the power grid passing through Jordan and Syria. The additional e [...]	2009-05-11 05:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT517	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA FEARS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 8, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea proposed to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the U.S. lend "silent support" to March 14 in the weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections. He specifically advised us to stop expressing support for "moderates." Admitting the March 14 coal [...]	2009-05-11 06:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT518	LEBANON: WITH NEA DAS HALE, FM SALLOUKH SAYS [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed Middle East peace and the Administration's commitment to working toward comprehensive peace with a sense of urgency. Salloukh dismissed Israeli comments about the need for "economic peace" befor [...]	2009-05-11 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF UNSC MARR MOPS IS
09BEIRUT522	LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Armenian opposition Tashnaq MP Hagop Pakradunian expressed his party's support for President Michel Sleiman and said the party will side with Sleiman in case of a dispute between the president and Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun who is their political ally for the election [...]	2009-05-11 11:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT527	LEBANON: NDI DELEGATION HEADED BY MADELEINE [...] (SBU) Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Beirut May 5-8 as the co-chair of a high-profile team (with former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark) to assess preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections on behalf of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The delegat [...]	2009-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM LE
09BEIRUT53	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO [...] (C ) Defense Minister Elias Murr on January 13 asked that the USG convey to Israel what the GOL is doing to prevent another rocket attack against Israel from Lebanese territory. Murr said he had directed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to cooperate with UNIFIL to control southern Lebanon and p [...]	2009-01-13 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS SY IR IS LE
09BEIRUT530	LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP HARB FEARS IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 11 meeting, March 14 MP Boutros Harb told Ambassador that the Iranian presence, through Hizballah, created a situation in Lebanon worse than when Syria was in control. He warned that Lebanon could not survive in this present state of affairs. Harb called Free Patriotic Movement [...]	2009-05-12 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT531	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER WANTS SAAD HARIRI AS THE [...] (C) Economy and Trade Minister and MP Mohammed Safadi declared that current majority leader Saad Hariri should be the next PM, regardless of whether Hariri's March 14 coalition or opposition March 8 holds the majority after the June 7 parliamentary elections. Safadi, who is allied with Hariri [...]	2009-05-12 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT534	LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...]	2009-05-14 08:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY
09BEIRUT535	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]	2009-05-14 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT536	LEBANON: ELECTIONS: GEMAYEL TELLS NEA DAS HALE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed with former President Amine Gemayel the June 7 parliamentary elections and the possible consequences of a Hizballah-controlled government. Gemayel's son Sami assessed the election as a "tough race," and claimed Hizballah had "limit [...]	2009-05-14 08:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT537	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...]	2009-05-14 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT538	LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI EXPRESSES FEAR OF [...] (C) Orthodox Christian Archbishop Audi, meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Hale on May 9, at turns decried the political season in Lebanon; emphasized the need for Lebanese to be beholden to the state and its institutions; expressed his fear that the Shi'a population, with Hizballah [...]	2009-05-14 11:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IS SY LE
09BEIRUT539	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AIR FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) At a May 9 dinner hosted by March 14 MP Nayla Mouawad, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed June 7 parliamentary election outcomes and consequences. Minister of State Nassib Lahoud critiqued March 14 campaign failings and adamantly denied any possibility he would participate in March 14 p [...]	2009-05-14 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT540	LEBANON: ZAHLE A KEY DISTRICT IN BATTLE BETWEEN [...] (C) Zahle will be a key district in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections; the next majority in parliament depends, in part, on who wins in Zahle. As of May 14, neither March 8 nor March 14 had officially announced their candidate lists, at a time when nearly all of the districts have d [...]	2009-05-14 11:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT541	LEBANON: UNSCOL DOWNBEAT ON MARCH 14'S CHANCES [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams raised with NEA DAS Hale and Ambassador the idea of delaying any possible Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar village until after the Lebanese election on June 7, so as to avoid opponents of the Siniora government using the charge that Israel is t [...]	2009-05-14 11:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT544	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: VOTERS DO NOT LINK AOUN WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Christian voters do not understand that a vote for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is a vote for his ally, Hizballah. He said it was imperative that March 14 leaders communicate this message before the June 7 par [...]	2009-05-14 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT546	LEBANON: PATRIARCH'S DISPLEASURE WITH AOUN'S [...] (C) In a May 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir declared that Free Patriotic Party (FPM) leader Michel Aoun's ambitions were too "hard to satisfy," and complained that Aoun wanted to be Lebanon's president "at any price." Sfeir also condemned Aoun for [...]	2009-05-14 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT547	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIRMS MARCH 14 HAS WHAT IT [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that the members of the coalition's leadership were now all "satisfied" that they would receive adequate financing for their electoral campaigns after his May 9-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. Hariri said his March 14 colleagues would hav [...]	2009-05-14 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT548	LEBANON: PSP LEADER WALID JUMBLATT CONFIRMS HIS [...] (C) At a dinner hosted in honor of visiting NEA DAS Hale, March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said there were still some problems with March 14 candidate lists, notably in Beirut I and Keserwan Jumblatt reaffirmed his commitment to March 14 and disclosed that a meeting for the coalition would [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS SY LE
09BEIRUT550	LEBANON: UNSCOL SAYS ISRAELI HANDOVER OF STRIKE [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh briefed the Ambassador about the recent Israeli hand over of cluster bomb strike data to the GOL and provided a readout of Williams' May 8 - 10 trips to Israel and Turkey. Williams said issue number one f [...]	2009-05-15 12:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IR IS LE
09BEIRUT551	LEBANON: FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT LEADER MICHEL [...] (C) In two separate May 14 meetings, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) candidate Alain Aoun and senior advisor to Speaker Berri (Amal) Ali Hamdan confirmed that the public rift between FPM leader Michel Aoun and Speaker Berri was not resolved. Nevertheless, on May 14 FPM and Amal ministers voted [...]	2009-05-15 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT552	LEBANON: 2009 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to acting Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) Fouad Fleifel on May 7. In addition, Post sent the Special 301 report and comments to senior and working level contacts at the Ministries of Culture, Health, Finance, Justice, and Adm [...]	2009-05-18 04:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PGOV LE
09BEIRUT556	LEBANON: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY EXPRESSES PRAISE FOR [...] (U) Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Beirut on May 15. He met with Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah, the four Central Bank Vice Governors, Chairman of the Banking Control Commission Walid Alameddine, and members of the banking com [...]	2009-05-18 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT558	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR AND LAF KAHWAJI UNWORRIED [...] (C) In separate meetings with visiting U.S. Special Operations Commander Admiral Eric Olson and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji expressed appreciation for U.S. military aid to Lebanon, calling it crucial to the continued improvement of Lebanon's armed [...]	2009-05-19 13:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT562	LEBANON: NASRALLAH SPEECHES COULD HELP MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador, was optimistic about March 14's chances in upcoming parliamentary elections. He noted that coalition leaders had agreed upon lists in all but one district, Beirut 1. Discussing Hizballah Secretary Gener [...]	2009-05-19 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT563	LEBANON: NASRALLAH UPS ELECTORAL ANTE IN FIERY [...] (C) Three weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah appeared in two televised speeches on May 15 and May 18. His speeches glorified the events of May 7, 2008 and highlighted Hizballah's preparations for any future conflict with Israel. Nasrallah taunted [...]	2009-05-19 18:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE
09BEIRUT565	LEBANON: LEBANESE YOUTH COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) On Saturday My 9, 2009, a new anti-corruption movement, the "ebanese Youth Coalition against Corruption" (LYCAC was launched in Beirut. This coalition was launched by the Youth Civil Society & Leadership (YCSL) program as a joint initiative between the Lebanese Transparency Association (L [...]	2009-05-20 10:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI LE
09BEIRUT569	LEBANON: MINISTER OF INTERIOR CONFIDENT ON [...] (SBU) In a May 19 meeting hosted by UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud, the lead GOL official responsible for elections, provided a detailed update to the donor community on the preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections. [...]	2009-05-20 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR LE
09BEIRUT570	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN: ONE YEAR IN OFFICE [...] (C) During his first year in office, President Michel Sleiman has emerged as a popular leader who has sought a "middle road" to defuse Lebanon's confessional tensions. Since his May 25, 2008 swearing in, Sleiman has worked to polish Lebanon's international stature. Lebanon and Syria establish [...]	2009-05-20 17:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SY LE
09BEIRUT571	LEBANON: AOUN HAS LOST METN VOTES, MICHEL MURR [...] (C) Metn political heavyweight Michel Murr, meeting with the Ambassador on May 20, expressed confidence that March 14 would win the upcoming parliamentary elections, although he expected the result to be close. Murr disclosed that President Sleiman was feeling frustrated with Lebanon's electo [...]	2009-05-20 19:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT577	LEBANON: NASRALLAH DEFENDS HIMSELF, PRAISES [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah delivered two speeches on May 22 and May 25 to mark the ninth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon. His speeches attempted to respond to critics of his recent comments praising Hizballah's actions in May 7, 2008 events and calling for the [...]	2009-05-26 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT578	LEBANON: ON ELECTION DAY, WILL MOBILE NETWORK BE [...] (SBU) Following the reduction in mobile fees and charges by Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT),Lebanese consumers have rushed to acquire new mobile lines, now more affordable to low income users. Advisor to MOT Minister Antoine Boustani told us the two private companies managing the GOL-own [...]	2009-05-27 08:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT580	LEBANON: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov made a one-day visit to Lebanon May 25. Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Alexander Chvykov told the DCM on May 27 that the trip had three purposes: discuss bilateral relations, express support for Lebanon's stability ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections and [...]	2009-05-27 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SA RU
09BEIRUT584	LEBANON:HIZBALLAH DOES NOT WANT WAR, LAF CHIEF [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed disarming Hizballah was not simply an internal Lebanese problem, but a regional and international problem, dealt with best through political and diplomatic efforts. Israel's continued occu [...]	2009-05-28 12:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT585	LEBANON: WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, MARCH 14 PUTS ON A [...] (C) In a strong last-minute show of unity, just 12 days before the June 7 parliamentary elections, March 14 leaders met at the Bristol Hotel on May 26, presenting a joint communique outlining the coalition's positions on key issues. The communique expressed support for UNSCR 1701 and the Spec [...]	2009-05-28 13:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT587	LEBANON: ELECTION DISPUTE BODY FINALLY NAMED [...] (C) The Lebanese cabinet on May 27 appointed the final five members to the Constitutional Council, completing the formation of the body that will consider disputes over the June 7 parliamentary election results. This was a critical step to ensure the upcoming elections are seen as free and fa [...]	2009-05-29 08:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT590	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, SINIORA PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In a discussion May 27 with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora blamed Israel for many of the region's problems and pushed for U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional problems, including I [...]	2009-05-29 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPAL IR LE SY
09BEIRUT592	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...]	2009-05-29 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT593	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO [...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...]	2009-05-29 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE
09BEIRUT594	LEBANON: JUMBLATT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAY [...] (C) On a popular political talk show televised live May 28, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt called on March 14 leader Saad Hariri to seek only the truth, and not justice, from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, believing that justice that incriminates Hizballah could spark "internal sedition"; i.e. [...]	2009-05-29 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR LE
09BEIRUT595	LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES [...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...]	2009-05-29 15:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
09BEIRUT596	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, PM Siniora thanked the United States for its support for Lebanon's institutions, sovereignty and independence. He added that Lebanon supports Israeli-Palestinian peace, but not if the ultimate solution involves permanent resettlement of [...]	2009-05-29 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAL UNSC IR IS LE
09BEIRUT597	LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPEAKER BERRI U.S. [...] (C) Vice President Biden told Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri that his May 22 visit to Lebanon was designed to send a strong message from the Obama administration that the U.S. supports a sovereign, independent Lebanon with strong institutions and was committed to achieving a compre [...]	2009-05-29 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PINR LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT598	LEBANON: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, [...] (C) Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, accompanied by the Ambassador, reaffirmed to Lebanese interlocutors at the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Banking ControlCommission, Ministry of Finance, and private sectr bankers that the U.S. valued its coopera [...]	2009-06-01 10:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT599	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN'S POST-ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman, in an energetic May 27 speech to mark the anniversary of his first year in office, called for action on a broad domestic agenda, to be led by him if, he implied, the new government is too divided to get anything done. His words and tone previewed a potentially mo [...]	2009-06-01 14:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT60	LEBANON: GOL RESPONDS CALMLY BUT FIRMLY TO SECOND [...] (C) On the morning of January 14, unknown persons in the Arqub region in south Lebanon launched rockets towards Israel, after which the there was artillery fire from Israel to the suspected launch area. This is the second rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel in one week. The second attack [...]	2009-01-14 18:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT601	LEBANON: IMF DENIES DISCUSSIONS WITH HIZBALLAH ON NEW [...] (SBU) An IMF press statement clarified that the IMF February-March 2009 mission to Beirut met with major political parties, including Hizballah, as part of outreach activities within the scope of Article IV consultation discussions but did not make any agreement with Hizballah on a loan deal. [...]	2009-06-01 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT605	LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...]	2009-06-02 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK
09BEIRUT606	LEBANON: OPPOSITION CANDIDATES ACCUSE SLEIMAN OF [...] (C) Not surprisingly, opposition candidates have accused President Sleiman of "interfering" in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections. Sleiman was accused of interfering in several Christian districts against candidates of Michel Aoun, a candidate who is aligned with Aoun complained to us [...]	2009-06-02 15:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT617	LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC [...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...]	2009-06-04 16:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT622	LEBANON: MARCH 14: "CHRISTIAN MOMENTUM MOVING TO [...] (C) A group of March 14 candidates gathered at lunch a few days before the June 7 vote told us securing the majority of the Christian vote -- keeping opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun from getting it -- remains the key to March 14 victory in the elections. They complained that the Super [...]	2009-06-05 10:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR LE
09BEIRUT623	LEBANON: PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) In the final UN-sponsored election forum before the June 7 election, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams told the donor community that the current security situation in the country appeared good, but noted it would not be a surprise to see an increase in tensions be [...]	2009-06-05 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR LE
09BEIRUT624	LEBANON: CAMPAIGN ISSUE: THE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Both the March 14 coalition and the opposition are seeking to capitalize on the possible economic impact of the international community's reactions to the June 7 parliamentary elections to gain votes. March 14 leaders have floated the idea that an opposition-led Lebanese government would [...]	2009-06-05 12:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT627	LEBANON: OPINION-MAKER REACTION: "PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador gathered a group of eight influential opinion-makers June 4 for a roundtable discussion following President Obama's speech from Cairo University. The group agreed that the speech was "culturally sensitive" and a positive first step to engagement with the Arab world. However [...]	2009-06-05 14:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS

09BEIRUT629	LEBANON: HEAVY TURNOUT AS POLLS OPEN COUNTRY-WIDE [...] (SBU) Lebanon's 2009 parliamentary elections began in an atmosphere of relative calm today, with heavy voter turnout and an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement. Security forces are deployed country-wide, manning checkpoints, controlling minor security incidents, and conducting thorough [...]	2009-06-07 08:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE SY
09BEIRUT63	LEBANON: ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) The international financial crisis is not expected to affect the results of ongoing bilateral assistance programs in Lebanon. As highlighted in detail in Ref B, Lebanon has sofar managed to avoid most of the impact of the global financial crisis. Lebanese banks have minimal lQks to forei [...]	2009-01-15 12:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT630	LEBANON: HIGH TURNOUT; POLLS CLOSE AND THE WAITING [...] (SBU) Polls for the June 7 parliamentary elections closed at 1900 and vote-counting commenced. Voter turnout was quite high. The Interior Ministry estimated that turnout reached 52 percent, 20 percent higher than the turnout in the last parliamentary elections in 2005. Voters complained of [...]	2009-06-07 18:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE SY
09BEIRUT631	LEBANON: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST MARCH 14 WINS [...] (SBU) Preliminary, unofficial results from IFES, political party representatives, and media outlets indicate that Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition and pro-March 14 independents won the majority in the June 7 parliamentary elections with as many as 71 out of 128 seats. From his Qoreitem residen [...]	2009-06-08 08:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT632	LEBANON: SECRETARY LAHOOD CONGRATULATES SLEIMAN ON [...] (C) In a June 7 election day meeting with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, President Michel Sleiman was pleased to see elections taking place peacefully in one day. He predicted the difference between majority and opposition would be only two or three seats, and said the close elections [...]	2009-06-08 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS
09BEIRUT633	LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT634	LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] (C) By mid-day on June 8, Interior Minister Baroud completed the official announcements of the names of the 128 winning candidates in the June 7 elections. The announcements confirmed that 71 seats went to the March 14-led coaltion and 57 to the current opposition, so March 14 kept its parlia [...]	2009-06-09 07:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT639	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH CONCILIATORY, EXCEPT TO U.S., [...] (C) Lebanese interlocutors and international observers expressed general praise for the conduct of the elections and hope for more electoral reform. Hizballah's SYG Hassan Nasrallah, in a post election speech on June 8, congratulated "the winners," but cautioned that while they hold the major [...]	2009-06-10 06:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT643	LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT644	LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...]	2009-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT645	LEBANON: GEAGEA ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref A) as a "big manifestation of democracy in the Middle East." Satisfied with the outcome of the results, Geagea said March 14 must now move away [...]	2009-06-10 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT646	LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG [...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...]	2009-06-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT647	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...]	2009-06-10 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR
09BEIRUT653	LEBANON: ELECTION ANALYSIS: HOW DID THE LEBANESE [...] (C) A district-by-district analysis of the results of the June 7 parliamentary elections reveals that voters of all confessions voted mostly for full slates of candidates, rather than for individual candidates. Sunnis, Shia, and Druze voted solidly for their respective political blocs, and i [...]	2009-06-11 14:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT654	LEBANON: GEMAYEL SAYS MARCH 14 MUST STAND FIRM [...] (C) In a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel stressed that March 14 must be strong in opposing a blocking third for the opposition in the new cabinet, even if government formation takes longer as a result. He worried that some of his March 14 allies would be [...]	2009-06-11 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT655	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS S/E MITCHELL SHOULD FOCUS [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, advised that Special Envoy George Mitchell should secure a freeze on Israeli settlements in order that President Obama's peace efforts succeed. Asked about Lebanon's role in regional peace, he half-joked "We cannot aff [...]	2009-06-11 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT656	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SYG TO PUSH FOR STRONGER [...] (C) Following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref B),March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Souaid is intent on carrying on the work of the Secretariat, which held its first post-election meeting on June 10. Souaid believed the elections proved opposition Christian leader M [...]	2009-06-11 15:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT658	LEBANON: EGYPT WILL SUPPLY LEBANON WITH NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian announced the signing on April 30 of an agreement with Egypt, whereby Egypt will supply Lebanon with a total of 600 cubic meters of natural gas per year. This agreement is part of the regional power grid project, which includes Lebanon and Egypt [...]	2009-06-12 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT659	LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL [...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...]	2009-06-12 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT66	LEBANON: URGING GOL ACTION TO STEM UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) Action request: see para 7 2. (C) Per instructions in reftel, Charge and other emboffs on January 15 conveyed to senior GOL and political officials points about the risks of continued rocket attacks directed at Israel from Lebanese territory. Charge spoke to senior aides to the Preside [...]	2009-01-15 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE
09BEIRUT664	LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO [...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...]	2009-06-15 13:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT668	LEBANON: REACTION TO PM NETANYAHU'S JUNE 14 SPEECH [...] (C) Lebanese reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's June 14 speech was mostly negative (Ref A). President Sleiman termed the Netanyahu speech as "hard lined" in a statement issued June 15, while PM Siniora termed it "extremely dangerous." The only positive acknowledgment note [...]	2009-06-17 05:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT670	LEBANON: TOYING WITH NABIH BERRI OVER SPEAKER [...] (C) There have been calls by some in March 14 for Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri not to be reelected to his post unless he commits to conditions, such as promising not to close the Parliament arbitrarily as he did for 18 months pre-Doha. Senior March 14 leaders like Hariri and Jumblatt app [...]	2009-06-17 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SY
09BEIRUT671	LEBANON: DEMARCHE: SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT672	LEBANON: DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HAGUE CODE OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche requesting Lebanese support for nonproliferation efforts by subscribing to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to Majid Ramadan, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on May 14. On June 17 Hazem Ab [...]	2009-06-17 14:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT674	LEBANON: BERRI SAYS SPEAKER ELECTION AT END OF JUNE [...] (C) In a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, a relaxed Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri expressed satisfaction regarding the recent legislative elections and predicted cabinet formation would occur smoothly and quickly. Berri has made clear publicly and privately that he supports Saad Harir [...]	2009-06-17 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT679	LEBANON: NASRALLAH CRITIQUES LEBANESE ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah gave a lengthy speech the evening of June 17 in which he critiqued Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. While Nasrallah accepted the defeat of the Hizballah-led opposition, he claimed the opposition had maintained the largest share of popular, moral and [...]	2009-06-19 12:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV LE IR
09BEIRUT685	LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009 [...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...]	2009-06-22 13:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE
09BEIRUT687	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR PREDICTS HE'LL KEEP DEFENSE [...] Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador and Poloff June 19 he predicted the upcoming cabinet formation process would be quick. Murr believes he will remain as Defense Minister. Looking ahead, Murr said his priority was to ensure the Lebanese Armed Forces were prepared for [...]	2009-06-22 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR LE
09BEIRUT691	DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Lebanon will take a moderate position at the AL ministerial and advocate for the Arab Peace Initiative, as it has in the past, the diplomatic advisor to President Michel Sleiman (Naji Abi Assi) and chief aide to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (Rola Noureddine) told DCM in separate conversat [...]	2009-06-23 13:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID XF LE
09BEIRUT692	LEBANON: HOW THE USG CAN PROMOTE ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) One of our key priorities at U.S. Embassy Beirut is to support Lebanon's state institutions and the extension of the state's authority throughout all of Lebanon's territory. The upcoming formation of a new Lebanese government offers us an opportunity to re-engage on fundamental reform iss [...]	2009-06-23 13:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE
09BEIRUT693	LEBANON: THE RISE OF A NEW CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT? [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 MP Michel Pharaon said Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was pressuring March 14's independent Christians to join his voting bloc in parliament. Pharaon noted that many independent Christians opposed Geagea and were looking for an alte [...]	2009-06-23 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LE SY
09BEIRUT694	LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. UNIFIL official on June 11 told PolOff that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel since last semi-annual report (Ref B). UNIFIL s [...]	2009-06-24 04:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO LE
09BEIRUT698	LEBANON: OUTGOING PM SINIORA COMMITS TO BORDER [...] (C) On the last full day of his government's mandate before it became a caretaker government, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora confirmed to international donors June 19 Lebanon's continuing and firm commitment to secure the eastern border with Syria. Urging international donor support for the ext [...]	2009-06-24 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS EAID IS SY LE
09BEIRUT7	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES UNSC ACTION USING 1701 MODEL [...] (C) On January 2, PM Siniora convoked Ambassadors and Charges from UNSC members represented in Beirut and urged UNSC action to produce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. He suggested the Council use UNSCR 1701, which marked the end of 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, as a model. He argued that Isr [...]	2009-01-02 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS
09BEIRUT702	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID [...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit which comes three weeks after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition retained the parliamentary majority by an unexpected margin, and has a 71-57 edge over the opposition in the new parliament. The g [...]	2009-06-25 12:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT704	LEBANON: EMBASSY DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 23, per reftel instructions, Poloff delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Surete Generale's (Immigration) Director of the Nationalities, Passports, and Foreigners Department General Siham Harake. We informed Harake that Lebanon had been downgraded to a Ti [...]	2009-06-25 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KPAO KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09BEIRUT705	LEBANON: HARIRI FORMS NEW BLOC, BERRI RE-ELECTED [...] (C) On June 24, Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri announced the creation of the new "Lebanon First" parliamentary bloc, including some 34 Future Party MPs and allies plus seven prominent independents. We are seeing movement on a number of pro-March 14 MPs who were elected as independe [...]	2009-06-25 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LE
09BEIRUT713	LEBANON: JUMBLATT: "NASRALLAH DIVULGED NO SECRETS" [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on June 25, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt commented that neither Speaker Nabih Berri nor majority leader Saad Hariri were "completely happy" with the conduct of their coalition members during the vote to choose the Speaker earlier that day. [...]	2009-06-26 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT714	LEBANON: MIKATI "CONCERNED" ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF [...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and recently elected MP Najib Mikati worried that if parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri became Prime Minister, he would compromise on economic reform and Hizballah's arms while facing difficulties from Syria. Mikati bel [...]	2009-06-26 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF ECON KPAL KCOR UNSC LE IR
09BEIRUT715	LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Presumptive PM-designate Saad Hariri confirmed to the Ambassador June 26 that he had met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah the previous day. Nasrallah did not request any "guarantees" from the new government, and Hariri did not offer any, Hariri said. Although mandatory bl [...]	2009-06-26 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR LE IR
09BEIRUT716	LEBANON: INDUSTRIALISTS LOBBY TO INCLUDE ALL LEBANESE [...] (SBU) As part of the USTR's evaluations of ongoing country practices for the general system of preferences (GSP),the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) submitted a petition to include all Lebanese exports to the U.S. under the GSP program. In 2008, Lebanese exports to the U.S. were [...]	2009-06-29 07:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV ETRD KFLU SY LE
09BEIRUT723	LEBANON: HARIRI BECOMES PM-DESIGNATE, BUT TENSIONS [...] (C) Saad Hariri formally became Prime Minister-designate on Saturday, June 27. Opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah have neither endorsed Hariri nor committed to participating in the government Hariri will now try to form. However, Aoun continues to insist that a unity gover [...]	2009-06-29 12:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT724	LEANON: GEAGEA: DON'T GIVE SYRIA A ROLE IN [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said although Majority Leader Saad Hariri's formation of the new Lebanon First parliamentary bloc was "not good," March 14 was not dead. Collaboration between Hariri and himself remains strong, Geagea averre [...]	2009-06-29 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY
09BEIRUT743	LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE MENTIONS ECONOMIC REFORM (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) In a June 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that, as head of the new government, in parallel with his efforts to build up Lebanon's security services, he plans to pursue economic reforms, streamline business procedures, and [...]	2009-07-06 13:50:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EAIR PGOV KFLU SENV LE
09BEIRUT746	LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS TO MEET IN DAMASCUS ONLY [...] (C) PM-designate Saad Hariri has been under (well-intentioned) pressure from the Saudi leadership for a week to agree to participate in an as-yet unscheduled Saudi-Syria summit in Damascus. He told the Ambassador July 6 that he is willing to do so, along with President Sliman, to support Saud [...]	2009-07-06 17:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT758	LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST [...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...]	2009-07-08 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY SA
09BEIRUT764	LEBANON: SAFADI DESCRIBES FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Tripoli Sunni leader and caretaker Minister of Economy Mohammad Safadi said the Saudis had made a serious negotiating mistake in accepting the Syrian demand for a pre-government formation meeting of Lebanese political leaders with the Saudi King and [...]	2009-07-09 13:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SY SA FR QA LE
09BEIRUT767	LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE HARIRI TELLS INL A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson and the Ambassador July 1 that the Internal Security Forces (the police) have been "very successful" in recent years, but more recruits, training, and equi [...]	2009-07-10 10:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI LE
09BEIRUT768	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER BAROUD AND A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson, caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud believed that technical preparations for securing Lebanon's border with Syria were moving forward, but that real security would require clea [...]	2009-07-10 10:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PTER SNAR SMIG KCOR LE SY
09BEIRUT77	LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA; [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...]	2009-01-16 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT771	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...]	2009-07-10 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT779	LEBANON: OPIC/CITI EXTEND ADDITIONAL LOAN FACILITY TO [...] (SBU) On July 10, Citi Country Officer for Lebanon Walter Siouffi told us that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Citi signed a $40 million 15-year term loan facility for Byblos Bank (one of Lebanon's top three commercial banks) this week. This amount will be used for lendi [...]	2009-07-14 04:58:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG PGOV LE
09BEIRUT78	LEBANON: SINIORA ASSURES GOL OPPOSED TO ROCKET [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora assured Charge that the GOL was united in its condemnation of rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon. He said he had ordered the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to coordinate with UNIFIL on patrolling the border area and preventing further [...]	2009-01-16 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE
09BEIRUT786	LEBANON: GERMAN AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Lebanese reaction to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's July 7 visit to Beirut, followed by a July 10-11 visit by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was muted. Lebanese contacts asserted that while the show of support was appreciated, the visits amounted to little mor [...]	2009-07-14 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE GM FR
09BEIRUT8	LEBANON: GOL CONSIDERING SETTING A FLOOR FOR GAS EXCISE TAX [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah told us on December 31 that he is discussing the gas excise tax with PM Siniora and Energy Minister Alain Tabourian. Chatah supports setting a fixed excise tax, regardless of the price of gas. (Note: Chatah December 24 mentioned to Embassy staff a 350 Le [...]	2009-01-05 08:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT805	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS PETRAEUS ASSISTANCE FOR LAF [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Commanding General U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri said he had begun consultations on government formation, and though the opposition and the Syrians would make the process difficult, he was confident he [...]	2009-07-17 06:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON OVIP MASS MCAP LE SY SA
09BEIRUT808	LEBANON: BUSINESS IS BOOMING, SO WHO NEEDS A [...] (SBU) With the summer tourist season in full swing, business in Lebanon is booming, despite the lack of a government and contrary to international trends. Businesspeople's attitudes toward the cabinet formation process range from mild curiosity to relative indifference to utter disdain. While [...]	2009-07-17 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT809	LEBANON: MARCH 14 FIGURES STILL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) March 14 contacts this week were cautiously optimistic that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun on the formation of a government. However, they said, it was unrealistic to expect a new cabinet be [...]	2009-07-17 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT813	LEBANON: FINANCIAL SECTOR JOINS TOGETHER TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) and the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) jointly established a new committee to enhance corporate governance in the Lebanese banking sector. Amin Awad, a member of the Banking Control Commission (BCC),told us this committee was created in response [...]	2009-07-20 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT818	LEBANON: PM SINIORA TO PETRAEUS: PUSH SYRIA TO GET [...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Commander General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus and the Ambassador June 30 that he was "quite satisfied" with the outcome of Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora said that the Lebanese had voted fo [...]	2009-07-20 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MASS MARR MOPPS LE SY IR
09BEIRUT819	LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...]	2009-07-20 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT82	LEBANON: LEBANON BEGINS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA [...] (SBU) After the Lebanese Cabinet's $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza on December 30 (reftel),Lebanon sent its first shipment of in-kind assistance to Gaza by plane via Jordan on January 3. The shipment consisted of 17 tons of medical supplies and equipment and 2,060 blankets. Ambassador Kh [...]	2009-01-20 11:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT820	LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS PETRAEUS CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),President Michel Sleiman noted that he was relatively optimistic and said he expected cabinet formation to last somewhere between ten days and two weeks. Sleiman remarked that Lebanon faced a n [...]	2009-07-20 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
09BEIRUT821	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS NEW [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr affirmed to visiting CENTCOM Commanding General David Petraeus in a June 30 meeting that the strong U.S.-Lebanese military partnership will grow stronger under the new Lebanese government. Murr said the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) work on a Five Year Plan would [...]	2009-07-20 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SA SY LE
09BEIRUT822	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ON THE DEFENSE WHILE STRIVING [...] (C) In a series of public addresses over the last week, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah has raised the rhetoric of a possible war with Israel while simultaneously offering conciliatory words to PM-designate Saad Hariri as he attempts to form a government. March 14 figures welcome Nasrallah's [...]	2009-07-21 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT837	LEBANON: TOURISM IS BUSTLING IN BEIRUT, BUT ONLY [...] (U) Beirut's record-setting summer tourism has bolstered business and crowded the capital city, but the benefits have not extended far past the city limits. Lebanese expatriates frequent dining establishments in some peripheral cities, but the historical GOL focus on infrastructure developmen [...]	2009-07-24 18:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG PGOV LE
09BEIRUT838	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS UNFAZED BY DRAWN-OUT [...] (C/NF) March 14 leaders in separate meetings grumbled about coalition dynamics but reiterated their belief that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and its allies on the formation of a government. All admitted, however, that recent incidents in [...]	2009-07-24 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT84	LEBANON: MARCH 14 OUTLINES ROAD MAP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) With parliamentary elections a little over four months away, the March 14 Secretariat has outlined a three step "road map" focusing on increased activity by the Secretariat to coordinate the coalition's activities and messages, a second political convention to announce March 14's political [...]	2009-01-20 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT843	LEBANON: JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY FOR PM-ELECT (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Senior economic advisor to PM-elect Saad Hariri and potential finance minister in the next cabinet, Dr. Nadim Munla, said Hariri plans to focus on job creation and to enact a program creating at least 200,000 jobs over the next five years. Munla said on July 21 that Hariri was considerin [...]	2009-07-27 12:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT850	COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW [...] (C) Advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Nader Hariri, confirmed that an agreement has been reached over Shia representation in the presidential bloc in the next cabinet. Hariri emphasized that the consensus candidate would not be a "king minister," but rather a member of the Pre [...]	2009-07-28 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT851	HIZBALLAH PUBLICLY RECRUITING COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR [...] (C) Publicly-available brochures and radio advertisements in early July confirm Hizballah is actively recruiting college students to participate in a "summer camp." The camp's activities include cultural, educational, religious and political discussions and activities. In addition, one "boys [...]	2009-07-28 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER SOCI LE
09BEIRUT859	LEBANON: SOME GOL OFFICIALS ADMIT 1701 VIOLATION [...] (C) Several GOL officials expressed their confidence July 24-25 to visiting National Security Council Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro that the opposition would drop its demand for a blocking third and that the cabinet would be formed, though no one could commit to [...]	2009-07-29 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT865	COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 13:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT866	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT TO LESSEN POLITICAL [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid said that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretariat's leadership had agreed to decrease the coalition's political coordination activities to focus on grassroots mobilization. Lebanese public opinion is now more than ever with March 14, [...]	2009-07-30 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT867	LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...]	2009-07-30 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT868	PRESIDENT'S CABINET BLOC NEARLY SETTLED, BUT OTHER [...] (C) The President's ministerial bloc will contain five ministers and is nearly decided upon, according to presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi. Negotiation over portfolio distribution continues, but the issue of the blocking third is moot because it has been agreed that no "controversial" deci [...]	2009-07-30 13:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT87	LEBANON: SIGNING ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG announcement of the U.S.- IAEA "Additional Protocol" ratification to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Nada Akl, First Secretary in the Department of International Organiza [...]	2009-01-21 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA MNUC NPT PARM PGOV
09BEIRUT873	HARIRI WELCOMES E.O. 13441 RENEWAL AND CRITICIZES [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri declared himself "quite happy" about renewal of the E.O. 13441 designation and did not consider it a barrier to cabinet formation. Lebanese negotiations with Israel are out of the question until "Israel solves [...]	2009-08-03 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNGA LE
09BEIRUT874	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO GIVE JUMBLATT [...] (C) March 14 coalition leaders in separate meetings revealed most were unsurprised by Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader and MP Walid Jumblatt's reassessment of his alliance with the majority bloc, and all stressed their decision to leave space to allow Jumblatt to rejoin the coalition s [...]	2009-08-03 16:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT878	PRESIDENT SLEIMAN PRAISES ARMY, CRITICIZES ISRAEL, [...] (C) In his speech commemorating the 64th Army Day, President Michel Sleiman praised the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) while criticizing the delay in forming a cabinet. He called for constitutional reform if it would close "loopholes" and facilitate better institutions. Sleiman stated early tha [...]	2009-08-04 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT88	LEBANON: RIVALRY WITHIN THE PLO, PM'S LIAISON SAYS [...] (C) Highlighting that the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are "calm for now," the GOL's chief liaison for Palestinian issues, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC) Khalil Makkawi, stressed that PM Sinoria had done a good job communicating with Palestinians during the Isr [...]	2009-01-21 17:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT886	LEBANON: POLITICAL CONSENSUS IS CORNERSTONE FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) During a series of meetings with EconOff July 21-22, government officials and prominent economic consultants stressed that politics had stalled reform and privatization. They believed political leaders wanted to preserve their vested interests in any future privatization. PM-elect Saad [...]	2009-08-06 04:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN EIND ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT887	WILL HARIRI HEAD A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Despite Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt's August 5 comments pledging he would stand by Saad Hariri in the government formation process, Hariri will not in the end head a majority government, predicted caretaker Ministers Mohammed Chatah (Finance) and Ziad Baroud (In [...]	2009-08-06 15:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT892	SAUDI AMBASSADOR: JUMBLATT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY [...] (C) Saudi Information and Culture Minister Abdulaziz Khoja sent a strong message to Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt on August 4 that his actions did not serve Lebanon's national interests, and Jumblatt responded immediately and positively to Saudi King Abdullah's entrea [...]	2009-08-07 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA
09BEIRUT898	MARADA LIEUTENANTS DEFEND MEMBERSHIP IN MARCH 8 [...] (C) The Marada Party's alliance with Hizballah in the March 8 Coalition is based on the premise that the Shia party cannot be disarmed by force and must be dealt with in the context of the root causes that feed it, asserted Marada party figures Raymond (Rony) Arayji and Richard (Richy) Haykal. [...]	2009-08-10 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT904	JUMBLATT ASSURES HARIRI HE WILL SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt on August 12 confirmed that his bloc remains within the "15" (majority) in the 15-10-5 Cabinet formula, reiterating what he told Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri the night before. Both Siniora and caretaker Minister of State Nassib Lah [...]	2009-08-12 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA
09BEIRUT905	LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...]	2009-08-13 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT906	LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...]	2009-08-13 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT909	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT [...] (U) The following are Post's comments in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) The American University of Beirut (AUB),one of the most reputable universities in Lebanon and the region, is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution, with over 7,000 students currently enrolled. Many of Leban [...]	2009-08-13 12:58:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT91	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WORRIED HAMAS PLANS TO USE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 21, March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri expressed concern the past weeks' events in Gaza could lead to Hamas using Lebanon's Palestinian camps to confront Fatah and Israel. Hariri urged the new U.S. administration to "do something" about the Pales [...]	2009-01-22 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS
09BEIRUT910	MARCH 14 TAKES ON WATER AS THE CREW AWAITS THE [...] (C) Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel is pushing hard for two (unspecified) ministerial seats, according to the Hariri camp. His unhappiness with the cabinet formation process thus far has led to rumors that he may withdraw from March 14. Meanwhile, March 14 secretariat officials insist it i [...]	2009-08-13 17:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SA SY
09BEIRUT911	WILL THE REAL SYRIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim has been essentially absent from the political scene since his March 2009 appointment, supplanted by various informal interlocutors, most recently Lebanese Druze opposition leader Wiam Wahhab. Damascus' use of such intermediaries increases its [...]	2009-08-14 07:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT912	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC LE
09BEIRUT913	DRUZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: ARSLAN ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Opposition Druze leader Talal Arslan was not surprised by majority Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's apparent move away from the majority March 14 coalition in recent days, according to Arslan advisor Saleem Hamadeh, although he added that Jumblatt was still supporting Saad Hariri. Jumblatt wa [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT914	DRUZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: ARSLAN ADVISOR ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT915	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC LE
09BEIRUT917	LEBANON: CAN SLEIMAN MUSCLE DECENTRALIZATION? [...] (C) Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, moving forward on his August 1 Army Day calls for constitutional reforms and full implementation of Taif, convened in early August a small meeting of municipal leaders to discuss decentralization. Although the president appears serious in his efforts to pu [...]	2009-08-14 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT918	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS A TOP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche encouraging central government budget transparency to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah declared that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Ba [...]	2009-08-17 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV LE SOCI
09BEIRUT92	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH HIZBALLAH: MAJOR [...] (C) In his January 21 meeting with Hizballah MP Mohamad Raad, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt reportedly expressed his fundamental disagreement with Hizballah over Hizballah's relationship with Syria, Hizballah's arms, and the Special Tribunal. As such, he was not interested in a political relati [...]	2009-01-22 15:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE

09BEIRUT920	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR: DESPITE BOOMING ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri nee [...]	2009-08-17 13:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE
09BEIRUT921	AOUN REJECTS HARIRI'S INVITATION, GEMAYEL [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun dismissed charges that he was obstructing progress on government formation and declared he would not accept Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's lunch invitation if the latter does not put an end to attacks by his allies on the FPM leader. Aoun [...]	2009-08-17 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT922	NASRALLAH ATTEMPTS TO EASE FEAR, BUT PUBLIC [...] (C) Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah asserted Hizballah would take defensive action against Israel, if Lebanon was attacked, and called for national unity in his August 14 speech commemorating the third anniversary of the July 2006 war between Hizballah and Israel. Attendees at the [...]	2009-08-17 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE IS
09BEIRUT933	LEBANON: HARIRI SEES NO END IN SIGHT TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri described Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun as a "disaster" and insisted that he had told the FPM leader several times he would not acquiesce to reappointing Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil as Minister of Telecommunications. Hariri admitt [...]	2009-08-19 16:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT944	SLEIMAN: LAF/UNIFIL COORDINATION ESSENTIAL TO [...] (C) Although the situation in south Lebanon has cooled, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) must coordinate effectively with UNIFIL to prevent Hizballah from using future disturbances as a pretext to launch a strike against Israel, President Michel Sleiman emphasized to the Ambassador and DCM. S [...]	2009-08-21 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SA SY
09BEIRUT946	GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEADLOCKED OR DEAD END? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea insisted that the most effective solution to the current political crisis would be for the Saudis to appeal to the Syrians to pressure Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah to break the current political deadlock. The LF le [...]	2009-08-21 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY SA
09BEIRUT953	MOBILE TELECOM PRIVATIZATION HELD HOSTAGE TO [...] (C) Once the Lebanese cabinet is formed and the USG begins to work with the GOL to reform and build up its state institutions, we must also push the Lebanese leadership to move certain sectors out of the public realm through privatization. The most logical place for the GOL to begin would be [...]	2009-08-25 06:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE
09BEIRUT957	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS LEBANON STILL NEEDS [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri need [...]	2009-08-26 06:24:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT KFLU PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT959	ACTIVE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT POLITICALLY AND [...] (C) Although press reports have speculated that Lebanese President Michel Sleiman considered calling into session the caretaker cabinet headed by caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, constitutional experts and other Embassy contacts say public conjecture on the issue is a mere political man [...]	2009-08-26 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT96	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora in a January 23 meeting with Ambassador urged the new U.S. administration to take a strong role in Middle East peace negotiations. Specifically, he advocated U.S. direct or indirect efforts to encourage the Syrians to "realize it was in their best interests" [...]	2009-01-23 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT962	PHILANTHROPY AND POLITICAL GAIN MIX IN TRIPOLI [...] (C) The August 20 celebration of the opening of the municipal palace in Mina -- a small, mainly Orthodox town in Tripoli -- was an over-the-top homage to Sunni billionaire, former prime minister, and current MP Najib Mikati. While some have noted Mikati's "philanthropic intelligence" in his [...]	2009-08-27 12:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON LE
09BEIRUT966	OPPOSITION CRITICIZES HARIRI'S NEGOTIATION TACTICS [...] (C) Although many speculate that cabinet formation is being held up by external Syrian or Iranian influence, opposition figures claim that the reason for the delay is Hariri's refusal to provide a counteroffer to General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement's original proposal on the ministri [...]	2009-08-27 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT967	LEGAL CHALLENGE ADDS DELAYS TO NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) Two years after the near-complete destruction of the Nahr al-Barid Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, reconstruction efforts by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) are being thwarted by a legal challenge from Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun. On August 26, a Lebanes [...]	2009-08-27 14:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV KPAL UN LE
09BEIRUT971	IRAN PUSHES INTO LEBANESE DEMINING OPERATIONS [...] (C) The demining NGO Mine Advisory Group (MAG) has confirmed the launch of a new Iranian demining NGO in south Lebanon. The Iranian NGO Peace Generation Organization for Demining (PGOD) is starting with a small presence. In addition, MAG director Christina Bennike reaffirmed that some of her [...]	2009-08-28 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS MCAP PM IS LE IR
09BEIRUT972	JUMBLATT OBSESSED WITH AVERTING DRUZE-SHIA [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's close advisors, as well as his Druze competition, believe that Jumblatt is obsessed with averting a Druze-Shia conflict. Contacts suggest that one-third of the Druze "like" Jumblatt personally and will follow (some say "obey") his lead; one-third support Jumbl [...]	2009-08-28 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT973	WITH CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STALLED, HARIRI HINTS AT [...] (C) The press and nearly all Embassy contacts have declared a stalemate in the government formation process, despite a series of public statements by major political leaders that briefly indicated a move to break the deadlock. Notably, wayward Druze leader Walid Jumblatt came out strongly in s [...]	2009-08-28 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY SAIR IS
09BEIRUT974	DEFMIN MURR FRUSTRATED WITH HARIRI BUT SAYS [...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador on August 28 that the Lebanese cannot expect "better than Saad Hariri these days." However, he continued, Prime Minister-designate Hariri needs to be viewed as "strong." Murr assessed that the planned August 31 meeting of major [...]	2009-08-31 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS IT
09BEIRUT980	BERRI SUPPORTS NEW SHIA RELIGIOUS GROUP WHILE [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri supported the launch of a new, "moderate" Shia clerical establishment, the Independent Clerical Gathering, on August 20. Subsequently, on August 31, in his annual address on the anniversary of the disappearance of Shia cleric Imam Musa al-Sadr, Berri calle [...]	2009-09-02 13:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE IS
09BEIRUT984	HARIRI AND AOUN: WHO WILL BLINK FIRST? [...] (C) All signs indicate that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is planning to break the deadlock over cabinet formation by proposing a cabinet list to the President without further consultation with the opposition. Advisor Nader Hariri described Saad's August 31 meeting with opponent Free P [...]	2009-09-02 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT986	LEBANON: SWINE FLU WILL NOT DISRUPT THE BEGINNING OF THE [...] (U) Following a meeting with Minister of Education Bahia Hariri on August 26, Minister of Public Health Mohammad Khalifeh announced that the number of swine flu cases had reached approximately 600, up from 500 last week. Hariri and Khalifeh insisted the GOL would not delay the upcoming school [...]	2009-09-03 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT ETRD KFLU PGOV SCUL LE
09BEIRUT987	SLEIMAN URGES GOVERNMENT FORMATION BEFORE UNGA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Naji Abi Assi and independent Christian MP Boutros Harb told the Ambassador in separate meetings September 2 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri needed to take a next step in the government formation process. Abi Assi contended the problem was local, while Harb [...]	2009-09-03 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT988	HARIRI WILL PRESENT CABINET PROPOSAL WITHOUT [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador September 3 that he intends to present a national unity government cabinet proposal to President Sleiman within the next ten days. He confirmed that that negotiations with opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and his Free Patriot [...]	2009-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT99	LEBANON: POLITICAL WILL KEY TO FURTHER PROGRESS ON IPR [...] (SBU) Most Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) experts tell us current Lebanese legislation is generally adequate and WTO compliant, while Lebanon's biggest IPR problem is enforcement. IPR industry contacts say courts should impose more stringent fines on violators. IPR infringement in the pha [...]	2009-01-26 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE
09BEIRUT994	CAN THE MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COOPERATE ON [...] (C) While Lebanon's political leaders share broad consensus about what economic reforms the country needs to undertake once a new government is formed, they differ on how to achieve them. Within the new parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri's Future Movement has a solid economic reform plan, th [...]	2009-09-04 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE
09BELFAST14	TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY DISSIDENT [...] (C) A March 7 gun attack by dissident republicans near Antrim which left two British soldiers dead, and injured four others, is the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Omagh bombing. The attack was carried out by the Real IRA, a small dissident group formed by IRA member [...]	2009-03-09 14:03:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV UK EI
09BELFAST17	NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...]	2009-03-09 18:10:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL EI UK
09BELFAST21	SCENESETTER FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY VISIT BY NORTHERN IRELAND'S [...] (C/NF) The visit to Washington by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness comes on the heels of recent attacks by dissident republicans which have left two soldiers and one police officer dead. This visit will allow senior U.S. officials to express their sym [...]	2009-03-12 13:45:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EINV UK EI
09BELFAST30	NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...]	2009-05-01 15:05:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL EI UK
09BELFAST36	NORTHERN IRELAND EU ELECTION RESULTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is reeling from a major electoral shock after a significant number of its traditional supporters defected to the Traditional Unionist Party (TUV) and the Conservative/Unionist Party (formerly the Ulster Unionist Party) in the EU elections. The split am [...]	2009-06-09 16:15:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK EI
09BELFAST5	NORTHERN IRELAND LEADERS THANK SPECIAL ENVOY DOBRIANSKY [...] (C) Summary: On January 7-8, Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Ambassador Paula Dobriansky made farewell calls on Northern Ireland political leaders. Everyone paid tribute to the Special Envoy for her efforts during the past two years and praised the role the United States has played in brin [...]	2009-01-13 13:12:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UK EI
09BELFAST50	NORTHERN IRELAND DEVOLUTION DELAYED BUT ON TRACK [...] (C/NF) Summary. Northern Ireland's political leaders, together with HMG's Northern Ireland Office, are united in their conviction to move forward on the devolution of policing and justice. An attempt by hard-line unionist Jim Allister to siphon off support from First Minister Peter Robinson's [...]	2009-07-10 11:25:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SOCI UK EI
09BELFAST6	PROPOSED PAYMENTS TO VICTIMS OF NORTHERN IRELAND'S TROUBLES [...] (C) Summary: The public release on January 28 of The Consultative Group on the Past's report sparked controversy among Northern Ireland's politicians and victims groups. The Group, appointed by the British government in 2007, had a mandate to explore ways to deal with Northern Ireland's lega [...]	2009-01-30 16:02:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EI UK PGOV
09BELFAST88	NORTHERN IRELAND FIRST MINISTER ROBINSON AND DEPUTY FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary: Despite strong complaints regarding the behavior of the other and their respective parties, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness both agree that the financial piece of devolving policing and justice powers is complete, and a [...]	2009-11-03 17:12:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UK EI
09BELFAST9	ENSURING THE PEACE IN NORHTERN IRELAND: KEY USG OBJECTIVES [...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a joint message from Embassies Dublin, London, and Consulate Belfast. It outlines key objectives for continuing USG involvement in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the completion of the successful peace process that began with the Good Friday Agreement. Finalizing t [...]	2009-02-20 18:25:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ECON UK EI
09BELGRADE1002	SERBIA: MUNITIONS PLANT EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN [...] (U) A September 3 explosion at a Serbian munitions factory killed seven. It is not yet known whether the explosion affected the portion of the factory that produces military munitions, including supplies for Iraq and Afghanistan. End Summary. Explosion Rocks Plant --------------------- [...]	2009-09-04 14:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR
09BELGRADE1004	SERBIA: RESETTLEMENT A RARE ROMA SUCCESS STORY [...] (U) In a well planned and coordinated effort, local authorities in Belgrade on August 31 resettled without incident approximately 160 Romani families living in an illegal settlement under the Gazela bridge in downtown Belgrade. The resettlement, executed on the eve of the new school year, cl [...]	2009-09-04 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1030	SERBIA: KRUPANJ A NATIONALIST VESTIGE OF CONTRADICTION AND [...] (SBU) Serbia's small western municipality of Krupanj highlights how economic destitution and the lack of a national vision have spawned a muddled relationship between citizens and nationalist parties in local government. All roads literally end in Krupanj as does, apparently, all logic. Thou [...]	2009-09-14 14:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE104	SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTRY STATE SECRETARY IVANOVIC TOUR [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging February 3 meeting, Serbian Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanovic, a moderate Kosovo Serb, expressed conditional support for cooperation with the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA),characterized the recently-formed Kosovo Security Force (KSF) as "a group of wel [...]	2009-02-05 16:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE1080	SERBIA: PRIDE PARADE CANCELLED AS GOVERNMENT LOSES NERVE [...] (SBU) Organizers for the September 20 Belgrade Pride Parade reluctantly cancelled the event at the last minute after the government, citing security concerns, banned the event at its desired location and proposed what the organizers deemed unacceptable alternative venues. Although government [...]	2009-09-22 07:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1088	SERBIA: EXPLOSION AT MUNITIONS PLANT CAUSES MINOR DELAYS IN [...] (SBU) Nebjosa Svjetlica of the Ministry of Defense's international cooperation office confirmed to us on September 15 that the September 3 explosion at the Prvi Partizan munitions plant (Ref A) would have no long-term impact on production as there was no damage to production lines or equipment [...]	2009-09-23 08:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR
09BELGRADE1092	SERBIA: ACQUITTAL IN DEATHS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN BYTYQI [...] (SBU) On September 22, two Serbian police officers tried in the Serbian Special Court for War Crimes were acquitted of all charges related to the 1999 killings of three American citizens. The Presiding Judge explained that the prosecution's evidence did not support either the charge of depriv [...]	2009-09-23 14:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE1094	SERBIA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITY [...] (U) The Serbian diaspora community in the United States is geographically disparate and not unified on policy issues. The community has not yet made substantial investment in Serbia or been successful in interacting with the host country on political issues. End Summary. SERBIAN DIASPORA C [...]	2009-09-23 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SMIG SR
09BELGRADE1112	SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...]	2009-09-25 17:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SR
09BELGRADE1166	THE SHIFT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: IS SERBIA BECOMING MORE [...] (SBU) A series of traumatic events in Serbia in recent weeks, including the cancellation of a Pride Parade and the brutal murder of a French tourist, has prompted a new level of introspection among the Serbian public regarding shared values and the country's Euro-Atlantic orientation. Despite [...]	2009-10-09 10:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE1168	SOUTH SERBIA: A POLITICAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) South Serbia, an economically depressed and politically charged portion of the country that borders Kosovo and Macedonia, is home to 60,000-80,000 ethnic Albanians. The region continues to bear scars from armed conflict between Serbian security forces and the Liberation Army of Presevo [...]	2009-10-09 11:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE1222	SERBIA: WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) Ambassador Rapp has cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In meetings with President Tadic and other Serbian government officials on October 16, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp received updates on the search for International Criminal Tribun [...]	2009-10-22 15:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE125	ANOTHER FACE OF SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Prime Minister Cvetkovic, the Ambassador underscored U.S. frustration with the Serbian the government's inflexible approach to Kosovo issues and proposed a new emphasis on economic issues in our bilateral relations. Cvetkovic expressed interest in me [...]	2009-02-10 12:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1284	SERBIA'S JUDICIAL REFORM PROCEEDS DESPITE CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Serbia's National Assembly passed in late 2008 an ambitious judicial reform package in line with requirements in the 2006 Constitution, and the government immediately began the process of implementing the new laws. The laws are intended to increase judicial independence and efficiency a [...]	2009-11-02 12:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE13	SERBIA: LOOKING FOR PROGRESS ON SIX POINTS [...] (SBU) Serbia's Ministry for Kosovo continues to expect the international community to foster progress on the Six Points. Without that progress, Serbia believes that it will be impossible to reassure Kosovo Serbs of their security and further cooperation with EULEX will stall. The Ministry's l [...]	2009-01-08 17:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR KV
09BELGRADE1314	SERBIA AND ELECTRICITY: KEEPING NORTH OF KOSOVO IN THE DARK [...] (SBU) In response to demarche points on electricity in Kosovo (ref A),Serbia will continue discussing a future energy services company (ESCO) for the north of Kosovo, but is not inclined to permit KEK to provide power to the north while talks are ongoing. Serbia is determined to leverage the [...]	2009-11-06 11:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09BELGRADE1316	SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION [...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...]	2009-11-06 16:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE1354	SERBIA: PATRIARCH PAVLE PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) Patriarch Pavle, the revered 95-year old head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),passed away in his sleep on November 15. His death after more than two years of hospitalization triggered an outpouring of emotion, and the government announced three days of mourning to be followed b [...]	2009-11-16 16:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE1356	SERBIA: PATRIARCH PAVLE PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) Patriarch Pavle, the revered 95-year old head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),passed away in his sleep on November 15. His death after more than two years of hospitalization triggered an outpouring of emotion, and the government announced three days of mourning to be followed b [...]	2009-11-16 18:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE138	SERBIA: FRESH CONTROVERSY OVER DRAFT VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) The draft Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation of the autonomous province, remains the subject of controversy and political manipulation. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians have accused President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) of stalling due to internal divisions, bringing the [...]	2009-02-13 16:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE141	SERBIA ASKED ABOUT NPT RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 09:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA
09BELGRADE1438	SERBIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) Serbia's National Assembly passed the Vojvodina Statute and Law on Transfer of Competencies on November 30, ending a year of controversy between ultra-nationalists who claim the Statute is a step toward secession of the autonomous province and proponents of increased autonomy. After som [...]	2009-12-02 16:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SR
09BELGRADE1478	SERBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES FIRST JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) The Serbian National Assembly November 30 confirmed the first round of judges and public prosecutor selections required by judicial reform legislation. The judge and prosecutors appointed to several high-profile positions are highly respected professionals. Rumors persist that there ar [...]	2009-12-11 09:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE148	SERBIA'S EASTERN CITIES: GLOOMY FORECOAST WITH BOUTS OF [...] (SBU) Eastern Serbia may represent a preview of things to come for all of Serbia due to lack of investment and slow privatization. Despite their bleak economic outlook, three of Eastern Serbia's largest cities - Pirot, Zajecar and Bor -- have competent mayors who work closely with authorities [...]	2009-02-18 15:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
09BELGRADE149	SERBIA: KOSOVO ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH RHETORIC AND SNOW, [...] (SBU) The February 17 one-year anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence passed in Serbia without incident, although politicians of all persuasions used the opportunity to display their "patriotic" credentials as defenders of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The visit [...]	2009-02-18 15:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE1512	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) is the largest and most influential religious institution in Serbia. It also is the most privileged of the seven "traditional" religious communities recognized by the 2006 law on religion. Public opinion polls consistently demonstrate that the Church i [...]	2009-12-18 16:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF SR
09BELGRADE152	SERBIA: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (SBU) President Tadic has named General Miloje Miletic as the new Army Chief of Staff (CHOD),filling a position vacant for over six weeks since the resignation of General Zdravko Ponos. Miletic is expected to follow the direction of the Ministry of Defense rather than pushing the policy envel [...]	2009-02-19 14:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL PINR SR
09BELGRADE154	SOUTH SERBIA: SEVEN MONTHS LOST [...] (SBU) Two months into 2009 and seven months following the formation of mono-ethnic local governments in the South Serbian municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo, the political process in the region is at a virtual standstill and the future of economic development remains hostage to petty polit [...]	2009-02-23 07:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE157	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT TAKES SMALL STEP TOWARD EFFICIENCY [...] (SBU) The ruling majority approved changes to Parliament's Rules of Procedure on February 17 that will limit the opposition's ability to block the legislative process by capping debate time and otherwise restricting members' ability to diverge from the agenda. Members of Parliament from Presid [...]	2009-02-23 07:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE165	SERBIA REACTS TO FIRST KOSOVO WAR CRIMES VERDICTS [...] (SBU) Reactions in Serbia were swift and strong to the February 26 convictions by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of five former Yugloslav or Serbian officials for crimes against humanity in Kosovo in 1999. While human rights NGOs were happy with the five [...]	2009-02-27 14:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC ASEC SR
09BELGRADE173	SERBIA'S YEAR OF UNREALIZED FEARS AND UNFULFILLED [...] (SBU) One year after Boris Tadic's reelection as president of Serbia, the country has achieved several notable successes. Rather than succumbing to nationalism in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, its citizens elected a new government that declared European Union membership it [...]	2009-03-01 11:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE184	Serbia: January Economic Data Highlights Sharp Downturn [...] (SBU) Newly released data from January showed the sharp downturn in the Serbian economy as the financial crisis affected the currency, trade, and production. While layoffs have not yet made headlines in Serbia, the data show that Serbia is not insulated from the global crisis and the governmen [...]	2009-03-04 13:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE185	SERBIA: BELGRADE'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] Belgrade is Serbia's economic center, accounting for over 30% of the country's GDP and workforce. Among the international and domestic companies headquartered in the capital are Belgrade's public utility companies which are divvied up along party lines. The city government is a coalition of p [...]	2009-03-04 14:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE19	SERBIA: PARTICIPATION IN RCC ON TRACK [...] (SBU) The Serbian government is redefining institutional structures and priorities to actively participate in the Sarajevo-based Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). Serbia's deputy RCC national coordinator told us that Serbian ministries are beginning to coordinate and de-conflict prospective [...]	2009-01-12 06:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID BK SR
09BELGRADE191	SERBIA ISSUES WARRANTS FOR BOSNIAN LEADERS FOR WAR CRIMES [...] (SBU) Based on an apparent leak, the Serbian press has reported that the Serbian War Crimes Court has opened an investigation and issued arrest warrants against former Bosnian leaders, including former members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, for a 1992 attack on the Yugoslav Army as [...]	2009-03-06 06:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE210	SERBIA: Serbia: How the Economic Crisis could Lead to a [...] (SBU) Politicians in Serbia are facing the increasingly sober reality that the global economic crisis will hit Serbia hard this year. After initially trying to duck under the economic crisis wave, the political leadership is now resigned to the fact that Serbia must address the economic challe [...]	2009-03-12 13:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE212	SERBIA: TADIC TARGETS ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (SBU) President Tadic has declared that the Serbian government will take on entrenched organized crime groups in order to break their linkages with business and the state, and thereby enable Serbia to cope with the economic crisis. The message, which marks a distinct shift in the government's [...]	2009-03-12 16:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KJUS KV SR
09BELGRADE217	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ASSERTS ITSELF IN SERBIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) With the May session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) approaching, 94 year-old Patriarch Pavle remains hospitalized and incapacitated. As during the November session, debate about Pavle's succession, and perhaps another movement to unseat him, likely w [...]	2009-03-13 13:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE236	SERBIA: MAYOR DJILAS OUTLINES BELGRADE'S PRIORITIES [...] Mayor Djilas told Ambassador his foremost priority was to implement social programs for Belgraders amid this tough economic period. Due to the financial crisis, infrastructure projects have slipped to second place on Djilas's priority list. Djilas believed both of these tasks would be diffic [...]	2009-03-19 06:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SR
09BELGRADE245	Serbia's "Davos" at Kopaonik Mountain [...] At the annual gathering of economists known as the "Serbian Davos" at the Kopaonik ski resort, government economic ministers accompanied by the President Tadic, openly voiced concerns over the worldwide crisis hitting Serbia. In the course of the gathering, the government reached consensus on [...]	2009-03-23 06:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE246	SERBIA: RUSSIANS STIR THE POT [...] (SBU) Russia's ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has recently taken a much more aggressive approach to Kosovo by advocating partition during recent speeches and interviews and condemning the 1999 NATO bombardment. The takeover of Serbia's national oil industry by Russian giant Gazprom has [...]	2009-03-23 06:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RU KV SR
09BELGRADE254	SERBIA/SLOVENIA: TURNING THE PAGE IN BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ljubljana. Summary ------- 2. (C) The early March visit of Slovenian PM Pahor to Belgrade marked a new step forward in the bilateral relationship. Sidestepping Kosovo, Pahor's meetings with Serbian President Tadic and PM Cvetkovic resulted in [...]	2009-03-24 10:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI SR
09BELGRADE275	VOJVODINA SERBIAN ORTHODOX BISHOP SAYS CHURCH NEEDS TO [...] (SBU) Bishop Irinej Bulovic, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Novi Sad and Backa in Vojvodina, spoke to the Ambassador March 25 about the future of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Irinej highlighted the importance of electing a new Patriarch and reaching out to other religious communities. Irinej's w [...]	2009-03-30 11:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SR
09BELGRADE276	SERBIA CONTINUES TO DELAY ADOPTION OF VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) The Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation for the Serbia's only remaining autonomous province (and one of the most prosperous parts of the country),remains off the National Assembly's agenda. The statute is foreseen in Serbia's Constitution, but nationalist groups continue to cr [...]	2009-03-30 15:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR
09BELGRADE280	SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTER BOGDANOVIC CALLS FOR DIALOGUE AND [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic told Ambassador March 27 that dialogue is the only way to address and eventually resolve everyday problems faced by Kosovo Serbs, singling out his recent talks with EULEX Head Yves de Kermabon and Kosovo Electric Company representatives. Bogd [...]	2009-03-31 15:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE292	SOUTH SERBIA: ALBANIANS, GOVERNMENT AGREE TO ETHNIC BALANCE [...] (SBU) Following several months of on-again, off-again discussions, representatives of the Serbian government and the South Serbia Albanians on March 27 signed an OSCE-mediated agreement on reconfiguration of the Coordinating Body for South Serbia, a government institution formed in the aftermat [...]	2009-04-03 14:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE304	SERBIA: ECONOMIC CRISIS COULD UNDERMINE STABILITY [...] (C) Serbia,s Sandzak, the ethnically mixed region of Serbs and Bosniaks in the southwest part of the country, could face political instability as Serbia's economic situation grows darker. These days, observers find the region calmer than it has been for years. But that calm could be illusory [...]	2009-04-09 10:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE306	SERBIA EAGER FOR EU VISA LIBERALIZATION BUT FACES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Serbian government is pursuing visa liberalization with the European Union with more coordination and momentum than any other policy goal, motivated by enormous public desire for visa-free travel to Europe. The government and Parliament have completed the vast majority of tasks list [...]	2009-04-10 07:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE31	SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRIKES CONCILIATORY NOTE, BUT REPEATS SAME MESSAGE [...] (SBU) In an address to Serbian ambassadors gathered in Belgrade, Foreign Minister Jeremic called for cooperation based on international law during a time of shifting balances of power. He identified Kosovo, European integration, and the Western Balkans as Serbia's top foreign policy prioritie [...]	2009-01-12 15:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE32	SERBIA DELAYS CHANGES TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (SBU) Serbia will not implement the proposed 2006 amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) that would have introduced improvements to criminal investigations. Instead, the government continues to work on a complete revision of the CPC which will introduce more reforms. At the same time [...]	2009-01-12 15:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIP KCRM KJUS SOCI SR
09BELGRADE325	SERBIA/ROMANIA: TADIC VISIT SHOWCASES "MODEL [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly with Embassy Bucharest. Summary ------- 2. (C) Serbian President Tadic's recent visit to Bucharest highlighted Serbia's bilateral relationship with Romania as the most positive of Belgrade's relationships with its neighbors. Romania's position aga [...]	2009-04-14 12:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RO SR
09BELGRADE34	SERBIA NOT FANNING INSTABILITY IN BOSNIA [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Belgrade and Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) Despite close relations between Belgrade and Banja Luka, in recent months President Boris Tadic has been publicly taking a strong stand to encourage all parties to respect the territorial int [...]	2009-01-13 08:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK SR
09BELGRADE357	SERBIA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION A MIXED [...] (SBU) As Serbia marked International Roma Day on April 8 in its capacity as president of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, its record on addressing the plight of Europe's largest ethnic minority remained spotty at best. Continued reports of discrimination, hate speech, and physical viole [...]	2009-04-24 13:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE363	SERBIA: HIGH-FLYING BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS BUILDS BRIDGES [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas - a strong candidate to be a future Prime Minister - shared with the Ambassador his achievements in his first seven months in office in both the infrastructure and social spheres, the political challenges he faces due to his efforts to [...]	2009-04-27 14:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SR
09BELGRADE366	SERBIA: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SANDZAK REGION [...] (SBU) Municipal governments in the Sandzak, the southwestern, predominantly Muslim, region of Serbia, are facing budget shortfalls, economic stress, and the threat of political instability as Serbia's economic crisis unfolds. Novi Pazar Mayor Djerlek is facing growing opposition within his ow [...]	2009-04-28 11:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE379	SERBIAN WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR WANTS MORE REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told the Ambassador on April 27 that there is good cooperation with Croatia and Montenegro, but he would like more cooperation with others -- particularly Bosnia -- in order to solve and prosecute war crimes cases more effectively. End Summ [...]	2009-04-30 14:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE380	SERBIA: MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FEELING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A recent series of changes in local government highlight the fragility of narrowly divided local governing coalitions, as well as efforts by the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and Democratic Party (DS) to exploit these divisions for political gain. Changes in governments in Kraljevo, L [...]	2009-04-30 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE386	SERBIA PULLS OUT OF NATO EXERCISE IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Serbia's government decided on April 30 not to participate in an upcoming NATO/PFP exercise in Georgia. The decision was a direct result of pressure from Russia on Serbia, and was taken despite Serbia's previous intention to participate in the exercise. Serbia's last minute pull-out fro [...]	2009-05-04 17:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV RU GG SR
09BELGRADE402	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: We eagerly anticipate your May 20 visit to Belgrade as an opportunity to refocus Serbia's leadership on the key tasks of Euro-Atlantic integration and economic development. The Serbian government has the potential to be a constructive partner and a force for regional [...]	2009-05-07 15:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE42	SERBIA INFORMED OF RATIFICATION OF IAEA ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 08:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA PREL MNUC PGOV SR KNNP PARM
09BELGRADE421	SERBIA: CONVICTIONS IN SUVA REKA WAR CRIMES TRIAL [...] (SBU) The Belgrade District Court's War Crimes Trial Chamber on April 23 convicted four former policemen and sentenced them to a total of 68 years in prison, and acquitted three others, in the trial for war crimes against civilians in Suva Reka, Kosovo, in March 1999. The trial of seven Serbia [...]	2009-05-14 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE436	MEDIA REACTION TO VPOTUS VISIT TO SERBIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 06:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL KPAO SR BK MW YI
09BELGRADE467	SERBIA: PATRIARCH REMAINS BUT SYNOD REVAMPED [...] (SBU) During its annual spring session from May 14-22, the Holy Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) stood firm in its stance that ailing Patriarch Pavle should fulfill his lifetime appointment. The Sabor also confirmed that Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and [...]	2009-06-01 11:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE469	SERBIA: ARREST OF POWERFUL BALKAN ORGANIZED CRIME FIGURE [...] (SBU) Following President Tadic's March promises to crack down on organized crime (Ref A),on April 27 the Serbian police arrested notorious organized crime figure Sreten Jocic, better known as Joca "Amsterdam," for the October 2008 murder of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic. Jocic was arrested [...]	2009-06-01 16:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE480	SERBIA/BOSNIA: INZKO VISIT UNDERSCORES OBSTACLES [...] (U) This cable was cleared with Embassy Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) High Representative Inzko,s visit to Belgrade in early May refocused current challenges in bilateral relations between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In meetings with top Serbian officials, Inzko elicited Ser [...]	2009-06-04 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK SR
09BELGRADE49	SERBS REWRITE HISTORY: MEDIA CAMPAIGN GEARS UP AS NATO [...] (SBU) March 24th will mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the NATO bombing campaign against the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. With two articles published in widely-read dailies on January 15, the Serbian media continues with its "Serbs as victims" theme, casting the Albanians as th [...]	2009-01-16 12:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV SR

09BELGRADE497	SERBIA MODIFIES LAW TO PERMIT EXTRADITION OF NATIONALS [...] (SBU) A recent change to Serbian law necessitated by the European integration process has made the extradition of Serbian citizens possible under bilateral or multilateral treaties. Post recommends that we seize this opportunity to update or replace the existing 1901 extradition treaty with S [...]	2009-06-11 11:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
09BELGRADE50	SERBIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS AMBASSADORS TO UNITED STATES, [...] The Serbian government appointed a new Ambassador to the United States, current deputy chief of mission Vladimir Petrovic and a new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Feodor Starcevic. Both are close associates of Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, an indication of his personal interes [...]	2009-01-16 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE506	SERBIA: VISA LIBERALIZATION MAY BE PRESSURE POINT [...] (C) The Government of Serbia,s overwhelming desire to secure visa liberalization with the EU is a pressure point that could facilitate Serbia,s cooperation on Kosovo issues. According to EU Special Representative in Belgrade Sorensen, the GoS had lost its footing on Kosovo as a result of the [...]	2009-06-12 13:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KVIR SR
09BELGRADE507	SERBIA: PRESEVO VALLEY ISLAMIC COMMUNITY RETAINS KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Despite strained relations between Belgrade and Pristina following Kosovo's February 2008 declaration of independence, the Islamic community in the South Serbian region of the Presevo Valley has been able to maintain its historically strong ties with the Kosovo Islamic Community. Accord [...]	2009-06-12 14:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF KV SR
09BELGRADE509	SOUTH SERBIA: POLITICAL ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES AS [...] (SBU) The Coordinating Body for South Serbia is treading water just two months after the Serbian government and South Serbia Albanians pledged to work together to reanimate the body. Fallout from an OSCE-mediated agreement signed in March triggered the collapse of the Albanian ruling coalition [...]	2009-06-12 15:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE510	SERBIAN DAILY PUBLISHES MLADIC DIARY EXCERPTS [...] (SBU) A local daily newspaper published on June 5 and 6 excerpts of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee Ratko Mladic's diary, containing notes on meetings and plans to bribe U.S. officials. Officials from the Serbian government and the ICTY confirm that t [...]	2009-06-12 16:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE511	SERBIA: LOCAL ELECTIONS STRENGTHEN EX-RADICALS, RATTLE [...] (SBU) The results of June 7 local elections in two Belgrade municipalities strengthened the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) - led by ex-Radicals Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic - while leading to discord within the Democratic Party (DS) and the national governing coalition. Although the [...]	2009-06-15 06:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE559	SERBIA ADOPTS NEW LAW ON POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on May 12 adopted a new Law on Political Parties, the first in what is expected to be a set of laws reforming the political and electoral system. The law provides more rigorous conditions for establishing political parties and will result in the disappearance of sm [...]	2009-06-22 08:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE569	SERBIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for input, post suggests the following areas of concern that the U.S. delegation might wish to raise during the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM): -- Despite past HDIM interventions by the U.S. delegation and efforts at post, Serbia's res [...]	2009-06-24 09:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM SR
09BELGRADE587	SERBIA SEES VISA LIBERALIZATION AS TOP GOAL [...] (SBU) Enabling Serbian citizens to travel to the European Union without visas is the government's most pressing task, according to Deputy Prime Minister/Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. He believes that the European Union will soon accept Serbia's proposed solution to the last unresolved item o [...]	2009-06-26 15:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS SR
09BELGRADE59	SERBIA: EX-RADICALS ENTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST [...] (SBU) The local branch of the Serbian Progressive Party joined in forming the municipal government of Prijepolje and is positioned to install its local head as mayor of this multiethnic town in the Sandzak region of south-western Serbia. The agreement marks the first time that ex-Radical lead [...]	2009-01-21 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE63	SERBIA: FRAGILE CALM IN NOVI PAZAR BELIES ENDURING [...] (SBU) The city leadership of Novi Pazar, situated in the heart of Serbia's southwestern predominantly Muslim Sandzak region, is actively confronting budget issues, encouraging religious conciliation, and seeking the attention of the government in Belgrade. The city's dueling Islamic communiti [...]	2009-01-22 10:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE633	SERBIA LARGELY IGNORES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILOSEVIC'S [...] (SBU) The twentieth anniversary of Slobodan Milosevic's infamous speech at Gazimestan on the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo passed with little notice in Serbia, generating only a handful of press stories and one passing mention by President Tadic. Serbia's leaders appear to have mi [...]	2009-07-06 13:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS SR
09BELGRADE645	SERBIA: REGIONAL SUMMIT TRUMPETS CQERATION BUT YIELDS [...] (C) Serbia hosted over a dozen Central European presidents at a June 19-21 summit focusing on regional cooperation in the realms of energy, economics and European integration. Though hailed as a success for Serbia's regional policy, the summit yielded little beyond symbolism and rhetoric. T [...]	2009-07-07 09:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AL AU BK BU EZ HR IT KV LO MD MK MW PL
09BELGRADE667	SERBIA: PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (SBU) PDAS Thomas Countryman's July 8 visit was the first high-level visit following Vice President Biden's May visit to Belgrade. Though initial plans were for two meetings, the one day visit morphed into four ministerial level meetings, a TV interview in Serbian, and a small reception with [...]	2009-07-13 13:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR
09BELGRADE683	SOUTH SERBIA: TWO ATTACKS PLACE REGION ON EDGE [...] (SBU) Two armed attacks against Serbian and Albanian police targets in South Serbia in recent days have threatened to exacerbate the tenuous relationship between the ethnic groups. Unknown assailants attacked a Serbian Gendarmerie vehicle on July 9 and a police apartment building housing Alba [...]	2009-07-15 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE697	SERBIA WELCOMES DECISION ON VISA LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) The Serbian government enthusiastically welcomed the European Commission's July 15 announcement that it would recommend visa liberalization for Serbia, as well as for Montenegro and Macedonia. President Tadic described the abolition of visas as the removal of the "last sanctions" on Ser [...]	2009-07-17 11:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KS SR
09BELGRADE699	SERBIA: CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Serbia's leadership expressed pleasure with the results of the U.S.-Russia presidential summit and defended Belgrade's partnership with Moscow as a high-minded exercise of placating Serbia's Russophile population while moving towards Europe. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Charge [...]	2009-07-17 12:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RS SR
09BELGRADE713	SOUTH SERBIA: RHETORIC RISES FOLLOWING ATTACKS BUT SECURITY [...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the South Serbian municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac was calm following July 9 and 14 attacks on police targets in the region. However, local Albanian leaders have voiced strong objections to what they describe as heavy-handed police actions in the af [...]	2009-07-21 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE719	SERBIA: JAGODINA MAYOR PALMA RAISES PROFILE ON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Over the past year, Dragan Markovic "Palma," founder and president of United Serbia (JS),has emerged as an increasingly prominent voice on the national scene. Leveraging his success as mayor of Jagodina and developing his friendship with Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica [...]	2009-07-22 14:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE75	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) Rather than serving as an effective counterweight to the executive branch, Serbia's parliament is so plagued by inefficiency and internal divisions that it has become an obstacle to the country's reform efforts and European Union aspirations. The governing coalition's narrow majority al [...]	2009-01-27 16:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE759	SERBIA: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ADOPTED [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on July 8 adopted a Law on Regional Development that envisages the establishment of seven statistical regions, whose borders would be defined by a separate government decision. The main purpose of the law is to reduce the disparity of economic development of certai [...]	2009-07-28 15:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE765	SERBIA IN THE WAKE OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDENâ€™S VISIT [...] (C) Vice President Biden's May 20 visit to Belgrade, during which he met with President Tadic, Prime Minister Cvetkovic, and Defense Minister Sutanovac, marked a "new beginning" in the bilateral relationship thanks to the core message that the United States recognized Serbia as an important regiona [...]	2009-07-29 13:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SR MARR PGOV
09BELGRADE771	SERBIA: TWO NEW PARTIES ON THE HORIZON [...] (SBU) Two of Serbia's most prominent politicians in recent weeks announced plans to form new political parties. Sandzak Democratic Party (SDP) President Rasim Ljajic announced plans to form a new Social Democratic Party to occupy an open space on the center-left. G17 Plus President Mladjan D [...]	2009-07-30 07:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE791	SERBIA: MEDIA LAW THREATENS COALITION STABILITY [...] (SBU) The Serbian Assembly recessed for August on July 30, just one day before it was to vote on a slate of laws, including the controversial Information Law written by G-17 Plus. Government officials confirmed to us that the recess was the result of an agreement to postpone a showdown betwee [...]	2009-08-04 07:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE817	SERBIA/MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI VISIT TO BELGRADE REJUVENATES [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Skopje. Summary ------- 2. (C) The visit of Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Belgrade in late July signaled the end to the diplomatic freeze between the two countries and opened avenues for further cooperation. Just ov [...]	2009-08-13 12:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK SR
09BELGRADE823	SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: SOME PROGRESS, CORE DISAGREEMENTS [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Podgorica and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although historic, linguistic, familial, and other ties closely intertwine the peoples of Montenegro and Serbia, relations between the governments remain clouded by disagreements [...]	2009-08-18 16:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MW SR
09BELGRADE825	SERBIA: BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS REFLECTS ON FIRST YEAR IN [...] (SBU) In an August 13 meeting with the Charge, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas discussed his first year in office, his views on Serbia's relations with Russia and the upcoming visit of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, his opinion of local elections in the Belgrade municipality of Vozdovac, as [...]	2009-08-21 14:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS SR
09BELGRADE836	ORGANIZED CRIME FIGHT IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) Top Serbian officials publicly announced a campaign against organized crime and appear to be committed to fight it. Serbia has had some regional cooperation successes, and officials talk about further initiatives. A series of recently enacted laws, and several additional contemplated la [...]	2009-08-11 13:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE841	SERBIA GRAPPLES WITH RUSSIA RELATIONS IN ADVANCE OF MEDVEDEV [...] (C) As Serbia seeks to overcome mounting economic difficulties and move forward toward its primary goal of European Union membership, the government is struggling to strike the right tone in the bilateral relationship with Russia: President Tadic and his close advisors appear intent on giving the R [...]	2009-09-03 13:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PGOV PREL EINT MASS RS SR
09BELGRADE845	SERBIA/TURKEY: TURKISH FM'S BELGRADE VISIT HERALDS NEW ERA [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ankara. Summary ------- 2. (C) The late July visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu to Belgrade marked a significant step forward in the bilateral relationship between Serbia and Turkey. Amid agreements on deeper economic co [...]	2009-09-15 11:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU SR
09BELGRADE847	SERBIAN MFA SEES IRAN THROUGH KOSOVO PRISM [...] (C) Summary: According to the Serbian MFA, until the International Court of Justice issues its advisory opinion Serbia will use its ties with Iran to seek continued support on Kosovo rather than pushing for engagement with the P5+1 on nuclear issues or condemning gross violations of human rig [...]	2009-09-24 12:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR IR
09BELGRADE851	Serbia and China: Strengthening Relations, but Little [...] (C) Serbia is seeking closer ties to China as part of its recent emphasis on "four pillars" of foreign policy: the EU, U.S., Russia, and China. Other than China's support for Serbia on Kosovo, the relationship remains greatly imbalanced in China's favor. To highlight the importance of the rel [...]	2009-10-05 06:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EINV CH SR
09BELGRADE863	Serbia: Security Aspects of Russian President Medvedev's [...] (C) Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's October 20 visit to Belgrade went according to a script agreed and announced well in advance, with two surprising exceptions: Belgrade's purported support for the Russian initiative to revamp European security, and an agreement to create a joint human [...]	2009-11-27 09:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV SR RS
09BELGRADE934	SERBIA: WITNESS RELUCTANCE LEADS TO SLOW PROGRESS ON BYTYQI [...] (SBU) The trial of two Serbian police officers for illegal detention that led to the killings of three American citizens is nearing its end. The long-awaited testimony of the most senior police official still alive from that time gave weight to the defendants' argument that they were just followin [...]	2009-08-21 18:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE98	SERBS AND RUSSIANS [...] (SBU) Serbia,s recent rhetoric about apparently strengthening their relationship with Russia is worrisome both for the harm it can do to Serbia itself, as well as for its destabilizing effect on Balkan integration into trans-Atlantic alliances. Serbian gratitude for Russia,s support for Serb [...]	2009-02-03 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE988	BACK TO SCHOOL: SERBIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION STRUGGLES TO [...] Serbia's higher education system is academically diverse and decentralized, with institutions varying significantly in terms of enrollment numbers, tuition costs, graduation rates, and overall adaptability. While the reforms of the European Bologna Declaration facilitated greater student mobi [...]	2009-09-02 11:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OEXC OIIP SR
09BELGRADE990	SERBIA USES IRAQI MIGS TO SHOW ITSELF AS A TRUSTED PARTNER [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac has confirmed press reports that Serbia has six or seven MiG 21's and 10 MiG 23's which Yugoslavia received in 1989 from the Iraqi Government for refurbishment. According to Sutanovac, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki went public with the MiG stor [...]	2009-09-02 11:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL IZ SR
09BELGRADE998	SERBIA ADOPTS CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) The National Assembly of Serbia adopted a controversial Media Law on August 31, which President Tadic signed the same day. The Law was adopted by a narrow majority of 125 votes with the help of opposition leader Cedomir Jovanovic's Liberal Democratic Party, which conditioned its support on [...]	2009-09-03 12:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SR
09BELMOPAN119	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR WEBSTER'S MEETINGS IN BELIZE [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster met with Belize government officials, a Hand in Hand Ministries official, and American Chamber of Commerce board members on March 5 and 6 to discuss bilateral and regional issues including security and the Merida Initiative, the Guatemal [...]	2009-03-25 22:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OAS BH
09BELMOPAN120	TOWARD MEANINGFUL REHABILITATION: HATTIEVILLE PRISON IN [...] (U) Summary. Hattieville Prison (also known as Belize Central Prison and the Kolbe Foundation) is Belize's only prison. With an inmate population of approximately 1,470--including men, women and youth, the prison provides on-site medical care, dental care via referrals, and mental health assess [...]	2009-03-26 14:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN123	2009/2010 BUDGET FOR BELIZE INTRODUCES NEW FUEL TAX [...] On March 6, 2009, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented his second budget for FY 2009/2010 to the National Assembly. After projections of a budget surplus in 2008/2009, the new budget will result in a deficit of 1.7% for the next fiscal year. This turnaround reflects an increase in the governm [...]	2009-03-30 20:01:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV BH
09BELMOPAN238	CHIEF JUSTICE QUASHES CASE AGAINST FORMER PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 21:59:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN BH
09BELMOPAN25	BELIZE FAREWELL CALLS TO FM AND PM: UNUSUAL [...] (C) Summary. During a candid farewell call with the Ambassador, the Foreign Minister/Attorney General (FM) stated that both he and the Prime Minister (PM) were unhappy with the performance of the Chief Justice (CJ). The FM also mentioned that he was certain the former Prime Minister and for [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BH
09BELMOPAN258	BELIZE CONDEMNS THE REMOVAL OF HONDURAS' PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] The GoB on 29 June 2009 issued a press release condemning the actions of the military in Honduras, which led to the forceful removal of Honduras' President Jose Manuel Zelaya. In so doing, the Government of Belize also refused to accept the installation of Roberto Micheletti by the Congress as [...]	2009-06-30 22:00:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM HO BH
09BELMOPAN298	DENGUE OUTBREAK [...] Summary: Belize is experiencing an upsurge in cases of dengue fever with about 200 clinically-diagnosed cases in the last two months. The health authorities in the adjacent Mexican state of Quintana Roo (QR) are providing the GOB assistance to control the outbreak. End Summary. 2. The [...]	2009-07-31 21:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN305	CCJ MAY BECOME BELIZE'S FINAL APPELLATE COURT [...] On June 19, 2009, Prime Minister Dean Barrow proposed a bill to the House of Representatives for a constitutional amendment that would replace the Privy Council in London as the final appellate court for Belize with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This proposal is in keeping with the obl [...]	2009-08-05 15:44:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV XL BH
09BELMOPAN314	CITRUS GREENING THREATENS BELIZE'S CITRUS INDUSTRY [...] In May 2009, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) confirmed the presence of citrus greening in Belize. This disease represents a serious threat to an industry which significantly contributes to the Belizean economy in terms of foreign exchange earnings and employment in the rural s [...]	2009-08-11 20:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EAGR PGOV BH
09BELMOPAN320	EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ACTIVITIES IN BELIZE: SUGAR, BANANAS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, the Head of the European Commission's (EC) Delegation to Belize, visited Belize from 20th to 24th July 2009 to promote several European Development Fund initiatives. More than Euro 46 million has been allocated to assist rural Belizean agricultural communi [...]	2009-08-21 16:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN BH PGOV PREL
09BELMOPAN370	THE BELIZE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM [...] Summary. In Belize, mental health services are provided to citizens and residents through the Belize Mental Health Program (BMHP),which is coordinated and supervised by the Ministry of Health. The system is newly emerging, serves approximately 15,000 patients, and had its own approved, gover [...]	2009-10-06 17:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN391	BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to GOB MFA North American Desk Officer Ayesha Borland on October 26. 2. (U) Ms. Borland reported that there would be no change from Belize's position in past votes regarding the resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK and indicated that Belize's positions on thes [...]	2009-10-27 13:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BH PREL
09BELMOPAN407	SHAKE UP IN THE PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY [...] John Briceo, leader of the People's United Party (PUP) has recently proposed changes to Senators representing the opposition and to the party's executive committee. The expanded membership has been justified as a measure to bridge the division that has permeated the party since his assumption [...]	2009-11-05 16:25:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BH
09BELMOPAN411	FINANCIAL WOES AT THE BELIZE CITY COUNCIL [...] During the last week of September, the Belize City Council (CitCo) became embroiled in two financial and political crises. These situations have emanated from charges levied against the Mayor and members of the financial staff, and from demonstrations by workers and sanitation companies for pa [...]	2009-11-06 19:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BH
09BELMOPAN421	BELIZE RESPONSE FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary. Although the issue of addressing trafficking in persons is given support from the highest levels of the Government of Belize (GoB) and Belizean Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee (the Committee),continues to meet monthly, there is limited progress to report for the interim period [...]	2009-11-12 20:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG BH
09BELMOPAN49	BELIZE: COURTESY CALL ON FM WILFRED ELRINGTON [...] The CDA and PolOff met with FM Wilfred Elrington on January 27 to assure him that despite the expected gap between Ambassadors, there would be no diminution in the relationship or the range of exchanges between the GOB and the USG. Elrington said he understood and expected to carry on business [...]	2009-02-02 17:44:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN50	CANE FARMERS' STRIKE THREATENS SUGAR INDUSTRY [...] On January 27, 2009, the Belize Cane Farmers Association initiated a general strike. The decision followed a one-day strike in which the cane farmers refused to deliver their cane to the factory at Tower Hill for processing. The controversy was caused by the introduction of a core sampler, a [...]	2009-02-02 22:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV ETRD PREL
09BELMOPAN57	FORMER PRIME MINISTER TO STAND TRIAL FOR THEFT [...] On February 10, 2009, Magistrate Earl Jones of the Municipal Court in Belmopan handed down a judgment finding that enough evidence had been submitted against former Prime Minister Said Musa for a prima facie case to be heard. As a result he ordered that Musa stand trial in the Supreme Court on [...]	2009-02-11 16:37:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PREL BH
09BELMOPAN66	BELIZE - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to reporting questions in (paras 23-25) in ref A. --------------------------- The Country's TIP Situation --------------------------- 23A. (SBU) Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking oc [...]	2009-02-19 21:39:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG BH
09BELMOPAN80	PREVIEWING BELIZE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2009: UDP LIKELY [...] Summary: After a landslide victory in the 2008 general elections, the United Democratic Party (UDP) is now preparing for the 2009 municipal elections amidst criticism for lacking a clear policy agenda and a weakened economy. The new Peoples United Party(PUP) leadership has declared its deter [...]	2009-02-27 21:54:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN87	LOW VOTER TURNOUT AS BELIZEANS GO TO THE POLLS FOR [...] Summary. Embassy observers visited the Belize City, Orange Walk, and Belmopan districts to observe the municipal elections today. These district elections were generally well-organized and calm, and media reports indicate the mood was similar throughout the country. Voter turnout has been e [...]	2009-03-04 22:44:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN88	BELIZEAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: LOW VOTER TURNOUT FAVORED [...] Belize's March 4th municipal election resulted in another landslide victory for the incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP). The UDP won 61 of 64 contested seats. All elected mayors were from the UDP party, including in the Toledo District where the previous mayor was from the People's United [...]	2009-03-05 22:23:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI
09BELMOPAN97	CABINET RESHUFFLE OR POLITICAL PAYBACK? [...] Summary: Less than one week after the incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP) won a landslide victory in municipal elections, the Prime Minister (PM) has reshuffled his cabinet. These changes involve the removal of one Minister -- Marcel Cardona, changed portfolios for three more, and the rest [...]	2009-03-13 17:14:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BH
09BERLIN1002	CDU AND CSU HOLD THE CARDS IN GERMANY'S COALITION [...] (C) With politicians returning from their annual summer vacation to face seven weeks of intense campaigning, speculation is rife about how Germany's coalition poker game will play out as the mainstream political parties jockey for position. Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CD [...]	2009-08-14 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1003	AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY INFORMED ON US [...] (SBU) On August 12, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director, Markus Klinger, informing Germany of the US intention to submit a proposal for a "Chemical Micro-Reactor Systems Experts Group" at the September 2009 Australia Group (AG) Plenary in Pa [...]	2009-08-14 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PARM PGOV PREL PINR TBIO KSTC FR GM
09BERLIN1004	GERMANY: UPDATED POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED [...] Per ref A request, please note that the key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA remain Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff (240-RL@diplo.de) and his deputy Stefan Kordasch (240-0@diplo.de). Both can be reached at tel. 0049-30-5000-4268. E [...]	2009-08-14 17:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1015	GERMANY BACK ON TRACK TO RATIFY THE EU LISBON TREATY BY THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's Grand Coalition government should be able to revise the implementing legislation for the EU Lisbon Treaty as mandated by the German Constitutional Court before the September 27 Bundestag election. However, even if this happens, Germany may still not be in a position to [...]	2009-08-20 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EUN GM
09BERLIN1019	G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: GERMANY STRESSES [...] (SBU) PolOff shared reftel information note and talking points regarding the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future (FfF) with Deputy Head of MFA Division, Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA, Andreas Berg, who had already received the information note from the Italian Embassy. Berg's two main [...]	2009-08-21 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KMPI KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV GM
09BERLIN1020	CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL RALLIES EAST GERMAN CDU [...] (U) Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union - CDU) used a high-level CDU gathering in Weimar on August 18 to rally eastern Germany's CDU for the upcoming state (August 30) and parliamentary elections (September 27). Merkel told her party that electoral success for Thuringian Min [...]	2009-08-21 14:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1049	EADS SHAREHOLDER BREAKDOWN - DO THE FRENCH REALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Defense and Space Company (EADS) is often assumed to be dominated by French influence and EADS-Astrium, a subsidiary of EADS, has been accused by German industry of wielding this influence to the benefit of French competitors. However, while French industry represe [...]	2009-08-27 16:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN1068	GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS STEADY [...] SUMMARY. There were once again mixed signals from the German labor market in August. According to the Federal Employment Agency, the number of seasonally adjusted unemployed in Germany which reflects the overall trend in the labor market fell very slightly(by 1,000) in August; the rate, how [...]	2009-09-03 12:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM
09BERLIN1080	GERMANY TO FRANCE: STAY OUT OF OUR COMMERCIAL SATELLITE AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 13:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN1105	FDP CHAIRMAN WESTERWELLE'S LITE AND DARK CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman and Foreign Minister hopeful Guido Westerwelle used a September 7 political forum in Essen to criticize the poor quality of political discourse during Germany's election campaign. He stated that Germany deserved a higher quality debate about its futur [...]	2009-09-09 15:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1106	CHANCELLOR ANGELA "TEFLON" MERKEL TAKES LIMELIGHT [...] (C) Less than two weeks after her party suffered losses in two state elections, CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel found her fighting spirit before 8,000 party faithful at a September 6 election rally in Duesseldorf launching the "hot phase" of the CDU/CSU electoral campaign. The CDU has been shifting pa [...]	2009-09-09 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1107	GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 06:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1108	GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chancellery is confident that Chancellor Merkel's policy statement to the Bundestag on September 8 has succeeded -- at least for now -- in settling the domestic political controversy surrounding the September 4 air strikes against two hijacked fuel tankers in Kunduz. Ironically, th [...]	2009-09-10 06:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1116	GERMAN INTELLIGENCE VIEWS ON OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German Intelligence Service (BND) expressed confidence that Germanys proposal for a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite program "will be realized regardless of the outcome of the German general elections this month" and is advocating for a US partner [...]	2009-09-10 15:46:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL JP FR SP UK TSPA
09BERLIN1118	AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S INITIAL MEETING WITH GERMAN FM [...] (C) During a September 13 introductory call by Ambassador Murphy, Steinmeier emphasized his frustration at being unable to distance himself from Merkel in the election campaign. He stated his support for the Magna deal on Opel. He expressed his strong support for President Obama, and underli [...]	2009-09-10 16:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1125	SPD CHANCELLOR-CANDIDATE STEINMEIER EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPD Chancellor-candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier used a campaign appearance in Osnabrueck attended by PolOff to dismiss the prospects of a CDU/CSU-FDP government after the next parliamentary elections on September 27. Speaking to over 2,000 people in Osnabrueck -- an SPD strong [...]	2009-09-11 15:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
09BERLIN1129	GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Murphy, Defense Minister Jung emphasized that the controversy over the September 4 air strikes in Kunduz should not be allowed to disrupt what is a fundamentally excellent bilateral relationship. Jung expressed understand [...]	2009-09-11 16:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1130	GERMAN OPTICAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING: THE PATH FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 16:21:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT KS FR GM
09BERLIN1133	WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GERMAN ELECTIONS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany could see a change in government after the September 27 Bundestag election, and even if the result is another Grand Coalition of Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and sister Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) party with Foreign Minister Steinmeier's Social [...]	2009-09-14 10:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM PGOV
09BERLIN1136	GERMAN ELECTIONS: MERKEL-STEINMEIER TV DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 90-minute television debate between Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party chief Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor and Social Democratic Party (SPD) chancellor candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier will probably have little lasting effect on the e [...]	2009-09-14 15:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM PGOV
09BERLIN1138	ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE GERMANY'S 2009 GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. As they head to the polls on September 27, German voters have one major worry on their minds: the economy. Well aware of this reality, the five viable political parties -- the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Christian Social Union (CSU),Social Democratic Party (SPD),Free Demo [...]	2009-09-15 12:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1140	GERMANY PRESSES EU FOR JOINT ACTION ON 6 [...] (C) Pol M/C delivered reftel demarche on missing and detained amcits to German MFA Amb. Klaus-Peter Gottwald, (A/S Equivalent) Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament, on Sept. 14. Pol M/C stressed with Gottwald, who was already well informed about the details of the cases, the importan [...]	2009-09-16 10:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC GM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR
09BERLIN1150	GERMANY'S UNGA PRIORITIES AND A PROPOSAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Deputy Head of the UNGA Division Julia Gross and Poloff discussed U.S. and German priorities for the 64th UNGA September 15. Gross noted that many of reftel priorities tracked those of Germany, including on climate change, peacekeeping, UN reform, and sustainable developmen [...]	2009-09-17 14:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA GM KPAL IS
09BERLIN1162	GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD [...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]	2009-09-18 16:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1166	GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON SRI LANKAN IDPS, [...] (SBU) After presenting ref A demarche on Sri Lankan IDPs to the MFA Deputy European Corespondent in advance of the September 14-15 EU GAERC meeting (ref B),PolOff followed up to reinforce the points with MFA South Asia Office Director Gudrun Sraega. 2. (C) Sraega said that Germany shared U [...]	2009-09-18 16:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09BERLIN1167	DATA PRIVACY TRUMPS SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] (C) Summary: Current polling data suggest that the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) could receive sufficient votes in the September 27 national elections to form a governing coalition. The FDP are strong defenders of citizens' privacy rights and these views ha [...]	2009-09-21 08:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM
09BERLIN1169	NPT REVCON: GERMANY UNDERSCORES NEED TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary. Post addressed ref A questions about German positions on non-proliferation in refs B & C. During subsequent meetings, German officials have also emphasized the need to overcome NAM suspicions that non-proliferation efforts are veiled attempts to infringe on NPT Article IV rights. [...]	2009-09-21 10:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09BERLIN1172	SECURITY SERVICES ON ALERT AFTER AL QAIDA VIDEOS [...] SUMMARY: German security services are on alert following the appearance of two new Al Qaida videos featuring a dual German-Moroccan citizen who threatens Germany with repercussions if German voters do not vote in the upcoming federal elections for a new government that will withdraw German fo [...]	2009-09-21 16:59:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL GM
09BERLIN1176	MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN [...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]	2009-09-22 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1179	GERMAN ELECTORAL QUIRKS COULD BENEFIT MERKEL'S CDU [...] (SBU) Summary: Two quirks in the German electoral system could provide Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Party/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and its preferred partner, the Free Democratic Party (FDP),with a parliamentary majority that it otherwise would not obtain from the raw vot [...]	2009-09-23 14:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GM
09BERLIN1183	BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]	2009-09-24 09:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BERLIN1186	GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY: NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME -- [...] (C) The Left Party's electoral campaign caught some wind in the final weeks before the September 27 national elections with its electoral successes in Saarland and Thuringia (see REFTELS B and C). This small surge, however, has not turned into meaningful gains in the polls despite its populis [...]	2009-09-24 15:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1188	AGING GERMAN GREENS FACED WITH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens will likely achieve their best federal result ever in the September 27 Bundestag election, but they are unlikely to be satisfied with Sunday's results. After the election, a fight over leadership and the future course of the party may begin in earnest. The party is fac [...]	2009-09-24 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV
09BERLIN1197	WESTERWELLE'S SURGE CLINCHES BLACK-YELLOW IN [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel achieved her goal of a solid parliamentary majority for her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),and the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP),but will have to contend with a self-confident FDP that is lik [...]	2009-09-28 11:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1206	MERKEL AND WESTERWELLE PLAN COALITION TALKS WHILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Merkel met on Monday, September 28 with her future Vice Chancellor and probable Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to plan coalition negotiations, with the goal of having a new government in place for the November 9 20th anniversary festivities of the fall of the wal [...]	2009-09-30 06:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM PGOV
09BERLIN1207	GERMAN SPACE AGENCY SEEKING USG SUPPORT ON OPTICAL SATELLITE COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 06:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA GM
09BERLIN1233	GERMANY URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT ITS OPCW CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 22 letter to the Ambassador, German MFA DepSec-equivalent Reinhard Silberberg strongly lobbied the USG to support German Ambassador Peter Gottwald for Director General of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) [...]	2009-10-02 14:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL CWCM GM
09BERLIN1235	GERMAN READOUT ON IRAN P5+1 TALKS: POSITIVE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. German MFA Political Director Stanzel gave a detailed readout of the P5 1 Iran meeting to the diplomatic corps and said he had been pleasantly surprised with the outcome of the October 1 talks. He stressed Germany's positive assessment of the Tehran Research Reactor agreement, [...]	2009-10-02 14:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	GM KNNP PGOV PREL IR

09BERLIN1240	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S NEW COALITION: WHAT IT MEANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's election of a center-right governing coalition, composed of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU),and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),was supposed to herald a shift to a more business-friendly government. The [...]	2009-10-05 05:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1241	A FEW GOOD MINISTERS: WHO MIGHT BE WHERE IN THE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) began coalition negotiations on October 5, and although personnel issues will be addressed last, speculation on the Cabinet make-up already is in full swing. German cabinet minister [...]	2009-10-05 12:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1243	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S NEW COALITION: WHAT IT MEANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's election of a center-right governing coalition, composed of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU),and the Free Democratic Party (FDP),was supposed to herald a shift to a more business- friendly government. [...]	2009-10-05 13:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1247	GERMAN CHOD EXPECTS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO TURN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 29 dinner hosted by Ambassador Murphy in honor of SACEUR ADM Stavridis, German Chief of Defense GEN Schneiderhan expressed concern that with the departure of many Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders and parliamentarians who were reliable supporters of the Bund [...]	2009-10-06 05:58:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN126	GERMANY: POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED ISSUES [...] The key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA are Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff and his deputy Stefan Kordasch. According to von Schoepff, Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Peter Gottwald, is likely to lead the German de [...]	2009-02-02 16:48:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1271	WESTERWELLE FIRM ON REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed FDP source said that on the first day of coalition negotiations (October 5) between the CDU, CSU and the FDP, FDP leader Westerwelle argued for the removal of the remaining non-strategic nuclear weapons from German soil. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU) asserte [...]	2009-10-09 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MNUC MARR GM
09BERLIN1273	GERMANS MAY BE WILLING TO SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN AF GM
09BERLIN1281	GERMAN VIEWS ON STRENGTHENING IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. During a friendly and frank discussion of Iran that the Ambassador hosted in honor of Dr. Condoleezza Rice on October 6, German parliamentarians, Chancellery and MFA officials, and senior think-tank researchers agreed that the international community was approaching an "end game" [...]	2009-10-14 13:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC PREL PGOV IR ETTC GM
09BERLIN1296	GERMANY COULD HAVE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT WITHIN [...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed Free Democratic Party (FDP) source told Emboffs October 15 that Chancellor Angela Merkel aims to finish coalition negotiations between her Christian Democratic Union, the Christian Social Union, and the FDP by October 18, but that the FDP viewed a completion of [...]	2009-10-16 15:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1319	GERMAN SPACE AGENCY FLOATS A MERGED GPS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior German Space Agency (DLR) official informally floated the idea of aligning the security aspects of the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) under the framework of NATO within the next ten years. [...]	2009-10-22 10:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR UK GM
09BERLIN1324	OHB-SYSTEM CEO CALLS GALILEO A WASTE OF GERMAN TAX PAYER MONEY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 15:40:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM
09BERLIN1337	GERMANY'S COALITION AGREEMENT STRESSES PRIORITY OF [...] (U) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU),Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) signed a coalition agreement in the early morning of October 24, laying the groundwork for their next four years of cooperation as the country's governing coalition. The agreem [...]	2009-10-26 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MNUC PHUM GM
09BERLIN1339	EU SUMMIT DOMINATED BY CZECH DEMANDS; PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: German experts believe that EU leaders will spend much of the October 29-30 EU Summit coordinating with the Czechs over final steps needed to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Meanwhile, there seems little likelihood that the summit will produce actual candidates for the new positions of EU [...]	2009-10-26 16:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GM
09BERLIN1340	GERMANY'S NEW COALITION AGREEMENT: THE DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany's recently elected CDU/CSU-FDP coalition signed a Coalition Agreement -- the document setting out policy priorities for the next four years -- on October 24, 2009. The agreement includes several elements -- tax cuts worth around 24 billion euros for individuals and pri [...]	2009-10-26 17:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1360	THE NEW GERMAN CABINET - AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel's new Cabinet emerged early on October 24 after a month of intense media speculation about its make-up; it contained several surprises. Perhaps the most unexpected announcements were that of former Interior Minister Schaeuble as Finance Minister and former Economics Min [...]	2009-10-29 06:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR GM
09BERLIN1362	GERMANY REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON EXPORT WITH MTCR "NO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) MFA Export Control Division Officer Dirk Haupt provided Global Affairs Officer on October 28 with non-paper requesting U.S. guidance by November 17 on a pending German export of extruded aluminum plates to India that may have been [...]	2009-10-29 10:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MTCRE PGOV PREL PINR TSPA KSCA IN GM
09BERLIN1373	SCENESETTER: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: This meeting will be an opportunity to engage Merkel on achieving several common goals: success in Afghanistan, preventing a nuclear weaponized Iran, and dealing with climate change. You may also wish to discuss the closing of Guantanamo, engaging Russia productively, and advan [...]	2009-10-30 17:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MNUC GM
09BERLIN1376	CHANCELLOR RULES OUT TROOP INCREASE BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel has firmly decided against seeking authorization for additional troops when the parliamentary mandate for the Bundeswehr's participation in ISAF comes up for renewal in December. Merkel's decision to put off any possible troop increase until after next year's A [...]	2009-10-30 19:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF
09BERLIN1377	SECURITY TAKES BACKSEAT AS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new Federal Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has strong views on individual liberties and personal privacy that are likely to lead to complications with the USG concerning law enforcement security cooperation and data sharing. Leutheusser-Schnarrenb [...]	2009-11-02 07:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM
09BERLIN1391	NEW FM WESTERWELLE LIKELY TO RAISE NON-STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY. New German Foreign Minister Westerwelle will likely raise the issue of nuclear weapons when he has his initial meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington this week. Given his very public advocacy over the past several months for the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons [...]	2009-11-03 17:11:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PREL MNUC MARR NATO PARM PGOV GM RU
09BERLIN1392	SCENESETTER: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Washington on the heels of Chancellor Merkel and one week after assuming his cabinet position. He is painfully conscious of being inexperienced; out of his element, he has clung to his scripts. However, his staff assured us that Wes [...]	2009-11-03 17:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG MNUC AF GM IR RS
09BERLIN1393	GERMANY'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER FACES STEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new federal interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, is known for being a competent administrator who performed effectively over the past four years as the Chancellery Chief of Staff. De Maiziere is a close confidant of Chancellor Merkel, their professional relationship d [...]	2009-11-04 12:15:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL KHLS KJUS GM
09BERLIN1402	SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SHIFT AGAINST OEF; BUNDESWEHR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just weeks after suffering its worst Bundestag election results since the end of World War II, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing the first signs of a swing to the left on security policy. According to a senior SPD Bundestag staffer, the party will oppose the renewal of [...]	2009-11-05 14:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM
09BERLIN1403	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Berlin warmly welcomes you to Germany for the historic 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is hosting all four-powers and EU leaders at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark this occasion. Your visit includes meetings with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister [...]	2009-11-05 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF MNUC AF RS IR KPAL KWBG GM
09BERLIN1412	READOUT OF 1540 EXPERTS MEETING IN BERLIN [...] (U) Summary. UNSCR 1540 implementation experts from the G8 met in Berlin from October 22-23, 2009 at the invitation of the German Foreign Office. All participants felt this was a useful and successful undertaking. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on the status of 1540 implem [...]	2009-11-06 15:56:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1413	GERMAN CHANCELLERY CLAIMS RACE FOR EU COUNCIL [...] (C) Chancellery EU Affairs Director Dirk Loelke told us November 6 that notwithstanding European press reports touting Belgian PM Rompuy and UK FM Miliband as the clear favorites to become the first European Council President and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs under the Lisbon Trea [...]	2009-11-06 18:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
09BERLIN1415	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG ON MANDATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 5 introductory meeting, new Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg told Ambassador Murphy that one of his immediate challenges was dealing with five separate Bundeswehr mandates that come up for renewal in December, which is complicated by uncertainty about [...]	2009-11-09 07:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO ETRD KNNP PARM EFIN PGOV
09BERLIN142	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN TO MUNICH, [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]	2009-02-04 11:48:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN143	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY, CHAIRMAN OF [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]	2009-02-04 11:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1435	ACTING MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER ON BOSNIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting MFA Political Director Emily Haber, who is the MFA's Special Envoy for Southeast Europe and Turkey, discussed follow-up to the Butmir Talks and the future of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia with EUR A/S Gordon during a November 10 meeting in Berlin. Haber w [...]	2009-11-12 17:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EUN PHUM GM TU BK
09BERLIN1441	GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 16-17 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Belarus, Germany concedes that the GAERC is likely to extend both the sanctions regime and the suspension of those sanctions until October 2010, but continues to believe that it would be better to extend them only to May 2010. Germany is eager to increase cooperation with Rus [...]	2009-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV MARR MOPS BO RU UP SO BK
09BERLIN1442	GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]	2009-11-13 16:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN1447	SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 12 meeting in Berlin, MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer and U.S. Special Representative Holbrooke discussed ministerial attendance at Karzai's November 19 inauguration, ongoing U.S. deliberations on a new Afghanistan strategy, and proposals for improving coordinat [...]	2009-11-16 10:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1454	IRAN: NEW GERMAN FM WESTERWELLE FOLLOWING CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S TOUGH STANCE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: After his first 2 weeks in office, Germany's new FM has taken clear positions on Iran. He made a number of public remarks in support of Chancellor Merkel's "zero tolerance" for Iranian nuclear weapons, and voiced strong support for the dual track policy. MFA Iran Task Force [...]	2009-11-17 07:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR GM KNNP
09BERLIN1460	GERMANY'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REJECT PARTY'S TOP-DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's struggling Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted in a new leadership and recommitted itself to serving as the country's center-left people's party at its November 13-15 party convention. After having suffered its worst defeat at the polls since World War II, the newly [...]	2009-11-17 14:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF GM
09BERLIN1476	OHB-SYSTEM TO BUILD GERMAN OPTICAL SPY SATELLITE; LOOKING AT U.S. MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: OHB-System, Germanys top satellite manufacturer and third largest in Europe, will be the prime contractor on Germanys planned High Resolution Optical Satellite (HiROS) reconnaissance system -- a system that France would like to see not happen because it would directly compete with its [...]	2009-11-20 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA CH FR GM
09BERLIN1494	GERMANY SUPPORTS THIRD SUBSIDIARY BODY AT 2010 NPT [...] (C) Summary. Germany supports the USG effort to include a third subsidiary body at the NPT RevCon to address Article X (treaty withdrawal) issues. However, it believes the road ahead could be difficult due to NAM opposition. End Summary. 2. (C) Post delivered reftel points on November 20 t [...]	2009-11-24 08:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN1504	GREGOR GYSI - PIED PIPER OF THE LEFT [...] (C) Summary: Left Party Caucus Chief Gregor Gysi told the Ambassador during a November 23 meeting that he alone was responsible for building The Left as a national force. He is aiming for The Left to enter all state parliaments by 2013, after specifically targeting North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW [...]	2009-11-25 13:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF GM
09BERLIN1508	HEADS ROLL AT MOD WITH NEW REVELATIONS ON KUNDUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Revelations that the German MOD failed to pass along or deliberately withheld reports about civilian casualties caused in the September 4 Kunduz air strike have reignited a political storm in Berlin, leading in quick succession to the resignations of the German Chief of Defense an [...]	2009-11-27 18:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM AF
09BERLIN1525	GERMANY NONCOMMITTAL ON PA BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Pol Minister Counselor delivered reftel letter from Secretary Clinton to German Foreign Minister Westerwelle November 25 to MFA Near East Assistant Secretary-equivalent Andreas Michaelis who had just returned from his November 23-24 visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah with Westerwelle. Michae [...]	2009-12-02 14:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL EAID PGOV WBG EU IS GM
09BERLIN1528	COALITION TESTED AS US-EU TFTP/SWIFT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere overruled Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and abstained from voting at the November 30 COREPER vote in Brussels on an interim U.S.-EU agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program. De Maiziere' [...]	2009-12-03 10:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KHLS GM
09BERLIN1536	GERMAN RESPONSE TO BURMA DIALOGUE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff discussed reftel points with Theo Kiddess, MFA Deputy Head of Division for Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific. Kiddess expressed his appreciation for the points, and fully agreed with U.S. views on the necessity of a legitimate 2010 election, for di [...]	2009-12-04 07:29:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BMGT PGOV PREL
09BERLIN154	GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT TWICE AS HIGH AS EXPECTED IN JANUARY [...] Summary: The global economic crisis has hit the German labor market with the speed and power of a Tsunami, exceeding even the most pessimistic forecasts of many economists. German unemployment rose almost twice as much as forecast in January as the economic downturn spread to industries from [...]	2009-02-05 15:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM
09BERLIN1548	GERMANY RENEWS CONSIDERATION OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate December 1 meetings with Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (S/GC),the Ministry of the Interior, Foreign Ministry and Chancellery expressed a willingness to consider seven new cases of Guantanamo detainees for [...]	2009-12-07 07:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER GM
09BERLIN1561	GERMANY: OEF AND UNIFIL MANDATES EXTENDED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bundestag on December 3 approved the extension of the mandates for Bundeswehr participation in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). While the OEF mandate was extended for a full year, as per usual pra [...]	2009-12-08 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO EUN GM LE
09BERLIN1570	GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...]	2009-12-10 12:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL
09BERLIN1577	NOW FOR THE HARD PART: MERKEL,S TEAM EXAMINES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel set the German agenda on Iran with her early November statement before the U.S. Congress on "zero tolerance" for a nuclear armed Iran and the need for tougher sanctions should engagement not work. During a private roundtable hosted by Ambassador Murphy, however [...]	2009-12-14 07:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC EFIN IR GM
09BERLIN1579	GERMANS STILL CONSIDERING NEW ASSISTANCE TO WFP IN [...] (SBU) Maren Lipps, Pakistan Desk Officer, Germany Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ),told Econoff that Germany shares U.S. concerns about the World Food Program's (WFP's) need for assistance in Pakistan to cover its forecasted shortfall of resources. She said there was a [...]	2009-12-14 14:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IO PGOV PHUM PK PREF
09BERLIN1590	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN PUSHES FOR MORE DATA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism Coordinator Daniel Benjamin urged German interlocutors to support a variety of programs to increase U.S.-European and U.S.-German counterterrorism-related information sharing. Ambassador Benjamin specifically called on Germany to support the U.S.-EU agreement to [...]	2009-12-16 07:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KHLS KJUS GM
09BERLIN1598	GERMANY READY TO RAMP-UP SANCTIONS DISCUSSIONS; [...] (S/NF) Summary. German MFA Iran Task Force Director Andreas Krueger told poloffs December 16 that Germany is ready to engage on discussions of the "pressure" track on Iran as soon as possible. He noted Germany hoped to start EU discussions on the topic at the same time as UNSC discussions. [...]	2009-12-18 10:37:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
09BERLIN1604	GERMANY/RUSSIA: LOST THAT LOVING FEELING? [...] (C) Summary. German political decision- and opinion-makers are making a more sober assessment of Russia writ large, including its partnership with Germany and its trajectory. German officials describe themselves as the most avid supporters in Europe of the U.S. reset policy, but nearly a ye [...]	2009-12-18 15:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM NATO OSCE PGOV PREL RS ECON
09BERLIN1609	GERMANY'S NEW DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CONNECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dirk Niebel (FDP) was an odd pick as Germany's new Development Minister -- he had no experience in international development, and had previously suggested abolishing the Development Ministry. Now in charge, Niebel has big shoes to fill, following on the heels of Heidemarie Wie [...]	2009-12-21 16:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN168	GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER THROWS IN TOWEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sudden resignation of Economics Minister Michael Glos (CSU) on February 7 caught Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her party off guard at a time when addressing Germany's economic downturn is paramount. To minimize damage, the CSU quickly replaced Glos with its Secretary Ge [...]	2009-02-11 06:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
09BERLIN169	GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER THROWS IN TOWEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sudden resignation of Economics Minister Michael Glos (CSU) on February 7 caught Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and her party off guard at a time when addressing Germany's economic downturn is paramount. To minimize damage, the CSU quickly replaced Glos with its Secretary Ge [...]	2009-02-11 06:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
09BERLIN181	GERMANY SEEKS U.S. PARTNER TO DEVELOP OPTICAL SPACE IMAGERY CAPABILITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 17:16:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM
09BERLIN187	GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...]	2009-02-13 15:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN193	(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...]	2009-02-17 05:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM
09BERLIN216	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY 23-24 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Afghanistan discussion at the February 23-24 GAERC is supposed to be limited to just 30 minutes, Germany says EU foreign ministers will have a greater opportunity to address this issue at the March GAERC meeting and at a dinner on the margins of the March 19 EU Summit. [...]	2009-02-20 20:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN XF ZL SU CE IZ AF GM
09BERLIN217	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...]	2009-02-20 20:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM
09BERLIN226	(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...]	2009-02-24 12:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM
09BERLIN245	EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...]	2009-02-27 14:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER
09BERLIN250	GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT RISES AS ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS IN [...] Summary. After long resisting the effects of the global economic downturn, the German labor market has deteriorated quickly since November. German unemployment increased in February for a fourth straight month as falling exports and a deepening recession prompted companies to cut production [...]	2009-03-02 16:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM
09BERLIN280	CHANCELLOR MERKEL TURNS INWARD TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) remains the odds-on favorite to prevail as chancellor in the national parliamentary elections on September 27, 2009, but her poll numbers are dropping and the contest looks increasingly open. Nagging problems with rivals inside her party and a dou [...]	2009-03-11 08:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GM PGOV PINR PREL
09BERLIN288	GERMAN PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS' [...] (SBU) On March 6, 2009 Econoff contacted Jacqueline Groth of the Middle East Regional Development Policy Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn, to confirm German support for the Palestinians following the March 2 Donors' Conference in Sharm Al-Sheikh, [...]	2009-03-12 13:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN GM IS
09BERLIN298	IRAN: GERMANY INCREASINGLY FORWARD-LEANING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with key German government officials indicate that the German government, in coordination with its EU-4 partners, continues work to tee up additional EU designations of Iranian entities. The key problem is on the sequencing and breadth of designations, on wh [...]	2009-03-13 11:29:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETRD GM IR
09BERLIN301	GERMANY: NOT PUSHING FOR LUKASHENKA INVITE TO EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. German Chancellery and MFA contacts agree that inviting Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 EU Summit launching the Eastern Partnership (EaP)would be a mistake, although they support continuing the suspension of EU sanctions for another six months and allowing Belarus to [...]	2009-03-13 15:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM BO RS EU
09BERLIN303	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MARCH 16-17 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects a full agenda at the EU General Affairs and External Relations (GAERC) next week, with extensive discussion of the implications of the economic crisis on the eastern neighbors, recent developments in Sudan, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. Germany is highly conc [...]	2009-03-13 15:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PGOV GM BO UP MD SU GZ IS
09BERLIN333	CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY VS. BERLIN DISTRICT - THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 15:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
09BERLIN34	STEINMEIER'S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A two-page open letter from German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to President-elect Barack Obama was published over the weekend of January 10-11 in Der Spiegel magazine. Steinmeier wrote that an incoming American president has never stimulated "so much hope and confidence," and he [...]	2009-01-12 16:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSN GM MNUC NATO PGOV PREL IZ IR
09BERLIN345	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (S/NF) Chancellor Merkel will be focused on a productive, substantive meeting when you visit Baden-Baden April 3. Germany holds the greatest untapped potential in Europe for our transatlantic agenda; unlocking it will take sustained effort by the Administration, and the payoff will not be imm [...]	2009-03-24 12:51:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	GM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BERLIN349	JEWISH CLAIMS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS SURGING HOME [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Conference of Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc. (JCC) achieved only a partial success in its March 19 annual negotiations with the German Finance Ministry. The Ministry agreed to raise assistance payments [...]	2009-03-25 14:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KNAR GM
09BERLIN366	GERMANY CALLS FOR TRANSATLANTIC COORDINATION, CARE [...] (C) MFA Near East Division chief Boris Ruge told Poloff March 27 that Germany agrees with reftel points but he stressed the need for the EU and the United States to exercise care and to coordinate when responding or reacting to any Palestinian reconciliation agreement. Ruge cautioned against [...]	2009-03-27 14:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG GM EUN
09BERLIN379	GERMANY: DOWNBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany views Ukraine as a significant partner, but Berlin is frustrated with the continued inability of President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko to work together. Contacts hope that the current economic crisis will force the two to stop "squabbling" and focus on the [...]	2009-03-31 15:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN380	GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT UP FOR FIFTH [...] Summary. The usual seasonal labor upswing failed to materialize this year as the global economic crisis tightened its grip on the German labor market. For the first time in three years, unemployment rose in March. The German labor market has deteriorated quickly since November as falling [...]	2009-03-31 15:15:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM
09BERLIN411	GERMANY AGREES WITH USG ON AMERICAN COOPERATIVE [...] (SBU) Pol M/C discussed reftel points with Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Sabine Sparwasser April 7. Sparwasser was acquainted with the situation and said the German Government took the issue seriously. She pointed out that the American Cooperative School of Tunis also has "pa [...]	2009-04-07 07:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASCH ODIP PGOV PREL TS GM
09BERLIN429	GALILEO IDENTITY CRISIS: A FERRARI BUILT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Galileo, the EU's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS),is in the midst of a 3.4 billion euro identity crisis as political advocates downplay Galileo's advertised role as a pillar of Europe's national security and instead spotlight the system,s civil and economic [...]	2009-04-09 16:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
09BERLIN430	GALILEO PUBLIC REGULATED SERVICE MAY REQUIRE [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) is presumably critical for the EU as a pillar for national security and as the nucleus of Galileo's business model, but PRS appears to be stalling out. PRS faces four obstacles: 1) a conflict between civilian control and military end-us [...]	2009-04-09 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
09BERLIN454	GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Acting Pol Section Chief met with MFA Division Chief for Human Rights Dieter Lamle April 17 to present reftel diplomatic note requesting support for the United States' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and the U.S. human rights pledge. Lamle said that Germany welcomes the U [...]	2009-04-17 14:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN463	DURBAN: GERMANY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE; BREAKS RANKS [...] (C) After the failure of 11th hour attempts by Foreign Minister Steinmeier (Social Democratic Party) to broker a unified EU position and explain the German position, Germany announced its unilateral decision late on April 19 not to send an official delegation to the Durban Review Conference. M [...]	2009-04-20 15:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GM
09BERLIN464	STEINMEIER LAUNCHES LEFT-LEANING PLATFORM FOR A [...] (C) Summary: Five months before Germany's September 27 national elections, Foreign Minister and Chancellor Candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier unveiled his Social Democratic Party's (SPD) 57-page campaign platform that focuses on bolstering the "social market economy" as Germany faces its worst [...]	2009-04-21 12:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN GM
09BERLIN470	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...]	2009-04-22 16:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN478	GERMAN MOD AND MFA SHARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (C) Post delivered reftel to MOD and MFA counterparts, who shared our concerns about the Chinese military,s lack of transparency. Poloff and DAO officer on April 8 delivered reftel to MOD East Asia Desk Officer Lt. Col. Stefan Klenz. Klenz stated that transparency is always an issue when meet [...]	2009-04-24 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL PGOV PHUM GM
09BERLIN514	A/S FRIED INITIATES GERMAN GOVERNMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary: In separate meetings April 29, A/S Fried presented MFA State Secretary Silberberg and Chancellery National Security Advisor Heusgen with information on nine Uighur detainees and requested that the German government review the cases as a prelude to a formal U.S. request to rese [...]	2009-05-05 13:00:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM EUN GM
09BERLIN557	GREEN PARTY LAUNCHES BID TO RETURN TO POWER WITH [...] (C) Summary. Kicking off its election campaign, the Green Party's May 8-10 national convention yielded few surprises and prompted more discussions about the party's relevance in German politics. The party delegates called for a "Green New Deal," which would create one million new jobs throu [...]	2009-05-14 14:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN561	(S) GERMANY EXPANDING OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAMS AND EYE CLOSER USG PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 16:24:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM
09BERLIN59	GERMANY,S ABOUT FACE: STEEP DOWNTURN PROMPTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fresh reports indicating a steep plunge in exports and a sudden rise in unemployment have shocked the German coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, and pushed it into crisis mode. On January 12, the coalition agreed 50 billion euros worth of new stimulus measures [...]	2009-01-15 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN594	FDP AND WESTERWELLE CAN ALMOST TASTE POWER AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The liberal Free Democratic (FDP) Party overwhelmingly re-elected Guido Westerwelle as party chair during its May 15-17 party convention on a platform aimed to return the FDP to power after eleven years in the opposition. In his speech, Westerwelle appealed to the middle class wit [...]	2009-05-20 08:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL ECON
09BERLIN599	MIXED GERMAN VIEWS ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. support for Turkish entry into the EU has drawn ire from the CDU/CSU in recent months, but the importance of binding Turkey to the West and rewarding the significant reforms Turkey has enacted does not escape most German politicians. However, even those politicians most sy [...]	2009-05-20 15:59:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU EUN GM
09BERLIN601	GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH OPPOSITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 16:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR KZ AE TU GM
09BERLIN603	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD'S VISIT MAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit to Germany for the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. Of the larger European Union member states, Germany holds the greatest untapped potential for our transatlantic agenda, but much will have to be settled at the ballot box this [...]	2009-05-20 17:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN GM OVIP PGOV PREL
09BERLIN605	Opel Rescue Effort Enters Critical Stage [...] (SBU) Summary. Opel's "rescue" enters a critical stage as the government's 6:00 pm May 20 deadline for investor bids looms. In preparation, the federal government, the German states where Opel factories are located, and several state- owned banks agreed in principle on May 19 on a roughly 1.5 [...]	2009-05-22 05:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN624	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you for your second official visit to Germany. Chancellor Merkel also welcomes your visit, especially to eastern Germany during an anniversary year when Germans are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 60th anniver [...]	2009-05-22 15:21:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	GM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BERLIN638	GERMAN PRESIDENT KOEHLER RE-ELECTED IN FIRST ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany's popular incumbent President Horst Koehler (CDU) -- a former managing director of the International Monetary Fund -- handily won re-election to a second five-year term, doing so in the first round of voting by the 1,224-member Federal Assembly. Winning with a 613 vote a [...]	2009-05-27 12:49:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL PINR
09BERLIN644	U.S. CRITICIZED FOR BREAKDOWN OF OPEL RESCUE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: May 27 negotiations in Berlin aimed at deciding a rescue strategy for General Motors (GM) subsidiary Opel ended without an agreement. The meeting did yield one noteworthy development: the number of remaining suitors for Opel appears to have narrowed from four to just two -- Fiat [...]	2009-05-28 18:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN655	GERMAN GENERAL SAYS NO THANKS TO GALILEO; ESA NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 3rd Annual Space Systems and Security Conference in Potsdam, Germany, a senior German officer firmly stated that his country does not anticipate being a customer of the European Galileo Guidance Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Separately, a European Space Agency (E [...]	2009-06-02 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA GM
09BERLIN664	OPEL RESCUE: MERKEL CREDITS PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a deal on the rescue of General Motors subsidiary Opel/Vauxhall was reached in the early hours of May 30, Chancellor Merkel underlined the important role played by President Obama. The Canadian firm Magna International, along with the Russian bank Sberbank and Russian auto [...]	2009-06-03 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN671	AHLC: GERMANY SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES, CITES NEED [...] (SBU) MFA Near East Division Chief Boris Ruge informed Poloff June 5 that the MFA "fully agrees" with the U.S. policy objectives noted in reftel. Ruge will lead the German delegation to the AHLC's June 8 Oslo meeting. Ruge said that keeping the Palestinian Authority (PA) financially solvent [...]	2009-06-05 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS GM
09BERLIN678	IRAN: SABERI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Acting Political Section Chief met with MFA Middle East Director Sabine Sparwasser on June 3, 2009 to deliver Ref A. A/POL Chief expressed USG gratitude for German assistance in the case, in particular the public declarations in early May by MFA Human Rights Commissioner Gunther Nooke c [...]	2009-06-08 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR GM
09BERLIN683	SPD SUFFERS ANOTHER PAINFUL LOSS WITH EUROPEAN [...] (U) The SPD made a disappointing showing in the June 7 European Parliament elections garnering just 20.8 percent of the vote. Coming just weeks after the decisive defeat of its presidential candidate, these results cast doubt on its ability to rebound before the September 27 national electio [...]	2009-06-09 11:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM PINR
09BERLIN694	EUROPEAN SECURITY PROPOSAL: GERMANY FAVORS FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. proposal for launching a constructive dialogue on European security within the OSCE at the Corfu ministerial, but warns against a comprehensive review of existing commitments or an effort to beef up the human dimension. Instead, Germany favors a [...]	2009-06-10 13:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV

09BERLIN703	GERMANY LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE TO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany supports a long-term NATO counter-piracy mission, believing its main value-added is giving non-EU Allies who are not already in the EU Atalanta operation a way to contribute to the counter-piracy effort. Behind the scenes, German officials are already discussing the possib [...]	2009-06-11 14:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL
09BERLIN715	STEINMEIER TAKE TWO: FOREIGN MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) SPD Foreign Minister and Chancellor-candidate Frank Walter Steinmeier injected life into the SPD's flagging electoral campaign in his rousing June 14 party convention speech. Steinmeier reinforced his determination to become "the chancellor of all Germans" and called upon the party faith [...]	2009-06-16 06:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GM
09BERLIN717	IRAN ELECTION UPDATE: MERKEL, STEINMEIER EXPRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier have publicly expressed their concerns about the Iranian presidential election aftermath, noting reports of irregularities and calling on the Iranian government to ensure freedom of assembly and freedom of the pr [...]	2009-06-16 13:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM IR
09BERLIN741	GERMAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany,s delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in Mexico is concerned about raising the prospect of a 2020-2030 midterm compliance window in open session. The head of delegation also shared his dwindling hopes of an agreement in Copenhagen. German interlocutor [...]	2009-06-19 11:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN743	GERMAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting in Mexico is concerned about raising the prospect of a 2020-2030 midterm compliance window in open session. The head of delegation also shared his dwindling hopes of an agreement in Copenhagen. German interlocutors [...]	2009-06-19 12:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN752	IRAN ELECTION AFTERMATH: GERMAN MFA QUESTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Berlin on June 22, a senior German MFA official raised Germany's concerns about accusatory comments made by Iranian officials against Western embassies in Tehran earlier that day. According to an MFA contact, the Iranian ambassador sta [...]	2009-06-23 15:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM IR
09BERLIN759	GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY CONTINUES TO MARGINALIZE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's radical Left Party launched its electoral campaign manifesto at its June 20-21 national party convention in Berlin with a palette of predictable pacifist foreign policy and anti-capitalist domestic appeals that almost guarantee it will continue to remain on the political [...]	2009-06-24 14:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GM
09BERLIN760	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: GERMANY AGREES WITH U.S. POINTS, [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points and a copy of President Obama's public statement on the Afghan election campaign to MFA Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig on June 22 and strongly encouraged Germany to make its own public statement. 2. (C) Koenig said that Germany comp [...]	2009-06-24 14:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN765	ASTRIUM GERMANY PLANS TO CORNER WORLD SPACE RADAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EADS Astrium Friedrichshafen and their daughter company, Infoterra GmbH, are actively marketing their space-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery, imagery derived products, and even complete spacecraft to the US market with the strategic goal of securing funding to devel [...]	2009-06-25 13:57:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM
09BERLIN788	GERMAN SATELLITE START-UP RAPIDEYE GATHERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG, which began selling its imagery products in January of this year (see ref A),has established its first contracts with France and Lithuania. In the next few years, RapidEye is confident that its customer base will expand by ten, [...]	2009-07-01 07:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR CH BR FR LH GM
09BERLIN793	CDU AND CSU RALLY AROUND MERKEL, ELECTION PLATFORM [...] (C) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) rallied behind Chancellor Merkel (CDU) as their lead candidate and showed strong unity in their joint "election platform" at their June 29 congress in Berlin. In her speech, Chancellor Merk [...]	2009-07-01 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GM
09BERLIN796	CHALLENGES ON THE HORIZON FOR GERMAN IMAGERY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG's current business model as a value-added imagery provider is likely not sustainable and they may be forced restructure to survive. The firm,s primary target customers-- commodity traders and the insurance industry--appear to want [...]	2009-07-01 15:18:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
09BERLIN806	GERMANY: FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLAND IN ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. German contacts view Foreign Minister Steinmeier's and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's joint trip to Kyiv as indicative of improved German-Polish relations and a significant advance in bringing German and Polish foreign policy positions more into sync. Unsurprisingly, the mini [...]	2009-07-02 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN831	CGPCS: GERMANY AGREES ON PARTICIPATION ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA UN Security Council Action Officer Dirk Stockhausen on June 30 and then followed up with him on July 2, emphasizing the importance that the U.S. placed on reaching a resolution that would allow the six aspirant countries to participate in the Contact Group [...]	2009-07-09 17:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL MOPS GM
09BERLIN835	GERMANY: STEADFAST DESPITE DETERIORATING SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the deteriorating security situation and rising death toll in northern Afghanistan, the German government has shown no signs of wavering from its military commitment there. Polls shows that more than 60% of the German public favors the immediate withdrawal of the Bundeswe [...]	2009-07-10 08:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN845	ISLAM CONFERENCE ENDS WITH HIGH MARKS FROM [...] (C) The Islam Conference ended with its fourth and final meeting on June 25 with supporters and critics of the conference representing a diverse Muslim community calling for its continuation, citing the importance of the dialogue that was begun. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU),who initiat [...]	2009-07-13 16:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL
09BERLIN848	CDU PARLIAMENTARIANS CONSIDER FUTURE ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a symposium on future technologies, the CDU/CSU parliamentary bloc outlined its energy policy priorities for the 2009 election year. Support for solar and nuclear energy and questions about the future of coal power were voiced. The symposium, held on June 30 in Berlin and [...]	2009-07-14 12:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EIND ENRG PGOV KGHG TRGY GM
09BERLIN859	GERMANY UPBEAT ABOUT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The German Chancellery and MFA view President Obama's trip to Moscow as successful, especially given how poor U.S.-Russian relations were at the beginning of the year. MFA Head of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Division Ernst Reichel and Chancellery Head of Former Soviet Union an [...]	2009-07-16 08:29:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	RS PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN864	JEHOVAH,S WITNESSES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SECURING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany have almost reached the finish line in their efforts to become a "corporation under public law" in all of Germany's 16 federal states. Eleven federal states (Bavaria, Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Saxony, Thuringia, [...]	2009-07-16 13:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KIRF PGOV PREL PHUM
09BERLIN879	STAYING AHEAD OF PROLIFERATORS REVOLVES AROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the global financial crisis adds pressure to stimulate growth through increased exports despite the ever increasing threat from proliferation/terrorism, the question of how to effectively administer national export control measures has never been more important or for that m [...]	2009-07-21 14:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ETRD KOMC PARM PGOV PINR BR UK IR GM
09BERLIN89	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...]	2009-01-23 19:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM
09BERLIN891	GERMANY: REACTIONS TO CAIRO SPEECH AND PLANS FOR ONGOING [...] (U) Summary: Mission Germany conducted a range of activities to highlight President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech and to solicit feedback from local Muslim communities. Per reftel request, post provides preliminary feedback on our ongoing outreach efforts within Germany, including feedback from [...]	2009-07-23 14:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PREL SCUL GM
09BERLIN90	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...]	2009-01-26 05:59:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM
09BERLIN910	MIXED SIGNALS AGAIN FROM THE GERMAN [...] SUMMARY. There were once again mixed signals from the German labor market in July. According to the Federal Employment Agency, Germany's non- seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 52,000 from June to July (with the rate increasing by 0.1 percentage point to 8.2 percent),less than [...]	2009-07-30 14:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM
09BERLIN918	Iraqi Refugee Arrivals Proceeding: 866 of 2500 [...] (U) Summary: A total of 866 Iraqi refugees have arrived of the 2500 that Germany agreed to resettle under the terms of last year's European Union agreement. This is the first time that Germany has worked with the UNHCR to permanently resettle refugees directly from overseas. Iraqi refugee se [...]	2009-07-31 14:44:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IOM UNHCR IZ JO SY GM
09BERLIN938	Nuclear Power and Germany's Climate Change Goals [...] (U) SUMMARY: The current CDU/CSU-SPD governing coalition agreement commits Germany to phase out all nuclear power, which currently provides 23 percent of Germany's electric power generation, by approximately 2020. Energy industry watchers indicate that the planned phase-out will complicate G [...]	2009-08-04 14:11:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV KGHG TRGY ECON PREL PGOV GM
09BERLIN946	WILL A CREDIT CRUNCH IMPEDE GERMANY'S RECOVERY? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A heated debate is again raging over whether or not the German economy is experiencing a credit crunch. Politicians and businesses complain how hard loans are to get, and claim that tighter credit threatens recovery in Europe's largest economy. Others say overall credit vo [...]	2009-08-05 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN967	GERMANY,S RIGHT WING NPD AND DVU FACE POOR [...] (C) Crippled by financial scandals, leadership problems and right-wing political rivalries, the National Democratic Party (NPD) and German People's Union (DVU) have little chance of securing the five percent necessary to enter the next Bundestag after the parliamentary elections on September [...]	2009-08-07 14:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN985	CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...]	2009-08-11 14:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM
09BERLIN988	CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...]	2009-08-13 07:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM
09BERLIN992	AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY TO SUBMIT PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) On August 11, MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director, Markus Klinger, provided EconOff with a German proposal for Australia Group (AG) "Best Practice Guidelines for Implementing End-Use Controls." Germany intends to [...]	2009-08-13 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC PARM PGOV PREL PINR TBIO KSTC FR GM
09BERLIN993	GERMANY'S FEDERAL STATES WRESTLE WITH INTRODUCTION [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of German state programs to introduce Islamic religious education at high school and university levels. Since the 3rd plenary meeting of the German Islam Conference in June 2008, Germany's federal states -- with varying degrees of engagement and success [...]	2009-08-13 16:08:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM
09BERN104	SWISS-LIBYAN RELATIONS: SWITZERLAND IN REBUFF [...] (S) Summary: In a March 10 meeting, the Swiss MFA Director for Security Policy, Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, updated Charge on the status of the ongoing crisis in Swiss-Libyan relations triggered last July when Geneva cantonal police temporarily arrested Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libyan lead [...]	2009-03-11 11:50:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PHUM PREL PGOV SZ
09BERN132	NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED IN LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) The Patriotic Union (Vaterlaendische Union, VU) party of Liechtenstein won an absolute majority of parliamentary (Landtag) seats in the February 8 national elections (reftel). In the wake of this surprising outcome, the VU could have opted to seek to form a government alone, without the [...]	2009-03-26 16:32:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LS
09BERN136	CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Poloff provided a copy of the White Paper in reftel A on March 27 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Fux appreciated the information, which he said was timely, not only with regard to the upcoming intern [...]	2009-03-27 17:05:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID PTER PGOV PK AF SZ
09BERN175	MADAGASCAR: SWISS AGREE WITH USG POINTS ON URGING [...] (C) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on April 15 to Anja Zobrist Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Rentenaar mentioned that the FDFA (at least not in Bern) thus far had not been approached by the EU to discuss Madagasc [...]	2009-04-15 16:49:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MA SZ
09BERN257	SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (C) On June 18, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) OSCE Section Head Lukas Rosenkranz told poloff in response to reftel demarche regarding the upcoming 27-28 June 2009 informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu, Greece, that Switzerland welcomed the Greek initiative to host informal di [...]	2009-06-19 14:07:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON SZ
09BERN330	SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Anja Zobrist-Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and Jenny Piaget, Deputy Regional Coordinator. Piaget responded that Swiss government funding for Somalia is solely [...]	2009-08-07 13:44:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KPKO PGOV EAID SO SZ
09BERN362	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government strongly supports entry into force of the CTBT, negotiations on a verifiable FMCT, and efforts to reinforce the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. The Swiss welcome U.S.-Russian nuclear disarmament negotiations, and are con [...]	2009-08-31 22:38:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERN363	SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN COMMENTS ON ASSISTING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Leu emphasized that Switzerland, in its capacity as Protecting Power for the USG in Iran, continues to press for access and information about U.S. citizens detained or missing in Iran. Regarding the recent case of the three U.S. hikers (Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and [...]	2009-09-01 09:37:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	CASC PREL PHUM PGOV KNNP SZ IR
09BERN389	NEW SWISS FEDERAL COUNCILOR DIDIER BURKHALTER [...] (SBU) Summary: A joint session of the Swiss Parliament on September 16 elected Council of States (Upper House) Member Didier Burkhalter to replace Pascal Couchepin on the Federal Council (Swiss Executive Cabinet). The special mid-term election was scheduled after Couchepin announced earlier t [...]	2009-09-16 16:19:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SZ
09BERN390	SWISS RESPONSE TO PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A talking points on September 11, 2009 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and one of his deputies, Yves Nicolet. Fux and Nicolet noted that the GOS was in agreement with the US [...]	2009-09-16 16:32:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE SZ
09BERN507	SWISS TO VOTE NOVEMBER 29 ON WHETHER TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 29, Swiss citizens will vote nationwide on whether to support a "people's initiative" calling for a ban on the construction of minarets in Switzerland. The initiative was launched by members of rightwing parties. The initiators of the proposal contend that minaret [...]	2009-11-25 17:35:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SZ
09BERN513	SWISS VOTERS STUN GOVERNMENT BY APPROVING "MINARET [...] (SBU) In a November 29 nationwide vote, Swiss voters stunned the Swiss government by approving an initiative by rightwing politicians to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland (reftel). Subsequent analysis by Swiss commentators suggests that polling data prior to the vote was sk [...]	2009-11-30 15:19:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SZ
09BERN57	ADDITIONAL SWISS INPUT REGARDING CALL FOR FREEZING [...] (SBU) Further to reftel A request for Switzerland to freeze non-humanitarian assistance to Nicaragua following its fraudulent municipal elections of November 9, and reftel B interim response, Nora Kronig, Regional Coordinator for Central and South America at the Swiss Federal Department of For [...]	2009-02-06 15:39:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL NU SZ
09BERN62	LIECHTENSTEIN ELECTIONS: CONSERVATIVES WIN [...] (U) In an outcome that surprised Liechtenstein's political class, the conservative Fatherland Union (VU) party won an absolute majority of parliamentary (Landtag) seats in the February 8 elections. With 47,6 percent of the votes, the VU surged back from the historic low of 38,2 percent reached [...]	2009-02-09 13:16:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN LS
09BERN64	SWISS VOTE TO EXTEND FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS WITH [...] In a nationwide referendum held February 8, nearly 60 percent of the Swiss electorate voted in favor of maintaining an existing agreement with 25 EU states allowing for the free movement of persons, while also extending that agreement to include the newest EU member states, Bulgaria and Roman [...]	2009-02-10 09:01:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV SZ
09BERN7	SWISS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DONATIONS TO UNRWA'S [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on January 5 to Thomas Oertle, Desk Officer for Israeli-Palestinian affairs in the Middle East and Africa Division of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Oertle explained that Switzerland already was providing CHF 4 million (USD 3.8 million) in [...]	2009-01-07 13:26:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA SZ
09BERN99	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CRITICAL [...] Post has identified two entities that fit into the categories supplied by S/CT: the Swiss pharmaceutical industry and the Swiss banking system. 2. The Swiss pharmaceutical industry is located in Basel and produces internationally recognized products to combat Avian Influenza, cancer, tube [...]	2009-03-05 15:35:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SZ
09BISHKEK1006	PRESIDENT BAKIYEV VISITS MANAS TRANSIT CENTER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11, President Bakiyev visited the Transit Center to participate in a memorial ceremony. A happy and healthy-looking President gave a short speech lauding the new Transit Center, a symbol of Kyrgyzstan's continued willingness to contribute to international efforts in [...]	2009-09-11 12:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KG
09BISHKEK1025	KYRGYZSTAN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tulun Turgunbayev of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Turgunbayev thanked Poloff for the information and agreed to inform us of any substantive response about resolutions that the Kyrgyz Republic plans t [...]	2009-09-15 10:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1033	AMBASSADOR MEETS HEAD OF THE UN CENTRE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventative Diplomacy for Central Asia. Jenca reported that Foreign Minister Sarbayev had told him that President Bakiyev and Uzbek Pre [...]	2009-09-15 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1057	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT TRANSIT CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 15, the Manas Transit Center hosted a delegation of Kyrgyz Parliamentarians and other officials for a briefing and tour of Center facilities. The delegation, led by Vice Speaker Isabekov, pressed for more contracts to be awarded to Kyrgyz firms, especially those [...]	2009-09-18 04:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
09BISHKEK1058	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS U.S. TRIP WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 17, Ambassador Gfoeller met with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Igor Chudinov to discuss his upcoming visit to the U.S. Chudinov told the Ambassador that Kyrgyzstan would like to strengthen its economic and commercial relationship with the U.S. The Ambassador gave Chudinov [...]	2009-09-18 04:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK1060	KYRGYZSTAN: EMBASSY HOSTS IFTAR DINNER [...] (SBU) On September 17, Grand Mufti Murataaly Aji Jumanov presided over an Embassy-hosted Iftar dinner attended by leaders of the Muslim and non-Muslim communities. The Mufti expressed his gratitude to the Embassy for organizing the event that brought leaders of different religious communities [...]	2009-09-18 10:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1061	LOSING PARADISE: KYRGYZ BIOSPHERE RESERVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Sary Chelek Biosphere Reserve in Jalalabad Oblast, once home to a number of species found only in the Central Asian mountains. Hunting, fishing, and grazing are officially prohibited, but years of official indifference have resulted in a biosphere reserve [...]	2009-09-18 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV KG
09BISHKEK1065	LUNCH WITH MAX: SOUP TO NUTS [...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging lunch, Maxim Bakiyev, son of President Bakiyev, and Kyrgyz FM Sarbaev argued that the $20 million Economic Development Fund needs to be a new kind of assistance, targeted strategically toward the development of the country and its integration into the world econom [...]	2009-09-22 11:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1067	POLITICAL OPPOSITION LEADER WARNS OF GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, Embassy met with the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK),Almazbek Atambayev, to discuss the current political environment and plans for the opposition following the July presidential election. Atambayev, a former Prime Minister under Presid [...]	2009-09-23 11:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1074	KYRGYZSTAN: EMBASSY BISHKEK CONCURS WITH 1206 [...] (SBU) Embassy strongly endorses the 1206 proposal submitted by the Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Bishkek to U.S. Central Command on September 23. The proposal to train and equip the Batken Infantry Battalion for deployment to Afghanistan, and to refurbish Kyrgyzstan's cargo aircraft to [...]	2009-09-25 10:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1076	KYRGYZSTAN: SECRETARIAT GROWING IN INFLUENCE [...] (C) On September 23 at an Embassy-hosted function, former BBC correspondent and current speechwriter for President Bakiyev, Sultan Jumagulov, told EmbOffs that the Presidential Secretariat will soon become a key institution in defining the Kyrgyz Government's domestic and foreign policy. The [...]	2009-09-28 09:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG KPAO
09BISHKEK108	WHAT DOES BAKIYEV REALLY WANT FOR THE BASE? MAYBE [...] (C) Summary. Initial conversations with Embassy contacts have provided a plausible context to President Bakiyev's decision to close Manas. Piecing together information from different sources, our initial analysis is that Bakiyev's actions have been driven by the need to secure a war chest [...]	2009-02-05 11:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
09BISHKEK1080	THE PROBLEM OF STATELESSNESS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 22, UNHCR and the Kyrgyz government co-hosted a high-level steering meeting to highlight the problem of statelessness in Kyrgyzstan and adopted a concluding statement with concrete objectives. UNHCR also released a report detailing the results of a survey conducted [...]	2009-10-01 08:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1081	KYRGYZ ROUNDTABLE ON RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE [...] (SBU) On September 29, the Alliance of Civic Organizations "It's Time for My Choice!" organized a roundtable discussion entitled, "Peaceful Demonstrations Before and After Elections. What to Do Next?" Among more than 60 participants were members of the opposition, civil society leaders, human [...]	2009-10-01 08:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1082	OPPOSITION LEADER WANTS HELP FROM U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Roza Otunbayeva, a former Foreign Minister and current Member of Parliament for the Social Democrat Party, met with the Charge on September 25. Otunbayeva criticized the U.S., the OSCE, and other Western countries for their silence as the Presidential election was stolen and oppo [...]	2009-10-01 08:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1085	KYRGYZSTAN: GOVERNMENT FACES 2010 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An International Monetary Fund Mission visiting Kyrgyzstan reported that the stimulus provided by international assistance and a good harvest should help keep economic growth slightly positive in 2009. They were cautiously optimistic that Kyrgyzstan's economy would grow by abou [...]	2009-10-05 04:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KG
09BISHKEK109	FORMER KYRGYZ OFFICIALS PLAN "NEW OPPOSITION" [...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told us that she, former Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov, and other "like-minded individuals," both in and out of government, planned to form a "new opposition." Ibraimova said that despite fearing for her safety since she was dismissed in mid-Ja [...]	2009-02-05 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK110	Media Reaction to Kyrgyz President's Announced Intent to [...] (SBU) Summary: Most media reaction has been broadly supportive of President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement of his intention to close Manas Air Base. Some internet news services and independent newspapers have carried interviews with opposition politicians critical of the proposal. Interne [...]	2009-02-06 06:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KPAO KG
09BISHKEK1114	KYRGYZSTAN: POLITICAL "REFORMS" ON THE WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge discussed with the Head of the President's Secretariat, Oksana Malevanaya, plans to "reform" the government. Malevanaya indicated that changes in the structure of the government have been finalized and will soon be announced. The Secretariat will increase its control over [...]	2009-10-09 03:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1115	KYRGYZ HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BRIEFLY DETAINED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Poloff met with Aziza Abdurasulova (protect),head of human rights organization Kylym Shamy, to discuss her brief detainment by Moscow airport authorities after they allegedly found small arms ammunition in her bag. Abdurasulova asserted that the contraband was p [...]	2009-10-09 04:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1117	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION: IS THERE LIFE AFTER THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After July,s flawed presidential election, the political opposition in Kyrgyzstan appears unable to promote a unified and coherent response to the government of President Bakiyev. The main political opposition leaders are discouraged at prospects for democracy in the country, and [...]	2009-10-13 02:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1125	FRENCH AND SPANISH LEAVE MANAS TRANSIT CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Within a couple of days of each other, both the French and Spanish contingents vacated the Manas Transit Center due to their inability to conclude agreements with the Government of Kyrgyzstan extending authorization for the presence of their military personnel. With the loss of t [...]	2009-10-14 10:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1128	KYRGYZ PROTESTERS ENDURE ABUSE AS THEY AWAIT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, Poloff met with two of the 19 defendants facing charges related to the demonstration that took place in Balykchy on election day (July 23). The defendants described the events that led to their arrest and recounted tales of abuse and mistreatment at the hands of t [...]	2009-10-15 10:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK113	NATO COMS UNANIMOUS: NEGOTIATE FOR MANAS! [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met separately with the three NATO COMs resident in Bishkek February 5 to discuss the proposed Manas Base closing. Uncannily playing to their national stereotypes, they were nevertheless unanimous in their advice to negotiate hard with the Kyrgyz to keep the Base open [...]	2009-02-06 11:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK1131	KYRGYZ DEFENSE DEPUTY: HOW TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of Besh-Kungei Military Hospital, a $2 million project funded by the Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation. First Deputy Minister of Defense Marat Kenjisariyev hosted the Ambassador for a lunch afterwa [...]	2009-10-16 06:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KG
09BISHKEK1132	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER CONTEMPLATES INAUGURAL ABC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16 Ambassador Gfoeller met with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev to review his recent meetings in New York and Washington. Sarbayev told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Chudinov wanted to follow-up on the invitation from Secretary Clinton to meet with her in Washin [...]	2009-10-16 09:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1133	AMBASSADOR OPENS TRANSIT CENTER'S BUSINESS SEMINAR [...] Summary: On October 15, the Ambassador opened the Manas Transit Center business seminar that provided local companies with detailed information on Department of Defense procurement procedures and insight into how to bid on U.S. government contracts. Kyrgyz government officials have repeatedly [...]	2009-10-16 09:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV KG
09BISHKEK1138	U.S. EMBASSY BISHKEK'S REQUEST FOR 1004 AND 1033 [...] This message is the initial FY10 request for $24.75 million in DOD Counternarcotics support under Section 1004 and Section 1033 of the current National Defense Authorization Act, as amended for support concerning the Government of Kyrgyzstan Counter Narcotics effort. This request has been ap [...]	2009-10-20 10:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1139	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT RESIGNS, PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech before Parliament today, President Bakiyev announced the outlines of sweeping government reforms. As part of the reforms, the President has created a new Presidential Institute which will replace the Presidential apparatus and be composed of several bodies, inclu [...]	2009-10-20 10:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1144	DANIYAR USENOV APPOINTED AS NEW KYRGYZ PRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the announcement of widespread government reforms by President Bakiyev and the subsequent resignation of the Government, President Bakiyev signed an order appointing Daniyar Usenov as Prime Minister on October 21. While the extent and impact of the planned governme [...]	2009-10-21 11:19:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1145	REORGANIZATION, THEN REFORM: KYRGYZSTAN'S NEXT [...] (C) Summary: In a friendly meeting with the Ambassador, Oksana Malevanaya, the Head of the President's Secretariat and one of the designers of the ongoing restructuring of the Kyrgyz Government described the purpose and expected impact of the changes. She said that all policy making will be [...]	2009-10-22 13:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1147	DOOR TO MANAS MAY BE OPENING FOR FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on an unsuccessful meeting between the French Charge and Foreign Minister Sarbayev, French Special Representative Thierry Mariani appears to have tempted the Kyrgyz back to the Manas negotiating table with the offer of a Paris visit for President Bakiyev and the upgra [...]	2009-10-23 09:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG FR SP
09BISHKEK1167	KYRGYZSTAN: EMBASSY BISHKEK 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 05:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1168	DAS KROL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol led an interagency delegation to Kyrgyzstan October 26-28. In separate meetings with Foreign Minister Sarbayev and newly appointed Prime Minister Usenov, DAS Krol pressed for a quick resolution to the arrest of two local Embassy employees. [...]	2009-10-29 09:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
09BISHKEK1169	DAS KROL'S DISCUSSIONS WITH KYRGYZ CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: The delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol which visited Kyrgyzstan October 26-28 met with civil society, the political opposition, and political analysts at the Ambassador's home. It also visited the southern city of Osh. Over lunch, members of civil society [...]	2009-10-29 09:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
09BISHKEK1182	FRENCH ON MANAS: SHOULD WE STAY OR SHOULD WE GO? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing French Ambassador Alain Couanon told the Ambassador that Special Representative Thierry Mariani's recent proposals for renegotiating an agreement for French troops at Manas Transit Center have little chance of winning French political approval. Couanon suggested that [...]	2009-11-04 08:56:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG FR
09BISHKEK119	NEW KYRGYZ OPPOSITION ASKS FOR HELP [...] (U) This cable contains an action request at paragraph 20. Summary ------- 2. (S) Former Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov told the Ambassador that his new "opposition" was developing a plan to oust President Bakiyev. Sadyrkulov outlined a scenario that involved splitting the Ak Jo [...]	2009-02-06 11:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK1191	AMBASSADOR OPENS THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense's "Scorpion" Special Forces Brigade Compound at Tokmok. The $9 million project was funded through U.S. CENTCOM and the Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation. Chief of the General St [...]	2009-11-09 01:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KG
09BISHKEK1193	EMBASSY FSNS RELEASED TO HOUSE ARREST BUT CHARGES [...] (C) Summary: The two arrested RSO local employees were released to house arrest but the criminal case against them continues. A meeting with Maxim Bakiyev, son of President Bakiyev appears to have generated movement on the part of the government to resolve the issue. Following the Bakiyev me [...]	2009-11-09 09:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KLIG PREL PINR ASEC PGOV KG
09BISHKEK1199	MAXIM BAKIYEV'S INFLUENCE BECOMES OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 29, President Bakiyev appointed his son, Maxim Bakiyev, as the head of the newly created Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation. While it has been evident for some time that Maxim Bakiyev has significant political influence in the Kyrgyz government ( [...]	2009-11-13 09:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL KG
09BISHKEK120	PROMINENT KYRGYZ COMMENT ON MANAS CLOSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The future of Manas Air Base has been topic number one following President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement that he would close the Base. In addition to the intense media coverage (Reftel),many prominent Kyrgyz have spoken publicly, both in support of Bakiyev's position, as [...]	2009-02-09 11:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1200	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO CONDITIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 03:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	KLIG PREL PINR ASEC PGOV KG
09BISHKEK1201	KYRGYZSTAN PROPOSES JOINT COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 13 courtesy call meeting with the Ambassador, Maxim Bakiyev, the recently appointed Director of the Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation, requested the U.S. consider creating an international counter-terrorism training center in the southern Kyrg [...]	2009-11-16 09:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KG
09BISHKEK1208	MAXIM BAKIYEV SUPPORTS JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 13 courtesy call, Maxim Bakiyev, the Director of the newly created Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation briefed Ambassador Gfoeller on Kyrgyzstan's planned economic reforms, including boosting investment in the energy sector with participatio [...]	2009-11-18 09:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KG
09BISHKEK121	FORMER KYRGYZ VICE PRIME MINISTER ON PLANS TO OUST [...] (C) Summary. In a February 9 meeting with DCM, former Deputy Prime Minister Elmira Ibraimova (protect) discussed her plans to create an opposition to the Bakiyev regime. She claimed that she and former Presidency Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov have widespread support among the Ak Jol Presidentia [...]	2009-02-10 09:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK1218	RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DEPORTED FROM [...] (SBU) On November 18, Bakhrom Hamroev, an ethnic Uzbek, Russian citizen human rights activist working for the Russian human rights center Memorial, was detained by the Kyrgyz National Security Service (SNB) and deported to Russia. The authorities also detained and later released Osh-based, Iz [...]	2009-11-20 10:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1224	PROGRESS IN STATUS OF ARRESTED FSNS BUT ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Over the weekend the SNB took steps to end the prosecution of our local employees for "collecting secret data." They closed the case and returned all items and papers seized in the arrest and subsequent searches. However, the provisions of law under which the actions were taken [...]	2009-11-24 08:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KLIG PREL PINR ASEC PGOV KG
09BISHKEK123	FRENCH DEMARCHE KYRGYZ ON MANAS; BELIEVE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: French Charges from Bishkek and Astana briefed the Ambassador on their February 9 meetings with Kyrgyz officials to protest Kyrgyzstan's plans to close Manas Air Base. They told Presidential Chief of Staff Usenov that Kyrgyzstan was hurting the global anti-terrorism coalition by [...]	2009-02-10 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK124	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION DEPUTY COMMENTS ON MANAS AND [...] (C) Summary. According to a Kyrgyz opposition deputy, the $2 billion Russian assistance package is the latest step in a concerted Russian campaign to control Kyrgyzstan. It will give Moscow control of the country's defense and energy/water industries and make Kyrgyz President Bakiyev behol [...]	2009-02-10 10:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK1243	KYRGYZSTAN: THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 07:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1244	ENDING THE FSN CONTROVERSY, AND MAKING THE PRESS [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with several Kyrgyz government interlocutors over the past week, we have pressed for a document from the government formally ending, or notifying the USG of a final ending, of the criminal process against our two local employees, arrested by the National [...]	2009-12-02 09:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	KLIG PREL PINR ASEC PGOV KG

09BISHKEK1274	MAXIM BAKIYEV ON ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 24, Maxim Bakiyev, head of the Central Agency for Development, Innovation, and Investment expressed his views on the framework for implementation of the proposed U.S.-Kyrgyz Economic Development Fund, reiterated his interest in technical support to outlin [...]	2009-12-04 08:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KG
09BISHKEK1280	LETTER FROM KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER TO SECRETARY [...] Post received the following letter and its translation from Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev to Secretary of State Clinton. The letter requests that Kyrgyzstan be included in the list of aid recipient countries in the framework of $20 billion aid allotted for addressing the challenges of food [...]	2009-12-08 05:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1282	KYRGYZSTAN SEEKS $1 BILLION IN LOANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the IMF Resident Representative in Kyrgyzstan, Koba Gvenetadze, the Kyrgyz economy continues to grow, albeit slowly, while inflation is expected to reach approximately 15 percent in 2010. Gvenetadze is concerned about the management of the Kyrgyz Development Fund an [...]	2009-12-08 10:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KG
09BISHKEK129	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT MANAS -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz government officials awkwardly avoided contact with EmbOff at a February 6 dinner marking Kyrgyzstan's second annual International Santa Claus Festival. Kyrgyz tourism officials purposefully introduced EmbOff to the new Vice Prime Minister, the new Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2009-02-11 10:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KPAO KG
09BISHKEK1294	KYRGYZSTAN: FSN DETENTION ISSUE RESOLVED [...] (C) Ambassador requested a meeting with Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev to press for a final resolution of the issue resulting from the detention of two Embassy FSNs (reftels). At the resultant meeting on December 10, Sarbayev passed to the Ambassador a diplomatic note (translation below) [...]	2009-12-15 04:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KLIG PREL PINR ASEC PGOV KG
09BISHKEK1295	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) On December 9, the Ambassador had a cordial meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) Major General Moldomusa Kongantiyev to discuss current relations with the Ministry and future opportunities for cooperation. The Ambassador reviewed the Embassy's assistance to the Ministry, includ [...]	2009-12-15 07:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1296	CONTINUING EFFORTS BY THE PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a friendly lunch at the Ambassador's residence, Oksana Malevanaya, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, discussed the continuing Islamization of Kyrgyz society, its impact on human and women's rights, and the Secretariat's plans to address the increasing spread of Islam [...]	2009-12-15 09:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1298	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Janybek (Janysh) Bakiyev, Chairman of the State Security Service and brother of the President, to discuss U.S.-Kyrgyzstan relations and hear more about his Service. A welcoming and talkative Bakiyev briefed the Ambassador on his Service's operations and t [...]	2009-12-17 05:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK130	UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR IN BISHKEK: CLOSING MANAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Ukrainian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Solovei to gauge the CIS reaction to the potential closure of Manas Air Base. Solovei claimed that his CIS colleagues do not believe that the Air Base will leave Kyrgyzstan, nor do they want it to leave. Rather, the [...]	2009-02-11 10:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
09BISHKEK1300	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER PROTESTS "FAILED STATE" [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sarbayev called in the Ambassador to complain about the December 16 VOA article that said Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan could be considered "failed states." Sarbayev, armed with a copy of DAS Krol's testimony and a translation of the Q&A, peppered the Ambassador with [...]	2009-12-18 08:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KG AF UZ TI
09BISHKEK1302	OPPOSITION BELIEVES GOVERNMENT REFORMS WILL LEAD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Roza Otunbayeva, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current leader of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) Parliamentary faction. Otunbayeva was uniformly negative (as expected) with regards to the recently announced Government reforms and [...]	2009-12-18 09:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK131	MANAS, MOSCOW, AND MONEY: A PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. As we consider our options regarding Manas Air Base, Embassy Bishkek proposes one course of action that could allow us to retain access until 2011, in return for a commitment to close the Base that year. This would require both approaching Moscow and offering a significant com [...]	2009-02-12 10:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK1331	KYRGYZSTAN: GROWING CONCERN ABOUT ATTACKS ON [...] (U) Summary: Over the past several months there have been a number of physical attacks and intimidation attempts targeting journalists and political analysts in Kyrgyzstan. The December 16 murder in Almaty of Kyrgyz journalist Gennadi Pavlyuk raised the international profile of the attacks. W [...]	2009-12-24 06:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1332	KYRGYZSTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Following is Bishkek's submission for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) In 2009, the Kyrgyz Republic took political and law enforcement steps to disrupt and deter terrorism. In June, the United States and Kyrgyzstan reached a new agreement establishing the U.S.-operated T [...]	2009-12-28 03:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ASEC AEMR KG
09BISHKEK1337	KYRGYZSTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Following is Embassy Bishkek's submission for the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. 2. Begin Text: Kyrgyz Republic I. Summary The Kyrgyz Republic continues to have minimal internal production of illicit narcotics or prec [...]	2009-12-30 08:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC CIS KG KCMR PREL PGOV
09BISHKEK1338	KYRGYZSTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Following is Embassy Bishkek's submission for the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. 2. Begin Text: Kyrgyz Republic The Kyrgyz Republic is not a regional financial center. The Kyrgyz Republic adopted a ne [...]	2009-12-30 08:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK135	CHINESE AMBASSADOR FLUSTERED BY KYRGYZ ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador February 13, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yannian ridiculed the idea, but did not deny categorically, that China would provide Kyrgyzstan a $3 billion financial package in return for closing Manas Air Base. Zhang said Kyrgyzstan was in Russia's s [...]	2009-02-13 11:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK138	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER: BAKIYEV NOW [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met newly minted Presidential Adviser Muratbek Imanaliyev to discuss the proposed Manas Base closing. Imanaliyev claimed that Bakiyev had made the deal with the Russians to close the Base partly for the money but also because he is so enthralled with Medvedev. Bakiyev [...]	2009-02-17 09:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK139	KYRYGZ MFA WESTERN COUNTRIES DIRECTOR TARRED BY [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Countries Chief Kanat Tursunkulov, has become embroiled in a scandal involving cigarette smuggling through the Kyrgyz Embassy in London's diplomatic pouch. He confided to DCM that he was detained by the intelligence service for two days, and [...]	2009-02-17 09:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK142	CANADIANS DEMARCHE KYRGYZ ON MANAS [...] (C) The Astana-based Canadian Ambassador, Margaret Skok, briefed the Ambassador on her February 18 meetings with Kyrgyz government officials to protest the announced closure of Manas Air Base. In separate meetings, Skok told Deputy Foreign Minister Baktygul Kalambekova and Minister of Agricul [...]	2009-02-18 08:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK144	GROWING DEFICIT CHALLENGES 2009 KYRGYZ STATE BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed the 2009 Kyrgyz budget into law on January 21, 2009. The 2009 budget law projects a 5.9% increase in revenues and 4% rise in expenditures over 2008 budget levels, with revenues reaching $1.115 billion and expenditures reaching $1.202 b [...]	2009-02-18 08:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KG
09BISHKEK145	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT APPROVES LAW TO CLOSE MANAS [...] (C) Summary: In a lopsided vote February 19, Kyrgyzstan's Parliament approved the law to nullify the 2001 U.S.-Kyrgyz Manas Air Base agreement. The law will next go to President Bakiyev for signature. Once signed, the law enters into force, and the MFA should send official notification of th [...]	2009-02-19 09:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK146	AMBASSADOR URGES KYRGYZ NOT TO LIMIT THEIR -- AND [...] (C) Summary: In an urgent morning meeting February 19, the Ambassador forcefully told First Deputy Foreign Minister Kazakbekov that Kyrgyzstan should avoid any rash or irreversible steps regarding Manas Air Base. She urged that the Parliament delay its vote on the bill to nullify the 2001 Ba [...]	2009-02-19 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK147	KYRGYZSTAN: RFE/RL PROGRAMMING DOWN; RUSSIAN AND [...] (C) Summary: RFE/RL programming has been further cut back in Kyrgyzstan. The private radio station that rebroadcasts RFE/RL programming in Bishkek is claiming that members of the Bakiyev family are behind the latest interruption. In the meantime, Russia and China have unveiled plans for incre [...]	2009-02-19 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG KPAO
09BISHKEK150	KYRGYZ NOTIFY EMBASSY OF NULLIFICATION OF MANAS [...] (C) Summary: On February 20, President Bakiyev signed the law terminating the 2001 U.S.-Kyrgyz agreement on Manas Air Base, and Foreign Minister Sarbayev delivered to the Ambassador official notification of the decision to terminate the agreement. Sarbayev expressed regret at the "misunderst [...]	2009-02-20 11:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK151	BRITISH DEMARCHE KYRGYZ ON MANAS [...] (C) Astana-based British Ambassador Paul Brummell and FCO Central Asia Department Head Martin Fenner briefed the Ambassador on the results of their February 19 demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Baktygul Kalambekova in support of Manas Air Base. Brummell and Fenner said they tried to strike [...]	2009-02-20 12:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK152	KYRGYZ FACE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Despite Kyrgyz official forecasts of 6% economic growth in 2009, independent experts anticipate low or negative growth this year. Tax revenues are falling because of the economic slowdown and a substantial decrease in value added tax, and the Kyrgyz Ministry of Finance is prepa [...]	2009-02-23 07:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI KG
09BISHKEK154	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT TAKES HARD LINE ON NOOKAT "RIOT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 1, 2008, a group of Muslims rioted after local authorities denied their request to celebrate Orozo Ait (Eid al-Fitr) on the central square of Nookat, in Osh Province. The State Committee for National Security subsequently announced on October 13 that 32 members of Hi [...]	2009-02-23 09:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK155	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGES KYRGYZ ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Pierre Morel briefed the Ambassador on his February 20 outreach to Kyrgyz officials in which he cautioned them on the damage Kyrgyz plans to close Manas Air Base would have on relations with EU member states. FM Sarbayev told Morel that no one is being [...]	2009-02-23 09:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
09BISHKEK156	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT STEPPING UP HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, pressure on the opposition has increased, in some cases carried out directly by the government, and in other cases through anonymous or hired agents. In late January, a newspaper published sexual photos of opposition leader Omurbek Tekebayev, and subse [...]	2009-02-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK157	(C) KYRGYZ PRESIDENT'S SON'S ALLEGED INTERESTS IN [...] (C) Summary: A Kyrgyz government official, who claimed to be a confidant of President Bakiyev's influential son Maxim, suggested working through Maxim to reverse President Bakiyev's decision to close Manas Air Base. The official said that Maxim made many key decisions, which were later endo [...]	2009-02-23 10:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK159	BRITISH AND TURKISH ENGAGE KYRGYZ ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary: British Ambassador Brummell informed the Ambassador that two key Kyrgyz Parliamentary leaders repeated the same Manas Air Base talking points that he heard during his earlier demarche to Kyrgyz Deputy FM Kalambekova. Social Democrat Bakyt Beshimov, the sole Parliamentarian who v [...]	2009-02-23 11:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KG
09BISHKEK160	GENERATORS FOR KYRGYZSTAN: THANKS, CAN WE HAVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Kyrgyzstan facing rolling blackouts this winter due to low water levels in the main hydropower reservoir, USAID has provided back-up generators to 58 hospitals throughout the country. On February 18-19, Poloff and USAID FSN visited the Talas region to inspect the install [...]	2009-02-24 04:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK162	KYRGYZSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CLAIMS NO LINK [...] (C) At a February 24 concert, Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov sat next to DCM. While waiting for the performance to begin, DCM chatted up Vlasov on the Russian assistance package and Manas Air Base. Vlasov opened by saying, "Lots going on these days, I hear." DCM confirmed that the Emb [...]	2009-02-25 11:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
09BISHKEK164	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS INSTRUCTIONS ON MANAS; KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, Ambassador presented reftel A demarche in separate meetings with Foreign Minister Sarbayev, Presidential Chief of Staff Usenov and Presidential Advisor Imanaliyev. Sarbayev had no comment, but clearly briefed Usenov, who was ready with a response. Usenov said that [...]	2009-02-25 12:56:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS KG
09BISHKEK165	KYRGYZ, IN REVERSAL, SAY THEY CAN NOW DISCUSS [...] (C) Late evening of February 25, Foreign Minister Sarbayev telephoned the Ambassador. He stated that he was speaking "with the sanction of the President." He asked her to convey to the Department the urgent message that "We can discuss the presence of U.S. military personnel at Manas if a [...]	2009-02-25 16:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK169	UNION OF KYRGYZ MUSLIMS -- ISLAMIC AWAKENING OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: When Tursunbay Bakir uulu and Nurlan Motuyev announced the formation of the Union of Kyrgyz Muslims in November 2008, analysts were puzzled by the odd partnership. Bakir uulu is a serious, publicly devout former Ombudsman, while Motuyev is best known for seizing a coal mine in [...]	2009-02-26 10:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK170	BENEFICIARIES OF RUSSIAN AID TO THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: In early February, Russian President Medvedev pledged a $150 million grant, forgiveness of $193 million in Kyrgyz debt (in exchange for a 48% stake in a military goods manufacturer),a $300 million low interest loan and $1.7 billion in financing for a Soviet-era hydroelectric pr [...]	2009-02-26 11:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN KG
09BISHKEK174	CHINESE TELL AMBASSADOR THERE IS NO MANAS-LINKED [...] (C) At a February 26 farewell dinner for departing Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yannian, Zhang approached the Ambassador with a "special message from Beijing to Washington." Zhang claimed that after their reftel A discussion about the Kyrgyz claim that China had offered the Kyrgyz $3 billion for [...]	2009-02-27 13:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KG
09BISHKEK175	AMBASSADOR TO REVIEW MANAS PROPOSAL WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev informed the Ambassador February 27 that he had arranged a meeting for the Ambassador on March 2 with President Bakiyev for a discussion about Manas Air Base. Bakiyev, Sarbayev said, is well aware of the U.S. proposal and subsequent demarche, and [...]	2009-02-27 15:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV MARR PINR KG
09BISHKEK180	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEGOTIATIONS ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a warm and cordial meeting, President Bakiyev told the Ambassador he wants to continue to support coalition efforts in Afghanistan. He said the U.S. should "absolutely" send out a team to negotiate a new agreement for Manas Air Base; he was prepared to negotiate [...]	2009-03-02 13:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK181	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADOR AGREE ON DANGERS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting to discuss the future of Manas Air Base (Ref A),President Bakiyev raised with the Ambassador his deep concerns about the spread of religious extremism in Kyrgyzstan. "Ten years ago, the problem was only in the south," Bakiyev claimed, "but now it is everywhere." [...]	2009-03-03 08:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KG
09BISHKEK185	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES PROPOSED U.S. [...] (C) Summary. On March 5, Ambassador delivered to Foreign Minister Sarbayev Ref (A) instructions offering to send a U.S. negotiating team in late March to discuss Manas Air Base. Sarbayev welcomed the offer, but noted he would be out of the country March 24-27, probably returning some time o [...]	2009-03-05 10:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS KG
09BISHKEK186	KYRGYZSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR LAMENTS OWN AID [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador Vlasov told the Ambassador March 4 about his concern that the $2.3 billion Russian aid package to the Kyrgyz Republic might be undermined by the corruption of Kyrgyz officials. He added that based on his March 4 conversation with Kyrgyz Prime Minister Chudino [...]	2009-03-05 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN KG
09BISHKEK195	KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT CONSIDERING RESTRICTIVE NGO LAW [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyzstan's Parliament is considering a new law that would restrict the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). If passed, the law could prevent domestic NGOs from observing elections, restrict the registration of offices of foreign NGOs, and give government repres [...]	2009-03-06 10:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KG
09BISHKEK196	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SEES NO INTERNAL [...] (S) Summary: Kyrgyz Presidential Advisor Imanaliyev told the Ambassador March 4 that a party congress of the ruling Ak Jol party may not occur. He concluded that any Ak Jol party congress would be a "rubber-stamp session" because intra-party debate only occurs within "real parties." Imanali [...]	2009-03-06 11:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
09BISHKEK197	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION JOURNALIST BRUTALLY ATTACKED [...] (C) Summary: Syrgak Abdyldayev, a journalist for a small Bishkek newspaper and a member of the opposition Ata Meken party, was attacked and seriously wounded by four unknown assailants on March 3. According to the paper's editor, Turat Akimov, the pattern of Abdyldayev's wounds -- 20 shallow [...]	2009-03-10 02:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK2	Kyrgyzstan: 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (U) Following is Bishkek's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) In 2008, the Kyrgyz Republic remained an ally in the global war on terror, taking political, legislative, and law enforcement steps to disrupt and deter terrorism. Since 2001, Kyrgyzstan has hosted the [...]	2009-01-02 10:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ASEC AEMR KG
09BISHKEK203	FORMER KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER, NOW IN OPPOSITION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Minister and current head of the opposition "For Justice" movement Alykbek Jekshenkulov was arrested on March 9 on suspicion of involvement in a 2007 murder of a Turkish businessman. Kyrgyz authorities claimed a ballistics test showed that the bullet from the murd [...]	2009-03-11 08:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK204	UN SRSG JENCA BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON HIS MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) Miroslav Jenca acknowledged the importance of Manas Air Base to UN and Coalition efforts in Afghanistan during his recent meeting with the Ambassador. In preceding meetings with senior Kyrgyz officials, Jenca tho [...]	2009-03-13 04:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG AF
09BISHKEK206	FORMER KYRGYZ CHIEF OF STAFF SADYRKULOV KILLED IN [...] (C) Summary: Former Chief of the Presidential Administration Medet Sadyrkulov was killed, apparently in a suspicious car accident early on March 13. A Lexus SUV with Sadyrkulov was reportedly parked on the side of a road in a Bishkek suburb when it was hit from the side by an Audi sedan, and [...]	2009-03-13 11:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK221	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION MP CLAIMS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DCM on March 6, member of Parliament from the opposition Social Democratic Party Bakyt Beshimov claimed that he had survived an assassination attempt in the form of a staged car accident in the mountains outside Jalalabad, and that GKNB Chairman Sutalinov told hi [...]	2009-03-16 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KG
09BISHKEK226	KYRGYZ INSIDER PROVIDES FURTHER DETAILS ON [...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told the Embassy that she is certain the Ministry of Internal Affairs is covering up the true circumstances of the March 13 killing of Medet Sadyrkulov (Ref A). She said that Sadyrkulov had gone to Almaty, Kazakhstan on March 12 to raise mo [...]	2009-03-16 10:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK228	OPPOSITION HOLDS RALLY IN MEMORY OF AKSY VICTIMS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Kyrgyz opposition parties and non-governmental organizations gathered in front of the Kyrgyz White House on March 17 to hold a peaceful rally in memory of victims of the 2002 Aksy events. More than a dozen police officers observed the rally, which lasted approximately [...]	2009-03-17 10:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK231	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MANAS DISCUSSION POINTS TO [...] (C) Summary: During a March 18 meeting with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev, the Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points regarding planned discussions on Manas Air Base. Although not certain if he would attend a March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan in the Hague, Sarb [...]	2009-03-18 08:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK234	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH IOM KYRGYZSTAN CHIEF [...] (C) On March 19, Ambassador met with Zlatko Zigic, Chief of Mission for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),to discuss developing trends in human trafficking and methods to combat it. He said that since 2005, indictments and convictions have fallen significantly while the volum [...]	2009-03-19 11:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK235	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION PLANS NATIONWIDE PROTESTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United People's Movement (UPM),a new opposition umbrella organization, plans to hold nationwide protests beginning on March 27. Opposition leaders warn against government provocation during the protests, and the government promises to deal firmly with even "a minor violati [...]	2009-03-19 11:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KG
09BISHKEK236	IBRAIMOVA ASSERTS SHE IS UNIFYING THE KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told the Embassy March 19 that she and other opposition leaders have decided to form a "unified group" to oppose President Bakiyev in the upcoming presidential elections, and that she would stand as the group's presidential candidate. Ibraim [...]	2009-03-19 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK237	AMBASSADOR HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: On March 11, the Ambassador hosted an informal meeting at her residence between Foreign Minister Sarbayev and the country director of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The meeting was cordial and lasted a full ninety minutes. They discussed NDI's programming in Kyrgyzstan [...]	2009-03-19 12:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KG
09BISHKEK245	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 23 [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyzstan's Parliament has set Thursday, July 23, as the date for the next presidential election. Parliament acted following a Constitutional Court ruling that the election must be held no later than October 2009. President Bakiyev was elected in July 2005, supposedly to a five- [...]	2009-03-24 10:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK246	AMBASSADOR HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, the Ambassador hosted an informal meeting at her residence between Foreign Minister Sarbayev and the Country Director of the International Republican Institute (IRI). Similar to a meeting the previous week with the local head of the National Democratic Institute (NDI [...]	2009-03-24 10:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK249	BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 25 to discuss the Embassy's plans for opposition demonstrations planned for Friday, March 27. Present were: DCM, RSO, Pol/RA, Pol/Econ, PAO, MED, MGT, Peace Corps, INL, MSG, OMC, and CON. 2. (SBU) DCM reported t [...]	2009-03-25 11:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
09BISHKEK253	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERS SUSPICIOUS DEATH [...] (C) On the margins of Ambassador's March 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Sarbayev to discuss the Millennium Challenge Threshold Country Program (septel),Ambassador asked Sarbayev what he thought about the suspicious death of former Presidential Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov (reftels). Am [...]	2009-03-26 12:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK254	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION MP SAYS GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO [...] (C) Summary. Opposition MP Bakyt Beshimov told the DCM that the government was prepared to use "extreme violence" against the opposition, and he was concerned that Kyrgyz security forces would provoke incidents during the opposition's planned nationwide demonstrations on March 27 (Ref A). Be [...]	2009-03-26 12:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK260	RAIN DAMPENS PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyzstan's political opposition staged rallies at several locations across the country on March 27. Light rain helped to keep the crowds small. As of late afternoon, the rallies have been peaceful, and there were no reports of violence or clashes with police. End Summary. [...]	2009-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK267	AMBASSADOR HOSTS BRIEFING ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Foreign Minister Sarbayev and USAID's Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program Advisor for an informal meeting to review the Threshold Program. Discussion focused on progress to date, how MCC's indicators work, and the desire for strong cooperation. Sarba [...]	2009-03-30 08:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KG
09BISHKEK286	Kyrgyzstan: Attacks Spread Fear Among Journalists [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past month, four journalists have been attacked in Kyrgyzstan. Opposition newspapers and the public speculate that the attacks were intended to intimidate the press in the run-up to the March 27 opposition protests and early presidential elections this year. One paper, [...]	2009-04-01 10:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
09BISHKEK288	KYRGYZ POLITICAL SCIENTIST DESCRIBES OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with long-time Embassy contact and political insider Valentin Bogatyrev on March 31 to discuss the current political situation in the country. Bogatyrev was convinced that former Presidential Administration Head Sadyrkulov had been murdered, either because he presen [...]	2009-04-02 10:57:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
09BISHKEK290	Kyrgyzstan: Several Potential Candidates for President [...] (SBU) Following the announcement that the presidential election will be held on July 23 (Ref A),Kyrgyzstan's political parties have begun to consider possible candidates. In February, incumbent President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced his intention to run for a second term, and his Ak Jol part [...]	2009-04-02 11:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK297	KYRGYZSTAN: SECOND DAY OF MANAS DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) On April 3, U.S. and Kyrgyz delegations continued discussions on the presence of U.S. defense personnel in Kyrgyzstan. Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev and Minister of Defense Bakytbek Kalyev again represented the government of Kyrgyzstan, with no other Kyrgyz participants present. Amb [...]	2009-04-03 14:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK298	PUTATIVE KYRGYZ CONSENSUS OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told the Embassy April 1 that she was disavowing any involvement with the United People's Movement (UPM),an alliance of opposition parties and political figures. She said that the UPM's leaders were driven only by "narrow personal interest, [...]	2009-04-03 15:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK299	KYRGYZSTAN: PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT REACHED TO [...] (S/NF) The joint State-DOD negotiating team, led by Ambassador Jackson McDonald, reached provisional (ad ref) agreement on both the draft framework agreement and the draft protocol on Manas. Our interlocutors, Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev and Minister of Defense Bakytbek Kalyev, arrived [...]	2009-04-04 17:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK319	WILL RUSSIAN AID PROMOTE KYRGYZ STABILITY? [...] (C) Summary: In early April, the Kyrgyz Central Bank received $150 million in aid Moscow pledged to Bishkek in early February. These funds are expected to fill holes in the Kyrgyz budget, and Kyrgyz officials are debating how to manage a $300 million low interest rate loan which Bishkek ant [...]	2009-04-07 13:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI KG
09BISHKEK322	NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO KYRGYZSTAN STRESSES [...] (C) In an April 8 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the new Chinese Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Wang Kaiwen, said that stability in its tiny neighbor was a priority for China. Kaiwen spoke of future plans to cooperate with the Kyrgyz to counter "radicalism, extremism, and separatism" and noted th [...]	2009-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK331	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOCUS OF MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 7 meeting hosted by the OSCE and attended by the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Central Election Commission Chairman Damir Lisovsky pledged that the July 23 Kyrgyz Presidential election would comply with international standards. Lisovsky indicated international and domestic o [...]	2009-04-09 09:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
09BISHKEK340	Kyrgyzstan: Prosecutor Warns Newspaper over Alleged [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 8, a Bishkek district prosecutor general officially warned journalists from the pro-opposition newspaper "Achyk Sayasat" not to "insult" President Bakiyev or risk prosecution for any future insults. The newspaper's response, printed in its April 10 edition, noted that [...]	2009-04-14 08:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
09BISHKEK343	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DRAFT TRANSIT CENTER [...] (S) On April 14, the Ambassador delivered to Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev revised texts, in English and Russian, of the status of forces agreement and the agreement specific to the Transit Center at Manas International Airport. The Ambassador informed Sarbayev that she had authority to s [...]	2009-04-14 11:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK346	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION STICKING TOGETHER BUT GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff held separate meetings April 8 with Ata Meken Party and Social Democrat Party representatives. Both men sounded common themes: The alliance of opposition parties within the United People's Movement (UPM) is holding, for now, in spite of ongoing internal struggles over wh [...]	2009-04-15 04:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK348	Kyrgyz Parliamentarian Murdered [...] (SBU) Ak Jol Party Deputy Sanjar Kadyraliev, 32, was killed by a single shot outside his home on the evening of April 13. According to newspaper reports, witnesses heard four shots, and saw a man run away from the scene and get into a waiting car. The Ministry of Interior is investigating. [...]	2009-04-15 11:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK349	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS TRANSIT CENTER [...] (S) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev to discuss the texts of the status of forces framework agreement and the agreement specific to the Transit Center at Manas International Airport. Sarbayev said that the agreements were acceptable in principle, but the K [...]	2009-04-15 12:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK36	RUSSIAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN KYRGYZSTAN UNDERWHELMS [...] (SBU) Post attended the ideologically-awkward opening of a "Russian Center" at Bishkek Humanities University on September 11, 2008, an attempt by Russia to increase its soft power in Kyrgyzstan. The center was unveiled by Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov, Russkii Mir director [...]	2009-01-12 13:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL KG
09BISHKEK362	KYRGYZSTAN: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) and diplomatic note (Ref B) stating officially the intent of the United States to seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, as well as a copy of the "Human Rights Commitments and Pledges of the United States," to Erkin Atabekov of the Department of I [...]	2009-04-17 10:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
09BISHKEK366	KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In his initial meeting with the Ambassador, President Bakiyev's new Foreign Policy Advisor, Aibek Moldogaziev, expressed concern about "intolerant and aggressive" comments emanating from Tashkent on water issues, and outlined plans for a Kazakh-hosted regional water summit on A [...]	2009-04-20 10:50:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KG
09BISHKEK380	Kyrgyzstan: Ambassador Opens New Green Border Post [...] (U) On April 16, the Ambassador participated in the opening of a U.S.-funded "Green Border Post" station at Kamyshonava on the Kyrgyzstan-Kazakhstan border. Green Border Posts are located in remote areas, far from the main roads. The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program i [...]	2009-04-23 11:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
09BISHKEK381	Joint Bishkek Embassy - Manas Air Base School Renovation [...] (U) On April 14, Ambassador gave remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for a school renovation project in Birdik village. The project was developed by the Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation (OMC),funded by CENTCOM, and is being implemented in cooperation with Manas Air Base. The cerem [...]	2009-04-23 11:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK382	AMBASSADOR HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, the Ambassador hosted an informal meeting at her residence between Foreign Minister Sarbayev and the Country Representative for USAID. Similar to previous meetings with the heads of the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI) [...]	2009-04-23 11:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KG
09BISHKEK387	KYRGYZ EXCHANGE ALUMNI: EVERYWHERE BUT IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alumni of USG-funded exchange programs seem to have successful careers everywhere but in the Kyrgyz government. Alumni are making a positive difference in their organizations and communities but are generally unable to affect Kyrgyzstan's overall course or the bilateral relations [...]	2009-04-24 11:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
09BISHKEK388	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS OFFENDED BY CROSS ON SWISS FLAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Posters and billboards advertising the 15th anniversary of Swiss-Kyrgyz cooperation inspired the anger of a Kyrgyz Parliamentarian for their logo, superimposing the Swiss flag (which contains a cross) over the Kyrgyz one. The advertisements then disappeared from Bishkek street [...]	2009-04-25 03:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK396	KYRGYZSTAN: BISHKEK HOSTS ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Six agencies from the UN, Europe, and NATO have joined together to form the Environmental and Security Initiative (ENVSEC),which has 33 projects in Central Asia. The stated goal of ENVSEC is to assist Central Asian countries to address environmental and security risks. Any envir [...]	2009-04-27 05:35:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV KG
09BISHKEK404	AMBASSADOR HOSTS BRIEFING ON EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Foreign Minister Sarbayev and American Council's Country Director at her home for an informal meeting to review the educational and professional exchange programs between the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic. Sarbayev was generally positive about the pro [...]	2009-04-27 10:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
09BISHKEK405	AMBASSADOR HOSTS BRIEFING ON EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Foreign Minister Sarbayev and American Council's Country Director at her home for an informal meeting to review the educational and professional exchange programs between the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic. Sarbayev was generally positive about the pro [...]	2009-04-27 10:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
09BISHKEK408	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION MOSTLY UNITED BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: An April 25 congress of the opposition United People's Movement (UPM) endorsed former Prime Minister and Social Democrat Party head Almaz Atambayev as its main candidate for the July 23 Presidential election. The congress also backed former Defense Minister Ismail Isakov's can [...]	2009-04-28 07:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK409	KYRGYZSTAN PRIMED FOR WINDFALL IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz government is looking at an eight-fold increase in direct donor support this year. As a result of the London G-20 Summit decision to boost IMF resources, the Kyrgyz Republic appears eligible for an additional $100 million in IMF assistance that would augment $222 mil [...]	2009-04-28 08:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK428	ARAL SEA SUMMIT A SUCCESS, SAYS KAZAKH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakh Ambassador Bakyt Ospanov called on the Ambassador April 30 to give her a readout of the April 28 Aral Sea Summit in Almaty. Ospanov termed the summit a success, and confirmed press reports that Kazakh President Nazarbayev had rebuked President Bakiyev for trying to widen [...]	2009-05-04 09:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV KZ KG
09BISHKEK43	Kyrgyz President Signs Restrictive Religion Law [...] (U) Summary: On January 12, President Bakiyev signed a restrictive law on religion, marking a significant change in the Kyrgyz Government's relations with religious organizations. The new law, passed by Parliament in November (Reftel),raises the minimum number of members required for registr [...]	2009-01-13 09:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF KG
09BISHKEK430	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LAMENTS KYRGYZSTAN'S SLOW [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Presidential Advisor Muratbek Imanaliyev told the Ambassador April 30 that Kyrgyzstan is enduring a "slow decline" under President Bakiyev's administration, which itself is split between a limited number of democracy advocates and those focused more on business interests. [...]	2009-05-04 11:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK44	KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT CHANGES SEE USENOV RETURN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Signaling a shake-up at the top levels of the administration, Presidential Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov resigned January 8. Sadyrkulov also served as the head of the government's coordinating committee for the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program. Vice Prime Minist [...]	2009-01-13 12:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK442	KYRGYZSTAN: INTERETHNIC HOSTILITIES AGAINST KURDS [...] (C) Summary: The alleged rape of a 4-year-old girl sparked a riot, pitting ethnic Russians and Kyrgyz against ethnic Kurds, in the northern Kyrgyz village of Petrovka April 26. The melee quickly attracted the attention of President Bakiyev and other officials, who traded charges with opposit [...]	2009-05-07 10:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KG
09BISHKEK443	MANAS: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ENVIRONMENTAL POINTS; [...] (S) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sarbayev at her residence the afternoon of May 7. The Ambassador conveyed additional points on environmental issues in response to questions raised by Sarbayev on May 4 (Ref B),and she urged him to sign the agreements as soon as possible. [...]	2009-05-07 11:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK452	MANAS: SARBAYEV SAYS HE WILL SIGN, BUT WANTS [...] (S) This cable contains two action requests at paragraphs 10 and 11. 2. (S) Summary: Foreign Minister Sarbayev told the Ambassador that he would sign the framework and transit center agreements as early as May 13 if the U.S. government pledged to keep silent about the agreements until June [...]	2009-05-11 11:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG

09BISHKEK458	STAFFDEL HELWIG VISITS SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two staff members from the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the U.S. Helsinki Commission) and Poloff held meetings in Osh, Kyrgyzstan on May 5-6. Opposition party officials raised concerns about the state of democracy in Kyrgyzstan as the country prepares [...]	2009-05-12 08:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KG

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