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00THEHAGUE1674	DUTCH ON F-16 (MNFP)--REVISED SIGNING CEREMONY [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-06 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP NL NATO DCI

00THEHAGUE1678	DUTCH GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF SOESTERBERG [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-06 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NL NATO
00THEHAGUE1695	PEACEKEEPING REMAINS SENSITIVE ISSUE IN... [...] SUMMARY: SINCE THE FALL OF THE SREBRENICA ENCLAVE IN 1995, DUTCH POLITICIANS HAVE REPEATEDLY BEEN REVIEWING THEIR PEACEKEEPING DECISIONMAKING PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT DUTCH TROOPS WILL NEVER AGAIN BE PLACED IN SUCH AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION. GIVEN THEIR CONTINUING BELIEF IN THE GOAL OF PROMOTING PEACE A [...]	2000-06-07 13:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR NL MPOS NATO EUN
00THEHAGUE1797	DUTCH INITIAL REACTIONS TO DTSI, MORE ON F-16 MNCP [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-16 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS ETTC MCAP ETRD KSEP PREL NL NATO
01PRISTINA1593	THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KOSOVO (PDK) PRESIDENT HASHIM THACI IS CONCERNED THAT WASHINGTON IS NEITHER MUCH INTERESTED IN NOR FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM, AND WILL SEEK DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL, LAR [...]	2001-09-11 07:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR
02ANKARA8089	TURKS LUKEWARM ABOUT LUKASHENKO'S ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-08 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO TU NATO
02ANKARA8902	COOPERATIVE AIRSPACE INITIATIVE AND BALKANS [...] (C) On December 11, Pol-MilOff delivered reftel A demarche on the Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI) to MFA/NATO officer Oya Ergin emphasizing the importance to the NRC of succeeding in this effort collectively. Ergin noted the MFA had been discussing this issue with the Turkish General Sta [...]	2002-12-11 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
02ANKARA9080	2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...]	2002-12-23 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU NATO
02ROME1396	ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO NATO ASPIRANTS [...] MAINARDO BENARDELLI, OF THE MFA ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, CONFIRMED THAT ITALIAN ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED TO ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA. A- ALBANIA --------- MILITARY ASSISTANCE ------------------- 2. PER REF C, ITALY IS ALBANIAS MOST IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER, LARGEST INVESTOR, AND LARG [...]	2002-03-19 12:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR ECON IT AL MC NATO
02ROME1723	READOUT OF BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT [...] (C) ON APRIL 5, PRIME MINISTER BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR, GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA, TOLD POLMINCOUNS TOM COUNTRYMAN THAT THE APRIL 2-3 BERLUSCONI-PUTIN SUMMIT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL RUSSIA-ITALY BILATERAL MEETING EVER HELD. PUTIN MADE CLEAR TO BERLUSCONI HIS DESIRE TO ENHANCE AND [...]	2002-04-05 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL RS NATO MEPP
02ROME1725	BERLUSCONI SEEKS SUPPORT FOR BUSH-PUTIN MEETING IN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR SEMBLER ACCOMPANIED CODEL YOUNG TO AN APRIL 4 MEETING WITH PM BERLUSCONI, JUST HOURS AFTER THE PM RETURNED FROM HIS MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN IN MOSCOW AND SOCHI. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, BERLUSCONI PULLED THE AMBASSADOR ASIDE TO MAKE A ""PERSONAL REQUEST"" TO PRESIDENT BUSH ON NA [...]	2002-04-08 04:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IT PREL RS NATO
02ROME1918	U/S GROSSMAN DELEGATION CONSULTS WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOI AGREES THAT THE PRAGUE SUMMIT SHOULD BE A SUBSTANTIVE MEETING THAT COVERS MORE THAN JUST NATO ENLARGEMENT. MEETING WITH U/S GROSSMAN AND HIS DELEGATION IN ROME ON APRIL 16, SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS ENDORSED THE IDEA OF REDEFINING THE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES INITIATIVE TO FOC [...]	2002-04-17 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO
02ROME3031	WOMAN IN DEFENSE: ITALY'S EXPERIENCE AFTER TWO [...] SUMMARY. AS THE GOI ATTEMPTS TO RESTRUCTURE AND "PROFESSIONALIZE" THE MILITARY SERVICE, BRINGING FEMALES IN IS VIEWED AS ONE WAY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE ARMED FORCES. ITALIAN WOMEN, WHETHER FOR ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 03031 221235 [...]	2002-06-20 14:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV IT NATO
02ROME4484	WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ -- CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]	2002-09-13 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4485	WINNING ITALY OVER ON IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS MOVING CLOSER TO WHERE WE WANT OUR NATO ALLIES TO BE ON IRAQ. PM BERLUSCONI, AND INCREASINGLY OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT LEADERS, UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING IRAQ'S WMD CAPABILITIES. THEY HOPE WAR CAN BE AVOIDED. HOWEVER, THROUGH PUBLIC REMARKS AND [...]	2002-09-15 06:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5117	MISSILE DEFENSE FOLLOW-UP WITH ITALIANS [...] (C) THE GOI IS INTERESTED IN CONTINUING BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ON MISSILE DEFENSE BUT WANTS FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITHIN NATO TO DEVELOP FURTHER A COMMON CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO THE PROGRAM, ACCORDING TO MINISTER CARLO TREZZA, MFA COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. NATO MEMBERS, AND [...]	2002-10-21 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP IT NATO
02ROME6149	MOD WHITE PAPER: DEFENSE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY'S 2002 DEFENSE WHITE PAPER (WP) PRESENTS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR AS A PILLAR OF ITALIAN NATIONAL SECURITY. THE NATIONAL ARMAMENTS DIRECTOR HAS OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AND NEGOTIATING INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION ACCORDS. STATE [...]	2002-12-27 17:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS IT NATO
02ROME721	AMBASSADOR BURNS BRIEFS ITALIANS ON NATO ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. US AMBASSADOR TO NATO NICK BURNS DISCUSSED TASK FORCE FOX, NATO-EU AND NATO-RUSSIA RELATIONS, ENLARGEMENT AND THE BALKANS IN A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, OTHER SENIOR ITALIAN OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS WHILE IN ROME FEBRUARY 7 AND 8. [...]	2002-02-13 13:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT NATO
03ANKARA1002	NATO/IRAQ: GOT ACTION ON ARTICLE IV IS AT NATO [...] (S) Pol-Mil Counselor spoke with MFA Nato Department Fatih Celan February 8 regarding reftel request instructing Embassy and USNATO to coordinate with the GOT a formal Turkish request for Article IV consultations on February 10. Celan said he did not know whether the GOT intended to submit a [...]	2003-02-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS TU NATO
03ANKARA2872	APRIL 29 BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT: TURKS SHARE OUR [...] (C) On May 1, Polmiloff, drawing on reftel talking points, briefed MFA/NATO Department Second Secretary Esra Dogan on USG concern over the April 29 Belgian mini-summit Joint Statement. Dogan, who had also been briefed earlier that day by the UK Embassy, said she was not surprised by the min [...]	2003-05-02 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA324	TURKEY AGREES ON U.S. APPROACH TO EU BALKAN OPS [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA331	NATO/IRAQ: TURKEY PATIENT FOR NOW BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (S) Summary: MFA DG for International Security Affairs Morali told DCM January 13 that NATO should move forward prudently on Articles IV and V with respect to Iraq. Nevertheless, the GOT hopes the package outlined in reftel with evolve as necessary and discussion of Article IV will not be defe [...]	2003-01-14 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA5553	TURKEY'S U/S ZIYAL: QUALMS ABOUT IRAQ, URGENCY ON [...] (C) Turkish MFA Undersecretary Ziyal invited Ambassador for a meeting Sept. 3 to discuss Iraq, the PKK, the NATO Summit dates and Cyprus. Ziyal worried that the situation in Iraq was not improving and that Lebanonization remained a possibility. He raised Turkey's unhappiness with the Iraqi m [...]	2003-09-03 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS CY TU IZ NATO
03ANKARA576	TGS PUSHES AGAIN TO KEEP NATO COMMANDS IN TURKEY [...] (C) In a Jan. 20 meeting with CJCS GEN Myers, Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok noted that NATO should maintain its Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir and its Joint Sub-Regional Command (JSRC) in Izmir and pressed for US support. TGS J-3 LTG Karabay reiterated Ref A request for bilateral [...]	2003-01-24 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU NATO
03ANKARA806	HIGH LEVEL GROUP MEETING LETTER [...] (C) On January 30, 2003, Pol-Mil officer delivered reftel letter regarding the February 9-12 NATO High Level Group meeting in Colorado Springs to MFA/NATO Dept Official Rende. Rende promised to deliver the letter that day to Director General For International Security Affairs Morali. Rende [...]	2003-01-31 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC TU NATO NPG
03BRUSSELS4143	FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]	2003-08-28 18:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03OTTAWA1169	CANADIAN CONCERNS ABOUT EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT, [...] (C) Canada shares our strong concerns about the April 29 "European Defense Summit" (ref. A),and is pleased that we are making U.S. views clear to Europe. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, said the GoC considers the Summit very unhelpful both for [...]	2003-04-25 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EU MK CA NATO
03OTTAWA144	CANADA ON ESDI/P AND EU BALKANS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Canada is pleased with the upswing in NATO-EU relations in the wake of the Prague and Copenhagen summits (reftel A),but shares our concern about unity of command issues. Lisa Helfand, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Defense and Security Relations, told us that Canada still had questi [...]	2003-01-14 19:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU CA BK NATO
03OTTAWA2261	NATO SYG RACE: SPECULATION ABOUT CANADIAN DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While NATO has never before had a non-European Secretary General, the name of Canadian Deputy Prime Minister John Manley has now surfaced as a possible candidate. While we do not have a sense for what Manley's prospects are in Brussels, we expect that he would jump at the chance [...]	2003-08-08 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CA NATO
03OTTAWA49	YOUR MEETING WITH CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum is looking forward to discussing Iraq, missile defense, and NATO post-Prague in your January 9 meeting. Canada has told us it would participate militarily in a UN-blessed operation against Iraq, but is reserving judgement on participation if there i [...]	2003-01-08 13:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ CA NATO UN
03OTTAWA929	CANADA RATIFIES NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 21:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL CA NATO
03OTTAWA985	ISAF: CANADIAN RECONNAISSANCE TEAM VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada remains committed to providing a battle group and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V, but is making clear to potential partners that it will not serve as a lead or co-lead nation. While hoping for a substantial NATO role, Canada expects that Germany will end up as lead [...]	2003-04-04 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR CA NATO
03PRISTINA177	AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...]	2003-02-06 17:18:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI
03ROME1053	GOI PUSHES STRONGLY FOR EU ASSUMPTION OF ALLIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A MEETING BETWEEN DIRECTOR GENERAL GIANCARLO ARAGONA AND THE DCM, ARAGONA QUESTIONED CONTINUED DELAYS IN THE EU'S ASSUMPTION OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY FROM NATO AND MINIMIZED THE WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE BERLIN PLUS PROCESS. DCM MADE CLEAR THE U.S. HAS NO OBJECTION T [...]	2003-03-13 19:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN
03ROME1063	SUBJECT: GOI WILL DISCUSS KPC REFORM, UNION OF SERB MUNICIPALITIES, AND GOSM COOPERATION WITH ICTY DURING CONFIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 11, MFA BALKAN AFFAIRS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI AGREES WITH USG POINTS (REFTELS) ON THE NEED FOR KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) REFORM, FORMATION OF THE UNION OF SERB MUNICIPALITIES, AND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CARDS ASSISTANCE, TYING IC [...]	2003-03-14 10:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI IT NATO
03ROME1117	FINANCE MINISTER TREMONTI SPEAKS HIS MIND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ECONOMIC REFORM, INCLUDING OF THE PENSION SYSTEM, WILL MOVE FORWARD THIS YEAR, FINANCE MINISTER GIULIO TREMONTI UNDERSCORED IN A WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS ON MARCH 13TH. FRUSTRATED WITH STABILITY PACT CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY BRUSSELS, TREMONTI SAID THAT I [...]	2003-03-18 16:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS EUN
03ROME1678	FM FRATTINI COMMENTS ON EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT [...] (C) ON APRIL 16, MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF CABINET PASQUALE TERRACCIANO GAVE A/DCM A BRIEF READOUT OF FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S COMMENTS AT THE EU FM'S APRIL 14 LUNCH ON THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE SUMMIT. FRATTINI WAS APPARENTLY SCATHING IN HIS CRITICISM OF THE INITIATIVE, INSISTING, DESPITE ASS [...]	2003-04-18 11:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IT EU NATO EUN
03ROME1776	ESDP MINI SUMMIT - GOI VIEWS [...] (C) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, HEAD OF THE MFA'S NATO AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU. AS INDICATED REF B, THE OFFICIAL GOI VIEW, AS VOICED BY FM FRATTINI AT THE APRIL 14 GAC LUNCH, IS STRONGLY CRITICAL OF THE I [...]	2003-04-28 17:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME1834	ESDP MINI SUMMIT - FRATTINI WILL COME OUT SWINGING [...] (C) SANDRO DE BERNADIN, ESDP DIRECTOR IN THE MFA EUROPEAN INTEGRATION BUREAU, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI WAS AS SURPRISED AS THE USG WITH THE CONTENT OF THE BELGIAN MINI-SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE. HE REITERATED STRONG GOI POSITION OUTLINED REF B: THE GOI WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY INITIATIVE THAT WILL UNDER [...]	2003-04-30 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO ESDP
03ROME1887	ITALY WILL APPROVE CONSENSUAL SRO FOR ALGERIA AND [...] (S) ON APRIL 29, REF A POINTS WERE CONVEYED BY ROME ODC CHIEF TO VCHOD GENERAL CAMPORINI AND, SEPARATELY, BY POLOFF TO MFA ACTING NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CARLO LO CASCIO. CAMPORINI SAID THAT ITALY WOULD SUPPORT THE FLIGHTS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER U.S. NON-CLANDESTINE USE OF SIGONELLA, AS LONG AS T [...]	2003-05-02 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PBTS IT AG ML TS FORCES IN ITALY NATO
03ROME1992	IMPROVING TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS TOP PRIORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION ON MAY 2 ABOUT THE CURRENT - AND FUTURE - STATE OF US/EU RELATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE UPCOMING ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, MFA DIRGEN GIANCARLO ARAGONA TOLD VISITING USEU AMBASSADOR SCHNABEL THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF US/EU RELAT [...]	2003-05-09 07:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME200	ITALY MORE RECEPTIVE TO GALILEO M-CODE OVERLAY [...] (C) GALILEO AND THE M-CODE OVERLAY ISSUE CAME UP DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS ON JANUARY 14 AND 15 ON OTHER ISSUES (REPORTED SEPTEL) WITH MINISTER OF PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES (I.E. INDUSTRY) MARZANO AND GIOVANNI BRAUZZI, HEAD OF THE ITALIAN MFA NATO AFFAIRS OFFICE. MARZANO DISPLAYED CLEAR INTEREST IN [...]	2003-01-16 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA TSPL PREL ECPS ETRD IT EUN NATO AVIATION
03ROME2200	MARTINO OUTLINES DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ FOR PARLIAMENT [...] SUMMARY: ITALIAN MOD MARTINO TOLD PARLIAMENT MAY 14 THAT A CONTINGENT OF ABOUT 3000 MILITARY PERSONNEL WILL BE DEPLOYED AND OPERATIONAL IN IRAQ BY MID-JULY. TWO MINESWEEPS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THEATER WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL SOONER. AN ADVANCE TEAM WILL DEPART FOR IRAQ WITHIN DAYS TO ASSESS [...]	2003-05-16 16:11:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV EAID MOPS MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME2299	PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]	2003-05-23 11:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO
03ROME2315	ITALIAN MOD ON NATO COMMAND STRUCTURE [...] (C) ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONIO MARTINO IS ADAMANT THAT ANY NATO COMMAND STRUCTURING PLANS SHOULD MAKE SENSE BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, MARTINO'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR. DURING A MAY 23 DISCUSSION ON OTHER MATTERS, TRUPIANO TOLD POL-MIL COUNSELOR T [...]	2003-05-23 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GR IT NATO
03ROME2326	OPPORTUNITY FOR "UPSTREAM" COORDINATION WITH EU ON [...] (U) SUGGESTED ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) DURING THEIR MAY 20 MEETING (REFTEL A REPORTS BULK OF CONVERSATION),MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI TOLD PDAS RIES THAT FM FRATTINI PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE EU'S SUCCESSFUL "RECONSTRUCTING" OF THE GANG OF FOUR SE [...]	2003-05-27 16:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT NATO ESDP
03ROME323	MFO: ITALY CANNOT PROVIDE REPLACEMENTS FOR US [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-28 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KMFO PREL IT IS EG NATO
03ROME3382	ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ON AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING [...] (C) ON JULY 23, MFA CFSP COORDINATOR AND EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT SANDRO DEBERNARDIN BRIEFED POLOFF ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE AUGUST 29 ESDP MEETING DISCUSSED REFTELS. THERE HAD BEEN SOME THOUGHT TO HOLDING THE MEETING AT MINISTERS, LEVEL, AND THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT IS MORE LIKE [...]	2003-07-24 15:42:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EU IT NATO ESDP
03ROME353	ITALY: 2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-29 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	IT MARR MCAP NATO PREF
03ROME3567	GALILEO: AMBASSADOR ARAGONA ADVOCATES ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL TALKS TO RESOLVE M-CODE OVERLAY ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Gianfranco Aragona informed a U.S. delegation on July 16 that he still believes technical solutions exist to the U.S.-EU dispute over the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) signal overlay of the M-code. Aragona recognized US security concerns [...]	2003-08-06 15:23:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS NATO TSPA
03ROME3823	ITALY SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON ESDP; EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALY SUPPORTS USG VIEWS ON ESDP AND BERLIN PLUS. ITALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM THAT THEY HAVE CALLED THE AUGUST 29 ESDP EXPERTS LEVEL MEETING TO PRE-EMPT A RUMORED "GANG OF FOUR" MEETING IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND TO FOCUS ON THE "POSITIVE ASPECTS" OF THE APRIL 29 SUMMIT DECLARATION. TH [...]	2003-08-22 15:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT EUN ESDP NATO PARM
03ROME4495	ITALIAN VIEWS ON GALILEO NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-30 16:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ECPS IT NATO EUN
03ROME4564	EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING IN ROME [...] (U) SUMMARY. EU Defense Ministers discussed five main issues during their Oct. 3-4 informal meeting in Rome, the first meeting of EU DefMins at 25. They proposed creating a working group to consider an EU role in Bosnia/SFOR, including replacing SFOR with an EU operation under UK command by [...]	2003-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EUN NATO
03ROME4841	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: OCTOBER 16-17 COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. The Italian EU Presidency is, in general, pleased with the results of the October 16-17 European Council Meeting and with progress thus far on the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). Italy remains confident that any new EU agreements on European security architecture will not je [...]	2003-10-22 15:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO EUN
03ROME4907	STRUCTURED COOPERATION: NEW VARIATIONS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate President Pera told Ambassador Sembler on October 28 that Italy is discussing with other EU partners a new concept on structured cooperation which would have the IGC at 25 endorse structured cooperation as a concept. It would also delegate to the major European military pow [...]	2003-10-28 18:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT ESDP EUN NATO
03ROME5008	PM'S DIP ADVISORS ON REQUEST FOR TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. On October 31, Deputy Diplomatic Advisors to the PM, Paolo Dionisi and Francesco Talo, confirmed that Italy will likely approve our request for an extension of its deployment in Iraq. They asked that the Italian role in Iraq security and stabilization be given more public and offi [...]	2003-11-04 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5057	ITALY STILL UPSET ABOUT FLAGS TO POSTS [...] (C) Summary. DEFMIN Martino's office and the MFA's NATO Office warn that Italy will break silence if the Chairman of NATO's Military Committee follows through on a reported plan to put forward a flags to posts proposal to which Italy has registered strong objections. As related to SECDEF at l [...]	2003-11-06 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PGOV IT AF IZ NATO
03ROME5093	FM FRATTINI INSISTS IGC SECURITY ARCHITECTURES ARE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian FM Frattini reiterated to Ambassador Sembler that "structured cooperation" would be inclusive (open to all 25 EU members) and implemented in coordination with NATO. He noted that an "encouraging statement" on European security initiatives from Secretary Powell would help [...]	2003-11-12 06:35:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5179	ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY - RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR [...] (C) ESDP: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL A POINTS, MFA INTERLOCUTORS REITERATED ITALY'S VIEW EXPRESSED IN REFTEL B AND PREVIOUS; THAT THE CHANGES UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THE IGC DEALING WITH ESDP ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN, NOT MARGINALIZE, THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP. MFA NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR GIOVA [...]	2003-11-14 16:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5322	ITALIANS EXAMINING ISAF HELO AND OTHER REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS STUDYING REFTEL A REQUEST TO CONTRIBUTE HELICOPTERS FOR ISAF, IS LIKELY TO DEPLOY A PRT TO GHAZNI, IS UNLIKELY TO RETURN TROOPS TO KHOST AND IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO EXTEND ITS MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFMIN MARTI [...]	2003-11-22 07:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF IT NATO UN AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME5448	ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY INSISTS IGC SECURITY [...] (C) ON DECEMBER 2, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR EU INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, GIUSEPPE BUCCINO, TOLD POLOFF THAT THE ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY, FM FRATTINI ESPECIALLY, WAS "VERY SATISFIED" WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE (IGC) "CONCLAVE" HELD IN NAPLES NOVEMBER 28-29. HE UNDERLINED THA [...]	2003-12-03 17:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN ESDP NATO
03ROME5540	ITALIAN OFFICIALS RECEPTIVE TO U/S FEITH BRIEFING [...] (C) Summary. Senior Italian officials responded positively to U/S Feith's December 9 briefing on the USG strategy for global force repositioning. Important details will need to be worked out and existing legal arrangements may need to be modified but Defense Minister Martino and Prime Minist [...]	2003-12-11 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO ESDP GLOBAL DEFENSE
03ROME5687	ITALIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON MILITARY TRANSFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. CHOD Moscha Moschini told an audience of high-level military officials that Italy's armed forces must focus on neutralizing the threat from non-state actors and contribute to international peace and security. Procurement policy should be calibrated to equip them to meet these o [...]	2003-12-22 18:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO
03ROME5688	ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ADDRESSES EUROPEAN [...] (U) Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino reiterated the need for Europe to improve actual military capabilities while building a European security concept that continues to features NATO as its core. Speaking at the Italian Defense Academy recently, Martino noted that the traditional, narr [...]	2003-12-22 18:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME5694	ITALY: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The following is Rome's contribution to the 2004 burdensharing report to Congress. For the purpose of this cable, US. dollar amounts are calculated at the exchange rate of USD 1 = Euro .90 except when noted. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Mil Officer Susanne Rose, tel: [...]	2003-12-23 11:24:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL SA US MARR IT QU TC NATO
03ROME763	BERLUSCONI-BLAIR ROME MEETING: SADDAM MUST DISARM, [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE BERLUSCONI-BLAIR MEETING IN ROME FEB. 21 TOUCHED ON "THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE," DEFENSE AND SECURITY, UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00763 241801Z BUT FOCUSED ON THE CRISES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: MOSTLY IRAQ BUT ALSO THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. [...]	2003-02-24 16:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IT UK IZ IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME854	IRAQ: IRAN WOULD ACCEPT UN-SANCTIONED WAR IN IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRAN WOULD NOT OBJECT TO MILITARY ACTION TO DEPOSE SADDAM -- PROVIDED IT IS UN-SANCTIONED, IRANIAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00854 281620Z PRESIDENT KHATAMI HAS TOLD PM BERLUSCONI. KHATAMI'S VIEWS WERE DELIVERED TO BERLUSCONI BY HIS BROTHER, PAR [...]	2003-02-28 15:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
03ROME906	ITALY SEEKS USG CERTIFICATION FOR M113 TRANSFER TO [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) THE ITALIAN MOD HAS PREPARED A "NON-PAPER" JUSTIFYING ITALY'S TRANSFER TO MACEDONIA OF AN ADDITIONAL 30 MILITARY TRANSPORT VEHICLES (M113) WHICH REQUIRES AN END USER CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 00906 051739Z [...]	2003-03-05 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL IT NATO
03ROME931	GOI DISAPPOINTED WITH DELAY IN EU TAKEOVER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 5, ITALIAN MFA DEPUTY HEAD OF MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO EXPRESSED SURPRISE TO POLMIN AT THE US INTERVENTION (REF A) DURING THAT MORNING'S NAC IN BRUSSELS DEALING WITH THE EU'S PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF OPERATION ALLIED HARMONY. RATHER THAN FULLY CONCURRING WIT [...]	2003-03-06 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EU MARR MK PREL NATO EUN
03STATE73555	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ALBANIAN [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY EUR DAS BOGUE ALBANIA DESK OFFICER GREGORY (NOTETAKER) ALBANIA ------- AMBASSADOR FATOS TARIFA DCM RUDINA MULLAHI IRAQ/NANO VISIT =============== 2. (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUR DAS BOGUE, GAVE AMBASSADOR TA [...]	2003-03-20 17:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL YI AL
03THEHAGUE1524	DUTCH MFA ON "PEACE CONSOLIDATION" IN MOLDOVA PAPER [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-13 13:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PBTS NATO OSCE
03THEHAGUE1846	DUTCH CONCERNS ABOUT FURTHER FRANCO-GERMAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: In July 15 conversations with visiting Assistant Secretary Jones and the Ambassador, senior Dutch officials expressed concerns about Franco-German efforts to take concrete steps to implement decisions from the April 29 "Mini-Summit," especially the establishment of a distinct EU [...]	2003-07-22 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL NATO
03THEHAGUE1865	A/S JONES VISIT TO THE HAGUE: MIDDLE EAST AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-23 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD IZ NL PREL NATO
03THEHAGUE2209	EMBASSY THE HAGUE PARTICIPATION IN USNATO POL-MIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-02 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL AMGT NATO
03THEHAGUE2421	DUTCH MFA RESPONSE TO ASPARUKHOV DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-24 15:09:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV BU NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2743	DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS FOR [...] (U) Summary: Defense Minister Henk Kamp outlined drastic plans to restructure the Dutch armed forces during the annual parliamentary defense budget debate on October 21-23. Faced with mandated average spending cuts of 380 million Euros a year, Kamp called for cuts in certain major operational [...]	2003-10-31 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP MARR PGOV NL NATO
03THEHAGUE2863	DUTCH POSITION ON ESDP PROVISIONS IN DRAFT TREATY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel GAERC points on ESDP to Hans Sandee, Head of MFA's Security and Defense Policy Office. Sandee (protect) said the GONL fully concurred with the U.S. position and shared in confidence with Poloffs a copy of the Dutch position on ESDP provisions in the draft convention [...]	2003-11-14 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL EUN NATO
03THEHAGUE2949	DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON CZECH FIGHTER ACQUISITION [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Arms Transfer Policy Chief Paul van den IJssel on November 25. The Dutch are also focused on the issue, and Van den IJssel said they were contemplating phone calls at a "high political level" to the Czechs (perhaps by D [...]	2003-11-25 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL EZ NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3002	DUTCH MAY DEPLOY APACHES IN SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Kamp informed parliament on December 2 the GONL is investigating deploying four Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan in support of ISAF. Kamp's decision, which came following a request from Lord Robertson during the December 1 NATO Defense Ministers' m [...]	2003-12-03 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3051	DUTCH SHARE COPY OF UK-FR-GE ESDP NONPAPER [...] (C/NF) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor (protect) passed to Amb. Sobel a copy of a French-British-German non Paper entitled "European Defence: NATO/EU Consultation, Planning and Operations" on December 11. Post transmits the text of the non paper in para 2. 2. (C) Begin text of Fren [...]	2003-12-11 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3150	THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...]	2003-12-19 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO
03VATICAN523	IRAQ: DASD BRZEZINSKI'S MEETING WITH HOLY SEE FM TAURAN: VATICAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF ADDITIONAL UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) HOLY SEE FOREIGN MINSTER ARCHBISHOP JEAN-LOUIS TAURAN TOLD VISITING DASD IAN BRZEZINSKI FEBRUARY 7 THAT THE GAP BETWEEN THE U.S. AND HOLY SEE'S POSITION WAS ""NOT THAT BIG,"" ADDING THAT THE HOLY SEE AGREES THAT THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR SADDAM AND THAT HE NEEDS TO COOPERATE. FOR THE HOLY S [...]	2003-02-10 05:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ VT NATO
03ZAGREB1047	CROATIA/ICC: STILL TAKING A TOUGH LINE ON ARTICLE [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR ON MAY 12 PRESSED DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER IVAN SIMONOVIC TO CONCLUDE AN ARTICLE 98 OR OTHER NON-SURRENDER AGREEMENT. SHOULD CROATIA FAIL TO DO SO BY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 01047 01 OF 02 121715Z JULY 1 WHEN THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS [...]	2003-05-12 17:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR UNSC NATO
03ZAGREB1238	CROATIA: SUSPENSION OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE WOULD [...] (C) CROATIA IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON FMF AND IMET FUNDING TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS OF MODERNIZATION AND INTEROPERABILITY WITH NATO. AS CROATIA STRUGGLES TO DOWNSIZE AND RESTRUCTURE ITS MILITARY, NEARLY 70 PERCENT OF ITS DEFENSE BUDGET IS CONSUMED BY PERSONNEL COSTS. THE LOSS OF U.S. MILITARY ASSIST [...]	2003-05-30 13:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO
03ZAGREB127	CROATIA EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD TO SIGN ADRIATIC [...] (C) THE ATTITUDE OF OFFICIALS IN THE GOC TOWARD THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER," AS PROMOTED BY BRUCE JACKSON, HAS BECOME SHARPLY MORE POSITIVE. CROATIA IS NOW PREPARING TO PARTICIPATE IN A DRAFTING SESSION WITH ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA AND LOOKS TO SEND ITS FOREIGN MINISTER TO WASHINGTON FOR A SIGNING [...]	2003-01-17 16:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM HR AL NATO
03ZAGREB1278	COMMITTING CROATIA'S FY-2003 FMF BUDGET [...] (C) IF CROATIA ACTS QUICKLY, IT CAN COMMIT THE FY2003 FUNDS AT RISK OF SUSPENSION UNDER THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER'S PROTECTION ACT BEFORE CUTOFF DATE. AS INSTRUCTED (REFTEL A),ON JUNE 4 WE INFORMED THE GOC HOW IT CAN COMMIT THE USD 5.5 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR FY2003 TO AN EXISTING FMF CASE I [...]	2003-06-05 14:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KTIA ABUD MASS HR KICC NATO
03ZAGREB1296	CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...]	2003-06-06 16:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO
03ZAGREB1439	HDZ CONVENTION: EX-CONGRESSMAN SUGGESTS U.S. [...] (C) IVO SANADER IS PULLING OUT THE STOPS TO PRESENT HIS PARTY AS PRO-WEST AND RESPECTABLE. HDZ'S ANNUAL CONVENTION TOOK PLACE JUNE 21, AN EVENT SOME EXPECTED TO BE A YAWNER SINCE NO PARTY SEATS WERE UP FOR ELECTION. HDZ PRESENTED EX-U.S. CONGRESSMAN GUY VANDER JAGT AS THE CONVENTION'S KEYN [...]	2003-06-23 16:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR NATO
03ZAGREB1545	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) ON JULY 2 AMBASSADOR FRANK TOLD PRESIDENT MESIC AND FM PICULA THAT THE U.S. WOULD WORK WITH THE GOC TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, REFORMS OF THE ECONOMY, AND CROATIAN MEMBERSHIP IN NATO AND THE EU. HE CAUTIONED THAT THE GOC MUST COOPERATE WITH THE ICTY AND WORK TO RESOLVE RETURNS [...]	2003-07-07 07:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB159	SCENESETTER FOR DAS BOGUE AND BRADTKE VISIT TO [...] (C) YOUR VISIT TO ZAGREB WILL TAKE PLACE JUST DAYS AFTER CROATIA'S FIRST ANP REVIEW AT NATO AND IN THE MIDST OF THE GOC'S PROCESS OF RE-DEFINING ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATO'S OTHER CONTINUING ASPIRANTS. BUT NATO IS NOT MUCH IN THE NEWS IN ZAGREB THESE DAYS; FOCUS IS ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY, C [...]	2003-01-22 18:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM HR IT NATO
03ZAGREB1660	POLITICS, POLITICS: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON [...] (C) The opposition-leading HDZ party will remain strong after parliamentary elections this November, but it will not be able to form a government; Croatia's next coalition government will be largely similar to the current lineup of parties, Parliament Speaker Zlatko Tomcic confidently predict [...]	2003-07-23 15:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU HR NATO
03ZAGREB167	REFUGEE RETURNS: RATCHETING UP IC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-23 18:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL HR EUN UN NATO UNHCR
03ZAGREB1796	CROATIA OPPOSES TIRANA'S ADRIATIC CHARTER MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: CROATIA IS OPPOSED TO SIGNING THE ALBANIAN-PROPOSED MOU (REFTEL) ON IMPLEMENTING THE ADRIATIC CHARTER IN ITS PRESENT FORM. MFA AND MOD INTERLOCUTORS ASKED FOR U.S. VIEWS ON THE DRAFT MOU BEFORE CROATIA TAKES A FIRM POSITION, BUT THEIR INITIAL READ OF THE MOU IS THAT IT GOES BEYO [...]	2003-08-13 15:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL MK HR NATO
03ZAGREB1797	CROATIA CONDITIONALLY READY TO SUPPORT NEUM SHIP [...] (U) See action request for Embassy Sarajevo para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: We provided the MFA and MoD with a non-paper (text para 10) outlining our request for support for the visit of a U.S. military vessel to the BiH port of Neum. The MFA believes legal issues will need to be worked through b [...]	2003-08-13 15:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BH HR NATO
03ZAGREB1887	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C): With the political class returning from the Dalmatian coast, the Ambassador had separate tour d'horizon meetings this week with Foreign Minister Picula, Deputy Foreign Minister Simonovic, and Croatian Ambassador to the U.S. Grdesic to re-energize work on some key issues that have lain lar [...]	2003-08-29 15:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB1989	BLUE LANTERN UPDATE FOR CROATIA [...] EMBASSY ZAGREB'S PRINCIPAL BLUE LANTERN CONTACT IS POL-MIL OFFICER ANTHONY GODFREY, TEL 385-1-661-2260, FAX 385-1-661-2178, EMAIL: GODFREYA@STATE.GOV. GODFREY IS EXPECTED TO DEPART POST IN LATE JUNE 2004. 2. EMBASSY ZAGREB USES A TEAM APPROACH AND TAKES BLUE LANTERN CHECKS SERIOUSLY. OVE [...]	2003-09-11 14:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC HR NATO
03ZAGREB2033	CROATIA DEFERS DECISION ON TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Croatian government has deferred plans to deploy a small military contingent to Iraq. Since the government and parliament are expected to dissolve in advance of parliamentary elections predicted for late November, it is now unlikely that an Iraq deployment will take place before 200 [...]	2003-09-18 11:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MOPS IZ HR NATO
03ZAGREB2041	FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA SEEKS USG COMMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THE AMBASSADOR MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO DISCUSS KEY BILATERAL ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF HIS AND PRESIDENT MESIC'S TRIP TO NEW YORK FOR THE UNGA (IRAQ TROOP CONTRIBUTION COVERED SEPTEL). ASKED BY THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE STATUS O [...]	2003-09-19 05:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB2173	CROATIA SUPPORTS PSI [...] On September 18, at a meeting with representatives of embassies of all eleven PSI states, Croatia's Foreign Ministry made an informal declaration of support for PSI principles, but asked questions about the legal framework for PSI and about plans for PSI infrastructure (ref a). After receipt [...]	2003-10-07 15:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS HR NATO

03ZAGREB2200	CROATIAN ELECTIONS PUT OUR BILATERAL ISSUES ON HOLD [...] (C) With the parliamentary campaign heating up, some bilateral issues have been put on hold until they can be addressed without political interference. In separate meetings, Presidential Foreign Policy Affairs Advisor Ivica Mastruko and MFA Asstant Minister for Non-European Affairs Drazen Mar [...]	2003-10-10 13:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS HR NATO
03ZAGREB2505	SCENESETTER FOR PROPOSED DECEMBER 6 SECDEF VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Croatia just two weeks after parliamentary elections will give the USG a unique opportunity to influence the next government's policy. Although HDZ President Ivo Sanader has not finished putting together the coalition which will give him the support needed to pass a vote of [...]	2003-11-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB284	DASD RICARDEL LEADS BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) FROM FEBRUARY 3-5, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MIRA RICARDEL LED A TEAM OF U.S. POLICY MAKERS FROM OSD, THE JOINT STAFF, MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AND US EUROPEAN COMMAND IN BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH CROATIA. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PRIME MINISTER RACAN, DEF [...]	2003-02-06 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MASS HR NATO
03ZAGREB349	CROATIA: CHANGES TO LAW ALLOW MOD APPROVAL OF [...] ON FEBRUARY 6, THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PASSED A DECISION TO MODIFY THE MARITIME LAW WHICH WILL GIVE THE MOD THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO APPROVE FORCE-PROTECTION MEASURES FOR WARSHIPS ENTERING CROATIA'S INTERNAL WATERS. THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED DURING U.S. - CROATIA BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS ON [...]	2003-02-14 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MOPS MARR PREL HR NATO
03ZAGREB489	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRIORITY ISSUES WITH NEW DEPUTY [...] (C) IN A MARCH 3 INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SIMONOVIC, THE AMBASSADOR REVIEWED THE U.S. APPROACH CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00489 01 OF 03 061511Z ON IRAQ, STEPS TOWARD CROATIA,S CANDIDACY FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP, THE SFRY ASSETS SUCCESSIO [...]	2003-03-06 14:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PREF HR NATO
03ZAGREB523	"ADRIATIC 3" FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, DUBROVNIK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ALBANIAN, CROATIAN AND MACEDONIAN FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00523 01 OF 02 111302Z MINISTERS MET BRIEFLY IN DUBROVNIK MARCH 7 TO CONFIRM THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER" DRAFT TEXT (ALREADY WITH DEPARTMENT),ISSUE A DECLARATION AND GIVE THE I [...]	2003-03-11 12:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR AL MK IZ NATO
03ZAGREB716	NATO SYG IN ZAGREB: TURNING DOWN THE PRESSURE ON [...] (C) NATO SECRETARY GENERAL ROBERTSON VISITED CROATIA FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER ON MARCH 31. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KEY CABINET MEMBERS AND WITH PARLIAMENT LEADERS, ROBERTSON DELIVERED A GENTLE MESSAGE, ENCOURAGING CROATIA TO STAY ON TRACK WITH REFORMS IDENTIFIED UNDER THE [...]	2003-04-01 15:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PREF HR NATO
03ZAGREB954	CROATIA AT THE SIGNING OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (C) CROATIA TOOK SOME TIME TO WARM TO THE IDEA OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER. BECAUSE OF ITS FEAR OF BEING TRAPPED IN A NEW BALKAN ALLIANCE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF AN ARROGANT ASSUMPTION THAT ITS MORE ADVANCED LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MADE IT A BETTER NATO CANDIDATE, CROATIA RESISTED TYING ITS FO [...]	2003-04-30 10:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB972	CROATIAN GRUMBLING ABOUT TIRANA VENUE FOR ADRIATIC [...] (C) THE DECISION TO SIGN THE ADRIATIC CHARTER IN TIRANA, AND NOT IN WASHINGTON, LED TO GRUMBLING IN THE CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY AND SPECULATION IN THE PRESS HERE THAT CROATIA WAS BEING PUNISHED FOR ITS REFUSAL TO SUPPORT OUR APPROACH ON IRAQ. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY SOUGHT -- WITH NO SUCCESS [...]	2003-05-02 08:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR NATO
04ABUDHABI1515	UAE: BRIEFING ON PROPOSAL FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-11 12:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MEPP NATO PARM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1831	UAE - Talk of reform in advance of the G8 [...] (C) Summary: There is a lively dialogue about the need for political, economic, and educational reforms in the UAE. We read about it in the local press, hear about it from our contacts, and we may be contributing to it by sending Emiratis on Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. [...]	2004-06-02 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ECON NATO KMPI TC
04ABUDHABI3612	NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-12 11:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL TC
04AMMAN6918	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-17 06:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL JO NATO
04BRATISLAVA1006	SLOVAK TROOPS IN IRAQ AFTER POLISH WITHDRAWAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Robert Kalinak, Chairman of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee and member of the opposition party SMER, recently questioned the Slovak troop mandate in Iraq on a political TV talk show. While remaining supportive of coalition objectives in Iraq, he raised three issue [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO IZ AF NATO
04BRATISLAVA135	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, [...] (SBU) During your visit as SACEUR to Slovakia on February 12-13, you may wish to emphasize the following priorities that the U.S. and NATO share: -- encourage the GOS to maintain their commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense; -- thank the GOS for their contributions to Operatio [...]	2004-02-10 06:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA244	INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-12 11:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA294	Bratislava II: A Carrot for Balkans and Caucasus [...] Introduction: Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda hosted a conference March 19 under the banner "Towards A Wider Europe: The New Agenda." With most Visegrad-4 and Vilnius- 10 countries moments away from full membership in both NATO and the EU, the conference focused on how to expand the process [...]	2004-03-25 16:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA330	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN ROBERT H. FOGLESONG, [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I regret that I will not be able to join you in Sliac. I expect that you will have a productive visit on April 5 and learn first-hand how Slovakia will contribute to the Alliamce. I hope you will have the opportunity to return to Slovakia s [...]	2004-04-02 14:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA353	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NBU CHIEF UGOR [...] (C) ON MARCH 23 THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH RECENTLY APPOINTED NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE (NBU) DIRECTOR AUREL UGOR. THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THE USG'S PLEASURE THAT SOMEONE WHO WAS INDEPENDENT AND APOLITICAL HEADING THE NBU. UGOR THANKED THE AMBASSADOR FOR USG AND NATO SUPPORT. NEW LAW ON CLA [...]	2004-04-07 13:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA513	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN STEGER [...] EMBASSY BRATISLAVA WELCOMES EUR/RPM NATO DESK OFFICER STEPHEN STEGER AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 28 THROUGH JUNE 1, 2004. THE EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOUR VISIT IS KASSIE KOHLER, POL OFFICER. THE PHONE NUMBER IS +420-2-5920-3166 (OFFICE). THE FAX LINE I [...]	2004-05-25 09:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL SL OSCE NATO PERM
04BRATISLAVA711	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON NATO DUAL-HATTING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 14:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA723	SLOVAKIA TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON NSNW [...] (S) Poloff met with Rastislav Gabriel of the Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division of the Department of OSCE and Disarmament in the MFA on 29 July, per reftel. Gabriel said that Slovakia does not consider itself a major player on this matter and expects to follow the large [...]	2004-07-29 13:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR LO NATO UNGA
04BRATISLAVA736	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JULY 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Miroslava Lihanova of the European Affairs and Foreign Relations Department at the Ministry of the Interior told poloff that Slovakia has responded positively to the Greek bilateral request for security assistance for the Olympics. Throughout August, the Ministry of Interior Civil Defens [...]	2004-08-03 12:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KOLY GR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA762	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 15:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA828	PARTICIPATION IN NATO POLICY DIRECTORS AND HLG [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-08 14:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC LO NATO NPG
04BRATISLAVA857	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD LA [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Welcome to Slovakia! I expect that you will have a productive visit on September 21 and learn first-hand how US security assistance programs have enabled Slovakia to significantly contribute to greater regional security and enhanced NATO interoperability. I look [...]	2004-09-17 14:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR LO NATO
04BRUSSELS14	EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their December 12-13 Brussels Summit -- envisages a world of dangerous but preventable threats, multilateral solutions, and stabilizing partnerships. The ESS identifies [...]	2004-01-05 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1543	EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL APRIL 5-6 [...] (C) The EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Brussels on April 5/6 endorsed and appeared to expand the concept of the EU rapid reaction force, with Hirep Solana identifying as its elements rapid EU institutional decision-making, a planning cell, and battle groups. Solana explained that the purp [...]	2004-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2027	EU ARMS AGENCY: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) The EU continues to develop the EU Arms Agency (EUAA),and hopes to have it up and running by the final quarter of 2004. The agency's mission is to develop a systematic EU approach to addressing ESDP capability needs. EU officials note that close coordination with NATO will be required i [...]	2004-05-10 13:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TSPL EAGR MCAP PARM ETTC MASS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2068	EU COUNCIL ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) EUR/RPM Director Dan Russell visited Brussels May 6-7 to meet with EU Council Secretariat officials responsible for EU European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) formulation. The primary topic of discussion was the transition in Bosnia from SFOR to a EU mission. In all of his meetings, R [...]	2004-05-13 06:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2381	EUR/DAS BRADTKE'S SECURITY CONSULTATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) EUR/DAS Bradtke met May 26 in Brussels with EU leaders in the PSC Troika Format including representatives of the EU presidency, Council, and Commission. Bradtke and his EU interlocutors reviewed ESDP/NATO developments, including the BiH SFOR transition, the EU's planning for a civ-mil ce [...]	2004-06-03 13:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3892	EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY: TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) Summary: The establishment of a European Defense Agency (EDA) to harmonize moves to boost European military capacity might -- with important caveats -- develop in a way that is in accord with US and NATO interests. However, we should be wary of any EU Member State effort to employ the pr [...]	2004-09-14 11:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM ETRD EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4144	EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Solana's secretariat are confident that the transfer will go smoothly. The transfer date has been largely resolved among commanders on the ground, but the EU poli [...]	2004-09-28 14:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4253	NAC-PSC DISCUSSION OF BOSNIA AND "OTHER BUSINESS" [...] (C) Summary: In the September 27 meeting of the NAC with the EU's Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC),nations focused on the constructive NATO-EU cooperation in planning for the EU operation in Bosnia, and were confident the few remaining issues would soon be resolved. Ambassador Burn [...]	2004-10-04 10:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4294	CYPRIOTS FLOAT A BALLOON ON NATO SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot military representative to the EU suggests that Nicosia is giving serious consideration to negotiating a security agreement with NATO as part of an effort to resolve the blockage in EU-NATO strategic cooperation. Nicosia is also eager to participate in the EU Battlegro [...]	2004-10-06 08:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY MT TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4688	DSACEUR BRIEFS NAC-PSC ON TRANSFER OF SFOR TO [...] (C) Summary: DSACEUR, General Sir John Reith briefed the NAC-PSC Ambassadors on the progress of the December 2 SFOR handover to the EU's Operation Althea. Delineation of tasks has been worked out between commanders on the ground, and Headquarters staffs are more than 80 percent filled. General [...]	2004-11-02 14:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK MOPS NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4758	DSACEUR'S EU POLAD CLARIFIES DELINEATION OF TASKS [...] (U) This is a retransmission of Brussels 4731. Paragraph 4 has been corrected for clarity. 2. (C) Summary: EU Council Secretariat planners are unhappy with a number of points in the Delineation of Tasks between COMEUFOR and Commander Nato Headquarters (COMNHQ),but they will not raise furt [...]	2004-11-05 16:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4843	MALTESE SEEKING ITS WAY OUT OF NATO-EU BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU will propose to Valletta that Malta should declare its PfP agreements from 1994 remain in force, although the country has withdrawn from active participation. Under this approach, Malta would make the argument that they satisfy the requirements for par [...]	2004-11-10 16:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MT CY TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4937	EU CIV/MIL PLANNING AND THE OPS CENTER: SHAPING [...] (C) Summary. As EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and the PSC review papers designed to create a civ/mil planning cell and a capacity to stand up an EU Operations Center, they will consider it in the context of strategic EU efforts to define its future [...]	2004-11-19 13:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4960	MALTA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO RESOLVE NATO/EU [...] (C) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU was disappointed by the perceived lack of U.S. support for his proposal to resolve the issue of Malta's participation in NATO-EU strategic discussions. Turkish representatives to the EU have expressed a desire to see a resolution to the issue. End [...]	2004-11-22 10:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MT TU CY EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3445	ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...]	2004-12-15 16:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO
04DUBLIN1160	KFOR: IRELAND UNLIKELY TO REMOVE CAVEAT [...] (C)Emboff delivered reftel points on July 29 to Michael Gaffey, Director South East Europe division. Gaffey informed Emboff that the one caveat Ireland placed on its troops prevents the use of lethal force to prevent attacks on KFOR property unless there's an immediate threat to life or seri [...]	2004-08-05 07:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO
04HALIFAX210	ATLANTIC CANADA: THE FUTURE OF 5 WING GOOSE BAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with civic leaders and military officers at 5 Wing Goose Bay and the adjoining community of Happy Valley during a trip to Labrador. Community leaders and the Premier of the province are concerned that declining use of the military base at Goose Bay b [...]	2004-09-14 15:29:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR MASS PREL ECON CA NATO
04HELSINKI1025	KFOR: FINLAND'S CAVEATS IN KOSOVO [...] (C) According to the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF),Finland has the following national caveats on the use of Finnish troops in Kosovo: -- No use of lethal force to protect property. (This caveat and the next do not affect the peacekeeper's right to self-defense.) -- No use of lethal force [...]	2004-08-06 08:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL YI FI NATO
04HELSINKI1499	NATO AMBASSADOR NICHOLAS BURNS' VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (C) Of all the open questions in Finnish foreign policy, the issue of whether to join NATO is the biggest. It is debated endlessly in the editorial and op-ed pages, but that debate has yet to affect public opinion. Polls continue to show strong opposition to membership, in part because of F [...]	2004-11-26 06:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL FI EUN NATO
04HELSINKI1571	NATO AMBASSADOR BURNS' VISIT TO HELSINKI [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns visited Helsinki November 29-30. Following remarks given to the Atlantic Council of Finland at a seminar on NATO and small nations, Ambassador Burns participated in meetings with Minister of Defense Seppo Kaariainen and MFA Under Secretary for Pol [...]	2004-12-16 12:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR AF IZ FI NATO RU
04ISTANBUL1019	A/S JONES MEETING WITH IRAQI FM ZIBARI AND IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. During the run-up to the Istanbul Summit June 27, A/S Jones and CPA Foreign Policy Director Ronald Neumann discussed Iraq's security challenges and a new NATO-Iraq relationship with Iraqi FM Zibari and Iraqi MoD Sha'alan. Jones and Zibari agreed that their informal meeting with [...]	2004-06-30 08:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU NATO
04KUWAIT2783	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; MINDEF [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, CDA delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Defense Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on August 24. The Minister said that it was a "wise step to consult with allies" on these changes, and added that Kuwait and the U.S. are "facing common [...]	2004-08-25 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MOPS KU IZ NATO
04KUWAIT4106	KUWAITI SECURITY ADVISOR TO SEE DEPUTY NSA HADLEY; [...] Biographical information included; please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Kuwaiti National Security Advisor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed with DCM on September 29 that he will meet with Deputy NSA and NSA designate Stephen Hadley on Saturday, December 4, at 1500, on the sid [...]	2004-12-01 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KU IZ BA NATO
04KUWAIT4369	SECURITY ADVISOR PROMISES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: During a December 15 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah confirmed the GOK will provide financial assistance and political support to the Palestinian Authority. The GOK looks forward to PA e [...]	2004-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ NATO
04LJUBLJANA1134	SLOVENIA: COM MEETS NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ERJAVEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 22 December courtesy call by COM, new DefMin Karl Erjavec called for intensifying cooperation between the U.S. and Slovenia, particularly in the field of training. Erjavec confirmed that the GoS remained focused on its commitment to spend two percent of GDP on defense by [...]	2004-12-23 06:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR SI NATO
04LJUBLJANA266	SLOVENIA: "FORMER SOVIET BLOC" RHETORIC ILL- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Slovenian media have reported extensively on erroneous references to Slovenia as part of the "former Soviet Bloc" made during recent NATO accession ceremonies. Slovenes take umbrage at this historical inaccuracy and the lack of understanding it demonstrates as to how forme [...]	2004-04-01 05:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV KMDR SI NATO
04LJUBLJANA85	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GEN JAMES L. JONES, SACEUR [...] (SBU) While you will be wearing your NATO hat during your 11-12 February visit to Slovenia, you may wish to emphasize the following shared U.S. and NATO priorities during your discussions with Slovenian officials: -- Slovenia's bilateral and NATO commitment to bring defense spending to 2% o [...]	2004-01-13 10:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV PINR SI NATO
04LJUBLJANA981	SLOVENIAN MOD GIVES DAS CONLEY DEFENSE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Heather Conley engaged high level MoD officials in a productive dialogue about the current status and future of Slovenian defense reforms during meetings on 21 October. Both State Secretary Milan Jazbec and State Undersecretary Uros Krek described the Slovenian commitment t [...]	2004-10-26 11:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS SI NATO
04MADRID1040	SPAIN:AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE RESPONSE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Continental Asia Alejandro E. Albargonzalez San Martin told us March 25 that Spain's delegation will not be making new commitments to Afghanistan at the Berlin Conference. He noted that while Spain will carry out its previous pledge of $113 million through [...]	2004-03-29 05:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
04MADRID1861	MEETING WITH MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EUROPE AND [...] (C) PolCouns and poloff paid an initial call May 17 with the MFA's newly-named Director General for Europe and North America, former Spanish Ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania Josep (Pepe) Pons. Previously, the Directorate General for North America had been combined with the Asia portfolio, [...]	2004-05-21 10:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1864	MFA'S NEW POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) MFA Political director Rafael Dezcallar told Polcouns in a May 20 meeting that Spain wanted to be helpful on Afghanistan but likely would have to determine whether resources would be available. He indicated the GOS likely would not be able to meet all of the requests the USG has present [...]	2004-05-21 13:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID1867	SPAIN: DCM WITH SPANISH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met with Spanish President Zapatero's national security advisor Carles Casajuana May 20 to brief him on our request for increased Spanish support for ISAF, urge the GOS to vote in favor of the UNSC ICC rollover resolution and share USG's initial thoughts on the UN [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP NATO
04MADRID1870	SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]	2004-05-21 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID2006	SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM Manzanares met May 18 with Jose Enrique Serrano, President Zapatero's chief of staff. Serrano said the Zapatero government planned to maintain the same excellent relations other Spanish governments have had with the U.S. since the administration of Socialist president Felip [...]	2004-06-01 07:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID2579	SPANISH PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Parliament overwhelmingly approved July 6 President Zapatero's proposal to increase substantially Spain's troop presence in Afghanistan. The vote was 302 in favor, 10 against and 1 abstention. Only the former communist United Left party and several obscure parties [...]	2004-07-08 06:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID2854	DEMARCHE ON NATO TRAINING IN IRAQ [...] CONFIDENTIAL - Entire text. 2. (C) POLCOUNS discussed USG desire for "dual-hatted" command and control for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Reftel) with Spanish MFA Director General for UN, NATO, Counter-terrorism and non-proliferation affairs Arturo Laclaustra. Laclaustra was gratefu [...]	2004-07-27 14:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ SP NATO MAPS
04MADRID2965	SPAIN QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF REMOVING CAVEATS [...] (C) Spain is reviewing restrictions it may have placed on Spanish forces that are participating in KFOR but would prefer to help strengthen Kosovo police forces to improve KFOR's effectiveness, according to Kosovo specialists at the Spanish Foreign Ministry. Following the outbreak of violence [...]	2004-08-04 12:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL YI SP NATO
04MADRID3079	SPAIN REQUEST FOR USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY TOUR FOR FY- [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUEST, MADRID WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE SPACE FOR TWO SPANISH PARTICIPANTS FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING MULTI-COUNTRY TOURS: - SFOR - ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE - NATO'S OUT-OF-AREA OPERATIONS 2. POST WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC NOMINATIONS SEPTEL, IN EARLY TO [...]	2004-08-12 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SCUL SP NATO
04MADRID3103	SPAIN: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 12:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID3118	SPAIN: FURTHER REACTION TO GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE [...] (C) Following up on ref A demarche and ref B reporting cable concerning U.S. Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR),we delivered the demarche August 15 to General Felix Sanz, the Spanish Armed Forces' Chief of Defense, and Admiral Francisco Torrente, Secretary General for Defense Policy at the [...]	2004-08-15 17:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO SP NATO
04MADRID4585	SPAIN/AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN STILL CONSIDERING ISAF [...] (C) Prior to receipt of ref a demarche request, Charge, Polcouns and other embassy officers used previously scheduled meetings and conversatons the week of November 23 and 26 to press the Chief of Defense, Deputy Defense Minister, MOD DG for International Relations and MFA Political Director [...]	2004-12-02 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP NATO
04MADRID4677	SPAIN: CHARGE MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz December 9. Sanz said he will do all in his power to strengthen U.S./Spain military ties. He agreed it was not useful talk about whether the military relationship between the two countries is "balanced," rather Spain' [...]	2004-12-10 16:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID4778	SPAIN: INDECISIVE ON ISAF STAGE TWO ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 20 with Spanish National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana to discuss Spain's role in ISAF stage two. Casajuana was very reluctant to commit the Zapatero government to any role in stage two. Casajuana said it was very unlikely the GOS would announce a decisi [...]	2004-12-21 07:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SP NATO
04MADRID527	SPANISH ELECTION OUTLOOK: ONE MONTH OUT, POPULAR [...] (C) Polls one month before the March 14 Spanish general election continue to point to victory for the Popular Party and Aznar's successor as party leader, Mariano Rajoy. The PP hopes not just for a plurality, but for an absolute majority. Were the PP to fall far short of an absolute majority, [...]	2004-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID750	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES NATO NON-FUNDING OF [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for European and NATO policy Ian Brzezinski met February 26 with Ministry of Defense officials in Madrid to discuss the NATO Security Investment Program,s (NSIP) funding of Spanish air defense systems and Spain's blockage of NATO infrastructure [...]	2004-03-04 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MADRID839	SPAIN'S ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Manuel Acerete, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs. Acerete confirmed Spain would attend SHAPE's March 11 Force Generation Conference. He explained that due to its commitments in Ir [...]	2004-03-11 18:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP NATO
04MADRID881	SPANISH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NEW SOCIALIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well before the March 14 general elections, Socialist Workers' Party of Spain (PSOE) leader Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero made clear that if elected he would refocus Spanish foreign policy away from the primacy of the transatlantic link and toward Spain,s traditional EU partners [...]	2004-03-15 14:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP NATO
04MANAMA1285	GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: CROWN PRINCE [...] (S) Charge presented Refs A and B talking points on the U.S. global defense posture review to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to [...]	2004-08-16 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PREL KPAO BA NATO
04MANAMA1542	BAHRAIN AND NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa October 4 to discuss NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Rizzo's one-day visit to Bahrain SIPDIS and NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). While noting that the GOB had not yet developed a detailed po [...]	2004-10-06 12:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BA MEPP NATO
04MOSCOW15782	FOLLOW-UP ON U.S.-RUSSIA MANPADS COOPERATION [...] (C) On December 21 we delivered ref A points and U.S. proposed final text for a U.S.-Russia agreement on MANPADS cooperation to Colonel Oleg Skabara of the MOD International Treaties Directorate and Oleg Burmistrov, Political Military Affairs officer of the MFA North America Department. Skaba [...]	2004-12-27 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PTER NATO RS
04OTTAWA2931	IIR 6 815 0002 05/DUTCH AND UK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 15:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD NATO
04OTTAWA3048	214TH MEETING OF THE PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its October 21-22 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S.-Canada Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) -- recommended expeditious negotiation of an agreement to replace the current NORAD agreement expiring May 2006, with a further recommendation that the new Agreement have no termin [...]	2004-11-12 17:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP PTER PINR CA NATO
04ROME1756	ITALIAN PRT-FSB DECISION RESTS WITH PM BERLUSCONI [...] (C) Summary. Italy's ability to contribute a Forward Support Base (FSB) or Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in western Afghanistan depends on whether the Prime Minister's office can free up scarce resources to fund the effort, according to Embassy contacts at the MFA, MOD and the PM's Off [...]	2004-05-05 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1955	SNAPSHOT OF ITALY'S ECONOMY BEFORE UPCOMING [...] Because of a marked decline in domestic demand and exports, the GOI has just decreased 2004 GDP growth estimates from 1.4 to 0.9-1.0 percent. A key economic ratio - budget deficit/GDP -- continues to climb upward, because the deficit is growing faster than the economy (as measured by GDP gro [...]	2004-05-20 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD IT EUN NATO
04ROME2091	MFA OFFICIALS TELL EUR DAS BRADTKE AND STEPHENS [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretaries Bradtke and Stephens had productive exchanges with MFA officials on the present situation and way ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, and discussed prospects for a robust Istanbul summit agenda. Bradtke stressed the importance [...]	2004-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IT AF EUN NATO
04ROME2122	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY EDGING BACK ON PRT/FSB [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS EDGING BACK FROM A COMMITMENT TO A PRT AND FSB IN AFGHANISTAN, PENDING GREATER CLARITY OF ITS ROLE IN POST-JUNE 30 IRAQ. WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT BERLUSCONI'S GOVERNMENT WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN A PRT - AND THINK AN FSB IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION - BUT DO NOT [...]	2004-06-01 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2168	MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...]	2004-06-08 09:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2452	ALBANIANS MAKING THE ROUNDS ON ISTANBUL SUMMIT [...] (C) ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS, ALBANIAN EMBASSY DCM SAKO MIROSH CONTINUED HIS GOVERNMENT'S PUSH (REFTEL) FOR A FORWARD LEANING STATEMENT AT THE ISTANBUL SUMMIT, WHICH WOULD EXTEND ALBANIA, CROATIA AND MACEDONIA "THE MEMBERSHIP INVITATION IN THE NEXT ENLARGEMENT SUMMIT." SAKO PRESENTED TO A/POLMIN [...]	2004-06-24 07:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL HR MK IT NATO
04ROME2692	ITALY SPEEDS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL GENDARME [...] The Italian government is moving quickly with plans for an international gendarme/constabulary training center and is looking for immediate US input on details such as project objectives, standards, and the numerical scope of the future training program. MFA and Carabinieri officials have conf [...]	2004-07-12 07:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME2893	GOI SUPPORTS DUAL-HATTING MFN-I COMMANDER, [...] (C) Following Reftel's request, Pol-Mil Officer demarched Italian MFA NATO Office Head Giovanni Brauzzi on July 26. Brauzzi responded that Italy had already decided to fully support the US proposal to dual-hat the MNF-I commander as commander of the NATO training mission in Iraq. Italy will [...]	2004-07-26 14:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2961	ITALY'S VIEWS ON NEW AGENDA [...] (C) POLMILOFF on July 29 conveyed reftel points to MFA Nonproliferation/Arms Control Office Director Filippo Formica, Formica's deputy Piero Sardi, and MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. Brauzzi said he fully agreed with our point that NATO Allies should use the High Level Group (HLG) [...]	2004-07-30 14:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL RS NATO UNGA
04ROME3138	DEMARCHE ON US GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] (C) A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Italian MFA and Prime Minister's office on August 13. The MFA, which was already aware of the main elements of GDPR, urged that the President's and other USG public statements stress that decisions will be made in close consultation with [...]	2004-08-14 10:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3166	ITALIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary. President Bush's speech on military transformation received limited initial government reaction and media coverage in Italy. Most headlines focused on US troop reductions in Europe, with several articles commenting that the planned changes signify NATO's decreased importance in [...]	2004-08-17 13:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3401	ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...]	2004-09-07 08:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3642	ITALY MOVING ON EU BATTLEGROUPS WITH AN EYE TOWARD [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO EUN
04ROME3774	CONSULTATIONS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW: [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bloomfield, and delegation to visit Rome from October 5-6, 2004. To secure hotel accommodations, please provide fiscal data for charge purposes or credit card information for each individ [...]	2004-09-29 17:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3792	GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...]	2004-09-30 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3933	IRAQ/ITALY- ITALIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON PLANS [...] (C) At their Oct. 6 meeting with Italian MFA DG Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn discussed Iran and Iraq, as well as Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) issues (septel). Massolo underscored Italy's concern with Iranian nuclear ambitions. He sought details on the mix of MNF and Iraqi f [...]	2004-10-12 08:19:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT IR IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM GLOBAL DEFENSE
04ROME3985	GDPR/ITALY: ITALIANS PROPOSE WORKING GROUP TO [...] (S) Summary. In October 6 discussions with Defense Minister Martino, D/CHOD LTG Castagnetti and MFA Director General Massolo, A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn explained where the Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) process stood in the U.S. and heard from the Italians broad agreement with the U. [...]	2004-10-15 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME4093	ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB - [...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...]	2004-10-22 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4216	ITALIAN CONCEPT PAPER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C met with MFA Office Director for the Gulf States Luigi Maccotta on October 29 to discuss Iraqi PM Allawi's November 3-4 visit to Rome and the upcoming international conference on Iraq in Egypt. Maccotta had requested the meeting to present Italy's non-paper for the confe [...]	2004-11-03 08:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IT NATO
04ROME4252	NATO/IRAQ: ITALY OPPOSED TO CAVEATS ON NATO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Pol-Mil Officers discussed reftel demarche with Giovanni Brauzzi, head of the MFA's NATO office, on November 4. Brauzzi said that Italy agrees with the principle that NATO member states should not impose national caveats on agreed NATO missions, but noted that in practical terms [...]	2004-11-05 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4263	IRAQ: ITALY URGES MORE EU INVOLVEMENT, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary. In their November 4 meeting in Rome, and on the eve of Iraqi PM Allawi's Brussels meeting with EU leaders, Italian PM Berlusconi and his Iraqi counterpart held a friendly meeting in which they discussed the current situation in Iraq and strategies for securing greater EU and othe [...]	2004-11-05 15:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME4376	FRENCH DEFMIN AT ROME'S NATO DEFENSE COLLEGE - [...] (SBU) French Minister of Defense Michele Alliot Marie addressed the NATO Defense College in Rome November 12. She urged concerted efforts on both sides of the Atlantic to narrow the transatlantic gap, citing the urgency of our common challenges and the importance of tackling them together. A [...]	2004-11-16 14:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IT NATO EUN

04ROME4544	IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...]	2004-11-30 16:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS
04ROME4562	AFGHANISTA: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref Q and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Qrauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would shae them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. Q0. On Brauzzi noted that ItRT force [...]	2004-12-01 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4580	AFGHANISTAN: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref A and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would share them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. 30. On the PRT and FSB, Brauzzi note [...]	2004-12-02 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME703	ITALY TO PROPOSE A NATO POLITICAL STRATEGY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his speech to the NAC scheduled for March 3, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini plans to present a comprehensive set of priorities for NATO, according to MFA contacts. Many of the points addressed in Frattini's speech, and the Italian concept paper it is based on, are li [...]	2004-02-25 14:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME798	ITALY SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON PRT LOCATION [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. Italy has requested clarification of the USG's position regarding the location of an Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Giovanni Brauzzi, MFA NATO Affairs Office Director, called Pol-Mil Officer on March 1 to say that comments made by State [...]	2004-03-02 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME860	AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...]	2004-03-04 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME927	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...]	2004-03-09 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME960	ITALIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) POST DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, AMB. ENRICO DE MAIO, AND ALSO DISCUSSED THEM WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR, COUNS. ALESSANDRO GAUDIANO. WE ALSO DELIVERED THE POINTS TO THE OFFICE OF MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA MARGHERITA BONIVER. ITALY S [...]	2004-03-11 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04THEHAGUE1240	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAND FIRM ON GOING TO [...] (C) In recent conversations with FM Bot, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Swartbol, and CHOD ADM Kroon, Amb. Sobel discussed request (outlined in ref A) for the Dutch to consider leading a PRT in western Afghanistan instead of Baghlan. PolMilOff separately raised ref A points with MFA Security Poli [...]	2004-05-21 13:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1513	NETHERLANDS: NATO AND IRAQ DISCUSSIONS ABOARD USS [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 14-15 overnight visit of Dutch Defense Minister Kamp and parliamentarians/officials to the USS Enterprise carrier battle group provided a useful forum for discussions on NATO and Iraq-related issues. Informally, Dutch participants provided candid background regarding t [...]	2004-06-17 15:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1587	DUTCH POSITION ON POSSIBLE NATO ROLE IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 06:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1690	DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES GOVERNMENT'S PRT DECISION [...] (U) On July 5 the Dutch Parliament broadly endorsed a recent Cabinet decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghlan, Afghanistan. Only the small far-left Socialist Party opposed the mission. The operation, announced in a June 28 government letter to parliament, will consi [...]	2004-07-06 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1881	NATO/IRAQ: DUTCH ON NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-27 06:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1935	DUTCH A/POL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ: TERRORISM STATEMENT, [...] (SBU) Terrorism Declaration: CDA contacted Dutch MFA A/Political Director Herman Schaper late August 2 and got confirmation that the Netherlands would support and release the Coalition Terrorism Declaration. Early August 3, A/Pol Couns provided ref A points to MFA Security Policy Director Ma [...]	2004-08-03 11:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE2047	NETHERLANDS: UPDATING ALLIES ON U.S. GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-16 14:24:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAO NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2112	DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...]	2004-08-25 10:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2303	DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...]	2004-09-13 12:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC
04THEHAGUE2317	USNATO 2005 TOURS [...] In response to reftel, and as already mentioned in Moyes/White e-mail of 9/11/04, US Embassy The Hague would like to design a NATO tour in January for Dutch parliamentarians. This program would consist of two days in Brussels with a follow-on tour to a new member state such as Romania. [...]	2004-09-14 15:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2531	AC/PDAS RECORD'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DUTCH [...] (C) Summary: AC/PDAS Frank Record met with Dutch MFA Security Policy Director Maurits Jochems on September 28. The two reviewed a broad resume of arms control issues including the NPT, Non-strategic nuclear weapons, missile defense, FMCT, and a proposed U.S. landmine export ban. They also di [...]	2004-10-05 14:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NL EUN NATO
04THEHAGUE2766	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH WITHDRAWAL POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch government is determined to end the current deployment of Dutch troops in Al-Muthanna in mid-March in accordance with assurances provided to parliament last June. Defense Minister Kamp will send a letter to parliament in the next two weeks reaffirming that Dutch forces [...]	2004-10-28 06:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE281	DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...]	2004-02-04 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO
04THEHAGUE2866	THE NETHERLANDS: NATIONAL CAVEATS ON THE IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-05 14:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR IZ NL NATO
04THEHAGUE3015	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: RECONFIGURING THE DUTCH PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clear consensus in the Cabinet and parliament exists for concluding the Dutch deployment in Al Muthanna as scheduled. The government's November 12 letter to parliament states Dutch troops will end their current mission in mid-March, although some personnel will stay longer (we [...]	2004-11-19 08:05:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NL NATO EUN
04THEHAGUE3162	THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...]	2004-12-03 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE55	NATO ENLARGEMENT: DUTCH PARLIAMENT COMPLETES [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-09 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MARR PREL NL NATO
04THEHAGUE578	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: THE NETHERLANDS ON ISAF [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on March 8. DATT addressed these points with MOD International Policy Director BG Ton van Osch on March 9. Amb. Sobel also raised this issue as part of a March 9 discussion with FM Bot pre [...]	2004-03-09 13:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE766	READOUT OF DUTCH PRT RECCE TEAM TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns obtained a readout on March 23 on the recent GONL PRT recce team visit to Afghanistan from Joost Flamand (protect),the MFA team rep. The team visited Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz, and had meetings with Task Force Victory in Bagram and with ISAF and UN offici [...]	2004-03-24 09:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04YEREVAN1537	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-09 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	MARR PREL KPAO AM NATO
04YEREVAN1789	CHARGE BRIEFS DFM ON GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 10:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAO AM NATO
04YEREVAN2461	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS YEREVAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a brief visit to Yerevan on November 5, the NATO Secretary General encouraged Armenia to continue to develop its cooperation with the Alliance, introduced NATO's new special representative to the region and explained that NATO is not in competition with any other organi [...]	2004-11-09 09:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AM NATO
04YEREVAN2542	AMBASSADOR SCORES ARMENIANS FOR NO-SHOW AT NATO [...] (C) The decision not to send a delegation to NATO's Rose-Roth seminar in Baku was "difficult to understand" and "a mistake" for Armenia." That was the message the Ambassador delivered to Tigran Torosian, Deputy Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly (NA) during a November 26 office call. To [...]	2004-11-26 12:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM NATO AZ
04YEREVAN586	ARMENIA TO CONSIDER REQUEST FOR ISAF CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-11 03:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AM NATO
04YEREVAN615	ARMENIAN DEP DEFENSE MINISTER OFFERS COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) Summary. Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Artur Aghabekian informed DAO March 11 that Armenia is planning to send three officers to Baku in September 2004 to participate in NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise Cooperative Best Effort 04 (CBE 04). Aghabekian ruled out the possibility [...]	2004-03-12 14:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PARM AM AJ NATO
04YEREVAN633	DELEGATIONS ENCOURAGE INCREASED ARMENIAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation met with the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense March 11 to outline a United States proposal to shift the focus of NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) activities to the Caucasus and Central Asia. The delegation also discussed the necessity to reach a co [...]	2004-03-17 09:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AM AJ NATO
04ZAGREB1022	ADRIATIC CHARTER LEADERS SEEK PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (C) AT A JUNE 4 MEETING WITH THE DCM, PRESIDENT MESIC'S CHIEF OF STAFF DAVOR BOZINOVIC INFORMED US THAT MESIC PLANS TO ATTEND A MEETING OF LEADERS OF THE ADRIATIC CHARTER ON THE MARGINS OF NATO'S ISTANBUL SUMMIT. BOZINOVIC SAID THAT THE "ADRIATIC THREE" LEADERS HAVE ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSI [...]	2004-06-04 16:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB1277	DAS STEPHENS REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP, URGES CROATIA'S [...] (C) During her June 28-30 visit to Zagreb, EUR DAS Kathleen Stephens reviewed developments in our bilateral relationship. Satisfaction with the NATO Istanbul Summit was an important theme. Government interlocutors agreed that progress on refugee returns and the search for Gotovina must cont [...]	2004-07-13 05:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN MASS KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1365	CROATIA EAGER TO BRAINSTORM NEXT STEPS ON REGIONAL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 15 we met with Drazen Hrastic, Head of Office for Cooperative Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in advance of the Dayton Article IV Review Conference (REF C). The essence of this conversation was passed to Department R [...]	2004-07-27 11:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB1367	CROATIA EAGER FOR MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PSI [...] (C) The GoC solidly supports the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). In two recent meetings, key foreign ministry interlocuteurs have requested US views on modalities for intelligence sharing under PSI as well as US advice in organizing the GoC's own National PSI Coordinator Office. The [...]	2004-07-27 13:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP MNUC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1529	CROATIA'S NATO STRATEGY: READY TO OPEN MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting on August 25, Croatia's National NATO Coordinator Pjer Simunovic told us that the soon-to-be finished Strategic Defense Review will drive a new long term vision for the Croatian armed forces based on the premise that Croatia should be prepared for NATO membership, [...]	2004-08-27 15:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR NATO
04ZAGREB1592	CROATIA'S UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C): We followed up on reftel A with Ranko Vilovic, Director of the Office for UN Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vilovic said that Prime Minister Ivo Sanader would lead the Croatian delegation to UNGA, although the final composition had not been approved. He said Croatia would f [...]	2004-09-09 06:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1665	CROATIA CONTINUES ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN [...] CROATIA HAS ENGAGED ACTIVELY IN A NUMBER OF NATO-RELATED ACTIVITIES DURING ITS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ADRIATIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION (JULY-DECEMBER 2004) AND HAS A FULL CALENDAR PLANNED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR (SEE PARA 2 BELOW). THE GOC KICKED OFF ITS CHAIRMANSHIP WITH AN INFORMAL PAR [...]	2004-09-20 08:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR HR NATO
04ZAGREB1678	CROATIAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM UNITED AGAINST TROOPS [...] (SBU) President Bush's widely publicized written reply to Ambassador Neven Jurica on Jurica's presentation of credentials has united and solidified Croatia's diverse political parties in opposition to sending troops to Iraq or signing an Article 98 agreement with us. Although some commentator [...]	2004-09-21 11:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1718	CROATIA ORGANIZING FOR PSI PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Head of Cooperative Security Section Drazen Hrastic on September 13 to discuss ref B guidance on how Croatia could enhance its participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative. The GoC hopes to have its PSI interagency process and points of contact settled by the [...]	2004-09-28 21:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KTIA HR NATO
04ZAGREB1759	HUNGARY TAKES OVER AS CROATIA'S NATO CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-06 14:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB178	AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH NEW DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) In his introductory meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Andrija Hebrang, the Ambassador emphasized USG desire to help Croatia in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, our appreciation for the support of the new government to ratify the Intellectual Propert [...]	2004-01-29 14:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO KIPR EAID KHIV HR NATO
04ZAGREB1846	BLUE LANTERN UPDATE FOR CROATIA [...] Embassy Zagreb's principal Blue Lantern contact is Pol-Mil Officer Justin Friedman, tel 385-1-661-2341, fax 385-1-661-2178, email: friedmanj@state.gov. Friedman is expected to depart post in July 2006. 2. Embassy Zagreb uses a team approach for its Blue Lantern checks. Oversight of the [...]	2004-10-22 07:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1976	OPPOSITION SUPPORTS IMPROVED BILATERAL TIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As she did in her meetings with President Stjepan Mesic and PM Ivo Sanader (septel),A/S Beth Jones stressed the importance of Croatia's role in NATO integration and stability in the region when she met November 11 with Social Democratic Party (SDP) president Ivica Raca [...]	2004-11-16 10:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB2001	A/S JONES WELCOMES CROATIAN CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN [...] (SBU) During their November 11 meeting, A/S Beth Jones and Prime Minister Sanader discussed steps to improve regional relations, current and possibly additional Croatian contributions to resolve international crises, and the possibility of signing an Article 98 Agreement. PM Sanader stressed [...]	2004-11-17 15:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB2002	PRESIDENT MESIC KICKS UP DUST ON EUCOM MEMORANDUM [...] (C) President Mesic has kicked up some political dust over the EUCOM Memorandum of Understanding (signed in July) on using Croatian facilities and airspace for bilateral military exercises. Without objecting to the substance of the MoU, Mesic's office has asserted publicly that it was not in [...]	2004-11-17 15:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KTIA PINR HR NATO
04ZAGREB2041	CROATIA: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] In response to reftel, post provides the following, keyed to reftel questions: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: (1) - According to the MOD, military expenditures are audited in various ways. Commanders, heads of units and the Financial Section of the MOD are responsible for [...]	2004-11-24 13:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID MARR HR NATO
04ZAGREB363	CROATIA'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION WOULD BLOCK TROOPS [...] (C) Ambassador Frank discussed a range of issues February 24 with former Prime Minister, SDP President and now opposition leader Ivica Racan, and thanked him for his efforts as Prime Minister to prepare Croatia for future NATO membership. Racan welcomed the thanks but cautioned that his now-o [...]	2004-03-03 10:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR HR NATO
04ZAGREB409	UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) On March 2 Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Croatia and met with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul. The Under Secretary discussed Croatia's participation in the Community of Democracies, the UN Commis [...]	2004-03-10 13:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF KDEM HR NATO
04ZAGREB562	CROATIA: "EXPECT PROGRESS SOON" ON BILAT [...] (SBU) AS INSTRUCTED BY REFTEL, ON MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, WE AGAIN PRESSED RELEVANT MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS FOR A RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST TO NEGOTIATE A BILATERAL SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT TO THE PFP SOFA. 2. (SBU) ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER PJER SIMUNOVIC ASSERTED THAT THE SANADER GOVERNMENT HA [...]	2004-04-01 12:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KTIA HR NATO
04ZAGREB584	ZUZUL: NEW GOVERNMENT PUSHING AHEAD AS FAST AS IT [...] (C) The new Croatian government is doing everything it can to keep its EU and NATO bids on track and forge better ties with the U.S. Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul conveyed confidence in a dinner on April 1 with the Ambassador and EUR/SCE Director Chuck English. He said the Prime Minister's [...]	2004-04-05 15:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
04ZAGREB678	CROATIA PROPOSES CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRAQ, SEEKS [...] SEE ACTION REQUESTS IN PARAS 2 AND 3. 2. (SBU) ON APRIL 16, MFA NATO COORDINATOR PJER SIMUNOVIC TOLD DCM THAT THE GOC HAD DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL TO RESPOND TO SECRETARY RUMSFELD,S REQUEST THAT CROATIA MAKE A SIPDIS CONTRIBUTION TO COALITION EFFORTS IN IRAQ. SIMUNOVIC SAID THE GOC PR [...]	2004-04-19 13:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IZ HR NATO
04ZAGREB71	CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...]	2004-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET	PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO
04ZAGREB781	CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON [...] (U) THE SECRETARY'S BRIEF MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL ON THE MARGINS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE ON ANTI-SEMITISM RECEIVED VERY LITTLE COVERAGE IN THE CROATIAN PRESS. ACCORDING TO VECERNJI LIST, CROATIA'S TOP-CIRCULATION MASS-MARKET DAILY, SECRETARY POWELL TOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT [...]	2004-04-30 13:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC KPAO HR NATO
04ZAGREB834	CROATIAN OFFICIALS REACT TO NATO REVIEW [...] (C) GoC officials were both encouraged and disappointed with their second annual review by NATO's North Atlantic Council of Croatia's progress towards membership. They were encouraged by new optimism about Croatia expressed by many allies, citing that the International Staff's report noted p [...]	2004-05-10 16:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB842	CROATIA HESITANT, BUT WILLING TO EXPAND ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) CROATIA REMAINS HESITANT TO INCLUDE SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAY 19 - 20 ADRIATIC CHARTER PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION MEETING. WE DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO PJER SIMUNOVIC, CROATIA'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR NATO ISSUES. SIMUNOVIC SA [...]	2004-05-12 16:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB923	CROATIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN NATO TOUR TO BRATISLAVA [...] I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE OUTSTANDING SUPPORT PROVIDED DURING THE MAY 4 - 5 VISIT OF FOUR CROATIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS TO BRATISLAVA. THIS TRIP MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNDERSTANDING BY THESE LAWMAKERS OF HOW TO HELP MOVE CROATIA FORWARD TOWARD NATO MEMBER [...]	2004-05-19 14:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB969	FY-04 U.S. SPEAKER EVALUATION-CRS ANALYST PAUL [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: IN 11 PROGRAMS OVER FOUR DAYS (APRIL 28-30 AND MAY 3, 2004),U.S. SPEAKER AND NATO EXPERT PAUL GALLIS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE EXPLAINED U.S. CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS ON NATO AND NATO EXPANSION, ENCOURAGED THE CONTINUATION OF CROATIAN DEFENSE REFORMS, A [...]	2004-05-27 07:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP HR NATO
04ZAGREB978	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS CROATIA [...] (C) In a brief visit to Zagreb on May 26, NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer "left a message of encouragement" for Croatia to move forward toward qualifying for an invitation to join the Alliance by making concrete progress in NATO's Membership Action Plan. In an outbrief to [...]	2004-05-27 16:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL HR NATO
05ABUDHABI2816	UAE REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN NATO'S ICI [...] (C) The UAEG on June 14 formally notified the NATO SecGen of its interest in participating in NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). NATO's approval of the request would mean the UAE would join Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar as ICI partners. Assuming NATO brings the UAE into [...]	2005-06-21 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER SA IR AF IZ NATO TC
05ALMATY3929	KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches in an October 27 meeting with Kazakhstani FM Tokayev. Tokayev indicated that the GOK was considering providing a field hospital in the context of the Geneva conference (Ref B). He promised to raise the issue of providing spare parts and/or maintenance [...]	2005-11-01 06:01:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS NATO POLITICAL
05ALMATY4263	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA RESPONSE ON MI-8 AND MI-17 SPARE [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Post received a diplomatic note on November 23 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Informal Embassy translation of letter follows: Letter No. 09-2-1/4676 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan presents its compliments to the Emba [...]	2005-12-01 05:15:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS NATO POLITICAL
05AMMAN340	NATO SYG VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) NATO Secretary General Scheffer briefed NATO Chiefs of Mission on January 13 on his visit to Jordan, part of his effort to pursue contacts with Mediterranean Partner countries. In meetings with King Abdullah, the Jordan Armed Forces Chief of Staff (JAF COS),and Deputy Prime Minister Mua [...]	2005-01-13 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS JO IZ NATO
05ANKARA2058	NTM-I: TURKEY CONSIDERS SENDING TRAINERS, BUT [...] (C) Turkey is mulling over whether to send trainers to Iraq under NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),but is clearly disappointed that the Iraqis have so far resisted coming here for training. End summary. 2. (C) On April 7, PolMilCouns discussed the current status of Turkey's contribution [...]	2005-04-08 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL TU IZ NATO
05ANKARA2060	TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL: "NATO INVOLVEMENT IN THE [...] (C) Turkey shares with us the goal of eventual NATO involvement in the Black Sea, an MFA official told us April 7. At BLACKSEAFOR's March 31 senior officials meeting, the members agreed on a common threat assessment and agreed that it would be beneficial to build some ties with outside states [...]	2005-04-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU NATO
05ANKARA2324	"OUR VIEWS ARE THE SAME AS YOURS," TURKISH IRAQ [...] (C) Turkey almost entirely shares our views on Iraq, GOT Special Envoy Koruturk told Senior Adviser and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Amb. Richard Jones on April 19. Amb. Jones outlined for the Turks our approach over the coming year, including providing support for the Iraqi Security Forces (I [...]	2005-04-25 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD TU IZ NATO
05ANKARA2332	ISAF: TURKS SAY CAVEATS ARE BASED ON NATO PLANNING [...] (C) The Turkish military has told us that many of the national caveats on its ISAF forces are based on the ISAF Operations Plan (OPLAN) and other NATO requirements. Turkey will not remove its caveats, but would support changes in the OPLAN and AOR to meet Alliance needs. End summary. 2. ( [...]	2005-04-25 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU NATO
05ANKARA2672	TURKEY MAY AGREE TO INFORMAL NATO-EU MINISTERIAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: At NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer's reported request, Turkey may soon agree to biannual NATO-EU informal meetings in order to move forward on NATO-EU cooperation. MFA officials told us May 6 that FonMin Gul has agreed in principle to this idea, but has not formally signed off as yet [...]	2005-05-09 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU CY MT NATO EUN
05ANKARA2697	NATO-EU: FONMIN GUL AGREES TO BIANNUAL INFORMAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU CY MT NATO EUN
05ANKARA2831	CFE: TURKEY ASKS FOR YET ANOTHER REVISION TO DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) MFA Disarmament and Arms Control officer M. Selcuk Sancar called in PolMilOff on May 17 to inform us that the GOT is requesting one additional change to the draft CFE Host Country Agreement Text. Sancar reported that the MFA's lega [...]	2005-05-18 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE PREL TU NATO
05ANKARA2891	AEGEAN: TURKEY MULLS NO LONGER FILING FLIGHT [...] (C/NF) Turkey is considering ceasing filing flight information with NATO for military flights over the Aegean, an MFA official told us May 20. TGS contacts confirm this. Mounting Turkish frustration with Greece's public relations and diplomatic efforts to paint the Turks as aggressors--along [...]	2005-05-20 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL TU GR NATO
05ANKARA3198	TURKEY CONSIDERING NATO AIRLIFT FOR AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) On June 6, PolMilOff called on MFA NATO Military Affairs Head of Department Alper Coskun to discuss ref a demarche. Coskun responded that Turkey wants to approach this issue constructively. He said that Turkey understands that this would not be a Berlin-plus operation, but he cautioned i [...]	2005-06-08 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SU TU NATO
05ANKARA3413	TURKEY SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE ROBUSTLY TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) PolMilCouns and PolMilOff met with MFA officials June 14 and 15 to follow up on PM Erdogan's comments in the U.S. the week of June 5 that Turkey wants to do more to ensure the stability of Afghanistan after it relinquishes command of ISAF VII in August. Both MFA Deputy Director General for [...]	2005-06-15 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU NATO
05ANKARA4013	TURKS DENY GO IT ALONE POLICY IN THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: An MFA official and a Turkish admiral admitted to us June 30 that RADM Kadir Sagdic's comments on the margins of a Harvard Black Sea Security Conference earlier that month (ref A) were "extreme" and did not reflect GOT policy. They credited his comments to personal views prompted [...]	2005-07-10 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON EU RO TU NATO
05ANKARA4070	DARFUR/NATO: FURTHER DETAILS ON TURKISH AIRLIFT [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on COL Halit Yilmaz, TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief, to discuss Turkish airlift support for Darfur. Yilmaz confirmed that Turkey will provide one C130 from Sept. 20-29. Its mission--along with the Danes--will be to lift equipment from Kenya and/or Chad to Darfur to [...]	2005-07-13 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU SU NATO EUN
05ANKARA4095	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE WORKING OUT SHARED COMMAND [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief COL Halit Yilmaz to discuss Turkey's plans to contribute to security in Afghanistan after its ISAF VII command ends next month (see ref a). Yilmaz confirmed that the Turkish and French militaries are working on a formula for how to [...]	2005-07-14 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA4688	CFE: TURKEY SUBMITS REVISED TEXT INCORPORATING USG [...] This is an action request. Post received via Diplomatic Note on Aug. 4 Turkey's latest proposed text for a CFE Host Country Agreement for implementing Treaty inspections. The proposed text appears to replicate the draft protocol text contained in reftel A, including the Article IV changes pr [...]	2005-08-11 06:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KCFE PREL TU NATO
05ANKARA4765	TURKISH VIEWS ON RENEWAL OF ISAF'S UN MANDATE AND [...] (C) Polmilcouns raised ISAF's UN mandate with MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan on August 11 as instructed ref A. Ceylan said that some offices within MFA had been discussing the use of force, mandates and international legitimacy recently. His office has argued that [...]	2005-08-12 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF TU IZ NATO UNSC
05ANKARA4781	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE TO HOLD MIL-MIL TALKS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 9 that a French military team would arrive in Ankara within days to hold talks with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on the modalities of the proposed shared command of ISAF Central Regi [...]	2005-08-15 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA5317	SECRETARY'S INVITATION DELIVERED TO TURKISH FM [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU OPDC TU NATO
05ANKARA5845	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK [...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...]	2005-09-30 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO
05ANKARA6230	UKRAINE MUNITIONS: TURKEY WILL URGE UKRAINE TO [...] (SBU) On Oct. 3, PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Political Affairs Atilla Gunay to deliver ref a demarche. Gunay responded that Turkey will indeed urge the Ukrainian government to finalize the NATO-PfP Trust Fund implementing agreement with the NATO Maintenance and Supply [...]	2005-10-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS UP TU NATO
05ANKARA6323	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE AGREE TO SHARED COMMAND OF [...] On Oct. 18, PolMilOff discussed with COL Yakub Battal of the TGS J3 the state of play of negotiations between France and Turkey on their proposal to jointly command ISAF's Kabul Multinational Brigade beginning in mid-2006. Battal reported that France and Turkey have reached agreement, and woul [...]	2005-10-19 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO
05ANKARA6449	TURKEY CONSIDERING SUPPORTING PAK MI-17 HELICOPTER [...] (C/rel NATO) PolMilCouns raised Pakistan's urgent need for MI-17 parts with MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Fatih Ceylan on Oct. 26. Noting that Turkey was doing its utmost to assist Pakistan in this time of need, Ceylan promised a prompt response. Turkey would do what it could, he [...]	2005-10-26 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS PK TU NATO
05ANKARA6669	TURKEY UNABLE TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAKISTANI MI-17 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-10 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS TU PK NATO
05ANKARA6751	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...]	2005-11-16 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN
05ANKARA7061	NAC COMMUNIQUE/MOLDOVA: TURKS SUPPORT "EITHER" [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed reftel demarche with Gulin Dinc, MFA Chief of Section for NATO Political Affairs, early Dec. Â [...]	2005-12-01 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM PREL KCFE TU
05BAGHDAD2608	NON-COALITION NATO ALLIES, ACCESS TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) REFTEL A registers our skepticism concerning the security argument underlying French Ambassador to Iraq Bajolet's request for DoD cardholders' slightly expedited access to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). We would be loathe to issue such cards, or similarly effective senior-grade MNF [...]	2005-06-20 08:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PTER PREL ASEC IZ NATO
05BAGHDAD4506	ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]	2005-11-03 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BERLIN65	BUILDING ON NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: GERMANY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on January 6 MFA Deputy NATO director Herbert Beck assured Embassy that Germany will continue to push other NATO allies increase their contributions to ISAF. When asked if he thought Germany would be able to persuade the Spaniards to provide a PRT in Qala-e [...]	2005-01-07 16:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF GM NATO
05BRATISLAVA135	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Parliament approved a new, additional mandate February 10 for Slovakia's participation in the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The GOS will initially send two MOD trainers to Iraq and an additional three at the first troop rotation. The MOD sent the first trainers to Italy to prep [...]	2005-02-17 07:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IZ CU LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA236	RECENT POLLS: SLOVAKS MORE POSITIVE ON NATO [...] (U) 60.8 percent of Slovaks view the country,s NATO entry as a good decision. The OMV polling agency and the Institute of Political Science at the Slovak Academy of Sciences carried out the February 3-10 poll which had a sample of 2,221 respondents. The OMV polling agency indicated mostly un [...]	2005-03-21 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA315	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP APRIL 20, 2005 [...] (U) ANO leader and Minister of Economy Pavol Rusko announced April 11 that State Secretary of the Education Ministry Frantisek Toth (ANO) will resign his post and take up the position of Culture Minister currently held by Rudolf Chmel (ANO). Toth's replacement at the Education Ministry is sti [...]	2005-04-20 08:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LO UP NATO
05BRATISLAVA356	SLOVAK DEFENSE REFORM UPDATE [...] (U) The draft law on the state service of professional soldiers requires Slovak soldiers to deploy where they are ordered. Currently, conscripts cannot be sent abroad and only professional soldiers who volunteer may be sent out of country. Financial, career, and personal incentives continue [...]	2005-05-06 16:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA49	SLOVAKS UNOPPOSED TO OEF-ISAF MERGER [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-28 09:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA693	SLOVAKIA AGREES WITH ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 11:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO NATO UNSC
05BRATISLAVA801	SLOVAKIA WILL ENCOURAGE UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 12:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS LO NATO

05BRATISLAVA831	EUR PDAS KURT VOLKER'S MEETING WITH V-10 POLDIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 8 meeting with V-10 PolDirs, visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker heard frank and honest opinions -- and some colorful discussion -- about the current status of the transatlantic partnership. The PolDirs, who noted that such a meeting could never have been pulled to [...]	2005-10-08 20:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU IZ BO LO NATO RU
05BRATISLAVA860	Country Clearance granted for Stuart Seldowitz [...] Embassy Bratislava welcomes D/PolAd Stuart Seldowitz and grants country clearance for the period of October 26-28, 2005. The embassy control officer for your visit is Lora Berg, CAO, tel: 421 2 5922 3083; cellphone: 421 903 721 174. Assisting Ms. Berg will be Aaron Chase, POL/MIL, tel: 421 2 [...]	2005-10-21 15:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP LO NATO
05BRUSSELS1727	NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary General Kobieracki, met with EU General Secretariat SIPDIS and EU Military Staff (EUMS) members led by Director General for ESDP, Pieter Feith in the EU's Kortenb [...]	2005-05-03 14:41:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2345	BRUSSELS SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Europe is still in turmoil as a result of the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the European constitution. As expected, European leaders have turned inward as they struggle to look responsive to public discontent with their leadership. The debates at their June 16-17 summit r [...]	2005-06-17 10:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO IQ USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2642	CUTTING THROUGH THE NATO-EU KNOT [...] (U) This is a joint USEU-USNATO message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) It remains in the interest of the United States to continue to lead in NATO while building an ever-stronger partnership with the EU, notwithstanding recent tensions between the two organizations. Doing so is [...]	2005-07-11 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS284	COORDINATOR FOR AFGHANISTAN QUINN MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 20, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a joint State/Department of Defense team met with European Council Director General Robert Cooper and European Commission South Asia Head of Unit Julian Wilson. Cooper said he is markedly more optimistic ab [...]	2005-01-21 17:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF NATO USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1063	BLACK SEA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROMANIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. An April 20 conference on strategic opportunities in the Black Sea region permitted Romanian President Basescu to highlight his view that democratic stability, security, and prosperity in the region depended on Euro-Atlantic cooperation. He also emphasized that Romanian strategi [...]	2005-04-29 13:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PINS ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1270	ROMANIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RESURGENT BLACK [...] (U) This is an Action Request for the State Department. See Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. GOR interlocutors who handle Black Sea issues express appreciation for U.S. views on Romania's possible contributions to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and the Romania-organized Black [...]	2005-05-31 12:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1350	ROMANIA SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PFP PROJECT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR seeks financial support from the USG for participation as a "co-lead country" in a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) trust fund project in the Republic of Moldova to destroy chemicals and pesticides. Post includes a nonpaper that outlines the GOR request. End Summary. [...]	2005-06-13 11:12:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM MOPS MD RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1402	ROMANIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar told PolOff in a June 16 discussion regarding Romanian support for the South East Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) that a U.S. contribution to SEEBRIG of USD 1 million this year as part of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),would constitute "us [...]	2005-06-21 07:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF RO NATO
05BUCHAREST1427	ROMANIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CFE TREATY ISSUES [...] (SBU) MFA Strategic Policy Director General Cristian Istrate and NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar discussed with PolChief and PolOff June 9 Romanian concerns regarding the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Subsequent to the June 9 meeting, Maghiar provided a nonpaper (set [...]	2005-06-23 13:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MARR MOPS PGOV PREL MD GG RO NATO CFE
05BUCHAREST1432	TURKISH ADMIRAL REAFFIRMS GO IT ALONE POLICY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 7-10 Black Sea Security Conference held in Chisinau, Moldova, the Turkish delegate repeated previous GOT comments that Turkey alone has the capacity to ensure security within the Black Sea region. Regarding future NATO activities in the region, he stated that wit [...]	2005-06-24 12:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL ECON EU RO MD NATO
05BUCHAREST212	ROMANIA PROPOSES "INTEGRATED APPROACH" FOR BLACK [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry officials met with Embassy officers January 19 to discuss the GOR's proposals for an "integrated approach for security cooperation in the Black Sea region." Romania envisages an expanded NATO role in the region and mirrors its proposed stra [...]	2005-01-24 14:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO
05BUCHAREST229	TEXT OF ROMANIA'S "INTEGRATED APPROACH" PROPOSAL [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry delivered to Embassy officers January 19 an outline classified by the Romanians as "confidential" and titled "A Basis for an Integrated Approach for Security Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. Building Synergy Among Various Initiatives." Post reproduces below the t [...]	2005-01-25 15:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO
05BUCHAREST477	ROMANIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PSI OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - AND CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BLACKSEAFOR EXPANSION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 15:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	BU GG MARR MASS MNUC NATO PARM PGOV PINS PREL RO RS TU UP
05BUCHAREST490	ROMANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NATO TOURS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Bucharest nominates the following five Romanian policymakers plus one American escort for a single country program for policymakers. Post requests that the program be scheduled anytime this fiscal year except July - August 2005; would appreciate confirmation of program date ASAP. Pos [...]	2005-02-28 15:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SCUL RO NATO
05BUCHAREST566	ROMANIAN REACTION TO NATO TRUST FUND TO DESTROY [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian support for a U.S.-led NATO/Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Fund to destroy Ukrainian munitions, SA/LW and MANPADS with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar March 2. (Reftel) Maghiar stated that the GOR would "seriously consider" supporting the [...]	2005-03-07 15:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP MD RO NATO
05BUCHAREST658	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...]	2005-03-16 15:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO
05BUCHAREST913	INITIAL ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ISAF CAVEATS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed Romanian "national caveats" on Romanian forces participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan April 11 with Mihaela Matei, Director of the MOD's Strategic Affairs Directorate (Ref). Pursuant to Reftel instructions, PolMilOff addr [...]	2005-04-13 06:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF RO NATO
05BUCHAREST938	ROMANIA SATISFIED WITH BLACKSEAFOR OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary. Romania is satisfied with the results of the recent BLACKSEAFOR meeting, which includes an agreement allowing Black Sea states to work with non-BLACKSEAFOR states and organizations in the region, and activates the BLACKSEAFOR mission control structure for a period of one year, al [...]	2005-04-15 11:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG IP RO NATO RU
05CAIRO3839	EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to Syria's inclusion in the Iraq Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting planned for June 1-2 in Cairo. Shukry replied that excluding Syria would be diplomatical [...]	2005-05-19 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO
05DUBLIN1311	IRISH OFFER CASH FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 21, POL/ECON CHIEF DISCUSSED IRISH AID TO PAKISTAN WITH COLM O'FLOINN, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) SECURITY POLICY DIRECTOR, AND DAVID LEAHY, FIRST SECRETARY. THEY SAID THAT IRELAND AT THIS TIME WAS PROVIDING SIPDIS CASH, NOT DONATIONS IN KIND. THEY THUS HAVE NO CURR [...]	2005-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR NATO EAID ASEC MASS PGOV EI
05DUBLIN455	IRELAND SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND OECD [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-15 16:16:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT EFIN ECON ETRD OECD NATO
05HELSINKI590	U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met with Finland's Interior Minister, Kari Rajamaki, on April 26 in Helsinki. Rajamaki told them that Finland was just beginning its preparations for its fall 2006 EU Presidency; [...]	2005-05-26 07:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU
05HELSINKI988	FINLAND'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SPAR OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: The unofficial opening rounds of Finland's presidential campaign appear to indicate that European and trans-Atlantic security issues could become central themes. Conservative Party candidate Niinisto has advocated that Finland embrace European security guarantee mechanisms and [...]	2005-09-16 07:51:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR FI NATO
05ISLAMABAD16063	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...]	2005-10-26 02:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN
05KUWAIT1175	KUWAIT COMMITTED TO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed Al-Murad described the March 18 NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting as "excellent." He welcomed NATO's outreach to Arab nations an [...]	2005-03-23 03:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KU NATO
05KUWAIT1450	NATO, ICI, AND KUWAIT - A WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post read with interest NATO's cable on the March 18 Rome ICI meeting. We agree with SYG de Hoop Scheffer's recommendation that the relationship be developed at a practical measured pace. NATO offerings that are likely to be most attractive and most useful to Kuwait would be tra [...]	2005-04-11 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KU XF NATO
05KUWAIT3091	NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES IN KUWAIT OUTLINE PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Vincenzo Prati hosted July 6 the first meeting of NATO member countries in Kuwait, providing a general introduction to the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and explaining the role of NATO Contact Point Embassies (CPEs). The Italian Embassy is the CPE f [...]	2005-07-12 06:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV KU NATO
05KUWAIT4231	KUWAIT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AT NATO'S SLOW PACE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. NATO member embassies held a second Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting September 28 at the Italian Embassy. The meeting was chaired by Italian Ambassador Vincenzo Prati, and in attendance were the Chiefs and D [...]	2005-09-28 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER IR IZ KU NATO
05KUWAIT4424	GOK APPROVES NATO REQUEST FOR TANK SHIPMENTS, [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15,Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah agreed to a NATO request to accept Iraq-bound T-72 tanks at a Kuwait port but registered strong GOK concern about the substance and optics of the shipment. "We will give approval, but [...]	2005-10-15 15:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU NATO
05LJUBLJANA11	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS: On 06 January, Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Head of NATO Department Stanislav Vidovic. DATT and Pol-Miloff delivered reftel points to MoD Director for Defense Policy Uros Krek later the same day. Both Krek and Vidovic reiterated FoMin [...]	2005-01-07 08:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA126	SLOVENIA: MFA SHEDS LIGHT ON ISAF AND NTM-I [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an unrelated demarche on 22 February, DCM and Pol-Miloff pressed MFA Security Policy Department Head Borut Mahnic for more information about Slovenian decisions to send officers to an ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and military trainers to a third country under [...]	2005-02-24 06:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA235	SLOVENIA IN ISAF: NO CAVEATS AND POSSIBLY MORE [...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points on 08 April to Stanislav Vidovic and Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek in the MFA Security Policy Department, noting in particular that Slovenia's "no caveats" policy for its ISAF troops allowed Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers to be among the first [...]	2005-04-08 10:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PREL MARR SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA576	RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE [...] (C) On August 9, PolMil Off met with MFA Security Policy Division staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek to deliver reftel points. Cimpersek noted that Slovenia thought of ISAF and CFC-A integration as inevitable, but that Slovenia did not want to commit itself to a final decision on ISAF's mandate [...]	2005-08-10 08:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA587	RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE: SLOVENIA OFFERS [...] (C) On July 12, MFA Security Division staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek informed PolMil Off that she wished to clarify her previous comments (reported ref B) to note that Slovenia considered the current ISAF mandate broad enough to allow for ISAF-OEF integration and the realization of ISAF's se [...]	2005-08-12 05:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA748	SLOVENIA: COM MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER, ITF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18, COM met with International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF) Director Dorijan Marsic to discuss the possibility of sending demining trainers and Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) specialists to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). Marsic indicated that ITF was [...]	2005-10-24 07:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS ECON PGOV PREL SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA831	SLOVENIA ON NAC COMMUNIQUE AND U.S. CONCERNS [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on December 1, 2005 to MFA Security Policy Department Deputy Director Oto Pungartnik and staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Pungartnik said he was surprised the discussion of the language on CFE/Istanbul Commitments had even been broached at the HLTF and [...]	2005-12-01 07:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL SI NATO
05LJUBLJANA92	SLOVENIA: INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS EXPECTED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on COM's recent conversations with PM Janez Jansa and DefMin Karl Erjavec, the snapshot below provides new information about Slovenian contributions for Iraq and Afghanistan and summarizes what we have reported piecemeal in recent weeks. Slovenia may offer five or more [...]	2005-02-10 11:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SI NATO
05MADRID109	SPAIN: NO DECISION YET ON ISAF STAGE II [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy National Security Adviser Maria Jesus Alonso on 1/11, following up on recent Embassy calls on Alonso and other GOS officials to encourage Spanish participation in ISAF Stage II through leadership of a PRT. Poloff stressed the importance of the issue to t [...]	2005-01-12 16:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1141	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]	2005-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1317	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 11:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO SP EUN NATO VZ
05MADRID1477	SPANISH CONGRESS' FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Rafael Estrella, Socialist spokesperson on Congress's Foreign Affairs Committee (committee chairman equivalent) told us that he believes relations have "completely normalized" between the U.S. and Spain. According to Estrella, Spain's engagement with Venezuela should not pose an obstacle [...]	2005-04-15 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP NATO
05MADRID1688	SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL RUSSIAN OECD MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Econoff discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Multilateral Economic Relations Pablo Montesino-Espartero on April 27. SubDG Montesino discussed Spain's position with Spanish Ambassador to the OECD Fernando Ballestero Diaz prior to the discussion w [...]	2005-04-29 15:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT EFIN ECON ETRD RS SP OECD NATO
05MADRID1693	SPAIN: ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Spanish Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said they will reevaluate the caveats placed on their forces in Afghanistan in light of Spain's new missions there: leading a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Current caveats on Spanish operations in Afghanistan will bec [...]	2005-05-04 07:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1751	SPAIN: RESPONSE ON CIVILIAN COMPONENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 13:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID191	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Marueen E. Quinn, Kurt E. Amend, USN Commander Debra Maddrell and Worth S. Anderson to travel to Madrid, January 25-26, to consult with the EU and key NATO allies regarding the role of the international community in Afghanista [...]	2005-01-19 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL SP NATO
05MADRID2186	SPANISH RESPONSE TO AFRICAN UNION AIRLIFT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Spain has opted to go the European Union route in offering assistance to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). Spain has donated two small tactical transport planes to the AU as part of the EU effort, and has lent along with the planes Spanish pilots and maintenance workers [...]	2005-06-08 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP SU NATO
05MADRID2353	SPAIN'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY STILL CONSIDERING [...] This is an action message. USAID, Please see paragraph 3. 2. Econoff met June 17 with Deputy Director for Africa and Asia Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil at Spain's Development Agency (AECI) to discuss AECI's planning for the Spanish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at Qal-i-now. Diaz said [...]	2005-06-17 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV MOPS AF SP NATO
05MADRID3253	MADRID'S DELEGATE TO POL-MIL CONFERENCE [...] Post designates PolMilOff Rob Allison as its participant for the upcoming USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference and thanks USEU and USNATO for hosting such a useful event. 2. Biodata requested in reftel follows: -- Rob Allison -- Pol-Mil Officer/2nd Secretary -- 19 Aug 1971 -- TS clearance -- ( [...]	2005-09-14 15:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT NATO
05MADRID3691	SPAIN PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR NATO RESPONSE FORCE [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 21 with MOD Deputy Director for Defense Policy Admiral Enrique Perez Ramirez and Spain's Defense Counselor to NATO CAPT Gonzalo Rodriguez. They said that Spain recognizes the urgency of the situation and is prepared to fully support whatever NATO [...]	2005-10-21 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK SP NATO
05MADRID395	SPAIN ON AFGHANISTAN, ISAF STAGE II CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Afghanistan Maureen Quinn, accompanied by Department of Defense, JCS, and State Department officers met with Spanish MOD, MFA and Presidency officials on 1/26 to discuss Spain's commitment to lead a PRT in western Afghanistan. Just before Ambassador Quinn's arrival, the [...]	2005-02-02 16:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
05MINSK1312	Belarus Unlikely to Help Pakistan with Mi-17 Parts [...] On October 27, Emboffs delivered reftel information to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS). Deputy MChS Minister Boris Baringolts said it was doubtful Belarus could supply the needed parts as his ministry had difficulty keeping its own h [...]	2005-10-27 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PK PREF NATO MASS BO
05MINSK1359	Belarus Reneges on SA/LW Destruction; De-mining on Track [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk previously asked the OSCE for help securing stockpiles of excess Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW),and in their destruction. Several OSCE missions, following the UK's lead, were ready to contribute. Now, however, Minsk has withdrawn its offer to destroy excess SA/LW, [...]	2005-11-08 13:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV MASS OSCE NATO BO
05OTTAWA1410	CANADA ON ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) Though Canada has not/not provided a formal response to ref b demarche, the GOC's position on ISAF-related caveats was discussed on the margins of the April 27 US-Canada polmil talks. Paul Chapin, Director General for Security Policy at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) explained that the cavea [...]	2005-05-10 19:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF CA NATO FAC
05OTTAWA1487	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) In a diplomatic note (No. IDR0258) dated May 17, 2005, Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) provided a formal response to our demarche on ISAF caveats (ref (c)),delivered April 5,2005. Text follows: 2. (C) Begin text. Canada recognizes the potentially detrimental effect national caveats ca [...]	2005-05-17 19:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF CA NATO
05OTTAWA1497	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: CIVILIAN COMPONENTS OF PRTS [...] (C) Post delivered ref demarche to Foreign Affairs Canada on May 5; however, it is only recently that we have been able to reach officers in the North American and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Relations Division (IDR). Our key contacts have been unavailable due to a convergence of travel [...]	2005-05-18 16:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF CA NATO
05OTTAWA1697	DEMARCHE REQUEST: NATO: AIRLIFT TO THE AFRICAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche points on Friday, June 3, to Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) Sudan Task Force Director Wendy Gilmour and NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart. FAC forwarded the points to the NATO policy office at National Defence. Promising us a "more definitive answer" late [...]	2005-06-06 14:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SU CA NATO
05OTTAWA2462	RENEWAL OF ISAF MANDATE: CANADA ON SAME PAGE BUT [...] (C) Polmiloff met with Director of North American and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Relations Division (IDR) Director Barbara Martin and staff on August 11 to discuss renewal of ISAF,s mandate. Though Canada has not started to examine the matter in detail (NOTE: summer cottage season is [...]	2005-08-16 13:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL CA NATO UNSC
05OTTAWA3173	CANADA TO FOLD DART UNDER NATO UMBRELLA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-24 16:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK CA NATO
05OTTAWA3372	NAFTA CHAPTER 11: SUN BELT WATER REQUESTS [...] (SBU) Post has received the following letter regarding Sun Belt Water's Nafta Chapter 11 dispute with the government of Canada. Note: Sun Belt is Claimant C in the 527 Report to Congress on investment disputes. End note. The original letter and the accompanying CD, which we have not viewe [...]	2005-11-10 20:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD CA NATO
05OTTAWA3578	CANADA: CONCURS ON STRONG LANGUAGE FOR [...] (C) Polmiloff conveyed reftel concerns to Isabelle Poupart, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for NATO and OSCE, the morning of December 1. Poupart was taken aback by USG perception that Canada was "reluctant to endorse" the proposed text on Moldova, indicating that such a posture would contrav [...]	2005-12-02 21:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE CA NATO
05PARIS1041	STOCKTAKING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENCY DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: DCM spoke with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) February 17 to review French position on key issues in advance of President Bush's February 21 meeting with President Chirac and the subsequent meetings with NATO and EU leaders. Gourdault-Monta [...]	2005-02-17 18:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR SY IR LE NATO
05PARIS1085	ADDITIONAL FRENCH THOUGHTS FOR NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Presidency advisors preparing for next week's February 22 NATO summit told us that the EU -- not NATO - is best placed to handle police and gendarme training for the Iraqis. In line with the comments made by French Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne [...]	2005-02-18 19:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1511	PARIS RESPONSE, SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-08 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UP ETTC MARR MOPS PREL NATO
05PARIS1823	MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...]	2005-03-18 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN
05PARIS2444	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: FRANCE OPPOSED TO CAVEATS, BUT [...] (C) We conveyed on April 4 reftel points requesting that France lift its ISAF caveats to Camille Grand, Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, and to Xavier Chatel, NATO-ISAF desk officer at the MFA. They both observed that France is in principle opposed to caveats and pointed to French NATO [...]	2005-04-11 17:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS2863	EU CONSTITUTION DOMINATES AGENDA OF FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Chancellor Schroeder used the fifth meeting of the Council of Franco-German ministers to support Chirac's efforts to highlight the benefits of the EU to a skeptical French public in the run-up to the French May 29 referendum on the draft EU constitutional tr [...]	2005-04-27 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS3146	DARFUR: FRENCH PREFER EU MISSION, BUT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official confirmed France's preference for an EU assistance mission to the African Union (AU) in Darfur. While the French approach is still evolving, MFA officials believe the EU should continue to build on its existing assistance efforts to the AU (AMIS). Towards th [...]	2005-05-10 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SU FR NATO EUN
05PARIS3379	FRANCE APOLOGIZES FOR MIX-UP BARRING U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) A wrong call by a low-level French official was quickly reversed when we brought it to the attention of the MOD and MFA. At issue was the participation of Col. Ernest Herold, Chief of the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation, in the annual study trip sponsored by the Direction Generale [...]	2005-05-17 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR CH FR NATO
05PARIS3401	IRAQ: POTENTIAL PROGRESS ON FRANCE'S GENDARME [...] C) During the course of a meeting with MOD contacts on May 13, we learned that Iraq has responded to France's bilateral offer to train Iraqi security forces, which President Chirac had conveyed to then IIG President Yawer last January. According to Captain Devaux, a MOD desk officer for NATO i [...]	2005-05-18 12:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ FR EUN NATO
05PARIS3491	FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...]	2005-05-20 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO
05PARIS357	NATO/AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH UNDECIDED ON STAGE II [...] (C) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche for building on NATO foreign minister's meeting, French officials have reiterated their reservations on Provisional Reconstruction Teams (PRT) and are holding off on taking a decision to contribute a quick response force (QRF) for Stage II Forward Supp [...]	2005-01-19 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF FR NATO
05PARIS488	THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN: SYNERGY NOT INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on January 21 and 22, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a State, Department of Defense/OSD and JCS team met with several representatives from the French MFA, MOD and Elysee (President's office) to discuss the French outlook and comm [...]	2005-01-27 10:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF FR NATO
05PARIS4909	French Journalist NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia [...] SUMMARY: Paris Public Affairs nominated senior foreign editor Alain Louyot from weekly center-right news magazine l'Express [circulation 548,195] for the June 13-17 NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia. Louyot's article, "Norfolk: The Antiterrorist Armada" appeared in the July 11-17 issue of the mag [...]	2005-07-15 13:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS5043	DEMARCHE REQUEST: NATO BUDGET CEILINGS [...] (SBU) Reftel points were delivered to MFA DAS-equivalent director for Strategic Affairs Francois Carrel-Billiard and NATO budget and personnel desk officer Xavier Chatel and separately to MOD deputy diplomatic advisor in the Minister's Cabinet Camille Grand on the 18th and 19th of July respect [...]	2005-07-20 16:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC MARR NATO
05PARIS5608	GOF: ISAF U.N. MANDATE STRONG ENOUGH AS IS; [...] (C) On August 9 poloff spoke with MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer, Cyril Gerardon, who said that the MFA was still studying the mandate in conjunction with MOD officials to determine what changes, if any, would need to be made. On August 18 poloff met with Alexandra Novosseloff of the MOD offic [...]	2005-08-19 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL FR NATO UNSC
05PARIS6033	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DIRECTOR BRIATTA [...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S equivalent Briatta told A/S Fried September 2 that he was "reasonably optimistic" that the EU could work out a declaration on Turkey that would allow accession negotiations to begin as scheduled on October 3, so long as the Greeks and Cypriots did not insist on new [...]	2005-09-07 07:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR TU EUN NATO
05PARIS6113	EUR A/S FRIED AND GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Dan Fried met with German Political Director Michael Schaefer September 1 in Paris, just prior to the latter's departure for the EU's Gymnich in Cardiff. Schaefer noted the EU3 considered the Paris Agreement negotiations to have ended, given that Iran had resumed conversion ac [...]	2005-09-09 09:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS6125	EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...]	2005-09-09 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU
05PARIS6335	EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...]	2005-09-16 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE
05PARIS6694	FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND [...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...]	2005-09-29 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6934	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...]	2005-10-07 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6985	FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO U.S. DEMARCHE IS [...] (C) In his October 6 and 7 meetings in Paris with MFA A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre and MOD Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot, EUR/PDAS Kurt Volker raised the SEEBRIG deployment to Afghanistan under ISAF. The intial French reaction was positive, although our [...]	2005-10-11 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS7329	NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN - FRANCE ALSO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AEMR EAID MASS PREF FR EUN NATO
05PARIS8029	NATO - FRENCH STILL RETICENT ON USE OF NAC-R [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, MOD Strategic Affairs officer Colonel Creux provided a very positive readout of Strategic Affairs Director Jean Ponton d'Amecourt's October 31 meetings at the Pentagon, the NSC, and the Department. While outstanding issues remain with the Pentagon, most notably the [...]	2005-11-25 14:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8071	NATO TOUR FOR YOUNG FRENCH POLITICAL LEADERS - OCTOBER 13-14, 2005 [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]	2005-11-29 09:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8128	Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]	2005-11-30 14:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8172	NAC COMMUNIQUE: DESPITE RESERVATIONS, FRANCE IS [...] (C) On December 1, we delivered ref A points to Arnaud Roux, MFA Counselor following the CFE/Istanbul discussions and who also will be present at the NAC on December 2. Roux confirmed that he was aware of the debate on the use of "either" versus "or" paragraph proposals. He expressed some su [...]	2005-12-01 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE FR NATO
05PARIS8613	U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO
05PRAGUE1222	ISAF: CZECHS AGREE ON MANDATE, BUT CAUTIOUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 06:16:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF EZ NATO UNSC
05PRAGUE1535	CZECHS REVIEWING MI-17 PARTS REQUEST FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Pol-mil Off delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Oct 27. The Czechs do have MI-17s in their inventory. Balek had not heard Pakistan planned to ask NATO for MI-17 parts. He said the GOCR would examine the request carefully. CABANISS [...]	2005-10-27 11:23:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS EZ NATO
05PRAGUE169	CZECH ON FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION; POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT raised ref A points on future of Iraq coalition with Czech MFA and MOD Security Policy Departments. The Czechs welcomed the information provided about current thinking on the coalition. They noted, of course, that the Czech parliament had just approved the ext [...]	2005-02-07 08:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ EZ NATO
05RABAT1810	GOM EXPLORES USG INTEREST IN NATO DOCUMENTATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) On the margins of a meeting with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim on August 26, and drawing on Reftel, Poloffs inquired about Morocco's stated offer to establish a NATO documentation center in Rabat. Halim said that he was aware [...]	2005-08-26 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL XF MR MO NATO
05ROME1222	NATO-AFGHANISTAN:ITALY WILL CONSIDER DROPPING [...] (C) On April 12, PolMilOff conveyed Reftel points requesting that Italy lift its ISAF caveat to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi and to MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Brauzzi, who has the lead on NATO issues, immediately asked the Italian military Joint Operational Command (C [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1633	GDPR: ITALIAN BASING FOR SOF IN ITALIAN PRESS - [...] (S) Summary. In early May, Italian papers picked up the March Stars and Stripes story citing SACEUR General Jones' comment that US European Special Forces (SOF) would be consolidated in Sigonella, Italy or in Rota, Spain. The press coverage led opposition Parliamentarians to demand an explana [...]	2005-05-11 15:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO
05ROME1824	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: KIDNAPPING CHILLS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Italy's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Minister Anna Della Croce, worried that the kidnapping of the Italian CARE International worker might chill humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Della Croce and Italy's G8 Sous-Sherpa told us Italy fully supports the [...]	2005-05-27 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1979	EUR A/S FRIED'S ROME CONSULTATIONS, JUNE 6-7, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Dan Fried met with Italian officials and press June 6-7 to stress our commitment to a strong U.S.-European partnership working through NATO and with the EU ready to tackle worldwide challenges. Italians viewed the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the EU C [...]	2005-06-10 11:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IT NATO
05ROME1980	SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA IN ROME; TAKES A [...] (C) As reported ref a, on June 7, in anticipation of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica's visit to Rome later the same day, EUR A/S Fried provided MFA POLDIR Terzi with an overview of the U.S. position on Kosovo. Fried asked that Italy try to persuade him to accept a definition of "less than in [...]	2005-06-10 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SR IT KOC UN NATO
05ROME2046	DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS [...] (C) Italy will designate all its aircraft sorties to Darfur as part of NATO's operation, according to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. In a June 15 conversation with PolMilOff, Brauzzi said that Italy will use a yet to be determined number of Boeing 707s for the mission. All Itali [...]	2005-06-15 14:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SU IT NATO

05ROME2115	IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING [...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...]	2005-06-20 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2179	ITALY: SIGONELLA TA APPROVAL CRITICAL TO MIL-MIL [...] (C) Post wishes to highlight the importance to US-Italy relations of rapid approval in Washington of the just-concluded negotiations on the Sigonella Technical Arrangement. The 1995 "Shell Agreement" stipulates that the US and Italy will negotiate technical arrangements (TA) for each Italian [...]	2005-06-27 13:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
05ROME2629	ITALY SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] Summary. Italy confirms its support for the concept of a SEEBRIG deployment as described in reftels and will work with the U.S. on details of possible implementation. End Summary. 2. On August 4, DATT delivered Reftel A talking points to LTG Fabrizio Castegnetti, newly appointed chief of th [...]	2005-08-08 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2734	ITALY SEES NO NEED TO CHANGE ISAF'S UN MANDATE [...] (C) Acting Pol-Mil Counselor and Pol-Mil Officer met with MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi August 17 to discuss further the renewal of ISAF's UN mandate (reftels). Brauzzi said he saw no need to change the mandate when it comes up for renewal. The real issue, he said, is NATO's OPLAN, which [...]	2005-08-18 10:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO
05ROME2835	ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...]	2005-08-25 14:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO
05ROME3068	EUR P/DAS VOLKER'S ROME CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During his visit to Rome, EUR P/DAS Volker discussed the Fund and Foundation for the Future, NATO and EU expansion, NATO/EU cooperation, Russia, and Latin America. Overall, the GOI shares our optimism that Europe will recover from the EU constitution debacle and that Turkish [...]	2005-09-15 06:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ IR IT NATO
05ROME3178	ITALY AND NATO ENLARGEMENT: MFA NATO DESK [...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to the Rome visit of EUR P/DAS Volker and discussions at NATO on the US two-summit strategy to advance NATO's strategic direction (reftels),Italy's new MFA NATO Director Gianni Bardini told PolMil officers on September 15 that, in his personal opinion, NATO should not [...]	2005-09-23 10:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT NATO
05ROME3591	ITALY: CHOD CALLS SIGONELLA TA "ABSOLUTE [...] (C) In an October 19 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata, Italian Chief of Defense ADM Di Paola said that concluding the Sigonella Technical Arrangement in the near future was "an absolute necessity." Di Paola said that, if there were to be a change of gove [...]	2005-10-26 14:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
05ROME3697	ITALIAN DEFENSE BUDGET: PM'S OFFICE SEES PROPOSED [...] (C) After hearing in the past few weeks from the Chief of the Italian Defense General Staff and the Minister of Defense that cuts envisioned by the proposed Italian defense budget for 2006 would put Italian defense spending in the range of 0.85-to-0.9 percent of GDP, jeopardizing Italian parti [...]	2005-11-04 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR ECON IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3729	SERBIA/MONTENEGRO AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Poloff met with Amb. Darko Uskokovic, Serbia/Montenegro Ambassador to Italy to discuss his views on the bilateral relationship between SaM and Italy and a possible Montenegrin referendum for independence. Uskokovic, a politically-appointed Ambassador who is close to [...]	2005-11-09 15:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IT MW SR NATO
05ROME3763	IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES [...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...]	2005-11-15 10:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME4052	ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...]	2005-12-13 15:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME4093	INVESTING IN ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO: [...] (U) Summary. On December 8-10, five Italian foreign affairs advisors to government and opposition political parties took part in a highly successful "Opinion-Makers" NATO tour with follow-on to Afghanistan. In addition to educating Italian policymakers about NATO, the tour's purpose was to de [...]	2005-12-20 09:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OPRC MOPS IT AF NATO AFGHANISTAN
05SOFIA1554	BULGARIANS FOCUSING ON IRAQI FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Summary: In their Sept. 7 introductory meeting, new Bulgarian FM Kalfin told Ambassador Beyrle that Bulgaria considers it very important to be "loyal, predictable and remain involved in Iraq," and hopes to have its position regarding follow-on Iraqi military participation ready for disc [...]	2005-09-07 13:26:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU IZ MARR MOPS NATO
05SOFIA1578	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS PLANS TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov told Amb. Beyrle September 9 that an interagency working group would be ready to receive USG experts soon to discuss the timing and manner of withdrawing Bulgaria's contingent from Iraq, as well as a possible follow-on mission. He also expressed [...]	2005-09-12 15:15:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1639	BULGARIANS REACT TO IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Summary. A Washington engagement team presented Bulgarian security officials September 21 with three possible follow-on missions in Iraq. The expert-level Bulgarian interagency group was receptive and positive, but repeatedly noted the difficult political decision that awaits the governme [...]	2005-09-21 17:03:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1704	BULGARIAN TROOPS LIKELY TO REMAIN IN IRAQ THROUGH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Stanishev told Ambassador October 5 that Bulgaria will likely maintain its contingent in Iraq through the December 15 elections. The decision regarding a follow-on military activity is still under discussion and will next be considered in the coalition government,s [...]	2005-10-05 15:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU IZ MARR MOPS NATO
05SOFIA1715	BULGARIA SUPPORTS SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 10:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BU NATO BULGARIA ENDURING FREEDOM
05SOFIA1719	BULGARIA PROPOSES MINIMAL FOLLOW-ON MISSION IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 8 2. (S) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed DCM Oct. 7 that Bulgaria,s follow-on military activity in Iraq would consist of 40 soldiers dedicated to the NATO Training (NTM-I) and Multi-National Security Transition Command (MNST [...]	2005-10-07 12:54:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL BU IZ NATO
05SOFIA1765	BULGARIA AGREES TO DEFER IRAQ FOLLOW-ON MISSION [...] (C) Based on ref A demarche, the Bulgarian government agreed to postpone decision regarding its Iraqi follow-on mission until after President Purvanov,s meeting with President Bush. Rayko Raychev, chief of staff to Foreign Minister Kalfin told DCM that the Council of Ministers, which had bee [...]	2005-10-13 11:46:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA1858	BULGARIA NARROWS ITS MILITARY PRIORITIES, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MOD has finally managed to narrow from eleven to three its list of top-priority modernization projects. Multi-role fighters are not among them. The decision reflects belated acceptance by the MOD of the Finance Minister's argument that there is not enough money in next year' [...]	2005-10-28 14:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BU NATO
05SOFIA187	BULGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SIGNS SUSPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite a letter from the Ambassador questioning the adequacy of the process used to select the winning bidder, Defense Minister Svinarov signed January 28 a deal worth up to USD 400 million for the purchase of 18 Cougar and Panther helicopters from EADS. Sikorsky Helicopter was [...]	2005-01-31 15:53:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BEXP ETRD KCOR BU NATO
05SOFIA267	FOUR MORE BULGARIAN TROOPS TO JOIN NATO [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-10 12:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA333	BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER RESHUFFLES CABINET ON [...] (SBU) Summary. As he departed for Brussels on February 21, Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha sacked three cabinet ministers, including his influential Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Lydia Shuleva. Shuleva's departure was expected in the wake of last week's confidence vo [...]	2005-02-21 16:42:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD BU NATO
05SOFIA357	BULGARIA FORMALLY CONFIRMS FIVE TROOPS WILL [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 15:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ BU NATO
05SOFIA382	BULGARIA TO SEND 30 MORE TROOPS TO ISAF [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian parliament passed a motion on 24 February that will send an additional 30 troops to participate in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). This will raise Bulgaria's total ISAF troop commitment to 65. Bulgaria also has 7 soldiers participating in Operation Endu [...]	2005-03-01 09:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR AF BU NATO
05SOFIA999	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: BULGARIA WILL NOT LIFT ISAF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 14:02:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF BU NATO
05THEHAGUE1559	NATO: AIRLIFT TO THE AU IN DARFUR -- DUTCH [...] (C) PolMilOff made reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on June 3. Gabrielse called the demarche timely as "things were moving quickly" within the EU. He said Dutch MFA Director-General for Security Policy Maurits Jochems had spoken with his UK coun [...]	2005-06-03 14:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SU NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2064	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH THINKING ON ISAF III; FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DATT and ODC Chief met with Dutch CHOD Gen. Dick Berlijn on July 19. Gen. Berlijn reviewed Dutch thinking on participation in ISAF III, including a PRT consisting initially of 1000 personnel (later to be expanded to 1200) deployed most likely to Uruzgan province. Later disc [...]	2005-07-27 08:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NL PGOV PREL NATO
05THEHAGUE2271	NETHERLANDS: MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN/IAEA, AFRICA, [...] (U) This is a action request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. On Iran, de Groot suggested there are no alternatives at present than co [...]	2005-08-17 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL AF PARM PREL IR NATO
05THEHAGUE2272	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT ISAF UN MANDATE, LEERY OF [...] (C) DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA regarding the expiration of ISAF,s U.N. mandate. De Groot noted that the Dutch are satisfied with the U.N. mandate as it currently stands [...]	2005-08-17 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR NL PREL NATO UNSC
05THEHAGUE2465	NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH THOUGHTS ON NATO INFORMAL [...] (C) Summary: Polmiloff met with Sebastian Reyn (Deputy Director, Department of General Policy Affairs, MOD) September 9 to discuss Dutch thinking leading up to the September 13-14 NATO Informal Defense Ministerial in Berlin. Reyn handed over an 11-point paper (provided below) that Dutch Defens [...]	2005-09-09 16:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NL NATO EUN
05THEHAGUE2665	NETHERLANDS: ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 14:58:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS UP NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2860	NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...]	2005-10-21 13:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2861	NETHERLANDS: AFGHANISTAN DESECRATIONS COMPLICATE [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol told Charge October 21 that the desecration of remains by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan "complicates but does not threaten" Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III. He noted that current discussions in Canberra on partnering with Australi [...]	2005-10-21 13:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL NATO
05THEHAGUE2934	NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE [...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...]	2005-10-28 08:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO
05THEHAGUE3221	NETHERLANDS/NATO: RESPONSE TO NAC COMMUNIQUE CFE [...] (C) The Dutch continue to support efforts to revise International Staff language on Russian withdrawal from Moldova in the December 2005 NAC Communique. MFA Chief of the Arms Control Division Matthijs Wolters told Polmiloff December 1 that the Dutch see the EITHER option as doing more to enco [...]	2005-12-02 06:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NL NATO
05THEHAGUE3240	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PM FAILS TO ALLAY CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende was unable win full Cabinet support December 2 for Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III, a setback that surprised many who thought the Dutch leadership had answered most political concerns after meetings this week with Assistant Secretaries Fried and Flory an [...]	2005-12-02 18:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO
05THEHAGUE3304	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: MOVING FORWARD AT A SNAIL'S PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet has delayed taking a decision on a proposed ISAF III Dutch deployment until December 19. Senior government officials will seek to use this time to convince remaining Cabinet members (primarily junior coalition partner D-66 ministers) and to build support for th [...]	2005-12-12 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO
05THEHAGUE406	YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe. A former Dutch permrep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot's appreciation of the transatlantic relationship appears to have deepened and strengthened du [...]	2005-02-11 11:23:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL NL EUN NATO
05THEHAGUE451	YOUR MEETING WITH DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER BOT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bot requested this meeting to discuss a wide range of U.S.-EU issues prior to the President's visit to Europe, which he is prepared to help ensure is a success. Although a longtime former Dutch PermRep to the EU with a pro-European reputation, Bot demonstrated his support f [...]	2005-02-16 12:50:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL NL EUN NATO
05THEHAGUE789	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S APRIL [...] (C) My staff and I are eager to welcome you to the Netherlands for your first visit here as Deputy Secretary. Your trip reinforces the message of transatlantic cooperation delivered by the President and Secretary Rice, and will help focus the Dutch, in particular, on taking practical steps on the i [...]	2005-03-24 12:03:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV NL EUN NATO
05USNATO3	NATO MOVES FORWARD WITH LANDMARK BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 16:59:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO KNNP PARM MNUC
05VIENNA103	AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON NATO MINISTERIAL - [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for South and Southeast Asia Peter Storer on January 12. We expressed appreciation for Austria's ISAF contributions, and reiterated our hope that Austria would further engage in this important international mission by supporting and/or pa [...]	2005-01-12 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF AU NATO
05VIENNA1359	GOA: OECD MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA PREMATURE [...] (C) During an April 22 meeting with Econ Unit Chief, Ulrike Magloth, Director of International Economic Affairs in the Chancellery, stated the GoA agreed that it was premature to discuss Russian OECD membership. The GoA position, according to Magloth, tracked closely with USG views (reftel). [...]	2005-04-25 10:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AU OECD NATO
05VIENNA1895	AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA1966	AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF [...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA2130	EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-24 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN
05VIENNA3144	USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE: EMBASSY VIENNA [...] Embassy Vienna is pleased to accept the invitation to attend the 2005 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference and will send the following participant: Michael R. DeTar Political Unit Chief Security Clearance: Top Secret tel: 43 1 31339 2114 fax: 43 1 31339 2916 e-mail: detarmr@state.gov 2. [...]	2005-09-22 06:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR PREL AU NATO EUN
05VIENNA3324	ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO RATIFY NATO-PFP TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MASS UP AU NATO
05VIENNA3427	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...]	2005-10-21 15:41:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO
05VIENNA568	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: SOLICITING DONATIONS FOR [...] (U) EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on February 28 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the MFA's assistant secretary-equivalent Director for Political Military Affairs, and Robert Zischg, MFA Deputy Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. 2. (U) Hajnoczi an [...]	2005-02-28 16:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP AU NATO
05VILNIUS993	SU-27: THREE ACTION REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request for Washington agencies -- see paras 6, 8 and 12 -- and USNATO -- see para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Several loose ends remain from last Friday's crash of a Russian Su-27 (ref a) in Lithuania. Senior Lithuanian officials believe that inconsistencies in Russian [...]	2005-09-21 13:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH NATO RU
05WARSAW3104	RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE - POLAND NOT AN [...] (C) PolMil Chief shared Ref A views on the ISAF mandate with Jakub Urbanik, action officer for Afghanistan/Iraq operations in the MFA Department of Security Policy, who was familiar with the U.S. intentions for revising the NATO operational plan. After discussing the issue with the Polish NAT [...]	2005-08-12 11:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF PL NATO UNSC
05WARSAW3545	TIME TO THINK SOFA FOR POLAND [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Warsaw recommends that the USG begin negotiations for a bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Poland as soon as possible. In the context of both NATO obligations and bilateral programs, U.S. military per [...]	2005-10-05 07:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR PREL MASS PL NATO
05WARSAW3954	NAC COMMUNIQUE: POLAND SUPPORTS STRONG LANGUAGE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 16:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE PL NATO
05WELLINGTON848	NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...]	2005-10-28 02:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05WELLINGTON884	NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT [...] (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref C demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the NATO relief effort in Pakistan -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force (ref A). In a letter dated November 2, Air Marshal Bruce Fer [...]	2005-11-14 03:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05YEREVAN1885	ARMENIA: NONCOMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 12:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AM NATO
05YEREVAN1911	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR PAK [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Pakistan's MI-17 helicopter operations to Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan contacted Chief Military Inspector General-Lieutenant Alik Mirzabekyan, who said that Armenia does not/not have MI-17 helicopters in it [...]	2005-10-27 12:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS AM NATO
05YEREVAN2022	ARMENIA: LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN RELIEF [...] (C) On multiple occasions since October 21, Armenian Defense and Foreign Affairs officials have not responded to our calls for military and other assistance -- which we think they are capable of rendering -- to the Pakistan relief effort. Early promises to answer requests for assistance (reft [...]	2005-11-17 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS AM IN PK NATO
05YEREVAN435	ARMENIA'S TENTATIVE STEPS TOWARDS NATO [...] (C) Armenia is making steady progress in preparing its NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) and plans to have a document ready for presentation to the Alliance on April 7. Armenia's plans for its developing relationship with NATO do not include membership, but it is exploring ways [...]	2005-03-11 07:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM NATO
05YEREVAN584	OSKANIAN: ARMENIA'S NATO COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) In a March 31 speech to NATO's Atlantic Policy Advisory Group meeting in Yerevan, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian said that Armenia's "commitment to NATO is...irreversible and desirable." Oskanian stated that security is Armenia's number one priority and argued that cooperation [...]	2005-04-04 12:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AM NATO
05ZAGREB1121	GOC MISJUDGES PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY IN JULY 1 [...] (SBU) The GoC missed a constitutionally-required two- thirds majority in the Sabor by one vote July 1 when the Defense Ministry's request for approval of a number of upcoming international military exercises came to the agenda. Lack of approval means an exercise planned for September 2005 (Ad [...]	2005-07-07 16:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV HR NATO
05ZAGREB155	PSI: CROATIA SOON READY TO CONSULT ON OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America Office Director Andrea Bekic and Multilateral Affairs Office Director Marina Vasilj on January 19. Bekic responded that the legal review of the draft bilateral shipboarding agreement was near completion and that interministeria [...]	2005-02-02 07:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA PARM MNUC PHSA PREL HR NATO
05ZAGREB177	ADRIATIC CHARTER MINISTERIAL REAFFIRMS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Adriatic Charter Defense Ministers endorsed an ambitious agenda of 21 joint activities for 2005 that begins to bring much-needed substance to the Adriatic Charter dialogue. Although the planned August 2005 deployment of an A3 medical team to Afghanistan remains the most visible "deliver [...]	2005-02-03 15:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB183	ADRIATIC CHARTER DEFENSE MINISTERIAL BILATERAL [...] (SBU) The U.S. delegation to the Adriatic Charter (A3) Defense Ministerial, led by Ambassador Frank, met with the State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January 2005 and the Minister of Defense of Croatia on 25 January 2005. Mr. Alan Van Egmond, OSD Director of Balk [...]	2005-02-07 06:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB1833	NATO'S MIXED MESSAGE TO CROATIA [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: NATO DSYG Minuto Rizzo made a brief stop in Zagreb on November 11 on a whirlwind tour of MAP countries Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia. Minuto Rizzo carried a useful message about NATO being a community of values. It [...]	2005-11-16 15:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR
05ZAGREB204	MOD REPLACES ASSISTANT MINISTER WHO SIGNED EUCOM [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Defense (MOD) has relieved Dr. Jelena Grcic-Polic from her duties as Assistant Minister of Defense for Defense Policy. She has been replaced by Igor Pokaz, the head of international defense cooperation under Grcic-Polic. While the MOD has reported the mo [...]	2005-02-10 06:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB335	CROATIA SOON READY TO TALK SOFA & ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) New Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy Igor Pokaz told the DCM in a introductory call on February 24 that he is planning to lead a delegation to Washington around March 29-31 to restart talks on Supplemental SOFA and Article 98 agreements. Pokaz would like to finalize an agreement on [...]	2005-03-03 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KNNP HR NATO
05ZAGREB586	CROATIA IN AFGHANISTAN: MAY UP CONTRIBUTION & [...] (C ) Rel UK) The GoC MFA NATO Coordinator Pjer Simunovic and MoD Director for International Defense Cooperation Davor Cutic responded on April 7 to reftel demarche that the GoC would reconsider caveats on Afghanistan ISAF deployments. The GoC is currently reviewing increasing its ISAF military [...]	2005-04-13 09:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF HR NATO
05ZAGREB716	A/ASD RICARDEL MEETINGS WITH CROATIAN PRIME [...] (C) On April 28, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security, Ms. Mira Ricardel, accompanied by Ambassador Ralph Frank, met with Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister. In addition to a tour of regional issues, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader asked for U.S. support both in delaying the [...]	2005-05-05 11:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB718	ASD RICARDEL MEETINGS WITH CROATIAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) On April 29, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (Acting),Ms. Mira Ricardel, accompanied by Ambassador Ralph Frank, met with President Stjepan Mesic and Berislav Roncevic, Minister of Defense. In both meetings defense reform and the possibility of expanding C [...]	2005-05-05 12:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB724	CROATIA'S COAST GUARD: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Formation of a Croatian Coast Guard remains a work in progress. Although the Ministry of Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development is nominally the first among equals in the interagency committee created to coordinate Coast Guard (CG) activities, the Ministries of Interior and Defense are a [...]	2005-05-06 12:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS ETTC HR NATO
06ABUDHABI1342	NATO SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 80 LASHES FOR OFFENSES [...] (SBU) On April 3, a Shari'a court in the northern emirate of Sharjah sentenced Estonian Master Sergeant Andrei Korol to one month in jail and 80 lashes for crimes committed at Sharjah International Airport on February 23. Korol was sentenced to 40 lashes and time served for public intoxicatio [...]	2006-04-05 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM NATO AE EN
06ABUDHABI2567	NATO DELEGATION REPORTS ON STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary. On June 12, a Turkish admiral heading NATO delegation visiting the UAE briefed diplomats of NATO countries on progress in ICI discussions with the UAEG. UAE interlocutors were described as well-prepped and "very forward-leaning and positive," but are also perceived as having "mi [...]	2006-06-21 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IZ AE NATO GE
06ACCRA566	GHANA PROMISES SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA,S UNSC [...] (U) The Ambassador spoke with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo March 8 and raised ref A points regarding support for Guatemala,s candidacy as Latin America,s next non-permanent member of the UNSC. Akufo-Addo quickly stated that the GOG would support Guatemala and asked when the vot [...]	2006-03-10 09:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH GT KPKO PREL SU VE NATO UNSC UN
06ADDISABABA1581	AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON FORMALLY REQUESTS NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AU Commission Chairperson Konare has formally requested NATO assistance for AMIS in a June 2 letter to NATO Secretary-General Scheffer, but confines the scope of such assistance to manning a handful of advisory positions in AMIS's Forward Joint Mission Headquarters and providin [...]	2006-06-09 16:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1655	SUDAN/DARFUR: SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR THE DARFUR [...] (U) Per reftel, Post has actively engaged African Union officials and Partner representatives on the U.S. initiatives to support the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). 2. (U) DPA VERIFICATION: -- Prior to the June 9 departure of the joint UN-AU technical assistance mission (TAM) to Sudan, Charge [...]	2006-06-16 16:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS PREL SU NATO AU
06ADDISABABA1736	AU AGREES WITH PARTNER NOMINATIONS TO STAFF FJMHQ [...] Summary. The African Union (AU) notified its partners via note verbale June 22 that it had no objections to the partners providing all six personnel requested as advisors to the AMIS Joint Forward Headquarters in El Fasher. Furthermore, the AU had no objections to the partners' nominations f [...]	2006-06-24 12:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS NATO PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA680	AMIS RE-HAT: REPUBLIC OF CONGO NOTES SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Congo's foreign minister will attend the March 10 PSC on AMIS transition, as well as a March 9 briefing in Addis Ababa (requested by the GNU) at which Sudan's foreign minister will brief African Union Permanent Representative Committee members. While acknowledging the weakness o [...]	2006-03-08 15:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO NATO PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA703	AMIS RE-HAT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERMREP SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's ambassador and permanent representative to the AU Baso Sangqu notes that the January 10 Peace and Security Council meeting endorsed the transition of AMIS to a UN operation "in principle." As a member of both the AU and the UN, and as a troop-contributing country, [...]	2006-03-10 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO NATO PREL SF SU AU
06ALMATY1956	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF SA-16 [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev asked if the U.S. is interested in the rockets or the whole systems, if the U.S. wanted to purchase the items, and if the U.S. had made a similar request to Ukra [...]	2006-06-02 09:46:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY2607	KAZAKHSTAN: ATTENDANCE AT BUDAPEST PRT CONFERENCE [...] (U) In response to Ref A logistical information, Zhanbulat Ussenov of the MFA's North America/Europe division reported on July 19 that Kazakhstani ambassador to Hungary Rashid Ibrayev would attend the July 20-21 PRT Effectiveness Conference in Budapest. Ussenov promised to forward the logisti [...]	2006-07-20 06:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORD NATO KZ
06ALMATY2871	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF MANPADS [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev said that his office had given its opinion that the weapons systems should not be transferred, but should be destroyed. This is not the MFA's final decision, bu [...]	2006-08-09 11:28:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY3080	(S) KAZAKHSTAN UNABLE TO TRANSFER MANPADS [...] (S) In an August 28 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov informed the Ambassador that Kazakhstan would not be able to turn over MANPADS slated for destruction in the NATO Trust Fund project to the U.S. as requested (reftel). Abdrakhmanov said that several bilateral agreements [...]	2006-08-31 10:44:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY3296	KAZAKHSTAN TO SEND SURVEY TEAM TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A high-level Kazakhstani survey team will visit Afghanistan the week of September 24 in order to examine participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team and possible investment/reconstruction projects. The team will provide its recommendations to President Nazarbayev soon af [...]	2006-09-19 05:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORD NATO KZ
06AMMAN7992	NATO CENTER - GOJ WILLING ONLY IF NEW FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-22 10:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR JO
06ANKARA1021	AEGEAN: TURKEY STOPS FILING DAILY FLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey stopped filing Daily Flights Schedules with NATO for military flights over the Aegean as of Jan. 18, but the GOT only informed us Feb. 28. MFA officials are concerned about rising tensions over the Imia/Kardak islets. End summary. 2. (C) During a Feb. 28 meeting on anot [...]	2006-03-01 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO MARR TU GR
06ANKARA1043	TURKEY TO CONSIDER CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENT REQUEST [...] (S) Per reftel, we approached the MFA on Feb. 28 and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on Mar. 1 with our request for Turkey to consider a transfer of some of its unused CFE ground equipment entitlements to the US to allow the rotational training of US forces in Romania and Bulgaria. MFA Deputy [...]	2006-03-02 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU GR RO NO BU RU
06ANKARA1069	TURKISH PRESS DOUBTS U.S. INTENTIONS IN BLACK SEA [...] (C) The Turkish press on March 1 and 2 has been full of speculation that the U.S. has an aggressive policy to gain dominance over the Black Sea. When asked, we are explaining to the media and the diplomatic community that U.S.-Turkish cooperation and dialogue on potential threats in the Black [...]	2006-03-03 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US
06ANKARA1605	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is Mission Turkey's contribution to the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. We follow reftel's format. General Assessment ------------------- 2. (U) A. Turkey has NATO's second-largest military after the United States. It has taken on an [...]	2006-03-27 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL NATO US TU
06ANKARA1627	ANOTHER LOOK AT TURKEY'S BLACK SEA MARITIME [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 13. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkey welcomes U.S., NATO, EU and others' active involvement in political and economic challenges facing the greater Black Sea region, such as frozen conflicts and energy flows. However, Turkey prefers that th [...]	2006-03-27 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US RO
06ANKARA1790	TURKEY SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S [...] (C) We contacted MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Serdar Kilic on April 3 to urge support for NATO's engaging Georgia, delivering ref a points. Kilic recalled Turkey's long-standing support for eventual Georgian entry into Euro-Atlantic institutions, and undertook to provide a conside [...]	2006-04-04 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG TU NATO
06ANKARA1846	CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY: NOW IN [...] Embassy transmitted the following diplomatic note to the Turkish MFA on March 29, 2006: BEGIN TEXT OF NOTE No. 511 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey and has the honor to refer to the Minist [...]	2006-04-06 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE PARM PREL TU NATO
06ANKARA2120	TURKEY REVIEWING CFE ENTITLEMENT REQUEST POSITIVELY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 04:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA2282	GETTING TURKEY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Drawing on reftel, we raised the proposal for a NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center with MFA NATO Affairs DDG Serdar Kilic on April 25 after coordinating with the Norwegian and Italian embassies. Kilic said he had read the US-Italy-Norway paper on the subject and agreed with its [...]	2006-04-26 04:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR TU
06ANKARA2482	BLACK SEA: ROMANIA/BLACK SEA HARMONY AND BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey appreciates our efforts to persuade Romania and Bulgaria to join Operation BLACK SEA HARMONY (OBSH),and asks that we weigh in again with the GOR prior to a May 9 Turkey-Romania bilateral on the subject. MFA told us May 4 that Romania has agreed to begin negotiations on jo [...]	2006-05-05 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO UP RS TU GG BU RO
06ANKARA2923	AEGEAN: TURKISH AND GREEK WARPLANES COLLIDE [...] (C) Summary: A Greek F16 and Turkish F16 collided in midair in international waters near the Greek island of Karpatos at mid-day May 23. The Turkish pilot was rescued; it appears the Greek pilot died. Turkish FonMin Gul called Greek FonMin Bokayannis to express regret over the incident and c [...]	2006-05-23 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL TU GR NATO
06ANKARA3034	TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT THE BLACK SEA FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 05:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ

06ANKARA3081	TURKISH MFA PROTESTS U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RHODES [...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA dated May 17 protesting the May 2-4 visit of two USN vessels to Rhodes (text of note below). The GOT's long-standing position has been that the 1947 Paris Peace Treaties bar all navy ship visits to the demilitarized Greek Dodecanese isl [...]	2006-05-26 11:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS GR TU NATO
06ANKARA3201	BLACK SEA SECURITY AND TURKISH REPRESENTATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has actively participated in preparations for the Black Sea Forum and will be represented at the Forum at the cabinet level. MFA expects the only heads of state to attend besides Romania to be those from the south Caucasus. Ankara is concerned that the Forum not create a [...]	2006-06-02 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ
06ANKARA3435	BLACK SEA: ADMIRAL OUTLINES CURRENT TURKISH [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey is pleased with Russia's continually improving attitude toward Euro-Atlantic cooperation in maritime security, the Turkish Navy's N5 RADM (LH) Cem Gurdeniz told us June 7. Gurdeniz thanked us for persuading Romania and Bulgaria to be more positive toward Oper [...]	2006-06-09 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU RS BU RO GG UP
06ANKARA3542	FM GUL AND FM BAKOYANNIS JUNE 10 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The June 10 meeting between Turkish FM Gul and Greek FM Bakoyannis produced no surprises and few concrete results. Coming on the heels of a May 23 collision between Turkish and Greek fighter jets and other recent Aegean incidents, the most remarkable fact about the meeting was t [...]	2006-06-15 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO KIRF TU GR
06ANKARA3549	TURKEY LIKELY TO SEEK COMPENSATION FOR F-16 [...] (SBU) In his weekly press briefing on June 14, MFA Spokesman Namik Tan -- in apparently attempting to dodge a loaded question from a reporter -- stated that Turkey may seek compensation for the F-16 Turkey lost in the mid-air collision with a Greek F-16 on May 23. Tan tersely confirmed that i [...]	2006-06-15 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU GR
06ANKARA3685	ISAF CAVEATS: TURKEY NOT LETTING GO YET [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Section for NATO Affairs Ihsan Kiziltan on May 16. Kiziltan had no substantive reply, but said he would consult with the appropriate authorities. 2. (C) TGS/J3 Plans and Operations Chef MG Mehmet Eroz told us May 19 that Turkey's caveats were [...]	2006-06-22 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS PREL TU AF
06ANKARA3694	BLACK SEA: PRODUCTIVE TURKEY-ROMANIA-BULGARIA [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria held a "productive and fruitful" trilateral meeting on Black Sea maritime security issues June 19, according to MFA DDG for Multilateral Security Affairs Serdar Kilic. Romania presented a paper on NATO and broader international community [...]	2006-06-23 05:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO TU BU RO
06ANKARA4061	TURKEY INVITED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS [...] (SBU) We called on the MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia, Babur Hizlan, on July 10 to invite Turkey to the July 20-21 conference on enhancing Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) effectiveness co-sponsored by the governments of Canada and the United States and hosted by the Government [...]	2006-07-12 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS TU AF XD AORC NATO
06ANKARA4310	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON CFE EQUIPMENT FLANK [...] (C) We approached MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Arms Control Osman Yavuzalp July 25 an update on Turkey's position on flank entitlements (ref a). According to Yavuzalp, Turkey, Greece and Norway had discussed the issue on the margins of the March 14 HLTF and agreed on Turkey's pr [...]	2006-07-26 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM
06ANKARA444	TURKEY OFFERS TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) Following up on the Turkish Perm Rep's Feb. 1 announcement to the NAC that Turkey plans to stand up a PRT in Wardak Province in Afghanistan as soon as this summer, we contacted MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku. Ulku [...]	2006-02-03 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL KPKO PARM NATO TU AF
06ANKARA4761	TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...]	2006-08-16 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO
06ANKARA4834	CFE: TURKEY SUPPORTS FLANK ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (C) We approached MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Arms Control Bulent Meric August 18 for an update on Turkey's position on the U.S. CFE flank entitlement transfer request (see reftels). Meric reported that Turkey is willing to transfer -- on a non-permanent basis -- an entitl [...]	2006-08-18 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU
06ANKARA5019	TURKEY DOES NOT REQUIRE FOLLOW-UP CONSULTATIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE MARR PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5388	TURKEY: PARTICIPATION AT SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 22 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO TU EU
06ANKARA5817	TURKEY AND GMF - SEEKING WIDER BLACK SEA WESTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10-11 in Ankara, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) organized a workshop on "Developing a Western Strategy towards the Wider Black Sea Region", attended by EUR DAS Matt Bryza. Participants sought to strike common ground and called for greater cooperation on security, [...]	2006-10-05 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EPET MARR PREL NATO TU RS XH ZJ
06ANKARA6155	TURKEY SUBMITS DRAFT MOU FOR CFE TREATY TANK [...] During an October 20 meeting on other subjects, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Head Ahmet Muhtar Gun passed to us a draft bilateral MOU for the transfer of 63 CFE Treaty tank entitlements which Turkey has offered in response to our flank entitlement request (refs b-d). Per ref a, [...]	2006-10-30 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE MARR PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6461	HARD-PRESSED TO DO MORE FOR NATO: PREVIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees broadly with U.S. positions on NATO Global Partnership and enlargement, and understands the importance of mission success for NATO in Afghanistan, but is hard-pressed to make a bigger military contribution in Afghanistan than it already is, according to the MFA. Lif [...]	2006-11-20 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL TU
06ANKARA6491	TURKEY STILL WEIGHING CFE TRANSFERS FOR ACVS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE MARR PREL TU
06ANKARA6530	TURKEY AGREES WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey agrees with a unified approach to the conflicts in Georgia and Moldova, strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries, and sees no recourse except to encourage more dialogue with separatists in each case. The Turks are skeptical that a mini [...]	2006-11-29 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU TU
06ANKARA686	ISAF: TURKEY MOVING AHEAD WITH PRT IN WARDAK [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KPKO MOPS TU AF
06ANKARA935	CFE HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Turkish MFA dated Feb. 2, 2006 informing us that the GOT's legal procedures for entry into force of the CFE Host Country Agreement for Turkey have been completed. Text of diplomatic note fo [...]	2006-02-24 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KCFE NATO PREL TU US
06ASTANA158	KAZAKHSTANI SURVEY TEAM IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will focus on humanitarian assistance, participation in investment projects, and broadening commercial ties with Afghanistan, according to the Deputy Foreign Minister who led the recent survey team to Kabul and two northern provinces. As a regional leader, Kazakhstan [...]	2006-10-03 11:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV MARR NATO AF KZ
06ATHENS1092	GREECE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT NATO-MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 13:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PGOV GR
06ATHENS1093	GREECE SUPPORTS NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 14:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GR NATOPOLICY NATO
06ATHENS1345	GREECE TO ANSWER ISAF CAVEAT QUESTION AT BRUSSELS [...] (C) During the May 17-18 meeting of the U.S.-Greece High Level Consultative Committee, OSD/ISP DAS Fata urged Greek DMOD Michaliolakos to lift the caveats that prevented Greek troops taking part in ISAF from deploying beyond Kabul. He noted that these caveats had a practical and significant [...]	2006-05-24 12:27:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL AF
06ATHENS1822	NATO SG PRAISES GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS, EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer made a productive and widely-covered stop in Athens July 7 to confer with the GoG in the run-up to the Riga summit. de Hoop Scheffer praised Greece's contributions to various NATO operations, including Kosovo and Afghanistan. Though the M [...]	2006-07-13 14:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GR
06ATHENS1946	CFE TRANSFERS: GOG REQUESTS DC DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA NATO D2 Directorate, Deputy Director Polychroniou, on Thursday July 20, and to MoD Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Stoidis Friday, July 21. Both interlocutors expressed that Greece remains interested in complying with the request, but also that a [...]	2006-07-25 14:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR NO PGOV PREL TU NATO MARR KCFE PARM
06ATHENS1947	CFE TRANSFERS: GOG REQUESTS DC DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA NATO D2 Directorate, Deputy Director Polychroniou, on Thursday July 20, and to MoD Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Stoidis Friday, July 21. Both interlocutors expressed that Greece remains interested in complying with the request, but also that a [...]	2006-07-26 04:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR NO PGOV PREL TU NATO MARR KCFE PARM
06ATHENS2031	ARMS PROCUREMENT PLAN 2006-2010 APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: On July 25, the GoG announced plans to spend an estimated EUR 27 billion for arms procurement over the next decade. The first five-year leg of the program does not include appropriations for a new fighter in an apparent effort by the Karamanlis administration to relieve political [...]	2006-08-03 08:25:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR
06ATHENS825	GREECE UPGRADING C-130S IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (C) Greece is in the process of upgrading the self-protection systems on 2 of its C-130s and, once complete and providing national security conditions allow, will make one of them available to ISAF, MFA NATO Affairs Division official Andreas Kintis told poloff March 27. Based on a March 24 [...]	2006-03-27 13:06:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR MARR NATO PREL NATOAFGHAN
06ATHENS904	GREEK VIEWS ON INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel to Greek MFA NATO Division Deputy Director Theodore Daskarolis on April 3. Greece shared the positive assessment of the pace of Georgia's progress by in many areas, Daskarolis said. He noted that other accomplishments, such as the growth of ci [...]	2006-04-04 14:02:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AA GG GR NATO PREL NATOBALKANS
06BAGHDAD1495	MCNS: MILITIAS AND IRAN [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: A MCNS was convened May 2 to propose further actions on militias. GEN Casey pressed for immediate implementation of new directives to control militia activities. MOI Jabr sought agreement on a proposal to integrate directly and immediately 5000 Badr Corps members in [...]	2006-05-06 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT PREL TU
06BAGHDAD1661	MCNS - GOI FOCUS ON ELECTRICITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS),which for the first time included PM-designate Nuri Maliki, convened May 8 to address the significant electricity shortage in Iraq. PM Ja'afari called the meeting because, he said, electricity is among Maliki's [...]	2006-05-19 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS
06BAGHDAD2114	MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...]	2006-06-21 02:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2135	MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...]	2006-06-22 02:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2317	BULGARIAN AMB DISCUSSES MILITARY, TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Ambassador Valeri Ratchev told A/DCM Speckhard June 29 that his visit to Iraq would help him rto refute statements by Iraqi exiles in Bulgaria about how dangerous Iraq service was. Bulgarian forces were positive about their conditions in Iraq, Ratchev noted, and he hopes [...]	2006-07-03 08:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BU IR GR NATO IZ
06BAGHDAD4191	MALIKI ASKS FOR NATO GENDARMERIE TRAINING [...] (C/NF) In a November 2 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, PM Maliki said that he had signed a letter that morning requesting that NATO provide gendarmerie training to the Iraqi National Police under the auspices of the NATO-Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). National Security Advisor Rubaie pr [...]	2006-11-09 09:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS NATO IZ
06BAGHDAD597	FEBRUARY 23 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 21:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD643	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Turkey's Iraq Coordinator, Amb. Oguz Celikkol, visited Baghdad February 24-25 where he met separately with Pres. Talabani, PM Jaafari and the Ambassador. Topics discussed were the Golden Mosque bombing, Sadrists, Iranian influence, formation of the Iraqi government, Kur [...]	2006-02-28 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD646	IRAQ,S EFFECTIVE SECURITY RESPONSE TO THE GOLDEN [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: The GOI's national security apparatus and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),supported by the U.S. and UK embassies and MNF-I, performed well in most areas of Iraq that experienced sectarian violence following the February 22 bombing in Samarra. The GOI's tactics were mos [...]	2006-02-28 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD662	COLLABORATION AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN MOI AND [...] (C/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Recent high-profile encounters between the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlight the friction that exists between the two security ministries. Although there also has been cooperation in some areas, there have been several incidents in wh [...]	2006-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD984	IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY [...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]	2006-03-25 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAKU1398	PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS GENERAL WARD THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan wants to "increase and deepen" its relationship with the United States. He argued that US and Azerbaijani regional interests and goals "coincide," and [...]	2006-09-25 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1407	FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...]	2006-09-26 12:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1731	MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 06:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AJ PINS AF
06BAKU994	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FIRST TRANSITION TO IRAQI [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref a points to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 3, emphasizing that the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province represents significant progress. Mammadyarov welcomed th [...]	2006-07-11 08:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ AJ
06BELGRADE1943	Serbian Reactions to PfP Invitation [...] (SBU) 1. (SBU) President Tadic has warmly welcomed NATO's decision to invite Serbia to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP). In a statement to the nation, Tadic claimed credit for his own efforts and pledged that the invitation did not absolve Serbia of its outstanding ICTY commitments. FON [...]	2006-11-29 14:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO SR
06BELGRADE1956	PFP REACTIONS UPDATE - GOS Private Reactions [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke on November 29 with President Tadic, FONMIN Draskovic, and DEFMIN Stankovic. PM Kostunica returned the Ambassador's call on November 30. The Ambassador congratulated his interlocutors, noting the Secretary's efforts to forge consensus on the issue. He said NATO a [...]	2006-12-04 09:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO SR
06BELGRADE1959	Engaging With Serbia's Leadership After Riga [...] (c) NATO's offer of PfP membership to Serbia creates an opportunity to move the ball forward on greater bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation. To fill this partnership with substance, we are already seeking a public and clear commitment to Euroatlantic integration from those democr [...]	2006-12-04 16:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR PREL NATO SR
06BELGRADE1973	More Reaction from Democrats and NGOs on PfP [...] (SBU) NATO's invitation for Serbia's membership in PfP continues to dominate local media. President Tadic gave credit to his advisors for the invitation, a statement to which FONMIN took offense. The EU, meanwhile, has said publicly that NATO's relaxation on conditionality will not change its [...]	2006-12-06 13:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO SR
06BELGRADE1994	ACTION REQUEST: MASSAGING SERBIA'S PFP [...] (sbu) Serbia has been working with NATO International Staff since March, 2006 on a Presentation Document in anticipation of an eventual invitation to join PfP. As a result, by the time of the Riga Summit, the Serbian MoD and MFA were already nearly finished with a fairly comprehensive, forw [...]	2006-12-12 16:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO SR
06BERLIN1414	MANAS AIRFIELD: SEEKING SUPPORT FROM ISAF/OEF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message May 22 to Eckart Blaurock, MFA NATO Desk Action Officer in charge of ISAF affairs. Blaurock was very supportive of the request and undertook to pursue the matter with the relevant MFA regional bureau. 2. (C) Also on May 22, DAO passed reftel message to H [...]	2006-05-24 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL KG GM
06BERLIN1494	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE "ROAD TO RIGA" [...] (C) Summary: In meetings May 18-19 with USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland, German officials were cautious across the board. Nuland focused on the strategic rationale behind our Riga summit initiatives but made only modest headway in broadening German thinking. Nuland found Chancellery and MO [...]	2006-06-02 13:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS PREL GM
06BERLIN1781	SPD CALLS FOR MORE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Summary: On June 26 the Social Democratic party (SPD) held a conference under the rubric: "Peace through Disarmament: International Law and Nuclear Nonproliferation." FM Steinmeier (SPD) and IAEA DG ElBaradei were the keynote speakers. During the conference, Steinmeier and other SPD l [...]	2006-06-27 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNP IAEA NATO PGOV GM
06BERLIN3468	Germany's FY 2007 Defense Budget: More Shadow than Light [...] (U) The Bundestag approved a 472 million Euro increase of the MOD budget in FY 2007 on November 24, 2006. This marginal increase follows a series of nominal cuts in defense spending and exemplifies the continued low priority for defense: While the national budget will grow by 3.2 percent, def [...]	2006-12-11 07:11:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO GM
06BRATISLAVA338	SLOVAKIA PREPARING DOG TEAMS FOR SERVICE IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is a guidance request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) According to Vladimir Jakabcin, General Director of the Department of Defense Policy, International Relations and Legislation, the Slovak MoD is in the process of purchasing dogs to meet the needs of NTM-1 per Reftel. Including time [...]	2006-04-26 14:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA397	SLOVAKIA TO PARTICIPATE IN EU'S AFRICAN MISSIONS [...] Slovakia is sending two military officers to Sudan and considering a contribution to a possible EU mission to Congo. DefMin Martin Fedor confirmed publicly May 18 that Slovakia will send two staff officers to Sudan in the coming weeks. Fedor explained that there is a growing feeling in Europe [...]	2006-05-22 10:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO EU IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA590	BRATISLAVA PARTICIPANT IN 2006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] Embassy Bratislava designates the following participant for the 2006 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil conference on October 4-6, 2006: -- Name: Aaron Underwood Chase -- Title: Fascell Fellow / Pol-Mil Officer -- Date of Birth: 17, January 1975 -- Security Clearance: TS -- Telephone: 421 2 5922 3376 -- [...]	2006-07-18 11:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PREL LO
06BRATISLAVA925	SLOVAKIA WON'T PUSH TURKEY AWAY FROM EU [...] (C) Per reftel, DCM on 11/27 advocated for Turkey's EU accession process, the Finnish Famagusta-Varosha proposal or a more gradual version, and a moderate alternative EU plan to the Director of the MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Department Anna Turenicova. DCM also emphasized that Gree [...]	2006-11-27 15:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN NATO TU LO
06BRATISLAVA935	FICO SAYS NO TO TROOPS TO KANDAHAR, FOR NOW [...] (U) Prime Minister Robert Fico announced to the media November 29 that, so far, neither the security nor technical conditions have been met to allow Slovak engineering troops to redeploy to southern Afghanistan. Fico added that the Slovak troops were not "mountain rifle fighters who could par [...]	2006-12-01 09:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	AF LO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL
06BUCHAREST1058	PM TARICEANU/DEFMIN PROPOSE IRAQ TROOP WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu unexpectedly announced June 29 in a press conference that he would "support the initiative" of Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu to request the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) to withdraw Romania's troops from Iraq. Tariceanu made his stat [...]	2006-06-29 14:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1072	SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL NIXES PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary. Romania's Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) flatly rejected June 30 the unexpected call by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu and Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu for a Romanian troop pullout from Iraq. (Ref) Announcing the CSAT's decision, President Basescu rebuke [...]	2006-06-30 18:05:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1081	IRAQ PULLOUT PROPOSAL -- DEBATE DEEPENS, WHILE [...] (C) Summary: The debate over Romania's troop presence in Iraq continued to dominate weekend news coverage, following the unexpected June 29 announcement by Prime Minister Tariceanu and Defense Minister Atanasiu in support of a pull-out. Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Finance Minister Vladescu [...]	2006-07-03 19:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1093	PM TARICEANU TO AMBASSADOR -- "TIME HAS COME" FOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told the Ambassador July 5 that he and his National Liberal Party (PNL) believed that "the time had come" for Romania to begin discussing a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Tariceanu stood by the proposal for a pullout he and Defense Minister Atan [...]	2006-07-06 17:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1126	NEW MOD STATE SECRETARY'S MODEST VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a July 11 meeting, the newly appointed MOD State Secretary, Corneliu Dobrotoiu reaffirmed the "centrality" of the U.S.-Romania strategic relationship but insisted that budgetary limitations would force Romania to reexamine its defense commitments. He singled out overseas [...]	2006-07-13 15:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON MOPS MARR NATO RO
06BUCHAREST1160	PDAS VOLKER'S POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR PDAS Kurt Volker met with the political directors of the 10 new NATO allies for talks on NATO's future and broader regional issues on June 28 in Bucharest. These new NATO allies all shared a common vision for NATO's future focused on securing the entire Western Balkans within [...]	2006-07-21 08:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1181	ROMANIA SEEKS RELEASE OF NATO INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS [...] (C) Romanian MFA Director for NATO Affairs Mirela Maghiar relayed a demarche to PolOff on July 20 regarding Romania's request for U.S. support for NATO infrastructure funds to be released. She said Romania's proposal includes three locations -- Otopeni, Fetesti, and Mihail Kogalcieanu (MK) air [...]	2006-07-25 13:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS NATO RO
06BUCHAREST1589	ROMANIA SEEKS NATO CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MOLDOVA [...] During an October 4 courtesy call by D/PolChief, Romania's MFA Deputy Director for NATO Geta Medeleanu requested US support for setting up a NATO clearinghouse mechanism to help Moldova through implementation of its Individual Partnership Action Plan. Medeleanu said that the non-paper (para [...]	2006-10-16 13:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MO NATO PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1619	VENUE FOR 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 14:05:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO RO
06BUCHAREST1652	ROMANIA ON OPEN SKIES TREATY GUIDANCE AND CFE [...] (C) In an October 24 meeting with Polmiloff, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Terrorism Dan Neculeascu said Romania agreed with the US position on the issue of Russia's hazardous airspace zone Open Skies restrictions for a minimum 3,600 meter flight ceiling (ref A) [...]	2006-10-30 08:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE NATO PARM PREL KCFE RO
06BUCHAREST1673	ATHENS TEPID TO ROMANIA'S CFE FLANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) MFA Non-proliferation and Arms Control Director Bogdan Neculeascu on October 31 briefed Polmiloff on the results of Romania's demarche to Athens regarding possible CFE Flank ACV Entitlement transfers (refs a and b). He described the exchange between Romania's Ambassador in Athens and Gre [...]	2006-11-01 16:12:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE MARR NATO PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1768	ROMANIA'S INTEREST IN HOSTING 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] (U) Embassy received note verbale from the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Romania's interest in hosting the 2008 NATO Summit. Below, please see the text of the note and the letter addressed to President Bush. 2. (U) Begin text of note verbale: Nr. C1-1/1803 Bucharest, N [...]	2006-11-22 15:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST1874	ROMANIA: 2006 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT [...] This report provides Embassy Bucharest,s submission for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Summary: Romania continued to be a staunch ally in the global war against terrorism, providing a full range of political, diplomatic, and military support for U.S. goals to combat internation [...]	2006-12-18 13:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON NATO RO
06BUCHAREST1885	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROMANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a year-end meeting with the Ambassador, Romanian FM Ungureanu said Romania hoped to promote an informal "gymnich"-type event as a follow-up to this year's Black Sea Forum. He evinced hope that the three upcoming EU Presidencies of Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia would contin [...]	2006-12-21 14:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU MD RO
06BUCHAREST344	ROMANIA RECEIVED GDPR UPDATE FOR NATO ALLIES AND [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel to Mirela Maghiar, MFA Director for NATO Division, and Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, on February 22. They expressed appreciation for the notification and continuing "great" coordination. Neculaescu promised to inform MOD coll [...]	2006-02-27 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KCFE NATO PREL MARR PARM RO
06BUCHAREST539	ROMANIA -- INITIAL RESPONSE ON SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Further to Reftel, PolMilOff discusse with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar arch 28 a possible Romanian contribution to a seen-man Military Advisory and Liaison Team (MALT). The MALT would certify and mentor the Iraqi Bas Defense Unit (IBDU) taking over guard responsibilities at [...]	2006-03-28 16:13:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL RO IZ
06BUCHAREST573	ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ENGAGING GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL CG RO
06BUCHAREST607	INITIAL CAUTIOUS ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Further to Reftel, PolMilOff discussed the U.S. and U.K. paper entitled "NATO's Global Partnership" with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar on April 12. PolMilOff stressed the U.S. goal of NATO leaders announcing, at the Riga Summit, their intention to reshape how NATO engages with [...]	2006-04-12 15:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RO
06BUCHAREST761	SENATE DEFENSE COMMITTEE GREENLIGHTS U.S. - [...] (C) George-Cristian Maior, Senate Defense Committee Chairman and a leading member of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD),confirmed to PolMilOff that the Defense Committee voted 8 to 1 on May 10 in favor of the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and would send a favora [...]	2006-05-10 14:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL RO
06BUCHAREST799	ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ELIMINATING ISAF [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 09:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL AF RO
06BUCHAREST877	ROMANIA: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 13:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS PGOV RO IZ
06BUCHAREST902	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...]	2006-05-31 17:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	ECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO
06BUCHAREST981	ROMANIAN BLACK SEA FORUM: FIRST STEPS TOWARD A [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOR officials assert that they will use the momentum initiated by the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership" summit in Bucharest as a "launching pad" for further dialogue and cooperation in the Black Sea region. Romanian interlocutors have also expressed gr [...]	2006-06-13 16:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ECIN PINS PHSA NATO PGOV AM AJ BU
06BUDAPEST2383	HUNGARY PREPARES FOR THE NATO SUMMIT: TO RIGA ... [...] (C) Summary: As the GoH prepares for the NATO Summit, we are using quiet diplomatic contacts and aggressive public outreach to help shape their preparations. GoH officials recognize that Afghanistan will be the central focus at Riga and appreciate that NATO's efforts there represent an impor [...]	2006-11-28 13:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS HU
06COPENHAGEN859	DENMARK TILTS TOWARD DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points in support of Ambassador Litt's candidacy to MFA Deputy Director for International Security Michael Lund Jeppesen and MFA NATO Section Chief Maria Egense. Egense responded June 15 by stressing that Denmark believes both Amb. Litt and the Dutch candidate Am [...]	2006-06-16 13:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL AF DA
06DARESSALAAM447	TANZANIA FAVORS AMIS REHAT, BUT STRESSES [...] (C) Charge delivered the points in Reftel A to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on March 9. Mulamula said the Government of Tanzania position is clear: the African Union (AU) cannot accomplish the mission and there is no othe [...]	2006-03-10 04:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SU KPKO TZ
06DUBAI2014	ESTONIAN SOLDIER OUT ON BAIL [...] (U) Consul General contacted Netherlands CG April 11 to seek an update on the case involving the Estonian soldier serving with NATO forces in Afghanistan, who was arrested at Sharjah Airport on February 23 for drunkeness and molesting a female police officer. Sharjah's Shari'a court originally [...]	2006-04-11 13:18:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PHUM NATO AE EN
06DUBLIN1416	IRELAND TO CONSIDER EXPANDED ISAF CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Ireland, a NATO Partnership for Peace member, is committed to maintaining its presence in ISAF (now four officers and three non-commissioned officers in Kabul),but would have to consider contributing additional personnel in the context of constraints on Ireland's current and planned peac [...]	2006-12-15 16:18:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO PINS AG EI
06DUBLIN270	IRELAND: EU COMMON CHARGING SCHEME FOR ANS SHOULD [...] The EUROCONTROL draft regulation on the Common Charging Scheme for Air Navigation Services (ANS) is evolving toward a version that would protect exemptions of state aircraft from ANS fees, according to Fintan Towey, Department of Transport Principal Officer for Aviation Security, to whom embof [...]	2006-03-14 15:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MARR MOPS PREL NATO EUN
06DUBLIN401	IRELAND PLANNING A REDUCTION OF THE QRF IN [...] (C) Summary. On April 12th, POL/ECON Chief and DATT met with Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN/Terrorism and Illicit Drugs Director John Deady and Deputy Director Brian Cahalane and separately with Deputy Political Director Colm O'Floinn and Desk Officer Louise Hartigan regarding t [...]	2006-04-13 18:34:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR NATO UN LI EI SW
06DUBLIN706	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND NAMED NEW UK [...] (SBU) The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced on June 9 the appointment of UK Ambassador to Ireland Stewart Eldon to succeed Sir Peter Ricketts as the UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council. Eldon will leave to take up his new appointment in late August 2006. [...]	2006-06-19 13:46:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO NAC PINR PREL EI
06EFTOSKOPJE206	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF US NATO [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the government and opposition are gearing up for this summer's parliamentary election, the actual date of which has yet to be determined. Amid the clamor of mutual recrimination and mudslinging of the "pre-campaign," which already is underway, your visit is an excell [...]	2006-03-02 15:47:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO MK
06HELSINKI1157	DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...]	2006-11-15 11:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS
06HELSINKI1158	DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...]	2006-11-15 13:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG FI
06HELSINKI1193	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) On 29 November, DCM delivered demarche to Finnish Foreign Ministry Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros Villeneuve. Vierros Villeneuve welcomed US points on Georgia and agreed that maintaining US-EU unity is crucial. 2. (C) On Moldova, Vierros Villeneuve also fully agreed on the ne [...]	2006-11-30 13:08:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU
06HELSINKI990	FINLAND: PREVIEW OF EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary. The Oct. 2-3 informal EU defense ministers' meeting will focus on operations in Bosnia, Sudan, and Congo; review the EU's force catalogue and the state of civil-military coordination; and discuss the European Defense Agency's (EDA) long term planning scenarios. NATO SYG de Hoo [...]	2006-09-27 09:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO EUN FI
06ISLAMABAD22251	FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES PREDICTING NATO FAILURE IN [...] (U) Following a November 29 press account (reftel) that described Pakistani Foreign Minister Khushid Kasuri as privately telling visiting foreign ministers of NATO member states that the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan and advising NATO members from sending in more troops, the Ministry of [...]	2006-11-30 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL NATO
06ISLAMABAD22499	LEADING PAKISTANI PASHTUN BROADCASTER TROUBLED [...] (C) Summary and introduction: According to Hassan Khan, editor of Pakistan's leading Pashtun language foreign affairs television program on Khyber TV, Afghan President Karzai seemed "confused about many things" during their lengthy meeting in early December meeting. Khan, who described his [...]	2006-12-18 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER NATO
06KABUL2972	ISAF STABILITY OPERATION IN FARAH TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: ISAF has begun a stability operation in Farah province to mitigate potential affects of Operation Mountain Thrust. Known as Operation Turtle, the activity consists of three elements: security, engagement, and development. On the security side, ISAF has begun increasing its g [...]	2006-07-03 03:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PTER NATO AF
06KABUL3037	ISAF STABILITY OPERATION IN FARAH TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: ISAF has begun a stability operation in Farah province to mitigate potential effects of Operation Mountain Thrust. Known as Operation Turtle, the activity consists of three elements: security, engagement, and development. On the security side, ISAF has begun increasing its g [...]	2006-07-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PTER NATO AF

06KABUL3589	EQUIPPING THE ANA [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel, in which post and CFC were asked to provide information regarding ANA equipment needs for possible donations by NATO countries. This effort requires close coordination with OSD staff who are part of the overall security assistance progra [...]	2006-08-10 14:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SNAR PREL NATO AF
06KABUL4009	SRSG KOENIGS' BRIEFING ON PROPOSAL FOR [...] (S) In an August 27 briefing for resident embassy/mission representatives, SRSG Koenigs reported on his recent visit to Islamabad and sought support for his proposal for an organized political dialogue (as complement to the tripartite process and involving the UN, the NATO political represent [...]	2006-09-06 13:52:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNAF NATO PK AF
06KABUL4045	NAC VISIT TO KANDAHAR PROMPTS REQUEST FOR MORE [...] (C) Over the course of two days, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Kandahar Air Field (KAF),home of NATO Regional Command South (RC-South),to review PRT activities in southern Afghanistan and receive a briefing on Operation MEDUSA. On September 5, Kandahar PRT Commander LtCol Simon [...]	2006-09-10 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL4722	KAZAKH DELEGATION IS ALL BUSINESS IN EXAMINING PRT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A high-level Kazakhstani delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Abdrakhmanov and dominated by trade, investment and energy officials, visited Afghanistan September 24-28, to, among other things, examine the possibility of leading or participating in a Provincial Reconstruct [...]	2006-10-01 12:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PARM AORD NATO ETRD EINV KZ
06KABUL5414	OUR TAKE ON AFGHANISTAN OBJECTIVES AT THE RIGA [...] (C) Summary: The upcoming NATO Summit in Riga offers a prime opportunity to advance our agenda in Afghanistan with our NATO Allies. We believe it essential to continue to project a steady, measured message on the need to eliminate caveats some nations have imposed on the deployment of their [...]	2006-11-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF
06KABUL5549	PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN [...] State Department officers and USAID representatives are working with military counterparts at Italian, Canadian, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, New Zealand, Icelandic, German, British and Lithuanian as well as U.S.-led PRTs. The difficult and often dangerous environment in which they work, coupl [...]	2006-11-21 01:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER EAID NATO PREF MASS AF
06KABUL5734	KHOST SECURITY AGREEMENT NOT LIKE MUSA QALA: [...] (C) Summary: Governor Jamal underlined that the November 23 Khost Security Resolution was "totally different" from the Musa Qala agreement, and that there was nothing in the resolution that would limit the operation of ISAF/Coalition forces or Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He asked [...]	2006-12-07 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR MOPS NATO EAID PGOV AF
06KHARTOUM1285	SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU MOPS KPKO NATO MARR AU
06KHARTOUM605	SUDAN'S RESPONSE: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A UN [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche on March 7 to MFA Department of the Americas Acting Director Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim. Rejecting the premise of the message, he offered several reasons why Sudan instead seeks to continue the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS): -- AMIS is n [...]	2006-03-08 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KHARTOUM674	SUDAN: MFA DISCUSSES UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 15 discussion, MFA Acting Americas Director Abd Elghani said that ending the Darfur conflict through a political settlement was Sudan's priority, not finding a role for another UN peacekeeping force. He urged the U.S. to work with Sudan to push for a peace agreeme [...]	2006-03-16 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NATO AU US SU
06KIEV1036	UKRAINE: EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION BEFORE AND [...] (C) Summary: Various interlocutors assessed the prospects for Ukraine's drive toward NATO membership after the March 26 parliamentary elections during visits to Kiev by EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 and by Project for Transitional Democracies head Bruce Jackson March 4-8. Deputy Foreign Mi [...]	2006-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1081	UKRAINE: MOROZ AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY: ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Most of the attention on the failure of the "Maidan" coalition to form a coherent, effective government team in office in 2005 justifiably focused on the bitter falling out of the two main Orange parties, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine and Yuliya Tymoshenko's eponymous bloc ( [...]	2006-03-20 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ETRD PARM NATO
06KIEV1123	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON NATO, JOB SECURITY [...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko said that he was in the process of reorganizing his general staff to meet the NATO "J-System" requirement. He added that he hoped a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine could be approved at the next NATO defe [...]	2006-03-23 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR NATO
06KIEV1354	UKRAINE: MFA DIRECTOR BELASHOV ON BLACK SEA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting called at his request, MFA Military-Technical Cooperation and Arms Control Department Director Volodymyr Belashov asked us for the USG position regarding the Turkish-sponsored Operation Black Sea Harmony, [...]	2006-04-05 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MOPS PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1530	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH TO CODEL FRIST: ORANGE [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told CODEL Frist and Ambassador April 13 that the pro-presidential Our Ukraine (OU) bloc needed to form a coalition with his Party of Regions in order to overcome the east-west split within the country. A union of the previous ruling coalit [...]	2006-04-14 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD NATO OREP PINR US UP
06KIEV1693	UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH'S [...] (C) Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador April 27 that working-level negotiations with President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc continued. While many issues had been worked out, Yanukovych would need to meet with Yushchenko to resolve key issues. Yanukovych implied that R [...]	2006-04-28 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO
06KIEV1937	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON COALITION TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko opined to Ambassador May 18 that Orange coalition prospects were growing as President Yushchenko was resigning himself to ex-Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's return to the prime ministership. He agreed with Ambassador's listing of honest government o [...]	2006-05-19 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MARR NATO BO UP
06KIEV2039	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]	2006-05-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2190	UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]	2006-06-06 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV2207	UKRAINE: QUICK GOU FIX TO "SEA BREEZE" LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) resumed June 7 and, without addressing the issue of foreign military participation in joint exercises in Ukraine, ended its session almost immediately, adjourning until June 14. A possible special session of the Rada could come before June 14, but [...]	2006-06-07 17:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2247	UKRAINE: SEA BREEZE JUNE 8 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko defended his ministry's preparations for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral military exercise Sea Breeze and determined, with the UK Embassy Defense Attache, that the joint Ukraine-UK Lone Knot exercise would need to be cancelled. Parliament's provisional pres [...]	2006-06-08 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2477	UKRAINE: LAUNCH OF NATO PFP TRUST FUND PROJECT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The NATO PfP Trust Fund project to eliminate MANPADS, small arms/light weapons, and excess munitions began June 20 with the ceremonial destruction of two MANPADS before an audience of government officials and media. Actual operations are expected to begin at the Shostka site in [...]	2006-06-23 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR NATO PGOV UP
06KIEV2590	UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...]	2006-07-05 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV3021	UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]	2006-08-03 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3041	UKRAINE: FOREIGN POLICY OF A REGIONS-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an August 3 meeting, parliamentary deputy and Party of Regions foreign-policy expert Kozhara was sketchy on the details of how a Regions-led government might modify Ukraine's foreign policy approaches. He affirmed that Regions would work to pass WTO-related legislation, but al [...]	2006-08-04 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD WTO NATO OREP PINR RS UP
06KIEV336	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV3463	UKRAINE: A/S FRIED AND PM YANUKOVYCH DISCUSS NATO, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried highlighted USG willingness to work with PM Yanukovych's government and our belief that Ukraine needed to move at a speed it sets towards NATO membership. Fried also stressed the importance of Ukraine developing as an open, democratic, prosperous societ [...]	2006-09-08 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV NATO UP
06KIEV3923	UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES? [...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]	2006-10-12 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV604	UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]	2006-02-15 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL NATO
06KIEV965	UKRAINE: DFM KHANDOHIY, U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSS FM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with Under Secretary Dobriansky and Ambassador, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy pushed for a Presidential drop-by during FM Tarasyuk's March 9 meeting with the Vice President in Washington. Dobriansky and Ambassador frankly described the poor timing (in view of the u [...]	2006-03-14 09:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KFLU NATO
06KIGALI1187	RWANDA WILL ROTATE ITS DARFUR TROOPS [...] (SBU) Action request. The GOR communicated its intent to rotate the three Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) battalions in Darfur, Sudan with three new battalions. The diplomatic note (text below) indicates a desire for the USG to provide the airlift for the troop rotation "by the end of December 2 [...]	2006-12-12 15:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS NATO PREL SU RW
06KIGALI410	GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN [...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...]	2006-05-02 10:34:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN
06KINSHASA658	DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO ASSISTANCE TO AMIS [...] (C) PolOff delivered April 26 reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC would welcome any assistance NATO could provide the AU, particularly in the form of logistical support. Djoli added that the AU does not have the mea [...]	2006-04-27 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EUN MARR NATO PREL CG SU
06KUWAIT3837	CORRECTED COPY. INVITATION TO 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] Embassy Kuwait will send Political Military Affairs Officer DeWitt Conklin to attend the Pol-Mil Conference in Brussels on October 4-6, 2006. Post requests assistance with accomodation and ground transportation. Requested participant information is: Name: DeWitt C. Conklin Title: Politic [...]	2006-09-26 05:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGE MARR NATO KU
06KUWAIT4557	NATO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 04:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER KU
06KUWAIT4652	NATO ICI MEETING: KUWAIT SEEKS "STRATEGIC [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a briefing for NATO resident ambassadors, NATO Secretary General Scheffer praised the atmosphere surrounding NATO-GOK meetings, and noted Kuwait's interest in expanding NATO's relationship with Kuwait and the GCC as a "political-military alliance." Scheffer believes Kuwait [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT998	NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...]	2006-03-21 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU
06KYIV4413	UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING - [...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...]	2006-11-30 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP
06KYIV4432	UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY: [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4537	UKRAINE/LITHUANIA: ADAMKUS LOBBIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' three-day state visit to Ukraine -- his fourth trip here this year -- was intended to demonstrate a willingness to work with the new Yanukovych government, promote bilateral trade and investment ties, and facilitate cooperation in the energy s [...]	2006-12-11 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO UP LH
06LISBON1089	PORTUGAL: NATO RESPONSE FORCE: WITH THE U.S. IN [...] (C) P/E officer delivered reftel demarche June 6 to MFA's Director of Security and Disarmament Joao Corte-Real. Corte-Real thought that the MOD had the lead on this issue and said he would forward it immediately. When pressed for his opinion, he said that Portugal was already participating in [...]	2006-06-08 14:49:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR PO
06LISBON2719	PORTUGAL TO BE VOICE OF MODERATION IN EU ACCESSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 17:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN NATO PO TU
06LJUBLJANA14	SLOVENIA: POL-MIL OUTLOOK FOR 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2006, a new leadership team will consolidate its power within the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) will continue the process of transformation to meet NATO's standards and prepare for the challenges of the future. Slovenia's defense and security [...]	2006-01-06 07:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR SI NATO
06LJUBLJANA202	SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON ALLIED SUPPORT TO ENGAGE [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on April 3 to MFA Security Policy staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek responded that Slovenia had no opposition to the beginning of an Intensified Dialogue (ID) with Georgia, but cautioned that Georgia should not be lumped in the same category as [...]	2006-04-03 04:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA272	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...]	2006-05-05 05:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA322	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING FURTHER CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] (C) On May 24, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's NATO Department Head, Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Cimpersek said that the MFA and MOD had sent a proposal to the government (cabinet) for Slovenia to donate 50,000 Euro to the Trust Fund for NTM-I. Cimpersek stressed that this was stil [...]	2006-05-24 22:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS SI
06LJUBLJANA329	SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...]	2006-05-25 06:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA349	SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON NATO RESPONSE FORCE: [...] (C) On June 2, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Department Head Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek, and on June 5 to MOD NATO/EU Department Head Aljosa Selan. Although Slovenia's resources are currently being stretched by a new set of NATO Force Goals (issued in March 2006),Cimpersek and [...]	2006-06-05 03:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO SI
06LJUBLJANA522	SLOVENIA: DESPITE OPPOSITION PROTESTS, NEW IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week leaders from the opposition parties Liberal Democracy (LDS) and Social Democrats (SD) hoped to take advantage of the slow news cycle as well as this week's scheduled deployment of Slovenia's second rotation of instructors to NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I) for a quic [...]	2006-08-14 15:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR NATO SI
06LJUBLJANA553	SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...]	2006-08-24 14:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	NATO PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA611	SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...]	2006-09-21 12:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA612	SLOVENIA: SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) In preparation for the Secretary of Defense's visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006, and his bilateral discussions with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec, please find below a current summary of Slovenia [...]	2006-09-21 12:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA63	SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]	2006-01-31 03:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA710	SLOVENES: KEEP THE DOOR TO NATO OPEN [...] (C) COM spoke with MFA State Secretary (and soon to be Slovenian Ambassador to NATO) Bozo Cerar on October 26 and delivered reftel points regarding NATO enlargement and the Riga Summit. To COM's comment that the US would be supportive of Croatia's bid in 2008, Cerar reaffirmed Slovenia's supp [...]	2006-11-03 05:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA725	SLOVENIA: BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 12:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA745	SLOVENIA: SATISFIED THAT IT IS PULLING ITS WEIGHT [...] (SBU) On November 15 PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek, a staffer in the NATO Office of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolMilOff also acknowledged Slovenia's long-standing commitment to Afghanistan, praising the 54 troops Sloveni [...]	2006-11-17 05:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS SI
06LJUBLJANA770	SLOVENIA ON BOARD WITH UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia supports the US positions on Georgia and Moldova at the OSCE. According to Deputy Director of the Office of International Organizations, Damjan Bergant, it will be difficult to get everything we hope for during negotiations, but worth the effort to try. While [...]	2006-12-01 12:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS NATO OSCE SI
06LONDON1735	(C) SUDAN: UK IN SYNCH ON UN RE-HATTING OF AMIS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 15:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NATO SU UK
06LONDON2020	(C) SUDAN: UK PUSHES RE-HATTING AND SENSITIVITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Gregor Lusty March 17. Lusty said the UK agrees with those points and is also pressing appropriate African states to support quick action on re-hatting AMIS as a UN operation. He said the UK stresses the importanc [...]	2006-03-17 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI NATO SU UK
06LUXEMBOURG343	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER LUXEMBOURG [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 13:21:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LU
06LUXEMBOURG582	LUXEMBOURG'S CONTINUING SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (U) Luxembourg will soon send its eleventh small contingent of soldiers to Afghanistan in support of the NATO-led International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF). The nine soldiers - all volunteers - will serve a four-month stint with the Belgian troops guarding the airport in Kabul. Thei [...]	2006-11-03 15:57:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV MOPS PREL LU
06LUXEMBOURG641	LUXEMBOURG'S PM ON THE NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) During an 11 December meeting the Ambassador and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker discussed the NATO Summit, the NATO Response Force (NRF),and the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The Ambassador expressed her appreciation to the PM for Luxem [...]	2006-12-14 13:08:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PM LU
06MADRID1037	SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON NATO ISSUES [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftels with MFA Deputy Director General for International Security Affairs Manuel Acerete and his deputy on April 24. Acerete had previously accepted some of the information, but lacked instructions on how to respond. Following are his responses. 2. (C) On Georgia's [...]	2006-04-25 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR SP
06MADRID1564	SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]	2006-06-16 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1577	SPAIN ON NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL
06MADRID1656	SPAIN TAKES POSITIVE VIEW OF US CANDIDATE FOR NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO MARR PREL SP
06MADRID1743	SPAIN TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] After consulting with Canadian DCM, Emboffs delivered PRT conference invitations on June 26 to the Foreign Ministry Director General (DG) for Asia and Pacific, the Spanish aid agency AECI DG for Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, and Defense Ministry DG for Policy. Separately, Emboffs reached [...]	2006-07-07 14:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC NATO SP AF
06MADRID1748	SPANISH MOD DEMONSTRATES INTENT TO CONTINUE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The day after standing beside the Ambassador during the Ambassador's July 4th speech, Defense Minister Alonso sat down with the Ambassador to talk at length about Asian security policy, Alonso's planned fall visit to Washington, NATO, Spanish politics, and bilateral defense is [...]	2006-07-07 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP
06MADRID2242	SPAIN ON NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 11:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO SP
06MADRID2870	SPAIN SUPPORTS CONTINUED EU, NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 2 and to Russia and Eastern Europe Desk Officer Iago Gil Aguado on November 8. Fernandez-Arias told Emboff that Ukraine is the most important non-EU European nation as far as Sp [...]	2006-11-13 14:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS SP UP
06MADRID2910	SPAIN ON NATO/AFGHANISTAN ISSUES FOR RIGA [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points on the need for increased commitment to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan to MOD Policy Director ADM Francisco Torrente on November 17. DCM emphasized that while the US appreciates Spain's solid contribution in the west, NATO faces a strong challenge in the [...]	2006-11-17 18:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO SP
06MADRID2956	SPAIN: ACTIVE SUPPORT ON TURKEY/EU; WILL SEEK [...] (C) DCM met with Alberto Navarro, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, on November 24 to discuss the future of Turkish accession into the EU. DCM asked Navarro if Spain would be an active supporter of Turkey at the December European Council and also asked what role France and [...]	2006-11-27 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL NATO SP
06MADRID3059	SPANISH MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NATO RIGA SUMMIT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. MOD Policy Director Torrente told DCM on December 12 that President Bush's remarks had helped make the NATO Riga Summit more successful than he'd expected. He said that the Summit had achieved important political ends related to future expansion and the Alliance's commitment to [...]	2006-12-19 11:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP
06MASERU128	SUDAN: ENSURING THAT THE AU REQUEST A UN RE-HAT OF AMIS [...] (C) On March 8, Ambassador raised with Minister of Foreign Affairs Monyane Moleleki points concerning the need for a clear request from the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting March 10 on rehatting of the AMIS contingent in Darfur. As previously indicated refs (B) and (D),the FOM [...]	2006-03-09 12:25:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NATO SU LT
06MINSK924	Nomination for 006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL Conference, [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 07:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	AMT MARR NATO PREL BO
06MOSCOW10986	"NOT WAR, BUT CLOSE:" RUSSIAN REACTION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador September 28 the arrest of Russian officers in Georgia "could have been a casus belli." Russian reaction "will be more reasonable." Russia "has the impression that it cannot rely on its American partners." Karasin asked for U.S. help in freeing the o [...]	2006-09-28 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW11029	RUSSIAN REACTS TO ARRESTS OF SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador strongly encouraged restraint in a September 29 telephone conversation with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. Karasin responded that he appreciated U.S. responsiveness and welcomed Tbilisi's decision to permit joint patrolling of the Kodori Gorge. The MFA confir [...]	2006-09-29 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW2974	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Emotions seem to be cooling (at least temporarily) between Russia and Georgia, and we are seeing a return to low-level business. Statements that would have caused an uproar just a few weeks ago are being dismissed with good humor. But that is a long way from making real progre [...]	2006-03-24 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD PBTS NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW5742	RUSSIA WANTS TO SEND OBSERVER TO BLACK SEA FORUM [...] (C) We discussed reftel May 25 with MFA Romanian Section Chief Igor Inyushkin. He agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared common interests in the Black Sea region and appreciated Washington's endorsement of existing regional institutions, underlining Russia's hope that Moscow would be able t [...]	2006-05-31 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS RO RS
06MUNICH114	MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: MERKEL URGES [...] (SBU) The February 3-5 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy ("Wehrkunde") on "Restoring the Transatlantic Partnership," explored a wide-range of security policy topics, including the future of NATO, its relationship with the EU, Russia's relationship with Europe and NATO, and Foreign and [...]	2006-02-23 16:28:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM NATO IAEA NPT ENRG IR GM
06MUNICH838	PREVIEW OF THE 43D MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) The 43d annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the "Davos" of the security policy world is set to take place February 9-11, 2007 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, parliamentary delegations an [...]	2006-12-08 11:54:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM NATO GM
06OSLO1060	CFE ENTITLEMENT ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 10:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PARM PREL NO KCFE
06OSLO1228	PRT EFFECTIVENESS CONFERENCE: INTERIM NORWEGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 13:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AF NATO PREL NO
06OSLO132	NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...]	2006-02-08 16:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NO NATO
06OSLO1344	NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ [...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...]	2006-10-31 16:34:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ
06OSLO497	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ROLLING OUT NATO'S GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO498	RESPONSES TO CFE ENTITLEMENT QUESTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL NO
06OSLO512	NORWEGIANS ON BOARD WITH MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 15:12:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO627	NORWAY WILL LOOK AGAIN AT ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) On May 11, we delivered reftel points to Leif Larsen, MFA Security Policy Section DAS, and to MOD USA Desk Officer Erling Alvestad. Larsen and Alvestad agreed to coordinate between their ministries and consider our request. The MOD noted that Norway's caveat was out of step with its pr [...]	2006-05-15 12:58:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO683	NORWAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 10:54:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MOPS NO
06OSLO725	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: PRESSING FOR PLEDGES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 12:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO NO
06OSLO756	(S/NOFORN) NORWAY MAY CONSIDER ISAF SOF DEPLOYMENT [...] (S/NOFORN) We met on June 9 with MOD DAS for Security Policy Henning Vaglum (protect throughout) and MOD Policy Afghan Desk Officer Keith Eikenes (protect throughout). Vaglum told us that Norway had been approached in March by DSACEUR on whether it could provide SOF to an expanded ISAF missio [...]	2006-06-09 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO828	INVITATION DELIVERED-AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) On June 26 we delivered the PRT Conference invitation to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section. We were joined by Lisa Stadelbauer, Canadian Counselor for Political Affairs. Nergaard thanked us for the invitation and noted that she would forward the information t [...]	2006-06-28 13:56:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AF XD AORC NATO NO
06OSLO847	NORWAY POSITIVE ABOUT NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO863	AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) [...] (U) On July 10 we delivered reftel points and PowerPoint template to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section, and Sigurd Marstein, Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Defense. Marstein informed us that Col. Axel Olsson will represent the MOD. All intended electronic com [...]	2006-07-10 11:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AF XD AORC NATO NO
06OSLO902	CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 14:29:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE
06OSLO996	CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) On August 11 we met with Lars Loken, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Per reftel c, Loken stated that Norway has made a "firm decision" to approve 31 artillery pieces for the Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) entitlement transfer involving Norway, [...]	2006-08-11 11:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE
06OTTAWA137	CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT SHOWS RESOLVE IN [...] (C) Summary: Canada lost its first diplomat in fifty years in Kandahar on Sunday when a suicide bomber killed its PRT chief and seriously wounded three soldiers. Canadian officials are resolute in the face of the casualties about continuing with the mission, but the Canadian public (despite b [...]	2006-01-17 22:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF CA NATO
06OTTAWA28	CANADA: "YES" TO UN RE-HATTING BUT "NO" TO NATO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel on 6 January to Wendy Gilmore, Director of the Sudan Task Force at Foreign Affairs Canada. After noting the value of regular weekly conference calls with DOS, UK and EU counterparts, she characterized the GoC's immediate efforts prior to the January 12 meeting as [...]	2006-01-05 19:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CA SU UNSC NATO
06OTTAWA3458	CANADA SUPPORTS UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA AND [...] (U) Urgent action request. Please see para four (4). 2. (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche on November 22 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Political Director Colleen Swords, and on November 24 to OSCE Desk Officer Neil Brennan. Canada is in strong agreement [...]	2006-11-24 20:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU CA

06PARIS1431	SUDAN/AMIS: FRENCH SHARE U.S. VIEW [...] (C) MFA Sudan deskoff Jerome Robert on March 7 confirmed that France shared the U.S. position on transforming the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a UN operation. "We agree with you 100 percent on the need to turn AMIS into a UN mission," Robert stated in response to reftel demarc [...]	2006-03-07 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1510	SOME MOD THINKING ON NATO, DARFUR, AND ARM SALES [...] (S) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, senior MOD officials affirmed that the French Government has embargoed arms sales to Venezuela, although the decision may still not be final. On Darfur, France is not opposed to a NATO assistance role, but officials cautioned that the West, whether NATO or EU, [...]	2006-03-09 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR FR EUN NATO
06PARIS2195	THE FRENCH ARE STILL DELIBERATING ON ENGAGING [...] (C) Using reftel points, pol/mil officer sought on April 3 MFA support for NATO to begin Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions with Georgia. MFA DAS-equivalent director for NATO/ESDP issues, Nicolas Niemtchinow, received our points, but declined any substantive comment, indicating that [...]	2006-04-04 13:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR GG FR NATO
06PARIS2592	FRANCE ON NATO 'GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS' [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, Nicolas Niemtchinow, on April 10. On April 17, Niemtchinow responded that France appreciated receiving the points, especially the detailed explanation of what global partnerships are and what they are not. H [...]	2006-04-19 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO
06PARIS2684	FRANCE SUPPORTS WITH RESERVATIONS NATO'S MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, French MFA officials stated that France supported the establishment of NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) in principle, although they have serious concerns that it not draw resources away from existing NATO operations/programs, and believe that the p [...]	2006-04-24 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS2721	FRANCE HAS A NARROWER PERSPECTIVE FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) On April 24, in advance of the Informal Ministerial in Sofia, polmiloff followed up on reftel discussion on Global Partnerships with Nicolas Niemtchinow, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for NATO issues. Niemtchinow said France thought it timely to re-examine NATO's Partnerships, in discussion [...]	2006-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS3487	FRANCE SYMPATHETIC TO DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 22, we delivered reftel demarche to Xavier Chatel, MFA official working on NATO, noting that U.S. negotiations with the Kyrgyzs were ongoing. Chatel observed that our request that France make a demarche to Kyrgyzstan likely would be considered favorably by the GoF and promised to g [...]	2006-05-23 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO KG FR
06PARIS3668	NO INCREASE IN FRANCE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR NATO
06PARIS3721	USNATO AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SOCIALIST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Pierre Moscovici, the Socialist Party's National Secretary for International Relations, met May 29 with visiting Ambassador to NATO Nuland to discuss transatlantic relations in the context of France's 2007 presidential elections. Moscovici insisted that a PS Administra [...]	2006-06-05 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR NATO EUN
06PARIS4046	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER FRENCH [...] (C) Using ref A talking points, we spoke June 8 and 14, with MFA expert on the NRF, Florian Escudie, to suggest France consider increasing its contributions or that it lobby its Eurocorps partners to make up existing gaps in the NRF-7 rotation. USNATO Ambassador Nuland and EUR/RPM Director Gar [...]	2006-06-14 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4094	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4214	FRANCE AND NATO ID FOR GEORGIA - IT'S ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) 1. Summary: A French decision on Georgia's candidacy for NATO Intensified Dialogue is under review, according to Presidency and MFA officials, and President Chirac will have the final say. Based on conversations with an Elysee contact, France continues to view Georgia's future through the [...]	2006-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO RU
06PARIS4525	FRANCE TO ATTEND THE AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS4970	EMBASSY PARIS PARTICIPANTS TO THE 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] Amembassy Paris designates the following officers to participate in the USNATO/USEU POl-MIL Conference to be held October 3-6, 2006 in Brussels. -- Gus Recinos -- Pol/Mil Officer -- 10/29/52: -- TSI -- Tel: (33) 1 4312 2198; fax: (33) 1 4312 2663, email: recinosg@state.gov -- Arr [...]	2006-07-21 12:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PREL
06PARIS5423	EUR DAS BRYZA'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Matt Bryza met August 2 with French Deputy PolDir Baleine du Laurens to discuss developments in Georgia and Abkhazia. On Georgian reforms, Bryza countered a suggestion by Laurens that Georgia was regressing by pointing to continued improvements in press freedom, tr [...]	2006-08-10 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GG NATO KDEM
06PARIS563	TAORMINA INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL -- MOD [...] (C) On January 26, during the course of a previously scheduled meeting to discuss NATO issues, pol/miloff raised the recent unsuccessful debate at NATO on securing a NAC-PSC meeting on CT. In response, Camille Grand, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, said that the minister was also [...]	2006-01-27 18:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS5811	FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]	2006-08-29 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5837	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...]	2006-08-30 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR
06PARIS6153	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, UNGA [...] (SBU) FM Douste-Blazy cabinet advisor Francois-Xavier Carrel-Billiard told us September 13 that FM Douste-Blazy at this time planned to attend the September 22 informal transatlantic lunch hosted by the Secretary, and would also attend the U.S.-EU ministerial meeting following. New Political [...]	2006-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL OPDC FR UNO UNGA
06PARIS6179	EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]	2006-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS7024	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S NOVEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) When you meet him, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's focus will be on some of the same subjects that are currently preoccupying us: Iran, Syria/Lebanon and NATO (global partnerships, Afghanistan.) We would expect MGM to be in his usual cooperative, problem-solving mode on the first two, wher [...]	2006-10-25 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR NATO KNNP IR IZ LE SY IS RS GG
06PARIS7057	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]	2006-10-27 08:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PARIS7104	AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE AND NATO: EVOLVING FRENCH [...] (C) In a follow up to the widely-rumored, but not yet publicly announced, French decision to withdraw its Special Forces (SOF) contribution to OEF in Afghanistan, we inquired of MOD and MFA contacts as to France's commitment to ISAF and OEF. MFA Strategic Affairs Advisor in the Cabinet Francoi [...]	2006-10-30 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS7340	FRENCH AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING REFORM [...] (C) French DAS-equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, confirmed on November 3 that France would continue strongly to support reform efforts in the Ukraine, particularly in the defense field. Bouchez noted that although France in theory was in favor of a NATO m [...]	2006-11-09 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS UP FR
06PARIS7508	APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...]	2006-11-22 13:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO
06PARIS7666	U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]	2006-12-05 08:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7699	DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...]	2006-12-07 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR
06PARIS7755	A/S FRIED AND FRENCH NSA-EQUIVALENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried's December 7 meeting with presidential diplomatic advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) focused largely on Russia, with France in a defensive posture. MGM raised the aborted Putin-Chirac dinner on the margins of the NATO Riga Summit, saying it had been instigated b [...]	2006-12-12 13:05:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN NATO RS UNO SR YI TU CY
06PARIS7928	THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...]	2006-12-29 14:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO
06PARIS854	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE [...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...]	2006-02-10 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PARIS955	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...]	2006-02-14 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR
06PRAGUE1054	CZECHS PREPARING LETTER OF INTENT ON NATO'S [...] (C/NF)DATT delivered reftel talking points to MOD Defense Policy and Strategy Division Deputy Director Radomir Jahoda on August 29th. Jahoda reiterated the Czech Ministry of Defense support for the Strategic Airlift initiative. He said a Letter of Intent was currently awaiting signature by Depu [...]	2006-08-30 12:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL NATO EZ
06PRAGUE1306	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH CZECH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made his introductory call on Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy October 17. Topics discussed included missile defense, U.S. assistance for Czech defense reform, and Czech aircraft manufacturer AeroVodochody. Sedivy, just a month in the job, displayed an interest in [...]	2006-10-19 14:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR MOPS
06PRAGUE1343	CZECH GOVERNMENT ALLOWS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech Government has given L-159 subsonic fighter manufacturer Aero Vodochody permission to begin discussions about Venezuelan financing for the production of a new version of the L-159, which would have no U.S. content. This decision by Czech authorities stems from heavy d [...]	2006-10-26 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR VE
06PRAGUE1423	CZECHS ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) DCM raised reftel points with Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy on November 15. Pol-Econ Counselor also discussed November 16 with Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Both stressed Czech commitment to success of Riga summit and success for NATO's mission in Afghanistan. To that [...]	2006-11-16 16:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG EZ
06PRAGUE1448	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) The Czech delegation to the upcoming OSCE Ministerial in Brussels on December 4-5 will support the U.S. position on the resolution of conflicts in Georgia and Moldova. MFA Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe Department Martina Tauberova told Poloff on November 24 that Czech FM Alexandr [...]	2006-11-29 14:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO MOPS GG RU EZ
06PRAGUE1505	CZECHS PLAN INCREASED SUPPORT FOR ISAF: MILITARY [...] (C/NF) Summary: On December 20 the Czech government is likely to formally adopt a plan to create a Czech PRT at Pol-e-Khomri, Afghanistan, to take over from Hungary in 2008. Many of the details such as civilian component, financing, and partners still need to be worked-out, but the Czechs will [...]	2006-12-13 11:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS AF NATO
06PRAGUE166	CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005-2006 REPORT ON ALLIED [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel. Note that one dollar equals approximately 23 Czech crowns (CZK). 2. General Assessment. The Czech Republic is a close ally of the United States, operating in support of U.S. objectives both in Europe and farther afield. The Czechs [...]	2006-02-15 13:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL NATO EZ
06PRAGUE225	CZECHS WILL SEEK U.S. HELP TO CREATE PRT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA hopes to have joint agreement with a reluctant MOD by the end of May to field a Czech-led PRT mission in Afghanistan. Approval for the mission would fall to a post-June-election government, but keeping to the May target would protect the mission from political tamperi [...]	2006-03-02 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE283	CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER ON VERA-E, AFGHAN PRT, AND [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met March 14 with Czech Defense Minister Karel Kuehnl to present the letter from SECDEF Rumsfeld on the positive results of U.S. testing of the VERA-E passive surveillance detection system. Afghanistan and missile defense were also discussed. Kuehnl welcomed the SECDEF' [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	AF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER ETTC KSTC MASS
06PRAGUE343	CZECHS SUPPORT NATO INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Poloff April 04 discussed reftel demarche concerning NATO "Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions" with Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Balek said the Czech Republic welcomed the idea of Intensified Dialogue for Georgia with a single caveat -- t [...]	2006-04-05 05:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL GG EZ
06PRAGUE432	CZECHS SUPPORT NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (C) Poloff April 24 discussed reftel demarche concerning the NATO "Global Partnership" initiative with Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Smigolova said the Czech Republic welcomed the initiative and had no significant concerns relating to the conte [...]	2006-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE434	CZECHS AGREE THAT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE IS INEVITABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic agrees that independence for Kosovo is an inevitability. The GOCR believes UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari must make more rapid progress if he is to have any chance of completing his work within the envisaged timeframe. They believe the hope of EU accession wi [...]	2006-04-25 15:18:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE473	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 10 U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS [...] (SBU) The objective of the May 10 Political-Military talks is to strengthen and nurture the Czech Republic's already-strong transatlantic instincts, and achieve forward momentum on key areas of mutual concern. While the entire range of topics for discussion will advance this agenda, the talks [...]	2006-05-04 17:28:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE544	U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS A SUCCESS [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with the Czech Republic took place in Prague on May 10. Discussions were productive and the mood positive. Highlights included: -- GWOT AND CZECH OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS (paras 5-7): The Czechs intend to maintain their 100 military police presence i [...]	2006-05-22 13:08:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE571	CZECHS CONTRIBUTE 50,000 EURO TO NATO TRAINING [...] (U) MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy Vaclav Balek informed Poloff that in response to NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer's appeal, the Czech government on May 17 approved a donation of EUR 50,000 (USD 70,625) to support the NTM-I Trust Fund. These funds follow a Czech donation [...]	2006-05-26 13:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PREL EZ IZ
06PRAGUE96	A CZECH PRT IN AFGHANINSTAN? CURRENT THINKING IN [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Vaclav Balek (please strictly protect),Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department Jan 27. Balek shared that he had attended a recent meeting where FM Svoboda had approved a proposal from the working level that the Czechs should lead a Provincial Reconstruct [...]	2006-01-27 17:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER
06PRISTINA286	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and his assistant, Stephen J. Gee, to visit Pristina April 14 - April 16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations o [...]	2006-03-31 07:51:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA397	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR NULAND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Nuland to visit Pristina May 11, 2006. The purpose of the visit is in conjunction with an organized visit of NATO Permanent Representatives to KFOR. Point of Contact for this visit is Chief Dion Bivens, who can be reached [...]	2006-05-10 09:57:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT NATO OTRA ASEC YI
06PRISTINA612	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, and Political Officer, Stephen J. Gee to visit Pristina July 26 - July 28, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations [...]	2006-07-21 12:08:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA AU GR SE AL NATO EU
06PRISTINA811	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN ERATH, EUR/SCE DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SCE Deputy Director for Kosovo John Erath to visit Pristina September 28-30, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with US Office Pristina staff and with local and international officials. Point of contact is Polit [...]	2006-09-26 14:31:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREL EUN AU SE NATO US
06RABAT1283	MOROCCO: ENGAGING MED DIALOGUE COUNTRIES ON NATO'S [...] (C) Poloff met July 3 with MFA Bilateral Affairs officer Karim Halim to deliver reftel talking points on engaging Mediterranean Dialogue countries on NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center. Poloff stressed the July 5 NAC plus 7 meeting as an opportunity for Morocco to provide its vie [...]	2006-07-03 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR MO
06RABAT1763	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUESTED FOR POLITICAL OFFICER [...] Embassy Rabat requests country clearance be granted to Political Officer Ian McCary October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of attending the USNATO POL/MIL conference. Traveler information is as follows: Name: Ian McCary Title Deputy Political Counselor DOB: 10/11/68 TS clearance SIPDIS Ph [...]	2006-09-21 15:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MO OTRA MARR
06RABAT2023	MOROCCO AND THE NATO-MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION CENTER [...] (C) Embassy would like to take this opportunity to remind US Mission to NATO that, in addition to countries mentioned ref A, Morocco has also expressed tentative interest in hosting the NATO-Middle East Cooperation Center. Should other potential host countries decide in the end not to host th [...]	2006-10-31 14:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL MARR MO
06REYKJAVIK107	ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]	2006-03-29 11:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK120	ICELAND REACTION: OPTIMISTIC TONE FOLLOWING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government and news media of Iceland, for the most part, have echoed FM Haarde's cautious optimism over the round of bilateral defense talks in Reykjavik 3/31. The two leading newspapers published editorials praising the talks for providing the first step toward clarifying t [...]	2006-04-03 18:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK130	ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER BEARING UP WELL UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde has spent early April trying to diffuse criticism from press and politicians who accuse him of failing to predict the U.S. decision to draw down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),and who say he is too passive in letting the U.S. defi [...]	2006-04-11 16:05:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK143	ICELAND: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT FOR NATO'S 'GLOBAL [...] (C) Post presented ref A points to Icelandic MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson April 24. Gudjonsson stated that Reykjavik has not adopted a formal position on the U.S.-UK proposal for a NATO "Global Partnership," adding that: -- In principle, cooperation with NATO shou [...]	2006-04-25 10:48:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK150	4/26-27 DEFENSE TALKS: ICELAND LOOKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM briefed Iceland Chief Defense Negotiator Albert Jonsson 4/26 on the Draft Concept Plan (the Conplan) for the Defense of Iceland. Jonsson responded 4/27 that the Conplan was fundamentally acceptable as a plan but did not go far enough toward meeting Iceland's political nee [...]	2006-04-27 19:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK158	ICELAND DEFENSE: FM HAARDE DEFENDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a 4/29 parliamentary briefing on bilateral defense talks earlier in the week, FM Haarde continued to emphasize that the U.S. and Icelandic governments are moving forward constructively to develop new defense arrangements in preparation for the upcoming closure of Naval Air S [...]	2006-05-03 17:19:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK207	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: ICELAND TO CONSIDER NEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 16:42:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK357	Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]	2006-09-27 07:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK359	Iceland: Press and Politicos Respond to Defense [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic press reaction to the Prime Minister's September 26 announcement of the results of defense talks with the U.S. (Reftel) has been measured and largely favorable. Opposition party expressions of discontent center on two points: 1) the Government's failure to make public [...]	2006-09-27 18:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK40	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK401	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK428	Iceland: Water Damage at former U.S. base poses first [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-formed corporation overseeing redevelopment of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) site is inheriting an additional problem in the form of serious water damage from frozen pipes in a number of residential buildings. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, wh [...]	2006-11-21 18:34:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK431	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]	2006-11-27 11:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK62	ICELAND: HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC NATO NPG IC
06REYKJAVIK91	SUMMARY OF ICELANDIC MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH US [...] Summary: Ambassador held a March 16 marathon of interviews with seven media outlets (reftel A) to explain reasons behind the U.S. Government's decision to realign Naval Air Station Keflavik and withdraw its four F-15 fighters and search and rescue helicopters by the end of September 2006. The [...]	2006-03-17 18:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK93	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 18-20, 2006: U.S. [...] Summary: Weekend media reaction to the U.S. decision to realign Keflavik Naval Air Station (NASKEF) took a sober turn as politicians and pundits assessed the cost of this development to their state's security and treasury. The national newspaper of record, whose editor is close to former PM [...]	2006-03-20 17:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK97	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 21-22, 2006: U.S. REMOVAL [...] Summary: March 21 press coverage of the U.S. decision to remove most assets from the base at Keflavik was punctuated by PM Asgrimsson's statement that the U.S. decision had created a "climate of distrust between the two countries." Coverage also focused on NATO SECGEN Scheffer's comments that [...]	2006-03-22 15:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06RIGA496	(C) LATVIAN REQUEST FOR U.S. AIR SECURITY [...] (U) This is a request for guidance from Washington agencies. See para 3. 2. (C/NOFORN) In a letter to Ambassador Bailey, the GOL has presented a request for USG assistance with air security for the period of the NATO Summit in Riga, November 28-29, 2006 (see para 4 below). In making this [...]	2006-06-26 10:49:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS ASEC NATO LG
06RIGA523	LATVIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON NATO, IRAN, UN AND [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with pol/econ chief, Latvian PolDir Klava talked about Latvia's goals for the Riga summit, Iran, UN and OSCE issues. Latvia strongly supports NATO opening an intensified dialogue with Georgia, and closer NATO relations with Georgia and Ukraine will be an import [...]	2006-07-05 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM NATO UN OSCE IR LG
06RIGA732	(C) SECOND REQUEST ON LATVIAN REQUEST FOR U.S. AIR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C/NOFORN) Ref A relayed request from Latvian MOD Slakteris, on behalf of GOL, for USG to provide air security assistance for the NATO Summit to be held in Riga November 28 - 29. To date, post has received no formal response from Washington. [...]	2006-09-12 14:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL ASEC KTIA NATO LG
06RIGA822	LATVIA EXTENDS AFGHANISTAN MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 11:02:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV NATO AF LG
06ROME1023	ITALY: SLOW DOWN ON ID FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on April 4, MFA NATO Office Head Gianni Bardini told polmiloff that Italy considers it premature to invite Georgia into Intensified Dialogue (ID) with NATO at the April 13 meeting between Georgia and the Allies. Bardini said that, while Italy is open to think [...]	2006-04-04 15:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG IT NATO
06ROME1182	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP - [...] (C) Italy has a positive impression of the U.S. concept for a NATO Global Partnership and is interested in pursuing it further, but registered concerns about our presentation and approach, fearing we are moving too fast, without a clear enough sense of what partners want or expect, or of possib [...]	2006-04-19 15:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IT NATO EUN
06ROME1246	ITALY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Italy, a co-sponsor of the Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) proposal, is fully on board with the concept but concerned about presentation. Italy believes the SCC must be fully co-sponsored with participating Middle East countries and does not favor launching it at t [...]	2006-04-26 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR IT
06ROME1308	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...]	2006-05-03 08:25:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME1580	ITALY: DEFENSE MINISTER PARISI TELLS AMB. GOI [...] (C) In the Ambassador's May 23 introductory call on new Italian Defense Minister Arturo Parisi, Parisi stressed themes of friendship with the U.S., a desire to consult closely on all issues and to deal with the most sensitive ones frankly and away from the press. He assured the Ambassador of [...]	2006-05-23 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS IZ AF IT
06ROME1590	ITALY: NEW UNDERSECRETARY TO THE PM CALLS [...] (C) Ambassador paid an introductory call May 23 on the new Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Enrico Letta (nephew of Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta). Letta, a 1988 IV grantee and VP of Aspen Italy, has a very positive view of the U.S. and said he considers Italy's relationship with the U.S. e [...]	2006-05-24 15:43:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS IZ IN IT
06ROME1625	ITALY: PM PRODI ON CIVILIAN COMMITMENT TO IRAQ, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting with Senator Allen and the Ambassador on May 30, Italian PM Prodi said Italy was firmly committed to Iraq's future, but had to figure out how to end its military engagement while continuing to contribute to reconstruction and political development. He said he was [...]	2006-05-31 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS EUN IZ AF IT
06ROME1680	IRAQ: ITALY CONSIDERING THREE OPTIONS: FULL PRT [...] (S) PolMilCouns met June 5 with Italian Defense Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Amerio said DefMin Parisi was at a two-day meeting of all Italy's ministers where Iraq was being discussed, and it was unclear what would come out of those discussions. That said, according to Amerio [...]	2006-06-06 09:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS IZ IT
06ROME1741	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLANS INCREASED ISAF ROLE [...] (C) Summary. MFA Undersecretary Gianni Vernetti and other officials told the Embassy that Italy intends to increase its military presence in Afghanistan with more special operations forces, more troops for the Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Forward Support Base (FSB),a new Trea [...]	2006-06-12 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO
06ROME1755	ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA SEEKING GOOD START TO [...] (S/NF) I met with FM D'Alema June 13 to preview his plans for his June 16 meetings with you. He wants to start the new Italian government's relations with us on a positive and constructive note. D'Alema said Italy can and will do more in Afghanistan, is willing to do more in Iraq under a NATO [...]	2006-06-13 15:21:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP MOPS IZ IT EUN NATO
06ROME1757	SCENESETTER: YOUR 6/16 MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM [...] (S/NF) FM (and Deputy PM) Massimo D'Alema is a key political powerhouse in the new Italian government, a nine-party coalition including the Greens and the Communists, with a razor-thin majority in the Senate. The Prodi government is trying to align Italy with what it believes is the EU line, [...]	2006-06-13 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO OVIP IT SR YI IZ IR AF
06ROME1823	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY INCLINED TO SUPPORT DUTCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 10:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR AF IT
06ROME2637	VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]	2006-09-19 09:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME2961	EGYPT SEEKS DETAILS ON FRENCH OFFER FOR MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Under instructions from Cairo, Egyptian DCM Abu Bakr Hefny Mahnoud, called on Pol M/C Pearce and Poloff on October 24 to ask for information on a French-led initiative, in which the Italians along with several other Mediterranean countries participated, to increase military - m [...]	2006-10-25 14:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XF ZP NATO IT
06ROME2982	ITALYASKS FOR HELP ON URS LOGISTICS, [...] (C) Summary. PolMinCouns met with Italian Iraq Task Force coordinator De Martino on October 27 to deliver reftel points and discuss Italian URS logistics. De Martino told PolMinCouns that Italy would be represented at the October 31 Iraq Compact Meeting in Kuwait by the Italian Ambassador to [...]	2006-10-27 15:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID NATO IZ IT
06ROME3170	ITALY CONCERNED RUSSIA WON'T ACCEPT [...] (C) The DCM and poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Terzi and OSCE Office Director Brunella Borzi on November 22. Terzi expressed a desire for consensus on the best text possible but voiced concern regarding probable Russian objections to tough language, especially parts [...]	2006-11-24 12:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU IT
06ROME3272	D'ALEMA TO CODEL WEXLER: MIDDLE EAST NEEDS NEW PUSH [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister D'Alema told visiting Congressman Wexler that the international community must press Israelis and Palestinians to kick start a new phase in peace negotiations, beginning with a genuine cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. He speculated that NATO could be a poss [...]	2006-12-12 11:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IR IS IZ LE NATO PGOV PREL SY XF IT
06ROME461	PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]	2006-02-15 12:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06ROME556	ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]	2006-02-23 09:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME768	ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...]	2006-03-10 18:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME794	AIR NAVIGATION COMMON CHARGING SCHEME, ITALY [...] A/ECMIN delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Achille Vinci Giacchi, Diplomatic Advisor to Minister of Transportation Pietro Lunardi. A/ECMIN simultaneously delivered a letter from the Ambassador to Lunardi, which reiterates reftel talking points. Vinci Giacchi said the Ministry would need to [...]	2006-03-14 10:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO EUN AVIATION FAA
06ROME839	ITALY: CL PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS CONTINUITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marco Minniti, a former U/S of Defense under center-left (CL) Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, termed Berlusconi's relationship with the U.S an asset that should be built upon and said there is no European security without the U.S. Minniti continued that the center-left is now in [...]	2006-03-16 16:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IS IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME863	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE POSSIBILITIES (PART I OF [...] (C) This cable is the first of two outlining possible post-election scenarios and our engagement with the center-left on various issues. Though opposition leader Romano Prodi holds a slight lead in opinion polls, it remains unclear whether he can hang on to defeat incumbent PM Silvio Berluscon [...]	2006-03-17 17:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME933	ITALIANS TO DAS BRYZA: RUSSIA NOT READY FOR [...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Bryza met with Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi Francesco Talo and MFA Director General Giulio Terzi to discuss Caucasus security issues and Russian Australia Group (AG) membership. Bryza told his interlocutors that the USG believed that Russian member [...]	2006-03-27 12:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO IT RU GG UP
06SARAJEVO1275	BOSNIA: BIH OFFICIALS UNHAPPY OVER NEWS OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Bosnian leaders, particularly those from Bosniak Muslim parties, were unhappy and apprehensive about the news, delivered per reftel, that the U.S. troop presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) would be diminished in the coming months and the U.S. presence at Eagle Base, Tuzla, [...]	2006-06-05 11:45:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL BK NATO

06SARAJEVO1982	BOSNIAN PRESS "BREAKS" STORY OF EAGLE BASE CLOSURE [...] (SBU) On August 30, nearly one month after the BiH Council of Ministers publicly announced the U.S. decision to vacate Eagle Base in Tuzla, the daily newspaper Oslobodjenje ran an "exclusive" front page story under the headline "American Army to Leave Bosnia by the End of the Year." Despite th [...]	2006-08-30 16:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OPDC PREL NATO BK
06SEOUL1876	ROK GENERALLY SUPPORTS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 08:23:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KS
06SEOUL2108	INVITATION TO AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 08:06:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC NATO AF XD KS
06SEOUL2220	POINTS ON PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 04:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ KS
06SEOUL2351	ROKG RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN PRT CONFERENCE [...] (U) On July 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Southwest Asia and Oceania Division delivered a response declining to participate in the Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Effectiveness Conference scheduled for July 20-21 in Hungary. 2. (U) Begin text: Min [...]	2006-07-14 06:55:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC NATO AF XD KS
06SKOPJE105	MACEDONIA & NATO MEMBERSHIP: DEFENSE REFORMS ON [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Macedonia is in its 7th MAP cycle and has made significant progress in meeting its defense reform goals, but still falls short in terms of meeting political and economic MAP criteria. To be considered a strong candidate for NATO membership by mid-2007, with a view to rece [...]	2006-02-02 07:14:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR MASS MK
06SKOPJE1097	MACEDONIA: REDUCING ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on filling ISAF force shortfalls and reducing caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridonovski on November 16. Acting DATT delivered the same points to MOD Elenovski on November 14. Both interlocutors informed us that the GOM intends to remove before t [...]	2006-11-17 06:50:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG
06SKOPJE1112	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT ELIMINATES MOST CAVEATS ON [...] (SBU) The GOM approved in a closed government session on November 22 the elimination of five of seven caveats currently in force for Macedonian troops supporting ISAF operations in Afghanistan (reftel) and Macedonian soldiers serving in Iraq. Of the two remaining caveats, one prohibits Macedon [...]	2006-11-24 13:57:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG
06SKOPJE1139	MACEDONIA WELCOMES NATO SUMMIT STATEMENT, [...] (SBU) In a telcon November 30, MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski told P/E Chief the GOM was delighted with the NATO Summit statement at Riga announcing, inter alia, the Alliance's intent to "extend further invitations to those countries who meet NATO's performance based standards..." The gover [...]	2006-12-01 16:18:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NATO MK
06SKOPJE1157	MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO [...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]	2006-12-08 15:52:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE1165	MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO [...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...]	2006-12-13 09:14:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK
06SKOPJE251	MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON GAMEPLAN FOR NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her March 7-8 visit to Skopje with a U.S. interagency delegation, USNATO Ambassador Nuland told Macedonian government and opposition interlocutors that free and fair parliamentary elections would be one key to keeping NATO's door open in 2008. She urged them to continue [...]	2006-03-14 16:13:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO MK
06SKOPJE484	MACEDONIA: CAVEATS FOR TROOPS SERVING WITH ISAF [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on ISAF caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spirodonovski and to NATO Head of Sector Marjan PopAngelov on May 16. DATT delivered the same points to CHOD MG Stojanovski on May 15. Our interlocutors assured us that Macedonia would maintain its policy of [...]	2006-05-19 14:33:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF MK
06SOFIA1216	BULGARIA ON BOARD FOR NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT [...] (C) We delivered reftel A talking points to Zlatin Krystev, acting head of the MFA's International Security Directorate on August 24. After conferring with MOD colleagues, Krystev reconfirmed Bulgaria's commitment to the Letter of Intent (LOI) signed previously, adding that "there is no sugge [...]	2006-08-29 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1291	BULGARIA: FM KALFIN WILL ATTEND SECRETARY'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 12:09:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO OPDC UNGA BG
06SOFIA1491	BULGARIAN MOD COMMITTED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov confirmed the GOB's willingness to extend its current mission in Iraq, and discussed plans to increase the Bulgarian deployment in Afghanistan. He also outlined the challenges the ministry will face [...]	2006-10-26 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1573	CNO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S BLACK SEA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 9-10 visit of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Mullen to Bulgaria shed light on the GOB's evolving Black Sea strategy -- particularly the General Staff's continuing wariness of Turkey's Black Sea Harmony (BSH) proposal. Their reluctance was echoed by MFA NATO an [...]	2006-11-17 14:37:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1597	BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO SHED CAVEATS ON THE ROAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the lead-up to the Riga Summit, the GOB supports nearly every item on the U.S. agenda, but continues to struggle with a shortage of funds, equipment, and "capabilities" as it looks toward elimination of national caveats and more demanding missions overseas. Bulgaria's commitme [...]	2006-11-22 09:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA167	BULGARIA 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] (U) General Assessment. Since joining NATO in April 2004, Bulgaria has maintained its defense spending at 2.6% of GDP and made substantial troop contributions to overseas missions. Following national elections in June 2005, the incumbent National Movement for Simeon the Second (NMSS) was for [...]	2006-02-01 07:18:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP NATO PREL BU
06SOFIA737	GREECE AND BULGARIA TO TRAIN IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) The GOB is finalizing a plan with Greece to train approximately 30 Iraqi security personnel in Bulgaria this summer. Yordan Bozhilov, MOD Director for International Cooperation, told Poloff May 23 that the two-week training course will be held at the Bulgarian military academy in Veliko T [...]	2006-05-25 14:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL GR IZ BU
06SOFIA743	BULGARIA AND THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A cautious Bulgarian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Kalfin, will attend the June 5 Black Sea Forum. The GOB's Black Sea interagency working group has not yet made a recommendation on Bulgarian participation in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and the Bulgarians are looki [...]	2006-05-26 10:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS RS GG RO TU AR AJ BU
06SOFIA774	BULGARIA TO CONTRIBUTE 60,000 EUROS TO NTM-I TRUST [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Rumen Kamenov in the MFA's NATO and International Security Directorate June 1. Kamenov said that the GOB will contribute 60,000 euros to the NTM-I trust fund this year, a 50 percent increase from last year. The MFA and MOD will formally authorize this [...]	2006-06-02 08:56:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MOPS IZ BU
06SOFIA848	BULGARIA CAUTIOUS ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The GOB's impression of the June 5 Black Sea Forum in Bucharest was generally positive. While at the forum, the Bulgarian delegation received a draft bilateral agreement from Turkey to join Operation Black Sea Harmony ( [...]	2006-06-16 10:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR MOPS RO TU BU
06STATE109375	IRAQ: FIRST TRANSITION TO PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL [...] (U) This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. (C) Iraq Prime Minister Maliki's June 19, 2006 announcement of the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province is the first of its kind. The Department wishes [...]	2006-07-02 05:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ
06TALLINN1001	ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND [...] (C) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points (Refs A and B) to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Dr. Kaupo Kand, MFA Ukraine and Moldova Desk Officer, regarding the decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow rail link and Ukraine's reform efforts. Foreign Mi [...]	2006-11-08 12:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
06TALLINN1056	ESTONIAN ACCEPTS U.S. DIP NOTE ON AIR [...] (SBU) On November 21, Embassy Tallinn received the following note verbale from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in answer to our revised diplomatic note on air security for the President's visit November 27-28(reftel): Begin Text: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Estonia [...]	2006-11-22 12:08:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN
06TALLINN1065	ESTONIA: TURKEY-EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 14:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN NATO EN
06TALLINN1067	ESTONIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 11:53:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS EU NATO OSCE MO GG RU EN
06TALLINN299	ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR MALT AND DOG [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 14:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS IZ EN
06TALLINN302	ESTONIA POSITION ON EU COMMON CHARGING SCHEME [...] (U) On February 17 Poloff and DATT delivered reftel points to officials from the MFA, MoD, and the Estonian Air Navigation Services (EANS, which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy) in regards to the EU's Common charging scheme for air navigations services (ANS). 2. (SBU [...]	2006-03-30 14:47:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR MARR MOPS PREL NATO EUN EN
06TALLINN318	ESTONIA OFFERS SUPPORT AND CAUTION FOR GEORGIA IN [...] (C) On April 3 Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaan Hein, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to seek GOE support for NATO to begin an "Intensified Dialogue (ID) on Membership Questions" with Georgia. The GOE is fully supportive of initiating ID with Georgia. Hein remarked th [...]	2006-04-04 15:35:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL GG EN
06TALLINN545	ESTONIA ON NATO RESPONSE FORCE [...] (C) In the context of a previously scheduled visit to Estonia, EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins and Polecoff delivered reftel points on the need for securing pledges for the NATO Response Force (NRP)on June 2 to Sander Soone, MFA First Political Department Director General, and Miko Haljas, MFA D [...]	2006-06-08 07:36:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF NATO EN
06TALLINN613	ESTONIAN PARTICIPATION IN AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 13:30:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	AF XD AORC NATO EN
06TALLINN626	ESTONIA RETHINKING AIR POLICING POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Air Policing (AP) remains one of the top military/security priorities for the GOE representing, as it does, the only concrete security contribution Estonia receives from NATO membership. Due to repeated Russian incursions into Estonian airspace over the years, the GOE feels that [...]	2006-07-06 10:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LG LH EN
06TALLINN740	ESTONIA SUFFERS FIRST CASUALTIES IN HELMAND BUT [...] (SBU) Late in the evening on August 11, 37 Estonian soldiers came under attack at their temporary base camp in Garmsir (along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border),where they are serving as part of the UK-led PRT. The Estonians came under fire by 23 MM Sergei anti-aircraft rounds and/or rocket [...]	2006-08-15 15:23:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF UK EN
06TALLINN768	ESTONIA LEADS THE WAY: MILITARY TRANSFORMATION [...] (C) Summary. Over the last several years, Estonia has made significant strides towards modernizing its military and meeting its NATO requirements. Since 2001, Estonia has increased its defense spending 13 percent annually. The GOE has contributed forces to priority international operations a [...]	2006-08-24 08:30:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN840	ESTONIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING AIR [...] (C) On September 14 2006 Embassy Tallinn received the following diplomatic note from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia presents their compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and have the ho [...]	2006-09-14 12:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN
06TALLINN842	ESTONIAN PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, [...] (U) Ambassador Wos delivered A/S Fried's invitation letter to lunch with the Secretary on the margins of UNGA to Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet on Monday, September 11. Paet said that he was already aware of the lunch and it was on his agenda for the trip. 2. (SBU) On the subject of [...]	2006-09-14 14:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU NATO PREL OPDC IZ EN
06TALLINN851	ESTONIAN MPS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon discussion of Afghanistan and Iraq with four members of Parliament: Jarno Laur (Social Democrats),Janno Reiljan (People's Union),Ela Tomson (Res Publica) and Ain Seppik (Center Party). The discussion focused on the upcoming deb [...]	2006-09-19 13:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU NATO AF IZ EN
06THEHAGUE1123	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: DUTCH REVISING CAVEATS [...] (C) Summary: The GONL will soon submit through its delegation at NATO revised caveats to the new ISAF rules of engagement. These caveats will be less restrictive than current caveats and are intended to protect Dutch interests with regard to detainee issues and deconfliction between OEF and I [...]	2006-05-18 11:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL AF NL
06THEHAGUE1244	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON LAW AND ORDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 13:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF NATO NL
06THEHAGUE1263	NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH LOOKING AT SMALL RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD Director for General Policy Lo Casteleijn said June 6 the GONL is considering options to help fill NATO Response Force (NRF) 7 and 8 shortfalls. He could not make any promises -- the contribution would be small and much depended on what Dutch MOD military planners could [...]	2006-06-06 15:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO NL
06THEHAGUE1267	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO NTM-I [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche soliciting enhanced contributions to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) to Hugo Siblesz, Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on June 6. POLCOUNS and Hans Horbach, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Affairs Department [...]	2006-06-06 16:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR IZ NL
06THEHAGUE1334	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...]	2006-06-14 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE1339	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAYING THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs spokespersons questioned FM Bot and DM Bot June 13 on the status of the Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province during the first hearing on Afghanistan since Parliament overwhelmingly approved the mission in February. The hearing confirmed the Dutch dep [...]	2006-06-14 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE1647	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH REMAIN COMMITTED [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch commitment to its ISAF-III Uruzgan deployment is not wavering in the face of initial casualties. On July 26, two Dutch officers died in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan (which also took U.S. and other lives). Defense Minister Henk Kamp issued a public statement [...]	2006-07-28 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE1702	2006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 4-6, [...] U.S. Embassy The Hague nominates the following officer to participate in the USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference, October 4-6: Name: Jason Grubb Title: Political Officer Date of Birth: June 16, 1973 Security Clearance Level: Top Secret Telephone: (31) 70-310-2346 Fax: (31) 70-310-2348 Unclass [...]	2006-08-04 09:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PREL
06THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS/NATO: C-17 COMMITMENT STILL UP IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain committed to NATO's C-17 consortium project in principle and hope to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) committing to 500 hours by September 8. There is still no agreement within the GONL on funding, however, and the Dutch will make no additional commitments to the p [...]	2006-08-28 13:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO NL
06THEHAGUE1958	NETHERLANDS/NATO: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 09:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MAAR ISAF NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE1976	SCENESETTER FOR EUR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) My staff and I warmly welcome you to The Hague. Our Dutch MFA hosts are looking forward to consulting on a wide range of issues, including the Riga Summit, Uruzgan, Lebanon, OSCE reform (and the Kazakh presidency bid),the Arms Trade Treaty, and detainee policy. You will also have excelle [...]	2006-09-11 05:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR ISAF NATO AF NL
06THEHAGUE1991	NETHERLANDS/NATO: AMB. NULAND DISCUSSES ROAD TO [...] (C) Summary: During her September 8 visit to The Hague, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland discussed the road to Riga with FM Ben Bot, Dutch officials, parliamentarians and journalists. Nuland framed discussion with three top summit goals: 1) progress in Afghanistan; 2) a co [...]	2006-09-12 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL AF NL
06THEHAGUE2047	NETHERLANDS/U.S.: PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: During his September 12 visit to The Hague, EUR PDAS Volker discussed the road to Riga, detainee policy, Lebanon, ICTY compliance (septel),Guatemala's UNSC bid, contacts with Syria (ref b),OSCE reform and presidency, the Arms Trade Treaty concept, JSF, and energy security. He met wit [...]	2006-09-20 05:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG MASS NATO OSCE PHUM UN NL
06THEHAGUE2363	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Policy Advisor Marieke Monroy-Winter on November 2. Monroy-Winter agreed with the importance of continued engagement with Ukraine, and suggested support for eventual Ukrainian NATO membership aspirations was now more important than ever. S [...]	2006-11-02 15:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS UP NL
06THEHAGUE2371	NETHERLANDS/NATO: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA NATO Division Deputy Head Eric Strating described a "pessimistic" GONL already trying to temper expectations leading up to the Riga Summit. That said, he expected PM Balkenende at the summit heads of state dinnerto challenge allies as well as other international organizations [...]	2006-11-03 14:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2587	NETHERLANDS: BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 6 VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Summary: During his December 6 visit to The Hague, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher highlighted the strategic importance of a stable Afghanistan in a zone of potential stability stretching from Central to South Asia. He stressed the results of a rec [...]	2006-12-11 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL
06THEHAGUE33	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PRESSING THE DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Post pressed GONL officials and parliamentarians from all major parties on Dutch participation in ISAF III over the last few days. Most indicated chances for deployment were grim, but were unwilling to rule out a positive decision completely. Some senior GONL officials are advi [...]	2006-01-06 18:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE41	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: WALKING A FINE LINE [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende hosted a strategy session January 9 to develop a compromise that would allow the debate on ISAF III to move forward to Parliament. D-66 Ministers Pecthold and Brinkhorst had announced over the weekend they continue to oppose an official Cabinet decision to support [...]	2006-01-09 17:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO NL AF
06THEHAGUE511	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: ENSURING THE AU REQUESTS A [...] (C) The Dutch MFA has issued instructions to its ambassadors in African Union PSC countries, plus a few key others, to demarche host country officials on the urgent need for an AU rehat request. The instructions mirror reftel talking points. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 7 [...]	2006-03-09 10:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KPKO NL
06THEHAGUE705	NETHERLANDS/NATO/GEORGIA: DUTCH CONSIDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not rule out initiating an Intensified Dialogue (ID) with Georgia in advance of the April 27-28 informal Foreign Ministerial in Sofia. Before making a decision, however, they will need to review their position internally and with other allies, according to the Actin [...]	2006-04-03 16:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR NL GG
06THEHAGUE748	NETHERLANDS: BASE ALIGNMENT - ROUND 41 [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Dutch are working to manage the political ramifications of the potential base closure at Eygelshoven, and have asked us to consider delaying the announcement of the decision for three to four weeks so that high-level [...]	2006-04-06 15:06:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR NL
06THEHAGUE822	NETHERLANDS/NATO/GEORGIA: GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch fully support the objectives of the U.S./UK "NATO Global Partnership" initiative but continue to express doubts regarding some of the details. They are concerned that a separate-track "Security Providers' Forum" could create a perception of "second-class citizens" within [...]	2006-04-13 11:52:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NL
06THEHAGUE9	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STATE OF PLAY, RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet's failure to reach consensus on ISAF Stage III, and PM Balkenende's controversial decision to refer the question to Parliament without a clear Cabinet mandate have complicated an already heated public debate. Parliament is now seized with the procedural question [...]	2006-01-04 10:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO KPAO NL AF OIIP
06THEHAGUE927	NETHERLANDS/NATO: DUTCH ON NATO MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support the principal of the NATO Middle East Security Cooperation Center, but remain convinced that Africa is "equally important." They are prepared to join consensus -- should one emerge -- to move forward on plans to first create the Middle East Security Cooperation [...]	2006-04-27 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NL
06THEHAGUE978	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DM KAMP INTERVIEW DOES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dutch government officials downplayed DM Kamp's April 30 television interview in which he claimed the Netherlands might withdraw its deployment to Afghanistan as part of NATO's ISAF III mission should it become "impossible to fulfill the mission." Dutch officials said Kamp [...]	2006-05-02 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV NL AF
06TIRANA599	DEFENSE MINISTER: RAISE NUMBER OF TROOPS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Mediu told Ambassador that he wanted to expand Albania's troop presence in Afghanistan from 22 troops to a company of 120 and that he further wanted them to be deployed with Italian, rather than Turkish, forces so that they could conduct a broader range of missio [...]	2006-06-06 13:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AL
06TIRANA684	GENERALS' RETIREMENT A POSITIVE STEP FOR ALBANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Ministry of Defense retired four top generals. The decision was taken despite considerable resistance in the beginning by the military's top brass and by President Moisiu. The retirement of these communist-era generals and their replacement by capable, progressiv [...]	2006-06-29 06:47:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR NATO AL
06TIRANA846	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO ALBANIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chairman, the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program (ACWEP) is proceeding apace. Although delays in testing the destruction equipment in Germany mean that destruction will not have begun by the time of your visit, the program is nevertheless on track to complete des [...]	2006-08-11 10:10:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PARM MASS NATO PGOV ECON PREL AL
06TOKYO1373	JAPAN NOT READY FOR PARTICIPATE IN ISAF PRT [...] (C) On March 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Second Middle East Division Director Fumio Iwai told us that Japan could not respond positively to our (ref A) request that Japan consider civilian participation in Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Iwai was clearly unhappy wi [...]	2006-03-15 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR JA AS
06TOKYO4550	JAPAN BEGINS DELIBERATIONS ON CONTRIBUTION TO NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM NATO PINR UP JA
06TUNIS1661	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING MED DIALOGUE COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 13:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR TS
06USNATO418	NAC STATEMENT ON DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] The North Atlantic Council on July 5 discussed North Korea's multiple launches of ballistic missiles and agreed to issue the statement below on behalf of the 26 nations. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer plans also to meet with the press. 2. Begin NAC Statement: NATO North Atlanti [...]	2006-07-05 11:01:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL MCAP NK
06USNATO425	READOUT OF THE JULY 05 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: From the 05 July North Atlantic Council (NAC): --DPRK: In response to the July 4 missile launches, Amb Nuland urges NAC to issue condemnatory statement. --Darfur: NATO personnel to travel to Darfur, D/CMC notifies of possibility of additional airlift request if AMIS expands. - [...]	2006-07-06 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO MOPS MARR PREL IZ AF SU
06USNATO592	RFG: UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO AHTISAARI'S 18 [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Friday, October 13. 2. (C) On Wednesday, October 18 UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari will brief an expanded North Atlantic Council (NAC) including non-NATO KFOR contributing countries on a comprehensive settlement proposal for Kosovo. [...]	2006-10-10 13:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL
06USNATO602	AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SERBIAN [...] (U) Summary: On October 18, Ambassador Nuland hosted Serbian Ambassador to the EU Branko Milinkovic to discuss Serbian Partnership for Peace (PfP) aspirations and Serbia's compliance with the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Ambassador Nuland expressed dismay [...]	2006-10-13 07:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL
06USNATO603	NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...]	2006-10-13 13:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK
06USNATO609	NATO ALLIES GIVE GEORGIA CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies expressed support for Georgia's territorial integrity during an October 13 briefing by Deputy Foreign Minister Kutelia on the arrest and expulsion of alleged Russian spies, but most also expressed disappointment in Georgia's handling of the case. Allies advised Geo [...]	2006-10-16 16:09:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV PINR GG
06USNATO610	ALBANIA RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS FROM NATO ALLIES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Albania received qualified praise from NATO Allies for its implementation of political and defense reforms and admonitions to quicken its reform pace during an October 10 meeting with NATO's Senior Political Committee/Reinforced. During the meeting, in which Albania presented [...]	2006-10-16 16:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AL
06USNATO615	NATO ALLIES ENCOURAGE CROATIA IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Croatia presented its Annual National Plan (ANP) outlining its reform goals for the coming year. The Croatian delegation expressed its hope that Croatia would receive an encouraging message on its membership prospects out of the November NATO Summit and a member [...]	2006-10-18 07:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR HR
06USNATO622	17 OCTOBER COFFEE [...] SUMMARY: -- Riga Communique: PermReps endorse notion of a short and crispy document, SYG will circulate a strawman outline of key subjects o/a 31 October. -- ANA Training: SYG intends to circulate under silence a tasking to NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) on Afghan National Security Fo [...]	2006-10-19 15:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO
06USNATO626	AHTISAARI UPDATES THE NAC ON KOSOVO STATUS TALKS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC on the Kosovo status process under an expanded session with non-NATO KFOR contributing countries. Ahtisaari stated that the talks are reaching a point where he will have to make a comprehensive [...]	2006-10-20 12:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
06USNATO635	VENUE FOR 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) Ambassador Nuland delivered reftel A talking points to key Ally Ambassadors (strictly protect) on October 24, informing them of U.S. support for Romania as host for the 2008 NATO summit. German Perm Rep Duckwitz said Berlin was still reviewing the options, though they previously had sup [...]	2006-10-25 17:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RO PO
06USNATO639	FRENCH MANEUVERS TO PUT BRAKES ON ALLIED-PARTNER [...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, France tried to launch a campaign to deny NATO partners formal 26 plus one consultations with Allies, substituting "informal" meetings. The French move began with Georgia (ref. A) and initially looked like a "one-off" move designed to assuage the Russians a [...]	2006-10-26 15:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR FR
06USNATO640	DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT ADDRESSES THE NORTH [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt reviewed key points of the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) with the North Atlantic Council on 18 October 2006. Kimmitt noted that the ICI is a contract between the international community and Iraq with the goal of achieving economic [...]	2006-10-26 18:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PREL IZ AF
06USNATO641	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT OCTOBER 25, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Belgian FM De Gucht, addressing the NAC in his capacity as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),highlighted the OSCE,s intermediary role between Russia and Georgia, saying that there was "almost open conflict" between the two countries over South Ossetia, and argued for "addres [...]	2006-10-27 10:49:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO643	NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]	2006-10-27 13:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO659	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SACEUR blasts France, Turkey and Italy for not fulfilling their security responsibility in areas around Kabul; NAC with EU, UN, World Bank Representatives seeks better coordination on reconstruction and development; NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) asks [...]	2006-11-03 16:42:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO666	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 8, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Azerbaijan: Azeri President Aliev provides an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan,s reforms, predicts an end to Russia,s energy monopoly, and warns that frozen conflicts are the biggest threat he sees to regional stability, (see separate front channel message). -- Afghanistan [...]	2006-11-13 13:55:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO668	EAPC CONSULTATIONS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATO,S [...] (U) Partner Ambassadors responded positively to the Secretary-General,s briefing on plans to transform NATO,s SIPDIS partnerships at Riga in their last consultations with Allied PermReps before the November 28-29 Summit. They voiced support for expanding access to proven PfP tools to other [...]	2006-11-13 16:33:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
06USNATO670	AMBASSADOR NULAND,S MEETING WITH SERBIAN ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Serbian Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Branislav Dordevic, along with Serbian Ambassador Branko Milinkovic, met with Ambassador Nuland on November 7 to lobby for Serbia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at Riga. Dordevic stressed the delicate political situation in Ser [...]	2006-11-14 11:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
06USNATO674	AFGHANISTAN: GETTING THE SLOVAKS TO MOVE SOUTH [...] (C) Per request in reftel, Ambassador Nuland pushed Slovak PermRep Slobodnik on November 14 to keep working on repositioning Slovakia's engineering unit from Kabul to Kandahar in time to announce the decision at the Riga Summit November 28. The Ambassador told Slobodnik to let her know if a [...]	2006-11-15 17:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF LO
06USNATO676	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 15, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Western Balkans: During an informal PermRep meeting, U.S. PermRep states that without more progress on ICTY, the Riga Summit is too soon to grant Partnership for Peace (PfP) status to Serbia; she proposes keeping pressure on Serbia through the elections, then taking up PfP i [...]	2006-11-17 17:23:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO677	NATO DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OLSON MEETS [...] (SBU) On November 16, Bosnian Ambassador to Belgium Sven Alkalaj met with DCM Rick Olson to lobby for Bosnia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at NATO's Riga Summit. Alkalaj highlighted the recent elections in Bosnia and gave a brief update on the ongoing formation of the next gover [...]	2006-11-21 07:47:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
06USNATO684	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 18:52:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO687	NOVEMBER 7 HLTF AND NRC-ACE MEETINGS AT NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The HLTF met November 7 to review next steps regarding the U.S.-proposed "positive agenda" for engaging Russia on CFE issues during the next months; to consider language on CFE for inclusion in a Riga communiqu; and to address remaining questions regarding several I.S. discuss [...]	2006-11-28 11:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV KCFE NATO PREL RS
06USNATO699	A/S FRIED BRIEFS ADRIATIC THREE MINISTERS ON RIGA [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried briefed Albanian, Croatian, and Macedonian FMs December 3 on Riga summit outcomes and the upcoming decision on Kosovo,s final status. He urged their assistance in moderating both Serbian and Kosovar responses to this last unresolved Balkans security issue. The Adriatic Thre [...]	2006-12-07 07:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR XB
06USNATO701	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 06, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG conveyed the strong political convictions expressed by NATO Allies at the Summit in support of NATO's Afghanistan operations. He also cited the recent reduction in the overall level of violence in Afghanistan and the Hungarian donation of 20,000 rifles to t [...]	2006-12-07 15:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO706	BOUCHER AND NATO TALK AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 14:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO OVIP PREL
06USNATO707	EAPC AMBASSADORS ENDORSE RIGA SUMMIT DECISION TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Partner Ambassadors responded positively to NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer's briefing on the Riga Summit on December 6, and endorsed the Alliance's November 29 invitation to Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro to join the Partnership for Peace. End Summary. 2. (U) Euro-Atla [...]	2006-12-11 14:46:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
06USNATO711	USNATO REINFORCES NEED FOR ICTY REFERENCE IN [...] (C) USNATO Charge Olson advised Serbian Special Envoy to NATO, Ambassador Branco Milinkovic, on December 12 that it is essential that Serbia,s Partnership for Peace Presentation Document include ICTY compliance language. This, he suggested, could follow the lines of President Tadic,s letter [...]	2006-12-13 15:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EAPC SR
06USNATO712	U/S BURNS MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting December 5 with NATO Secretary General (SYG) De Hoop Scheffer, U/S Burns discussed strategy for NATO's 2008 and 2009 Summits, which should focus on NATO's global missions and partnerships, enlargement, and Afghanistan. U/S Burns advised careful consideration of the [...]	2006-12-13 15:50:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR NATO OVIP PREL

06USNATO716	ACCESSION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO, [...] (C) In a historic and emotional morning at NATO HQ on December 14, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia joined the Partnership for Peace by signing the PfP Framework Document in back-to-back meetings with the North Atlantic Council (NAC). BiH trilateral Presidency Chairman Nebosjsha [...]	2006-12-14 17:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR XB
06USNATO720	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 14, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG details a busy calendar of NATO events for early 2007. He observed that much more needs to be done on ANA train and equip. Ambassador Nuland seconds SYG,s call to accelerate military advice on ANA training before Seville, and also asked for more detailed br [...]	2006-12-15 16:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
06USNATO729	INDIA TO SEEK NATO POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer reported to the NATO PermReps today that India would like to seek, on a strictly confidential basis, the opening of political consultations with NATO. The Indian Ambassador told the Secretary-General in a private meeting that India will send [...]	2006-12-19 15:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL IN PK AF
06USNATO731	RFG: QATAR CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NATO [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Qatari government has informed NATO that fourteen ISAF personnel at the CAOC at al Udeid airbase are in illegal immigration status, working ISAF issues in the absence of a NATO-Qatar SOFA. Qatar has asked NATO to decl [...]	2006-12-19 16:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF QA
06USNATO734	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS WITH NATO SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios met December 15 with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer to discuss the situation in Darfur, relations between NATO and the African Union (AU),and the spread of instability into Chad and the Central African Republic. Natsios said d [...]	2006-12-20 13:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NATO AU SU UN
06VIENNA3283	AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe, and to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Moldova officer. 2. (C) Porias said that Austria shared our views on the need for [...]	2006-11-08 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS UP AU
06VIENNA3341	AUSTRIA ON NATO/AFGHANISTAN -- CONTINUATION OF [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 18 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political-Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said the importance of the NATO mission in Afghanistan was clear. He noted that the Austrian government had announced on N [...]	2006-11-16 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG AU
06VIENNA3401	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNIFIED APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points on November 22 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. Charge met with Mayr-Harting on November 24 to discuss the issue. Austrian OSCE Political Affairs Director Christophe Ceska, Eastern Europe Director (DAS-equivalent) Josef Litschau [...]	2006-11-24 14:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU AU
06VIENNA723	RE-HATTING AMIS: AUSTRIA AGREES WITH USG STRATEGY [...] (C) On March 7, we conveyed reftel talking points to the MFA's Africa Department and followed-up on March 9 with Georg Lennkh, the MFA's Special Envoy for Africa. Lennkh had just returned from Brussels, where Deputy Secretary Zoellick had briefed EU representatives on the USG position. Lennk [...]	2006-03-09 15:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU NATO
06VILNIUS442	VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY [...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...]	2006-05-12 12:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO
06VILNIUS479	GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRUST [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 12:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06VILNIUS499	GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 EURO CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 09:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06VILNIUS529	GOL CONSIDERING FUTURE NRF CONTRIBUTIONS; TAPPED [...] (C) We delivered reftel points urging additional pledges to the NATO Response Force (NRF) to Undersecretary of Defense Renatas Norkus on June 6. Norkus told us he appreciates the recently announced U.S. contributions to "rescue" the NRF and agreed that all allies will have to contribute more t [...]	2006-06-08 13:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LH
06VILNIUS597	LITHUANIA TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 13:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	AF AORC NATO LH
06WARSAW207	POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...]	2006-02-09 12:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO
06WARSAW2360	POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS CONTINUING UKRAINE REFORM [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche October 31 to Amb. Andrzej Krawczyk, Foreign Policy Adviser to President Lech Kaczynski. Krawczyk responded that Ukraine was a key bilateral partner of Poland and a high priority in Polish foreign policy to which President Kaczynski attaches great importance. [...]	2006-11-08 15:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UP PL NATO
06WARSAW2425	POLAND STEADFAST ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Charge and Pol External Chief delivered reftel points November 17 to Robert Kupiecki, Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Charge stressed U.S. appreciation for Poland's exemplary commitment to ISAF and OEF, both through its planned deployment of 1200 troops in early 2007 and for i [...]	2006-11-20 14:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PL AF
06WARSAW2434	POLAND ON TURKEY EU ACCESSION [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns conveyed U.S. concerns about the prospect of EU sanctions on Turkey (reftel) to Deputy FM Pawel Kowal on November 21. Kowal acknowledged the concerns but had no substantive response. 2. (C) PolExt Chief discussed the issue in greater detail later the same day with Pawe [...]	2006-11-22 08:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN NATO PL
06WARSAW312	POLAND DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Late Friday, February 24 the office of Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz delivered a letter addressed to President Bush with an accompanying non-paper outlining Poland's proposed European Energy Security Treaty. An unofficial translation of the letter to President Bush is included [...]	2006-02-24 17:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC ENRG ECON EU PL NATO
06WELLINGTON508	NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO INVITATION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) On June 26, Pol-Econ Counselor passed reftel invitations to John McKinnon, Deputy Secretary at the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),and to Chris Seed, New Zealand Deputy Secretary of Defense. 2. (U) On July 5, the Ministry of Defense confirmed that NZ Defense [...]	2006-07-06 02:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC NATO AFIN XD
06WELLINGTON680	EMBASSY WELLINGTON PARTICIPATION IN 2006 USNATO/USEU [...] (U) Embassy Wellington would like to designate Political-Economic Counselor Katherine B. Hadda to participate in the 2006 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil Conference to be held in Brussels from October 4-6, 2006. 2. (SBU) Details requested in reftel are as follows: Name: Katherine B. Hadda Title: Po [...]	2006-08-30 04:09:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT MARR NATO PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON775	ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 22:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO AF NZ
06YEREVAN1429	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PUSHES EURO INTEGRATION DURING [...] (C) Romanian President Traian Basescu played the role of European statesman during his visit to Yerevan last week, using his meetings to push issues high on the agenda of most Western diplomatic missions in Armenia. Basescu's nuanced approach was a marked contrast to that of French President [...]	2006-10-12 10:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL RO AM
06YEREVAN687	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RECONCILING MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ AM
06YEREVAN819	TURKISH MP'S VISIT TO ARMENIA MARRED BY HEATED [...] (C) A member of the Turkish parliament made Armenian news June 13 when he got into a verbal scuffle with Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan during a rare visit to Armenia. Twenty parliamentarians visited Armenia June 12-14 on an information-gathering trip managed by the NATO i [...]	2006-06-15 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL TU AM
06ZAGREB1039	ARTICLE 98: MESIC'S COUNTERPROPOSAL [...] (C) Presidential foreign policy advisor Tomislav Jakic wrote former Ambassador Frank in late June (reftel) stating that President Mesic's office had examined the US draft "security cooperation agreement" which incorporated non-extradition language without specific mention of the ICC or Article [...]	2006-08-31 13:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1109	CROATIA HOSTS SEMINAR ON MULTINATIONAL UNITS [...] (U) Fourteen NATO and Partnership for Peace member nations are attending a 12-15 September seminar on multinational police units in international peacekeeping operations. The Croatian Armed Forces' Military Police Department is hosting the event, held in the coastal city of Split, to expan [...]	2006-09-14 07:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB113	CROATIA ACCELERATING ON NATO-READINESS [...] (C/REL NATO) The political and military elite of Croatia believe they are ready to join NATO today. However, government efforts to educate the general public about why NATO is important to Croatia have been slow to get started. The GoC has developed a NATO-membership driven strategic defense [...]	2006-01-27 14:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL HR
06ZAGREB1178	BARROSO, THE EU'S "PAUSE" AND AVOIDING A "DOUBLE [...] (C) Despite EU and Croatian Government efforts to downplay Commission President Barroso's comments about a "pause" in the EU's enlargement process, the damage has been done. For many Croatians, Barroso has turned on its head the EU's assurance that "When you are ready to join us, we will be r [...]	2006-09-28 10:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU HR
06ZAGREB1231	SCENESETTER - PM SANADERâ€™S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Fifteen years after the death of Yugoslavia and eleven years after a horrible civil war, Croatia is poised to become that rarity ) a Balkans success story. With EU entry negotiations underway, tourism arrivals breaking records, and new construction on every corner, Croatia is rebranding itself [...]	2006-10-11 10:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR EUN NATO
06ZAGREB1331	NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR NATO UNITES TOP LEADERSHIP [...] (U) President Mesic, PM Sanader and Parliament Speaker Seks agreed November 2 to co-chair a "National Committee for NATO Membership" to coordinate government, political party and state institutional activities in pursuit of NATO membership. Among other things, the committee will help relevant [...]	2006-11-03 14:52:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO HR
06ZAGREB1377	CROATIA FULLY SUPPORTS NATO'S PROMISE TO [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points tailored for NATO partners to Neven Mikec, Head of MFA's NATO department, on November 14. Mikec expressed the GoC's complete support for NATO's call for additional forces in Afghanistan. He noted that Croatia's nearly 150 troops in Afghanistan, including thos [...]	2006-11-17 14:52:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1424	GOC WELCOMES RIGA LANGUAGE, PROMISES CONTINUED [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 30, MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic expressed to Charge d'Affaires the SIPDIS GoC's appreciation of the positive assessment of Croatia in both the Riga communique and President Bush's speech. "We think Riga was a joint step forward," he said, stress [...]	2006-11-30 15:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1435	GOC SUPPORTS PFP FOR SERBIA, BIH, AND MONTENEGRO [...] In briefing for NATO Ambassadors December 01, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic said the GoC warmly welcomes accession of Serbia, BiH, and Montenegro into the Partnership for Peace (PfP). According to Simunovic, this will enable Croatia to raise regional cooperation to a ne [...]	2006-12-04 12:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO SR BK MW HR
06ZAGREB1462	NATIONAL NATO COMMITTEE APPOINTS HEAD OF PUBLIC [...] The National Committee on NATO Membership (reftel),under the chairmanship by President Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, met on December 7 to review conclusions of the Riga Summit. In its second meeting since its formation in November, the committee expre [...]	2006-12-11 09:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1490	MAINTAINING MOMENTUM AFTER THE CROATIAN PRIME [...] (U) Summary: Following up on their October 27 meeting, Ambassador and DCM met with Croatian FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14 to review progress on outstanding issues and areas of cooperation. Discussions on CEFTA and BiH have been reported separately. Kosovo 2. (C) The Ambassado [...]	2006-12-15 14:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIPR CASC CJAN EFIN EAIR EUN NATO
06ZAGREB180	NATO MEMBER AMBASSADORS IN CROATIA AGREE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) At a gathering of Ambassadors and military attaches from twenty NATO-member countries on February 9 hosted by Ambassador Frank, the assembled Ambassadors agreed to take a more active, public role in supporting the GoC's public education efforts in support of NATO membership. Hungary - a [...]	2006-02-10 14:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO KPOA HR
06ZAGREB356	NATO ROADSHOW HIGH-IMPACT VISIT TO ZAGREB [...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland and EUR P/DAS Kurt Volker led an interagency team on a high-impact visit to Zagreb March 7. In separate meetings with President Mesic, Prime Minister Sanader, and members of the Sabor (parliament) the delegation urged Croati [...]	2006-03-15 13:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR HR
06ZAGREB396	SUBJECT: CROATIAN PRESIDENT SAYS ARTICLE 98 NOT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a March 23, 2006 meeting in Zagreb with Senator Voinovich, Croatian President Mesic said that Croatia could not address the question of Article 98 before The Hague Tribunal concludes its work. This statement, although in accordance with what Mesic's aides hav [...]	2006-03-24 14:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR HR
06ZAGREB398	CROATIAN PRESIDENT SAYS ARTICLE 98 NOT POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a March 23, 2006 meeting in Zagreb with Senator Voinovich, Croatian President Mesic said that Croatia could not address the question of Article 98 before The Hague Tribunal concludes its work. This statement, in accordance with what Mesic's aides have told th [...]	2006-03-24 15:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR HR
06ZAGREB604	CROATIA SERIOUS ON AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) Poloff met with Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, Head of the MFA NATO Department Section for International Security Operations, on May 15 to follow up on Foreign Minister Grabar-Kitarovic's visit to Afghanistan in April (Nakic-Vojnovic was also on the Croatian delegation). Nakic-Vojnovic said that th [...]	2006-05-15 14:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB637	CROATIAN NAVY SEEKS ROLE IN OPERATION ACTIVE [...] (SBU) On May 18, during the port call in Split of the USS Enterprise, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe Admiral Henry Ulrich met with Croatian Navy Commander Vice Admiral Zdravko Kardum. Admiral Ulrich urged Admiral Kardum to accelerate connection of Croatian radar data to the NATO networ [...]	2006-05-23 11:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB786	CROATIAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES INVITATION TO JULY [...] (SBU) DCM and Canadian counterpart delivered reftel invitation and agenda to MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations Pjer Simunovic on June 29. Simunovic, who visited the Croatian ISAF contingent earlier this year, expressed support for the conference objectives. The GOC will d [...]	2006-06-30 14:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC NATO HR AF REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB807	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER - [...] (C) Summary: A Croatian public uncertain about the benefits of NATO membership, and as a &proud people8 sensitive to a potential snub, will not warm overwhelmingly to NATO membership until an invitation is clearly in the offing, PM Ivo Sanader told Ambassador Frank during a June 28 farewell [...]	2006-07-03 12:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR EINV HR
06ZAGREB809	(C) CROATIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98, NATO [...] (C) Summary: The President's office and the Croatian Government are working on a "counterproposal" regarding the US desire to conclude a Bilateral Security Cooperation (Article 98) Agreement with the US, President Stjepan Mesic told Ambassador Frank during a June 29 farewell call. The two al [...]	2006-07-03 12:52:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR HR
06ZAGREB813	CROATIA DOUBLES TROOP LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Seventy-five Croatian soldiers deployed to Afghanistan on three U.S. military flights between June 23 and July 2. The deployment expanded this NATO aspirant's troop contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from 69 to 144. It also marked the Croatian Armed Forces' [...]	2006-07-05 13:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB820	CROATIA ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN NATO TRUST [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar- Kitarovic briefed members of the diplomatic corps July 4 about Croatia's participation in the NATO trust fund for Bosnia and Herzegovina. She noted that Croatia had benefited from such assistance in the past and could now offer financial a [...]	2006-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS NATO ZL HR BK REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB821	NATO SYG SAYS ALL THE RIGHT THINGS IN ZAGREB [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: NATO SYG Hoop de Scheffer, in Zagreb for six hours July 6, met President Mesic and PM Sanader, and reassured the press about NATO's readiness for Croatian membership "as soon as Croatia is ready." The SYG's visit reinforced the GOC's efforts to educate its public about [...]	2006-07-07 09:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB871	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic exchanged views on the failure of Serbian PM Kostunica to acknowledge that independence was Kosovo's ultimate destiny. Grabar-Kitarovic suggested slowing down the Kosovo status process to avoid destabilizing the Kostun [...]	2006-07-21 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC NATO HR SR YI
06ZAGREB872	CROATIAN PM SANADER HAS POSITIVE UK VISIT [...] (U) PM Ivo Sanader's July 18 meeting with British PM Tony Blair during his first official visit to London received wide coverage in the Croatian press. The media focused on Blair's strong support of Croatia's EU accession and his statement that "there is no sense that Croatia has to wait for o [...]	2006-07-21 10:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU HR UK
06ZAGREB901	ZAGREB PARTICIPANT IN 2006 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] In response to reftel, Zagreb designates the following to attend the subject conference and provides the requested information: Name - Tom Selinger Title - Pol/Mil Officer DOB - 5 October 1964 Security Clearance - Top Secret Contact Details - (O) 385-1-661-2260, (F) 385-1-661- 2178, selin [...]	2006-07-27 12:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR PREL NATO HR
07ANKARA1052	TURKEY PRESSING FOR SEAT AT ESDP TABLE [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic told us May 4 that Turkey is awaiting the EU's answer on its request for increased participation in ESDP, inclusion in the European Defense Agency (EDA),and progress on the Security Agreement between Turkey and the EU. [...]	2007-05-04 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1192	MFA U/S APAKAN ON TURKEY'S ESDP COMPLAINTS, [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan told Ambassador on May 15 that Turkey's complaints about its role within the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) have not been resolved, but stated that Turkey was committed to a positive transition in Kosovo. Ambassador urged a rapid resolution of [...]	2007-05-17 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO TU
07ANKARA1205	TURKEY: TGS ON KOSOVO/ESDP DISPUTE: HARD LINE ON [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C) Turkish D/CHOD Saygun called in DCM May 18 to discuss NATO deliberations on the Transition Directive for Kosovo. Saygun noted that SACEUR had called Turkish CHOD Buyukanit May 17 to urge that Turkey set aside its objections and [...]	2007-05-18 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1232	TURKEY: MFA ON KOSOVO/ESDP DISPUTE [...] (C) We followed up on the possibility of compromise language on the Kosovo Transitional Directive mentioned by D/CHOD Saygun (ref a) with MFA NATO Deputy Director General Serdar Kilic on May 21. Aware of our May 18 conversation with Saygun, Kilic provided a copy of NATO document MCM-0118-200 [...]	2007-05-21 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1246	TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) We delivered ref a points on May 18 to Dr. Selcuk Sancar in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, emphasizing that the U.S. does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM) and hopes the Oslo process does not result in a document calling for a virtual ban on all such munit [...]	2007-05-22 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1319	TURKEY: U/S APAKAN'S EMOTIONAL APPEAL ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Apakan told Ambassador on May 29 that the Turkish government and military are irritated with NAC deliberations on NATO-EU cooperation in the Kosovo transition and oppose NATO's subordination to the EU. He repeated Turkish frustration with EU resistance to its [...]	2007-05-30 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA133	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Turkish National Security Council President Yigit Alpogan told U/S Burns January 19 that 2007 would be a challenging year for bilateral relations. The Turkish government hopes passage of an Armenian genocide resolution in the U.S. Congress can be averted, fears relations with the U.S. wil [...]	2007-01-24 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NATO IZ IR KPAL EPET ENRG ZK
07ANKARA1351	TURKEY/NATO/ESDP: UK NATO PERMREP MAKES LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: UK NATO PermRep Stewart Eldon made little headway with the Turks during May 30 ESDP/Kosovo discussions in Ankara. The UK plans to encourage NATO SYG Solana to offer proposals prior to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Summit in Istanbul, June 24-25. In meetings with MFA [...]	2007-06-01 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1370	TURKEY ON RUSSIA'S CFE CONCERNS AND HLTF [...] (C) We shared reftel points with MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on June 1. Gun subsequently called us in on June 4 to provide MFA feedback in advance of the HLTF meeting. Gun reported that the Russians had circulated a second, more focused paper [...]	2007-06-04 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA143	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: NO NEW CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU
07ANKARA1454	TURKEY-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS: FOCUS ON EU-NATO [...] (C) During June 4 EU Troika-Turkey consultations in Ankara, headed for the Turks by FM Abdullah Gul and State Minister/lead EU negotiator Ali Babacan and on the EU side by German FM Steinmeier, Turkey-EU-NATO relations was one of many topics discussed. According to German DCM Pruegel, FM Gul [...]	2007-06-08 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV EUN NATO TU
07ANKARA1455	STAFFDEL ASHWORTH HEARS TURKISH VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq Ahmet Oguz Celikkol told Staffdel Ashworth May 29 that reluctance from Baghdad is preventing Turkey from doing more for Iraq, including assistance with restructuring its Defense and Interior Ministries. The GOT fears most the breakup of I [...]	2007-06-08 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ TU
07ANKARA1456	TURKEY UNLIKELY TO MAKE MORE ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS IN [...] (C) We presented to MFA NATO Affairs Head of Department Ihsan Kiziltan on June 6 reftel request on critical ISAF shortfalls and the urgent need for more allied contributions of troops and equipment. Drawing on background points provided, we emphasized the current gaps in the Regional Command [...]	2007-06-08 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF TU
07ANKARA146	TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) The GOT shares U.S. concerns about efforts to restrict cluster munitions (CM) outside of the framework of existing weapons conventions, according Dr. Selcuk Sancar, Advisor, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. In response to our explanation of the U.S. position and inquiries c [...]	2007-01-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1505	TURKISH-GEORGIAN RELATIONS: DEEPER AND DEEPER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Turkish MFA Deputy Undersecretary Unal Cevikoz (a former Ambassador to Baku) visits Washington from June 18-20 for consultations on South Caucasus and Central Asia. Cevikoz is likely to identify the strengthening relationship between Turkey and Georgia as a major co [...]	2007-06-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECIN ETRD SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA1506	MFA DEPUTY U/S CEVIKOZ ASKS FOR U.S. HELP GETTING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Africa, Asia and Pacific Affairs Unal Cevikoz told Ambassador on June 12 that he is very pleased with the comprehensive program planned for his Washington visit next week. Cevikoz greatly appreciates US [...]	2007-06-13 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA1538	TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN INSISTS ON "AGREED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan told Ambassador June 13 that Turkey will continue to insist that Agreed Framework language must be included in Kosovo transition documents. Turkey,s goal is to prevent the participation of Cyprus in EU operations with NATO; the other issues Turkey has raised [...]	2007-06-15 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EU NATO TU
07ANKARA1598	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...]	2007-06-22 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ
07ANKARA1628	TURKEY/NATO: TURKISH GENERAL STAFF VIEWS ON NATO [...] (C) Turkish Chief of Defense Buyukanit told visiting USAFE Commander Gen Hobbins June 22 that Turkey supports the NATO Response Force (NRF) concept and has earmarked forces for it. However, he claimed, there has been an effort to change the NRF concept from that of a "first-in/first-out" force [...]	2007-06-26 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EUN
07ANKARA180	CFE: TURKEY MAKES NEW FLANK ENTITLEMENT OFFER [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us January 29 that the Turkish government is now prepared to offer 35 (thirty-five) tank and 20 (twenty) ACV flank entitlements from its headroom vice the original offer of 63 tank entitlements. He said this offer has been clea [...]	2007-01-29 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1823	TURKEY NOTIFIED OF USAFE MANPOWER REDUCTION PLANS [...] (S) We informed MFA Head of Department for the Americas Oguzhan Ertugrul on July 17 of US Air Force Europe plans to reduce manpower over three fiscal years across the command (ref b). We provided specific figures for reductions planned for Turkey by location, emphasizing that the adjustments a [...]	2007-07-18 09:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM NATO TU
07ANKARA1923	TURKEY'S ROBUST ROLE IN PEACEKEEPING AND [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's contributions to multi-national peacekeeping operations around the world are significant. Possessing NATO's second largest military, Turkey has led operations in the Middle East and the Balkans, and has provided troops and support to UN initiatives in Africa and East Asia [...]	2007-07-27 07:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN TU
07ANKARA2037	TURKS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER AUGUST 4 CHECKPOINT [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan and D/CHOD Saygun have contacted Charge to discuss an August 4 incident near Kabul during which a U.S. patrol fired on a vehicle carrying Turkish ISAF soldiers. The Turks expressed concern about the encounter and noted a strong desire for closer coordination to [...]	2007-08-09 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AF TU
07ANKARA2297	TURKEY UNLIKELY TO LOBBY RELUCTANT ALLIES, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-07 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG TU
07ANKARA2390	TURKISH MFA ACKNOWLEDGES TRANSATLANTIC DINNER [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO OPDC PREL EU TR
07ANKARA2598	TURKEY: KOSOVO ESDP MISSION UNDER CLOUD OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's so far unrequited desire for more direct participation in ESDP decision-making and access to EDA continues to cast a shadow over ESDP mission planning for Kosovo (ref a). Foreign Ministry officials appear unimpressed with EU and French ideas for improving NATO-EU relatio [...]	2007-10-19 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EU MARR PREL TU NATO
07ANKARA261	NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PTER NATO PINS PREL AF TU
07ANKARA2685	TURKEY SUPPORTS USG POLICY IN BOSNIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK TU NATO
07ANKARA2817	CFE/ISTANBUL: TURKEY SHARES OUR SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) We shared ref a points with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on November 21. Gun was grateful to have our views in advance of the arrival of the German and Spanish ambassadors, who met with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay later that day to push the G [...]	2007-11-23 12:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO OSCE KCFE TU
07ANKARA2847	TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...]	2007-11-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ
07ANKARA2949	MFA OFFICIAL PREDICTS RENEWED NATO-EU TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: EU plans to deploy an ESDP police mission to Kosovo could spark renewed NATO-EU tensions by mid-January unless the issue of NATO support for the mission, and the broader problem of Turkey's relationship with ESDP, are addressed to Turkey's satisfaction. A Turkish MFA official hi [...]	2007-12-13 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL TU YI
07ANKARA3047	TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS, BUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel papers on December 17 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen stated that, as a country with cluster munitions in its arsenal, Turkey sha [...]	2007-12-28 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA438	CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKEY REVIEWING THE MOU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 23 that the ministry's legal office is reviewing U.S. comments on the draft MOU for Turkey's transfer of flank entitlements to the U.S. Gun said he is arguing for the more flexible, poli [...]	2007-02-28 08:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NATO NO GR TU
07ANKARA45	TURKISH FM GUL WILL ATTEND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA514	CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU
07ANKARA515	CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKS WILLING TO WORK ON [...] (C) In the absence of MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun, we pressed Department Head Serhan Yigit on March 7 for Turkish reaction to our comments on the draft MOU for the transfer of 35 tank and 20 ACV entitlements, explaining our desire to complete notification of the [...]	2007-03-07 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO TU
07ANKARA598	TURKEY/GREECE/NATO: NOBLE ARCHER CANCELLATION AND [...] (C) We understand the commander of the NATO Air Component Command in Izmir cancelled NATO involvement in the February 27 Noble Archer exercise in the Aegean after Greek authorities posted a NOTAM that included the island of Limnos, whose demilitarized status is in dispute. MFA Deputy Directo [...]	2007-03-15 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GR TU
07ANKARA632	TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. NATO GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials told USNATO PermRep Nuland that Turkey will maintain its commitments in Afghanistan and expand Wardak PRT operations, but would not commit to sending additional helicopters. Amb. Nuland praised Turkish contributions to ISAF while urging the Turks to do more and [...]	2007-03-20 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OVIP TU
07ANKARA681	TURKEY CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, we informed MFA Arms Control DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun's office that the U.S. agrees with all of the Turkish proposed changes to the draft text of the CFE entitlement transfer MOU, and that we seek to put the MOU into final form, exchange notes, and transmit the text to W [...]	2007-03-26 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA723	TURKEY TO SUBMIT FINAL CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (SBU) Per ref a, we followed up with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament, on March 28 to underscore US acceptance of Turkey's changes to the CFE Entitlement Transfer MOU text and press for the exchange of final documents by March 30. Gun said that the [...]	2007-03-29 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA755	EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) The Turkish Foreign Ministry and embassy exchanged diplomatic notes in Ankara on March 30 to formalize the transfer of Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) Treaty equipment entitlements based on the memorandum of understanding text in ref b as modified in ref c. Turkish note was e-mailed to [...]	2007-04-03 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA860	TURKS SEEKING ENHANCED ROLE IN ESDP PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S (D equivalent) Apakan told Ambassador April 11 that Turkey would like an enhanced role in ESDP planning. The Turks are approaching other NATO and EU members individually; PM Erdogan spoke with Javier Solana in Riyadh. As an EU accession candidate which participa [...]	2007-04-12 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO EUN TU
07ANKARA88	TURKEY'S VIEWS ON GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed US thinking on Afghanistan ahead of the January 26 NATO foreign ministers meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan on January 17. Drawing on reftel points, he highlighted the NATO leaders, discussions in Riga and their commitment to Afghanistan and the success of th [...]	2007-01-18 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU
07ASHGABAT314	VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN BY NATO SPECIAL [...] (C) During March 20 meetings with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, Deputy Chairman/Minister for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov and Defense Minister Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, NATO Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons found a substantial increase i [...]	2007-03-26 05:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO TX
07ASHGABAT867	TURKMENISTAN: NATO CONTACT REGIONAL REP BRIEFS ON [...] (SBU) Astana-based NATO Contact Regional Representative Tugay Tuncher briefed NATO-member embassies' chiefs of mission at a Turkish Embassy-hosted dinner on August 22 at the close of his three-day visit to Ashgabat. He met with Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev and a deputy minister of defense [...]	2007-08-23 08:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EINV SNAR NATO TU TX
07ATHENS1058	CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...]	2007-05-23 05:50:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR MARR PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO
07ATHENS1059	CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...]	2007-05-23 05:50:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR MARR MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO
07ATHENS1076	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE EYE-TO-EYE WITH U.S. [...] (U) On May 22, A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on cluster munitions to Counselor Dionyssios Kivetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. As Kivetos indicated in past conversations on the subject (ref e),Greece shared the view of the United States regarding the issue [...]	2007-05-23 15:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS NATO PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS110	TRUST BUT VERIFY: GREEK CHOD CONFIRMS CYPRUS ARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Greek Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis laid out the GoG's plan for dealing with the Cyprus arms issue in line with U.S. legal requirements, consented to an American inspection team, and promised to consult with the [...]	2007-01-18 15:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR

07ATHENS111	GREEK CHOD ON AFGHANISTAN, EMBASSY ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss the Cyprus Arms issue (reported septel),Greek Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis also previewed Greece's plans for contributing to NATO efforts in Afghanistan, his view on the recent RPG attack against the [...]	2007-01-18 15:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR

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