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00HANOI1160	A VIETNAMESE JANUS: THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACES OF THE POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAM'S KEY LEADERSHIP BODY -- THE CURRENTLY 18-MEMBER POLITBURO -- IS A LARGELY SHADOWY GROUP WHOSE MEETINGS, AND MANY OF ITS MEMBERS' ACTIVITIES, ARE HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC VIEW. THE FIVE SEXAGENARIAN MEN IN THE STANDING COMMITTEE, THE INNER CIRCLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S POLITI [...]	2000-05-26 08:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON PHUM VM DPOL

00TASHKENT4223	KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]	2000-11-02 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RU AF UZ
00THEHAGUE1950	DUTCH CONFIRM EU PLANS FOR MINISTERIAL TROIKA [...] No summary [...]	2000-06-28 11:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO NL OSCE EUN
01VATICAN5288	POPE'S VISIT TO ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: VATICAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-11 14:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM KZ TU RO UP BO BU VT
02ANKARA8089	TURKS LUKEWARM ABOUT LUKASHENKO'S ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-08 13:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO TU NATO
02HANOI2622	NONG DUC MANH VISITS RUSSIA AND BELARUS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV),VISITED RUSSIA OCTOBER 9- 13 AND BELARUS OCTOBER 13-15. ALL SIDES HAVE DESCRIBED THE CAREFULLY SCRIPTED VISITS AS "SUCCESSFUL." MANH'S FOCUS WAS ON IMPROVING TRADE AND REAFFIRMING HIS "STRONG PERSONAL R [...]	2002-10-30 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD EAID ECON BO RS VM
02HANOI3099	ASSESSING NONG DUC MANH'S LEADERSHIP [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RAYMOND BURGHARDT, REASON: 1.5 (D) 2. (C) SUMMARY. NONG DUC MANH IS PERHAPS THE MOST TELEGENIC VIETNAMESE LEADER SINCE HO CHI MINH. DESPITE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 03099 01 OF 03 310253Z CONSTANT MEDIA EXPOSURE, LITTLE I [...]	2002-12-31 02:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL VM
02KATHMANDU2502	NEPAL: MILITARY AID RUNS AGROUND ON THE SHOALS OF [...] (C) Summary: Delivery of M16A2 rifles for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),already two months later than scheduled, was delayed again on December 24 when the Government of India (GOI) denied overflight permission for the transport plane. The delay makes the US arms shipment the third in a string [...]	2002-12-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	IN NP PGOV PTER RU
03ANKARA1396	TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...]	2003-03-05 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY
03ANKARA4387	20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]	2003-07-12 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4545	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA5159	GOT ACTIONS SINCE MARCH TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary: Emboffs met August 12-13 with MFA officials and contacted the director of the Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to discuss actions taken by the GOT to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) subsequent to March 30, the end of the period covered in the 200 [...]	2003-08-13 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY
03HANOI1808	VIETNAM: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 02:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	BTA ECON EINV ELAB ETRD FINREF KTBD OPIC VN
03HARARE1467	MEDIA REPORT U. S./ ZIM RELATIONS; HARARE [...] Back-to-back leading articles in the July 20 and 21 editions of the independent weekly "The Daily News on Sunday" and its sister daily "The Daily News," respectively, focus on the failing relations between the United States and Zimbabwe. Excerpts follow: 2. Th [...]	2003-07-21 10:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE1477	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH ON "CAPTIVE NATIONS [...] Under headline "Africa must resist" the government-controlled Bulawayo-based weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its July 20 editorial to criticizing President George W. Bush for including Zimbabwe on the list of country's he said, in a proclamation to mark "Captive [...]	2003-07-23 08:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03KUWAIT3360	NO BELARUS VISIT FOR KUWAITI SPORTS MINISTER [...] (C) Per Ref. A, the Ambassador briefed FonMin U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah on the background of Belarusian Sports Minister Yuri Sivakov during their July 27 meeting (other topics septel). 2. (C) Al-Jarallah said he could not confirm that Sivakov had extended any invitation to Sheikh Fahd Al-Jaber [...]	2003-07-27 15:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KU BO
03OTTAWA708	CANADA'S PRIORITIES: 59TH COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered the talking points contained reftel to Adrian Norfolk, Deputy Director for Human Rights in DFAIT's Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and International Women's Equality Division, on March 12. Norfolk stated that Canada's overall objective for CHR-59 is restoration of CHR [...]	2003-03-14 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CA UNHRC
03ROME1168	CHR-59: ITALIANS SUPPORT VIRTUALLY ALL U.S. [...] (U) ITALY LARGELY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES AND PLANS FOR SPECIFIC COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT CHR-59, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US MARCH 19. RESPONDING TO OUR MARCH 13 DEMARCHE (CALVETTA WAS UNAVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE 19TH),CALVETTA SAID THE MFA WAS PLEASED WITH THE EXPANDED U. [...]	2003-03-20 16:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT UNHRC AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS
03ROME1568	ITALY/EU - GOI REACTION TO USG GAERC POINTS [...] (U) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE GOI OFFICES. RESPONSES FOLLOW BELOW. ESDP ----- 2. (SBU) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI SAID THAT THE GOI CONCURS WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU NEEDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF OPERATION CONCORDIA BEFORE FOCUSING ON A POSSIBLE EU [...]	2003-04-11 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM EU IT ETRD ETRD PREL
03ROME2137	GOI AGREES ON NEED TO COORDINATE "STEP BY [...] (C) MFA RUSSIA OFFICE DIRECTOR ROSA ANNA CONIGLIO SAID THAT POINTS REFTEL, WHICH POLOFF ORIGINALLY DELIVERED MAY 6, WERE USED AS FOOD FOR THOUGHT AT THE EU COEST MEETING (AT 25) IN BRUSSELS THE FOLLOWING DAY. SHE SAID THAT ALL EU MEMBERS AND ASPIRANTS AGREED - THE US "STEP BY STEP" AND EU B [...]	2003-05-15 12:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BO OSCE
03ROME4230	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY - THE WAY AHEAD ON BELARUS [...] (C) ON SEPTEMBER 16, MFA NIS DESK OFFICER LORENZO ORTONA CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT THE DRAFT US-EU STATEMENT ON BELARUS WE PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENCY WAS DISCUSSED AT THE SEPTEMBER 12 PSC IN BRUSSELS. ORTONA SAID THAT WHILE ITALY AND THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AGREED WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DRAF [...]	2003-09-17 11:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO IT EUN
03ROME4663	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY: READOUT ON EU-UKRAINE SUMMIT [...] (C) POST PASSED POINTS REFTEL TO THE MFA EU OFFICE AND NIS OFFICE ON OCTOBER 3. ON OCTOBER 8, SILVIA COSTANTINI FROM THE MFA'S OFFICE OF EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS TOLD POLOFF THAT WHILE THE OCTOBER 7 UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT IN YALTA WAS SUCCESSFUL IN ADVANCING A NUMBER OF ISSUES RELATED TO UKRAINE'S I [...]	2003-10-10 16:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON UP IT EUN
03THEHAGUE1732	DUTCH ON BELARUS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO NL EUN
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03THEHAGUE2114	PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...]	2003-08-22 08:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA
03THEHAGUE2939	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 1ST MEETING OF [...] (U) Summary. Two USG legal experts (Bernard Seward from State/L/ACV - JAGLCS/CLAMO and Randy Pratt from Commerce/OGC/IS) participated in the first meeting of the CWC "Network of Legal Experts" November 4-7, supported by the Commerce representative to the U.S. CWC Delegation (Brandon Williams [...]	2003-11-24 18:04:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
03VATICAN1124	HOLY SEE TO FOCUS ON HUMAN DIGNITY, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) THE HOLY SEE DELEGATION TO THE 59TH UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONVEYED TO EMBASSY ITS WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF MUTUAL INTEREST, PARTICULARLY ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND MIGRATION. HOLY SEE DELEGATE TO THE UNHRC, BISHOP DIARMUID MARTIN, [...]	2003-03-19 06:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT VTPREL
03ZAGREB799	DRUZHBADRIA AND CPOT PIPELINES -- CROATIA MOVING [...] (SBU) THE DRUZHBADRIA PIPELINE PROJECT IS ONE POSSIBLE ROUTE TO BRING RUSSIAN OIL TO WESTERN MARKETS, SOMETHING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY BY INCREASING DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL SUPPLIES. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS SOUGHT TO PORTRAY CROATIA AS A NEW PLAYER IN WORLD OIL POLITICS. H [...]	2003-04-11 08:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET SENV HR
04ABUDHABI814	TRIP READOUT - G/TIP VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From February 11 to 15, G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor and NEA/RA Desk Officer Nahide Bayrasli visited the UAE to update information for the 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report. The meetings were very informative, and the team stated on several occasions that [...]	2004-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TC
04AMMAN9087	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 12:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL JO
04ANKARA1233	TURKEY: 2004 ANTI TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Embassy point of contact is David McFarland, who replaces Phil Kaplan following submission of this report. Kaplan (rank: FSO-03) spent approximately 100 hours in prepara [...]	2004-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA1595	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: PROGRESS IN TURKEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer and Emboff met with government and non-government organizations in Ankara and Trabzon February 23-24 to explore Turkey's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). An MFA official anti-TIP noted progress in training programs, provision of humanitarian visa [...]	2004-03-17 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2007	MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...]	2004-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2152	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...]	2004-04-14 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2453	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5708	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]	2004-10-05 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA5847	DEMARCHE ON OSCE ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION TO [...] We presented reftel demarche October 14 to Turkish MFA Eastern Europe Department official Yavuz Evirgen. Evirgen and MFA OSCE Section Head Korkut Gungen acknowledged that MFA officials are consulting with each other continuously in monitoring Ukrainian election developments. 2. Evirgen a [...]	2004-10-15 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UP TU
04ANKARA5968	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO MOLDOVA [...] SUMMARY. Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Fatma Topcuoglu delivered the following speech at a 2-day conference on human trafficking in Chisinau, Moldova. END SUMMARY. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT OF PREPARED REMARKS: SPEECH DELIVERED BY H.E. FATMA FIRAT TOPCUOGLU AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKE [...]	2004-10-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6072	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING EFFORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP inquires about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following October 2004 TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report will be published on-line at the MFA website at http://www.mf [...]	2004-10-26 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6114	SPONSORING RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS [...] (U) We presented reftel demarche October 27 to Turkish MFA Human Rights officer Serhat Aksen. Aksen personally concurred with the statements in the demarche and said he would consult his colleagues regarding appropriate action before the Turkish holiday weekend begins the afternoon of Thursda [...]	2004-10-28 09:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM BO TU
04ANKARA6150	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 14-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 31, 2004 by [...]	2004-11-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6318	HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 8 we presented reftel A and B demarches to individual MFA departments for each country mentioned: A. We presented Belarus points to Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe Solendil, who confirmed the Turkish UN delegation had already been instructed to vote positively wi [...]	2004-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TU
04ANKARA6366	TIP IN TURKEY: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6686	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]	2004-12-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6687	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS [...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...]	2004-12-02 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU
04ANKARA6801	TIP IN TURKEY: JANDARMA REQUESTS TECH ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 23-27 International Office on Migration (IOM) TIP workshop in Adana, Turkey highlighted the Jandarma's struggling but developing ground-level ability to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. According to IOM trainers (para 4) and TIP-NGO victim counselors (re [...]	2004-12-07 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6843	TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...]	2004-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6865	TIP: GOT PUSHING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS [...] (U) During a visit to Ankara led by US Embassy Chisinau in November (septel),a Moldovan anti-TIP government delegation heard high-handed criticism from Turkish interlocutors about Moldova's failure to respond to a GOT-proposed anti-TIP protocol (para 3). The draft protocol, according to MFA D [...]	2004-12-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA7103	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON GOT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: IOM has passed us a summary of its anti-TIP actions and plans for cooperating further with GOT authorities. End Summary. 2. (C) International Office for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom passed Emboff the following summary of TIP current events: BEGIN NOTES [...]	2004-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04BRATISLAVA1027	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 10, 2004 [...] (C) Representatives of the MFA and MOD told DCM and emboffs October 19 that there was strong pressure from some EU countries to lift the arms embargo on China and added that Slovakia believed a strengthened EU Code of Conduct would only allow responsible exports (Refs A and B). DCM stressed t [...]	2004-11-10 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO UP LY CH
04BRATISLAVA1043	CAUTION AND UNCERTAINTY IN GOS AS UKRAINE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Emboffs have discussed the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine with several GOS interlocutors this week. Expectations regarding outcome are divided--the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor is optimistic about a Yushchenko win, while MFA policy p [...]	2004-11-16 18:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO UP
04BRATISLAVA1050	SLOVAK THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING GAERC MEETING [...] (SBU) DCM hosted lunch 11/15 for the MFA's "CFSP" team: Acting Director of the Division for European Affairs Frantisek Ruzicka, COREPER Director Anna Turinicova, and European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. They discussed the latest thinking on the China arms embargo, Turkish accession, and Cuba [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO EUN
04BRATISLAVA1142	12/21/04 MEDIA REACTION ON NEWS OF POTUS VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL LO
04BRATISLAVA127	MFA VIEW ON UKRAINE'S PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) POLOFF CALLED ON MFA UKRAINE DESK OFFICER PETER VIZDAL FOR A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON SLOVAK-UKRAINE RELATIONS. VIZDAL POINTED OUT THAT SLOVAKIA SIGNED THE EU DECLARATION CRITICIZING A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ALLOW KUCHMA TO RUN FOR A THIRD TERM (REF B),AS A MATTER OF COMMON [...]	2004-02-06 16:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV LO UP SLOVAK UKRAINE
04BRATISLAVA189	CHR 60TH SESSION DEMARCHE: SLOVAK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-26 06:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LO UNHRC
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
04BRATISLAVA30	THEMES FOR THE VISIT OF SLOVAK MFA STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: STATE SECRETARY FOR THE SLOVAK MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IVAN KORCOK (PRONOUNCED KOR-CHOK) WILL VISIT WASHINGTON JANUARY 14-16 TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE SLOVAKIA PLACES ON THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP AND TO INTENSIFY U.S.-SLOVAK DIALOGUE ON BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL ISS [...]	2004-01-12 13:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR LO
04BRATISLAVA490	FICO PREPARED FOR CRITICISM DURING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Robert Fico, the most popular politicaian in Slovakia, will visit Washington May 17-19. Fico has a major influence on public opinion and has told the Ambassador on several occasions that he wants good relations with the U.S., but his public statements are often unhelpful. Fico h [...]	2004-05-17 14:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA900	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage visited Slovakia September 14. During his meetings with Prime Minister Dzurinda, Foreign Minister Kukan, parliamentary leaders, and the media, he underscored that U.S.-Slovak relations are based on more than just coalition membership and reflect the shar [...]	2004-09-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAO LO CONS
04BRUSSELS1162	U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on democracy and human rights and cooperation with the U.S. and EU in the former Soviet space were central to building a better strategic relationship with Russia. E [...]	2004-03-19 09:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1623	EU REACTION TO POTENTIAL POSITIVE STEPS FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Mission passed ref a points April 15 to Carl Hartzell, East Europe and Caucasus specialist of the Council's Policy Unit. Hartzell reviewed them briefly, and said they seemed reasonable, and in fact went further than the EU was thinking at this time. The EU was also looking at steps to inc [...]	2004-04-15 16:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2091	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on May 7. Key findings were: --U.S.-EU Coordination within OSCE: cooperation between t [...]	2004-05-14 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2102	EU FMS' MEETING: KEY AGENDA ITEMS AND DEMARCHE [...] (C) The EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on May 17-18 will devote much of its time to Intergovernmental Conference (ICG) debates on the draft EU Constitutional Treaty. Ministers (with their Defense colleagues also participating) will also focus on ESDP is [...]	2004-05-14 15:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3067	BRIEF READOUT OF EU-RUSSIA POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. According to an EU official present for the July 16 EU-Russia Political Directors' meeting in Moscow, the EU raised Yukos and Moldova. On Yukos, Deputy FM Chizhov agreed that foreign investment will suffer, but said it was a criminal case and will proceed. On Moldova, Chizhov s [...]	2004-07-19 14:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3174	EXCLUDING THE BELARUSIAN SPORTS AND TOURISM [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PHUM PREL USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3224	EU MAY ACT TO BAN BELARUSIAN SPORTS MINISTER FROM [...] (C) Summary. The EU is looking seriously at steps it can take to ban Belarusian Sports Minister Sivakov from the Olympic games. Greece supports a ban, but wants to approach the International Olympic Committee first, as visas are issued along with IOC credentials, and Sivakov is likely to a [...]	2004-07-30 07:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PHUM PREL GR BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3840	ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC [...] (C) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a variety of EU officials. EU Conclusions on Sudan should dovetail with the main elements of our draft UNSC Resolution. On Iran, we understand the EU will is [...]	2004-09-10 10:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3881	EUR DAS TEFFT REVIEWS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA AND [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with EU officials on September 10, EUR DAS Tefft discussed recent events in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. EU officials viewed the Beslan attack as a failure of Putin's Chechnya policy, expected him to respond by doing more of the same, and predicted cooler [...]	2004-09-13 15:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3897	EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...]	2004-09-14 13:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4025	EU FUNDING FOR IRAQ: EB A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH [...] (U) Action request: See para 12 below. 2. (C) Summary. Commission Deputy DG Leigh told EB A/S Wayne on September 21 that the EC agreed that the goal for the upcoming Tokyo conference is to get more support from donors for Iraq. To do this, Leigh said, Iraqi officials must present a st [...]	2004-09-21 15:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4119	European Parliament (EP) Plenary September [...] SUMMARY: The September 13-16 EP plenary included debate on Iraq and Darfur. External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten criticized U.S. policy on terrorism and Iraq. MEPs qualified the Darfur situation as "tantamount to genocide." Also, the EP passed a resolution criticizing human rights [...]	2004-09-27 13:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF IZ SU CD BO CY TU EUN AID ICTY USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4183	U.S.-EU OSCE CONSULTS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 U.S.-EU OSCE consultations focused largely on Russian intransigence toward outside influence in its "near abroad." Both sides agreed that the CIS Astana Declaration is an attempt to undercut the OSCE role in human rights and democratization. Similarly, the EU re [...]	2004-09-30 09:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4629	EU-CIS RELATIONS: GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During October 22 U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, EU officials told EUR DAS Tefft that diminishing expectations for the EU-Russia summit and disappointment over elections in Belarus were leading the EU to reconsider its policies toward both countri [...]	2004-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETTC RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4702	EU FMS AT NOV. 2 GAERC AGREE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) EU FMs on November 2 agreed a package of measures to support Iraq ahead of a November 5 visit by PM Allawi. They confirmed EU financial support for the electoral process and decided to send an expert team by the end of November "to start planning" with the Iraqi authorities "for a possi [...]	2004-11-03 16:36:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID IR IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4915	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: TWO-WEEK DELAY UNLIKELY TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BRUSSELS ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS USEU
04BRUSSELS4944	COMMISSION AND COUNCIL RESPONSES ON NOV. 22 GAERC [...] (U) PolOffs have delivered Ref A points to contacts in the Council Secretariat and the personal staff of new External Relations Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (who will be attending her first GAERC as a Commissioner on Monday). MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ------------------------- 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXX X [...]	2004-11-19 15:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS MARR IR CH BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4951	EU ON BELARUS PARTICIPATION AT CEI SUMMIT [...] (C) We presented reftel demarche to Commission and Council officials on 17 November, asking their support in pressing the Government of Slovenia to rescind its invitation of a senior Belarus government official to the November 24-26 Central European Initiative (CEI) Summit hosted by Slovenia. [...]	2004-11-19 16:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS526	EU LAUNCHES FAST-TRACK ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Frustrated by an increasingly sterile dialogue with Moscow, and deeply embarrassed by Italian PM Berlusconi's fawning defense of Putin at last November's EU-Russia summit in Rome, the EU is conducting an "assessment" of its relations with Russia. The goal is two-fold. First, [...]	2004-02-06 13:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5302	EU COMMITTED TO SENDING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO KIEV [...] (C) The December 13 GAERC endorsed a European Neighborhood Policy "Action Plan" (AP) for EU-Ukraine cooperation, billing it as part of an effort to send a positive signal to Kiev. In fact, the AP's provisions remain unchanged from the draft which existed prior to the recent events, and offer li [...]	2004-12-16 13:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UP RS PL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3447	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAIAN BASESCU SETS OUT [...] (U) Summary. In his first speech after acknowledging his win in presidential run-off elections, Romanian President- elect Traian Basescu emphasized EU integration, poverty, political influence on state institutions and corruption, all key Basescu themes in his presidential campaign. He highl [...]	2004-12-15 17:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04BUENOSAIRES3171	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On November 9, PolOff met with the Foreign Ministry's Jorge Luis Gomez, Directorate of International Organisms, and Federico Villegas, Office of Human Rights, to seek Argentina's support for the resolutions on Belarus, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran. Villegas noted that these wer [...]	2004-11-10 19:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AR UNGA DEMARCHE
04BUENOSAIRES3216	URGENT DEMARCE CONCERNING THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-16 17:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM IR BO ZI SU AR UNGA
04CARACAS3588	VENEZUELAN POSITION ON 3RD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-22 11:40:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VE
04DUBLIN1646	IRISH POSITIVE ON BELARUS RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 16:31:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04DUBLIN1667	IRELAND SUPPORTS UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 10:04:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04DUBLIN1697	IRISH RESPONSE TO TURKEY AND PRE-GAERC DEMARCHES [...] (U) On November 17, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) In a November 12 conversation with the Ambassador, Michael Collins, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ahern, said that Ireland [...]	2004-11-18 15:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
04GUATEMALA1479	GUATEMALA WILL VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION IN ECOSOC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Sylvia Corrado on June 14. Corrado relayed demarche to the GOG Mission to the UN. Corrado confirmed on June 15 that GOG will vote against any no-action motion on Belarus, North Korea, or Cuba resolutions raised in ECOSOC [...]	2004-06-15 22:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM GT PDEM UNCHR ECOSOC UN
04GUATEMALA2819	GUATEMALA WILL SUPPORT ALL UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 14:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV IO GT
04GUATEMALA2941	GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...]	2004-11-19 19:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA2964	GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS /// [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...]	2004-11-24 16:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA583	GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...]	2004-03-09 15:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT UNHRC
04GUATEMALA921	GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CHR-60 COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) Guatemala will vote in support of all the country-specific resolutions listed reftels (Belarus, China, Cuba, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe) according to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry. Rodriguez also repeated Guatemala's principled po [...]	2004-04-14 20:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GT

04HELSINKI1472	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...]	2004-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI
04HELSINKI1486	FINLAND: NOVEMBER GAERC STRATEGY [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to officials at the MFA and to Jonna Partanen, Special Advisor on EU Affairs to Prime Minister Vanhanen. On November 19, Poloff received feedback from Leena Aalto, Counselor in the MFA's EU Affairs Division. Aalto's remarks were keyed to the issues cover [...]	2004-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EU TU FI
04KINSHASA2058	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UNGA human rights resolutions to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on November 8, 2004. Zulu said that he would instruct the DRC delegation in New York to work with the US delegation to support the human rights resolution [...]	2004-11-08 11:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CG
04MADRID4294	SPAIN SUPPORTS US POSITIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 13:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
04MADRID4445	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOV 22 GAERC: MEPP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the Middle East Peace Process, China, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus, ESDP issues, Iran, and Ukraine with MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Luis Canovas del Castillo on November 18. Poloff also discussed Spain's views on Turkey with Juan Aristegui, MFA Subdirector General o [...]	2004-11-22 07:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP EUN
04MADRID822	SPANISH RESPONSE TO 60TH SESSION OF THE UN [...] (C) Summary. The head of the MFA's Human Rights Office stated that Spain's priorities for the upcoming UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) session are substantially the same as USG priorities, focusing on many of the same countries and issues. On sensitive subjects, he said that Spain will [...]	2004-03-10 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP UNHRC
04MANAMA1692	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 14:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BA
04MANAMA339	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: [...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]	2004-03-11 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA351	BAHRAIN AND THE 6OTH SESSION OF THE UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-13 13:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BA UNHRC
04NEWDELHI7151	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 10:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IN UNHCR
04PARIS8159	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS: FRENCH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Human Rights in the Directorate of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen on November 9. She indicated that France would co-sponsor all of the reftel resolutions and would vote against [...]	2004-11-09 17:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR
04ROME4320	ITALY FULLY BACKS U.S. ON THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 08:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS
04ROME4444	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 22 GAERC [...] (C) EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo said that ministers would have an extended discussion of Middle East issues over lunch on November 22, including a wide-ranging exchange of views on how the EU should enhance its role in the Quartet post-Arafat. Italy's views on the content of the Council s [...]	2004-11-19 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IT EUN
04SANAA2346	PRESIDENT SALEH TO A/S BLOOMFIELD "NO NEW MANPADS" [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. discussed proposed U.S. MANPADS buyback and destruction initiative with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on September 1. Saleh not only agreed to move forward with the modalities of the buyback [...]	2004-09-02 11:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MASS MOPS OVIP PARM PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2861	ACTION TAKEN: DEMARCHE ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) On November 9 Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA diplomatic attach Selwa al-Rifai. Rifai said that due to the Eid holidays no one was available to give an indication as to how ROYG would vote on the resolutions. 2. (C) Rifai stated that while Yemen supports Human Rights resol [...]	2004-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
04TELAVIV1496	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] The requesters hope to obtain Cypriot citizenship and a EU passport. Yediot reported that Israel has asked the U.S. to allow El Al to fly over Iraq to reach its Far East destinations, which would save the company's planes two to three hours of travel. Ha'aretz (English Ed.) published a L [...]	2004-03-10 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6060	RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL: CULTURAL AND [...] Summary: During a recent meeting with PD staff, Professor Marina Nizhnik of Tel Aviv University discussed the Russian immigrant community of Israel, with particular emphasis on differences between the more established community that has resided in Israel for the past 10 years and the recent ar [...]	2004-12-02 07:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KPAO ISRAELI SOCIETY
04THEHAGUE1793	EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON... [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN Gene Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors acknowl [...]	2004-07-16 12:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN
04THEHAGUE1801	EU/US COOPERATION IN THE UNGA AND ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are deeply committed to the Transatlantic Dialogue, a successful EU Presidency, and leadership during the UN General Assembly that values USG input if not always agreeing with it. In discussions with DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon on July12 - 13, Dutch interlocutors a [...]	2004-07-16 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC NL CH UN
04THEHAGUE1880	DUTCH ON EXCLUDING BELARUSIAN MINISTER FROM THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-26 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KOLY PHUM PREL BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2289	SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...]	2004-09-10 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2290	SEPT 13-14 GAERC: DISCUSSION WITH DUTCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Emboffs discussed Sept 13-14 GAERC agenda and reftel subjects with MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner on September 8 and with MFA European Correspondent Joep Wijnands on September 9. The Dutch clearly signaled that EU member states on the IAEA board will not s [...]	2004-09-10 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2388	NETHERLANDS/EU: PETER CHASE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US-EU [...] (C) Summary: At meetings with the MFA on September 10, Peter Chase (EUR/ERA Director) heard that EU Member States see new informal interest groups forming around particular issues. This variable geometry extends to EU representation at the UN, where the EU's formal division of competenci [...]	2004-09-20 10:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL
04THEHAGUE2733	EU/COHOM: WORKING FOR EU SUPPORT FOR US HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and EU Troika met October 15 to discuss human rights issues in the context of the semi-annual "COHOM" troika meeting. The EU confirmed that they still value the human rights dialogue process with China and want to coordinate with us on ways to refocus all [...]	2004-10-22 13:59:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC PREL CH NL
04THEHAGUE2764	UNGA 59/BELARUS - SPONSORING RESOLUTION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 13:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2777	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOV 2 GAERC [...] (U) Summary. MFA Deputy Directors Joep Wijnands (Political Affairs, European Correspondent) and Dirk Oldenburg (European Integration) briefed emboffs Oct 28th on expectations for the Nov 2 GAERC and the Nov 5 European Council. The GAERC will focus primarily on preparations for the Council, so [...]	2004-10-29 09:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2868	UNGA 59 HUMAN RIGHTS: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Please see guidance request in paragraph 3. 2. Poloff shared reftel points with Guillaume Teerling (Senior Advisor, Human Rights office, MFA) on November 5. As the EU and the USG are cooperating closely in the Third Committee, Teerling required no convincing. Teerling said that the Nethe [...]	2004-11-05 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NL EUN UNGA
04THEHAGUE2879	UNGA 59/BELARUS/HUMAN RIGHTS: FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 12:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM NL UNGA
04THEHAGUE2992	NETHERLANDS: BELARUS PARTICIPATION IN CEI SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-17 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SI BO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3094	RUSSIA/UKRAINE/EU - ANGRY PUTIN, FIRM EU AGREE AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the Russia-EU Summit in The Hague November 24, an "angry, aggressive" President Putin demanded Ukrainian law should dictated the outcome and rejected EU interest in finding a political solution as unwarranted and unnecessary. Drawing on OSCE election monitoring conclusions, [...]	2004-11-26 14:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UP NL EUN RU
04THEHAGUE544	DUTCH/EU THOUGHTS: 60TH SESSION OF UN CHR [...] (C) PolOff met with Hans Docter, MFA Commission on Human Rights (CHR) action officer, to discuss reftel. The Dutch are fully engaged with their EU partners in advance of the GoNL return to the CHR this spring. In addition to resolutions noted reftel, the EU will sponsor resolutions on Russia [...]	2004-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH NL UNHRC
04USUNNEWYORK2570	59TH UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE [...] Summary. On November 11, the United Nations General Assembly marked the passing of Yasser Arafat. Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and GA President Jean Ping both made statements of condolences as did the leaders of the various regional groups. Gambia, on behalf of the African States; In [...]	2004-11-12 21:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
04VILNIUS1353	LITHUANIA CONCERNED OVER RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's opposition to hosting a Baltic regional air safety conference under NATO-Russia Council (NRC) auspices (ref A) is rooted in its assessment that Russian policy aims to disrupt NATO relations with its newest members and raise pressure on the air policing mission. Though [...]	2004-10-29 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINS PREL LH
04VILNIUS1403	LITHUANIAN POLICE SEIZE NINE MILLION COUNTERFEIT [...] Summary. The Lithuanian Police achieved a major victory in the fight against counterfeiting November 6, arresting thirteen people and seizing over nine million counterfeit Euros. The Police believe that the group has been printing Euros for several years. The Police also found printing plat [...]	2004-11-15 05:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL EFIN LH
04VILNIUS1437	LITHUANIA CONDEMNS FRAUDULENT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS; [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian government and parliamentary officials strongly condemned reports of fraud in Ukraine's second round of presidential elections. Fully supporting the EU statement on the elections, they noted that Ukraine has apparently been deprived of an opportunity to demonstrate its [...]	2004-11-24 13:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XH LH
04VILNIUS1447	AIDS IN LITHUANIA [...] As it prepares to celebrate World AIDS Day, Lithuania's incidence of HIV/AIDS is the lowest in Central and Eastern Europe. The GOL is working to keep it that way, despite pressures of rapid social change. Lithuania has a National HIV/AIDS prevention strategy, but poorly monitors its implemen [...]	2004-11-29 06:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1450	LITHUANIA DECLARES SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE; TO [...] (U) The Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) expressed its solidarity with the people of Ukraine and its support for their democratic objectives. In a vote of 123 to 1, with 3 abstentions, the 141-seat Seimas resolved to support the decision of Ukraine's Supreme Rada to evaluate the results of the [...]	2004-11-29 16:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP LH
04VILNIUS1488	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS E-PINE PAPER ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 12:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNEI LH
04VILNIUS1499	CSBM BILATERALS GIVE LITHUANIA ADDITIONAL TOOL TO [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has developed bilateral Confidence and Security Building Measure (CSBM) agreements in accordance with the 1999 Vienna Document of OSCE and CFE requirements with Russia, Belarus and its Nordic neighbors. For Lithuania, the bilateral agreements enhance military transparenc [...]	2004-12-09 09:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1505	LITHUANIA TO PROCEED WITH REACTOR CLOSEOUT [...] (C) A GOL resolution on November 24 confirmed that one of two Chernobyl-type Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) reactors will close as expected on December 31. The resolution follows GOL-EU consultations in Brussels at which EU experts advised Lithuania to honor its EU accession commitments. [...]	2004-12-09 14:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL LH
04VILNIUS1512	CODEL HASTINGS PRAISES LITHUANIAN EFFORTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings, attending a GOL-sponsored conference on the promotion of democracy in Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and the South Caucasus, met with President Adamkus and parliamentary (Seimas) and GOL foreign policy experts on December 3 to discuss the current Ukrainian [...]	2004-12-13 04:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK BO LH
04VILNIUS1519	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS EU ACTION PLAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 12:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNEI LH
04VILNIUS1522	EU MEMBERSHIP SPURS LITHUANIAN LABOR FLIGHT [...] SUMMARY: Young Lithuanians have left their homeland en masse since the May 1 accession to the EU in search of employment abroad. The exact number leaving remains unclear, although as much as a quarter of the country's working-age population may leave by the end of the year. Some sectors have [...]	2004-12-16 13:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON SMIG PGOV LH
04VILNIUS1523	LITHUANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE WITH BROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 13th Government of Lithuania took power on December 14, when Parliament approved the Cabinet and program of Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas. Negotiations over two Ministerial posts proved difficult, with the President forcing substitute nominees and ultimately accepting as [...]	2004-12-16 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
04VILNIUS1532	FY2004 CONSULAR PACKAGE NARRATIVE FOR VILNIUS [...] Post submits the following consular package narrative keyed to reftel. Management A) Consular Section Chief: Ruta D. Elvikis (Consul),ETD: July 2005, Direct Office Telephone Number: 370- 5-266-5591, E-mail: ElvikisRD@state.gov; Deputy Consular Section Chief: Gregory L. Bernsteen (Vic [...]	2004-12-20 10:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC CPAS KFRD ASIG AFSI LH
04VILNIUS1556	BALTS REPORT RUSSIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Russia has launched a "charm offensive" towards the Baltic states that features new movement on bilateral relations, according to Lithuanian officials and Baltic diplomats here. Lithuanian interlocutors point to recent Russian initiatives on long-stalled issues such as bilateral [...]	2004-12-23 10:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS LH
04VILNIUS1566	LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]	2004-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04VILNIUS1578	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] In 2004, Lithuania strengthened its counter-narcotics efforts, rolling out a National Drug Addiction Prevention and Drug Control Strategy for 2004-2008. The use and sale of narcotics, however, continues to increase in Lithuania. Lithuania remains a transit route for heroin from Asia to West [...]	2004-12-30 13:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KSEP LH
04WELLINGTON899	NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel resolution to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT.) Meyer responded that, while there was no objection to the text as written, the GoNZ would not co-sponsor the resolution. Meyer cited re [...]	2004-10-27 23:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON950	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) On November 12, POL/ECON Couns discussed Reftel B resolutions with Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Meyer was joined by Tamsin Royson, MFAT's policy officer for Africa. 2. (C) Meyer said that New Zealand woul [...]	2004-11-15 17:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NZ UNGA
04YEREVAN1678	PARTY PRIMER: TOP ARMENIAN POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) With 64 registered political parties (as of July 30, 2004) voters in Armenia suffer no lack of choice. The following parties are represented within the National Assembly (NA): the Republican [...]	2004-07-30 08:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
04YEREVAN2135	(IMI) BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ARMENIA'S FRUIT JUICE [...] This cable provides a brief overview of Armenia's juice industry for those interested in trade and investment opportunities in Armenia. It also includes a list of key contacts in this sector. For more information contact the BISNIS representative or the Economic and Commercial Officer at th [...]	2004-09-28 10:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
04YEREVAN2456	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches to Artak Apitonian, Head of the UN Division at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ------- BELARUS ------- 2. (SBU) Regarding Belarus, Apitonian stated that Armenia is wavering between abstaining and voting against the resolution. Armenia woul [...]	2004-11-09 02:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AM UNGA
05ABUDHABI4953	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI MEETINGS ON UN REFORM IN UAE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to the Secretary on UN Reform Ambassador Tahir-Kheli visited the UAE December 4-5 for separate meetings on proposed UN reforms with Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, and with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi and MFA International Organizations Director [...]	2005-12-07 15:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AE
05ALMATY2838	KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS INSPIRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an initiative to mobilize apathetic youth in Kazakhstan, a new non-partisan youth movement, called Kahar [Protest], emerged last winter. Drawing inspiration, if not the numbers, from influential youth groups like Otpor and Pora, Kahar could attract more young people, especial [...]	2005-08-04 01:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4160	2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE FOR KAZAKHSTAN [...] Per Reftel request, Embassy Almaty submits 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) below and separately via email to USTR. TRADE SUMMARY (UPDATED DATA TO BE PROVIDED BY USTR) Kazakhstan submitted its application for WTO membership on January 29, 1996 and the fact-finding phase of the accessi [...]	2005-11-23 04:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KZ ECONOMIC USTR
05ALMATY4386	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Advisor Offenbacher will travel to the United States on December 10 for training (December 12-16),consultations (January 9-13),vacation, and to sign a new contract. He hopes to be able to return to return to post by mid-January. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. S [...]	2005-12-13 12:15:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY4532	KAZAKHSTAN: TRUE AK ZHOL LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Nazarbayev's resounding victory in the December 4 presidential elections, leaders of the True Ak Zhol movement are focused on obtaining registration as a party, and increasing their ability to get their message out to the public through independent mass media. The [...]	2005-12-29 12:51:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY537	KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 roundtable with Kazakhstani opposition politicians, DAS Kennedy discussed the current political environment following flawed parliamentary elections and the opposition's attempts to develop a unified campaign platform and a single presidential candidate. Democrati [...]	2005-02-10 07:11:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ANKARA1097	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...]	2005-03-02 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1755	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1776	TIP in Turkey: Developments in regional law [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's Mobile Training Team is training law enforcement authorities in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia on measures to counter human smuggling and trafficking in persons. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Georgia recently signed a protocol on cooperation in anti- traff [...]	2005-03-28 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2076	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]	2005-04-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA254	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA2690	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-10 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA304	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...]	2005-01-18 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA3055	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...]	2005-06-01 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4149	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...]	2005-07-18 10:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4481	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...]	2005-08-02 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5140	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]	2005-09-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA590	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA592	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...]	2005-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6318	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...]	2005-10-19 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7386	ESF FUNDING CRITICAL TO COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY [...] Summary: In FY 2004, we gave the International Office for Migration (IOM) a grant of $600,000 from ESF to assist with their efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey. With that $600,000 ESF allocation, the IOM has made a world of difference in Turkey's fight against traffickin [...]	2005-12-16 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA900	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...]	2005-02-16 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA903	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 13 by the [...]	2005-02-17 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ASUNCION511	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS BELARUS RESOLUTION AT UNCHR [...] (U) On 4/13, UK Charge (representing the EU) and PolCoun met with Acting Foreign Minister Jose Martinez Lezcano urging Paraguay to vote against the no action motion on Belarus and in favor of the resolution before the UNCHR conveying concerns about human rights abuses in Belarus. Martinez c [...]	2005-04-15 15:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO PA PDEM
05ASUNCION567	PARAGUAY: FM ON VENEZUELA, MONTGOMERY WATSON [...] (U) In a 4/21 meeting, FM Rachid and Ambassador discussed the assault on Paraguay's Ambassador to Venezuela, proper compensation of U.S. firm Montgomery Watson Harza, FTAA progress, status of an Open Skies agreement, Congressional consideration of privileges and immunities for participants i [...]	2005-04-26 20:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PA KICC VZ
05ATHENS589	GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...]	2005-03-01 17:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP
05BANGKOK7086	DEMARCHE DELIVERED- UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 10, Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Mr. Peerasak Chantavarin, Director of the Social Division of the International Organizations Department of the MFA. Peerasak responded that he was familiar with the resolutions since he had received telephone calls from the Japane [...]	2005-11-15 11:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH UNGA
05BRASILIA737	BRAZIL: UNHCR-61 AND CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered CHR talking points to Christiano Figueroa, Acting Chief for an under-manned Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Human Rights Division. Referring to press reports regarding GOB Human Rights Secretary Nilmario Miranda's not-so-veiled criticisms of the USG in a March 15 co [...]	2005-03-17 13:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU BR PREL CHR
05BRATISLAVA1010	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 23, 2005 [...] (C) NGO Obciansko-demokraticka mladez (Citizens' Association for Democratic Youth) has made a deal with center-right parties SDKU and KDH to act as their official mud-slingers / Smer fact-checkers in the upcoming parliamentary campaign. During the 2002 campaign, Obciansko-demokraticka mlade [...]	2005-12-23 13:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KPAO SOCI UP BO LO
05BRATISLAVA107	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Slovaks -- government and public alike -- are euphoric to welcome President Bush February 23-24 as the first sitting U.S. President ever to visit Slovakia. The GOS sees the visit as validation of its ambitious reform program and pro-U.S. policies. The Slovak peo [...]	2005-02-07 18:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA140	PRIME MINISTER'S LIKELY THEMES WITH PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (S) Charge was briefed evening of February 19 by Milan Jezovica, the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser, of the principal themes PM Mikulas Dzurinda would likely use during his February 24 meeting with the President. Jezovica began by noting that the Prime Minister was very excited abou [...]	2005-02-19 13:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA17	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 07, 2005 [...] (SBU) Lubomir Cano, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, said the MOD and MFA have agreed upon a proposal to send five Slovak soldiers to the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The original parliamentary mandate allows up to 110 non-combat personnel to be deployed under O [...]	2005-01-10 06:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM LO IZ
05BRATISLAVA187	MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION IN SLOVAKIA ON [...] Summary: The President's visit to Slovakia was generally perceived by media analysts and public commentary as an expression of positive U.S.- Slovak relations and of appreciation for Slovakia's support of the U.S. in the war against terrorism, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. The meeting [...]	2005-03-08 06:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA198	EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. Â [...]	2005-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA308	SLOVAK DELEGATION TO CD MINISTERIAL [...] The Slovak delegation to the upcoming Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago will consist of: - Mrs. Magdalena Vasaryova, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Mr. Andrej Droba, Director of the Office of the State Secretary, MFA SIPDIS - Mr. Vladimir Gracz, Slovak Amb [...]	2005-04-18 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA318	SLOVAKIA RESPONSE TO APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points April 21 to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA. Rehak reaffirmed his openness to receiving USG points, saying it gives the Slovaks a "more global view." He said Slovakia within the EU supports strong transatlantic links. For example, in the [...]	2005-04-21 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL LO EUN
05BRATISLAVA38	SLOVAKIA - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] SINCE 1998, SLOVAKIA'S ONCE TROUBLED ECONOMY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A BUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE THAT LEADS THE REGION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH. IN ITS DOING BUSINESS IN 2005 REPORT, THE WORLD BANK NAMED SLOVAKIA AS THE WORLD'S TOP REFORMER IN IMPROVING ITS INVESTMENT CLIMATE OVER THE LAST YEAR, AL [...]	2005-01-20 17:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB LO OPIC USTR
05BRATISLAVA442	SLOVAK RESPONSE ON EU CUBA POLICY AND JUNE 13 [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A points on Cuba with MFA on June 6, and discussed the points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, along with pre-GAERC points in ref B on June 7. Rehak thanked us for providing our point-of-view before each GAERC, saying the discussions with emboffs are [...]	2005-06-09 12:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU PARM LO EUN
05BRATISLAVA670	OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK NGOS [...] Slovak NGOs continue to proudly participate in overseas activities fostering democratization. With support from Slovakaid (the branch of the MFA responsible for foreign aid) Slovak NGOs note that their own post-communism transition experience gives them a "comparative advantage" when it come [...]	2005-08-19 09:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID LO
05BRATISLAVA804	SLOVAKIA: BELARUS IS DETERIORATING, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, DCM and Poloff (notetaker) delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and Balkan Peninsula Countries. Rozkopal, who had met the day before with two opposition politicians from Minsk, offered Slovakia's support for democratization effor [...]	2005-10-03 14:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KDEM PGOV LO BO
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

05BRATISLAVA861	SLOVAKIA'S VIEWS OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS [...] (C) Charge discussed Deputies Committee decisions on policy toward Belarus (ref A) with MFA Director for CIS and Balkans Stefan Rozkopal Oct. 21. Rozkopal provided a preliminary reaction to some of the points, but said the GOS hoped to have a clearer picture of the situation and how to inf [...]	2005-10-24 06:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO LO EUN
05BRATISLAVA924	SLOVAKS DISCUSS BELARUS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings we have engaged our Slovak interlocutors in both the GOS and NGO community about democracy promotion efforts and strategy in Belarus, and spoken with several visiting Belarusian opposition figures about Slovak and EU engagement in the country. [...]	2005-11-18 16:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ETRD PREL SOCI PINR BO LO
05BRATISLAVA926	SLOVAK VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC [...] (SBU) Polec Chief met with European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak November 16 to discuss points provided reftel on agenda items at the November 21 GAERC. 2. (SBU) DEFENSE ISSUES: Rehak noted that 19 states are members of both NATO and the EU, and it was in all their interests to improve coop [...]	2005-11-18 19:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EU LO
05BRATISLAVA939	GUIDANCE REQUEST: SLOVAKS BUYING MILITARY SUPPLIES [...] SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. The Slovak Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with a Slovak firm to purchase replacement military parts made in Belarus. Embassy Bratislava requests guidance on the USG's view of a NATO ally indirectly purchasing military supplies from Belarus. END SUMMARY A [...]	2005-11-25 13:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PM LO BO
05BRATISLAVA979	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (C) SMK MP Laszlo Nagy told Poloff on December 7 that the SMK party continues to develop venues through which to promote democracy in Belarus. Having signed agreements with opposition parties in Minsk already, Nagy said that he has met with the Minister of Education to begin discussions of [...]	2005-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ETRD SOCI BO LO
05BRUSSELS114	ACTION PLANS FOR THE EU NEIGHBORHOOD: DO THEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the European Union announced with great fanfare seven "Neighborhood Action Plans" -- one step in the process of defining and developing the EU's relationships with the countries in its "Neighborhood" that at this point seem unlikely to become membership candidat [...]	2005-01-11 15:18:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV PHUM ZL XH XF XI EUN ETRO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1147	RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (SBU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel),EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) also noted positive developments in the Middle East and issued conclusions on Lebanon calling for Syria to withdraw all troops and intelligence servi [...]	2005-03-18 16:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1226	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intransigence on democracy issues, the EU is preparing a strategy on how to respond to the Russian challenge in OSCE; --Russia is blocking democracy promotion in the Counc [...]	2005-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1239	MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...] (U) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migration to help bolster European economies and populations. Their overarching call was for a legal and transparent immigration program, at the European level, whi [...]	2005-03-24 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1514	WARSAW WINS SEAT OF EU BORDER AGENCY; EU [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 14 agreed that Warsaw would be the seat of the newly created Agency for the management of the EU external borders. The ministers also agreed to intensify contacts with Libya in order to combat illegal immigration, while insisting t [...]	2005-04-15 14:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG PL AL LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1542	Gymnich Takes No Decision on China Arms, [...] (SBU) The EU's informal "Gymnich" meeting of foreign ministers sought to place the EU-China relationship in a broader context, but the arms embargo issue loomed over the discussion. A Council staffer told us a consensus still exists within the EU to work on the issue, but a majority of member [...]	2005-04-19 10:30:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID MASS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2464	THE EU AT 25: DOES IT WORK? [...] (C) Despite arguments in some quarters that an EU of 25 members could not work without the streamlined Council decision-making procedures of the proposed EU Constitutional Treaty, we do not believe that EU enlargement has led to EU gridlock. Over one year after enlargement, the expansion of t [...]	2005-06-28 08:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD CMGT EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2607	EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official response. The EU will likely be most supportive of a conference whose participants include at least Russia and, ideally, Transnistria as well. The EU sugge [...]	2005-07-08 15:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2802	US-EU JULY 20 TASK FORCE MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the July 20 US-EU Task Force meeting, both sides emphasized their commitment to implementing Summit declarations. An additional Task Force meeting was proposed to follow-up on the US EU Summit economic initiatives and other issues. EU officials reported progress on their pl [...]	2005-07-25 15:42:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PHUM PREL UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3534	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OCT 4: READMISSION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The major outcome of the October 4 EU-Russia London summit is likely to be a Readmission Accord committing Russia to take back failed asylum seekers and other irregular migrants. In exchange, the EU will ease visa requirements on diplomats and other categories of Russians. Unli [...]	2005-09-28 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAIR RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS585	US/EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS: PREPPING FOR CHR [...] (SBU) Summary: US and EU officials met in Brussels February 3 in regularly scheduled human rights consultations (COHOM) to prepare for the spring UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR),and to review the human rights situation in China and Iran. Also discussed were the Global War on Terrorism (GW [...]	2005-02-10 13:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UNHRC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST742	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ZOELLICK'S MARCH 30 VISIT TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your March 30 visit as a tangible demonstration of the deepening U.S./Romanian partnership. Your visit will provide an opportunity to underscore the points raised during the successful March 8-10 visit by newly elected President Traian [...]	2005-03-24 13:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM EINV EFIN RO ETRO
05CAIRO2893	CHR-61 CUBA AND BELARUS RESOLUTIONS: GOE [...] (C) Responding to Ref B demarche request on the UNCHR-61 Belarus resolution, Post coordinated with the Dutch Embassy (representing the current EU President Luxembourg in Egypt) on our request for GOE support ahead of the expected April 14 vote. According to MFA Office of Human Rights Affairs [...]	2005-04-14 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EG PDEM CHR
05COLOMBO516	SRI LANKA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNCHR 61 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 11. Ekanayake identified child soldiers (Ref B) as an issue of particular concern and one that the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister will emphasize [...]	2005-03-11 06:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CE UNHRC
05COLOMBO706	SRI LANKA: "INFORMAL" SUPPORT FOR BELARUS [...] (C) On April 12, poloff delivered Ref B points to V. Krishnamoorthy, Director of UN, Human Rights, and Multilateral Affairs at the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Krishnamoorthy replied that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had no position on the Belarus resolution, as of yet. He thought the "d [...]	2005-04-12 09:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CE UN
05DUBLIN1211	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND HOPEFUL ON TURKEY, [...] (C) Summary: On September 29, Post delivered reftel demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Kelly expressed optimism that EU accession negotiations with Turkey would begin October 3. He noted, however, that Ireland would await UN war crimes prosecutor de [...]	2005-09-30 16:09:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL PREL EUN HR CROATIA
05DUBLIN1321	IRELAND SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN BELARUS [...] (C) On October 25, emboff delivered reftel talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director Ruaidhri Dowling and Eastern Europe and Russia desk officer Conleth Brady. Dowling said that Ireland generally agrees with and supports the USG policy tow [...]	2005-10-26 10:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV EUN BO EI USAID
05DUBLIN1360	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND UNEASY ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Post delivered ref A and B demarches to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Kelly noted the EU's challenge in playing tough with Syria without derailing EuroMed diplomacy and the Barcelona Anniversary Summit. He said that Ireland was n [...]	2005-11-04 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL SY YI EAGR MK ETRD BO EI EUN
05DUBLIN1416	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND NEARING EU [...] (C) Summary: On November 17, Post delivered ref A demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent, who underscored that Irish talking points had not changed substantively from Post's November 3 demarche (ref B). Kelly noted that defense-related discussions would f [...]	2005-11-18 17:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SY UP YI EI EUN
05DUBLIN318	IRELAND: BELARUS RESOLUTION AT THE UNCHR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 13:50:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	UNHRC PDEM EUN
05DUBLIN321	IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON MARCH 16 GAERC [...] (U) On March 11, post delivered ref A demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. On March 14, post followed up with Keown on points in refs B, C, and D on China, Croatia, and Iran. China: Increased U.S-EU Dialogue Useful --------------------------------- [...]	2005-03-15 17:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KPAO ETTC PTER KPAL EUN ICTY
05DUBLIN73	VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS-NO COURSE YET FOR IRELAND [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 11:06:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KWMN UN CHR
05DUBLIN884	IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Post delivered reftel demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Foreign Correspondent. According to Keown, the GOI was optimistic that EU accession talks for Turkey would begin October 3. He noted that Ireland would favor referring any Iranian [...]	2005-07-15 14:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL UN
05DUSHANBE2038	TAJIK GOVT INSISTS PASSPORT DECISION REVERSAL PRACTICAL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan orders Tajiks to use international passports when traveling to Russia despite an Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) agreement permitting citizens to travel using internal passports. This affects up to one million labor migrants who do not have the expensive interna [...]	2005-12-14 13:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG TI
05GENEVA1326	JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI AND RUSSIAN [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani and Russian Delegations, respectively, for Part I of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]	2005-06-01 11:08:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1339	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON GROUND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005, to discuss the U.S.-proposed exchange of l [...]	2005-06-02 05:15:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1342	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RSM-56 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005. The U.S. Delegation ask [...]	2005-06-02 06:34:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1361	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON SS-25 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss the problems encountered d [...]	2005-06-03 09:01:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1363	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:07 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, at which all Parties were repr [...]	2005-06-03 10:12:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1365	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, to discuss the results of the Trident [...]	2005-06-03 11:39:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1387	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 1, 2005, to discuss SS-25, SS-27, and [...]	2005-06-07 04:08:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1388	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss Russian-proposed S-Series Joi [...]	2005-06-07 04:09:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1391	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 5:10 - 5:50 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to discuss inspection procedures to address [...]	2005-06-07 06:20:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1394	JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JUNE 2, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-019. 2. (U) At a U.S.-hosted reception, held on June 2 at the U.S. Mission, Delegation members engaged the other participating Delegations' members from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on various topics under discussion in the JCIC. Those conversations are [...]	2005-06-07 10:04:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1401	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 5:05 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, at which Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and the [...]	2005-06-07 11:56:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1403	JCIC-XXVII: (U) SECOND WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A second Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to d [...]	2005-06-08 04:15:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1404	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON GROUND [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-021. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3-6 below are the letters on the ground transportation understanding that were signed and exchanged between the Russian Federation and the United States, and the Russian Federation and Belarus, at the final meeting of the first part of JC [...]	2005-06-08 05:03:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1415	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON BULAVA, JUNE 7, [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-024. 2. The texts in paragraphs 3-6 below are JCIC Agreement Numbers 52 and 53, and Joint Statement Numbers 37 and 38, respectively, that were signed or initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The documents were completed at the U.S. Mission in [...]	2005-06-08 08:32:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1417	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED ON REPLACEMENT OF [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Agreement 54, "Replacement of Radiation Detection Equipment," that was signed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. 3. Begin text [...]	2005-06-08 08:48:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1418	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED "ON CHANGES TO THE [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-026. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Joint Statement Number S-21, that was initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. This document does not include the classified [...]	2005-06-08 10:00:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2317	COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMAL MEETING [...] The Commission on Human Rights met September 27 in Geneva to review the work of the OHCHR Secretariat since the close of the 61st CHR session, and to preview resolutions that governments plan to introduce during the Third Committee in New York. Most of the planned resolutions hew closely to [...]	2005-09-28 07:36:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
05GENEVA2422	MEETING WITH UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT FOR UZBEKISTAN [...] (U) The French Permanent Mission in Geneva hosted a meeting October 4 for UK, Russian and U.S. representatives with Michele Picard, the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Uzbekistan. The Independent Expert's report to the Secretariat is due by December 15. Judge Picard [...]	2005-10-07 10:01:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UZ
05GENEVA2599	REPORT ON BELARUS ACCESSION TO THE WTO - INFORMAL [...] Summary. At the close of Belarus' last WTO Working Party (WP) meeting in May 2005, the WP Chair was unable to confirm support among WTO Members to hold another WP meeting for Belarus this year, so it was decided that informal consultations would be held on Monday, October 24. These consultat [...]	2005-10-26 12:07:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BO WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2654	COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...]	2005-11-01 13:56:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS
05GENEVA2669	JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-031. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the delegation lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for Part II of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]	2005-11-02 11:18:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2682	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON A [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-034. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 31, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:35 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on October 31, 2005, to discuss a [...]	2005-11-03 10:16:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2685	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-037. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, to dis [...]	2005-11-03 10:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2690	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-035. 2. (S) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, [...]	2005-11-04 06:15:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2712	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At a heads of delegation (HOD) meeting, held at the U.S. Mission on November 2 at which all [...]	2005-11-08 06:02:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2719	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-039. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 2, 2005, to discuss the Ukrainian [...]	2005-11-08 10:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2726	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss the U.S [...]	2005-11-09 05:41:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2734	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-041. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss [...]	2005-11-09 07:35:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2735	JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-049. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. statement that was made at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on November 9, 200 [...]	2005-11-09 08:36:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2739	JCIC-XXVII: INITIALED JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 39 [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-048. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of Joint Statement Number 39 "On First Stages of SS-25 ICBMs Burned Without Nozzles Attached" that was initialed by all Parties in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 8, 2005. 3. Begin text: [...]	2005-11-09 10:10:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2748	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-042. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 7, 2005, to further [...]	2005-11-09 13:09:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2750	JCIC-XXVII: (U) RUSSIAN-HOSTED RECEPTION, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-033. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Event: Russian-Hosted Reception Time: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva AND Meeting Date: November 9, 2005 [...]	2005-11-10 04:03:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2751	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting, followed by a Working Group meeting, were held at the Russ [...]	2005-11-10 05:49:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2753	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-044. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 10:15 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A working group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, to discuss Russian con [...]	2005-11-10 06:24:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2755	JCIC-XXVII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-050. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]	2005-11-10 07:40:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2757	JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-053. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mi [...]	2005-11-10 08:19:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2761	JCIC-XXVII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-055. 2. (S) Following is the listing of Geneva cables from Part II of JCIC-XXVII reporting activity during the period October 31 - November 9, 2005. JCIC-XXVII-029 (GENEVA 2636) JCIC-XXVII: (U) RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II) OPERATIONS JCIC-XXVII-030 (GENE [...]	2005-11-10 09:04:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05HANOI468	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV FINREF ILAB IPROP KTDB OPIC PGOV SOE VN WTO
05HANOI575	VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 04:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN
05HELSINKI1113	FINLAND: MY THOUGHTS AS I DEPART POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland's 2006 second-term EU Presidency offers the opportunity to strengthen trans- Atlantic ties and advance key U.S. interests. The U.S. and Finland share a broad agenda, including promoting democracy, crisis management and peacekeeping, trafficking-in-persons, and security [...]	2005-10-18 13:40:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI FI EU
05HELSINKI1139	EVERY FINN'S PRESIDENT: WHY TARJA HALONEN REMAINS [...] (SBU) Social Democratic President Tarja Halonen remains enormously popular in Finland, and polls consistently predict that she will easily win a second term in January's election. Halonen's left-wing base remains rock solid and her appeal across party lines is the object of great envy. Finlan [...]	2005-10-26 11:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FI
05HELSINKI1146	FINLAND SUPPORTIVE OF COORDINATED U.S-EU EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOF welcomes U.S. efforts to coordinate a robust Belarus strategy with EU partners. It views a strong message to Lukashenko as desirable and welcomes democracy promotion and outreach to civil society. However, the GOF cautions that the U.S. and EU must commit for the long-ter [...]	2005-10-27 12:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID BO FI PROG EUN
05HELSINKI273	FINLAND: 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS UPDATE [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]	2005-03-04 16:15:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI274	CORRECTED COPY - SEE PARAGRAPH 2 -- FINLAND: 2005 [...] (U) The Finnish Government is set to release its new National Action Plan for combating trafficking-in-persons sometime next week or the following week. The Plan will detail new GoF measures to develop a victim-centered approach to trafficking, a significant break with previous GoF policy. [...]	2005-03-07 10:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB ASEC PREF PREL SMIG FI
05HELSINKI312	FINLAND: BELARUS RESOLUTION AT THE UNCHR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 13:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM BO FI UNHRC PDEM
05HELSINKI407	FINLAND: UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS; FINLAND [...] (U) This supplemental report provides additional information about trafficking and Finland, in particular Finland's newly released National Action Plan, which centers on victim assistance. The 66-page plan was released on March 31. An English language translation of the entire plan is expec [...]	2005-04-07 15:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG SOCI FI
05ISTANBUL1603	BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS CLEAR U.S. REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In separate phone conversations on September 16 and September 20, Black Sea Economic Cooperation Secretary General Tedo Japaridze and First Deputy Secretary General Tugay Ulucevik confirmed to Istanbul P/E Chief that the organization's senior officials had agreed in their September 15 I [...]	2005-09-20 10:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETRD TU PREL
05ISTANBUL329	MUNICIPALITY TO FUND ISTANBUL TIP SHELTER, BUT [...] Summary and comment: In recent Istanbul meetings on trafficking in persons (TIP),G/TIP officer Jennifer Donnelly discussed the upcoming TIP report and Turkey's Tier 2 watch list placement with Istanbul prosecutors, municipal and governorate officials and the leading Turkish NGO on TIP issues. [...]	2005-02-28 14:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU BO MD PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS TIP IN TURKEY
05ISTANBUL38	ISTANBUL POLICE ON TIP AND MURDER OF BELARUSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, poloff met with Osman Kaplan, Deputy Director of the Foreigners Unit of the Istanbul Police Department, to follow up on trafficking in persons issues raised during the visit of a Moldavan anti-TIP government delegation (ref B) and the murder of a Belarusian woman [...]	2005-01-11 07:37:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU BO MD KCRM PGOV KJUS
05LIMA3429	SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO PERU: SCENESETTER [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, both my country team and the Peruvian Government are delighted that you are able to visit Peru. Within hours of learning that you would be stopping in Lima, President Toledo called me to say how important your visit is to him. The President has recently become concerned about [...]	2005-08-09 18:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR PE
05LJUBLJANA692	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 08:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAL SI
05LJUBLJANA764	SLOVENIA ON BELARUS POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia currently has a significant (for its size) commercial relationship with Belarus totaling around USD 30 million in trade; politically, relations are cool. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) agrees that it is important for the US and EU to have a coordinated approach to [...]	2005-10-28 07:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI BO
05LJUBLJANA800	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (U) PolEcon Chief met with GOS European Correspondent Peter Grk to discuss reftel points November 18. 2. (U) Defense Issues: Grk appreciated USG views on the relationship between the European Defense Agency and NATO. As a small country, it is particularly interested in ensuring no dupl [...]	2005-11-21 09:20:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD SI
05LJUBLJANA808	SLOVENIA ON IRAN RELATED BRIEFING [...] (S) On November 23, DCM, C/SIMO, and PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche and presentation to MFA Director for Policy Planning and Multilateral Policy (A/S equivalent) Stanislav Rascan, Security Department Head Stanislav Vidovic, and Security Department staffer Rina Pavlin Gnidovec. During the [...]	2005-11-23 08:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL AORC SI
05LJUBLJANA882	OSCE: U/S BURNS BILATERAL MEETING WITH CIO [...] (U) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, U/S Burns and Slovene Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office of the OSCE Dimitrij Rupel discussed Slovenia's cooperation in and contribution to international peacekeeping missions; the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) recent politi [...]	2005-12-27 07:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SI
05MADRID1000	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...]	2005-03-15 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN
05MADRID1073	UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...]	2005-03-18 12:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SP UNHRC
05MADRID3667	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY STATES THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIS [...]	2005-10-19 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL BOUCHAIB KAKA
05MANAMA1674	EUR A/S FRIED MEETS WITH DANISH STATE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Meeting Held on November 12, 2005, 15:30, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. A/S Fried Leslie Tsou (TDY Notetaker) Denmark State Secretary Carsten Staur Tomas Christensen, Middle East Department Director 3. (C) Summary. Following t [...]	2005-11-14 11:03:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI BA EG DE
05MANAMA577	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON BELARUS IN UNCHR [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 15:20:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM BA EUN
05MINSK1006	POLICE DISRUPT U.S. DIPLOMAT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Gomel Police officers disrupted a meeting between NGOs and two Emboffs on August 24 and prevented the latter from leaving for 40 minutes. Poloff presented his dipcard to police officers and was held until two more police and an immigration officer arrived. The immigration officer [...]	2005-08-24 14:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1013	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 24, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ Authorities Annul Two Weekly Papers' Registration 2. On August 22, Minsk authorities deregistered Denpress (i.e. the company that produces the independent we [...]	2005-08-26 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1022	Resuscitating the Soviet Idelogical Machine [...] (U) Summary: Under Presiden Lukashenko, Belarus has adopted an "official Belrusian ideology," which in many respects is remiiscent of that promulgated under communism. The oficial ideology is to be taught in schools, univrsities and workplaces, through the media and th Orthodox Church. Belar [...]	2005-08-31 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHU ECON BO
05MINSK1023	Press Accuses Marines of Smuggling, Romance [...] (C) Summary: The independent, but pro-Lukashenko, weekly newspaper Obozrevatel ("Observer") ran a story August 26 accusing Embassy Minsk's Marine Security Guards and other Emboffs of smuggling campaign literature into Belarus for the opposition in 2001. The paper admits this article is in res [...]	2005-08-31 10:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1026	MFA RESPONDS TO DIP NOTE ON DETAINED U.S. DIPLOMAT [...] (U) On August 31 Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials called in CDA to discuss the results of the MFA's investigation into the August 23 detention of Poloff and LES political assistant in Gomel (reftel). Pavel Pustovoi and Alexander Strigelsky of the MFA Americas Desk reported police in Gome [...]	2005-09-01 05:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1040	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 31, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliamentarians Extremely Critical of USG Response to Hurricane Katrina On September 1, Chairman of the Commission for [...]	2005-09-02 14:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1041	Georgian Activists Released and Have Left [...] (C) Summary: On September 2, two detained Georgians won their court appeal, were released, and immediately left Belarus for Kiev. The Kmara activists were arrested in Minsk on August 24 for invalid documents and then sentenced to 15 days for insulting their cellmate. With help from a Belarus [...]	2005-09-02 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG BO
05MINSK1052	Lukashenko Continues His Slander Campaign [...] Summary: President Lukashenko continues to slander the U.S. and the Belarusian opposition via the state- controlled media on a daily basis. In recent speeches he has accused the U.S. and the West of trying to destabilize Belarus using the country's ethnic Poles as pawns and training revoluti [...]	2005-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1054	IISEPS in Trouble Again [...] (SBU) On September 2 Oleg Manaev, head of the deregistered polling agency IISEPS, discussed IISEPS' latest troubles with the authorities with Poloff. Belarus' Supreme Court revoked IISEPS' registration in April (reftel). Maneav subsequently registered IISEPS in Lithuania. In July, the Minist [...]	2005-09-06 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1055	Media Polling: Most Watch, Distrust State News [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 2 the head of the IISEPS polling service provided polling results for a June poll ISEPS conducted on media access in Belarus. The poll found that a minority of Belarusians have access to satellite TV or the internet, and that over 80% watch Belarusian state televis [...]	2005-09-06 14:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1062	Regional Opposition Malaise [...] (C) Summary: In the past month Poloffs visited three mid-sized Belarusian cities, each an hour or two from Minsk, to the west, northeast and southeast. In each we found a shrinking and demoralized opposition struggling to stay alive. Most were at a loss as to how to promote themselves to the [...]	2005-09-07 08:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO

05MINSK1074	BELARUS WILL NOT FULFILL ILO RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The deadline for Belarus to fulfill ILO recommendations on labor rights is approaching, but Belarus has yet to make any improvements. The ILO representative in Minsk admitted that technically, the GOB has made some "progress", but in reality, these recommendations are not realiz [...]	2005-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1075	"Privatization Not For Slavs" [...] (C) Summary: On August 19, Lukashenko opined that Slavs are not mentally ready for privatization and, therefore, private farms have no future in Belarus. According to Lukashenko, the state collective is the best option and must be preserved. The president's statements drew sharp criticism fr [...]	2005-09-08 11:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK1079	Would You Go on Holiday in Belarus? [...] (U) Summary: President Lukashenko decided this year that tourism in Belarus must increase, and the GOB issued a number of new laws to ensure that it does. Lukashenko also wants stricter enforcement of hunting legislation. Agro and eco tourism are slowly taking off in rural regions, but thos [...]	2005-09-08 13:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1086	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS SET TO BE IN EARLY SUMMER [...] Summary: The chair of the Central Election Committee (CEC) announced on August 30 that the 2006 presidential election would be held no later than July 20. The chair of the CEC explained the basic rules for an election campaign while not trying to hide her pro-Lukashenko attitude. She predic [...]	2005-09-12 05:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1090	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 7, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Belarusian Trafficker Extradited from Spain On September 2, Spanish police arrested and extradited a Belarusian woman suspected of involvement in an inte [...]	2005-09-12 10:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1099	Lukashenko to Help Opposition [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko recently announced he would assist the opposition in finding a venue for their convention inside Belarus. This statement came after all venues in the country already rejected the opposition's application. The 10+'s organizer, Aleksandr Bukhvostov, has been in contact [...]	2005-09-13 14:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO
05MINSK1106	The Few, The Timid, The Youth Groups [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with a series of non-partisan youth NGOs to determine young peoples' attitudes to the present and future of Belarus. All of the youth organization leaders criticized GOB policies regarding youth and democracy. They also painted a dismal picture of the situation for [...]	2005-09-15 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO CH
05MINSK1107	Tourism Part II: An Examination of Agrotourism [...] Summary: (U) The GOB has a two-part program for tourism: to increase tourism within Belarus by Belarusians and to increase the number of foreign tourists to Belarus. On September 3 and 4, Emboffs set off to test the tourism waters, starting with an overnight at an agrotourism farm. They also [...]	2005-09-15 07:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1126	Unexpectedly Active Opposition in Southwest [...] (C) Summary: September 12 was the tenth anniversary of the Belarusian military shooting down a hot air balloon and killing the two American pilots. Emboffs and local residents visited the crash site. While in the region, Emboffs also visited local civil society leaders in three nearby small [...]	2005-09-16 10:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1129	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 14, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Opposition Congress Secures Location, But Wants More Following Lukashenko's instruction to Minsk city officials to assist the opposition 10+ coalition [...]	2005-09-16 12:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1145	Trade with Russia Falls under New VAT Rules [...] Summary: In January Belarus and Russia switched the way VAT on bilateral trade is paid. President Lukashenko and other GOB officials constantly state this change benefited Belarus, and bilateral trade has increased. However, the GOB's own statistics show a 8.9 percent drop in commerce with Be [...]	2005-09-20 12:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1146	Who's Taking over Djem Bank? [...] Summary: Since late July the GOB has been exerting heavy pressure on foreign owned Djem Bank. The National Bank of Belarus admitted it misused the law to take control of the bank. It then revoked a number of Djem's licenses, demanding the bank return USD 16.5 million it loaned abroad to Belar [...]	2005-09-20 12:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1155	Chernobyl Report Met with Criticism by Some [...] (C) Summary: The Chernobyl Forum, comprised of several UN organizations, recently released its report on the consequences of the Chernobyl accident 20 years later. The report predicts much lower deaths and health effects than previously predicted and calls earlier assessments "exaggerated an [...]	2005-09-22 10:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV MNUC SENV TBIO TRGY BO
05MINSK1159	Minsk Wants Bilateral WTO Negotiations [...] (U) Summary: Econoff met September 13 with MFA representatives Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Foreign Trade, and Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the Division of Foreign Trade Policy, to discuss Belarus' accession to the World Trade Organization. Kudasov argued strongly fo [...]	2005-09-23 05:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN WTRO BO
05MINSK1163	Bombing in Vitebsk [...] At 2217 hours on September 22 a small bomb detonated inside a discotheque at 35A Lenin Street in Vitebsk, north-eastern Belarus. Approximately 40 people were injured, three or four of them are considered to be in serious but not life-threatening condition. There were no fatalities and no Americ [...]	2005-09-23 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PTER PGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1164	MOJ: Any Political Organization Must Register [...] (U) On September 19 Minister of Justice Viktor Golovanov signed a "postanovlenie" (ruling, or ordinance) regulating the political activities of Belarusians. Specifically, the ruling demands that, "Before conducting any events of a political character or forming any blocs of political parties, [...]	2005-09-23 13:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1165	Flaws in Single Candidate Process [...] (C) Summary: The independent election observation NGO Partnership recently released a report on the conduct of the opposition 10+ coalition's single candidate process. Partnership documented numerous instances of harassment by the regime, but also pointed out failings by the oppositiQ, such as [...]	2005-09-23 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1167	Protestant Churches Pressured [...] (SBU) Summary: The New Life Church has employed numerous techniques to protest the GOB's denial of its re- registration, but thus far without success. The latest meeting between the church and the GOB has proven unfruitful and neither side will yield its position; thus a cooperative resolutio [...]	2005-09-26 08:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
05MINSK1169	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 23, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. GOB Customs Service "Stays Outside Politics" On September 16, the State Customs Committee announced that the GOB has not ordered the Belarusian customs [...]	2005-09-27 05:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1177	Largest Private Bank Offers Foreign Policy Advice [...] (SBU) Summary: The chairman of the Austrian holding company that owns Priorbank, the largest and most internationally recognized private bank in Belarus, recently stated his company has been seeking a change in EU policy vis-Q-vis Belarus. Dr. Herbert Stepic, the Chairman of Raiffeisen Inter [...]	2005-09-28 10:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV BO
05MINSK1192	New Poll - Lukashenko Already Winning [...] (U) Summary: NOVAK released the results of its August - September survey and presented an analysis to Pol Chief on September 27. Lukashenko's rating jumped 5 percentage points while the leading opposition contenders' ratings remained below one percent. However, the percentage of those who di [...]	2005-09-29 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1193	Narodnaya Volya Hits Rock Bottom [...] (SBU) Summary: A district court froze independent newspaper Narodnaya Volya's bank account and assets on September 27. The court also demanded it pay BYR 100 million damages awarded to a government official in a June lawsuit. With its account frozen and little time to collect the needed sum, [...]	2005-09-30 05:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1194	Single Opposition Candidate Convention Almost A [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition leaders are frantically making the final preparations for the single candidate convention, which will take place in Minsk October 1-2. The approximately 900 delegates will select one of the four candidates to be the single candidate on the second day of the con [...]	2005-09-30 10:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1199	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 30, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Hail to Luka Youth! President Lukashenko signed a presidential edict on September 24 restoring the Soviet era name, Lenin Komsomol of Belarus, to the [...]	2005-09-30 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1205	Opposition Chooses Single Candidate [...] (C) Summary: The 10+ coalition, by far Belarus' largest opposition group, held its Congress of Democratic Forces in Minsk October 1 and 2 and narrowly chose Aleksandr Milinkevich to be its single candidate to challenge President Lukashenko in the July 2006 elections. This congress was the cul [...]	2005-10-03 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1227	"BELARUS' ELECTION MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN THOSE IN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 5 meeting, Head of the Central Election Committee (CEC) Ludmilla Yermoshina and her deputy explained to Pol Chief the processes of choosing an election date and registering presidential candidates. The election will be no later than July 20 and campaigning will begin [...]	2005-10-07 10:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1231	New IISEPS Poll: Lukashenko Will Win, [...] Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on September 30. Similar to other polls, IISEPS confirmed that Lukashenko enjoys a large lead over his opposition and is trusted by the majority. However, many of the respondents indicated it was ti [...]	2005-10-07 10:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1232	BELARUS: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (C) The Lukashenko regime is engaged in a clear and comprehensive effort to continue and deepen Lukashenko's dictatorial rule over Belarus. The regime has created a climate of fear in the country and is attempting to eliminate any possibility for democratic change through an aggressive anti- [...]	2005-10-07 10:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1235	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Fines, Fines and More Fines On September 30, a Belarusian court ordered the nation wide independent weekly newspaper BDG Delovaya Gazeta to pay BYR 50 m [...]	2005-10-11 08:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1236	Who is Alexander Milinkevich? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of Democratic Forces of Belarus nominated physics professor, former deputy mayor of Grodno and NGO activist Alexander Milinkevich to run in the 2006 presidential elections against current president Aleksandr Lukashenko. A cultured, quiet man with Western exposure, [...]	2005-10-11 11:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1262	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church Fined Again On October 7, a Minsk court fined New Life Church administrator Vasily Yurevich BYR 4,350,000 [USD 2,000] for organizing ill [...]	2005-10-14 14:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1271	INTERVIEW WITH LUKASHENKO'S WIFE [...] (U) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed President Lukashenko's separated wife, Galina, on September 29. His wife spoke of how the two met and their short time living together as husband and wife. Galina claimed she and Lukashenko are still legally married and that it was her deci [...]	2005-10-17 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1274	No UNESCO Demarche [...] Post believes that delivering the reftel letter and talking points would be counterproductive and provides the GOB more ammunition for its anti-U.S. propaganda campaign. Post does not expect the GOB to support the U.S. position. 2. On October 13, Belarusian state television featured a short [...]	2005-10-18 07:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL SCUL UNESCO BO
05MINSK1284	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary: Since the October 2 nomination of Aleksandr Milinkevich by the democratic congress, Emboffs have conducted a series of meetings with civil society leaders and political analysts to assess the significance of the democratic congress and of Milinkevich's presidential bid. Most obs [...]	2005-10-21 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1286	China Q Belarus Relations: Politically Strong, [...] (C) Summary: On October 14 the newly arrived Chinese Ambassador candidly discussed Chinese-Belarusian relations. He asserted his main task is to increase Belarusian Q Chinese economic ties to balance the strong political ties between Minsk and Beijing. He complained that this would be an impo [...]	2005-10-21 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON BO CH
05MINSK1291	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Approximately 100,000 Belarusians Unite in Solidarity Campaign On October 16, the "Free Belarus" Coalition, including Nikita Sasim, journalist Irina Kha [...]	2005-10-24 08:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1292	Mystery Surrounds Death of Independent Journalist [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, Vasily Grodnikov, contributor to the independent daily Narodnaya Volya (NV),was found dead in his apartment with an injury caused by a blow to the head with a blunt object. It remains unclear whether or not he was murdered, even though the forensic results have be [...]	2005-10-24 08:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1305	Importing Barley A "Treasonous" Act [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB has been trying to promote domestic beer production since 2003. Though Belarusian beer is cheap and sold in half-liter or larger bottles, the low quality of the barley used in brewing has resulted in even worse tasting beer and the industry's loss in competitiveness on [...]	2005-10-26 11:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
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
05MINSK1316	MILINKEVICH APPEALS TO US AMBASSADOR FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Aleksandr Milinkevich discussed with Ambassador his campaign activities following the October 1-2 democratic congress (ref A). He was relatively pleased with his efforts to pull together a unified campaign team, and was cautiously optimistic he and his team could [...]	2005-10-28 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1317	NO PROTECTION FROM TRIPLE JEOPARDY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) announced it would retry for the third time the tax authority's case against the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) for failure to pay back taxes on a European Union (EU) grant. Despite two court decisions in the past eighteen mont [...]	2005-10-28 11:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1323	Minsk Expects Big Profit from Kyoto Protocol [...] (U) Summary: On September 23, Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Aleksandr Apatskiy to discuss Belarus' plans after acceding to the Kyoto Protocol, and its plans in general to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. President Lukashenko signed the Kyoto Protocol into law in August, [...]	2005-10-31 06:39:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ETRD ECON PGOV BO
05MINSK1324	Belarus Cozies Up to Iran [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Belarus and Iran have greatly increased their contacts and friendly rhetoric, including an invitation for Belarusians to work on the Iranian nuclear program and improve trade ties. Belarusian factories are being founded in Iran, and Iranian businessmen are sear [...]	2005-10-31 08:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD BO IR
05MINSK1327	Embassy Officers Encounter Problems In Slutsk [...] (C) Summary: On October 19, poloffs visited the southern town of Slutsk to view the GOB's large-scale, harvest- related renovation of the city and to meet with various government, opposition, and social leaders. State media reporters and regional authorities harassed poloffs and interfered in [...]	2005-10-31 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1328	MFA Arms Control Raises Old Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, Ambassador Krol met with MFA Arms Control and International Security Director Alexander Baichorov before Baichorov's trip to the U.S. to participate in the UN First Committee. Baichorov provided the Ambassador with information on a proposed First Committee Resol [...]	2005-10-31 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC BO
05MINSK1330	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Authorities Cancel Youth Forum, Youth Leaders Detained On October 22, authorities prevented a meeting of 85 leaders of youth organization from all the r [...]	2005-10-31 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1342	MILINKEVICH TEAM OUTLINES CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief recently met with 10+ presidential nominee Aleksandr Milinkevich and several leaders of his team to discuss their plans to bring about democratic change around the time of the 2006 presidential elections. The strategy, though still in its elementary [...]	2005-11-01 13:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1343	Election Observers Arrested, Convicted [...] (SBU) Summary: Minsk police on October 29 raided a conference held by Belarus' largest election observation group Partnership and detained 60 participants. Most were released after documentation checks but four senior members were charged and convicted of organizing an illegal gathering. Th [...]	2005-11-01 13:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1347	Belarus and Russia to Unite? Not this Year [...] (C) Summary: Reportedly on November 15, Presidents Putin and Lukashenko are scheduled to review the latest draft of the Constitutional Act on the Belarus-Russia union (although rumors now circulate that this could be postponed to December). The draft has not been made public, and is reportedl [...]	2005-11-02 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1348	FREEDMON TO TRAVEL FREELY IN THEORY ONLY [...] Summary: In the past month, the GOB has taken a series of steps - including detentions at airports and borders, seizures at customs, travel bans, and refusals to issue exit travel permits - to prevent opposition leaders and activists from traveling abroad freely. The GOB's actions indicate a [...]	2005-11-03 07:54:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1352	Grodno Trip A Success, Attracts Attention [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's hometown of Grodno on October 25. Due to the usual government harassment, the independent press has become largely internet based and hopes Western countries will continue with plans to broadcast radio news to Belar [...]	2005-11-02 07:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1355	Minsk Fails to Defend Confiscation Record [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, State Customs Committee (SCC) officials attempted to defend their government's confiscation practices to Econoff. Their main arguments were that the SCC used to confiscate much more, even though current levels remain high, and that confiscations `were not their id [...]	2005-11-08 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV WTRO 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
05MINSK1363	Extreme Extremist Law Passes First Reading [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 Belarus' parliament passed the first reading of a bill to combat extremism. The bill specifically mentions political parties, NGOs, mass media, and religious organizations as potential sources of extremism. A senior BKGB officer introduced the law to parliament, a [...]	2005-11-09 12:09:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1365	Ambassador's Trip to Mozyr [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Emboffs visited the southeastern Belarusian city of Mozyr November 3 and 4. Ambassador met with the head of Mozyr refinery and toured the facility (septel),opened the Embassy's tenth American corner in a local library, gave interviews to local print and broadcast media, [...]	2005-11-09 12:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1381	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 10, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Den Newspaper Sees Its Final Day On November 4, the Minsk City Economic Court upheld the decision to annul Denpress' registration for failure to operate [...]	2005-11-15 07:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1383	Re-Nationalization of Industry Continues [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel describes how the GOB has been using the Golden Share to nationalize a number of companies. Over the summer the GOB invoked the Golden Share to take temporary control of several firms. The GOB then ordered these companies to issue large numbers of severely undervalued sh [...]	2005-11-15 11:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV WTRO BO
05MINSK1384	Belarusian TV Accuses U.S. Diplomats of Revolutionary [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' national television channel aired exposes on November 4 and 13 accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of using NGOs and the human rights/democracy campaign as covers for spreading revolutions around the world. The hosts of the two programs proposed that Emboffs were partic [...]	2005-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1387	Free Press Cut from State Distribution Network [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 4 and 11, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta announced it would remove four independent newspapers from the list of periodicals available for subscription in 2006. On November 9, the Ministry of Information issued a warning to the editor of "Zhod [...]	2005-11-16 08:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1391	Mozyr Refinery Highly Profitable [...] (SBU) Summary: Belarus has two oil refineries, in Mozyr and Novopolotsk. The GOB owns the Novopolotsk refinery and 43% of the Mozyr refinery, but is trying to take ownership of another 12% from an employee association. The Mozyr Oil Refinery (MOR) can refine 10 million tons of oil per year. [...]	2005-11-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1393	Minsk Obstinate on WTO [...] At a November 11 press conference, Belarus' MFA lashed out at the European Union, United States and Australia for "politicizing" Belarus' WTO membership. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhnevich, who led the Belarusian delegation at the October 24 informal consultations in Geneva (ref B),told the p [...]	2005-11-16 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1404	GOB: "We're Peaceful, Friendly" [...] Summary and comment: In recent weeks Belarusian state owned television has aired several hostile and tendentious "news" programs accusing U.S. diplomats of espionage, orchestrating the political opposition, and trying to destabilize Belarus. State owned newspapers have carried similar stories [...]	2005-11-21 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI BO
05MINSK1405	Lukashenko Forming an Obedient Electorate Ahead of the [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the beginning of September, Lukashenko has stepped up populist efforts to buy the people's support for his election. At the same time, he has intensified his campaign to liquidate opposition forces within the media, youth, and workforce in order to prevent what he portray [...]	2005-11-22 06:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1406	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 18, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. State Distribution Lists Cuts Eleven Independent Newspapers On November 15, Belarusian state postal service provider RUP Belpochta removed six more inde [...]	2005-11-22 07:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1409	INDEPENDENT POLLS FALL UNDER GOB CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12, the GOB announced that all independent polling institutions must receive accreditation by a special panel of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences. The resolution enumerates several requirements the pollsters must meet in order to receive accreditation, wh [...]	2005-11-22 11:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1419	Day of Solidarity Numbers Don't Add Up [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, opposition activists hosted the second "Day of Solidarity" with those who have been persecuted by the GOB. While the organizers reported extremely high levels of participation, embassy observations suggest their numbers were inflated. End summary. 2. (U) On [...]	2005-11-23 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1422	MFA Begs for WTO Help [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after publicly lambasting the U.S. for "blocking" Belarus' WTO application for political reasons, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhnevich summoned Ambassador to complain about the USG position and ask for assistance in moving forward. Ambassador replied it was the GOB, not US [...]	2005-11-23 10:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1425	GOB Forum Warns Against Investing in Belarus [...] Summary: On November 17 Econoff and Econasst attended an investment conference in Mogilev, eastern Belarus, hosted by local authorities. In traditional fashion, about half the speakers called for foreign and domestic investment to Mogilev. However, the rest of the speakers presented reasons n [...]	2005-11-23 12:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV BO
05MINSK1432	Avian and Pandemic Influenza Information from [...] This is a response to ref A action request. All information is from Emboff meetings (ref B) with Belarusian Ministry of Health (MoH) officials, public briefings, and press statements. A Plan for Avian Influenza -------------------------- 2. The GOB has a preparedness plan/strategy for [...]	2005-11-25 12:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BO
05MINSK1433	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - November 25, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. New Life Church's Building is NOT a Cow Barn On November 17, the New Life Church filed its third application for registration at the address of the forme [...]	2005-11-25 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1436	Security Advisory Opinion (FEDULOV, YURIY) [...] (S) Summary: Post requests guidance regarding the visa application of Yuri Nikolaevich Fedulov. Mr. Fedulov is applying for a visa in order to attend NATO working group conferences and to visit family. The previous Defense Attache and the previous Consular Officer at Embassy Minsk had seriou [...]	2005-11-29 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	CVIS FEDULOV YURIY PINR PGOV BO
05MINSK1437	Three Years In Jail for Discrediting Belarus [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' lower house of Parliament on November 25 approved in first reading amendments to the criminal code that would make it a criminal offense to participate in demonstrations or give "false" information to foreign entities and international organizations. Though still requiri [...]	2005-11-30 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
05MINSK1444	Human Rights Day 2005 Plans [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1445	Belarus: Energy Round-up [...] Summary: Post provides a number of energy topics of interest that were not otherwise reported. Natural gas issues will be reported separately. Included are: --Belarus Buys Russian Electricity, Not Ukrainian --Belarus Offers to Process, Rather than Ship, Kazakh Crude --GOB Wants More Russia [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1452	MOTOVELO WORKERS GO ON STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: Workers at a Minsk motorcycle plant went on strike on November 25 demanding the factory pay their October wages. After blocking a large highway for one and a half hours, the factory administration finally agreed to pay the wages by November 30. While on a regional trip, an angry [...]	2005-12-02 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK1458	Belarus: Libertad Act [...] Summary: The GOB strongly supports the Castro government, publicly opposes the U.S. embargo on Cuba, has no interest in promoting democracy, the protection of human rights or free market reform, and is building economic ties with Cuba. Minsk and Havana in fact became sister cities in November. [...]	2005-12-02 14:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
05MINSK1462	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 02, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Stricter Laws on Discrediting Belarus On December 25, the lower house of PQliament overwhelmingly approved the first reading of amendments to Belarus' cr [...]	2005-12-05 11:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1464	LUKASHENKO STANDS ON HIS SOAPBOX FOR RUSSIAN [...] Summary: President Lukashenko spoke at a November 23 press conference with approximately 100 visiting Russian reporters from provincial media outlets. With his characteristically bizarre statements, Lukashenko criticized the Russians for stalling the creation of the union state, not helping B [...]	2005-12-05 15:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1485	GOB Seeks Meeting with U.S. Delegation During WTO [...] Following up on Ambassador's November 21 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Mikhnevich (reftel),the MFA on December 8 delivered a letter to Ambassador requesting the Embassy's assistance in arranging a meeting with a senior member of the U.S. delegation at the December 13-18 WTO M [...]	2005-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR ECON BO CH
05MINSK1487	INCSR Part I from Belarus [...] I. Summary. Belarus continues to grow in importance as a transit country for drugs. Local drug use and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. Belarus does not produce drugs for export, though it may be a source of precursor chemicals. With the help of other nations and organizations, B [...]	2005-12-09 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK1488	DAS Kramer Meets with Civil Society Leaders [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with civil society leaders who SIPDIS called for increased support to independent media, including radio broadcasts and, above all, print media. The amendments to the criminal code (approvedbyboth hmbers of Prliamen [...]	2005-12-09 14:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1494	Future of Minsk Forum in Doubt [...] (C) The German Embassy in Minsk hosted the eighth annual Minsk Forum November 24-26. This forum is meant to bring together Belarusian and German policy leaders and NGOs to discuss politics, economics and social issues. This year seven Bundestag members attended, as well as several German and [...]	2005-12-13 13:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
05MINSK1495	EUR DAS Kramer Discusses Campaign Strategy with [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, EUR DAS David Kramer met with single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team. Milinkevich was out in the regions on his campaign trips. Campaign manager Sergey Kalyakin and his deputies described the negative effects the government- supported i [...]	2005-12-13 13:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
05MINSK1498	Russian Embassy Explains Slow Russia-Belarus Integration [...] Summary: While speaking to investment forum participants in Mogilev on November 17 (reftel),Trade Counselor of the Russian Embassy in Minsk Evgeniy Novozhilov explained why he believed economic integration of Belarus and Russia, as envisaged in the union state, has been slow. He blamed Belaru [...]	2005-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL BO
05MINSK1499	Lukashenko to Rule Economy [...] (U) Summary: In recent months President Lukashenko has issued several presidential decrees that put vast powers over the economy into his hands. Most egregiously, Decree 520 specifically gives Lukashenko expansive authorities, and baldly states that any legislation that contradicts the decree [...]	2005-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV WTRO PGOV USTR BO
05MINSK1507	Presidential Elections To Take Place In March 2006 [...] (C) Summary: On December 16, the Belarusian Parliament in a suddenly announced extraordinary session unanimously approved March 19, 2006, as the date for holding presidential elections. Rumors about holding the elections in March started to circulate in November, although Belarusian election o [...]	2005-12-16 15:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1518	Belarus: MTCR Info Passed [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 13:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA BO
05MINSK1524	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. --------- Elections --------- 2. "Ambassador's Residence is Opposition's Meetinghouse" - State TV On December 17, Post held its annual children's holiday party for U.S. Embassy staff at Ambassad [...]	2005-12-21 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1525	WORLD BANK IN BELARUS: FUTURE ENGAGEMENT RESTS ON [...] SUMMARY: Increasing GOB impediments to the provision of foreign assistance and further resistance to outside advice call into question the future of World Bank operations in Belarus. The Bank is pinning its hopes on realization of a proposed $50 million project in energy conservation and gas [...]	2005-12-22 07:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ENRG SENV UNDP BO
05MINSK1527	Partnership Prepared to Observe Elections [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, 2005, Poloffs met with civil initiative Partnership deputy director Enira Bronitskaya to inquire about the possibility of Partnership monitoring the March 2006 presidential elections. Partnership plans to observe the electoral process, including the signature verif [...]	2005-12-22 12:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1528	World Bank Rep Skeptical of Belarus' Continued [...] (C) Summary: World Bank Permanent Representative Vladimir Voronin discussed with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief the general state of the Belarusian economy, stressing the opportunity for Belarus to make badly needed economic reforms is now. Referring to the World Bank's recently published economic a [...]	2005-12-22 12:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
05MINSK1547	Women's Issues Working Group Launches Networking [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. On November 30, DCM hosted a reception for twenty Belarusian women leaders from all spheres in society Q political, civil, and business - to provide prominent and active women from all regions in Belarus with an opportunity to network and share i [...]	2005-12-29 07:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
05MINSK1549	Russia Gives the Gift of Cheap Gas [...] Summary: At a time when Gazprom is abrogating its supply contracts with other countries and raising gas prices for the recently democratic (Ukraine, Georgia),Belarus remains on the Gazprom gravy train for another year. On December 27, Gazprom and Beltransgaz (Belarus' domestic gas monopoly) s [...]	2005-12-29 07:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD PGOV BO
05MINSK1555	Presidential Hopefuls Begin Signature Collection [...] (C) Summary: The Central Electoral Committee (CEC) on December 27 registered all eight candidates for the March presidential elections and their "groups of support." The potential candidates include President Lukashenko, pro- Lukashenko MP Sergey Gaidukevich, 10+ coalition candidate Aleksand [...]	2005-12-29 13:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK1556	Even Bureaucrats Want Change: Elite Poll Shows [...] (C) Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service Oleg Manaev (protect) delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on December 21. The two groups surveyed - thirty business leaders and thirty senior government officials Q responded similarly on most questions about the upcoming presiden [...]	2005-12-29 13:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1558	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - December 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ No Protection from Triple Jeopardy in Belarus 2. On December 20, the Supreme Economic Court (SEC) overturned its own previous ruling and decided that the Belarusian Helsinki [...]	2005-12-30 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1561	Minsk Election Weekly II (December 24-30) [...] This is the second in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. -------------- The Candidates -------------- All Eight Potential Candidates Registered, Now it Gets Hard 2. The Central Election [...]	2005-12-30 10:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
05MINSK757	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Restricted Political Parties On June 29, the Belarusian Parliament amended a law further restricting political parties by [...]	2005-07-13 05:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK759	RIOT POLICE PUNCHES WIDOW OF MISSING REPORTER [...] (U) Summary: On July 7, Svetlana Zavadskaya, widow of missing Russian cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky, and other supporters demonstrated on October Square to mark the fifth anniversary of Zavadsky's disappearance. Soon after the demonstration began, OMON riot police attempted to push the crowd off [...]	2005-07-13 07:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK760	New SD Leader Meets Ambassador, Tries to Sell [...] (C) Summary: On July 7, new social democrat leader Aleksandr Kozulin called on Ambassador Krol to give his view of the political opposition in Belarus. Kozulin spent most of the meeting slamming the rest of the opposition for their waste of foreign monies and inability to build their parties. [...]	2005-07-13 07:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BO

05MINSK780	INTERNATIONAL CHERNOBYL REHABILITATION PROGRAM: [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 05:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AORC SENV UNDP BO
05MINSK790	Lukashenko Tightens Control over Donations [...] Summary: On July 1 President Lukashenko issued edict 300, "On the Provision and Use of Donations." The document puts legal bounds on who can provide and receive donations in Belarus and for what purposes. It further restricts the provision of material support to any opposition political and pu [...]	2005-07-19 13:34:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK792	Roma Update: Belarus [...] Summary: On July 5, the DCM met with Belarusian Roma leader Oleg Kozlovskiy. Kozlovskiy requested a meeting with the Embassy in order to share recent developments within the Roma community, while also reiterating continued concerns and problems. Belarusian authorities generally ignore the Ro [...]	2005-07-19 14:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK793	Lukashenko Has No Friends Or Money [...] Summary: Famous Russian journalist Oleg Poptsov recently interviewed President Lukashenko on the Russian TV channel "Tsentr". Poptsov, previously known for his pro-democratic stance, surprisingly agreed with Lukashenko on most topics and portrayed Lukashenko as an honorable president. Lukas [...]	2005-07-20 08:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK794	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 13, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- Â [...]	2005-07-20 08:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK810	Polling Shows Street Name Fury [...] Summary: According to the NOVAK opinion polling for June, 42.3 percent of Belarusians would vote for President Aleksandr Lukashenko, down 0.1 percent since April. The opposition candidate posing the greatest threat to Lukashenko, UCP leader Anatoli Lebedko, would receive 1.0 percent of the v [...]	2005-07-22 10:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK825	NGO SAFETY NET SEVERED [...] Summary: On July 1, President Lukashenko signed edict 302, which significantly tightens the creation and limits the activities of funds, i.e. non-profit organizations without membership established for the advancement of social, cultural, educational and other purposes. Before the edict was sig [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
05MINSK826	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Students to Serve State On July 19, the Gomel Regional Soviet adopted a 2005- 2007 program to engage youths in ideology, [...]	2005-07-26 08:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK838	QELECTION FRAUD, OPPRESSION, AND JOB LOSS IN MOLODECHNO [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK851	THE BANKING SECTOR, BELARUSIAN STYLE [...] Summary: The banking system in Belarus is characterized by its underdevelopment, lack of foreign competition, and constant government interference. The Belarusian economy still relies primarily on cash as a settlement instrument. Cash outside the banking sector is the preferred method of paym [...]	2005-07-28 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO
05MINSK859	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 27, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. No Election Observation On July 21, Secretary of the Central Elections Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated the Belarus does [...]	2005-07-29 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK870	Farming In Belarus Still A Risky Business [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited a "privatized" collective farm on July 7 to assess the progress made since the previous visit in July 2004. Financial loss, alcoholism, theft, laziness, and government interference remain big problems. The infrastructure has improved little while more money needs [...]	2005-08-01 10:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM BO
05MINSK904	Russia's Missing Ambassador and the Sorry State of [...] (C) Summary: Russia's newly appointed Ambassador to Belarus, and former Saratov governor, Dmitriy Ayatskov's arrival to assume his post has been delayed "indefinitely." Minsk has linked this delay to indelicate remarks Ayatskov made critical of Lukashenko, although the Russian MFA claims he re [...]	2005-08-04 13:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK922	Belarus IPR Update [...] (SBU) Summary: A Belarusian state agency "protects" musicians' copyrights by collecting royalties on their behalf from all Belarusian restaurants, radio stations, clubs and bars. This agency recently muscled in on the local cable TV market, with the effect of stopping payments to many foreign [...]	2005-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BO
05MINSK923	The "Best" Harvest Ever [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2005 harvest campaign is in full swing in Belarus and, like in years past, Lukashenko expects an unattainable yield. During his annual conference on the "battle for the harvest", Lukashenko rattled off his demands and listened to exceptional progress reports from nervous a [...]	2005-08-05 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BO
05MINSK939	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 03, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Statkevich Begins Sentence On July 29, opposition politician Nikolai Statkevich arrived in Baranovichi to serve his two-year restricted freedom sentence [...]	2005-08-12 05:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK951	President Signs TIP Edict [...] Summary: On August 8 President Lukashenko signed the edict `On Preventing the Effects of TIP', which defines the status of trafficking victims and mandates measures to provide protection and medical care and to guarantee social security to these victims. The edict is another important step by [...]	2005-08-16 07:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
05MINSK956	Minsk's Deepening Relations with China [...] (U) Summary: Belarus' relationship with China continues to strengthen. China has invested and plans to invest millions of dollars in Belarusian companies while Belarus is contemplating opening a bank in China. Both countries have exchanged military delegations and have signed military accord [...]	2005-08-16 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO CH
05MINSK984	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 17, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Kyoto Protocol On August 15, Belarus joined the Kyoto Protocol. At the upcoming November meeting of participating countrie [...]	2005-08-22 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK992	Few Protest German Radio Plans [...] (SBU) Summary: Deutsche Welle recently won a bid to broadcast 30 minutes of radio news to Belarus daily. However, their announcement proved controversial because DW plans to broadcast in the Russian language. Belarus' nationalist opposition protested loudly in local and international press, b [...]	2005-08-23 12:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI BO
05NEWDELHI1248	INDIA READY FOR REGIONAL RADIOLOGICAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a trilateral meeting with USG and IAEA officials on February 9, the GOI agreed to join the Regional Radiological Security Partnership (RRSP); identified a lead technical contact within the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE); offered to serve as a venue for radiological securi [...]	2005-02-17 09:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TRGY KNNP KRAD IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2138	UNCHR 61: INDIAN OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered the UNCHR 61 demarche (Reftel) to MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Gopal Baglay on March 17, and PolCouns double-tracked with Joint Secretary (UN) Hamid Ali Rao. Baglay reiterated that the GOI neither supports country-specific resolutions nor oppose [...]	2005-03-21 13:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IN
05NEWDELHI3080	INDIA BREAKS RANKS TO OPPOSE GUANTANAMO RESOLUTION [...] (U) Following up earlier approaches by the Charge, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar called PolCouns on April 25 to make sure we had noticed the GOI's April 21 ""no"" vote on the Cuba-sponsored UNHRC resolution condemning US practices at Guantanamo. Jaishankar noted that most South Asia [...]	2005-04-25 10:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU IN
05OTTAWA3120	CANADA ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS -- ENGAGE [...] (C) Poloff shared U.S. views on democratization toward Belarus with Habib Massoud, Deputy Director at Foreign Affairs Canada for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldavia. Massoud was grateful for the readout of U.S. intentions in Belarus and explained how Canada views its role in the region. As part o [...]	2005-10-18 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV CA SCRS
05OTTAWA641	U.S.-CANADA CONSULTATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S. and Canada held consultations on February 14 in Ottawa in preparation for the upcoming session of the CHR. Both sides agreed that engaging Mexico before the CHR in a tri-lateral meeting would be important, particularly if Mexico goes forward with an initiative that coul [...]	2005-03-01 19:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CA CHR
05PARIS1713	FRENCH RESPONSE TO BELARUS DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	BO FR UNHRC PDEM EUN
05PARIS1721	FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNCHR 61 DEMARCHE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Francois Vandeville, responsible for human rights in the United Nations and International Organizations bureau at the MFA. Vandeville welcomed the U.S. intention to participate "vigorously" in the sixty-first session of the Commission on Hum [...]	2005-03-15 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR UNCHR
05PARIS1727	FRENCH RESPONSE ON MARCH 16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL RS GG FR SY EUN
05PARIS2733	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO RUSSIA - [...] SECRETARY RICE TO RUSSIA - LITHUANIA - REGIONAL GEO- STRATEGY 2. MIDDLE EAST - ELECTIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA - DEMOCRATIZATION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS ARE COVERED IN TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EDITORIALS AND REPORTS, WITH THE EU CONSTITUTION STILL VERY MUCH IN THE LEAD. RIGHT [...]	2005-04-22 09:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3115	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WWII COMMEMORATIONS - [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS401	FRENCH RESPONSE TO AFGHAN WOMEN AND CHR DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-21 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN FR UNAUS CSW CHR
05PARIS5004	MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]	2005-07-19 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS5140	UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL [...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...]	2005-07-26 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO
05PARIS579	FRENCH "EXPLAIN AND REASSURE" ON TRIP TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Barnier and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie visited Russia January 20-21 for bi-annual security consultations with their counterparts. The consultations drew higher-than-expected visibility from the French press, although an MFA contact told us that the meetings fo [...]	2005-01-31 15:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU
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
05PARIS6076	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...]	2005-09-08 08:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR
05PARIS6376	(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]	2005-09-20 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6486	MFA DISCUSSES COORDINATING ASSISTANCE ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez_, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, welcomed reftel demarche on promoting democratic and election reforms in Belarus, although she wondered how effective external broadcasts would be given the technical difficulties of transmitting ra [...]	2005-09-22 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PREL BO FR RU
05PARIS7225	FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE, [...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...]	2005-10-21 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN
05PARIS7521	FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]	2005-11-03 17:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS8247	USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...]	2005-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO
05PARIS8416	UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION: [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...]	2005-12-13 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8487	UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD [...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...]	2005-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	VE FR UNESCO
05PRAGUE1059	CZECH RESPONSE TO JULY 18 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 14 we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Petr Kaiser, the new Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department at the Czech MFA. Kaiser offered the following views on items that will be on the agenda of the July 18-19 GAERC meeting: A. Turkey: Kaiser was reluctant t [...]	2005-07-14 16:37:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE116	CZECHS READY TO PROMOTE CUBA RESOLUTION AT UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS; SEEK USG VIEWS [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: While not a member of the CHR, the Czechs are prepared to lobby in support of a CHR resolution on Cuba and would like to coordinate efforts with Washington. Specifically, the GOCR wants to know if the USG will sponsor this year's resolution. [...]	2005-01-25 15:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CU EZ UN CHR
05PRAGUE1198	CZECH NGO, PEOPLE IN NEED, LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-16 11:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID IZ PREL
05PRAGUE1399	CZECH REPUBLIC: SOLIDLY ON BOARD WITH BELARUS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Czech MFA and its partner NGO People in Need (PIN) are strongly committed to democracy promotion in Belarus. The GOCR and USG approaches to Belarus are fully aligned, and Czech MFA is actively engaged in molding EU policy on Belarus transition. MFA has approved USD 18,000 [...]	2005-09-30 10:03:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1407	CZECHS ON OCT 3 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are optimistic that the upcoming GAERC will find a way forward on Turkey. The GOCR has formally stated that they support launching talks with Turkey without establishing a privileged partnership or other status as an option. They also insist that there is no linkage w [...]	2005-09-30 16:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EZ TU EUN
05PRAGUE1415	CZECH REPUBLIC: STRONG SUPPORT FOR (CERGE-EI) [...] SUMMARY: Post strongly supports ASHA financial assistance for CERGE-EI, the leading economics doctoral program in the region, fully-accredited in both the Czech Republic and the United States. CERGE-EI has the best economics library in the country, containing a wealth of American texts and [...]	2005-10-03 08:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EZ
05PRAGUE1470	ACTION REQUEST: CZECHS SEEK GUIDANCE ON THEIR [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Czechs have announced their candidacy for two UN positions: (1) non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term beginning in 2008, and (2) a seat on the Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) for a three-year term. The [...]	2005-10-14 10:28:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EZ UN
05PRAGUE1514	CZECH ELECTIONS - TOO EARLY AND TOO CLOSE TO CALL, [...] SUMMARY. (C) The Czech Republic will hold general elections next June. This cable summarizes current election trends and possible outcomes, and assesses impact on US interests in the Czech Republic. Septels will discuss in greater detail the positions of individual parties. Under the propor [...]	2005-10-21 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EZ PGOV PREL
05PRAGUE1572	CZECHS ON NOV 7 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs support tough measures against Syria, Belarus, and Cuba, but do not have the full support of their EU partners. On Iraq, the Czechs will continue their mission independent of any EU mission. In the Balkans, Czechs support the open door policy. However, due to enlarge [...]	2005-11-04 09:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1575	CZECH COMMUNIST PARTY: STILL HERE AND [...] Summary: (C) Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek has recently turned to the Communist Party (KSCM) for parliamentary support on key legislation. This, along with the speculation that next June's general election might lead to a minority Social Democrat-led government that relied on the Communis [...]	2005-11-04 09:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE1578	DLOUHA REPLY TO ADAMS LETTER: THANKS FOR SUPPORT [...] (U) On Nov. 3, Poloff forwarded reftel letter from Thomas Adams to Gabriela Dlouha, the Czech MFA Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator. Dlouha responded promptly, thanking the U.S. for its commitment to the Belarus radio project. She also said the GOCR will provide an initial grant of $80,000, [...]	2005-11-04 13:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	BO EAID EZ PL
05PRAGUE1590	CZECHS ON TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA's Director for Transformation Cooperation believes that many international efforts to foster democratic change -- including in particular those of the EU -- suffer because the funding mechanisms chosen impede the chances for success. She believes that donors need to b [...]	2005-11-09 15:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ CU UP GG MD SR BK IZ BO BM
05PRAGUE1601	CZECHS PROVIDE RECIPE FOR DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs have been working for years to promote democracy in Belarus. Thus, talking to the Czechs about Belarus is like preaching to the choir. The Czech MFA, in the words of their Transition Promotion Unit Coordinator, supports U.S. policy toward Belarus without hesitation. She [...]	2005-11-10 14:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM KDEM PGOV BO EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1614	CZECH NGO WILL SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO EXPAND [...] (U) Poloffs met with Simon Panek, Director of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),and Igor Blazevic, head of PIN,s Human Rights Section, to discuss PIN,s ongoing efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East (ref A.). Panek said PIN began training Iraqi civil society in August 2005 at a center l [...]	2005-11-15 14:42:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1623	CZECHS ON NOV 21 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The primary focus of the Nov 21 GAERC will be the EU budget. The Czechs support the Luxembourg Compromise, but pragmatically believe no compromise will be reached in the upcoming GAERC (or even this year). The Czechs generally support EU efforts in the Middle East, the Balkans, and [...]	2005-11-18 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1657	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Czechs this month marked the 16th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. As you will see during your visit this week, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transf [...]	2005-11-28 15:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EZ
05PRAGUE1688	DAS MARK PEKALA FINDS COMMITTED ALLIES IN PRAGUE [...] (U) Action requests in paragraphs 25 and 26. 2. (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala traveled to Prague November 30-December 1 to meet with Czechs actively working to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, Belarus, and elsewhere; and to discuss Czech policy priorities on neighboring countries, [...]	2005-12-07 06:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE1704	CZECHS SEEK INFORMATION ON U.S. PLANS FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Polec Chief and Poloff met December 7 with Veronika Stromsikova, Czech MFA's Director of Human Rights Department, and her deputy, Jan Kaminek. Stromsikova said the Czechs are planning their strategy for UN human rights resolutions in 2006, and would [...]	2005-12-09 15:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM EZ
05PRAGUE1721	CZECHS WANT TO ADD CUBA TO U.S.- EU DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a meeting with poloffs December 7, Edita Hrda, Czech MFA Director of the Department of Americas, said the Czechs strongly support the U.S.- EU Democracy Initiative. To maximize the results of the initiative, the Czechs think the U.S. and EU shoul [...]	2005-12-15 13:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EUN CU PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE337	(C) RUSSIAN MISSILES FOR US NAVY COMING FROM [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. The US Navy has for some time been planning an open commercial purchase of 23 KH-31 (or MA-31) Russian sea-skimming missiles from a Czech arms dealer. It has come to our attention that the missiles are coming from Belarus, via a series of complicated [...]	2005-03-09 06:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EZ UP BO RS
05PRAGUE356	(C) US NAVY POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES [...] (C) Poloff was shown March 10 the request for an export license filed by the Czech firm that is working to provide an initial shipment of 23 Russian-made sea-skimming missiles (KH-31) to the US Navy. The application showed the name and address of the firm in Minsk that was supplying the missiles, b [...]	2005-03-10 16:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EZ BO RS UP
05PRAGUE376	CZECHS ON GAERC, CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, HIZBALLAH AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 14, we met with Mr. Michal Strouhal, Director of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Department in the Czech MFA, to discuss the GAERC (ref a),China Arms Embargo (ref b),and visit of Syrian FM to Europe (ref c). We also delivered the statement on U.S. support of t [...]	2005-03-15 14:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG EZ IR EUN
05PRAGUE470	(C) CZECH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY SAYS NO TO SALE OF [...] (C) The Czech government has formally denied the license request of a Czech arms dealer to broker the sale of Russian KH-31 missiles, now in the possession of a state-run firm in Belarus, to the U.S. Navy. Poloff was told April 1st that the MFA licensing office had on March 31 sent a formal letter [...]	2005-04-01 14:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BO EZ RS
05PRAGUE832	CZECH MFA FOCUSES "LESSONS LEARNED" ASSISTANCE ON [...] Summary: The Czech MFA office designed to promote democratic transformations based on Czech experience is now in its first year of operation. Priority areas for activity are Belarus and Cuba, with the office supporting other MFA assistance in Iraq; future targets are Ukraine, Moldova, Serbi [...]	2005-06-02 12:12:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EZ CU BO IZ
05PRAGUE833	CZECH VIEWS ON DEBATE OVER CHANGES TO EU'S CUBA [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. The Czechs expect the June review of EU Cuba policy to result in a number of tougher measures, although the package will remain less robust than it was before the current policy was adopted earlier this year. The ex [...]	2005-06-02 13:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU EZ EUN
05PRAGUE860	CZECH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON EU AND ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 09:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EZ EUN
05QUITO797	ECUADOR WILL ABSTAIN ON BELARUS AND CUBA, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: The GOE will vote against any no-action motion in Geneva, but will firmly abstain from voting on Belarus and Cuba resolutions, according to MFA officials. The only country-specific resolution the GOE will vote for relates to North Korea. End Summary. 2. (C) PolChief accompa [...]	2005-04-13 12:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO CU EC
05QUITO799	ECUADOR WILL ABSTAIN ON BELARUS AND CUBA, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: The GOE will vote against any no-action motion in Geneva, but will firmly abstain from voting on Belarus and Cuba resolutions, according to MFA officials. The only country-specific resolution the GOE will vote for relates to North Korea. End Summary. 2. (C) PolChief accompa [...]	2005-04-13 12:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO CU EC
05ROME3547	ITALIANS SHARE USG CONCERNS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. On October 24 Poloff met with Antonino Cascio, Deputy Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio stated that Italy and the EU share the USG opinion that pressure must be stepped up on the Lukashenko regime in advance of [...]	2005-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO IT EUN
05ROME3671	ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...]	2005-11-03 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER
05ROME3961	ITALY INSISTS IT IS FIRM ON PRESSURING RUSSIA ON [...] (C) Summary. On December 1, Poloff met with Dr. Susanna Schlien of the OSCE office of the Italian MFA to discuss the US position on a possible ministerial declaration during the OSCE Ljubljana summit. Poloff noted that the USG believed that no ministerial message might be better than one whic [...]	2005-12-01 17:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE
05ROME917	UNCHR 61: ITALIAN RESPONSES [...] (C) Laborcouns met 3/17 with Carlo Campanile, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Office, to deliver reftel points. Italy remains supportive of almost all U.S. positions on pending UNCHR resolutions but will continue to work primarily within the EU framework. Specific Italian concerns include [...]	2005-03-17 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IT UNHRC
05SANAA255	INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005 [...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...]	2005-02-07 11:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM
05SANAA2996	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ARMS BROKERS DEMARCHE [...] (S) Summary. On October 16, Ambassador, along with UK Ambassador Michael Gifford, delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Qirbi expressing concern over the continued use of Yemeni arms dealers to procure weapons on behalf of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). He noted that MOD appe [...]	2005-10-17 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER ETTC MASS YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANTODOMINGO2049	CHR 61: BELARUS RESOLUTION - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Embassy on April 12 delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN/OAS Division chief Michelle Cohen. She undertook to communicate our position on the anticipated no-action motion on the Belarus resolution to Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano, who would decide how the Dominican Republic wou [...]	2005-04-12 21:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2058	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND CHR-61: EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador approached both the French and the British ambassadors here about helping convince President Fernandez to cast the Dominican vote in favor of the draft resolution on Cuba in CHR-61. The Ambassador noted that, despite his repeated and extensive conversations with F [...]	2005-04-13 17:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU BO DR
05SANTODOMINGO2080	CHR-61: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO VOTE WITH US ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered demarche (paras 5-6 Ref A) to MFA UN/OAS Division Chief Michelle Cohen on April 13, having received telephonic instructions (Ref B) that Santo Domingo had been inadvertently omitted from Ref A addressees. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano informed us the same day [...]	2005-04-14 00:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO DR
05TBILISI2889	GEORGIA IN RECENT SURVEYS: GOOD NEWS ON PACE OF [...] Summary: Annual surveys on media freedom, anti- corruption, poverty reduction, and the general pace of reforms show Georgia doing well compared to other post-Soviet nations but behind former Warsaw-Pact and Baltic nations whose reform experiences the GOG is eager to emulate. Georgia is a top [...]	2005-11-07 12:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON GG
05TEGUCIGALPA154	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S INAUGURATION, JANUARY [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 1/22, entitled "Bush: Part II." "Last Thursday, on the second inauguration of President George W. Bush, amidst the applause of his followers and the distant protests of his repressed opponents, we saw another manifestation of the di [...]	2005-01-24 20:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA786	HONDURAN FM ON UNCHR RESOLUTIONS: YES VOTE ON CUBA, ABSTENTION PLANNED ON BELARUS BUT AMB URGES YES VOTE [...] (C) Ambassador met the morning of April 13, on the margins of a G-17 meeting, with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro to verify the GOH's planned vote in favor of the UNCHR Cuba resolution. President Maduro confirmed that the GOH would vote in favor of the Cuba resolution. 2. (C) PolOff the [...]	2005-04-13 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM HO BO UNHRC CHR RU
05TELAVIV1336	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...]	2005-03-07 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1337	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5575	ORGANIZED CRIME AND NARCOTICS TRADE IN ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli law enforcement official, all categories of criminal activity are on the rise. The illegal drug trade, organized crime, murder, and extortion present major challenges to the Israeli police. While countries in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South Americ [...]	2005-09-09 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PTER EFIN ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05THEHAGUE2156	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS: WORKING TOGETHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support the establishment of a Human Rights Council to replace the Commission on Human Rights (CHR),but have specific questions regarding numbers and criteria for membership. The Dutch believe that the new Council should be a standing body with the status of a "princip [...]	2005-08-05 09:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV NL USUN
05THEHAGUE2640	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ANTICIPATE TURKEY, CROATIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch anticipate Turkey and Croatia to dominate discussion at the October 3 GAERC, and are cautiously optimistic that a positive decision on Turkish accession talks will emerge from the meetings. The Dutch are standing firm on "full cooperation" with the ICTY as a prerequisi [...]	2005-09-30 11:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2845	NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch support promoting civil society in Belarus and are prepared to pursue this objective bilaterally. At the same time, they do not want to appear out of step from an EU consensus, and in general prefer constructive engagement over isolation. The Dutch recognize that rel [...]	2005-10-20 13:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID BO NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2942	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: FIRST STATE VISIT SINCE THE [...] (C) Summary: Described as the first Russian state visit to the Netherlands since Czar Nicholas II, the Dutch plan to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 1-2 with full "pomp and circumstance." The MFA expects a positive visit with "good atmospherics" but little progress on su [...]	2005-10-28 12:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NL RS
05THEHAGUE3380	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON TURKEY, ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed Turkey, Energy Security, and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in meetings with Marnix Krop (Director General for European Cooperation, MFA),Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) and Kees van R [...]	2005-12-22 07:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN TU NL
05THEHAGUE448	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the upcoming Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Geneva, the Dutch want a resolution on Sudan regardless of the status of UNSC action. They expect no AU action on the DRC, which means the EU will likely have to sponsor a resolution. They think an EU resolution on Zimbabwe [...]	2005-02-16 10:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL AORC EUN
05VATICAN400	ORTHODOX AND CATHOLICS PURSUE CULTURAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Holy See officials have told us recently they are encouraged by "small signs" of progress in Orthodo 2.(SBU) Holy See Country Director for Russia Monsignor Julio Murat told us that he has seen an increasing openness on the part of some Orthodox to the Vatican in recent months on cultura [...]	2005-02-07 08:09:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI VT RU
05VIENNA138	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]	2005-01-14 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VIENNA1726	BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) EconPolCouns and Poloffs met on May 20 with Spedition Welz representatives Andreas Praehauser, deputy manager for customs procedures, and Rainer Wirthenstaetter, director of logistics, at the firm's customs office on Franz-Sauer-Strasse 48 in Salzburg. Praehauser and Wirthenstaetter pro [...]	2005-05-24 13:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AU
05VIENNA2626	EU/TURKEY: AUSTRIANS SHARPEN CRITICISM, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian attitudes are hardening on Turkey's prospects for EU accession. Polls show only ten percent of Austrians support Turkish entry. In recent statements, leaders across the spectrum have voiced increasing skepticism regarding Turkish EU membership. Finance Minister Grasse [...]	2005-08-04 13:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN AU TU EUN
05VIENNA3025	ALPBACH ECONOMIC FORUM - EUROPE NEEDS MORE [...] The August 18-September 3 European Forum Alpbach's Reform Symposium focused on the flagging Lisbon Agenda, moribund EU growth rates, labor market inflexibility, and Germany's bleak economic outlook. Politicians, academics, and subject experts called for more democracy and closer po [...]	2005-09-12 10:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN ECIN ELAB AU EUN
05VIENNA3245	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 3 EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on September 28 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's European Union "correspondent." ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) Riecken noted continuing discussions between the British Presidency and his colleagues in Brussels on [...]	2005-09-29 15:14:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL PREL TU AU EUN
05VIENNA3402	AUSTRIA EAGER FOR CLOSE COORDINATION ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: Austria welcomes the U.S. approach to promote democracy in Belarus, and looks forward to close coordination during its EU Presidency in the first half of 2006. It will be necessary to identify the targets for outreach, with a focus on opinion-leading elites. An appr [...]	2005-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO AU EUN
05VIENNA3569	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE ON BELARUS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA A/S for Eurasian Affairs Hans Porias on November 4, stressing that the U.S. hoped the EU would specifically call on Lukashenko not to run again. Porias told us that he believed that the Council Conclusions on Belarus were essentially final [...]	2005-11-07 13:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV BO AU EUN

05VIENNA3762	EUR A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with Austrian interlocutors, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried outlined the strategic agenda for U.S. engagement with the Austrian EU Presidency. Most of our work concerns areas outside the EU. One key is the "frontiers of freedom" in Europe in an area analag [...]	2005-11-29 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA3785	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) For Chancellor Schuessel, Austria's EU presidency during the first half of 2006 is important internationally -- to strengthen his status among EU leaders -- and domestically -- to shore up his political standing before Federal elections in Fall 2006. Schuessel will want to show he work [...]	2005-12-01 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA602	AUSTRIA: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP Report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 18. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...]	2005-03-01 20:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
05VIENNA840	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UNHCR 61 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 11 to Engelbert Theuermann, head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Bureau (with responsibility for the CHR). Theuermann reported that he had attended an EU Human Rights working group meeting the previous day which had discussed comm [...]	2005-03-14 16:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AU UNHRC EUN
05VILNIUS1013	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE NEAR OR IN [...]	2005-09-23 16:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS1023	CHINA,S RELATIONSHIP WITH LITHUANIA: FORM OVER [...] (C) China's diplomatic and economic profile in Lithuania is growing. There are more visits by official Chinese, an expanding diplomatic presence, and a burgeoning commercial relationship. GOL officials have told us that they see clear signs of greater Chinese interest in Lithuania. Increas [...]	2005-09-27 13:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH LH
05VILNIUS1029	LITHUANIA: EXTREMISM IS CONTAINED, BUT INTOLERANCE [...] SUMMARY. (U) Manifestations of extremism in Lithuania are infrequent, mostly localized, and rarely virulent. Extremists exist, but their political clout here is minute. Expressions of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, are more common than acts of violence or vandalism, although infrequent [...]	2005-09-28 13:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI LH
05VILNIUS1057	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] Congressman Kolbe, thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror, including its decision to establish and lead a Provincial Re [...]	2005-10-04 07:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
05VILNIUS1076	LITHUANIA TRIES TO EXPLAIN AWAY [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian Foreign Minister Valionis accepted U.S. and EU Presidency criticism of recent Lithuanian machinations regarding Belarus October 7. His top policy deputy acknowledged that Lithuania was "damaged" by the meeting earlier this week between the Lithuanian and Belarusian [...]	2005-10-07 15:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV BO LH
05VILNIUS1093	CODEL KOLBE AND BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The congressional delegation led by Congressman Jim Kolbe expressed unwavering commitment to a diverse group of Belarusian opposition leaders and pledged its continued support for democratic change in Belarus. Two U.S. NGOs, the International Republican Institute and the Nation [...]	2005-10-12 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO LH
05VILNIUS1100	LITHUANIA'S NEWEST IMMIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY: Immigration to Lithuania is increasing, with foreign workers filling gaps in the local economy as Lithuanians continue to emigrate in large numbers. Countries of the former Soviet Union, notably Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, are the primary source of Lithuania's immigrants. With some [...]	2005-10-14 11:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG ELAB ECON PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1103	CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Jim Kolbe led a six-Member congressional delegation to Vilnius October 10-12. The delegation discussed democracy-building initiatives in the region, reviewed U.S. bilateral and multilateral foreign assistance programs, and Lithuania's relationship with Russia wi [...]	2005-10-14 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG LH
05VILNIUS1121	YOUR VISIT TO LITHUANIA [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, you will arrive in Lithuania this weekend with our relations with this small but steadfast ally at their best level yet. Lithuania supports and participates in every major U.S. foreign policy initiative. Its Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan, Afghanistan -- whi [...]	2005-10-19 14:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1161	GOL SUPPORTS USG POLICY ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The GOL is refocusing its efforts to promote democracy in Belarus after fielding criticism from the USG and EU for overstepping the bounds of the agreed non-engagement policy. GOL foreign policy decision-makers admit that the Prime Minister's October 4 meeting with Belarusian PM [...]	2005-10-29 07:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV BO UP LH
05VILNIUS1191	LITHUANIA CONSIDERING PROPOSED MESSAGE ON BELARUS [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Tomas Gulbinas, head of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Department, November 2. Gulbinas said that he did not have an immediate response to our proposal, but would pass our points to the GOL's EU mission and to the Belarus desk. He commented that [...]	2005-11-04 14:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV BO LH
05VILNIUS1240	GOL SEEKS TO PLAY THE RUSSIAN CARD WITH LUKASHENKO [...] (C) Summary: The GOL believes that a joint USG-EU mission to Belarus to deliver a strong message to the regime is doomed to fail if the Government of Russia does not also participate. The MFA argues that any trip to Minsk by a high-level USG official should include a stop in Moscow aimed at [...]	2005-11-23 15:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS LH
05VILNIUS1288	LITHUANIA: 2005 INSCR NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 11:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL LH
05VILNIUS1328	LITHUANIA: REINVIGORATING PD CULTURAL AND SPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 15:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL LH
05VILNIUS165	LITHUANIA: YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Lithuania is making progress against intellectual property rights (IPR),but it should remain on the Watch List for 2005 due to persistent weaknesses in its enforcement system. A local industry association estimates that the rate of piracy for recorded music, films, and games dropped to 40 p [...]	2005-02-22 12:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD LH
05VILNIUS175	LITHUANIA TO HOST MARCH EU MEETING ON BELARUS [...] (U) Mindaugas Kacerauskas, head of MFA's Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Division told us February 22 that Lithuania will host the March 17-18 EU Commission meeting on Belarus. The event sponsors, Lithuania's MFA and the EU Commission's Directorate of External Relations, plan to bring together g [...]	2005-02-24 06:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH
05VILNIUS182	LITHUANIA 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a country of origin, transit, and destination for international trafficking in women. Although the exact extent and magnitude of trafficking in persons (TIP) in Lithuania is unknown, Europol estimates that over 1,200 Lithuanian women are victims of human trafficki [...]	2005-02-25 13:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
05VILNIUS252	SCENESETTER FOR MINISTER OF DEFENSE GEDIMINAS [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Lithuanian Defense Minister Kirkilas comes to Washington March 14 eager to demonstrate that, despite inexperience in defense policy, he is a capable and committed friend to the U.S. His performance in less than three months on the job has been impressively favorable to our [...]	2005-03-10 15:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR LH
05VILNIUS266	LITHUANIA TO REVIEW DRAFT RESOLUTION ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-16 06:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	BO LH
05VILNIUS28	LITHUANIA INCSR (INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Money laundering is not a significant problem in Lithuania. Strict legal and regulatory controls and the GOL's cooperation with international regulatory counterparts explain the government's success. The Lithuanian government increased controls to prevent financial crimes and money launderi [...]	2005-01-10 14:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH
05VILNIUS3	LITHUANIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] To maintain its high rate of growth, Lithuania needs more foreign investment. The government affords foreign investors equal protection to domestic investors, and sets few limitations on their activities. Foreign investors have the right to repatriate or reinvest profits without restriction [...]	2005-01-03 14:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON KTDB LH
05VILNIUS376	U.S.-BALTIC SUMMIT: CALMING TROUBLED WATERS [...] (C) President Bush's meeting with the three Baltic presidents in Riga May 7 presents an extraordinary opportunity to tighten our alliance with America's best friends in Europe and patch their fraying unity in advancing U.S. interests. At the summit, we should aim to: --Acknowledge the thre [...]	2005-04-11 10:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EN RS LG LH
05VILNIUS395	YOUR VILNIUS VISIT: REWARDING THE LOYAL AND [...] (C) Your bilateral program in Vilnius during the NATO Ministerial will score important advances in keeping this loyal ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, highlight our joint efforts for a democratic Belarus, and set the stage for a successful U.S.-Baltic summit in Riga next month. It will also hel [...]	2005-04-13 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP LH
05VILNIUS447	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KINGSTON [...] Your visit to Lithuania will provide an opportunity to thank Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror, including its recent decision to establish and lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, and to commend its leadership in [...]	2005-04-29 05:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP LH
05VILNIUS478	LITHUANIA REJECTS UKRAINIAN MONEY LAUNDERING [...] The GOL dismissed recent allegations by Ukranian Minister of Interior Yuri Lutsenko that Lithuanian banks laundered USD 130 million to support the losing presidential campaign of Viktor Yanukovich. The Ukrainian Embassy confirmed that there is no evidence to support the charges. Lithuanian b [...]	2005-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN LH
05VILNIUS500	CODEL KINGSTON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, DEMOCRACY AND [...] Summary. A Congressional delegation led by Representative Jack Kingston visited Lithuania May 8-10 to thank President Adamkus and Parliamentary Speaker Paulauskas for Lithuania's support in the Global War on Terrorism and for its democratic initiatives in Ukraine and Belarus. Lithuanian inte [...]	2005-05-13 13:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP LH
05VILNIUS57	EMBASSY VILNIUS WORK PLAN FOR NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are systematically engaging Lithuania's month-old government, including an Ambassadorial meeting with each Cabinet member, on issues of interest to the United States. Our work plan concentrates on the following critical policy goals: 1) GOL Activism in the Global War on Terr [...]	2005-01-18 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS OFDP EINV AMGT LH
05VILNIUS572	LITHUANIA SEEKS TO USHER UKRAINE TO BRUSSELS [...] (U) Lithuania is mobilizing a full court press to promote Ukraine's integration into transatlantic and European institutions. Building upon the relationship that President Valdas Adamkus forged by mediating (with Poland's Kwasniewski) Ukraine's post-election crisis, Lithuania's Defense Minis [...]	2005-06-03 07:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH UP
05VILNIUS662	LITHUANIA'S GOVERNING COALITION: "LET'S STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's ruling coalition shows every indication of surviving the resignation of Minister of Economy Viktor Uspaskich, and Uspaskich's Labor Party shows signs it will emerge from this episode intact. The Prime Minister and President look likely to accept Labor's nominee to re [...]	2005-06-23 14:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
05VILNIUS732	GOL EAGER TO DEAL QUIETLY WITH DETAINED BELARUSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior GOL officials are focused on managing the detention by Lithuanian authorities of a Belarusian employee of a USAID contractor on charges of money smuggling. The courier was arrested as she attempted to leave Lithuania for Belarus with US$25,000, well over the limit set by Lithuan [...]	2005-07-13 12:35:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS751	WHEELS GRIND IN DETAINED BELARUSIAN COURIER CASE [...] (C) The GOL is keen to resolve the case of a Belarusian courier detained while carrying undeclared cash for an NGO in a manner consistent with its laws, while not undermining its own support for democratic change in Belarus. The GOL is focused on two challenges: resolution of the case, and d [...]	2005-07-20 11:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BO LH
05VILNIUS781	WHO WILL WALK OFF WITH THE BALTICS' ONLY OIL REFINERY? [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 11:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EPET ENRG RS LH
05VILNIUS87	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S MAURA HARTY'S VILNIUS VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Maura, it is an honor and delight to welcome you back to Lithuania, where we continue to benefit from your outstanding work as one of this Mission's "founding mothers." Since your last visit, Lithuania has matured into an important partner for the U.S., with re [...]	2005-01-26 14:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CMGT CVIS CASC ASEC LH
05VILNIUS888	MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION WILLING TO TAKE HARD [...] (C) Minister of Transportation and Communication Petras Cesna, meeting with the Ambassador on August 25, emphasized his eagerness to see increased US investment in Lithuania, thanked the Ambassador for the close cooperation between his Ministry and the USG, and showed a willingness to consider [...]	2005-08-29 11:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH BO
05VILNIUS962	CONTINUING EMIGRATION BEGINNING TO AFFECT LABOR [...] SUMMARY: Lithuanians continue to emigrate since their country joined the EU last year. As Lithuania's skilled workers emigrate, the number of foreign laborers from Belarus and Ukraine has increased. The Government acknowledges the need for programs to manage emigration, encourage emigrants [...]	2005-09-13 12:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON SMIG PGOV LH
05VILNIUS977	RUSSIAN SU-27 CRASHES IN RURAL LITHUANIA; NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Russian fighter-bomber reportedly en route from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad crashed in the Sokiai region of Lithuania shortly after 1500 local time on September 15. Lithuanian authorities have detained the pilot and are investigating the incident. The Russian Government has [...]	2005-09-16 13:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH
05VILNIUS989	COORDINATING ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding coordination of assistance to promote democracy in Belarus to MFA Political Director Zygimantas Pavilionis and Renatas Juska of the MFA Political Planning Department, among others, at a gathering of high-level representative of Europe's donor co [...]	2005-09-20 11:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID PREL BO LH
05WARSAW1168	POLAND: FIFTH ANNUAL (2005) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 18-21 of REFTEL A. Embassy point of contact is POLOFF Tom Yeager (telephone: 48-22-504-2676, fax 48- 22-504-2613, e-mail yeagerta@state.gov). POLOFF (FP- 04) spent 65 hours collecting data and compiling report; Two POLFSNs spent [...]	2005-03-02 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
05WARSAW1225	FOREIGN JEWISH NGOS PROTEST LACK OF CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) In Warsaw on February 16-17, a World Jewish Restitution Organization delegation discussed private property restitution with the Ambassador, SLD party leader Jozef Oleksy, opposition leader Jan Maria Rokita, Treasury Minister Jacek Socha and Sejm Speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz. The dele [...]	2005-03-04 14:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PHUM KNAR PL
05WARSAW1282	POLISH PIPELINE COMPANY FINALIZING A BUSINESS PLAN [...] (C) As promised, PM Belka met with his Ukrainian counterpart PM Tymoshenko early in her tenure to discuss practical steps the two sides could take to deepen their bilateral ties. The two Prime Ministers agreed to form a bilateral committee to accelerate work on linking the Odessa-Brody oil pi [...]	2005-03-08 11:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL PL
05WARSAW2265	HOLOCAUST ISSUES SPECIAL ENVOY EDWARD O'DONNELL IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his May 4-7 visit to Poland Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador Edward O'Donnell discussed with key Polish officials and leaders of the Jewish community Poland's ChairmRmQqMQnd plans for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (MHPJ). ITC discussions centered o [...]	2005-05-16 11:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNAR PGOV PHUM PL BE BO EZ HU IS UP WJRO
05WARSAW2467	Polish Finance Ministry Hopes Higher Taxes Excise [...] (U) On June 1, the Polish Ministry of Finance announced that it would increase the excise tax on imported heating oil and liquefied gas used for cars (autogas) by mid-June. Under the proposal, the excise tax on heating oil would be raised from 233 Zloty ($68.70) per 1000 liters to 1028 Zloty ( [...]	2005-06-06 15:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ECON PREL PL
05WARSAW3111	NEW TENSIONS IN POLISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) The Polish government has expressed concern and Polish politicians and media outrage over the past week's beatings in Moscow of three members of the staff of the Polish Embassy (one Russian employee, one Polish technical staff member, and one Polish diplomat) and one journalist for the P [...]	2005-08-12 14:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
05WARSAW3234	POLISH APPROACH TO SEPTEMBER 1-2 EU GYMNICH [...] (C) Responding to reftel points, Polish MFA Director for CFSP Beata Kolecka confirmed that Poland will hold a firm line against any new conditions for the start of Turkish accession talks, resist efforts to soften ICTY conditionality for Croatia, and maintain positions complementary to the U.S. [...]	2005-08-30 14:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU PL EUN
05WARSAW3298	CENTRIST CIVIC PLATFORM SURGES IN PRE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The centrist Civic Platform (PO) has moved into a strong first-place position in the latest opinion surveys, with just a few weeks remaining before Polish parliamentary and presidential elections. PO's recent surge suggests that the party will dominate a coalition government fo [...]	2005-09-07 13:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PL
05WARSAW3360	WHAT'S AT STAKE IN POLISH ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With just a few weeks remaining in the Polish parliamentary and presidential election campaigns, all signs indicate that the new government and head of state will be ones committed to advancing long-standing principles of Polish foreign and economic policy. September 25 parliamen [...]	2005-09-14 13:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PL
05WARSAW3387	POLAND WEIGHS UKRAINIAN ROLE IN ADDRESSING [...] (C) Polish officials confirmed to us September 16 that they are likely to respond positively to a Ukrainian proposal to host a meeting at the NSA-equivalent level between Poland and Belarus. Slawomir Kaminski, a deputy director in Polish National Security Adviser Jerzy Bahr's office, explained [...]	2005-09-16 11:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO UP PL
05WARSAW3423	POLISH NSA REQUESTS MEETING ON BELARUS [...] (C) Following up on reftel conversations concerning our interest in close coordination with Poland on Belarus, Polish National Security Advisor Jerzy Bahr has requested a meeting with the Ambassador in advance of a planned September 29 meeting in Kiev with Bahr's Belarusian counterpart. The A [...]	2005-09-20 13:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO UP PL
05WARSAW3429	CHILDREN OF MARTIAL LAW AND YOUTHFUL POLITICS IN [...] (U) Summary: A survey of the youth wings of Poland's political parties and discussions with young voters give a picture of a generation raised in post-communist Poland fairly disengaged from the political process. While dedicated individuals in and out of the party structure try to reverse thi [...]	2005-09-21 10:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PL
05WARSAW3447	OSCE: HDIM OPENING FOCUSES ON OSCE REFORM [...] Summary: The opening session of the 2005 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting gave participants a chance to set out their views of the OSCE, against the backdrop of reform discussions ongoing in Vienna. Poland, the U.S., and Kyrgyzstan voiced strong support for OSCE's human rights work and [...]	2005-09-23 09:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL OSCE
05WARSAW3473	OSCE: HDIM ELECTION ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. Election issues were the focus of three early events at this year's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM)in Warsaw. During the first HDIM Working Session, the clear fault line that separates most NGOs and participating States, including the United States, from Russia and [...]	2005-09-27 12:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL OSCE
05WARSAW3613	POLAND: U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS [...] (C) We shared reftel (A) demarche points with Polish MFA officials October 12 and 13, highlighting the results of our policy review and our determination to coordinate closely with partners in support of Belarusian democracy. Polish officials indicated that Poland shares the broad outlines of [...]	2005-10-17 14:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BO PL
05WARSAW3615	POLISH PRIME MINISTER CANDIDATE EMPHASIZES DESIRE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met for about 30 minutes October 14 with Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Law and Justice's (PiS) candidate for prime minister. Marcinkiewicz emphasized the importance PiS and its coalition partner Civic Platform (PO) attached to the U.S. relationship, raised offsets and mili [...]	2005-10-17 15:40:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PL
05WARSAW3694	DEFMIN CANDIDATES TELL EUR DAS PEKALA NEW GOP WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a brief October 20 visit to Warsaw, EUR DAS Mark Pekala met separately with the three leading candidates for Defense Minister in the expected coalition government of Law and Justice (PiS) and Civic Platform (PO). Although perspectives and tones differed, Bronislaw Komorowski ( [...]	2005-10-26 13:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR PL
05WARSAW3762	POLISH RESPONSE ON BELARUS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Acting Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Beata Kolecka, Deputy Director of the EU Department of the Polish MFA. Kolecka welcomed the U.S. perspectives, which she said very closely paralleled Poland's own policy on Belarus. She noted the ongoing excellent bilateral and regional cooper [...]	2005-11-04 14:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV BO EUN
05WARSAW3872	POLISH APPROACH TO NOVEMBER 21 EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and reviewed with Polish MFA Director CFSP Beata Kolecka November 18. Kolecka provided the following outline of the Polish government's approach to the November 21 GAERC. 2. (C) Defense Issues: Poland is in full accord with our position an [...]	2005-11-18 14:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PL EUN
05WARSAW4030	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER MELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Stefan Meller travels to Washington next week as the representative of a new center-right government that pledges continuity in foreign policy and sustained engagement in support of democracy throughout the world. Meller is expected to bring a positive mes [...]	2005-12-13 10:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON PL
05WARSAW4079	PIS MAKES PLAY FOR PUBLIC MEDIA [...] (U) On December 16th Law and Justice (PIS) moved to change the National Broadcasting law and effectively seize political and, consequently, editorial control of Polish Public Television (TVP) and Radio (PR). The amendment was fast-tracked through Parliament (same day reading and voting with n [...]	2005-12-20 14:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS KPAO PGOV PREL PL
05WELLINGTON222	NEW ZEALAND ON CHR AND THE CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C) Acting Political-Economic Counselor provided Refs A and B demarches concerning the 61st Session of the UN Commission of Human Rights (CHR) and the importance of the U.S.-sponsored CHR Cuba resolution to Val Meyer, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs a [...]	2005-03-16 04:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CU PREL NZ CHR UNHRC
05YEREVAN1747	STRONG INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION AT ARMENIAN [...] (U) More than 180 businesses participated in the 5th annual Armenian Expo in Yerevan on September 14-17. The conference organizer, LOGOS EXPO, designed the event to identify new markets for Armenian products, encourage foreign investment in Armenia, demonstrate the strength of the Armenian ec [...]	2005-09-29 11:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KTDB BBSR BEXP AM
05YEREVAN371	ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CWC ARTICLE VII DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 10:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05YEREVAN449	CHR-61: ARMENIANS WITH US ON CUBA, SHAKY ON [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) upcoming annual session to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan March 11 per reftel instructions. Mkrtumyan predicted that the GOAM would vote with the USG on the expected [...]	2005-03-14 09:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM CHR
05YEREVAN521	CHR-61: FM OSKANIAN SUGGESTS "LIMITED OPTIONS" ON [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, Ambassador Evans met with FM Vartan Oskanian March 24 to ask the GOAM to rethink its position on a no-action motion on Belarus at the UN Commission on Human Rights. Oskanian said the GOAM would give "serious consideration" to our request given the emphasis the U [...]	2005-03-24 11:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM CHR
05YEREVAN593	GENERAL WALD'S MARCH 30-31 VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (C) In meetings with President Kocharian, MOD Sargsian and CHOD Harutiunyan, EUCOM's General Charles Wald acknowledged steps Armenia had taken in the past year to open the way for a closer defense relationship with the U.S. General Wald assured President Kocharian that peace and stability in [...]	2005-04-05 11:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR AM
05YEREVAN611	CHR-61: US-EU DEMARCHE ON BELARUS, BUT ARMENIA [...] (C) On April 6, together with the EU Presidency rep, we urged Armenia to vote against a no-action motion on the Belarus resolution at the UNCHR. MFA reps said they appreciated the joint approach and also the substance of the demarche, but said that no decision had yet been taken on how Armen [...]	2005-04-07 05:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AM BO CHR
05YEREVAN666	CHR-61: ARMENIA WON'T SUPPORT US ON BELARUS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baibourtian told us April 15 that the GOAM would vote in favor of the no-action motion on the Belarus resolution at the UNCHR. Baiburtian acknowledged the high-level demarches by the Ambassador and an April 6 approach with the local EU Presidency rep (ref a),[...]	2005-04-15 12:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO AM CHR
06ABIDJAN1277	DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor delivered ref A demarche to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue,Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 16. We strongly urged Cote d'Ivoire to vote against the three anti-U.S. resolutio [...]	2006-11-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO IV PHUM
06ABUDHABI4222	COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 14:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN AE
06ADANA37	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 12:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ALMATY282	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- KAZAKHSTAN [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel request. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy since its independence in 1991. The European Union in 2000 and the U.S. Department [...]	2006-01-25 10:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTDB USTR ECONOMIC
06ANKARA100	TURKEY: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),areas [...]	2006-01-06 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB TU OPIC USTR
06ANKARA1440	PSI: TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN [...] The Government of Turkey held a planning conference on March 15, 2006 in Ankara for the upcoming PSI exercise Anatolian Sun. (Originally named Anatolian Deer, in late January the name was change to Anatolian Sun; TGS tells us this was to better match the operating area and objectives of the [...]	2006-03-20 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA1547	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...]	2006-03-24 08:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA1666	TURKEY/BELARUS: TURKEY KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) We shared ref b points concerning our talks with EU member states on responding to Belarus elections with MFA Commonwealth of Independent States Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas on March 28. We asked if Turkey has considered making public statements concerning the fraudulent elections [...]	2006-03-29 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO TU
06ANKARA180	PSI: UPDATE ON TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN DEER [...] MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit provided us with a list of the 57 countries which were invitd to participate in the May 2006 Turkish-led PS exercise "Anatolian Deer,"annotated with their responses to date. 17 have responded that they will attend the exercise, 3 [...]	2006-01-18 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA1812	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Friday, March 17: TITLE: [...]	2006-04-05 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA2478	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Monday, April 3: TITLE: Mobile [...]	2006-05-04 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA3416	PSI; TURKISH HOSTS MAJOR PSI EXERCISE; ANATOLIAN [...] Summary: Turkey hosted a major PSI exercise, Anatolian Sun '06, from May 24-26, 2006. This exercise was the first multidimensional PSI exercise, which combined land, maritime and air interdiction components. The aim of Anatolian Sun-06 exercise was to test and develop the information and int [...]	2006-06-09 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5121	TIP: TURKISH MFA EXPRESSES DISMAY AT REPORTED USG USE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA DDG for Expatriate Turks, Migration, Asylum and Property issues Akif Ayhan called us in on September 4 to express GOT dismay at the U.S. Representative to UNVIE's announced plans to show the documentary "Sex Slaves" at the UNDC in Vienna towards the end of September. While [...]	2006-09-05 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF OIIP TU
06ANKARA5803	TIP IN TURKEY: PERSPECTIVES FROM A MAJOR HUB, [...] (C) Summary: Trabzon's location as a transportation hub on the Black Sea and proximity to countries such as Georgia and Russia make it a major hub for the trafficking of sex workers. Trabzon's leaders are making efforts to reduce the level of prostitution. The Chief Prosecutor is actively p [...]	2006-10-05 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA6377	TURKEY STUDYING COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AND ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points Nov. 8 with MFA D/US Apakan. He stressed the importance the USG attaches to these country resolutions and expressed the hope that Turkey could support us. Separately, we also discussed the issue of UNGA Third Committee country resolutions, no-action motions [...]	2006-11-08 16:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TU
06ANKARA6423	TURKEY TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON BURMA AND [...] (C) Turkey has decided to co-sponsor resolutions on the human rights situations in Burma and North Korea in the UNGA Third Committee, to support the U.S.-sponsored resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus, to oppose no action motions proposed by countries across the board, and to opp [...]	2006-11-15 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA TU BO BM KN
06ANKARA68	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA989	TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Linda Fenton, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Fenton (FS-04) spent a [...]	2006-02-28 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA999	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Wednesday, February [...]	2006-02-28 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ASHGABAT1185	Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan on Belarus' Third [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1322	NEW GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN REBUKES RUSSIA FOR [...] (U) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 28 publicly denounced the Russian media for assertions that the recently announced February 11 election was a farce and that state services have broken down because of a power vacuum following Niyazov's death. Local media continues to [...]	2006-12-29 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT139	UNITED WE STAND (SORT OF): ASHGABAT'S WESTERN [...] (SBU) On January 27, Consular officers from the U.S., German, British and French embassies met at the German Embassy in Asghabat to discuss shared consular trends and anti-fraud prevention measures pertinent to each embassy. Like the U.S. Embassy, EU embassies reported an increase in demand an [...]	2006-01-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS FR GM KFRD PGOV TX UK
06ASHGABAT313	DIP CORPS JOINS HANDS, RIDES A LOVE TRAIN TO THE [...] (C) On March 17, Conoff, along with most of Ashgabat's diplomatic corps, traveled by train to the town of Ichoguz, halfway between Ashgabat and Dashoguz to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the new $2 billion Ashgabat-Garagum-Dashoguz rail line. While the event itself was nothing s [...]	2006-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT699	DEAL OR NO DEAL? NIYAZOV PLAYS HARDBALL ON [...] (C) On June 29 GazProm Chairman Alexei Miller returned to Turkmenistan to discuss gas prices with President Niyzaov )- his second visit in less than two weeks. The following day, a Ukrainian delegation headed by Minister Plachkov met with Oil and Gas Minister Atayev for a similar negotiation. [...]	2006-07-03 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG TX UP RS BO ZK
06ASTANA149	AND THEN THERE WERE THREE: CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN RUSSIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the view of Kazakhstani working-level Industry & Trade officials, the newly announced Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan customs union within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) is an acknowledgement of Ukraine's refusal to take part. While the creation of the cust [...]	2006-09-28 08:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KZ BO RS UZ UP
06ASTANA152	ASSESSING KAZAKHSTAN'S WATER NEEDS [...] Summary: Kazakhstan faces major challenges in the water sector. Recent GOK activities reflect an increasing awareness of the severity of the problem. Domestically, it created the "Water Supply Sector Program 2002-2010," a 115 billion tenge ($900 million) program intended to ensure a sustain [...]	2006-09-29 05:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KZ
06ASTANA42	KAZAKHSTAN: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 5 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and Elisabeth Millard of the NSC, Minister of SIPDIS Transport and Communications Mamin discussed the new $26 billion Transportation Strategy, ambitious plans for Air Astana, and ideas for infrastructure projects aimed t [...]	2006-05-10 16:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAIR KZ AF TI UZ KG TX ZK
06ASTANA508	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, OCTOBER 31 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Khrunichev Center Wins Tender for Creation of Kazsat [...]	2006-11-08 09:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA591	KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part II of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Kazakhstan, with its developed and modern banking system, has beco [...]	2006-11-17 06:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM KCOR KTFN KZ
06ASTANA668	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana, the Ambassador proposed policy discussions on the permanent disposition of BN-350 spent fuel, expressed disappointment at Kazakhstan's voting record in the Third Committee, and offered expanded trainin [...]	2006-11-27 04:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PARM PHUM PREL PTER AF KZ

06ASTANA901	KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Included is Post's submission for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report for Kazakhstan, as well as point of contact information as requested in reftel. 2. Embassy point of contact is: Douglas Monk +7(3172) 70-24-79 monkd@state.gov 3. Note: Post requests that the term "Kazakhstani" not b [...]	2006-12-21 01:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KRCM EFIN KHLS KPAO KZ
06ASUNCION766	PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In a July 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Rachid, the Ambassador expressed concern over Mercosur,s apparent ideological shift. Rachid agreed, and placed great hope that Mexico will join as an associate member to bring needed &responsibility8 to the bloc, although she credited Lula with b [...]	2006-07-27 16:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PINR MARR PGOV XR VE PA
06ATHENS3002	GREEK ACTION ON BELARUS UN RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 15, Dep Polcouns delivered ref a demarche to Ambassador Aleksandros Rallis and Vassilios Moutsoglou of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN, International Organizations and Conferences, and Disarmament then called later for a studied response. They said they had forwarded the U. [...]	2006-11-15 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO GR
06ATHENS570	GREECE PART 2: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 3. PREVENTION: --------------- - [...]	2006-03-01 05:00:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP
06ATHENS572	GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. SUMMARY: Greece has made signific [...]	2006-03-01 05:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR TIP
06ATHENS573	GREECE PART 4: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Protection and Assistance to Victims" Section. This is the fourth of four cables. 3. PROT [...]	2006-03-01 05:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP
06BAKU157	RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IVANOV'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a January 24-26 visit to Azerbaijan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov made a highly publicized offer to sell arms to Azerbaijan, a move President Aliyev interpreted as indicative of a sea-change in Russia's relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia. Recounting his discu [...]	2006-02-03 09:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR RU AR AJ
06BAKU1582	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...]	2006-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ
06BAKU1667	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 10:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ UN BO
06BAKU1673	AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION CONCERNED BY DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings, the leaders of Azerbaijan's "big three" opposition parties - Musavat, the Popular Front Party, and the Azerbaijan Liberal Party - shared their concerns over Azerbaijan's political situation. Severe restrictions on media freedom and freedom of assem [...]	2006-11-17 09:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1771	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON UPCOMING GAS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on December 5 that he expected the December 8 Trilateral meeting of Energy Ministers in Tbilisi to "clarify" whether Turkey was willing to help Georgia with its winter gas problems. He said Azerbaijan [...]	2006-12-05 15:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GA PGOV PREL TU AJ
06BAKU1843	AZERBAIJAN SCRAMBLING FOR A SOLUTION WITHOUT SHAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov said on December 21 that BP had informed the GOAJ that there would be "at least a three month delay" in Shah Deniz production. He said that BP 's "poor work" on Shah Deniz was "unacceptable," and had greatly worsened the regional gas situatio [...]	2006-12-21 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA ECON
06BAKU433	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, IRAN, ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Azerbaijan's civil society leaders, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed democratization, Iran, and Islamic extremism. Many civil society leaders noted a disengagement from politics by the population after the November elections failed to meet their high expectations. W [...]	2006-03-22 07:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR KISL AJ IR
06BAKU538	AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION REMAINS FOCUSED ON 2005 [...] (SBU) On April 3, EUR DAS Matt Bryza held a roundtable meeting with Azadliq Bloc leaders Ali Kerimli, Lala Shovket, and Sardar Jalaloglu along with Musavat chairman Isa Gambar. Almost to the exclusion of any other topic, the Azadliq bloc leaders clearly remained focused on the November 2005 pa [...]	2006-04-07 10:35:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PINR PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU700	PREPARATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY RERUNS UNDERWAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 13 parliamentary rerun race in the northwestern region of Zaqatala promises to the most interesting of an otherwise low-key campaign. Prominent opposition leader Arif Hajili is running in a field of six other serious candidates that includes a government ruling YAP candid [...]	2006-05-11 11:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU769	BP OFFICIALS ON FUTURE TRENDS IN THE EAST-WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17, BP Azerbaijan Associate President David Woodward and BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis briefed Charge and British Ambassador on recent developments in Caspian energy projects. BP has reached closure with BOTAS on a deal for BTC completion. Woodward and Inglis fe [...]	2006-05-30 03:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN583	BRUNEI LIKELY TO JOIN NAM ON UN HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Charge delivered ref B & C demarches on November 9 to Florence Chong, Assistant Director of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Chong explained that Brunei regularly joins with consensus positions adopted by ASEAN, the OIC and t [...]	2006-11-15 06:03:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BX
06BANGKOK6959	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUSIAN ANTI-US RESOLUTIONS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit explained that Thailand "fundamentally does not believe in country resolutions" and therefore would not support them. It is unclear, however, what mechan [...]	2006-11-17 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BO TH
06BEIJING24302	SCO CHIEF DISCUSSES IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has "no current plans" for expansion or to allow observers, including Iran, to become full members, SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang told the Ambassador December 4. Zhang denied reports that the SCO and some non-SCO former Soviet repu [...]	2006-12-05 07:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ZK IR CH RS
06BEIJING8117	PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]	2006-04-29 02:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIRUT3632	LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON BELARUS RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BELGRADE1870	SERBIA WILL VOTE "NO" ON BELORUSSIAN RETALIATORY [...] (U) On November 15, 2006, Ambassador Polt called Serbian Foreign Minister Draskovic to request Serbia's "No" vote on the Belarusian retaliatory resolutions tabled in response the U.S. initiated resolution in ref B. Draskovic agreed and contacted his ambassador at the UN, instructing him to v [...]	2006-11-17 13:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN SR BO
06BELGRADE220	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 15:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB MW PGOV SR USTR
06BERLIN1025	DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER'S MEETING IN [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Berlin on April 11, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer met with Rolf Nikel, Deputy Director General for Foreign Affairs, Security Policy, and Global Issues at the Chancellery, and Rolf Welberts, Office Director for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and [...]	2006-04-13 15:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS EUN GM BO
06BERLIN3354	DAS KRAMER'S VISIT TO BERLIN, NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) (Summary) National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, MFA Political Director Michael Schaefer, and other senior German officials discussed Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus in meetings with DAS Kramer who visited Berlin on November 17. Schaefer and Heusgen argued that we s [...]	2006-11-22 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM RU UP MD GG
06BERN688	BELARUS: SWITZERLAND WEIGHS VISA BAN, TARGETED [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 15:24:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EU BL SZ
06BISHKEK1490	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETING WITH AUCA IN BISHKEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Feigenbaum and the Ambassador met with American University of Central Asia (AUCA) President Hurwitz and Vice President Beshimov on October 18 to discuss the state of AUCA and relations between the University and the Minister of Education. Though the disagreement regarding [...]	2006-10-23 08:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
06BISHKEK1604	KYRGYZSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL [...] (U) No report was published for Kyrgyzstan in last year's International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. This is a new report for Kyrgyzstan. Embassy point of contact for this report is Resident Legal Advisor Irfan Saeed, e-mail: SaeedIA@stat [...]	2006-11-14 11:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN PGOV KG
06BRATISLAVA111	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY 10, 2006 [...] (C) The departure of KDH from the ruling coalition (refs B-D),which resulted in the resignation of three cabinet Ministers and the Chairman of Parliament, has also affected our working-level contacts. The spokesman for former parliament Chairman Pavol Hrusovsky sounded shell-shocked as he [...]	2006-02-10 16:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO BO LO
06BRATISLAVA140	SCENESETTER FOR IO A/S SILVERBERG VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome to Slovakia. The Embassy -- and moreover, the Slovaks -- are pleased to welcome you and IO/UNP DepDir Ed Brown to Bratislava March 3-7. Your visit will help us institutionalize the already strong cooperation we enjoy with Slovakia within the UN Security Council (UNSC),as well [...]	2006-02-21 16:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UN UNSC LO
06BRATISLAVA166	THEMES FOR SLOVAK PM MIKULAS DZURINDA'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Madame Secretary, when the President welcomes Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda to the White House on March 13, he will be welcoming a true friend of the United States. Dzurinda has intentionally and very vocally worked to advance U.S. interests in Central and Eastern Europe and beyo [...]	2006-03-02 17:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA180	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION TELLS BRATISLAVA THE [...] (SBU) At a March 3 briefing hosted jointly at the MFA by State Secretary (Deputy Minister) Magda Vasaryova and German Marshall Fund's Pavol Demes, Belarusian opposition figures Andrei Sannikov and Oleg Manaev told representatives from the Canadian, U.S., and EU embassies that the Lukashenko r [...]	2006-03-03 16:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI LO BO
06BRATISLAVA214	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MARCH 17, 2006 [...] (SBU) At a March 13 seminar held by the new Smer-friendly ASA (Analysis, Strategy, Alternatives) think tank to provide input on the development of Smer's social policy programs, Slovakia's academics -- including the Rectors of two of Slovakia's most prestigious universities -- gathered to de [...]	2006-03-17 14:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG EFIN SOCI BO LO
06BRATISLAVA221	"75" DINNER IN SLOVAKIA: NGOS POUNCE ON SPANISH [...] (SBU) On March 16, Ambassador hosted a "Black Spring" dinner commemorating the March 18, 2003 arrests of 75 Cuban dissidents. In addition to former chairman of parliament Pavol Hrusovsky and parliamentary human rights committee chairman Laszlo Nagy (both of whom have visited Miami's Cuban d [...]	2006-03-20 12:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI CU LO
06BRATISLAVA233	SMER FINESSES ITS IMAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition party Smer, in addition to planning a campaign tailored to the truncated election cycle culminating on June 17 (ref A),has also apparently undertaken several changes in anticipation of success at the polls. Chairman Robert Fico (ref B) and his party elite, con [...]	2006-03-24 12:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA234	SLOVAKIA FRUSTRATED WITH EU RESPONSE TO BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 24 event on "next steps in Belarus" hosted by the British Ambassador to Slovakia and featuring presentations by representatives from both the Slovak MFA and NGO community, highlighted Slovakia's disappointment in the lack of a clear, timely EU response to Belarus' March [...]	2006-03-24 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EU BO LO
06BRATISLAVA235	SLOVAKIA CONDEMNS MILITIA ACTION AGAINST [...] Slovakia released the following statement condemning the attack on and arrest of Belarusian protesters on March 24. The original statement can be found in Slovak at www.mzv.sk . BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic condemns the attack of uni [...]	2006-03-24 15:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI BO LO
06BRATISLAVA256	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MARCH 31, 2006 [...] (C) Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda called Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich March 24 to express his support and to convey Slovakia's offer to allow any Belarusian students expelled from state universities for political reasons to continue their studies at Slovak schools. M [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UNSC KIRF IZ UP BO BM LO
06BRATISLAVA301	LAVROV VISIT REINVIGORATED BILATERAL TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The working visit of Russian FM Lavrov to Slovakia focused on renewing dialogue on economic and energy issues. Lavrov expressed the Russian desire to continue supplying oil, gas, and nuclear materials for Slovakia's energy needs. On Belarus, Slovak FM Kukan reportedly was forcef [...]	2006-04-13 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BO RU LO
06BRATISLAVA349	CONFERENCE ON BELARUS: EU ON DEFENSIVE, RUSSIANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An April 25-26 conference on Belarus held at the Slovak Ministry on Foreign Affairs was an intellectual lynch mob in two acts. The first day, academics and activists painted a bleak picture of the Lukashenko regime, criticized Russian "meddling," and presented statistical da [...]	2006-04-28 14:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM SOCI EU BO LO
06BRATISLAVA42	SLOVAKIA ORGANIZING V-4 ELECTION MONITORING TO [...] (C) Director of the MFA's Third Territorial Division (including Eastern Europe and Russia) Stefan Rozkopal presented us January 18 additional information about V-4 involvement in OSCE election monitoring missions for Belarus' March 19 Presidential vote and requested U.S. financial assistance [...]	2006-01-18 15:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI BO UP LO
06BRATISLAVA423	SMER'S THINK-TANK ROOTED IN THE PAST [...] (U) Summary. A new think-tank established to advise the leftist political party Smer on matters concerning economy, politics and defense recently rolled out its foreign policy recommendations. The think-tank is dominated by older academics trained in the command-economy era who have decidedly [...]	2006-05-31 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA471	FOREIGN POLICY AFTER THE ELECTION: CONTINUITY, OR [...] (C) Summary: Slovak foreign policy during the second Dzurinda government of the past four years has been extremely complementary to U.S. interests. If the coalition that results from June 17 parliamentary elections is led by Dzurinda's SDKU and made up mostly of center-right parties, we can [...]	2006-06-13 15:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI UNSC LO
06BRATISLAVA51	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 20, 2006 [...] (U) Only one passenger out of 43 survived when a Slovak Air Force An-24 crashed January 19 into the side of a snow-covered mountain in northeastern Hungary, three kilometers from the Slovak border. The flight was returning from Kosovo with 28 members of Slovakia's KFOR peacekeeping continge [...]	2006-01-20 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR MASS SOCI AF LO
06BRATISLAVA532	SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]	2006-06-29 18:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
06BRATISLAVA571	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FM KUBIS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Slovakia's new Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 12. Kubis emphasized that "continuity" will be the theme of Slovakia's relationship with the EU, NATO and the U.S. Kubis told the Ambassador he will work t [...]	2006-07-12 15:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA647	SLOVAKIA PREDICTS LONG TRANSITION IN CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Econ officers discussed Castro succession and Slovak-Cuban relations August 3 with MFA Director for the Americas Dusan Kristofik, per reftel. According to Kristofik, Slovakia expects a long transition period from a Fidel Castro-led regime to a more democratic government. The oppositi [...]	2006-08-04 13:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU LO
06BRATISLAVA77	SLOVAK VIEWS BEFORE JAN 30 GAERC [...] (SBU) Pol-Ec Chief discussed reftel points 1/24 with European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. He was joined by Anna Petrasova, Third Secretary stationed at the Slovak mission to the EU, covering COTRA and COLAT/AMLAT, who wanted to see "how our transatlantic coordination works." Pol-Ec Chief en [...]	2006-01-30 11:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU LO
06BRATISLAVA890	COALITION DYNAMICS IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) After four months in office, Prime Minister Robert Fico of the Smer party has demonstrated his strong, personalized control the government. Embassy Bratislava provides its analysis and lessons learned so far: -- Fico makes the final decisions in all matters of importance; his increasing [...]	2006-11-03 09:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KJUS SOCI PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA895	SLOVAK AID: MORE BUREAUCRACY, LESS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak MFA is preparing to consolidate management and program authority over Slovakia's foreign aid budget before the end of 2006. Full MFA control over development assistance may help the GOS consolidate its aid programs and establish longer-term programs that better meet [...]	2006-11-06 15:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA943	DAS KRILLA REINFORCES PRO-NGO MESSAGE WITH SLOVAKS [...] (SBU) During a November 30 - December 2 visit to Bratislava, DRL DAS Jeff Krilla reinforced Embassy concerns about possibly dwindling support for Slovak non-governmental organizations (NGOs),many of which were founded during the 1990s in an attempt to bring an end to the "cronyism" of then-P [...]	2006-12-06 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA961	MILINKEVICH IMPRESSES IN BRATISLAVA [...] (SBU) Summary. Belarussian opposition leader and 2006 presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevic visited Bratislava December 9, calling for continued support from the Slovak government and civil society. Milinkevic made a strong impression in his meetings with Slovak government officials, o [...]	2006-12-12 15:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KDEM LO PGOV PHUM PREL
06BRATISLAVA966	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fico told the Ambassador December 13 that: --he will travel to Afghanistan in January and announce that Slovak troops will move to Kandahar, --he is in firm control of the government; and coalition partners Meciar and Slota are just sideshows, and --he is determine [...]	2006-12-14 17:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL POLG ECON ENRG AF LO
06BRATISLAVA97	SLOVAKIA WELCOMES U.S. ASSISTANCE, READY TO MOVE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: MFA Third Territorial Division Director Stefan Rozkopal welcomed the news February 7 that Washington had agreed in principle to set aside USD 40,000 to bolster the V-4 contingent of the March OSCE/ODIHR election monitor [...]	2006-02-07 12:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU PO BO EZ LO
06BRATISLAVA981	GOS FOLLOWS UP ON MILINKEVICH COMMENTS [...] (U) The GOS is beginning to carry out the commitments made to Belarussian opposition leader Alexander Milinkevich during his December 9 visit. On December 14, the Slovak Parliament approved a resolution that condemned the Lukashenko government for repressing political dissent, and called for [...]	2006-12-22 11:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM BO LO
06BRIDGETOWN2018	EASTERN CARIBBEANS PONDERING THEIR VOTES ON [...] (U) Per ref B instructions, talking points on Belarus' Anti-U.S. Resolutions were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1569, Barbados #1570, Dominica #1571, St. Kitts #1572, St. Lucia #1573, St. Vincent #1574) on November 15, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed [...]	2006-11-16 23:43:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO XL
06BRUSSELS1154	EUR/RUS DIRECTOR WARLICK DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission has three main priorities with Russia on energy: 1) Russian ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty; 2) third-party access to Russian pipelines and; 3) a reduction in state interference in the oil and gas sector. On Belarus, Russian officials have told t [...]	2006-04-04 16:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS1175	HAMAS LIKELY TO DOMINATE MEETING OF EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Judith Gebetsroithner, an advisor to External Relations Commission Ferrero-Waldner, told us April 6 that discussion of Hamas would likely be the main issue for EU Foreign Ministers to tackle at their monthly meeting (GAERC) in Luxembourg April 10. Gebetsroithner noted that member states [...]	2006-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM KPAL BO UP XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS1435	EU JHA COUNCIL FOCUSES ON VISA FEES, [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 27 agreed to raise the price of Schengen visas from EUR 35 to 60, while allowing for more favorable treatment of EU neighbors. "Countries with a European perspective" are eligible for reduced rates if they sign readmission agreement [...]	2006-04-28 14:25:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG EAID KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS19	INTRODUCING THE EU VI: EVER-WIDER UNION: [...] Enlargement is one of the EU's "most successful policies" and "a powerful foreign policy tool" for extending a zone of peace and democracy across the European continent. The conditions for joining and the various stages of the accession process, as outlined below, allow for little flexibilit [...]	2006-01-04 15:27:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS2543	FIREWORKS AT OSCE ELECTION MONITORING CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belgian OSCE Chairmanship focused its attention on election monitoring at a conference in Brussels on July 12. The technical theme was the need for continued strict adherence to observation guidelines when monitoring. The political message was that ODIHR remains the most co [...]	2006-07-20 10:27:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BE OSCE PHUM PREL
06BRUSSELS3203	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] (C) The Belgian government generally shares USG goals at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session, according to France Chainay, Director for Human Rights matters in the MFA's International Organizations Division. She told polcouns the Belgians were particularly anxious to avoid having one [...]	2006-09-22 11:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM BE
06BRUSSELS4113	MANDELSON PUSHES EU'S LABOR AND TRADE [...] SUMMARY. EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson keeps pushing for the inclusion and development of a social dimension in trade policy instruments and policies. Speaking at a Brussels conference last week, Mandelson pressed the EU Council to adopt the withdrawal of GSP benefits from Belarus. He al [...]	2006-12-13 15:55:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD ILO PREL PGOV BM IN BO EUN
06BRUSSELS442	MIGRATION MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL APPROACH FOR EU AND [...] (U) Summary. At a ministerial conference held on January 24-25, EU officials and counterparts from eastern and south neighbors launched the "Vienna Process" to improve migration management via a structured, regional dialogue and a joint program of action. Major themes of the conference -- whi [...]	2006-02-09 11:26:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PREL KCRM PREF PHUM ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS707	EUR DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, EUR DAS David Kramer held COEST Troika consultations with the EU on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus. On Russia, the EU agrees that a combative Russia feels it is in an increasingly strengthened position. The European Commission viewed the "creeping reasserti [...]	2006-03-03 09:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS MD UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS791	LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on a range of political and security issues. An important component of that cooperation is greater synergy between US and EU approaches to development and humani [...]	2006-03-08 10:55:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS928	GAERC: WAITING ON HAMAS GOVERNMENT, LIKELY TO [...] (C) A Commission official told us March 17 that she expects no movement on WTO and heavy criticism of Belarus to dominate the March 20 GAERC. EU Foreign Ministers will review how to handle Hamas, given rumors that Hamas could name the personnel it wants in a government over the March 18-19 w [...]	2006-03-17 13:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL BO ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS975	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS HAMAS, BELARUS, OTHER [...] (U) EU foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels March 20, agreed with the preliminary conclusions of the OSCE/ODIHR that the Belarusian elections were "severely flawed." FMs reportedly discussed Hamas' proposed list of cabinet members but did not issue a substantive statement on Hamas. Rather [...]	2006-03-21 13:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID KPAL BO XF ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
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
06BUCHAREST1741	ROMANIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON BELARUS, COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 16:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA RO
06BUCHAREST629	ROMANIA: DAS KRAMER, AMBASSADOR HODGES - [...] (C) Summary: DAS David Kramer and Ambassador to Moldova Heather Hodges shared views with leading Romanian interlocutors on recent developments involving Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia during a visit to Bucharest on April 3-4. Although Romanian interlocutors described growing strains in [...]	2006-04-18 07:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS BO UP KDEM PHUM RO
06BUDAPEST825	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ROUND TWO SCENESETTER [...] (U) On Sunday, April 23, Hungary will conduct round two of its 2006 national elections. This cable reviews the electoral math and the U.S. interests involved. Following a strong performance in round one, the governing coalition parties MSZP and SZDSZ appear poised to carry the day, although [...]	2006-04-21 12:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HU
06BUENOSAIRES1744	MIDDLE EAST WAR; CUBA; IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the war in the Middle East; US foreign policy; the situation in Cuba; the danger posed by Venezuelan President Chavez to Mercosur and the world; and expectations about the Alan Garcia administration. 2. OPINIO [...]	2006-08-04 13:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1966	MFA OFFICIAL ON VENEZUELAN UNSC CANDIDACY AND GOA [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by PolCouns, paid a courtesy call August 29 on the new Director General of the MFA Office of International Organizations, Ambassador Raul Ricardes. In the course of the conversation, Ricardes (please protect) opined that it would be very difficult for either Venezuela [...]	2006-08-31 14:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC AR VZ
06BUENOSAIRES1994	SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY; IRAN; US ECONOMY; US-URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the USG's alleged use of the war in Iraq for upcoming US legislative elections; the positions of the US, EU and Russia vis-`-vis the imminent sanctions on Iran; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the condition of t [...]	2006-09-06 10:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2100	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11; NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES' [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the world's view of the USG on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the upcoming Non Aligned Countries' summit; the allegedly increasing disagreement between the US and the EU vis-`-vis the Iranian case; and [...]	2006-09-15 11:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2129	NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT; THE USG AND THE GWOT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 16:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2570	ARGENTINA UNDECIDED ON BELARUS BUT WILL SUPPORT [...] (C) In response to Embassy demarches that relayed points in reftels A-C, Argentina's MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations Ana Berta confirmed on November 16 that the GOA has issued instructions to their mission in New York to vote with the United States on the country-specific [...]	2006-11-16 21:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
06BUENOSAIRES572	MEDIA REACTION IRAN US HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Iran warning the US that it could inflict "harm and pain" to match whatever punishment Washington persuaded the UN Security Council to dole out for Tehran's refusal to halt atomic research; the 2006 US State Department Human Righ [...]	2006-03-10 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES623	MEDIA REACTION UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major local newspapers lead with the creation of the UN Human Rights Council to replace "the discredited UN Human Rights Commission." Based on an article from the New York "Forward" magazine, business- financial, center-right "InfoBae's" Website reports that "The B [...]	2006-03-17 13:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES718	MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the US National Security Strategy; immigration demonstration drawing 500,000 in Los Angeles; US Secretary of State Rice's alleged statement that the US could withdraw a significant number of its troops in Iraq; the US Embassy in La Paz's response t [...]	2006-03-28 15:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CARACAS1402	SPANISH POLITICAL COUNSELOR REVIEWS VENEZUELAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Political Counselor Gonzalo Fournier May 12 to discuss Venezuelan political developments and Spanish-Venezuelan relations. Fournier told Poloff that Cuban diplomats had visited members of the electoral observer group Ojo Electoral and claimed that the USG was oppos [...]	2006-05-17 18:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1634	BRV TAKES AIM AT INDEPENDENT CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Civil Society within Venezuela is raising serious concerns over the potential passage of a law designed to effectively eliminate NGOs in Venezuela as independent bodies (ref a). Embassy shares their concerns that if the law is passed in anything like its currently form it would severely [...]	2006-06-05 16:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2829	THE OUTSIDERS: BRV RECRUITMENT OF ROGUE STATES [...] (C) President Chavez' September 5-7 meeting with Belarussian government officials provides another example of the BRV's strategic partnerships with the most troublesome of bedfellows. In part through his extensive international travel schedule, Chavez has strengthened ties around the globe to [...]	2006-09-15 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS2830	CHAVEZ AND THE GLOBAL CHESSBOARD [...] (U) With his eye towards increasing his international stature and gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),President Chavez is literally traveling to all ends of the earth. As a part of this strategy, and in addition to his visits and signing of multiple b [...]	2006-09-15 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS2900	CHAVEZ HOSTSAHMADINEJAD: BRV FORGING EVER CLOSER [...] (C Summary. President Chavez hosted Iranian Presidet Ahmadinejad for a September 17-18 red carpet vsit to Venezuela, a follow-on to Chavez' July 29August 1 state visit to Iran. The two leaders reortedly signed 34, mostly commercial, accords aspart of a "strategic alliance" against American m [...]	2006-09-21 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE IR
06CARACAS3066	EVEN VENEZUELA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed Ref A points regarding North Korea's nuclear test plans to MFA North American Affairs Director Yaneth Arocha prior to North Korea's October 8 announcement of a nuclear weapons test. In addition, Ambassador spoke on the phone with MFA Vice Minister for Asia and the Middl [...]	2006-10-11 14:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP VE KN
06CARACAS3313	ROSALES FOREIGN POLICY PLATFORM - CHIDING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales has prepared a written foreign policy platform. It is a moderate and savvy alternative to President Chavez' anti-American foreign policy. Rosales pledges to prioritize relations with Latin America and "normalize" relations with the [...]	2006-11-06 16:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD VE
06CARACAS3432	DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 14:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO VZ
06CARACAS3671	THE DO-NOTHING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF 2006 POISED TO [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly, although composed entirely of pro-Chavez party members after the opposition boycotted the December 2005 parliamentary election, passed little important legislation in 2006. Among the more memorable National Assembly "Bolivarian accomplishments" of 2006 are [...]	2006-12-21 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL VE
06COLOMBO1916	SRI LANKA WILL VOTE AGAINST BELARUS-SPONSORED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 10:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BO CE
06DAMASCUS605	ASSESSMENT OF TARGETED FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post offers the following observations based on its experience thus far with targeted financial sanctions against SARG officials and other Syrian entities. First, maximizing media coverage of the designation increases the "name and shame" effect. The designation of Asif Shawkat [...]	2006-02-13 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DARESSALAAM1822	TANZANIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Multilateral Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolCouns November 8 that Tanzania would consider each of the Third Committee country specific resolutions on Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Burma and North Korea on its own merits. Mul [...]	2006-11-14 11:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA TZ
06DARESSALAAM1829	TANZANIA: DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] (U) Ambassador Mulamula, Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Poloff on November 15 that Tanzania would abstain from voting on the U.S. sponsored country-specific resolution on Belarus in the Third Committee. She stressed that Tanzania's [...]	2006-11-16 13:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA BO TZ
06DOHA51	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]	2006-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06DUBLIN249	IRELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON ODIHR'S BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 17:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE EI
06DUBLIN275	BELARUS: IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-EU COORDINATION, [...] (SBU) Ireland agrees strongly with U.S. points on the continuing importance of U.S.-EU coordination in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the March 19 presidential election in Belarus, according to Ruadhri Dowling, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Russia and Eastern Europe [...]	2006-03-15 14:52:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO EI
06DUBLIN314	IRELAND SUPPORTS VISA BAN ON LUKASHENKA [...] (C) Ireland supports an extended visa/travel ban on Lukashenka and other officials associated with the fraudulent March 19 Belarusian elections, in line with discussions at the March 24 EU leaders meeting, according to Conleth Brady, acting Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Desk Officer for [...]	2006-03-28 11:19:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EI
06DUBLIN374	GAERC: IRELAND STILL AVERSE TO BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, Post delivered reftels' demarche points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Kelly noted Ireland's support for the April 10 GAERC's likely approval of an expanded visa ban against Belarusian officials culpable in the fraudulent March 19 [...]	2006-04-07 17:15:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER OPRC EUN ECON ETRD SOCI EI
06DUBLIN98	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND URGES CALM ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: On January 26, Post delivered reftel points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) European Correspondent, and Siobhan Coyne, DFA Deputy European Correspondent. The GOI, said Kelly, regards the Iranian regime's behavior as unacceptable and supports the EU-3's intent [...]	2006-01-27 15:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EI

06DUSHANBE1593	TAJIK FM NAZAROV'S MEETING WITH DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tan and relaxed from his trip to the EurAsEC meeting in Sochi, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov told Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum August 18 that U.S- Tajik bilateral relations were based on trust, and hoped the next phase would focus on economic assista [...]	2006-08-21 12:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1841	TAJIK PRESIDENT TELLS BOUCHER ELECTION SHOULD MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Tajikistan's President SIPDIS Emomali Rahmonov stressed the positive bilateral relationship with the United States. Stating he wanted to deepen contacts at every level, Rahmonov thanked the United Stat [...]	2006-10-07 08:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE2084	DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION DELIVERED, USUN [...] (C) PolOff discussed talking points per reftel on the demarche on Belarus' anti-U.S. United Nations resolution with Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs November 15. 2. (C) Nasredinov acknowledged Bel [...]	2006-11-15 11:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO TI
06DUSHANBE419	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO TAJIKISTAN: "WHY NOT COOPERATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Li Huilai said China shared many of the United States' priorities in Tajikistan, including economic growth, counter-terrorism and border stability. In a very frank and open 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Hoagland, Li suggested there was room f [...]	2006-03-04 06:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EINV EAID ENRG TI CH
06DUSHANBE858	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...]	2006-05-10 06:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR
06GENEVA2161	SEPTEMBER 1 INFORMALS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S [...] Human Rights Council (HRC) President Luis Alfonso de Alba chaired informal consultations September 1 to discuss the upcoming HRC session (Sept. 18-Oct. 6),which is expected to deal with substantive matters deferred at the first session in June. According to de Alba's draft timetable, each m [...]	2006-09-05 15:21:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2178	ANTI-VEHICLE MINE PROTOCOL: ENGAGING PAKISTAN ON A [...] (C) This is an action request. As recommended by Pakistani Amb Masood Kahn to USDEL in Aug 28-Sept 6 CCW meeting, Mission Geneva requests that Department convey the points at para 6 to Pakistani ambassador in Washington and that DoD request military attach in Islamabad to convey same points [...]	2006-09-08 07:13:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL PK
06GENEVA2180	CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS: REPORT ON AUG [...] (C) Summary: The August 28-September 6 session of the Group of Governmental experts of the states parties to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW),which also served as the final preparatory committee for the November Review Conference of CCW states parties, spent a significant amount o [...]	2006-09-08 08:19:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL
06GENEVA2654	LITTLE PROGRESS AND MUCH CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION \ [...] (C) The Human Rights Council's second session was \ adjourned without achieving much after three weeks. It is to \ resume November 27-28, when it will deal with 44 resolutions \ tabled by members when it became apparent that little of \ substance would be achieved. The Council's failure was due [...]	2006-10-19 13:15:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2913	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE [...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]	2006-11-15 19:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
06HANOI2817	MFA SIGNALS APPROVAL ON REACTOR FUEL CONVERSION PROPOSAL, [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 26, 2006, Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) staff and ESTHOff discussed with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) staff details of NNSA Assistant Deputy Administrator (ADA) Andrew Bieniawski's letter to Assistant Minister of Foreign [...]	2006-11-07 06:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KIPR KNNP KGIT VM
06HANOI771	CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM: MINISTER FALLS, PARTY GETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The media is gleefully reporting a sensational corruption scandal involving millions of dollars in graft that has cost the Minister of Transportation his job. The case amplifies the recent wave of calls for anti- corruption reform that has dominated recent public discussion of [...]	2006-04-04 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR VM
06HAVANA8633	"IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR HEALTH..." (AILMENTS AMONG [...] (C) Summary: Castro has reduced his public profile since February, but rumors of debilitating ill health are unfounded. Russian officials who met with him last week described Castro as "lively." In contrast, Raul Castro wears a back brace and appears to be in worse physical condition than his [...]	2006-04-20 20:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI CU
06HELSINKI1173	DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...]	2006-11-21 14:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP
06HELSINKI18	FINNS SUPPORT JOINT STATEMENT TO BELARUS; WILL [...] (C) Following up on reftels, PolChief called on MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Matti Turunen to discuss Belarus. The GOF views a joint US-EU demarche to Lukashenko in advance of the March election as imperative, Turunen said. Finland, for its part, would welcome a very stron [...]	2006-01-05 14:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BO FI EUN
06HELSINKI355	HIGHLIGHTS OF ADMIRAL COLLINS VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (U) Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, visited Finland, March 28 - April 1, 2006. Finnish Chief of the Border Guard, Vice Admiral Jaakko Smolander, was the host of the visit. The Admiral's itinerary included meetings with senior GoF officials, briefings by the Finnis [...]	2006-04-27 11:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHSA EWWT SENV IMO FI
06HELSINKI505	FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate US-EU cooperation and improve overall trans-Atlantic relations. We should expect no GOF-generated surprises; the Finns view their Presidency as a continuation of ongoing processes an [...]	2006-06-02 12:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI
06HELSINKI72	FINNISH VIEWS ON JANUARY GAERC [...] (U) European Correspondent Jarno Syrjala said Finland supports nearly all the views outlined in our pre-GAERC demarche (reftel). His other comments of note follow. 2. (C) IRAN: Finland views the cooperation of the EU, the U.S. and, to an increasing extent, Russia as very encouraging. Howe [...]	2006-01-26 12:24:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FI EUN GAERC
06HELSINKI994	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO HELSINKI, OCTOBER [...] Half way through its EU Presidency, Finland has proven to be the behind-the-scenes negotiator we expected rather than the more out-in-front leader we might have preferred. Often valuing consensus above all, the Finns have been unusually content to see the Commission take the lead on many issu [...]	2006-09-28 13:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA SENV ENRG ECON FI
06JAKARTA13217	INDONESIA NON-COMMITTAL ON BELARUS, MATHESON [...] (SBU) On November 15 we met with Harry Purwanto, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for North and Central America, to present demarches on Belarus' anti-U.S. resolutions (ref A) and to solicit support for the candidacy of Michael Matheson to the International Law Commission (ref B). [...]	2006-11-15 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA ILC BO ID
06JAKARTA5705	IRANIAM PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD'S MAY 10 - 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Prior to participating in the D-8 Summit in Bali on May 12 - 13, Iranian President Ahmadinejad will be hosted to a state visit in Jakarta, including meetings with President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Wirajuda as well as meetings with parliamentarians and appearances at univer [...]	2006-05-05 13:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP KISL AORC IR ID
06KATHMANDU2994	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN
06KATHMANDU3050	DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN BO NP
06KIEV1061	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) At a February 27 lunch hosted by Ambassador (that included prominent clergymen, M.P.s, think- tankers and journalists),participants in a recent International Visitors Leadership Program on interfaith dialogue praised the quality of their program. They had been impressed, in particular, [...]	2006-03-17 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI
06KIEV1062	UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]	2006-03-17 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1082	EXBS: Ukraine Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable [...] On October 1, 2004, ExBS Advisor requested that the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) de-obligate fiscal year 2004 ExBS operational funds for use in fiscal year 2005. Despite numerous written and oral requests since then, the funds remain unavaila [...]	2006-03-21 08:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL
06KIEV1162	UKRAINE/BELARUS: GOU STATEMENTS ON BELARUSAN [...] (SBU) On March 24 DCM relayed concerns (ref A) regarding a March 21 MFA statement calling the international isolation of Belarus ineffective (ref B) to MFA Second Territorial Department Deputy Director Ihor Prokopchuk. DCM characterized the March 21 statement by GOU spokesman Filipchuk as unh [...]	2006-03-24 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM
06KIEV1261	UKRAINE ELECTION 2006: WINNERS, LOSERS, TRENDS [...] (C) Summary: While the results of Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary and local elections are not yet final, and negotiations to form a majority Rada coalition have not yet concluded, it is already clear that the elections highlighted a number of winners and losers, as well as trends in Ukraine's deve [...]	2006-03-30 14:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1444	UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...]	2006-04-11 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS 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
06KIEV1913	UKRAINE: FORMER NSDC SECRETARY KINAKH ON [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's May 17 farewell call on outgoing National Secretary and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh, who has resigned in order to take up a seat in the new parliament (Rada),Kinakh detailed Ukrainian thinking on Transnistria, Belarus, and the deteriorating Ukraine- [...]	2006-05-17 15:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
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
06KIEV2068	UKRAINE/GUAM: U.S.-GUAM BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. delegation of EUR DAS Kramer and Vice-Presidential Deputy National Security Adviser Wood met with GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) representatives May 22. GUAM representatives favorably noted strong U.S.-GUAM past and present cooperation. Kramer congratulat [...]	2006-05-30 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG
06KIEV2278	UKRAINE: ENCOURAGING GREATER SUPPORT TO BELARUSAN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting with DFM Khandohiy, U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Krol encouraged Ukraine to develop contacts with Belarus at a level below cabinet minister and suggested that Ukraine could use such contacts to promote more responsible Belarusan government behavior. He also [...]	2006-06-09 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO UP
06KIEV2530	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH [...] (C) In his first meeting with Ambassador Taylor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych criticized President Yushchenko for caving in to USG pressure to spurn Regions and bless the formation of an Orange coalition. The Orange team was deeply divided and may not even be able to get its cand [...]	2006-06-29 17:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS 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
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
06KIEV341	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: [...] (SBU) During Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, the U.S. side raised the year-long inability of the Embassy to dispatch diplomatic pouches by air given a Ukrainian law requiring x-ray inspection. 2. (SBU) As Acting Chair for the U.S. side, EB A/S Tony Wayne noted that the Ukrain [...]	2006-01-26 10:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ADPM ADCO PREL KREC ASEC KRIM UP
06KIEV3552	UKRAINE: A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Moroz told A/S Fried the parliament (Rada) had begun work on remaining WTO legislation, but notably made no predictions about when it would pass. Opposition leader Tymoshenko, on the other hand, expected Yanukovych's government to significantly slow down th [...]	2006-09-18 12:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG EPET UP
06KIEV384	UKRAINE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Below is text requested reftel of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Ukraine. Begin Text: Investment Climate Statement 2006 -- Ukraine A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT When President Yushchenko took office in January 2005, he [...]	2006-01-30 15:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV UP
06KIEV386	UKRAINE: Gas Pipeline Technical Capabilities [...] (SBU) Summary. Post met with Ukrainian technical experts at Naftohaz and UkrTransGaz following the January 1-3 gas shut-off to learn operational aspects of the gas crisis. Interlocutors provided background on the gas system's capabilities and parameters, and in detail described on which lines [...]	2006-01-30 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG RS UP
06KIEV3906	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH ECONOMIC POLICY RECORD MIXED [...] (C) Summary: After eight weeks in power, the Yanukovych government's record on economic policy in a number of areas has not been as bad as some expected, nor as good as others hoped. The conventional wisdom among the foreign business community has swung from "let's give them a chance" to "dej [...]	2006-10-10 16:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV POL PREL 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
06KIEV589	UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION PROVINCIAL SNAPSHOT: [...] (SBU) Summary: The north-central province of Chernihiv offers a snapshot of the changed Ukraine and of the fluid political dynamics between the 2004 Presidential contest and the upcoming March parliamentary (Rada) and local elections. In 2004, Chernihiv witnessed heavy administrative resource [...]	2006-02-14 13:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV593	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR HOLDS CTAG, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin told a G-8(ish: see para 2) Counter-Terrorism Action Group gathering February 13 that he assessed the terrorist threat in Ukraine as low, but the Russian government had some concern over the presence of Chechen separatists on the Crimean pen [...]	2006-02-14 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL
06KIEV641	UKRAINE: REGIONS' BOSS YANUKOVYCH ON WTO, ELECTION [...] (C) Party of Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador on February 15 that Ukraine had to coordinate its WTO entry with Russia and said that President Yushchenko would be making a "huge mistake" if he formed an "Orange Coalition" with ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko before or after the March p [...]	2006-02-16 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON
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
06KIGALI1111	NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER FROM GOR MFA ON BELARUS AND [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affaris Americas Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara did not have an immediate response to talking points (reftels). When pressed on how the USG can ensure its positions are thoroughly communicated to the Rwandan UN delegation, Rutikara said direct lobbying by USUN official [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA IS BO RW
06KUALALUMPUR2112	DEMARCHES ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 07:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN UNHRC MY
06KUWAIT4465	BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] PolCouns delivered demarches in reftels A and B to the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 7 and 8 respectively. Charge d'Affaires delivered demarche in reftel C on November 15. No substative response to the demarches has been received to date. ************************* [...]	2006-11-15 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KU BO
06KYIV4021	UKRAINE: WHO WERE THE FATHERLAND'S DEFENDERS? THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Orthodox feast day of Pokrova (October 14),marked for centuries to honor defenders of the fatherland, occasioned three dueling marches in downtown Kyiv between elderly veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and nationalist supporters on the one hand and Communists [...]	2006-10-18 10:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ASEC UP
06KYIV4305	UKRAINE: LITHUANIAN MFA U/S PAVILIONIS AND A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis and A/S Fried discussed developments in the region and measures needed to address recent Russian assertiveness. Paviolionis said that the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Presidents formed an effective "troika" in working tog [...]	2006-11-17 16:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO UP RS GG TU PL LH
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
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4466	EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]	2006-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO 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
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV4681	UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF [...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]	2006-12-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06LINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06LISBON1572	PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES HUGO CHAVEZ [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Luis Amado to get a readout of Prime Minister Socrates's July 23 meeting with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, which occurred during the latter's refueling stopover at the Lisbon Airport. The Ambassador expressed strong concern about Venezuela's mil [...]	2006-07-28 16:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PO VE
06LJUBLJANA221	SLOVENIA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary Slovenia has long prided itself on its unique relationship with Russia, which lacks most of the political baggage collected by its eastern neighbors during years of Communist repression. While the GOS's policy declaration at the beginning of its mandate in late 2004 specifically [...]	2006-04-12 00:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RU 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
06LJUBLJANA55	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 30 GAERC [...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Peter Grk January 25, 2006. 2. (C) Iran: Grk thought the most important item on the GAERC agenda would be Iran and what the EU-3 would have to say. He said Slovenia hoped the international community would speak with o [...]	2006-01-26 04:55:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
06LJUBLJANA731	SLOVENIA: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Polecon Chief met 9 November with Smiljana Knez, newly returned to the MFA from London and currently head of the Human Rights division of the Office for International Organizations to discuss reftel points. Knez said Slovenia has placed a strong priority in developing a common EU positio [...]	2006-11-13 14:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA SI
06LONDON7822	(C) UK SUPPORTS COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 18:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KTIA UN UK
06LUXEMBOURG599	LUXEMBOURG POSITIONS ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN [...] (C) A/DCM delivered talking points contained reftel to Anne Goedert of the MFA Political Directorate. Goedert confirmed that Luxembourg will vote in favor of all five US-supported resolutions concerning Belarus, Uzbekistan, the DPRK, and Iran. She had been previously unaware of the two resol [...]	2006-11-08 16:33:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL LU
06LUXEMBOURG607	LUXEMBOURG ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 13:43:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL LU
06MADRID1923	SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 27 MEETING WITH FM [...] (C//NF) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre had a wide ranging discussion with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos on July 27, the day after Moratinos, return from the Lebanon Core Group meeting in Rome. Moratinos was very pleased with his treatment by the Secretary during the meeting and especially [...]	2006-07-31 11:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA SP
06MADRID2583	SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...]	2006-10-13 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE
06MADRID2584	SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...]	2006-10-13 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE
06MADRID2869	SPAIN ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel A and B demarches to the MFA Subdirector General for Human Rights Fernando Fernandez-Arias on November 8. Fernandez-Arias said, "You have nothing to worry about from Spain" with respect to these resolutions. He said he thought it was a good strategy to have an up [...]	2006-11-13 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN SP
06MADRID2872	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN ON CHISINAU-MOSCOW [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN RS MD UP SP
06MADRID516	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MANAMA1928	BAHRAIN: COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, Pol/Econ Chief November 14 delivered reftel demarches concerning country specific human rights resolutions at the UNGA Third Committee to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Regarding Ref B demarche requesting Bahra [...]	2006-11-14 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BA ROW HUMRIT
06MAPUTO1501	Mozambique: Country Specific Human Rights [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 05:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON UNGA MZ
06MAPUTO1600	MOZAMBIQUE - DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 08:58:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNAUS UNGA MZ
06MASERU567	LESOTHO: BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador reviewed (ref A) talking points on the Belarus Anti-U.S. Resolution with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Sekatle (Minister of Local Government) on November 15. We discussed the continuing problems of human rights in Belarus and that it was essential that member states suppo [...]	2006-11-15 15:20:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BO LT
06MEXICO6534	DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 21:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA MX IS
06MEXICO7007	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 14:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MX
06MILSK1226	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 24, [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 11:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSI225	ELECTINN OFFICIAL TELLS EUR DAR KRAMER ELECTIONSQ [...] (C) Sumaary: VisiWKkQEUR DAS David Kramer met with Central Election Commissikn (CDC) Secretary Nikolai Lozovik on February 24. Lozovik stressed that Bdlarus, election process is democratic and expressed anger at the OSCE and U.S. for saying otherwise. He also criti`ized the oppoSitiof for co [...]	2006-03-02 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK10	Belarus' Flailing White Elephants [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Ambassador and Emboffs have visited several of Belarus' larger businesses, including its fourth largest company, the Minsk Automobile Factory (MAZ),its fifth largest company, the Belarus Automobile Factory (BelAZ),and Belshina, one of the world's largest tire [...]	2006-01-05 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD ELAB PGOV BO
06MINSK1002	GOB DENIES ACCESS TO KOZULIN, ANONYMOUS LETTER [...] (C) On September 8, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the MFA in response to the Embassy's August 10 request for access to former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin in prison. Charge had traveled to the prison to seek access to Kozulin August 30, but was told that t [...]	2006-09-13 11:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1013	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Chinese Defense Minister Meets with Lukashenko in Minsk (para. 2) - Lukashenko Arrives in Havana for NAM Summit (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY --------- [...]	2006-09-18 08:36:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1018	DAY OF SOLIDARITY EVENT CUT SHORT BY POWER FAILURE [...] (C) Summary: On September 16, youth opposition activists staged a demonstration and concert on the one-year anniversary of the first "Days of Solidarity" event. Despite significant security presence and attempts by the GOB to impede the rally, the demonstration in Minsk attracted approximat [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF ASEC BO
06MINSK1019	UNION STATE STAGNATES ALONG WITH GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite public statements to the contrary, and without knowing the content of the "Constitutional Act," Russia and Belarus still appear far from completing an agreement on a Union State. Before seriously negotiating on the Union State the two still must resolve issues that re-em [...]	2006-09-18 12:58:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK1031	TIP Film Screening Prompts Discussion of GOB's Anti-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief recently hosted a film screening of a U.S.-produced investigative documentary on victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) for independent journalists and leading members of the NGO community. The participants praised the film for its poignant presentation of the gl [...]	2006-09-20 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1036	BORISOV OPPOSITION FACES SEVERE REPRESSION AHEAD [...] (C) Poloffs recently traveled to Borisov to gauge local preparedness and the degree of cooperation of democratic forces ahead of the January 14 municipal elections. Despite blatant surveillance and frequent interruptions by GOB representatives and state media, Borisov's opposition political p [...]	2006-09-21 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC BO
06MINSK1050	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Date Announced for CIS October Summit in Minsk (para. 2) - Belarus' Foreign Minister to Address UNGA (para. 3) - Foreign Ministries of Belarus, Iran [...]	2006-09-27 03:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1055	HRDF POLLING CONTINUES, NEW DISTRIBUTOR SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) This is the third report on implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the fifth of six opinion polls August 15-25 (see septel [...]	2006-09-27 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BO
06MINSK1056	REGIME TIGHTENING ELECTORAL CODE ON EVE OF LOCAL [...] (C) The Belarusian Parliament will review a bill of 60 amendments to the Electoral Code in early October, which if passed, could have a noticeable impact on the process leading up to municipal elections in January 2007. Most of the changes will not be publicized until after signed into law by [...]	2006-09-27 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK106	WOMEN,S POLITICAL WILL IS STRONG BUT UNDERUTILIZED [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, DCM met with Belarusian Organization of Working Women (BOWW) representative to discuss the political mood of women on the eve of the presidential elections, BOWW's strategy to support the opposition candidates and the organization's future projects for the post-elec [...]	2006-02-03 07:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK1060	THE HARD LIFE AND TIMES OF BELARUSIAN THINK TANKS [...] (C) Leaders of the most prominent independent analytical centers in Belarus recently detailed how a continuing campaign of repression by the Lukashenko regime has caused many of their organizations to formally disband. Despite the pressure, think tank leaders continue working to try to inform [...]	2006-09-28 10:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1061	OPPOSITION COALITION SPLITTING AT THE SEAMS [...] (C) On September 25, several key parties within the United Democratic Forces (UDF) announced the formation of an independent &executive body8 to coordinate plans for the January 2007 municipal elections. In response to this latest development, UDF leader Aleksandr Milinkevich has stated in u [...]	2006-09-28 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1062	OPPOSITION LEADERS ADMIT DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, [...] (C) Charge met separately September 29 at the Embassy with Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) leaders Vintsuk Vyachorka and Anatoliy Lebedko to discuss the state of the united opposition (ref A). Both Vyachorka and Lebedko stated that while as before there were differences of opinion, the coal [...]	2006-09-29 09:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1074	BELARUSIAN YOUTH ACTIVELY WORKING, JUST NOT [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian youth groups have redirected their attention away from post-election stagnation to resuming activities to bring about change in Belarus. Some are actively preparing for the January 2007 local elections, while others are focusing on distributing information, providing [...]	2006-10-03 10:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1075	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 03, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Discusses Union State Agenda with Borodin (para. 2) - China's Ambassador Calls Belarus A Friend and Partner (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -- [...]	2006-10-03 11:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1079	LUKASHENKO FIELDS SOFTBALLS FROM RUSSIAN MEDIA, [...] (C) In an extensively covered lengthy press conference with selected visiting Russian journalists, President Lukashenko laid all the blame for the latest delay in Belarusian-Russian integration at the doorstep of the Kremlin. On the other hand, he claimed an affinity for Russia, told the audi [...]	2006-10-03 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO

06MINSK108	Minsk Election Weekly VII (January 28-February 3) [...] This is the seventh in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------- Signature Results ----------------- 2. After a month of signature collection, the CEC announced the following [...]	2006-02-03 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1081	BELARUS TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] Responses keyed to paragraph 11 of reftel: A. Only one trade agency, State, is represented at Post. B. Contact person: Nathan Lane, Deputy Political/Economic Section Chief lanenp@state.gov tel. (375-17) 210-1283 ext. 4434 fax (375-17) 234-78-53 Backup Dmitriy Semenov, Political/Ec [...]	2006-10-04 12:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD BO
06MINSK1084	NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA [...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]	2006-10-05 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1099	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 06, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Milinkevich as Campaign Aide for Local Candidates (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Opposition Activist Jailed for 2005 Bombings in Vitebsk (para. 3) - Opposition, [...]	2006-10-06 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB KHIV BO
06MINSK11	Minsk Election Weekly III (December 31 - January 6) [...] This is the third in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------- The Campaigns ------------- 2. Expelled BSU Students Not For Kozulin Independent online news source Charter 97 post [...]	2006-01-05 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1102	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 9 with Belarusian Foreign Minister Martynov to present him with copies of the letter of recall for her predecessor and her letters of credence. Martynov welcomed the Ambassador, and made his usual comments about the nature of the relationship Belarus wants to hav [...]	2006-10-11 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1109	AMBASSADOR REINFORCES UNITY MESSAGE TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) On October 11, Ambassador met with three senior leaders of the United Democratic Forces (UDF) opposition coalition: Belarusian Party of Communists leader Sergey Kalyakin, United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko, and Belarusian Popular Front Vintsuk Vyachorka. UDF leader Aleksandr Mil [...]	2006-10-13 14:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1110	REGIME FINGERS OPPOSITION ACTIVIST FOR 2005 [...] (C) On October 5, Belarusian law enforcement authorities arrested prominent youth opposition leader Pavel Krasovskiy on suspected involvement in two bombings in 2005 that injured approximately 50 people in northeastern Belarus. If formally charged and found guilty, Krasovskiy could face the de [...]	2006-10-13 14:29:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1116	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 16, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Opposition Parties Agree on Campaign Cooperation (para. 2) - Authorities Approves Election Deadlines, Restrict Media (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Lower Chamber [...]	2006-10-17 03:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1117	INDEPENDENT POLLING: MILINKEVICH SUPPORT RATINGS DECLINE [...] Summary: Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev September 25 gave Poloff results of his fifth post election survey conducted in August. Opposition coalition presidential candidate Milinkevich's support rating dropped 8.8 points since March to 11.6%, whereas President Lukashenko's support rati [...]	2006-10-17 04:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1119	BELARUSIAN RELGIOUS LEADERS SHARE THEIR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) As her first official event at her residence, Ambassador hosted a breakfast for leaders of various religious communities in Minsk and visiting EUR/UMB deskoff. While the representative of the GOB-sympathetic Catholic Church was hesitant to air his concerns openly, the Protestant and Hare [...]	2006-10-18 06:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1123	"16" NOT SO SWEET: DAYS OF SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN [...] (C) September 16, 2006 marked the first anniversary of the "Days of Solidarity" opposition campaign in Belarus. Planned as a series of monthly candle-lighting ceremonies on the 16th of each month honoring the memories of disappeared opponents of the Lukashenko regime, the campaign evolved into [...]	2006-10-18 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1136	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER RECONSIDERS HIS ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Authorities conditionally released youth opposition activist Pavel Krasovskiy from police custody on October 15, following 10 days of questioning in connection with two 2005 Vitebsk bombings and a 1999 murder and rape case. After strong words of support from Ambassador, Krasovskiy admitte [...]	2006-10-20 13:36:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1141	MILINKEVICH PROMOTES HIS OWN MOVEMENT IN MEETING [...] (C) On October 20, Ambassador met with opposition coalition leader Milinkevich to discuss the status of the United Democratic Forces (UDF). Milinkevich stressed that the coalition was generally united despite internal disagreements on strategy, a second coalition congress, and UDF leadership. [...]	2006-10-24 13:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1142	HOSIERY, HYPERMARKETS AND HOT RODS; ECONOMIC [...] (C) The first-time visitor to Minsk will quickly notice pockets of conspicuous consumption belying tour book descriptions of Belarus as a museum of all things Soviet. On the road from the airport one will pass new multi-story dachas, a Porsche dealership and a billboard advertising designer l [...]	2006-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1143	PROTESTANTS PREPARED TO "FIGHT UNTIL THE END" TO [...] (SBU) On October 21, approximately 600 people gathered in Minsk to protest the GOB's confiscation of the New Life Church's (NLC) property. Amidst heavy security presence, NLC Senior Pastor Vyacheslav Goncharenko called on the people to defend their right to freedom of religion. On October 17 [...]	2006-10-24 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK1144	TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR INSULTING LUKASHENKO [...] (SBU) In a politically motivated trial observed by Poloff, a Minsk court sentenced a 60-year-old human rights activist Yekaterina Sadovskaya to two years in prison for allegedly insulting President Lukashenko by demanding he be subjected to a mental examination. The court also fined her USD [...]	2006-10-25 04:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1149	LOCAL ELECTION PROCESS DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING FOR [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Central Election Committee (CEC) approved a calendar of the process for the January 14, 2007 local council elections, listing the dates territorial election commissions are to be formed, the time period for nominees to gather signatures( and the date marking the beginning [...]	2006-10-27 05:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1157	COALITION LEADERS SETTLE ON HOLDING SECOND [...] (C) The United Democratic Forces (UDF) Political Council recently agreed to convene a second congress of democratic forces on March 25, 2007. The dec)sion was included in th% Political CounciX's approved "Agreement on the UDF Political Campaign" that also called for the creation of a Political [...]	2006-10-31 05:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1159	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...]	2006-10-31 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1162	U.S.-EU AMBASSADORS PRESS FOR ACCESS TO OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) On October 30, Ambassador and EU Heads of Mission in Minsk continued their assertive and collaborative approach to spotlighting the Lukashenko regime's politically motivated imprisonments by coordinating their attempts to gain access to the criminal trial against Dmitriy Dashkevich, the [...]	2006-11-01 03:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1164	SATISFYING THE MARKET IN A STATE-DOMINATED ECONOMY [...] (C) Profitable Belarusian businesses, even if they are completely privately owned, must respond in large part to the dictates of the state. This is especially true when private companies try to compete in the same markets with state-owned enterprises. The complex business environment, which e [...]	2006-11-01 09:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1166	OPPOSITION YOUTH LEADER RECEIVES 18 MONTHS [...] (SBU) On November 1, Judge Alla Bulash convicted Dmitriy Dashkevich, the leader of the opposition youth organization Malady Front, for allegedly operating an unregistered organization (reftel). In a courtroom opened to Dashkevich's father, international observers and a small number of indepe [...]	2006-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK117	MFA Wants Positive WTO Answer Now [...] (U) On February 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Mikhnevich called Ambassador to the MFA to complain again about the U.S., EU and the WTO. Also present were Anton Kudasov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Directorate of Foreign Trade, Sergey Gulevich, Deputy Head of the MFA's Division of Forei [...]	2006-02-06 10:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV USTR BO
06MINSK1174	U.S.-EU AMBASSADORQ SHOW SUPPORT FOR CHURCH UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EU Heads of Mission recently visited the embattled New Life Church (NLC) to show their support for religious freedom in Belarus. The NLC ended its 23-day hunger strike on October 29 after the Supreme Economic Court agreed to review the church's appeal of the forced [...]	2006-11-03 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF BO
06MINSK1179	GOB'S EGO OUTSTRIPS ACTIONS IN ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) The GOB and the International Organization for Migration recently co-hosted an international conference that sought to bolster cooperation between source and destination countries in the battle against trafficking in persons (TIP). At the conference, GOB officials stressed the importance [...]	2006-11-09 05:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BO
06MINSK1184	LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE? [...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]	2006-11-09 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1187	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 9, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This edition includes events thru the November 6- 7 Revolution Day holiday. The next edition will cover items thru November 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. and EU Ambassa [...]	2006-11-09 13:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1188	BELARUS NOT DOING WHAT IS NEEDED TO PREVENT GSP [...] (C) On October 12, the European Commission (EC) postponed its decision to suspend the General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus, giving Belarus more time to implement the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations to improve labor rights (ref A). According to some estim [...]	2006-11-13 09:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1192	REGIONAL ACTIVISTS CONFIRM: BELARUSIANS ARE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and Emboffs recently traveled to Polotsk and Baranovichi in introductory visits with local authorities, opposition activists, and entrepreneurs. Opposition activists and journalists in both communities openly described the repression they face, but continue to cooperate toge [...]	2006-11-14 07:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1204	HUNGER-STRIKING KOZULIN DENIED FAMILY CONTACT [...] (C) At a recent opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) press conference held in support of imprisoned BSDP chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's wife discussed how authorities repeatedly denied her husband family contact and legal counsel [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1207	AMBASSADOR VISITS VANDALIZED HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL [...] (C) Ambassador visited Minsk's Yama Holocaust Memorial and two other related sites on November 15. The Yama site had been vandalized on November 11, when unknown persons drew a swastika on the memorial's main monument, splashed white paint on bronze statues, and left leaflets signed by the "B [...]	2006-11-20 13:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KIRF BO
06MINSK121	P5+2 Statement on Iran [...] On February 6, Econoff delivered ref A points and statement to Igor Ugorich of the MFA's Department of International Security and Arms Control. Ugorich received the information without comment. Econoff stressed that, given recent statements of intent for Belarus and Iran to cooperate on nuclea [...]	2006-02-07 06:58:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL IR BO
06MINSK1212	BELARUSIAN ECONOMIC FUTURE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Belarus' current trend of robust GDP growth faces numerous challenges. The so-called economic miracle rests largely on Russian subsidies, with the government failing to harness the windfall to prepare for its seemingly inevitable end. Russia's preparations to join the WTO threatEn toQ ha [...]	2006-11-24 06:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1213	HUNGER-STRIKING KOZULIN DENIED FAMILY CONTACT [...] (C) At a recent opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) press conference held in support of imprisoned BSDP chair and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Kozulin's wife discussed how authorities repeatedly denied her husband family contact and legal counsel [...]	2006-11-24 10:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1220	MINSK FORUM: BITING THE HAND THAT PATS YOUR BACK? [...] (C) November 9-11 witnessed the Minsk Fgrum, an annual German-sponsored conference designed to be a platform for open dialogue. The GOB's denial of visas to at least eight would-be attendees overshadowed the substance of the conference. The row highlights the hazards of attempting even seemi [...]	2006-11-24 14:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK1221	POLITICAL PARTY DEPUTIES POINT FINGERS WHILE [...] (C) Ambassador on November 17 met with deputy leaders of pro-democratic political parties to gauge the unity within the coalition and the progress in the local council elections. The deputy leaders reported a small victory in receiving registration for most of their initiative groups, althoug [...]	2006-11-24 14:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1222	FREED MP CALLS FOR SHADOW GOVERNMENT, UNSC DEBATE [...] (C) Ambassador recently met with former opposition MP and political prisoner Sergey Skrebets following his release on amnesty. While Skrebets described the prison conditions he and fellow hunger striking political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin faced as somewhat better than the general prison po [...]	2006-11-24 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PFOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1225	INDEPENDENT POLLING REPORTS INCREASE IN INDEPENDENT RADIO [...] Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev November 21 gave Ambassador the results of his sixth and final post election survey. According to his results, both the amount of Belarusians who listen to foreign radio broadcasts and who use the internet continue to increase. Support ratings decreased s [...]	2006-11-29 11:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1226	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 24, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LUKASHENKO PRESS CONFERENCE --------------------------- - Lukashenko Admits GOB Falsified Presidential Vote (para. 2) - Lukashenko Explains Reasons for "Last Dictator" (para. 3) INTERNATIONAL RELA [...]	2006-11-29 11:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1227	HRDF POLLING ENDS, NEW DISTRIBUTOR SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) This is the fourth report on the implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the sixph and final opinion poll in November (see s [...]	2006-11-29 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BO
06MINSK1231	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK: GAS PRICE TO INCREASE [...] (C) During an introductory courtesy call, Ambassador was told by her Russian counterpart that the price of natural gas will be going up "right away" and that the Belarusian opposition was still in early stages of development. Russian Ambassador Surikov also noted that efforts continue behind [...]	2006-11-30 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PINR BO RS
06MINSK1234	LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] (C) Belarus' rocky relationship with Russia has forced the isolated country to pursue a different course in its foreign policy. The GOB has ratcheted up its efforts to strengthen ties with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and China over the past year. Belarus is attempting to div [...]	2006-12-01 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06MINSK1235	LUKASHENKO ADMITS RIGGING ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Lukashenko admitted during a press conference with Ukrainian journalists in Minsk that he rigged the March 2006 presidential electionq. Lukashenko claimed that the GOB deliberately understated the official vote tally to satisfy European Q 9QI9M9 The dictator also criticized Ru [...]	2006-12-01 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1241	LOCAL COUNCIL DEPUTIES FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) Pro-democratic local council deputies from the regions of Belarus claimed to have high public support within their districts but doubted it would be enough to win re-election in what they predict will be fraudulent local council elections in January. Deputies informed Ambassador that GO [...]	2006-12-04 08:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1244	LUKASHENKO FOCUSES ON ENERGY SECURITY DURING CIS [...] (SBU) On November 28, Minsk hosted the CIS Heads of State summit. Although the agenda called for discussions on CIS reform and other issues, few agreements were reached. Lukashenko used the summit to negotiate with Russian President Putin on gas prices and the fate of Belarus' pipeline Beltra [...]	2006-12-05 12:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1245	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 4, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Meets Bush, Faces Two Months in Jail (para. 2) - Union of Left-wing Parties Favors Election Boycott (para. 3) - Youth Activists Attempt to Demonstrate Durin [...]	2006-12-05 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1248	KOZULINA APPROACHES AMBASSADOR TO HELP END [...] (C) Ambassador recently meet with Irina Kozulina, wife of hunger striking imprisoned former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Kozulina relayed to Ambassador Kozulin's request that the U.S. raise the GOB's human rights violations at the UN Security Council. She also asked t [...]	2006-12-05 13:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1252	LEFTIST PARTIES POISED TO BOYCOTT LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Leftist opposition parties Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) and Belarusian Social Democratic Party (BSDP) "Gramada" intend to boycott the January 2007 local elections on the grounds that participating in a rigged process is pointless. A senior BPC member admitted to Pol/Econ Chief th [...]	2006-12-06 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK1255	BELARUS: LIBETDACT [...] Summary: The GO is building economic ties with Cuba, strongly spports the Cuban government, and has no interest n promoting democracy, the protection of human rigts or free market reform. End summary. Belarsian-Cuban Investment, Trade and Exchanges ------------------------------------------ [...]	2006-12-07 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
06MINSK1259	STROYENERGO PROPOSAL ON OPIC CLAIM [...] (SBU) Post has no derogatory information on Stroyenergo. However, judging by some of the contracts it has received, Stroyenergo, like many large construction firms, apparently enjoys a close relationship with the Belarusian government. Given such a relationship, it is quite likely the letter fr [...]	2006-12-08 11:27:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BO
06MINSK1270	Prison Cannot Stop Pro-Democratic Activists [...] (C) Former political prisoners and the friends and family of opposition activists currently in jail gathered December 7 at Ambassador's residence. The event marked the second occasion in recent months that the Embassy has hosted a reception for these champions of democracy. The attendees desc [...]	2006-12-12 12:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1272	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 8, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Nomination Stage in Local Elections Over (para. 2) - Ten Members of BPC Withdraw From Local Elections (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Urges G8 Leaders [...]	2006-12-12 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1273	OPPOSITION UNITED ON KOZULIN, DIVIDED ON [...] (C) Through a series of demonstrations on World Human Rights Day (December 10),the Belarusian democratic forces demonstrated unity in supporting hunger striking imprisoned former opposition candidate Aleksandr Kozulin. Opposition leaders also expressed gratitude for Congress' recent passage [...]	2006-12-13 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1276	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER FENDS OFF JAIL SENTENCE [...] (C) A Minsk judge suspended indefinitely the trial of opposition party leader Anatoliy Lebedko, whom authorities had charged with "minor hooliganism" for his participation in a December 10 World Human Rights Day demonstration, for lack of credible evidence. During his spirited self-defense, [...]	2006-12-14 09:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1278	KOZULIN ENDS HUNGER STRIKE, GRATEFUL TO USG [...] (C) On December 13, Irina Kozudina, wife of imprisoned former opposition Belarusian Social Democratic Party "Gramada" (BSDP) Chair and presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, confirmed to Charge that her husband ended the hunger strike that he began on October 20 in protest of the start of [...]	2006-12-14 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1283	LUKASHENKO, UNDER RUSSIAN PRESSURE, TRIES TO SHORE [...] (C) News Russia would begin charging full export duties on oil shipments to Belarus effective January 1 caught Lukashenko off guard, necessitating a hastily planned December 15 visit to Moscow. Although the GOB has downplayed the significance of the decision, the imposition of 100 percent of [...]	2006-12-15 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET BO RS
06MINSK1290	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 15, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko, Putin Meet in Moscow (para. 2) - Sudanese Foreign Minister to Visit (para. 3) - Chinese Military Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 4) [...]	2006-12-19 05:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1294	MFA CRITICIZES RAISING BELARUS AT UNSC, FEARS [...] (C) On December 20, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Department Grigoriy Lyashuk presented Ambassador Belarus' concerns regarding possible sanctions resulting from the passage of the Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act and the United State's use of the UN Security Council to raise the i [...]	2006-12-20 14:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM BO
06MINSK1299	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-22 07:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1301	LETTER FROM KOZULIN'S WIFE TO USG, AMERICAN PEOPLE [...] The following is an unofficial trAnslation of a letter from Irina Kozulina, wife of Belarus' imprisonedformer opposition presidential candidate AlekSandr Kozulin. Post will send the original leTter, received December 21, via pouch to EUR/UMB. 2. Begin text: Tothe United States GoverNment [...]	2006-12-22 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK1307	COURT UPHOLDS FIRING OF ELECTION MONITORING [...] (C) A Minsk court recently upheld a university's decision to fire a professor who had served as an independent election observer during Belarus' fraudulent March 2006 presidential elections. The university's case against reinstatement rested upon hearsay witnesses and threats of criminal inv [...]	2006-12-27 13:00:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK131	40 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY: PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: With presidential elections only a month and a half away, the campaign "process" is well underway, but more in form than substance. Incumbent President Lukashenko, 10 Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, former Belarusian State University rector Anatoly Kozulin, and pro-L [...]	2006-02-08 09:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK1314	GOT CAS? THE COLD WAR BETWEEJ BELARUS AND GAZPROM [...] (C) NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW OVER GAS PRICES AND A RUSSIAN STAKE IN BELTRANSGAZ CONTINUE DOWN TO THE WIRE, WITH BOTH SIDES RATCHETING UP THE RHETORIC. GHILE THE EXACT TERMR AND TIMING OF A FINAL DEAL REMAIN UNCERTAIN, IT APPEARS *-QM!Q9-=WILL FINALLY CONC%DE A STAKE IN @ELTRANSG!Z IN RETURN DOR [...]	2006-12-29 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL BO RS
06MINSK1315	MINSK EAC DISCUSSES POSSIBLE INTERRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) Charge convened post's Emergency Action Committee December 28. In attendance were A/DCM, A/POL/ECON chief, RSO, CONS, GSO, IMO, ITO, A/DCM, CLO, MSG DET Commander, USAID and A/PAO. 2. (SBU) The EAC met to discuss the continuing dispute and negotiations between Gazprom and the Gover [...]	2006-12-29 11:15:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	ASEC CASC AMGT ENRG BO
06MINSK1317	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 29, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT ---------------------------------- - Russian Bank Acquires Belvneshekonombank (para. 2) ELECTIONS --------- - Lebedko Denied Permission to Meet With Voters (p [...]	2006-12-29 13:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK132	PARTNERSHIP ANONYMOUSLY REPORTS FIRST ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite potentially facing criminal charges for reporting any information that may discredit Belarus, civil initiative Partnership anonymously sent via email a report detailing the results of the first phase of its long-term election observation. The report, which covers January [...]	2006-02-08 09:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK138	OPPOSITION DENIED PARTICIPATION IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: On December 30, the Central Election Committee announced the results of the territorial (regional and municipal) commission nomination process. Out of the 2,124 members, only one was a representative of the opposition, despite the dozens of nominations opposition parties submitt [...]	2006-02-10 06:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK141	Belarusian Athletes to Win, If They Know What Is Good For [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, Belarus' chief Olympic coach Aleksandr Popov announced the names of athletes who would attend the Turin Olympic Games. Athletes in the past have suffered from stress-related illnesses or left the country altogether because of government pressure to win. Aleksei A [...]	2006-02-10 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK147	Analyzing Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: Trade figures for the first nine months of 2005 show a strong increase in Belarusian imports and exports, leading to a shrinking trade deficit. Russia remained by far Belarus' largest trading partner, accounting for 48% of trade. However, trade with Russia fell in both relative [...]	2006-02-13 09:29:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK148	Suspicious Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]	2006-02-13 10:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK149	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 10, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Officer Punished For Illegal Seizure On February 9, the district prosecutor in Svetlagorsk disciplined a police officer for illegally seizing equipment and print material f [...]	2006-02-13 11:00:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK152	Belarus Getting Sicker [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Lukashenko's "Third Way Economic Miracle," the Belarusian population is now sicker, dies earlier and has fewer children than during the late Soviet period. Doctors at the CitiHope NGO recently passed to Econoff a report they drafted chronicling the systematic worsening o [...]	2006-02-14 08:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TBIO ENRG MNUC SENV BO
06MINSK154	Minsk Election Weekly VIII (February 3-February 10) [...] This is the eighth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. --------------------------- Signatures and Registration --------------------------- 2. Grodno Commissions Reject Milinkevich's Sig [...]	2006-02-14 08:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK162	GOB Ready to Cooperate to Fight TIP [...] (U) In a surprisingly cooperative gesture, GOB officials willingly shared information on the GOB's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in an informal setting on February 10. DCM invited representatives from local NGO's and international organizations as well as GOB officials from t [...]	2006-02-15 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK17	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Independant Pollster Warned for Illegal Polling On December 30, the Prosecutor General's office issued a warning to head of the Independent Institute of Social, Economic an [...]	2006-01-10 09:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK172	FORMER OPPOSITION MP SKREBETS CONVICTED [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, the Supreme Court of Belarus convicted former Respublika MP Sergey Skrebets to 30 months in prison for allegedly obtaining bank loans through fraud. He was acquitted on charges of bribery and conducting illegal business activity. The nine months he spent in pre-tri [...]	2006-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK173	STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN [...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]	2006-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK174	BELARUS AND THE ELECTIONS ACCORDING TO 2001 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with former trade union leader and 2001 &single8 opposition presidential candidate Vladimir Goncharik to discuss the current political and economic environment in Belarus. Goncharik noted Belarus, worsening political and economic situation and Belarusians, [...]	2006-02-16 14:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK178	Minsk Election Weekly IX (February 11 - February 17) [...] This is the ninth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. Post will report on the February 17 registration of candidates process in septel. --------------------- Campaign Preparations --------- [...]	2006-02-17 15:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK179	DEMONSTRATION PEACEFULLY DISBURSED, SOME ARRESTS [...] (C) At 1800 on February 16, opposition groups Zubr and Charter 97 organized a peaceful demonstration on October Square as part of the Day of Solidarity campaign to encourage public support for the families of the disappeared figures and for overall democratic change in Belarus. Poloffs, who o [...]	2006-02-17 15:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK183	PARTNERSHIP NGO RELEASES SECOND ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite potentially facing criminal charges for reporting any information that may discredit Belarus, election monitoring NGO Partnership anonymously sent via email its second observation report on the elections. Similar to the first report Post received (Ref A),the second report [...]	2006-02-21 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK184	State Media Focuses only on Lukashenko [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) monitored Belarusian media coverage of the March presidential elections from 28 January to 10 February. BAJ found that state media focused almost exclusively on Lukashenko, portraying him in a positive light. For the most part, st [...]	2006-02-21 12:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK185	YOUTH GROUPS COMMITTED TO DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: While many youth remain reluctant to wander far from President Lukashenko's camp of supporters, some Belarusian youth groups are actively participating in a number of civic initiatives and/or directly supporting opposition candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin in [...]	2006-02-21 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK191	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES BEGIN THEIR CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Central Election Committee (CEC) registered President Aleksandr Lukashenko, 10 Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, former rector of Belarusian State University Aleksandr Kozulin, and leader of the Libera Democratic Party Sergey Gaidukevich as officialpres [...]	2006-02-22 15:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK192	BKGB ARRESTS ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) On February 21, BKGB officers arrested four pro-democracy activists, Partnership leaders Nikolay Astreyka and Enira Bronitskaya, NDI employee Aleksandr Shalaika (strictly protect),and Timofei Dranchuk, aide to imprisoned opposition member Andrei Klimov. They arrested the first, Dranchuk, [...]	2006-02-22 15:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK195	Belarus Special 301 Review [...] Summary and recommendation: Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2006. Little has changed since Post's 2005 Special 301 input (ref B). Pirated optical media remains the norm, being readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores, and enfo [...]	2006-02-23 05:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BO
06MINSK200	Minsk Election Weekly X (February 18 - February 24) [...] This is the tenth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------------- Candidates Get Air Time ----------------------- 2. As per the law, state television and radio scheduled ai [...]	2006-02-24 07:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK205	BKGB SPREADING FEAR [...] (C) Summary: The BKGB continues to hold, but has not yet charged, the four activists it arrested on February 21 (ref A). Authorities have until 2100 on February 24 to decide whether to release or continue holding the group. The GOB then has two months, with the possibility of extensions, to [...]	2006-02-24 15:33:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK208	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 24, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Jailed Businessman Now a Fugitive On February 9, businessman Nikolai Avtukhovich who is facing tax evasion charges disappeared from house arrest in Grodno on the first day [...]	2006-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK21	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK22	TAIWAN CLOSES MISSION AS MINSK SUPPORTS BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan is closing its small trade mission in Belarus, as Minsk grows ever closer to Beijing. In recent months the mission has had no access to GOB officials, but has received requests for help from some in the opposition. The mission never succeeded in its main tasks, promoting p [...]	2006-01-11 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TW BO
06MINSK222	DAS KRAMER V. MFA, ROUND II [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS Kramer met on February 23 with MFA America's Desk head Maksim Ryzhenkov. The MFA at the last minute cancelled a higher-level meeting because Kramer refused to allow the GOB to control his schedule. The meeting itself was cordial, despite the repeated accusations [...]	2006-03-02 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK223	OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAQ CANDIDATE BEATEN AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 12:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK224	BKGB CLAIMS OPPOSITION COUP ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko on March 1 claimed his organization had foiled opposition plans to detonate a bomb during a demonstration on Election Day, resulting in a bloody coup that would ¶lyze8 Belarus. Sukhorenko accused the unregistered election monitoring NGO [...]	2006-03-02 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM
06MINSK225	ELECTION OFFICIAL TELLS EUR DAS KRAEER ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PRED
06MINSK232	EUR DAS KRAMER MEETS ANALYSTS, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia,s change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK233	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE RELEASED FROM DETENTION, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK234	DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH MILINKEVICH [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with deputy campaign managers of the single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team Victor Korneyenko and Aleksandr Dobrovolsky. Korneyenko confirmed Milinkevich's plan to hold a rally on March 2, the same day as Presid [...]	2006-03-07 15:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK238	Harassment of Opposition Intensifies [...] In recent weeks authorities have greatly accelerated their petty harassment of opposition activists, leading up to the March 19 presidential elections. Police throughout the country are detaining Milinkevich activists, usually releasing them without charge after three hours, and seizing their [...]	2006-03-11 09:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO

06MINSK25	Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not [...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]	2006-01-12 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK252	Minsk Election Weekly XII (March 6-March 10) [...] This is the twelfth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------------- Repression and Harassment ------------------------- 2. Milinkevich Activists Sentenced to Jail On Mar [...]	2006-03-14 08:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK255	Opposition and Police Face Off at Peaceful Rally [...] Summary: On March 2 at 1800 opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich held an election rally in downtown Minsk. The rally attracted an estimated 3,000 participants. Although the event was peaceful and there were no arrests, security services prevented anyone from entering the square where th [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK256	Trustbank Profits Soar Despite USG Sanctions (C-NE5-00153) [...] On February 28, a spokesman for Belarus' Trustbank (formerly known as Infobank) told the press his bank's profits in January were 6.1 times higher than a year previously, reaching BYR 92.3 million [USD 43,000] that month. Trustbank's gross assets rose 6.2% in January to BYR 156.9 billion [USD [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PINR EINV ETRD PREL BO
06MINSK258	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:42:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK259	Meeting Voters Illegal in Belarus [...] (U) Summary: In the past week authorities have arrested and jailed or fined several Milinkevich activists, including senior campaign deputies Anatoly Lebedko (fined USD 721) and Vintsuk Vyachorka (sentenced to 15-days in jail),as well as ten other activists each sentenced to 15-days in jail. [...]	2006-03-14 09:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK260	Trustbank Profits Soar Despite USG Sanctions (C-NE5-00153) [...] On February 28, a spokesman for Belarus' Trustbank (formerly known as Infobank) told the press his bank's profits in January were 6.1 times higher than a year previously, reaching BYR 92.3 million [USD 43,000] that month. Trustbank's gross assets rose 6.2% in January to BYR 156.9 billion [USD [...]	2006-03-14 09:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PINR EINV ETRD PREL BO
06MINSK261	Opposition and Police Face Off at Peaceful Rally [...] Summary: On March 2 at 1800 opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich held an election rally in downtown Minsk. The rally attracted an estimated 3,000 participants. Although the event was peaceful and there were no arrests, security services prevented anyone from entering the square where th [...]	2006-03-14 09:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK262	Harassment of Opposition Intensifies [...] In recent weeks authorities have greatly accelerated their petty harassment of opposition activists, leading up to the March 19 presidential elections. Police throughout the country are detaining Milinkevich activists, usually releasing them without charge after three hours, and seizing their [...]	2006-03-14 09:44:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK264	Kozulin Continues With Campaign, More Violence [...] (C) Summary: Campaign managers for presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Aleksei Korol and Oleg Volchek met with Poloffs on March 6 following Kozulin's March 2 beating at the hands of security forces. Although charged with hooliganism, Kozulin has continued with his campaign and his manag [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK265	CEC Secretary on Early Voting and Problems with [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with Central Election Commission (CEC) Secretary Nikolai Lozovik on March 9. Lozovik at first explained Belarus' early voting process and answered questions concerning the censoring of opposition candidate television speeches and the March 2 beating of a candidate at [...]	2006-03-14 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK266	EUR DAS Kramer Meets Analysts, Civil Society [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia's change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-14 13:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK267	Minsk Election Weekly XII (March 6-March 10) [...] This is the twelfth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ------------------------- Repression and Harassment ------------------------- 2. Milinkevich Activists Sentenced to Jail On Mar [...]	2006-03-14 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK268	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 10, 2006 [...] Refrigerator and freezer inventories increased 127 percent in January to 20,000 units. Tire inventories increased 29.7 percent to 28,000 units, chemical fiber inventories increased 20.3 percent to 20,700 tons, and television inventories increased 280 percent to 98,000 units. Meanwhile, truck [...]	2006-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK269	Opposition Candidate Released From Detention, [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was released from October Police Station between 1700 and 1800 local time (ref A). Following his release, Kozulin, his wife, and several members of Kozulin's political party went to the site of opposition candidate A [...]	2006-03-14 13:53:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK270	Milinkevich Team Discusses Campaign Activities [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, Victor Kornyenko, deputy campaign manager for Ten Plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, provided for P/E Chief an overview of the campaign team's plans ahead of the March 19 elections. Commenting on the March 2 rally near Freedom Square, Kornye [...]	2006-03-14 13:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK274	DAS Kramer Discusses Elections with Milinkevich [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, EUR DAS David Kramer met with deputy campaign managers of the single opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's campaign team Victor Korneyenko and Aleksandr Dobrovolsky. Korneyenko confirmed Milinkevich's plan to hold a rally on March 2, the same day as Presid [...]	2006-03-15 10:09:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK275	DAS Kramer Discusses Elections with Kozulin's [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer met with opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin and his campaign team during his recent trip to Belarus. Kozulin claimed the authorities are afraid and are working to increase the level of fear among the population. Kramer underscored the need [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK276	Milinkevich Holds Three Meeting With GOB [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs on March 12 observed three of 10+ Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's meetings with voters in Minsk. Milinkevich's messages in all three gatherings focused on "stability should not equal stagnation," "the elections will not be free and fair," and "vote against sel [...]	2006-03-15 10:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK277	Can't Sell Those Belarusian Goods [...] Summary: Many Belarusian companies, especially those owned by the state (which controls 80% of economic activity),are having problems selling the goods they produce. In February Belarusian warehouses were holding goods totaling 52.9% of average monthly production, worth over USD one billion. [...]	2006-03-15 12:07:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK278	Belarus Buying Indian SU-30s [...] (SBU) In February a number of Indian and Russian press sources announced that Belarus was intending to buy 18 used Sukhoi SU-30 aircraft from India. According to these press reports, India acquired a number of SU-30K fighters in 1997-1998, but is now modernizing its air force. Belarus theref [...]	2006-03-16 11:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC BO
06MINSK279	Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent [...] (SBU) Summary: The Smolensk Printing Plant annulled its contracts with independent newspapers Narodnaya Volya (NV),BDG Gazeta, and the democratic Communist Party of Belarus' Tovarishch on March 13, citing an overwhelming workload. The plant director later stated that the annulments were due [...]	2006-03-16 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK28	LUKASHENKO FEARS WEAK OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Political analyst Valeriy Karbalevich explained that Lukashenko fears the opposition, even though the opposition poses no real threat in the March elections. Lukashenko, perhaps believing his regime's own propaganda, seemingly has not decided whether to allow his two main oppositi [...]	2006-01-13 11:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK281	BKGB Claims USG Terrorism on Election Day [...] At 1100 local on March 16, chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko held a press conference to claim the BKGB had uncovered a plot by the Belarusian opposition, funded and organized by Georgia and the United States, to bomb four schools on Election Day (March 19) as part of a coup against Lukashe [...]	2006-03-16 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM CASC BO
06MINSK282	Milinkevich Campaign Manager Discusses Last-Minute [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Sergey Kalyakin, campaign manager for Ten Plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, provided Pol/Econ Chief an assessment of the candidate's campaign rallies leading up to the March 19 elections. Kalyakin stressed Milinkevich and the campaign team [...]	2006-03-17 07:56:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK285	Lukashenko Leads February Poll [...] (SBU) Summary: In a poll conducted just before the presidential campaign began, Lukashenko dominated the field and most Belarusians relied on state media for information. Still, despite lack of access and constant pro- Lukashenko/anti-opposition propaganda, pro-democracy candidate Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-17 08:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK286	Independent News Does Make a Difference [...] (C) Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (reftel),the IISEPS polling service conducted the second of six opinion polls in mid-February (septel). IISEPS conducted the first such grant in early December, and plans to conduct the third in April. [Note: [...]	2006-03-17 08:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK287	Russian Printing Press Stops Producing Independent [...] (SBU) Summary: The Smolensk Printing Plant annulled its contracts with independent newspapers Narodnaya Volya (NV),BDG Gazeta, and the democratic Communist Party of Belarus' Tovarishch on March 13, citing an overwhelming workload. The plant director later stated that the annulments were due [...]	2006-03-17 11:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK288	Milinkevich Strong in Grodno [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently visited the western city of Grodno, hometown of opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Despite increasing harassment and pressure from authorities, Milinkevich's regional campaign leaders believe that Milinkevich would readily win an honest elec [...]	2006-03-17 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK29	BELARUS PERSONNEL RE-SHUFFLE: TAKING NO CHANCES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks Belarusian dictator Lukashenko has reshuffled several senior positions in his Presidential Administration (PA) and removed the Minister of Health. The odious Viktor Sheiman has moved from heading the Presidential Administration to running Lukashenko's presidential [...]	2006-01-13 11:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK290	Minsk Election Weekly XIII (March 11-March 17) [...] This is the thirteenth in a weekly series of election- oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19 presidential elections. --------- Observers --------- 2. OSCE PA and ODIHR Launch Short-Term Observer Mission On March 16, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Pr [...]	2006-03-17 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK292	March Madness: Mass Opposition Arrests [...] In the past two weeks authorities have arrested at least 150 opposition activists, jailing many of them for up to 15 days each on charges ranging from participating in an unsanctioned protest, to urinating or shouting obscenities in public. Police allegedly beat several during their arrests. [...]	2006-03-17 14:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK294	KOZULIN MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In his March 14 meeting with Ambassador, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin presented pictures and names of security service officers who beat him on March 2 (reftel),and noted a letter of appreciation to Secretary Rice and his plea to Russian President Vladimir [...]	2006-03-17 16:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK299	MILINKEVICH CALLS FOR STREET PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich told a press conference on March 20 that the opposition does not recognize Lukashenko as the winner of the obviously falsified elections. Milinkevich is demanding a repeat election, held in a democratic manner without repres [...]	2006-03-21 07:50:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK305	INDEPENDENT WEEKLY CLOSED FOR PRINTING MOHAMMED [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Economic Court first suspended and then closed the independent weekly "Zgoda" for reprinting the Mohammed cartoons as part of a commentary on the violent protests the cartoons had sparked in the Islamic world. The GOB, siding with Belarusian Muslims, condemned the cart [...]	2006-03-21 15:05:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK306	SOME DIGGING STILL AT GRODNO CEMETERY [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Poloff visited the site of the controversial Grodno stadium, built on top of a Jewish cemetery. Poloff confirmed that digging continues at the site, but that it is to finish off the expansion of the stadium, rather than as part of any new project. Poloff did not see [...]	2006-03-21 15:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF BO
06MINSK307	Mass Arrests Follow Elections [...] Summary: The human rights NGO Vyasna and independent press report that at least 108 people, and likely more, were arrested late March 20th and early March 21st. The detained include Anatoly Lebedko, deputy to Milinkevich and leader of the United Civic Party, and his deputy Aleksandr Dobrovolsk [...]	2006-03-21 15:53:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK308	Crowd Size Drops On Second Day of Opposition Protests [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, opposition presidential candidates Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin organized another protest rally on October Square in Minsk. Emboff observers estimate that between 18:30 and 20:00, 5,000 to 6,000 Belarusians participated in the rally, a significant de [...]	2006-03-21 16:05:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK309	OSCE Rebukes Belarus Elections [...] (U) Summary. At a joint press conference on March 20, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and OSCE ODIHR representatives declared that the presidential elections in Belarus did not meet international standards or OSCE commitments for free and fair elections. Preliminary conclusions from their observa [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK311	Lukashenko Gives Victory Speech and Fiery Press [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential "victory" at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belarusians [...]	2006-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK312	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK314	LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]	2006-03-23 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK315	LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]	2006-03-23 07:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK320	Sitrep 1: Numbers and Spirits Drop On Third Day of [...] (C) Summary: In the evening on March 21, Poloffs observed the third protest rally on October Square organized by Ten Plus Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich and Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Gramada") Aleksandr Kozulin. At the height of the rally, Poloffs estimated that approxim [...]	2006-03-23 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK321	Ten Days in Jail for Reading the Bible [...] (C) Summary: On March 14, Poloff met with head of the Christ Convenant Reformed Baptist Church who had just served 10 days in jail for holding an unsanctioned religious service in his private residence. This is the first time in 20 years that a person has been jailed for holding religious wo [...]	2006-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK322	Situation Report 3: Opposition Crowd Dwindles, Ten Plus [...] (C) Summary: The number of protesters on October Square continues to diminish. On March 22, the fourth night of protests on the square, Emboffs observed approximately 1,000 protesters. Ten Plus Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich congratulated protesters for their determination to remain [...]	2006-03-23 15:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK323	Even More Arrests and Many Convictions Follow Elections [...] Summary: From March 21 to March 23, human rights activists and independent press reported that more people have been arrested and several dozens have already been sentenced for participating in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections. Anatoly Lebedko, deputy to Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-23 15:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK327	Opposition Faces Criminal Charges [...] Summary: Hundreds of opposition activists have recently been charged and convicted for violating the relatively more lenient Administrative Code, and 21 face much more serious charges under the Criminal Code. One person has been sentenced to five months in prison, while the others (including p [...]	2006-03-24 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK329	SITREP 4: KOZULIN'S PLAN FOR A SHADOW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A key Kozulin campaign member and a spokesperson for the Zubr youth group spoke to Poloff on March 23 to discuss their plans in the wake of fraudulent elections and massive arrests. Kozulin seeks Milinkevich,s cooperation in creating a new shadow government that will unite all po [...]	2006-03-24 12:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
06MINSK330	MFA Refutes U.S. Rejection of Belarusian Elections [...] At a March 23 press briefing, Belarusian MFA Press Secretary Andrei Popov refuted press statements from the White House and State Department denouncing the results of the March 19 presidential elections in Belarus. Popov reminded the journalists that the Belarusian people have made their choi [...]	2006-03-24 12:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK331	SITUATION REPORT 5: POLICE BREAK-UP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Just after 0300 March 24, security forces converged on October Square and arrested nearly everyone taking part in the opposition's on-going demonstration. Although estimates vary and authorities have not released any information, Post believes between 150 and 400 people were arres [...]	2006-03-24 12:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO CASC
06MINSK332	Milinkevich: 500 Arrested Today [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 opposition presidential candidate held a press conference where he estimated that around 500 of his supporters had been arrested early that morning, along with nearly 300 more the previous two days. He called on authorities to release all detainees, and appealed to the [...]	2006-03-24 16:25:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK333	Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200 [...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]	2006-03-24 16:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK335	MFA Issues Two Statements In Response To Critical U.S. and [...] On March 24-26, the Belarusian MFA published two statements in response to the U.S. and EU actions and statements against Belarus. The March 24 MFA statement denounced the U.S.-EU decision to impose travel sanctions on Belarusian officials as a "senseless" and "dead-end policy." The statement [...]	2006-03-27 15:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK336	Sitrep 7: March 25 Protests End In Violence [...] (U) Summary: When police denied an estimated 7,000 protesters access to October Square for the March 25 "Freedom Day" rally, opposition leaders Aleksandr Milinkevich and Aleksandr Kozulin led the crowd to the alternate meeting point Yanka Kupala Park. Milinkevich used this opportunity to launch [...]	2006-03-27 15:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK337	Up to 1,000 Arrested, Trials Have Begun [...] Summary: Trials for those arrested March 24, when police raided the protest tent camp on October Square, started on March 24. Most of the detained are being sentenced to 10-15 days in trails that last 10 minutes at most. Reportedly, so one has been acquitted. Police detained another estimated [...]	2006-03-27 15:31:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK338	Ambassador Delivers Demarche On Wave Of Arrests [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, Ambassador called on MFA Americas Department Director Maksim Ryzhenkov to deliver a joint U.S.-EU message on the recent wave of repression against opposition leaders and activists prior to and following the March 19 presidential elections (ref A). Ambassador noted th [...]	2006-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK341	Minsk Election Weekly XIV (March 18-March 24) [...] This is the fourteenth in a weekly series of election- oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19 presidential elections. ---------------- Election Results ---------------- 2. CEC Gives Final Results On March 23, CEC Head Lidiya Yermoshina described L [...]	2006-03-28 13:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK342	250 ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN ONE DAY, KOZULIN BEATEN [...] (U) Summary: As of March 27, approximately 250 people who were detained for participating in post-March 19 election protests were sentenced to up to 15 days in jail. Those sentenced included former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's stepson, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus, [...]	2006-03-28 15:01:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK343	Candidates React to Regime Crackdown [...] (U) On March 26, opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich issued a statement expressing solidarity with all those beaten and arrested by authorities on March 25, including his rival opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin. Expressing his desire to continue to challenge the illegiti [...]	2006-03-28 16:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK348	Where's Lukashenko? [...] Summary: On March 28 the GOB indicated Lukashenko's inauguration would not take place March 31 as had been widely reported and prepared for. This followed an eight-day period where Lukashenko disappeared from public view. Only on March 28 did a wan and de- energized Lukashenko reappear for a [...]	2006-03-29 11:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BO
06MINSK358	480 PEOPLE SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: As of March 28, nine Minsk district courts had convicted in two days of trials 480 people for participating in post-presidential election demonstrations. Human rights lawyers have called the authorities' treatment of detainees "barbaric" and claim detainees are regularly denied fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK359	PARTNERSHIP NGO RELEASES FINAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: With its leaders currently in prison, election monitoring NGO Partnership anonymously sent via email its final election observation report. Although much shorter and less analytical than the earlier ones, this report declared that the Belarusian presidential elections were not de [...]	2006-03-30 07:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK36	Minsk Election Weekly IV (January 6-January 16) [...] This is the fourth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. -------------------- Signature Collection -------------------- 2. Lukashenko Leads in Signature Collections; Other Meets Minimum [...]	2006-01-17 13:49:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK364	USD 2.5 BILLION IN RUSSIAN SUBSIDIES IN 2005 [...] (U) Summary: According to the best numbers available, Russia provided approximately USD 2.531 billion in subsidies, mostly energy, to Belarus in 2005. Of that, USD 1.236 billion came from the sale of discounted natural gas, USD 1.149 billion from the sale of discounted crude oil, and USD 146 [...]	2006-03-31 06:59:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK365	BKGB USES COLD WAR TECHNIQUES TO GRAB POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian security services seem to have employed old tools of the trade to silence a senior opposition activist, Vyacheslav Sivchik. On March 23, unknown persons impersonated Embassy local employees and possibly used falsified diplomatic plates to abduct Sivchik. They then seve [...]	2006-03-31 07:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK369	PROTESTER POSSIBLY DEAD, KOZULIN CHARGED FOR [...] (C) Summary: Independent news sources on March 30 circulated a story that Sergei Otroshchenko, allegedly a protester beaten by security forces on March 25 who subsequently went missing, died from his injuries in a Minsk hospital. The GOB denies the death and claims they have no information a [...]	2006-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK370	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - March 31, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Post Elections ------------- 2. Milinkevich Tells All in Poland During his March 29 trip to Poland, former opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich opined that the democratic movement in Belarus wi [...]	2006-04-03 09:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK374	LUKASHENKO FOUND, LOOKS ILL [...] (C) Summary: Lukashenko has been found. After a two-week absence from the public eye, and after missing all the events surrounding the tenth anniversary of the Union State Treaty, Lukashenko appeared on state television on April 4. In two short segments an atypically weary and soft-spoken Luk [...]	2006-04-05 15:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK381	GAZPROM'S THREATS A PLOY FOR STRENGTHENING UNION? [...] (U) Summary: Gazprom and Minsk have been arguing for years over control of the GOB's Beltransgaz pipeline network. To date Lukashenko has fended off Russian attempts to take over the company, and at the same time has secured rock-bottom natural gas prices for his country-one of the main factor [...]	2006-04-07 09:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK383	KOZULIN'S WIFE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 4, Irina Kozulin, wife of imprisoned opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, told Ambassador that her husband is still suffering from back pain and has bronchitis, but visible signs of his beatings have disappeared. However, he is receiving good treatment a [...]	2006-04-07 14:11:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK386	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 7, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich's European Tour Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich traveled to Vienna (April 3 and 4) and Strasbourg (April 5 and [...]	2006-04-10 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK390	OPPOSITION COALITION TO STAY TOGETHER [...] (C) Summary: In recent days Poloffs and Ambassador have spoken with a number of senior members of Milinkevich's 10 Plus coalition. All agreed that the coalition will continue to exist and will keep Milinkevich as the leader, despite some resistance from one coalition party. Post election the [...]	2006-04-11 06:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO PHUM
06MINSK393	PARTNERSHIP FOUR LANGUISH IN JAIL [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, the Ambassador and DCM met with the families of the four jailed Partnership activists (reftel). Ambassador stressed the USG has not forgotten about their loved ones, and that he will continue to insist the GOB release all four immediately. The families expressed thei [...]	2006-04-12 12:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK394	PARTNERSHIP FOUR LANGUISH IN JAIL [...] (C) Summary: On April 6, the Ambassador and DCM met with the families of the four jailed Partnership activists (reftel). Ambassador stressed the USG has not forgotten about their loved ones, and that he will continue to insist the GOB release all four immediately. The families expressed thei [...]	2006-04-12 12:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
06MINSK395	STUDENT EXPULSIONS FOLLOW PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Although the Ministry of Education (MOE) denied reports that students would be expelled for political reasons, approximately 15 students who participated in demonstrations following the March 19 presidential elections have been expelled from Belarusian universities. In a March 2 [...]	2006-04-12 13:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK397	LUKASHENKO INAUGURATED: A PALE IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko was inaugurated in a brief, highly orchestrated and sparsely attended ceremony in Minsk April 8. In an unusually short speech, a depressed looking Lukashenko stressed his re-election represented the people,s will and lashed out at outside [...]	2006-04-12 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK403	VIOLENT ARRESTS, POOR PRISON CONDITIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Nearly three weeks have passed since the March 19 presidential election and the subsequent wave of arrests of street protesters. Detainees who were recently released have shared with independent press and Emboffs their accounts of violent arrests and meager prison conditions. Th [...]	2006-04-13 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK408	MARINICH RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Imprisoned opposition member Mikhail Marinich was released from jail April 14 after serving two years on trumped up charges. A Minsk court April 12 ruled to release Marinich a full year earlier than his sentence required. The 66-year-old Marinich, Belarus' former Ambassador to L [...]	2006-04-14 12:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK413	Oil-for-Food: GOB Not Investigating Self [...] The GOB has taken and almost certainly will not take any actions as a result of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) looking into Iraqi Oil-for-Food violations (ref A). Post asked the MFA if there was any domestic investigation. The MFA replied that this is a complicated situation, and tha [...]	2006-04-14 13:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KFIN PGOV IZ BO
06MINSK420	Economic Problems Growing, but Reform Only by Force [...] (U) Summary: On April 7, DCM hosted a discussion among a number of leading Belarusian economists. All agreed that the GOB is facing Russian pressures to sell Beltransgaz, but disagreed whether Lukashenko would allow this sale. While admitting that the Belarusian economy has had a number of su [...]	2006-04-18 12:08:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK422	CIVIL SOCIETY REGROUPS POST ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Poloffs met separately with human rights activists, civil society leaders and political analysts following the March 19 presidential elections to learn about their post-election plans. Most of the civil society leaders agreed that Milinkevich proved to be a good le [...]	2006-04-18 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK427	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 18, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich in Germany Former 10+ Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich on an April 7 trip to Berlin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Deputy [...]	2006-04-19 13:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK428	UCP UNHAPPY WITH COALITION [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, United Civic Party (UCP) deputy Jaroslav Romanchuk in a meeting with Poloff expressed his frustration with the activities and organization of the opposition's main coalition. Claiming to speak for his party, Romanchuk said the UCP presented a proposal to reform the o [...]	2006-04-19 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK43	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - January 17, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Polish Activists Fined The Grodno Border Control Unit on January 5 fined two Union of Belarusian Poles (UBP) activists Andrei Pochobut and Andrei Pisalnik the maximum USD 1 [...]	2006-01-19 05:41:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK431	MILINKEVICH'S WIFE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Ambassador met with Ten Plus Coalition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich's wife, Inna Kulei, who is the president of the newly formed Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (PCDR). This committee provides educational, employment, humanitarian, and medical assistance [...]	2006-04-20 10:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL INR BO
06MINSK433	EU VISA BAN IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the EU expanded its visa ban list for Belarus from six to 37 senior GOB officials involved in election fraud and human rights abuses. Switzerland announced on April 12 that it would abide by the ban as well. In the first week of existence the ban has already prevente [...]	2006-04-20 13:07:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CVIS BO
06MINSK436	OPPOSITION COALITION LACKS PLANS [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, Ambassador met with the senior leadership of the United Civic Party (UCP),one of the main members of the opposition 10 Plus coalition. Anatoly Lebedko, head of the UCP, made it clear that the opposition had no plans for what to do after the elections, and even now h [...]	2006-04-21 13:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK44	SIGNATURE CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD, DESPITE HARASSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The signature collecting campaign, the second phase of the presidential election, is in full swing. The Central Election Committee gave contenders until January 27 to collect the 100,000 signatures needed to be registered as a presidential candidate. President Lukashenko's init [...]	2006-01-19 06:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK442	OPPOSITION ILL-PREPARED FOR CHERNOBYL [...] (C) Summary: The Minsk authorities granted the opposition permission to hold the Chernobylski Shliakh (The Chernobyl Path),a demonstration commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl power plant tragedy, on April 26. The Ten Plus Coalition is "organizing" the event, but the leadershi [...]	2006-04-24 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK443	BELARUS, RUSSIA, S-300S AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A prominent British journal recently wrote that Moscow might be selling S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran, using Belarus as a middleman to hide the sale. Although all three governments have denied such a sale, on April 21 Minsk received its first delivery of Russian S-3 [...]	2006-04-24 13:41:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD ETTC MARR IR BO
06MINSK445	The GOB Prepares For Bird Flu [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB on March 24 ratified a plan to prevent avian influenza (AI) from appearing in Belarus and to isolate it in case of an outbreak. Belarus has long banned poultry product imports and animal feed from nations with confirmed cases of AI but just recently issued decrees on pr [...]	2006-04-24 13:56:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU PGOV PHUM ECON CASC BO
06MINSK446	POLITICAL PROTESTANTS WANT CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Belarusian Protestant leaders recently described for Ambassador their continued registration problems and the increasing hostility that they face from the GOB. Most of the leaders agreed that their communities are ready to bring change to Belarus, claiming that young [...]	2006-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK448	ELECTION OBSERVERS REMAIN IN JAIL, OTHER ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition activists are still coping with security service harassment and fighting court cases based on nefarious charges. Authorities extended the pre-trial detention of election observers of the NGO Partnership by another two months. They are still not allowed to meet with r [...]	2006-04-26 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM
06MINSK451	Belarus Makes and Russia Loses Billions on Oil [...] Summary: During a recent seminar an energy expert from Belarus' Ministry of Economics explained that Belarus buys crude oil from Russia for well below market rates. With current high oil prices the GOB stands to benefit by USD 3.9 billion this year (14% of GDP),while the Russian budget could [...]	2006-04-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECON ETRD PREL ENRG USTR BO
06MINSK453	WOMEN LEADERS READY FOR CHANGE IN BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: DCM hosted a luncheon discussion on women's roles in Belarusian society and politics for visiting speaker Darryl Glenney and Belarusian women leaders. While the guests admitted that Belarusian women are involved in the country's political life, they denounced the current women o [...]	2006-04-27 08:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK456	Belarus to Export Sugar to Cuba [...] Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky led a delegation of GOB officials and state-owned businesses to Cuba April 20 to 23. In addition to the usual exhortations of fraternal socialist comradeship, in a deal only possible between two command economies Belarus agreed to import 100,000 tons of [...]	2006-04-27 09:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL USTR EAGR CU BO
06MINSK458	LUKASHENKO BOTCHES POTASH EXPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Potash is Belarus' second largest export commodity, earning the country USD 609 million in 2005. Most of this revenue went to the GOB, which owns the sole potash producer. In order to squeeze more money from this valuable export, last year Lukashenko created a potash exporting c [...]	2006-04-27 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EMIN ETRD EAGR BI
06MINSK459	4,000 PARTICIPATE IN CHERNOBYL MARCH, OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 4,000 people participated in the opposition's annual Chernobyl march that took place at the National Academy of Sciences in Minsk. Before the demonstration began, however, authorities arrested several opposition activists, including United Civic Party leader Anatol [...]	2006-04-27 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK460	MILINKEVICH DISCUSSES STATE OF THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with Ambassador, Belarusian opposition leader and former Ten plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich described tensions within the democratic forces. He named United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko as the strongest dissenter. C [...]	2006-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO

06MINSK461	IT PARK CONCEPT GOOD, BUT COMPANIES SKEPTICAL [...] (U) Summary: The GOB is in the process of creating its own Silicon Valley, an IT park in Minsk. The park will offer a number of tax and other administrative advantages to a limited range of high-tech companies. The head of the park also hopes to create a venture capital fund to provide inves [...]	2006-04-28 11:31:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EIND ETTC BO

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