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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04ABUDHABI1000 |
UAEG OFFICIALS AND PRIVATE SECTOR DISCUSS ANTI- [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UAE Central Bank welcomed the visit of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Bill Fox to the UAE, March 29. The Central Bank Governor pledged [...] |
2004-04-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1016 |
UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The "Talk About Town" series by the U.S. Mission in the UAE -- Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai -- is provided on a periodic basis, and intended to report on local business atmo [...] |
2004-04-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1022 |
PRIMER ON UAEG AGENCY/SPONSORSHIP REGULATIONS [...] Summary: The UAE maintains non-tariff barriers to investment in the form of restrictive agency, sponsorship, and distributorship requirements. In order to do business in the UAE outside one of the free zones, a foreign business in most cases must have a UAE national sponsor, agent or distrib [...] |
2004-04-06 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTO USTR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1026 |
SECOND INTERNATIONAL HAWALA CONFERENCE, APRIL 3-5 [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) Summary and comment: More than 350 participants from Latin America, Asia, Europe and the United States attended the Second International Hawala Conference, April 3-5 in Abu Dhabi, sponsored b [...] |
2004-04-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1055 |
YOU LOSE ONE, YOU LOSE THEM ALL - UAE STUDENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AS PART OF THE MISSION'S OUTREACH EFFORTS, PAO, CONOFF AND PAO CULTURAL SPECIALIST VISITED THE TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIPS DEPARTMENT OF THE ABU DHABI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY (ADIA), WHICH MANAGES ABU DHABI'S LARGE OVERSEAS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND IS THE LARGEST SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDER [...] |
2004-04-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO CVIS CMGT PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1059 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: USEMBASSY ABU DHABI DOMINATES [...] SUMMARY: DESPITE OVERWHELMINGLY BAD NEWS EMANATING FROM IRAQ AND ISRAEL, THE COVERAGE OF PA ACTIVITIES DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF MARCH WAS REMARKABLE FOR ITS QUANTITY AND UPBEAT TONE. FOLLOWING SPECIAL MEDIA TOUR AND EXTENDED COVERAGE OF THE NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND EARLY IN THE MONTH, POST ARR [...] |
2004-04-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1114 |
UAE Environmental Efforts [...] The UAE, led by the emirate of Abu Dhabi, has taken a number of steps to protect the environment and to increase environmental awareness in the UAE. The Federal Environmental Agency (FEA), established in 1993, is the federal agency charged with drafting UAE environmental laws and regulations. [...] |
2004-04-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV ETRD ECON EPET TC |
| 04ABUDHABI112 |
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE GCC UNDER THE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. The Ministry of Economy and Commerce notified the Embassy on December 28 that it would be willing to host the following MEPI regional training programs in February: -- Regional Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights February 8-9, 2004 [...] |
2004-01-11 05:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI EAID ECON |
| 04ABUDHABI1155 |
UAE opens its telecommunications sector [...] (U) On April 12, UAE President Zayed bin Sultan Al- Nahayan issued Federal Decree 3 of 2004 "organizing the telecommunications sector." According to the UAE's official news media, the decree revokes Emirates Telecommunications Corporation's (Etisalat) monopoly rights and authorizes new compan [...] |
2004-04-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTO USTR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1156 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO THE UAE: [...] (SBU) Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the visit of Deputy Secretary Armitage April 20-21 and proposes the following schedule, based on the availability of key UAEG interlocutors. Deputy Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed Al- Nahyan has [...] |
2004-04-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1157 |
PRIORITY OF PSI SHIP BOARDING AGREEMENTS - [...] (C) Summary: Post concurs with Ref B statements about the Proliferation Security Initiative's (PSI) importance, and understands that concluding ship boarding agreements is a high priority. Senior UAE Government officials at the second round of Strategic Partnership talks in Abu Dhabi on March [...] |
2004-04-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KTIA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1179 |
UAEG TO COLLECT ROYALTIES FROM NEW TELECOM [...] (U) Following the April 12 announcement that the UAEG would end Etisalat's monopoly of the telecom sector (ref), the UAEG revealed today that it would hold a 60 percent equity stake in any new telecom service provider that enters the UAE market. The announcement followed the first meeting Ap [...] |
2004-04-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS AORC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1197 |
UAE CABINET CHANGES COMING [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's Cabinet of Ministers, unchanged in seven years, is due for a shake-up, and some weaker ministries may be abolished, according to our contacts. Changes are coming to the senior ranks of the military as well, and the Government may form a new ministry for women's affairs. [...] |
2004-04-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1221 |
MEDIA REACTION: BUSH DECLARATION/IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN IRAQ AND PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT DENYING THE PALESTINIANS THEIR RIGHT OF RETURN DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE U.S. MADE ITS DECISION TO BURN ITS BRIDEGES AS A PEACE MEDIATOR. ANOTH [...] |
2004-04-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1222 |
Strong reaction to President's remarks on [...] (C) Summary: The response in the UAE to President Bush's April 14 remarks supporting Israel's Gaza withdrawal plan has been stronger and more anti- Administration than what we are used to hearing. The April 17 assassination of HAMAS leader Rantissi ratcheted up the tenor of the criticism, wit [...] |
2004-04-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1238 |
MEDIA REACTION: AL RANTISSI'S ASSASSINATION [...] SUMMARY: THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. ABDULAZIZ AL RANTISSI DOMINATED COVERAGE IN ALL LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT SHARON WOULD KEEP ON KILLING BECAUSE THE U.S SUPPORTS HIM. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" COMMENTS ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL IN ALL I [...] |
2004-04-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1255 |
UAE RESPONSE TO GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE [...] Per ref. A action request, post has forwarded the short papers outlining the GME proposals and cover letter to appropriate host country officials for their review. Post will provide UAEG responses to the proposals as they become available. 2. During the March 21 Strategic Partnership meeti [...] |
2004-04-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KMPI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1289 |
UAE LABOR CONDITIONS UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: Following is an update of UAE labor issues in March and early April. Topics include: an update of the proposed labor law; discussions of working conditions for domestic servants; an inter-ministry proposal to create a nation-wide labor court system; employer/employee disputes reporte [...] |
2004-04-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1290 |
UAEG INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref information April 24 to UAE Federal Customs Authority Deputy Director General Saeed Al- Marri, who undertook to forward the International Ship And Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code to the customs authorities in each of the UAE's seven emirates. He reminded Econof [...] |
2004-04-25 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1292 |
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH ON IRAQ [...] (C) Charg€delivered reftel message from President Bush to UAE President Shaykh Zayed bin Sultan Al- Nahyan on April 25 via cover letter to the Chief of Protocol. Charg€also sent a copy of reftel message and points to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs [...] |
2004-04-25 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1298 |
UAE CENTRAL BANK ON FATF/CTAG PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) DCM and EconChief met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on April 11. During that meeting, Al-Suwaidi stated that the UAE continued to be interested in money laundering training opportunities with the USG. He suggested that the UAEG customs authorities could benefit [...] |
2004-04-26 09:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM PTER ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI13 |
AL-SUWEIDI BROTHERS: INFLUENTIAL ABU DHABI FAMILY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) Summary: In a country where tribal affiliation and family connections shape the local commercial landscape, the Al-Suweidi is one of the largest and most influential tribes in the UAE. The Al-Suweidi ca [...] |
2004-01-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1336 |
MEDIA REACTION: ASSISTANCE FOR A STATE DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: PUBLIC AFFAIRS ARRANGED A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING A STATE DEPARTMENT SPONSORED CONFERENCE WITH ANTHONY LEKETA, DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PMO, CPA ON THE SIDELINE OF A CONFERENCE "IRAQ NOW: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUBCONTRACTORS" WHICH WAS HELD IN DUBAI, APRIL 20, 2004. THE EVEN [...] |
2004-04-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1337 |
MEDIA REACTION: DEPUTY SECRETARY RICHARD ARMITAGE'S VISIT [...] SUMMARY: UAE'S PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA ALL REPORTED THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE RICHARD ARMITAGE TO THE UAE APRIL 20- 21 AND HIS MEETINGS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS. COVERAGE WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH NO EDITORIALS OR COMMENTS. END SUMMARY. 2. THE VISIT TO THE UAE APRIL 20-21 BY DEP [...] |
2004-04-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1344 |
UAE OFFICIALS QUERY DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE ON [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: During his visit to Abu Dhabi April 20-21, Deputy Secretary Armitage held wide-ranging discussions in separate meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Crown Prince [...] |
2004-04-28 05:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI136 |
UAE WANTS BILATERAL FTA WITH U.S., CONCERNED GCC [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuami SIPDIS confided to the Ambassador on January 11 that the UAEG prefers to negotiate a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, instead of working toward a multilate [...] |
2004-01-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN USTR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1371 |
UAEG ANNOUNCES NEW LAW TO COMBAT TERRORIST [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (C). 2. (C) UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi announced that the UAEG was nearing completion of a new terrorist finance law at the close of the Second International Hawala Conference on [...] |
2004-04-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI138 |
QATARI FM DEFENDS PRESENCE OF FOREIGN BASES; [...] Qatar's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister defended Gulf countries that invite foreign forces on their soil saying countries have the sovereign right to protect themselves against invaders, such as dictators like Saddam Hussein. Shaykh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani was speak [...] |
2004-01-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ QA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI140 |
MEDIA REACTION: PERLE'S STATEMENT, IRAQ, PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ IN ADDITION TO RICHARD PERLE'S STATEMENTS DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" COMMENTED ON RICHARD PERLE'S REQUEST TO THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE FIRM STEPS IN DEALING WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND OT [...] |
2004-01-13 06:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1430 |
SPECIAL REPORT (1): MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI PRISONER [...] SUMMARY: PICTURES OF TORTURE OF IRAQI PRISONERS IN ABU GHAREEB PRISON DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. THE PICTURES WERE IN ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND ON ALL LOCAL AND SATELLITE TV CHANNELS. SALEM IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT AFTER THESE PICTURES THE U.S. SHOULD NOT BE TH [...] |
2004-05-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1431 |
MEDIA REACTION: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RETIRED U.S. [...] SUMMARY: ALL ENGLISH AND ARABIC DAILIES CARRIED FRONT PAGE STORIES WITH TITLE SUCH AS "EX DIPLOMATS CONDEMN BUSH POLICY ON MIDEAST." 2. AN EDITORIAL ON 05/5 IN DUBAI-BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" EMPHASIZED THAT THE LETTER, WHICH WAS SENT TO PRESIDENT BUSH BY MORE THAN 50 RETIRED U. [...] |
2004-05-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1436 |
LABOR CONDITIONS REPORT DELIVERED TO PRESIDENTIAL COURT [...] SUMMARY: The UAE Ministry of Labor has submitted a new 14- point recommendation report on workers' rights to the office of the President and the Dubai Executive Council for review. The report's aim is to address the "growing tide of complaints against employers, primarily over unpaid wages an [...] |
2004-05-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1439 |
UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINSTATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's (HbZ) official travel to South Korea, Japan, China and Germany from April 10-29 was designed to cement political and economic ties with the UAE's key trading partners. He met w [...] |
2004-05-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1443 |
SPECIAL REPORT (2): PUBLIC UAE REACTION TO TORTURE OF IRAQI [...] SUMMARY: AS MEDIA REPORTS AND PHOTOS DEPICTING TORTURE OF IRAQI PRISONERS CONTINUE TO GENERATE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL AND PAN-ARAB MEDIA OUTLETS, THE ISSUE HAS ALSO DOMINATED CONVERSATIONS HERE. MISSION CONTACTS TELL US IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS THAT SUCH SCENES ARE PUSHING THE U.S. [...] |
2004-05-06 07:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1445 |
EXBS NATIONAL CONTROL LIST WORKSHOP, APRIL 24- [...] Summary: During April 24-26, 2004, the UAEG hosted the U.S.-UAE National Control List workshop in Abu Dhabi. The session, a follow-up to the Legal Technical Seminar held here in December 2003, was attended by a variety of UAEG officials, despite the short notice for the program. The presen [...] |
2004-05-06 07:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1460 |
UAE BRIEFED ON NEW US MISSION BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Polchief delivered reftel briefing to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of GCC Affairs Yusuf Al-Ansari on May 8. Al-Ansari said he would brief the Minister and the Under Secretary. He said the detailed description of the planned U [...] |
2004-05-08 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT CMGT IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1461 |
DEMARCHES ON ARAB LEAGUE ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1465 |
UAE OIL MINISTER calls for OPEC to take steps to [...] (U) ON THE MARGINS OF AN ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI ON MAY 8, UAE PETROLEUM MINISTER OBEID BIN SAIF AL- NASIRI CALLED FOR OPEC TO "DO SOMETHING" ABOUT HIGH OIL PRICES AND RAISE THE CARTEL'S OFFICIAL PRODUCTION QUOTA. HE NOTED THAT OPEC MEMBERS ALREADY ARE OVERPRODUCING THE CURRENT Q [...] |
2004-05-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV EPET TC |
| 04ABUDHABI148 |
UAE MINISTER OF ECONOMY RECEIVES USTR ZOELLICK'S [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-13 11:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTO TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1508 |
PUBLIC REACTION TO ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS [...] SUMMARY: NEGATIVE AND VEHEMENT PUBLIC REACTION TO PHOTOS AND REPORTS OF IRAQI PRISONER ABUSE CONTINUED. EVER SINCE IT HIT THE PRESS, THE ISSUE HAS BEEN DOMINATING LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA AS WELL AS PUBLIC OPINION IN THE UAE. CONTACTS COMMISERATE THAT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS HAVE BECOME NE [...] |
2004-05-11 04:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1515 |
UAE: BRIEFING ON PROPOSAL FOR NATO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MEPP NATO PARM PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1519 |
MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS [...] SUMMARY: THE ABUSE OF IRAQI PRISONERS IN ABU GHAREEB PRISON CONTINUED TO DOMINATE COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT EVEN THE AMERICANS FEEL ASHAMED OF THE ABUSE OF THE IRAQI PRISONERS. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" ALSO NOTED THAT THE ONLY WAY [...] |
2004-05-11 13:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1588 |
MEK DETAINEE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points as well as the names of the 12 detained MEK members with ties to the UAE to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Nuaimi on May 17. As the 12 individuals did not appear to be UAE citizens, Abdullah Rashid said that UAE interest in them was unclear. The UA [...] |
2004-05-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREJ IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1589 |
UAE ACTIVIST ATTEMPTS TO OPEN INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Roken (PLEASE PROTECT), a Dubai-based Emirati human rights activist, moderate Islamist, and longtime Embassy contact, informed Poloff on May 9, under conditions of confidentiality, that he and four women will attempt SIPDIS to open a "genuine, independe [...] |
2004-05-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1607 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/GAZA [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN BOTH IRAQ AND GAZA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BOTH IRAQ AND PALESTINE MIGHT SHIFT VERY SOON TO ANOTHER ARAB COUNTRY. AN EDITORIAL IN "AKHBAR AL ARAB" POINTED OUT [...] |
2004-05-19 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1608 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: THE SHADOW OF ABU GHRAIN ABUSES ON [...] SUMMARY: UAE'S LARGEST CIRCULATION, PAN-ARAB AND SHARJAH-BASED DAILY "AL-KHALEEJ" SPONSORED A TWO-DAY SEMINAR ENTITLED "ARAB PRESS IN A CHANGING WORLD". THE SEMINAR, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY PROMINENT ARAB AND UAE MEDIA PERSONALITIES, AGREED THAT THE ARAB MEDIA IN GENERAL AND THE PRESS IN PARTI [...] |
2004-05-19 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1609 |
ICOC - ENCOURAGING UAE TO SUBSCRIBE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1610 |
UAE - CONDEMNATION FOR KILLING OF IRAQI [...] (U) The UAE Government issued a strong public condemnation on May 18 of the assassination of Izzadine Saleem, Chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council. The official news agency quoted a Ministry of Foreign Affairs source as saying that the UAE "strongly condemns the heinous assassination" of [...] |
2004-05-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1611 |
UAE - SHARING THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Post has asked senior officials in the UAE Government, the business community, and academia to review and comment on the most recent draft of the G-8 Greater Middle East Plan of Support. Unfortunately, reftel arrived over the weekend here (May 14), making it difficult for us to share the [...] |
2004-05-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI PREL EAID ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI163 |
UAE LABOR MINISTRY REGISTERS 13,000 UNEMPLOYED, [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: The UAE Ministry of Labor released a landmark report this week confirming that 13,000 UAE nationals currently are unemployed. An official from Tanmia -- the national emp [...] |
2004-01-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KWMN SOCI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI164 |
LETTER FROM UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND [...] UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan sent a note to the Ambassador requesting that she forward a message from him to the President. (There was no signed original.) 2. BEGIN TEXT: His Excellency George W. Bush President [...] |
2004-01-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1648 |
UAE CONDEMNS ISRAELI ATTACKS ON PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) UAE FOREIGN MINISTER RASHID ABDULLAH CONVOKED RESIDENT AMBASSADORS AND CHARGES FROM UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBER STATES THE EVENING OF MAY 20 TO EXPRESS UAEG CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS IN GAZA AND TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1544, CONDEMNING ISRAEL'S ACTIONS. DESCRIBIN [...] |
2004-05-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI165 |
UAE SUCCESSION: SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN [...] (C) Summary: Reaction to the appointment of LTG Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) as Deputy Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi has been very positive. Everyone agrees that it settles the leadership succession issue by removing Shaykh Zayed's undependable son, Shaykh Sultan, from consideration as a futur [...] |
2004-01-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI166 |
FRENCH FM DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: French Foreign Minister de Villepin discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East Roadmap during his meetings on January 12 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa, Deputy Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ), and Deputy Prime Minister a [...] |
2004-01-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR IS FR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1701 |
UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ILSA [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised ref A talking points May 23 with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and expressed USG concern about re [...] |
2004-05-24 11:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR |
| 04ABUDHABI1705 |
UAE TO REBUILD 400 HOUSES IN GAZA [...] (C) At President Shaykh Zayed's initiative, the UAE will rebuild more than 400 houses destroyed by Israeli forces in Rafah and Gaza. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed provided details of the project to the Ambassador on May 23, and said he [...] |
2004-05-24 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1706 |
DOHA CONFERENCE AND UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (U) EconChief and Polchief discussed UAE plans to attend the May 25-26 Doha meeting on the Iraq Trust Fund with MFA Director of European and American Affairs Ahmed Al- Muqarrab. Al-Muqarrab said that he thought the UAE would attend the con [...] |
2004-05-24 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL EFIN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1708 |
RENEWED CALL FOR UAE WOMEN TO JOIN THE FEDERAL [...] SUMMARY: PROMINENT GULF WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN A CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT MADE A STRONG PITCH TO THE UAEG TO INCLUDE EMIRATI WOMEN IN THE UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC). THE CALL CAME DURING A SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED BY THE UAE GENERAL WOMEN'S UNION (GWU) ENTITLED "PARLIAMENTARY PER [...] |
2004-05-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1710 |
UAEG STUDYING ATOMIC ENERGY POTENTIAL; SEEKS USG [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 3. (C) UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) told the Ambassador May 23 [...] |
2004-05-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV KNNP TC GM |
| 04ABUDHABI1739 |
UAE -- INTRODUCING THE DRAFT TEXT FOR A NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1740 |
Hawala: The Indian Embassy's Views [...] (SBU) S.K Reddy, the First Secretary of the Indian Embassy called on EconChief to discuss hawala. Reddy said that he had not yet met with the Central Bank on the subject, because he was waiting for instructions from India's Central Bank before approaching the UAEG. He said that hawala was i [...] |
2004-05-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1742 |
MEDIA REACTION: ARAB SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: THE ARAB SUMMIT IN TUNIS AND THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN IRAQ AND PALESTINE DOMINATE COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT THE ARAB SUMMIT SHOULD HAVE COME UP WITH REAL ACTIONS INSTEAD OF SHALLOW TALK AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. AN EDITORIAL I [...] |
2004-05-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1743 |
UAE HOSTS ANNUAL EAGLE RESOLVE EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: The GCC states face a "real and growing threat" from Weapons of Mass Destruction, and they should act now to pool their resources and bolster their cooperative defense, Commander of UAE Air Forces and Air Defense, Staff Air Vice-Marshal Khalid Abdullah Mobarak Al- Buainain told pa [...] |
2004-05-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP MOPS GCC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1766 |
MBZ ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SYMPATHIZERS IN THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In a meeting with Deputy Secretary Armitage and the Ambassador on April 20, Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed Al- Nahyan (MbZ) noted that UAE security forc [...] |
2004-05-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1781 |
UAE - Reactions to POTUS War College Speech, [...] (C) Summary: The President's War College speech has elicited no public reaction from the UAE leadership, and only a tepid response from lower-level government interlocutors. For Iraqi expatriates, however, it is a different story. They are still dissecting the War College speech a week after [...] |
2004-05-31 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1782 |
UAE - REACTION TO AL KHOBAR ATTACK IN [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al- Nahyan (HBZ) issued a very strong condemnation on May 29 against those who carried out the terror attacks in Al-Khobar. The official statement quoted HBZ as saying that UAE President Shaykh Zayed, the [...] |
2004-05-31 12:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1809 |
UAE TO REBUT ICFTU CAMEL JOCKEY REPORT AT ILO GENEVA [...] SUMMARY: During this week's ILO 92nd Session in Geneva, the UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs will rebut allegations that the UAE is not doing enough to curb the employment of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys. The UAEG will use the forum to highlight the UAE's progress over the ye [...] |
2004-06-02 06:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI182 |
UAE CENTRAL BANK FROZE ACCOUNT OF MOHAMED [...] (U)THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (SBU)POST RECEIVED A NOTE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAT THE UAE CENTRAL BANK HAS FROZEN THE ACCOUNT OF MOHAMED YAQOUB BATI, PAKISTANI NATIONAL, AT CITIBANK, DUBAI, AS HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERAL COURT IN [...] |
2004-01-19 10:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1823 |
END OF TEXTILE QUOTAS - UAE REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. Ministry of Economy and Commerce Office Director Ali Al- Fayel contacted EconChief on May 26 to ask about the U.S. plans for lifting textile quotas at the end of 2004. In a follow on letter, the Ministry formally requested information on [...] |
2004-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1824 |
UAEG ADDRESSES COMPLAINTS OF U.S. PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SEEKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MOMENTUM OF THE U.S.-UAE TIFA COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL, ECONOFF AND U.S. PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURES MET WITH KEY UAEG OFFICIALS RECENTLY TO DISCUSS SEVERAL INCIDENCES OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT BY UAE HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL COMPANIES. PRIOR TO TH [...] |
2004-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR WTO USTR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1825 |
UAE - Supporting the Interim Iraqi Government [...] (U) The UAE warmly welcomed the announcement of the Interim Iraqi Government and sent congratulatory cables to Iraq's new president Shaykh Ghazi Al-Yawar and to UN Representative to Iraq Lakhdar Brahimi on June 1. According to the UAE's official press agency, President Shaykh Zayed's wished Al [...] |
2004-06-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1826 |
Training of Iraqi police in the UAE [...] (C) Summary: German federal police have trained two batches of Iraqi criminal police at the Al Ain police school since last March, but further training of Iraqi police under German auspices has been suspended to give Iraq's new authorities an opportunity to evaluate their needs to ensure effec [...] |
2004-06-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1827 |
UAE - SHARING THE REVISED DRAFT TEXT OF A NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1831 |
UAE - Talk of reform in advance of the G8 [...] (C) Summary: There is a lively dialogue about the need for political, economic, and educational reforms in the UAE. We read about it in the local press, hear about it from our contacts, and we may be contributing to it by sending Emiratis on Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. [...] |
2004-06-02 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ECON NATO KMPI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1832 |
UAE: ABU DHABI POLICE COLLEGE HOSTS ANTI-TIP [...] SUMMARY. The Abu Dhabi Police Officers' Training Institute, in coordination with the Police Research Center and the Office of the U/S of the Ministry of Interior (MOI), held a training symposium entitled "Combating Human Trafficking" May 24-25. Thirteen law enforcement specialists from severa [...] |
2004-06-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1857 |
ENCOURAGING IRAQI-UAE CONTACTS ON SOVEREIGN DEBT [...] (SBU) Econchief delivered reftel demarche encouraging UAE - Iraqi contacts on sovereign debt issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. He discussed it with Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al- Bustani and [...] |
2004-06-07 05:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1878 |
UAE - ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1879 |
UAE - SHARING THE JUNE 4 REVISED DRAFT TEXT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1880 |
UAE AND REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Post discussed reftel points with UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Arabian Affairs Mohamed Ateeq Bandouq Al-Qumzi on June 7. Al-Qumzi told Polchief that he appreciated the information and noted that the UAEG had already taken several measures to respond to the Darfur crisis. [...] |
2004-06-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1881 |
UAE DETAINS IRANIAN FISHING VESSEL [...] (C) The UAE Coast Guard has seized an Iranian fishing boat that had entered UAE territorial waters, according to reports in the local press and confirmed by Embassy government contacts on June 7. The incident, which took place on June 2, made the front page of the English language Gulf News a [...] |
2004-06-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1882 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/WEST BANK/TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] SUMMARY: THE NEWLY APPOINTED IRAQI GOVERNMENT, THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND THE RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN AL KHOBAR IN SAUDI ARABIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHEED CRITICIZED THE LACK OF MEDIA COVERAGE ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN [...] |
2004-06-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1901 |
UAE CENTRAL BANK AND FINCEN CO-HOST AML TRAINING [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UAE CENTRAL BANK'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND SUSPICIOUS CASES UNIT (AMLSCU) AND FINCEN CO- HOSTED ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) TRAINING FOR SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES, JUNE 5-7 IN ABU DHABI. FIFTEEN CENTRAL BANK AND MINISTRY OF FINANCE OFFICIALS FROM AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, BANGLAD [...] |
2004-06-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1904 |
UAE RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE HAILED [...] THE ANGLICAN BISHOP FOR CYPRUS AND THE GULF COMMENDED THE UAE'S TOLERANCE FOR OTHER RELIGIONS DURING A VISIT TO DUBAI ON JUNE 6. THE MOST REVEREND CLIVE HANDFORD, WHO LED A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT THE HOLY TRINITY CHURCH IN DUBAI TO NAME REV. JOHN WEIR AS PERMANENT CHAPLAIN OF DUBAI, SHARJAH, AND [...] |
2004-06-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1927 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ABU DHABI CROWN [...] (C) Summary: During her farewell call on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on June 8, the Ambassador and the heir apparent to President Shaykh Zayed reviewed the accomplishments in the bilateral relationship over the past three years. They also discussed Iraq, the Pales [...] |
2004-06-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1939 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ABU DHABI CROWN [...] (C) Summary: During her farewell call on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on June 8, the Ambassador and the heir apparent to President Shaykh Zayed reviewed the accomplishments in the bilateral relationship over the past three years. They also discussed Iraq, the Pales [...] |
2004-06-13 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1941 |
Chemical Weapons Convention demarche [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM AROC ABUD CWC CBW OPCW TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1942 |
UAE PRODUCTION IN THE WAKE OF THE JUNE OPEC QUOTA [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by EconChief paid her farewell call to ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair bin Yousef and Deputy CEO Abdullah Nasser Al-Suwaidi on June 6, 2004. The Ambassador thanked Yousef for the UAE and OPEC's welcome action and asked about the UAE's announcement that it would produce an e [...] |
2004-06-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI195 |
UPPER ZAKUM FIELD UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). This cable contains business proprietary information. Please protect. 2. (C) In late December, Ambassador and Econchief met with Exxon Mobil (Al-Khalij) President Frank Kemnetz, who provided an update on the st [...] |
2004-01-20 05:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1950 |
DAWOOD IBRAHIM - UAE RESPONSE [...] (S) Post delivered reftel demarche on Dawood Ibrahim to the Central Bank and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 30. At that time, we confirmed that the MFA would issue instructions to the Central Bank to take action on the case. On June 13, EconChief followed-up with Abdulrahim Al-Awa [...] |
2004-06-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER ECON EFIN ETTC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1966 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ AND THE CONTINUOUS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SAUDI ARABIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE "ANGLO-AMERICAN" OCCUPATION IS THE REASON BEHIND ALL THE BLOODSHED IN IRAQ. UAE COLUMN [...] |
2004-06-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1967 |
UAE Central Bank Governor Reminisces about the [...] (C) During the Ambassador's farewell call on Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi, he briefly discussed the Central Bank's relationship with the Government of India. The governor said that he had not developed a relationship with the new finance minister yet, but that he had had a [...] |
2004-06-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1969 |
REQUEST FOR MOVEMENT ON ARBIFT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) In a June 7 meeting, Ministry of Finance Assistant Under Secretary for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-Bustani provided EconChief with a copy of a letter from the UAE Minister of State for Finance and Industry to OFAC head Richard N [...] |
2004-06-16 08:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1979 |
UAE WELCOMES UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] Polchief shared reftel points June 8 with MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub Al- Hosani urging the UAE to issue a public statement in support of the UNSCR on Iraq. The UAE's official news agency published the following statement from an unnamed foreign ministry official on June [...] |
2004-06-16 10:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1980 |
CABLE OF CONDOLENCE FROM SHAYKH SULTAN BIN [...] UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHAYKH SULTAN BIN ZAYED AL- NAHYAN SENT A CABLE OF CONDOLENCE TO THE PRESIDENT, THROUGH THE AMBASSADOR, ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEMISE OF FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. NO ORIGINAL TO FOLLOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT: HIS EXCELLENCY MR. GEORGE WALKER BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE [...] |
2004-06-16 11:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1984 |
CABLE OF CONDOLENCE FROM SHAYKH SULTAN BIN [...] UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHAYKH SULTAN BIN ZAYED AL- NAHYAN SENT A CABLE OF CONDOLENCE TO SECRETARY POWELL, THROUGH THE AMBASSADOR, ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEMISE OF FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN. NO ORIGINAL TO FOLLOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT: HIS EXCELLENCY COLLIN POWELL UNITED STATES SECRETAR [...] |
2004-06-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1985 |
LABOR UNIONS [...] UAE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mattar Humaid Al- Tayer has confirmed that the Cabinet of Ministers will approve a new law this year allowing workers to join labor unions. Al-Tayer, speaking at the 92nd Session of the International Labor Organization in Geneva, said the draft law is [...] |
2004-06-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1986 |
UAEG bestows rare honor on the Ambassador [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan awarded the Shaykh Zayed Order of Independence, First Class, to the Ambassador on June 8 for her accomplishments in strengthening cooperation and friendship between the U.S. and the UAE. Accordin [...] |
2004-06-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1987 |
UAE downplays recent fishing boat seizures [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) downplayed the significance of recent seizures of Iranian and UAE fishing boats by each of their coast guard forces. Seizures of fishing and smuggling boats by both sides are relative [...] |
2004-06-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1988 |
UAE WELCOMES UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ [...] Polchief shared reftel points June 8 with MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub Al- Hosani urging the UAE to issue a public statement in support of the UNSCR on Iraq. The UAE's official news agency published the following statement from an unnamed foreign ministry official on June [...] |
2004-06-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1989 |
UAE HAS UNFINISHED BUSINESS OVER ITS BORDER [...] (S) Summary: Thirty years after signing an agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over their common border, the UAE Government still views three issues as unsettled and needing discussion: exploitation of the Zarrarah/Shaybah oil field; the maritime border between Saudi Arabia and the UAE [...] |
2004-06-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL SA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI1992 |
SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER, GEN ABIZAID, [...] (U) GENERAL ABIZAID: WELCOME BACK TO THE UAE. WE HAVE REQUESTED MEETINGS FOR YOU WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SHAYKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, AS WELL AS WITH ABU DHABI DEPUTY CROWN PRINCE AND UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF LT GEN SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN (MBZ). BOTH SHAYKHS WI [...] |
2004-06-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PINS PREL PTER PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2006 |
UAE CONDEMNS MURDER OF PAUL JOHNSON, PRAISES [...] (C) UAE President Shaykh Zayed and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa have sent messages of condolence to President Bush and to the family of Paul Johnson in the wake of Johnson's murder by terrorists. The UAE leadership also sent cables to the Saudi leadership praising the Saudi security [...] |
2004-06-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2007 |
CIVAIR: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ABILITY OF [...] The UAEG has officially responded to reftel demarche requesting information on whether "Emirates-CAE Flight Training" is an appropriate entity to enter into an international agreement with the FAA. 2. Emirates CAE is considered as an approved training organization, which is authorized to co [...] |
2004-06-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2028 |
UAE: BOGUS REPORT CLAIMS EXXONMOBIL WINS BID TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) A Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) article this week, citing "sources close to the Supreme Petroleum Council" (SPC), claimed that the SPC had selected U.S. firm ExxonMobil to develop the m [...] |
2004-06-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2033 |
UAEG DECLINES TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO ON GAS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Econoff, Chief Operating Officer of Mubadala (and former Projects Manager for UAE Offsets Group) Khaldoon Al-Mubarak (protect) said the UAEG would not provide fu [...] |
2004-06-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR |
| 04ABUDHABI2034 |
UAE - REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: UAE Government officials have responded relatively positively to the annual Trafficking in Persons report despite the fact that the UAE was dropped from Tier 1 to Tier 2. The prevailing sentiment has been that the demotion - a year after the UAE's unprecedented jump from Tier 3 t [...] |
2004-06-21 14:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM PREF TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2044 |
UAE WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT POSSIBLY BY 2004- [...] THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UAE GENERAL WOMEN'S UNION, NOURA AL-SUWEIDI, TOLD POLCHIEF ON JUNE 21 THAT WOMEN COULD BE APPOINTED TO THE 40-MEMBER FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC) DURING THE 2004-05 SESSION THAT BEGINS IN THE FALL. AL-SUWEIDI MENTIONED THAT A LIST OF WOMEN NOMINATED BY RULERS OF [...] |
2004-06-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2058 |
59TH UNGA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2059 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] SUMMARY: THE SECURITY SITUATION AND THE KILLING OF THE AMERICAN HOSTAGE IN SAUDI ARABIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AYSHA SULTAN NOTED IN "AL BAYAN" THAT HATRED TOWARDS THE U.S. IS INCREASING AMONG THE YOUNGER GENERATION. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT A [...] |
2004-06-22 12:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2061 |
VIEWS ON QATAR-SAUDI MEETING, QATAR'S TIES [...] (C) In farewell calls with the Ambassador, the Qatari Ambassador to the UAE, Abdullah Al-Othman, and Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ), gave their respective readouts on the recent Qatar- Saudi talks, and on the Qatari Crow [...] |
2004-06-22 14:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL QA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2062 |
UAE CROWN PRINCE ADVISOR ON SAUDI INSTABILITY, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 14 with Mohamed Habroush Al-Suweidi, chairman of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi and close advisor to the Al-Nahyan ruling family. Their discussion covered the uncertain security situation in Saudi Arabia and its repercussions in the UAE, the disparities [...] |
2004-06-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2074 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGES THAT U.S. PRACTI OF USING IRAQI OIL REVENUES TO FINANCE ITS OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS NOT SOMETHING NEW. THE STRONGLY WORDED EDITORIAL ASSERTS THAT U.S.OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS CONDUCTED TO CONTROL IRAQ'S RESOURCE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING IRAQ AS A LAUNC [...] |
2004-06-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2075 |
UAE 'S STANDVIEW ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST [...] THE LATEST EDITION (JUNE 15) OF THE UAE WOMEN'S WEEKLY MAGAZINE "ALMARA'A ALYOUM" INTERVIEWS UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' DIRECTOR FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS, AHMAD AL-JARMAN, ON THE ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE UAEG WILL SIGN THETHE JUNE 15 EDITION OF THE UAE [...] |
2004-06-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2095 |
UAE VIEW ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN [...] THE LATEST EDITION (JUNE 15) OF THE UAE WOMEN'S WEEKLY MAGAZINE "ALMARA'A ALYOUM" INTERVIEWS UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS' DIRECTOR FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS, AHMAD AL-JARMAN, ON THE ISSUE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE UAEG WILL SIGN THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION O [...] |
2004-06-26 10:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2096 |
UAE WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT POSSIBLY BY 2004-05 [...] THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UAE GENERAL WOMEN'S UNION, NOURA AL-SUWEIDI, TOLD POLCHIEF ON JUNE 21 THAT WOMEN COULD BE APPOINTED TO THE 40-MEMBER FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC) DURING THE 2004-05 SESSION THAT BEGINS IN THE FALL. AL-SUWEIDI MENTIONED THAT A LIST OF WOMEN NOMINATED BY RULERS OF [...] |
2004-06-26 10:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI211 |
UAEG urges U.S. to give UN greater [...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions this week with the Ambassador about current developments in Iraq, de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and DMI Director Brigadier Mohammed Saif Al Neyadi urged the United States to allow the UN to play a larger role in Iraq's political t [...] |
2004-01-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2113 |
SHAYKH MOHAMED BIN ZAYED REJECTS UNARMED [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) met on June 26 with a SAF/IA team led by Brigadier General Ronald Yaggi, Director of Regional Affairs for the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affair [...] |
2004-06-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2130 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/PALESTINE [...] SUMMARY: HANDING OVER IRAQ TO IRAQIS AND THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL ITTIHAD" CRITICIZED THE BRUTAL PICTURES OF HOSTAGES THAT MEDIA HAVE CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED AND AIRED ON TV. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN [...] |
2004-06-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2131 |
UAE - MANDATORY SUBMISSION OF JOB OFFERS ALONG [...] (U) STARTING OCTOBER 1, 2004, THE UAE MINISTRY OF LABOR WILL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO SUBMIT JOB OFFERS STATING THE SALARY AND JOB TITLE OF THEIR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES AT THE SAME TIME EMPLOYERS SUBMIT VISA APPLICATIONS. THE CURRENT PRACTICE IS FOR EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT DETAILS ON THE VI [...] |
2004-06-29 03:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2141 |
MEDIA REACTION: HANDOVER OF IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE TWO-DAY EARLY HANDOVER OF POWER IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE EARLY HANDOVER OCCURRED SO THAT PRESIDENT BUSH COULD PROVE HIS GOOD INTENTIONS IN IRAQ RIGHT BEFORE THE NATO SUMMIT. ANOTHER EDITORIAL IN "A [...] |
2004-06-29 09:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2154 |
UAE CABINET APPROVES SETTING UP LABOR UNIONS [...] (U) THE UAE'S CABINET OF MINISTERS ON JUNE 28 APPROVED A MEMO SUBMITTED BY THE MINISTER OF LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS CALLING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LABOR UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS IN THE UAE. THE GOVERNMENT'S NEXT STEP WILL BE TO FORM A MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A FEDERAL LAW CREATING UNION [...] |
2004-06-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2171 |
UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The "Talk About Town" series by the U.S. Mission in the UAE -- Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai -- is provided on a periodic basis, and intended to report on local business atmosp [...] |
2004-06-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2177 |
UAE OPEN TO HELPING IRAQI MINISTRIES, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Post briefed Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on details of USG plans to offer Iraq's ministries development assistance (see ref A), and asked whether the UAEG was contemplating similar assistance to Iraq's ministries. The response was generally positive, although our interl [...] |
2004-06-30 11:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2179 |
UAE HAILS IRAQ SOVEREIGNTY TRANSFER [...] (C) The UAE Cabinet of Ministers hailed the transfer of power to the Interim Iraqi Government at its weekly session on June 28, and Embassy contacts in the UAE foreign policy apparatus commented that the long-awaited transfer of power should give a boost to U.S. diplomacy, particularly in the [...] |
2004-06-30 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2181 |
MLAT bogged down in UAE bureaucracy [...] (SBU) The UAE Government's review of a U.S.- proposed text for a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) is not going to be completed until after the summer, although the UAE remains committed to the reaching an agreement, Yacub Al-Hosani, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Internation [...] |
2004-06-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2187 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: END USE CHECK ON [...] On June 23, 2004, Commercial Officer Mary O'Brien met with Mumtaz A. Kayyali, General Manager of Gulf Aerospace Company, aka GACO, at GACO's offices in Abu Dhabi. Mr. Kayyali, who is an aeronautical engineer, received his degree from the University of Cairo and also studied in the UK. He ser [...] |
2004-07-04 07:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI219 |
Iraqi police training: German Interior [...] (C) Summary: German Interior Minister Otto Schily met January 19 with senior Emirati law enforcement officials as well as with Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and reached an understanding on the German proposal to train Iraqi police in the UAE. [...] |
2004-01-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2194 |
DEPUTY CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH UAE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PK PREL SA TC YM |
| 04ABUDHABI220 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI ELECTIONS/ISRAELI FENCE/ SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-21 04:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2202 |
THE SLOW RISE IN TRAVEL OF UAE NATIONALS TO THE [...] FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11, THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES IS STARTING TO RISE. HOWEVER, THIS IS FROM A SHARPLY DIMINISHED BASE - THE ROAD BACK TO PRE-9/11 LEVELS FOR UAE NATIONALS WILL TAKE TIME. THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES HAS FA [...] |
2004-07-04 12:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KPAO SCUL BMGT ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2203 |
PRIMER ON UAE INSURANCE MARKET [...] The UAE insurance sector is a small contributor to the federation's economy, but enjoys significant levels of protection from foreign competition. Most recent data available shows that the insurance sector contributed $630 million to the UAE economy in 2002 -- less than 1 percent of the UAE' [...] |
2004-07-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ECIN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2204 |
UAE: SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-04 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC KSTC PARM PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2205 |
UAE PREPARES FOR TERMINATION OF TEXTILE QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reftel letter was delivered July 4 to UAE Ministry of Economy Undersecretary Mohammed Jassim Al-Mizzaki, whose staff has queried Post numerous times about the elimination in 2005 of the UAE's textile quota to the United States. Textiles are the UAE's single largest [...] |
2004-07-04 12:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KTEX TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2206 |
UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), all of the UAE's major seaports and oil and gas terminal operators were ISPS certified by the July 1 deadline. The following UAE seaports received ISPS certification: Dubai Dry Dock (Dubai) Jebel Ali Port (Dubai) Port Rashid (Dub [...] |
2004-07-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV |
| 04ABUDHABI2207 |
UAE - Iraq Embassy implements visa regime [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS PGOV PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2209 |
UAE and Iran free detained crews [...] (U) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on July 1 announcing that the UAEG had released the Iranian crew and their fishing boat that had been seized on June 2 (see ref B). UAE authorities determined that the crew had entered UAE territorial waters unintentionally, according [...] |
2004-07-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2217 |
UAE - Iraqi expats not rushing to return home [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi expatriates residing in the UAE are not rushing to return to their homeland now that there has been a transfer of power from the Coalition to a sovereign Iraqi government. On the contrary, most of the estimated 60,000 Iraqis living in the UAE are taking a wait-and-see appro [...] |
2004-07-05 11:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2254 |
UAE: MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE SUPREME PETROLEUM [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: In a surprise move, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan overhauled the membership of the secretive Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) on June 29. [...] |
2004-07-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2257 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: SADDAM'S TRIAL AND THE INCREASING VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN ABU DHABI-BASED SEMI-GOVERNMENT "AL ITTIHAD" NOTED THAT THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT NEEDS THE SUPPORT OF THE ARAB COUNTRIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STOP THE [...] |
2004-07-07 09:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2262 |
UAEG RECEIVES IAEA CHIEF; ASKS FOR IAEA [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 3. (SBU) IAEA Director General Mohammed El-Baradei traveled to the UAE this week and met with senior officials in Abu Dhabi, including A [...] |
2004-07-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL PTER KSTC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2263 |
UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge delivered ref A talking points to MFA Assistant Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi July 6, and expressed our concerns about Abu Dhabi's potential project to import gas from Iran. Al [...] |
2004-07-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR |
| 04ABUDHABI2270 |
REDOUBLING EFFORTS TO OBTAIN ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KICC PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2272 |
A trickle, but no rush of people and capital [...] (C) Summary: Terror attacks and insecurity have prompted a small number of expatriates to leave Saudi Arabia and relocate to the United Arab Emirates, according to business, government, and diplomatic contacts, as well as press reports. The limited exodus concerns individuals, not entire firm [...] |
2004-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV SA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2325 |
UAE SUPPORTS ICJ RULING ON SECURITY BARRIER [...] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ), reacted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on the Israeli security barrier (reftel) by urging the international community to live up to its responsibilities, and by calling [...] |
2004-07-12 11:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ICJ UNGA PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2329 |
COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2343 |
UAE: JULY 2004 APPENDIX TO 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Government's decision to begin publishing the Country Commercial Guide (of which the Invest [...] |
2004-07-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KSPR KTBD KPRP OPIC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2346 |
ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche during a courtesy call with newly appointed MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan SIPDIS on July 13. Al Haidan gave a pessimistic assessment of the peace process and the Middle East Roadmap. He said Israel's planned w [...] |
2004-07-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ICJ UNGA PREL IS TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2353 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE WALL [...] SUMMARY: THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE'S DECISION THAT THE WALL BEING BUILT BY ISRAEL IN THE WEST BANK IS ILLEGAL DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" (CIRCULATION 40,000) NOTED THAT THE U.S. IS THE ONLY ONE SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S REFUSAL OF TH [...] |
2004-07-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2363 |
U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 09:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM UNGA UN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2371 |
LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. JOHN SNOW SECRETARY OF TREASURY SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...] |
2004-07-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2372 |
LETTER FROM THE IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY [...] (SBU) ON JULY 13, POST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE SIGNED BY THE IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REGARDING TREATMENT OF IRAQ'S EXTERNAL DEBT. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: 12TH JULY 2004 H.E. MR. COLIN POWELL SECRETARY OF STATE SIPDIS UNITED STATES DEAR SIR, W [...] |
2004-07-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OPDC PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2382 |
UAE 'S STANDVIEW ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST [...] THE MFA'S EMIRATES INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY, HOSTED DR. FATEMA'S AL-SAYEGH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT UAE UNIVERSITY, FOR A SESSION , JULY 3-4, ON UAE HISTORY, CULTURE, TRADITION AND POLITICSAL SYSTEM, HELD FOR [...] |
2004-07-18 03:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI240 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SPE JAMES BAKER'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY: THE 01/20 VISIT OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY JAMES BAKER TO THE UAE TO DISCUSS IRAQI DEBT RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. REPORTS AND PHOTOS WERE ON FIRST PAGE OF MOST PAPERS; THERE WAS NO EDITORIAL COMMENT. END SUMMARY. 2. UAE ARABIC AND ENG [...] |
2004-01-21 14:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2403 |
UAE WOMAN SCHOLAR SPEAKS UP [...] THE MFA INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY HOSTED DR. FATEMA AL- SAYEGH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT UAE UNIVERSITY, FOR A SESSION ON UAE HISTORY, CULTURE, TRADITION AND POLITICS, HELD FOR NEW DIPLOMATS TO THE UAE ON JULY 3 [...] |
2004-07-18 10:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2415 |
ECOSOC CUBA TERRORISM RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] Poloff discussed reftel talking points with MFA International Organizations Deputy Director Ghanim Al Mazroai on July 19. Al Mazroai said he would relay the U.S. position to the UAE/UN PermRep in New York. The UAE PermRep is consulting with decisionmakers in Abu Dhabi and UN representatives [...] |
2004-07-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CU TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2424 |
MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THE EVENTS WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PLEASED SHARON. ANOTHER EDITORIAL CRITICIZES SECRETARY POWELL'S DISAPPROVAL OF COVERA [...] |
2004-07-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2437 |
UAE NEARING MAXIMUM OIL PRODUCTION LIMITS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary: During a July 20 meeting with Charge and Econoff, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Deputy CEO and new member of the Supreme Petroleum Council (see ref C) Abdullah Nasser Al [...] |
2004-07-21 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI246 |
REQUEST FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY REGULATIONS IN THE UAE [...] In response to Washington's requests for information on biotechnology regulations (refs A and B), please note that ATO Dubai replied in October 2003 (ref C) that the UAE does not/not have "any laws, regulations or testing regimes specifically addressing the approval, production, importation [...] |
2004-01-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SENV TBIO TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2472 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE AQSA MOSQUE/DARFOUR [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN DARFOUR AND THE THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" NOTED THAT THESE THREATS AGAINST THE AQSA MOSQUE ARE NOT ONLY AGAINST PALESTINIANS BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL MUSL [...] |
2004-07-27 04:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2507 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITE TO GLOBAL THREAT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-28 07:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2508 |
CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2514 |
ABU DHABI POLOFF TO PARTICIPATE IN SEPTEMBER [...] Abu Dhabi Human Rights Reporting Officer Susan Raddant looks forward to participating in the first DRL Human Rights Officers Conference September 28-29 in Washington, D.C. Our Political Section has already notified DRL of Poloff's attendance via email, and suggested ideas for additional issue [...] |
2004-07-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2520 |
DEPUTY COMMANDER URGES AL-ARABIYA MANAGEMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a visit to Dubai's Media City on July 19, General Lance Smith, Deputy Commander CENTCOM, told the new management team at Al Arabiya that the Arab satellite station put too much emphasis on violence and that he would like to see more even coverage on the situation in Iraq. Rep [...] |
2004-07-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV OIIP PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2524 |
MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH--ABU DHABI RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE. The UAEG promotes the moderate practice of Islam and the vast majority of religious group in the UAE follow a moderate practice of Islam in line with UAEG policy. The Mission is actively engaging Emirati [...] |
2004-07-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OIIP EAID KDEM OPRC PREL PHUM PTER KISL |
| 04ABUDHABI2538 |
UAE RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-31 11:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI254 |
ARAB MONETARY FUND PLEDGES ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) Summary: During a January 20 meeting with State DAS Greenwood and Treasury DAS Lowery, officials from the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) gave assurances that the Fund would do everything it could to [...] |
2004-01-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2545 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATIONS 05-925972 AND 05- [...] On June 18, 2004, Commercial Officer Mary O'Brien spoke with Jack McGuinness of the Office of the Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed is the son of Sheikh Zayed al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emi [...] |
2004-08-02 05:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI255 |
UAE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER ON [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Federal National Council Speaker Saeed Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi on January 21 and discussed Iraq, the future role of women in UAE political life, and the possibility of sending a delegation of Emirati parliamentarians and FNC staff to the United States to o [...] |
2004-01-25 11:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN KMPI IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2566 |
Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi Visits UAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 29-31 visit to Abu Dhabi, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq with Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Allawi discussed police training and mili [...] |
2004-08-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TC PTER |
| 04ABUDHABI2577 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THIRD PARTY FINANCING FOR UN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR ECON EFIN UN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2583 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONDEMNING HOSTAGE TAKING AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-03 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2589 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/DARFOUR/SECURITY IN THE U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. WARNINGS AGAINST FUTURE TERRORISTS ATTACKS OVER THE PAST TWO DAYS AND THE REVELATION THAT THESE WARNINGS WERE BASED ON VERY OLD INFORMATION, THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ, AND THE SITUATION IN DARFOUR DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN [...] |
2004-08-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2591 |
UAE ANTI TERRORISM LAW ADDRESSES TERRORIST [...] (U) On July 28, the UAE issued "Federal Law Number 1 on Combating Terrorist Crimes, which criminalizes terrorist acts, sets up a national anti-terrorism committee, and criminalizes terrorist financing. Post is analyzing the law and will provide a fuller readout septel. This cable provides a [...] |
2004-08-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2596 |
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR THINKS DIFC SET BACK BY [...] (C): Summary: In meetings over the last week with the Central Bank Governor and the American CEO of a local bank, Econchief had the opportunity to discuss the impact on the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) of the firing of its top two regulators DFSA Chairman Ian Hay Davison and DF [...] |
2004-08-09 07:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2638 |
UAEG RESPONDS TO MLAT PROPOSAL [...] This message contains an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. SUMMARY: Post received on August 1 the UAEG's response to the Embassy's January 24, 2004 letter requesting the UAEG to move forward with Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) talks without linking it to other negotiations. The UA [...] |
2004-08-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2649 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" (CIRCULATION 85,000) NOTED THE NEW CONFESSIONS OF THE U.S. SOLDIER LINDA ENGLAND REVEALING THAT ALL OF THE TORTURE THAT WAS CONDUCTED AT ABU GHRAIB PRISON WAS RECEIVED WITH CONGRATULATIONS FROM HIGH RANKING OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. T [...] |
2004-08-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI266 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI DEBTS [...] SUMMARY: THE UAE'S DECISION TO WAIVE MOST OF IRAQ'S DEBTS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE IN BOTH ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL NOTED THAT THIS DECISION COULD BE EXPECTED FROM A GOVERNMENT SUCH AS THE UAE'S, WITH ITS "NATIONAL AND HUMANE FEELINGS OF DUTY" TOWARDS THE IRAQI [...] |
2004-01-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2678 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATE YOUTH DON'T TRUST WESTERN NEWS [...] Summary: A July 2004 survey by Public Affairs Office Abu Dhabi of 535 Arab youth in the UAE, age 18-25, determined that the majority use television as their primary source of news. The survey also determined that among television stations, Arabic channels such as Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi T [...] |
2004-08-11 12:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR TC PREL |
| 04ABUDHABI270 |
MEDIA REACTION: VP CHENEY'S SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY'S SPEECH RECEIVED PROMINENT COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT MEDIA. AN ARTICLE IN DUBAI- BASED BUSINESS-ORIENTED "AL BAYAN" WRITTEN BY COLUMNIST HAMAD SALMAIN NOTED THAT THE SPEECH ASSURES THE CONTINUATION OF U.S.'S EFFORTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF T [...] |
2004-01-26 13:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2718 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSYG NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-16 07:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM AORC UNGA CDG TC |
| 04ABUDHABI272 |
MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION [...] SUMMARY: LOCAL AND REGIONAL MEDIA COVERED PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS EXTENSIVELY AND EXCERPTS FROM THE SPEECH WERE CARRIED IN ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. ABU DHABI TV CARRIED THE SPEECH LIVE WITH SIMULTANEOUS ARABIC TRANSLATION, WHILE DUBAI TV ALSO REPORTED THE SPEECH. EDITORIALS [...] |
2004-01-26 14:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2750 |
UPDATE ON UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (C) On August 14, LtG Naseer Arkaan Al-Abadi, acting Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces, met with LtG Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces to discuss the UAEG's offer to donate four reconnaissance aircraft to Iraq. [...] |
2004-08-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2753 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL DEFENSE POSTURE REVIEW [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A and B points August 15 to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan and to UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Hamad Thani Al Rumaithy. Both expressed appreciation for consulting with them. Al Haidan asked [...] |
2004-08-16 12:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL MOPS PGOV PARM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2754 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDI PROPOSAL FOR MUSLIM [...] (C) Charge delivered ref. A points to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq Ahmed Al Haidan on Aug. 15. Al Haidan agreed that the Saudi proposal was a starting point for further discussion. He commented that IIG approval would be a prerequisite for any proposal [...] |
2004-08-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL OPDC MOPS MARR PGOV PARM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI277 |
Reassuring Gulf governments of U.S. [...] (S) On January 26 the Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Deputy Prime Minister and de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (HbZ) who said the UAEG was comfortable with the U.S. approach for a sovereign and unified Iraq. HbZ also underscored the very important rol [...] |
2004-01-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2770 |
URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: QUASHING NAM CRITICISM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-17 11:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2798 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI NATIONAL CONFERENCE/ PALESTINIAN [...] Summary: The Palestinian prisoners' announced hunger strike and the Iraqi National congress dominated coverage in local print and electronic media. 2. Noting that the Palestinian authority should do something regarding the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails, [...] |
2004-08-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2800 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUKTADA AL SADER [...] SUMMARY: ON 16 AUGUST UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHEED, WRITING IN ABU DHABI-BASED "AL ITTIHAD" (SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRC. 65,000) CRITICIZED MUKTADA AL SADER AND THE ARAB MEDIA SUPPORTIN HIM. 2. ". WHOSE BLOOD DOES MUKTADA REALLY WANT TO SACRIFICE? IS IT HIS BLOOD, OR [...] |
2004-08-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2804 |
G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PREPARTORY MEETING [...] (SBU) DCM -- acting as CDA -- delivered the points in a letter to Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HBZ) on August 18. DCM followed up with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Al-Haidan to request SIPDIS an [...] |
2004-08-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL ECON KMPI |
| 04ABUDHABI2805 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NAM SYRIAN LANGUAGE PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2806 |
NAM PSI DEMARCHE FOLLOW UP [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2809 |
UAE PAPER ON DEPLOYMENT OF GCC FORCES TO IRAQ [...] (C) Special Assistant to Abu Dhabi Deputy Prime Minister and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed, Yousef al-Otaiba, in a courtesy call on the Ambassador, passed to us a paper analyzing the pros and cons of deployment of GCC forces to Iraq, which he said was prepared by the [...] |
2004-08-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL ECON EFIN UN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2816 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CONDEMNATION OF RELIGIOUS [...] Summary: Abu Dhabi-based semi-official Arabic daily "Al- Ittihad" carries a column by Kuwaiti intellectual, Dr. Ahmad Al-Baghdadi, strongly condemning religious curriculums in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC). He quotes an official report by the UAE governmen [...] |
2004-08-21 05:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2833 |
G8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PREPARTORY MEETING [...] (SBU) On August 22, DCM talked to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq Al-Haidan to ask SIPDIS whether the MFA had a response to our invitation to the BMENA forum preparatory meeting (reftels). Al-Haidan said that he had passed the message on to Deputy Prime Minister/M [...] |
2004-08-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL ECON KMPI |
| 04ABUDHABI2836 |
NEPALESE CHARGE REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Nepalese Charge d'Affaires, Madhuban Prasad Paudel, requested assistance from Charge in tracking a Nepalese press report stating that 12 Nepali workers were taken hostage in Iraq, allegedly for helping U.S. forces. Acting on instr [...] |
2004-08-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TC NP |
| 04ABUDHABI286 |
UAE-BASED NEW AIR WARFARE CENTER EXERCISES BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: The opening of the Gulf Air Warfare Center (GAWC) at the Al Dhafra Air Base near Abu Dhabi marks an important milestone in our efforts to broaden and deepen our military cooperation with the UAE and other GCC countries. A three-year undertaking, the GAWC is an unprecedented achie [...] |
2004-01-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP MOPS GCC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2864 |
UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Dr. Ebrahim Al Jaafari discussed developments in Iraq and UAE assistance with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Shaykh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) on August 20 in Abu Dhabi. On August 21, Al Jaafari visited the headquart [...] |
2004-08-23 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2874 |
MEDIA REACTION: NAJAF/THE PALESTINAIN AUTHORITY [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SITUATION IN NAJAF AND CORRUPTION IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID CRITICIZED PRESIDENT YASER ARAFAT AND DESCRIBED HIM AS THE CORE OF ALL CORRUPTION IN THE PA SINCE HE WILL NOT INITIA [...] |
2004-08-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2883 |
AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT ON CRS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (U) ON AUGUST 18 ABDULLA AHMED LOOTAH, UNDER SECRETARY AT THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE US PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE US/UAE AIR SERVICE AGREEMENT BY DELETING ANNEX III OF THE AGREEMENT. LOOTAH N [...] |
2004-08-25 11:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2930 |
SECURITY DOMINATES THE UAE FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Funding for security (including defense) is the single largest portion of the 2004 federal budget and makes up a full 43 percent of budgeted expenditures. This figure does not include an unknown amount of other defense spending that is directly paid by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. [...] |
2004-08-30 12:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON MARR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2972 |
UAE BORDER SECURITY TAKES ANOTHER STEP AHEAD [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-31 12:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ETRD ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2975 |
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-31 17:34:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PTER KTIA IAEA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI298 |
MEDIA REACTION: THE ISRAELI WALL [...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI WALL COURT CASE IN THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE DOMINATED COVERAGE IN ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" COMMENTED THAT ARABS SHOULD PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE WALL COURT CASE. END SUMMARY. 2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "DON'T BELIEVE SHARON," SHAR [...] |
2004-02-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2980 |
TIFA works: UAEG Fixes IPR Problems [...] (SBU) Summary: In a successful use of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process, the Embassy worked with Pfizer and the UAEG to stop violations of Phizer's patent on Viagra. In May, we facilitated meetings between Pfizer and the UAEG to identify Pfizer's concerns, and the C [...] |
2004-09-01 06:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR WTO USTR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI299 |
UAEG RESPONDS TO USTR ZOELLICK'S LETTER [...] POST RECEIVED FEBRUARY 3 A SIGNED LETTER FROM UAE MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE FAHIM AL-QASSIMI RESPONDING TO USTR ZOELLICK'S LETTER ON THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA (REF B). THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE LETTER IS COPIED BELOW. 2. BEGIN TEXT. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MINISTRY OF ECONOMY & C [...] |
2004-02-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTO USTR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2997 |
ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM - [...] (C) Polchief delivered reftel points to MFA Assistant Under Secetary for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan on September 1. Al Haidan affirmed that the UAEG was indeed a close partner of the USG in the global campaign against terror. Nonetheless, he emphasized that it will not be easy for the [...] |
2004-09-01 13:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2998 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/WEST BANK [...] Summary: The suicide bombings in Beersheeba yesterday and the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq dominated coverage in local print and electronic media. An editorial in "Al Khaleej" noted that the suicide bombings in the West Bank are defensive acts. An editorial in "Al Bayan" su [...] |
2004-09-02 03:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3037 |
UAEG COMMITTED - IN PART - TO ELIMINATE [...] THE UAEG HAS SIGNED THE UN CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW), BUT LIKE OTHER ISLAMIC COUNTRIES, THE UAE WILL NOT ENFORCE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION THAT CONTRADICT SHARIA' LAW, OR UAE FAMILY LAW AND CUSTOMS. BY ACCEPTING THE CONVENTION, THE UA [...] |
2004-09-07 06:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3054 |
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT: NETAFIM [...] (SBU) On September 7, EconChief met with Ministry of Finance Assistant Undersecretary Khalid Al-Bustani to discuss efforts to resolve Arab League Boycott concerns and specifically to see about getting the UAE to remove Netafim USA from its list of banned companies. In an August 18 conversati [...] |
2004-09-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT KMPI ECON ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3073 |
DEMARCHE RE US CANDIDACY TO THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL [...] EconChief Delivered Reftel demarche to MFA Director For International Cooperation Yacoub Al-Hosani on August 25 urging support for the U.S. candidacy to the Universal Postal Union' Postal Operations Council (POC) and for the election of James Wade as POC Chair. Al-Hosani stated that the UAEG [...] |
2004-09-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3077 |
MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/IRAQ/WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS IN RUSSIA AND THE DETORIARATING SECURITY SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK AND IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. ABDULLAH RASHID NOTED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES RELIGIOUS WHO LEAD OUR YOUTH TO BECOME TERROISTS. [...] |
2004-09-08 13:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3078 |
UAE press on El Baradei, Iran nukes [...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program received an unusual amount of attention in the press this week, with an exclusive interview with IAEA Chief Dr. Mohamed El Baradei in one newspaper, and a strong editorial endorsement of Iran's decision to go on a diplomatic offensive about its nuclear inten [...] |
2004-09-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA IR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3079 |
THE UAE: A GOOD PARTNER LOOKING FOR AN FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S. have deepened and expanded in the military, counter-terror, and nonproliferation arenas. Senior UAEG officials want our economic links to become as close as our other ties and argue that a Free Trade Agreement woul [...] |
2004-09-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3094 |
UAE TO BE FEATURED IN HBO CAMEL JOCKEY EXPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned from two regional NGOs that HBO television will soon broadcast a documentary alleging that UAE camel racetracks continue to use foreign children as camel jockeys, despite the UAEG's September 2002 ban forbidding this practice. The program may also highlight miser [...] |
2004-09-13 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TC PK BG |
| 04ABUDHABI3095 |
OPEC TO RAISE PRODUCTON QUOTA? [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum advisor Dr. Ibrahim Ismail (protect) told EconChief that he thought that OPEC Ministers would raise the production quota by 1-1.5 mb/d to reflect at least some of OPEC's current overproduction and to help calm the markets. He also said that the ministers w [...] |
2004-09-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3096 |
DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-13 15:25:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA KNNP TRGY PTER MNUC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3123 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S RELATION WITH IAEA AND UN [...] Summary: An editorial in English daily "Gulf News" calls on Iran to put its nuclear program under IAEA supervision and urges the US to follow an agreed international route for a solution. Arabic daily "Al-Ittihad" strongly attacks the international community's silence vis a vis Israeli atroci [...] |
2004-09-15 06:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3205 |
ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT: THE UAE WILL NOT BOYCOTT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S Abdulla Rashid Al-Noaimi (defacto number 2) told the Ambassador on September 15 that the UAE had renounced implementation of the Secondary and Tertiary aspects of the Arab League Boycott and would not boycott [...] |
2004-09-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KBCT KMPI ECON ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3209 |
TIP CASES SHOW UAE STILL CHALLENGED [...] (U) This is an action request for G/TIP and NEA/ARPI country desk, please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A number of recent trafficking cases in the UAE point to the continuing challenges in the TIP arena here. There is a growing difference in views between Dubai police and public prosec [...] |
2004-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TC IN NP RP |
| 04ABUDHABI3210 |
LOCAL VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This message was jointly drafted by Embassy Abu Dhabi and ConGen Dubai. 3. (C) SUMMARY: The slow but steady regional trend toward democratization has triggered some, albeit limited, discussion in Emirati c [...] |
2004-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KDEM KMPI TC SA |
| 04ABUDHABI3212 |
UAE DEPUTY PM/MINSTATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON CT, [...] (U) Ambassador presented copies of credentials to Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (HbZ) on September 14 in a cordial and informal meeting. HbZ, who had spent much of the summer traveling outside of the UAE, was keen to review &nex [...] |
2004-09-16 09:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP ETTC PTER TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3252 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: EXCLUSIVE WITH UAE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: ARABIC DAILY "AL-ITTIHAD" CARRIED A TWO-PAGE EXCLUSIVE WITH THE UAE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS I WHICH HE COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES INCLUDING FRIDAY SERMONS AND ERRONEOUS UNDERSTANDINGS BY MUSLIMS. HE ASSERTED THAT THE MINISTRY IS CONSCIOUS OF T [...] |
2004-09-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3253 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRELICENSE CHECK ON 05-934075 [...] REFTEL REQUESTED THAT POST CONDUCT AN ON-SITE VISIT TO MICROHIT TECHNOLOGIES, THE INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE ON THE ABOVE-CAPTIONED APPLICATION FOR EXPORT LICENSE. ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2004, COMMERCIAL OFFICER AND EXPORT CONTROL ATTACHE MARY O'BRIEN VISITED THE OFFICES OF MICROHIT AND MET WITH M.P. CH [...] |
2004-09-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC TC SY |
| 04ABUDHABI3270 |
TIFA - THE LABOR ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG understands that its current labor law is a stumbling block to its goal of negotiating a FTA with the U.S. The fact that the overwhelming majority (80-85 percent) of the population and 98 percent of the private sector workforce is foreign, however, means labor is a sensi [...] |
2004-09-20 11:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3275 |
TREASURY A/S ZARATE MEETS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary Juan Zarate, accompanied by Embassy Bahrain OFAC Attache and Embassy Abu Dhabi EconChief, met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on September 16. The Governor noted that the Central Bank continued to work with the Emirati secur [...] |
2004-09-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PTER ECON TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3286 |
UAE MINISTER OF INFO SAYS COUNTERING RADICAL ISLAM [...] (U) Summary: Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed, the UAE Minister of Information, told Ambassador on September 20 that Arab governments and the USG need to do more to encourage Arab moderates to counter extremist discourse currently pervasive on Arab television. He noted recent positive developments i [...] |
2004-09-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR OIIP KPAO KMDR KMPI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3322 |
MEDIA REACTION: STRONG WORDS FROM SEMI OFFICIAL DAILY [...] SUMMARY: THE BRUTAL KILLING OF THE TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN ALL LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID STATED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT ISLAM IS A JUST AND RIGHTEOUS RELIGION AND THE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUCH CRIMES MAY CALL THEMSELVES MUSLIMS BUT T [...] |
2004-09-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3324 |
TIFA UPDATE: UAE MOVING ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Pursuing our TIFA discussions, MFA Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi told the Ambassador on 9/22 that MFA is working closely with the Ministry of Economy and Commerce on resolving Arab League Boycott concerns. He also confirmed that the new draft labor law was under tec [...] |
2004-09-24 09:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KBCT ELAB ECON ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3346 |
Polio Eradication: UAE Response [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-27 03:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA WHO UNICEF TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3380 |
INFORMING UAE OFFICIALS REGARDING USE OF SPR [...] (U) On September 24, Ambassador telephoned MFA Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi and reviewed with him Ref B talking points regarding the need for the U.S. Department of Energy to enter into negotiations to make available a limited quantity of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve [...] |
2004-09-27 11:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET OPEC ECON PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3384 |
TIFA UPDATE: UAE WORKING ON UNIONS [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Minister of Labor and other UAE labor officials have told us in two separate meetings over the last three days that the UAE is committed to moving forward on developing labor unions, but that the process will be a slow deliberative one, with considerable debate among UAE [...] |
2004-09-27 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3386 |
UAE HESITANT TO ENTER INTO GCC/UE FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Gulf News reported recently that a GCC/EU free trade accord would likely be signed within the next few months. Officials from the UAE Ministry of Economy and Commerce are not enthusiastic about the potential FTA, and are skeptical that it will come to fruition in the near futu [...] |
2004-09-28 05:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETAD ECON EFIN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3401 |
UAE TEXTILE QUOTA FLEXIBILITY REQUEST [...] (U) MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE OFFICE DIRECTOR ALI AL-FAYEL CONTACTED POST ON SEPTEMBER 26 REQUESTING DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CARRYOVER FLEXIBILITY TO TRANSFER FROM 2003 TO 2004 TEXTILE QUOTAS ANY CATEGORY THAT HAS UNUSED QUOTAS IN 2003. THEY ARE ALSO REQUESTING THE USG APPLY THE SWING F [...] |
2004-09-28 11:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3408 |
MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ, WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS OF U.S. AIR STRIKES, AND THE ASSASSINATION OF ONE OF HAMAS' ACTIVISTS IN SYRIA DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" UNDER THE HEADLINE "TERRORISM BEYOND BORDERS" [...] |
2004-09-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3409 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH UAE FOREIGN [...] (C) Making her initial call on UAE Foreign Minister Rashed Abdullah al Noaimi September 27, the Ambassador and the FM reviewed our robust bilateral cooperation agenda and discussed cooperation under BMENA and MEPI. The Minister expressed his desire to cooperate with the U.S. and benefit fro [...] |
2004-09-28 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KMPI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3410 |
UAE Succession Update: The Post-Zayed Scenario [...] (S) Summary: The UAE will likely experience a smooth transition of power once the elderly President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan leaves the scene. Day-to-day governance of the UAE is now firmly in the grasp of the post-Zayed generation. Sheikh Zayed's decree appointing his son Mohammed [...] |
2004-09-28 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PINR PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3412 |
UAE EXPLORES BUILDING NUCLEAR PLANT FOR POWER, [...] (U) Summary: The UAE signed an MOU with the Government of South Korea to undertake a feasibility study regarding building a nuclear power plant in UAE. If constructed, the plant could potentially double the country,s power and water generation capabilities, and it would be the first nuclear [...] |
2004-09-28 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV KNNP GM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3425 |
DEMARCHE RE US DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION FOR FIRST [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-29 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3427 |
BASELINE UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL STATISTICS [...] (U) Summary and comment: Baseline statistics are provided regarding the UAE textile and apparel industry in response to ref A. In advance of the elimination of the worldwide textiles and apparel quotas in January 2005, UAE officials are very concerned that an absence of quotas on China will [...] |
2004-09-29 12:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3430 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AL JAZEERA AND BEHEADINGS [...] SUMMARY: COLUMNIST YOUSSEF IBRAHIM WROTE IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT AL JAZEERA ABUSED ITS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION BY DEBATING WHETHER THE BEHEADING OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN IRAQ IS A JUSTIFIED METHOD OF RESISTANCE. END SUMMARY. 2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "IS AL JAZEERA ALLOWED TO ADVOCATE BEHADINGS [...] |
2004-10-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI348 |
Follow Up on Sharjah Airplane Crash [...] On February 10 at approximately 1140 local time, a Kish Airlines Fokker-50 aircraft crashed on its approach to Sharjah International Airport, two miles before touchdown (Reftel). ConGen has received a copy of the passenger manifest and confirmed that no Americans were on board. Of the 39 pa [...] |
2004-02-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC EAIR PTER AEMR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3483 |
UAE DRAFT COMPANIES LAW WILL ALLOW GREATER THAN 49 [...] (SBU) Summary: If enacted in its current draft form, a new UAE companies law will allow the Ministry of Economy and Commerce to grant exceptions to the 51/49 percent ownership requirement on a case-by-case basis. This exception will allow U.S. and other foreign companies to own more than 49 [...] |
2004-10-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRO TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3484 |
CONSULTING WITH IRAQ'S NON-PARIS CLUB CREDITORS [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S Al-Noaimi told the Ambassador that the UAE is not currently asking the Iraqis to repay their debt and was not raising it with the IIG. He said that the IIG had asked to send a team to the UAE to discuss debt, but had not done so yet. Ministry of Finance Assistant U/S K [...] |
2004-10-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3491 |
IRAQ: TOKYO DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) We delivered ref a demarche September 22 (and followed up October 3), urging the UAEG to attend the Tokyo donors meeting on Iraq and to disburse their Madrid pledge as quickly as possible, to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi. Al-Noaimi said that the UAEG had received Japan's invitatio [...] |
2004-10-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3494 |
AMBASSADOR CALLS ON JUSTICE/ISLAMIC AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Bin Nakhira Al-Dhareri emphasized to Ambassador September 29 that the Ministry pursues transparency in government. He explained the role of the Ministry in overseeing mosques and religious curriculum in schools, emphasizing the [...] |
2004-10-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3519 |
MEDIA REACTION: WEST BANK/IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: THE MASSACRES IN GAZA AND THE CONTINUING SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT THE PALESTINIANS HAVE NO SUPPORT EVEN FROM THE ARABS. DR. SHAMLAN EL EISSA WROTE AN ARTICLE IN "AL ITTIHAD" CRITICIZIN [...] |
2004-10-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3526 |
SCENESETTER FOR USTR ZOELLICK'S TRAVEL TO THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Ambassador Zoellick: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S [...] |
2004-10-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP TC ETRD ECON EINV PREL |
| 04ABUDHABI3527 |
UAE First Lady: Behind-the-Scenes Player [...] (C) Summary: First Lady Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Al Kitbi is a key political player and will likely remain so even after UAE President Sheikh Zayed departs the scene. She has succeeded in promoting her six sons to key positions of power and influence, including her oldest son, Mohammed, who [...] |
2004-10-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PINR PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3582 |
IRAQI ENVOY TO UAE RECALLED [...] (C) Iraq's Ambassador to the UAE, Kussay Mahdi Salih, is returning to Baghdad on October 3 after being recalled by his Foreign Ministry just one year into his assignment. Salih told Polchief during a farewell call at the Iraqi Embassy on October 2 that he believes Iran is purposely stirring up [...] |
2004-10-12 04:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3583 |
Embassies Abu Dhabi and Baghdad Join Forces to Train [...] Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi's Public Affairs Section combined forces with Embassy Baghdad to host 10 Iraqi journalists, (8 men & 2 women) in a workshop entitled Effective Use of the Internet for Journalists, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 25th to 30th, 2004. Embassy Baghdad Publi [...] |
2004-10-12 04:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO TC OIIP KIRC |
| 04ABUDHABI3612 |
NEXT STEPS ON NATO'S ISTANBUL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3613 |
UAE TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Ambassador delivered reftel recommendations on ways to combat and eliminate trafficking in persons to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on October 11. The SIPDIS Ambassador also shared a letter from G/TIP Director Miller to UAE Ambassador Al Dhahri outlining the measures the Em [...] |
2004-10-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3614 |
IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi on October 11. The SIPDIS Ambassador stated that it was important to have major regional actors like the UAE make known our views about the Government of Iran's (GOI) activities in Iraq. Iran, the Amba [...] |
2004-10-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL IR IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3617 |
DEMARCHE TO UAE: US NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 05:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3631 |
UAE: CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC TEACHINGS [...] THE UAE WILL HOST A SIX-DAY CONFERENCE BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 25 TO HIGHLIGHT ISLAM'S TEACHINGS ABOUT TOLERANCE, JUSTICE, FORGIVENESS, AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. THE GATHERING, CALLED "THE PROPHET'S WAY OF DAWA AND GUIDANCE", AIMS TO CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF ISLAM AND ADDRESS THE QUES [...] |
2004-10-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PHUM KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3643 |
Demarche opposing Cuba's UN resolution against the [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD UNGA CU TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3644 |
S-31-04: Attempted Iranian Procurement of [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW IR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3667 |
COMMERCIAL LAW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LAYS GROUNDWORK [...] (U) Summary: Staff from the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) visited the UAE in September to gather information and establish the groundwork for future cooperation with the UAEG on issues of commercial legal reform. Econoff and the CLDP team met with a numbe [...] |
2004-10-17 11:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | TC ECON ETRO |
| 04ABUDHABI3689 |
MEDIA ASSISTANCE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST: WORKSHOP [...] SUMMARY: An October 4 - 6 Regional Media Assistance workshop in Abu Dhabi, funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and USAID, succeeded in soliciting an abundance of ideas and insights from Middle Eastern media experts. Participants were frank about the need for a more indepe [...] |
2004-10-18 11:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI KPAO PHUM XF |
| 04ABUDHABI3693 |
A/S BLOOMFIELD MEETS UAE DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (S) Summary: During an October 17 meeting, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed and A/S Bloomfield reviewed US-UAE bilateral cooperation and discussed the current situation in Iraq as well as specific military cooperation issues. Sheikh Ha [...] |
2004-10-18 11:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS IZ IR GE TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3709 |
UAE CONDEMNS TABA AND IRAQ TERROR; MEDIA [...] The UAE condemned the blasts that took place in Taba on October 9. In a statement carried in the press on October 10, the MFA Undersecretary, Abdullah Rashid Al Nuaimi, stated, "The UAE condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombings which occurred in Taba." He added that the bombings, [...] |
2004-10-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3718 |
SHEIKH HAMED'S RAILWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of the Economy suggested to Ambassador on October 17 that the U.S. focus more of its regional efforts on economic reform. He asked for USG support for a railway that would stretch from the Gulf of Oman up to Jordan. End Summary. 2. [...] |
2004-10-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3738 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY: THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLOOMFIELD'S TWO-DAY VISIT TO THE UAE COMPLEMENTED HIS SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS. ABU DHABI PAO ARRANGED A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH ABU DHABI TV AND A PRESS ROUNDTABLE FOR NINE LOCAL AND REGIONAL PRINT MEDIA. THE MEETINGS WITH UAE OFFICIALS AND [...] |
2004-10-20 12:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3739 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS [...] NOTING THAT CANDIDATE KERRY WILL NOT BE BETTER THAN PRESIDENT BUSH WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF THE REGION, "AL BAYAN" EDITORIALIZED 10/19: (ARABIC DAILY, DUBAI-BASED BUSINESS- ORIENTED, CIRCULATION 40,000) "SOME MIGHT THINK THAT THE CURRENT AMERICAN POLICY MIGHT CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF INTERN [...] |
2004-10-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3741 |
TIFA UPDATE: UAE MOVING ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) On October 20, EconChief called MinEcon Assistant Undersecretary for International Cooperation Abdulla Al-Saleh to discuss steps the UAEG has taken to resolve our Arab League boycott concerns. Al-Salah said that the Ministry of Economy and Commerce had instructed government agencies an [...] |
2004-10-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT KMPI ECON ETRD TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3742 |
CHILD CAMEL JOCKEY DEATH UNCOVERS MORE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PK PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3783 |
HBZ AND MBZ DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: Septel covers the trade and investment aspects of USTR Zoellick's October 13 visit to the UAE. During their meetings, UAEG leaders also discussed the political/security challenges facing the region. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed stressed his concerns about Iraqi instability and the th [...] |
2004-10-24 08:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3832 |
UAE 9/11 hijacker linked to 1996 rape and murder [...] An appeal of an old murder case reported October 22 in the local press revealed a violent criminal episode in the life of Fayez Al Qadi Banihammad, one of two UAE nationals among the hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 in the 9/11 attacks. According to the October 22 Gulf News article [...] |
2004-10-26 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3834 |
UAEG GIVES USTR ZOELLICK HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: UAEG leaders assured USTR Ambassador Zoellick that the UAE remained interested in negotiating an FTA with the U.S. They also assured him that the UAEG was taking steps to end implementation of the secondary and tertiary aspects of the Arab League boycott and would ensure that [...] |
2004-10-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3851 |
FAA: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM [...] On October 24, Post passed this demarche to Mohammed Al- Ghaith, Director General of the UAE Civil Aviation Authority and to Mohammed Abduljalil, MFA Assistant Undersecretary, Assistant Undersecretary for International Cooperation. They took the information on board. Post will pass on any que [...] |
2004-10-27 10:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3855 |
Ruling family projects normalcy and stability in [...] (C) Summary: UAE President Sheikh Zayed is critically ill, but his demise may not be imminent. The country's leaders are extremely sensitive about the issue of his health, reacting very negatively when the subject is broached. Meanwhile, rumors about Zayed's precarious health, and others abo [...] |
2004-10-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3925 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL THOMAS TO THE UAE [...] (U) Chairman Thomas: On behalf of Ambassador Sison, I would like to welcome you and your delegation to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. I understand that you have been briefed on the UAE, so I just wanted to highlight some issues for y [...] |
2004-11-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3937 |
TOP ABU DHABI LEADERSHIP DECREES USE OF CHILD CAMEL JOCKEYS WILL STOP [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-02 07:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3954 |
MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS, ARAFAT, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: COUNTDOWN TO THE U.S. ELECTIONS, THE HEALTH CONDITION OF ARAFAT AND THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA. IN AN "AL ITTIHAD" ARTICLE TITLED "VOTE FOR BUSH," DR. SHALMAN AL EISSA NOTED THAT AMERICANS SHOULD VOTE FOR BUSH BECAUSE HE IS [...] |
2004-11-02 11:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3955 |
Cabinet reshuffle enhances stability ahead of [...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late the evening November 1. The reshuffle further solidified the Al Nahyan control and rejuvenated the Cabinet with several younger technocrats, while retaining Dubai's Al Maktoum hierarchy in their titular federal roles. UAE [...] |
2004-11-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3963 |
Sheikh Zayed Funeral: Logistics and Embassy Public [...] Summary: The UAE is responding to the death of President Zayed with a 40-day mourning period (through December 12). The government will be closed from November 3 until November 20 (counting both mourning and the Eid Al-Fitr), and private businesses will be closed through Friday, November 5. A [...] |
2004-11-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC OTRA PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3964 |
DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] On November 2, Polchief followed up with MFA on an October 31 telcon that the DCM had with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid regarding the UNGA demarche on human cloning. MFA International Organizations Director Yacub Al Hosani said he was unable to give us an indication of how the UAE migh [...] |
2004-11-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA TBIO PREL UN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3965 |
59TH UNGA ELECTIONS: DEMARCHE ON REPASCH CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA UN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3966 |
UAE MOURNS THE DEATH OF ITS LEADER [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UAE IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF ITS PRESIDENT, SHEIKH ZAYED BIN SULTAN AL NAHYAN, WHO PASSED AWAY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS, THE UAEG HAS BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS AND VISITING DIGNITARIES WHO HAVE COME TO PAY THEIR FINAL [...] |
2004-11-03 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3973 |
UAE STARTS A NEW CHAPTER IN HISTORY AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3983 |
U.S. delegation pays condolences to UAE rulers [...] (U) On November 5, an official USG delegation led by Deputy Secretary Armitage paid condolences to UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the death of his father Sheikh Zayed. Most of Sheikh Zayed's other 18 sons, including Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Sultan, Abu Dhabi Crown Pri [...] |
2004-11-08 07:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR OVIP TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3999 |
CONGRATULATION MESSAGE FROM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] Post has received a copy of a cable of congratulations from H.H. Skeikh Sultan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, to Vice President Cheney on the occasion of his re-election to a second term that we are transmitting for the Department's information/action. 2. Begin Text: Your [...] |
2004-11-08 10:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4000 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] Post has received a copy of a cable of congratulations from H.H. Skeikh Sultan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, to President Bush on the occasion of his re- election to a second term that we are transmitting for the Department's information/action. 2. Begin Text: Your Excellen [...] |
2004-11-08 10:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4003 |
UAE WOMEN STUDENTS GET INSIGHT ON ABC'S OF [...] SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AMERICAN EMBASSY WOMEN VISITED ZAYED UNIVERSITY, AN ALL-WOMEN'S COLLEGE, TO SHARE PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT MOTIVATES THEM TO VOTE THE WAY THEY DO. THE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN EMIRATI STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF SHOWED THAT WE DO NOT SHARE TH [...] |
2004-11-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPPD KPAO TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4005 |
OAS: PANAMA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Watt called Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on Friday, May 27, to encourage support for the U.S. candidate for Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Paolo G. Carozza. The Foreign Minister informed Ambassador Watt on Tuesday, May 31, that the GOP would support Carozza. 2 [...] |
2004-11-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | UN UNGA PREL PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4008 |
AMBASSADOR PAYS CONDOLENCE VISIT TO UAE's NEW [...] (U) On 7 November, the Ambassador paid a condolence visit to the UAE's new First Lady, Sheikha Shamsa bint Suhail Mazrouie. After expressing heartfelt sorrow on behalf of the American people for the death of Sheikh Zayed, the Ambassador had an opportunity to speak with UAE President Sheikh Kh [...] |
2004-11-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KWMN PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4009 |
USAF LEADERSHIP MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF UAE AND [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Secretary of the Air Force Dr. James G. Roche, Chief of Staff of the Air Force General John P. Jumper, CENTAF Commander Lieutenant General Walter Buchanan, and the Ambassador paid their condolences to UAE President and Abu Dhabi Ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nah [...] |
2004-11-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4024 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 3-8: REPORTING OF U.S. [...] SUMMARY: THE REACTION TO THE DEATH OF SHEIKH ZAYED, PRESIDENT OF THE UAE, AND SUBSEQUENT CONDOLENCE CALLS WERE COVERED EXTENSIVELY BY ALL LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. LOCAL TELEVISION AND SOME REGIONAL ELECTRONIC MEDIA STOPPED THEIR NORMAL BROADCAST FOR FOUR [...] |
2004-11-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4025 |
ISLAM EXPERTS PROMOTE MODERATION, CONDEMN TERROR [...] Summary: The UAE hosted an international conference on Islam October 25-30 designed to encourage moderation in preaching and condemn extremism and terrorism. Through this conference, the UAEG hoped to clear "wrong" notions about Islam and show that Islam promotes peace and tolerance. The co [...] |
2004-11-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4026 |
ABU DHABI UNABLE TO DELIVER UN HUMAN CLONING BAN [...] As reported in ref. A, due to the official mourning period after the death of late President Sheikh Zayed, and the week-long government holiday for the Eid Al Fitr, the UAEG is closed until November 20. The MFA is not receiving demarches or dip notes. It will not be possible for Post to deli [...] |
2004-11-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | UN UNGA TBIO KSCI PREL PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI403 |
UAEG AMENDING COPYRIGHT LAW TO BETTER PROTECT U.S. [...] (U) UAE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, DIRECTOR OF COPYRIGHTS ALI AL-BALOUSHI CONFIRMED TO ECONCHIEF ON FEBRUARY 11 THAT THE UAEG INTENDS TO ISSUE REGULATIONS UNDER THE 2002 COPYRIGHT LAW TO ALLOW FOR SPECIALIZED COLLECTING SOCIETIES. THESE SOCIETIES ARE A PRACTICAL WAY FOR SOUND RECORDING COMPANIE [...] |
2004-02-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD WTO USTR TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4040 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM CROWN PRINCE OF ABU [...] Post has received a letter of congratulations from H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, to President Bush on the occasion of his re-election to a second term that we are transmitting for the Department's information/act [...] |
2004-11-10 08:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4060 |
Federal Export Control Law Stalled by [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite good UAEG cooperation on interdiction of WMD components, UAEG attempts to push forward on a federal export control law are currently stymied by internal struggles between federal agencies and individual emirates. Emboffs have recently received conflicting reports on the [...] |
2004-11-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ECON PARM PREL KSTC TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4061 |
UAE minimizing influence of Islamic extremists [...] (C) Summary: Over the past several years, senior UAE ruling family members have shared concerns with us about a small, yet potentially harmful Islamic extremist movement in their politically and socially moderate federation, and they have outlined their efforts to minimize this extremist influ [...] |
2004-11-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KISL PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4127 |
IRAQI DEBT REDUCTION AND THE SHARM EL-SHEIKH [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref B demarche encouraging the UAE to commit publicly to extending Iraq debt reduction terms at least comparable to those negotiated between the Paris Club and the IIG to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on Novemb [...] |
2004-11-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4129 |
UAE PREFERS TO START MLAT TALKS IN JANUARY IN [...] The Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Awqaf has proposed to hold the first round of MLAT negotiations, as well as exploratory talks on an extradition treaty, in Washington on January 10-12 (instead of December 13-15 as proposed in Ref. A). A second round of talks would then be held in [...] |
2004-11-21 12:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4130 |
UAE FOREIGN POLICY UNALTERED BY ZAYED'S DEATH [...] (C) Sheikh Zayed,s death earlier this month will not alter UAE foreign policy, MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid told the Ambassador on November 20. There may be changes in &style, rhythm, and momentum under new President Khalifa but the UAE,s foreign policy depends on institutions, not peo [...] |
2004-11-21 12:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4132 |
SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche urging the UAE to provide assistance to the Palestinian Authority to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on November 20, the first day the UAEG reopened after a two-week shutdown, due to the death of Sheikh Zayed and the Eid al Fitr. Al-Noaimi said that t [...] |
2004-11-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON IZ TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4179 |
CHIEF OF ABU DHABI TELEVISION FIRED [...] (U) The chief of Abu Dhabi Television (ADTV) was removed from his post after the station resumed normal programming sooner than appropriate during the official mourning period for the death of the late president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Ahmed Ali Al Baloushi was in charge of Abu Dhab [...] |
2004-11-22 11:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4182 |
COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC AF TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4186 |
NO REPORTED INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN UAE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4187 |
BOEING CEO BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher (accompanied by his vice presidents for international relations, commercial airline sales for the Middle East and defense sales to the Middle East) briefed Ambassador on November 20 on Boeing programs and priorities in the United Arab Emirates. He [...] |
2004-11-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD MCAP PTER TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4188 |
UAE: Biographies of New Cabinet Members [...] (U) The November 2 cabinet reshuffle merged six ministries into three, created a new ministry, shifted portfolios and elevated seven new people to ministerial rank. As part of our analysis of the new cabinet, we have prepared biographies of its members. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed swore in his n [...] |
2004-11-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON TC |
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DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE MISSLE RELATED COOPERATION [...] (C) On November 20, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to MFA Undersecretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noami. He assured Ambassador that he would pass the information to UAE security authorities and that state security (federal and Sharjah emirate-level) would work together on this matter. [...] |
2004-11-23 07:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | MTCR ETTC MNUC PREL PARM TC IR |
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SUDANESE OPPOSITION FIGURE DEPORTED [...] (U) On November 23, the UAE deported Sudanese opposition figure Abdul Aziz Khalid Osman on the basis of an Interpol Red Notice from Sudan. Osman is wanted by Sudan for alleged sabotage against Sudanese oil installations in 1999. Osman is the former head of the Sudanese Alliance Forces, one of [...] |
2004-11-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC SU TC |
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SUGGESTED LANGUAGE ON IRAQ DEBT BY KEY NON-PARIS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL IZ TC |
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FOLLOW UP WITH THE UAE AFTER THE OCT 13-14 MEETING [...] Ambassador spoke with MFA U/S Adullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on November 23 about the Tokyo meeting. She thanked Al-Noaimi for hosting the February conference and requested that the UAEG consider pledging to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI). Al-Noaimi took the inform [...] |
2004-11-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN IZ TC |
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UAE HUMANITARIAN AID FURTHERS FOREIGN POLICY [...] | ||||