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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06NEWDELHI2216 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] (S) Poloff on March 30 delivered Reftel demarche on amending the UNSC 1267 Sanctions Committee listing on Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to include the names Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Idara Khidmat-e-Khalq (IKK) to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and MEA Director (Pakistan) Jeeva Sagar. Both ex [...] | 2006-03-31 11:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2226 | INDIA RE-STATES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MANTRA [...] (C) Summary: MEA's UN Joint Secretary Manjiv Puri was sanguine about the as-yet unaddressed flaws in the new Human Rights Council, arguing that the need to stand for election in the General Assembly would bar the worst human rights violators from the Council. India and the US have different approac [...] | 2006-03-31 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR KDEM UN IN |
06NEWDELHI2227 | INDIA BALANCING RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL AND HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: India is walking a tightrope as its defense and trade ties with Israel grow, even as the Hamas victory forces a delicate accommodation of popular Indian Muslim support for the Palestinians. As an emerging global power, New Delhi recognizes that it cannot afford to alienate either [...] | 2006-03-31 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN IS |
06NEWDELHI2229 | GOI GETS GOOD ATMOSPHERICS BUT LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI went to great lengths to cast a positive glow over Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-22 visit to New Delhi in an effort to improve the tone of the bilateral relationship. Our MEA contacts lamented that this positive turn-around came just in time for Zia's lame duc [...] | 2006-03-31 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EINV ETRD ENRG EPET IN BG |
06NEWDELHI223 | NO IMMEDIATE MORALES VISIT PLANS, BUT LEFT WOULD [...] (C) Summary: D/PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel talking points on January 10 to Director (Latin America Countries) Anwar Haleem, who commented that he knew of no immediate plans for the Bolivian President-elect to visit India. We note that Indian Left parties would welcome a Morales visi [...] | 2006-01-10 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN BO |
06NEWDELHI2230 | TAIWAN-INDIA RELATIONS LOOKING UP, BUT TRYING TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Indian Government officials maintain that China has not protested India-Taiwan ties or the establishment of the Taiwan-India Cooperation Council (TICC). New Delhi perceives that its economic future lies in the success of its "Look East" objectives, and Taiwan beckons as a dem [...] | 2006-03-31 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR ETRD EAIR IN CH TW |
06NEWDELHI2231 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel, your delegation's 8-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the India-US relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After fo [...] | 2006-03-31 15:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB PTER |
06NEWDELHI224 | S57-05 AND MTAG: CW DEMARCHE DELIVERED, FOLLOWING [...] (S) PolCouns and Poloffs delivered Ref A points to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Hamid Ali Rao and his deputies on January 10, and followed up on several 2005 proliferation cases involving Iran. Rao agreed to look into Ref A transaction, but pushed back [...] | 2006-01-10 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC MTCRE IR IN |
06NEWDELHI2255 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Speaker Hastert, your delegation's 9-12 April visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating transformation of the US-India relationship following President Bush's historic March 1-3 meeting and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After [...] | 2006-04-03 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PTER ECON |
06NEWDELHI2291 | RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...] | 2006-04-04 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI2323 | INDIA GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SAARC [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff's April 4 introductory call on Preeti Saran, the new MEA Joint Secretary for SAARC, revealed an element in the GOI that is generally upbeat about SAARC's potential to improve regional cooperation, in line with Prime Minister Singh's long-term vision of Indian [...] | 2006-04-05 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG ECIN EAID IN AF BG BT |
06NEWDELHI2324 | GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT IRAQ POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh conveyed the GOI's cautious willingness to increase its involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. Singh was very interested in [...] | 2006-04-05 14:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PTER |
06NEWDELHI2363 | SIX ALLEGED VARANASI TERRORISTS ARRESTED [...] (U) Uttar Predesh police on April 5 announced the arrests of six alleged terrorists they say were behind the March 7 twin bomb blasts in Varanasi (Reftel). The press reports -- many of which were un-bylined, a possible sign they came from an Intelligence Bureau or Research and Analysis Wing s [...] | 2006-04-07 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2365 | KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...] | 2006-04-07 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC |
06NEWDELHI2440 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Following up reftel discussion (Ref B) between PolCouns and the GOI's ranking official on UN human rights issues PolOff delivered reftel message on April 10 to Prashant Pise, Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) at the Ministry of External Affairs. Pise had no immediate substantive comme [...] | 2006-04-11 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA IN |
06NEWDELHI2446 | HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS DECRY PASSAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Split on party lines, the BJP-dominated Rajasthan Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial anti-conversion bill on March 26, but it must be signed by the state governor, then be approved by the state cabinet and have regulations promulgated before it can be enforced. Human [...] | 2006-04-11 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI2496 | MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF [...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...] | 2006-04-13 06:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM |
06NEWDELHI2527 | JASWANT SINGH CAUTIOUS IN MEETING WITH A/S BOUCHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 7 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher, former Indian Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh cautioned that the US and India should not emphasize the nuclear agreement to the exclusion of other bilateral initiatives, but agreed that the two share a civilization an [...] | 2006-04-13 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MNUC KIRF ENRG IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2529 | RAJASTHAN'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS SPEAKER HASTERT [...] (C) In an otherwise cordial April 10 courtesy call with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and seven accompanying Congressman, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje expressed genuine anger at the activities of Christian missionaries in her state and provided a spirited defense of the rece [...] | 2006-04-13 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI2532 | CODEL HASTERT AND SONIA GANDHI DISCUSS US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting with a delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL),Sonia Gandhi was particularly engaged on the status and process of passing the civil nuclear agreement in Congress. She was surprised to hear that the Representatives [...] | 2006-04-14 06:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET IN |
06NEWDELHI2535 | SENATOR HAGEL AND ANAND SHARMA DISCUSS BROAD BASIS [...] (C) Summary: In a brief April 10 meeting, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) reflected on the multifaceted nature of US-India relations, including cooperation in energy, infrastructure, agriculture, democracy, defense, the economy, health, and [...] | 2006-04-14 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET EAGR ECON MNUC IN |
06NEWDELHI2536 | PM ASKS SEN HAGEL FOR HELP PASSING CIVIL NUKE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an April 10 meeting in Delhi with Senator Chuck Hagel asked for "Congressional blessings" for the US-India civil nuclear deal. He outlined to the Senator the importance of the deal to India's burgeoning economy, and made the case that India is a [...] | 2006-04-14 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY BEXP EFIN |
06NEWDELHI2561 | TERRORISTS UNSUCCESSFULLY STRIKE DELHI AND [...] (C) Summary: Thirteen people were injured, but none killed, by two bombs that went off during Friday (April 14) evening prayers at the Jama Masjid in Old Delhi, the largest mosque in South Asia and a popular tourist destination (although tourists are escorted out of the mosque grounds by cust [...] | 2006-04-17 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC KISL PGOV IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2587 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 19 US-INDIA CT JOINT WORKING [...] (C) Summary: The US-India counterterrorism dialogue reflects our shared values and encompasses the range of CT issues in South Asia. New Delhi focuses on combating jihadi terrorism launched from Pakistan, which complicates USG efforts to engage Delhi in a more vibrant intelligence dialogue without [...] | 2006-04-18 07:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS MASS KJUS KTIA TBIO |
06NEWDELHI2602 | INDIAN ENVOY TO TELL KING TO RENOUNCE ABSOLUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM IN NP BT |
06NEWDELHI2603 | GOI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: During President Hamid Karzai's April 9-13 visit to India, the GOI reinforced its substantial support for Afghanistan with the announcement of an additional USD 50 million in assistance, the signing of three MoUs, and positive statements from both sides about their bilateral part [...] | 2006-04-18 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS IN AF |
06NEWDELHI2622 | DESPITE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, PM AGAIN DEFENDS [...] (SBU) In an April 18 meeting with prominent Indian Muslim leaders including Ahmed Bukhari, chief Imam of New Delhi's largest mosque, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated India's conviction that it was correct to vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to refer Iran's nuclear [...] | 2006-04-19 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PGOV KISL MNUC IN IR |
06NEWDELHI264 | CODEL KERRY PROBES FOR AN INDIAN BOTTOM LINE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Singh underlined India's intention to fulfill the terms of the July 18 civil nuclear understanding, but rebuffed the Senator's effort to explore enhancements to the deal that might help to minimize Congressio [...] | 2006-01-12 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG PTER ECON IR PK CH IN |
06NEWDELHI265 | NSA SUGGESTS INDIA WILL VOTE AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Summary: NSA MK Narayanan told the Ambassador on January 12 that India ""would like to"" vote for IAEA referral of Iran to the UN Security Council. New Delhi considers Iran in violation of its NPT obligations. However, he said, the GOI must still determine how to ""sell the vote"" domestical [...] | 2006-01-12 14:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KNNP IN IR |
06NEWDELHI2655 | A/USTR HARTWICK DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON CSLA [...] (SBU) Summary: Awsistant US Trade Representative Doug Hartwick heard Indian objections to the draft Commercial Space Launch Agreement (CSLA) and explained USG reasoning behind the draft in a meeting with MEA and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) interlocutors on April 18. Ambassador H [...] | 2006-04-20 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD KSTC ETTC KSPA KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI2699 | INDIAN ENVOY TO NEPAL KING: ASSUME CEREMONIAL ROLE [...] (C) Summary: As the Indian establishment debates the effectiveness of envoy Karan Singh's visit to Kathmandu, New Delhi is still reaching out to Nepalese actors to try to pull the parties and Palace together. Speaking with the Charge on April 21, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the King ha [...] | 2006-04-21 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV PBTS OREP NP IN |
06NEWDELHI27 | GOI DECLINES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Summary: Mahinda Rajapakse's December 27-30 trip to India stimulated the public debate about the Sri Lankan President's call for a more active Indian role in the peace process, but did not yield any major new Indian initiatives. The GOI told President Rajapakse, who encouraged greater Indian i [...] | 2006-01-04 04:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS CE IN |
06NEWDELHI2703 | INDIA CONFIRMS DETAILS FOR PEACEKEEPING JWG, [...] (U) MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) Manish confirmed to Poloff on April 17 that India would participate in the next round of the bilateral Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (PKJWG) proposed for May 11-12 in Washington. MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora would lead the SIPDIS [...] | 2006-04-21 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MOPS PHUM KDEM MASS IN |
06NEWDELHI2706 | INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...] | 2006-04-21 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2747 | INDIA STILL HOPEFUL ON NEPALESE PARTIES, TEMPERS [...] (C) Summary: Following criticism of its statement of support for Nepalese King Gyanendra's April 21 announcement, the MEA reassured us on April 23 and 24 that it continues to work with the Nepalese political parties and believes the "door is not closed" to a compromise between the parties and [...] | 2006-04-24 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI2783 | MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the meeting of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise on April 24. Pise had no immediate substantive comment. Post notes that Pise had earlier assured Poloff that India would [...] | 2006-04-25 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC PHUM PREF ICRC IN |
06NEWDELHI2785 | DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref A points with MEA Under Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Acquino Vimal on SIPDIS April 25, suggesting that some of India's USD 10 million in non-programmed but committed funds (Ref B) could be used to cover costs for Afghan elections. Vimal replied that it w [...] | 2006-04-25 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID PGOV IN AF |
06NEWDELHI2786 | INDIAN SUPPORT FOR STRONG UNHRC CANDIDATES, US [...] (SBU) Ambassador sent Ref B letter from the Secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (in his capacity as Acting Foreign Minister) on April 12. PolCouns followed up and conveyed Ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjiv Puri on April 24. Puri informed us that In [...] | 2006-04-25 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PHUM HUNRC UN IN |
06NEWDELHI2788 | JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...] | 2006-04-25 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI2789 | JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...] | 2006-04-25 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI279 | NO GOI DECISION YET ON LONDON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha on SIPDIS January 13. In a follow-up conversation, Under Secretary (Afghanistan) Aquino Vimal told Poloff that MEA had not yet decided on the level of its official representation, but w [...] | 2006-01-13 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID KDEM IN AF |
06NEWDELHI2790 | NEW DELHI ADAPTING TO CRITICISM AS NEPAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a strong statement of support for the "Nepalese people" on April 25, after widespread criticism over its Nepal policies including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh on April 24 who assailed India's Nepal policy as "masterly inactivity" that "let down the people of [...] | 2006-04-25 14:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KDEM IN NP |
06NEWDELHI2852 | POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-27 08:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI286 | UN REFORM DEMARCHE: GOI OKAY ON HRC, WITH TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI2867 | EXPECTED SONIA GANDHI ELECTORAL VICTORY NOT ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Poloff's April 19-21 trip to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that the political equation has changed since our previous visit in January. Then, most considered the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to be on its way out. However, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has since used American [...] | 2006-04-27 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI2873 | BJP GENERAL SECRETARY PRAMOD MAHAJAN UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Shot three times by his brother on April 23, BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan remained in "critical/but stable" condition on April 27. It is still not clear whether Mahajan will survive his shooting. Even if he does, it is highly unlikely that he will make a complete recovery and he [...] | 2006-04-27 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI2875 | YASIN MALIK VISA [...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department request DHS to approve a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to seek medical treatment in Bethesda, MD. We [...] | 2006-04-27 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PHUM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI291 | LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...] | 2006-01-13 14:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN |
06NEWDELHI2910 | BHUTANESE CENSUS RELEASED, GROSS NATIONAL [...] (U) Bhutan released the results of its May 2005 census on April 27, listing the total population of the country at 672,425, roughly the same population as Baltimore City, Maryland. The census included all residents, regardless of nationality, who were present in Bhutan on May 30 and 31, 200 [...] | 2006-04-28 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF IN BT NP |
06NEWDELHI2911 | FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES: GOI [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions regarding the 1997 extraditions of Daya Singh Sandhu and Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu, posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006 (Ref A). The full text of the GOI response is incl [...] | 2006-04-28 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI2915 | RAJASTHAN UPDATE: EMI FOUNDER RECEIVES [...] (U) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) founder MA Thomas was granted anticipatory bail on April 21, but remains in hiding, All India Christian Council President John Dayal twld us on April 27. Dayal also reported that EMI President Samuel Thomas (son of MA Thomas) remains in j [...] | 2006-04-28 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI2919 | POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy, with changes throughout. 2. (SBU) Summary: As with the pending case involving Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),Post's assessment is that the law enforcement climate in India, and specifically in Punjab, has dramaticalhy improved since Harpal Singh Cheema ("Cheem [...] | 2006-04-28 13:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI292 | LEFT'S BARK WORSE THAN ITS BITE AS ITS NOSTRILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leftist groups in India plan to protest President Bush's impending visit in order to rally the faithful prior to State elections in Communist strongholds and in the hope of intimidating the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) into limiting economic reforms and de-emphasiz [...] | 2006-01-13 14:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP ASEC IN |
06NEWDELHI294 | NSA NARAYANAN MULLS SENATOR KERRY'S SUGGESTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with visiting Senator John Kerry that focused exclusively on the civil nuclear agreement and nuclear non-proliferation, NSA MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's support for its draft separation plan, and allowed that New Delhi "will not backtrack" on obligati [...] | 2006-01-14 09:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KNNP SENV PTER IN PK CH |
06NEWDELHI2967 | INDIA STRENGTHENS RESOLVE IN AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA and PA. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the Taliban's decapitation of an Indian mobile phone network engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran made a thinly veiled reference to Pakistani support for the T [...] | 2006-05-01 14:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS EAID IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2983 | INDIA'S STATE ELECTIONS: A REFERENDUM ON CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The usual religious and caste issues have been all but absent in the April/May electoral contests in four states and one Union Territory, raising the prospect that the vote will be viewed as a referendum on UPA economic and foreign policies. The Communists hope to move the elect [...] | 2006-05-02 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI2997 | INDIA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Reflecting the priority the GOI places on participating in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called together resident Chiefs of Missions on May 1 to promote the GOI candidacy. Adding to the previous GOI non-paper outlining India's qualificaitons [...] | 2006-05-02 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNHRC KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI2998 | TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...] | 2006-05-02 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI3006 | GOI RESPONSE POSITIVE TO UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora said that the GOI plans actively to promote the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF, Ref A) to Indian NGOs and civil society organizations, including via the MEA's Internet site, and to facilitat [...] | 2006-05-03 07:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR IN AF KG |
06NEWDELHI3007 | GOI SHARES ITS SELECTION CRITERIA FOR NEXT UNSYG [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora shared the GOI's thinking on who it will support as the next UN Secretary-General. Avoiding commenting on any declared or stealth candidates (including UN Under-Secretary-General for [...] | 2006-05-03 07:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI3048 | BOUCHER AND INDIAN OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: Having just returned from Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Boucher related to MEA Joint Secretaries Pankaj Saran (Nepal) and S. Jaishankar (Americas) that the political parties intended to show progress. The U.S. would wait for the civilian government to issue a formal request for [...] | 2006-05-04 07:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV IN NP PTER |
06NEWDELHI3050 | INDIAN SPECIAL ENVOY PROPOSES WAY FORWARD IN NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Special Envoy to Nepal Dr. Karan Singh told visiting SCA A/S Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard that he believes that the Nepalese political situation remains very fragile, and that it is uncertain who will lead the political process forward should c [...] | 2006-05-04 08:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI3107 | TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Attache (Americas) Priyanka Chauhan, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on April 28 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry Joint Secretary (Department of Economic Affairs) Dr. K.P. Krishnan, who a [...] | 2006-05-05 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN ID |
06NEWDELHI3117 | EMMANUEL MINISTRIES PRESIDENT FREE ON BAIL, COURT [...] (SBU) Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) President Samuel Thomas was released from judicial custody on May 2, and his next hearing will be on May 12, EMI Hospital Administrator Jacob Matthew told us on May 5. Jacob commented that the property registration dispute with the Rajasthan Gove [...] | 2006-05-05 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI3130 | HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...] | 2006-05-05 14:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI315 | DEMARCHE ON IAEA COMMITTEE ON SAFEGUARDS AND [...] (U) PolCouns delivered Reftel demarche on January 17 to MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao, who had no substantive comment but agreed to review US ideas for GOI feedback at a later date. MULFORD [...] | 2006-01-17 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNUC PREL PARM IAEA IN |
06NEWDELHI3153 | FINAL PUSH ON IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador used a May 8 meeting with NSA Narayanan to reiterate our message on Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council and to underline our expectation that New Delhi will send clear instructions to the Indian delegation that will be voting on May 9. Narayanan was familiar wit [...] | 2006-05-08 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL IR IN |
06NEWDELHI316 | INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...] | 2006-01-17 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE |
06NEWDELHI317 | GOI PREFERS BILATERAL GOVERNMENT MECHANISM ON [...] (S) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali Rao told PolCouns on January 17 that the GOI is uncomfortable with the direct communication between our Consulate in Mumbai and the Sabero company, and requested that we instead use a bilateral government mech [...] | 2006-01-17 14:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC MTCRE IR IN |
06NEWDELHI318 | SUCCESS OF US-INDIA MISSILE DEFENSE PLANEX CALLS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Planning Exercise (Planex) held January 11-12, 2006 in Hyderabad sparked lively discussions on virtual threat depictions, MD designs and operational challenges related to ballistic MD execution. The Planex players successfully complet [...] | 2006-01-17 14:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS TSPL KSTC PREL MOPS IN |
06NEWDELHI319 | INDIA PLANS TO ATTEND MARITIME SECURITY USER STATE [...] (U) In response to our January 17 demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security) Hamid Ali SIPDIS Rao told us that the GOI had "every intention and inclination" to attend the February 15-17 user coordination meeting in California. In light of the upcoming Parliamen [...] | 2006-01-18 01:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PREL PTER AS JP MY NE SG UK GE |
06NEWDELHI3199 | INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...] | 2006-05-09 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR |
06NEWDELHI3248 | RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...] | 2006-05-11 08:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ |
06NEWDELHI3266 | SRI LANKAN ENVOY URGES INDIAN ENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's visiting Foreign Minister has requested India's help to resume peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),while concurrently seeking India's assistance to choke LTTE's financial and logistical resources. Despite Sri Lanka's request, domestic politic [...] | 2006-05-11 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS IN |
06NEWDELHI3270 | INDIA SKEPTICAL OF SCO AS SECURITY FORUM [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Bhagwati on May 10 seeking India's help to prevent the inclusion of anti-US language at the upcoming SCO meeting in Shanghai. Bhagwati stated clearly that as an observer to SCO, India has no role in drafting th [...] | 2006-05-11 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS PTER SNAR SCUL ETRD ENRG IN |
06NEWDELHI3271 | STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS MOSTLY A VOTE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: The outcome of State Assembly elections was largely as anticipated (Ref A),with the Left Front (LF) retaining power in West Bengal and unseating Congress in Kerala, while Congress held on to power in Pondicherry, and in a coalition in Assam (Details Refs C and D). The only rea [...] | 2006-05-11 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI3272 | INDIA ROLLS OUT THE RED CARPET FOR NASA [...] (U) This is an action request for OES and SCA. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) In a remarkably warm May 9 meeting at the ISRO Satellite Center in Bangalore, ISRO Chairman G. Madhavan Nair welcomed Michael Griffin as the first NASA Administrator to visit India in 30 years and outlined a broad a [...] | 2006-05-11 14:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MOPS MTCR PREL SENV TSPA IN |
06NEWDELHI3289 | BIO NOTES: NEW PAKISTANI DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on May 4 informed Post of the arrival of Mohammad Afrasiab, previously Minister (Political) at the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, as their new Deputy High Commissioner. (NOTE: In his CV and nearly all press references, Afrasiab uses only his family [...] | 2006-05-12 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK CH NZ |
06NEWDELHI3300 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 09:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW IN |
06NEWDELHI3304 | INDIA WARMLY WELCOMES VISITING PAKISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian government rolled out the red carpet for visiting Pakistani People,s Party Parliamentarians, arranging a meeting with PM Singh, a lunch hosted by MEA MOS E. Ahamed, and meetings with BJP supremos LK Advani and Jaswant Singh. The meetings show the value India is placing [...] | 2006-05-12 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ECON IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3307 | FRESH CHARGE AGAINST EMI PRESIDENT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International's (EMI) President Samuel Thomas told Poloff on May 11 that the court struck down charges of sedition brought by the Rajasthan government on May 10. He noted that the charges were filed under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code for having a map o [...] | 2006-05-12 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI3313 | PARLIAMENT SET TO DEBATE THE UPA'S PRO-AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's pro-American foreign policy could come under intense criticism from both the Left Front (LF) and the BJP during the current parliamentary session that began May 10. The Communists, energized by victories in the just-concluded state assembly elections, will take a hosti [...] | 2006-05-12 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MNUC KNNP PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI3334 | MEA POSITIVE ON PAK, AFGHANISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: A senior MEA official told us Indo-Pak people-to-people links continue to proliferate, with a recent Pakistan Peoples' Party delegation visiting India and the prospect of a PM Singh visit to Pakistan this summer. The Composite Dialogue continues, with some hope for a tangible d [...] | 2006-05-15 09:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS EPET EAID PBTS PINR ENRG EWWT |
06NEWDELHI3382 | GOI FAVORS NEPAL CEASE-FIRE MONITORING UNDER UN [...] (C) Summary: Noting that that India does not want to be unilaterally involved in maintaining the peace in Nepal, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manish Gupta indicated on May 16 that the GOI would not oppose UN involvement in monitoring the cease-fire between the Maoists and Government of Nepal. [...] | 2006-05-16 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP |
06NEWDELHI3417 | BIO NOTES: THE (PAKISTANI) AMBASSADORS AKRAM [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan High Commission (New Delhi) Counselor Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, a frequent Poloff interlocutor, shared with Poloff his impressions of Pakistani Ambassadors Munir and Zamir Akram. Qazi worked for Munir for five years in Geneva (probably 1995-2000),and for Zamir for se [...] | 2006-05-17 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK NP SZ |
06NEWDELHI3433 | POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT TO NEPAL VITAL, [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for G, IO and USUN. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The international community needs to provide full diplomatic and political support to the Government of Nepal (GON) and be ready to provide aid when requested, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Sa [...] | 2006-05-18 06:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP |
06NEWDELHI3466 | WHY IT'S TOUGH FOR INDIA TO CLIMB DOWN FROM SIACHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
06NEWDELHI3471 | CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA [...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...] | 2006-05-18 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN |
06NEWDELHI3499 | SARAN ARGUES FOR PRESSURE ON MAOISTS, CRITICIZES [...] (U) This is an action request for SCA and USUN. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Foreign Secretary Saran used a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador (other topics septel) to explain India's concern about the current UN Secretariat approach to Nepal and to appeal for US engagement with the UN to ens [...] | 2006-05-19 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC MOPS NP IN |
06NEWDELHI3506 | AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST [...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...] | 2006-05-19 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF |
06NEWDELHI3546 | INDIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In a welcome sign of leadership, India today issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. See para 4 for complete text. 2. (C) PolCouns spoke May 22 to Indian Middle East envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Garekhan to deliver the points in Reftel. Garekhan said the GO [...] | 2006-05-22 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EPET ENRG KISL IZ IN |
06NEWDELHI3548 | RAJASTHAN GOVERNOR REFUSES TO SIGN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL [...] (C) Summary: On May 19, Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil unexpectedly refused to sign Rajasthan's controversial anti-conversion bill (Ref C),instead sending it back to the state cabinet based on concerns that it is unconstitutional. The cabinet must now present arguments to the Governor that wou [...] | 2006-05-22 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI3549 | AGAINST BACKDROP OF KASHMIR TERROR, HURRIYAT [...] Summary: Terrorists killed seven and injured scores more in a spectacular mid-day May 21 attack on a Congress party rally in downtown Srinagar. The next day, even as more grenades exploded in Srinagar, the peaceful separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq rejected [...] | 2006-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI356 | LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S. OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...] | 2006-01-18 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK |
06NEWDELHI3580 | BHUTANESE REFUGEES ON BACKBURNER BUT NOT [...] (C) In light of the turmoil in Nepal, the GOI has not recently discussed the refugee situation with the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB),MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran told visiting PDAS Camp and PolCouns in a May 17 meeting. Saran indicated that he would visit Bhutan during the [...] | 2006-05-23 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM IN BT NP |
06NEWDELHI3582 | INDIA SEEKS TO PROTECT POSTAL SERVICES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Communist labor unions boast 600,000 members in the public sector postal department and the UPA government cannot remain in power without Communist support. In a demonstration of the fetters that the Communists can maintain over UPA economic policy, the Congress-dominated UPA [...] | 2006-05-23 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ELAB PGOV EINV PREL EFIN ETRD IN |
06NEWDELHI3583 | CONGRESS FARES BADLY IN SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Congress ineptitude and a predilection for scoring "own goals" on domestic policy turned what should have been a routine wrap-up session of Parliament into an embarrassment for the UPA that has left the Prime Minister's political stock in the doldrums. Congress convened the May [...] | 2006-05-23 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC ENRG PINR MARR IN |
06NEWDELHI3586 | INDIA WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for the Gulf Manohar Ram was noncommittal about the message in Ref (A) demarche, but was receptive to suggestions that India provide training to the Iraqi Parliament, renew Ind [...] | 2006-05-23 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ IN |
06NEWDELHI3611 | EMBASSY AND MEA HOLD PRODUCTIVE, FOCUSED CTJWG [...] (U) This is an Action Request for SCA and S/CT. Please see Para 17. 2. (C) Summary: The DCM and key Embassy interlocutors on counterterrorism issues (see Paras 21-22) on May 19 reviewed with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh action items that emerged from the April 19 [...] | 2006-05-24 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER EFIN TBIO PREL PINS SCUL KCIP ASEC EAIR |
06NEWDELHI3664 | PRIME MINISTER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KASHMIRIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the Prime Minister's talks with representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir state stretched into their second day, terrorists killed ten more villagers in Rajouri. During the first day's roundtable discussions, and following a security briefing by the Army, the PM [...] | 2006-05-25 12:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM |
06NEWDELHI3665 | INDIANS MINDFUL OF IRANIAN MISCHIEF AT NAM [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for the Americas Dr. Jaishankar on May 25. After Charge walked him through the demarche and noted Washington's keen interest in India's views in light of the US-India civil nuclear energy agreement, Jaishanka [...] | 2006-05-25 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KNNP AORC IAEA PARM IR IN |
06NEWDELHI3667 | UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UNGA IN |
06NEWDELHI3668 | UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche expressing concern about the NAM line on UN reform to MEA Joint Secretary (UN/Political) Sanjiv Arora on May 25, hours before his departure for Kuala Lumpur. Arora was familiar with the issues, having covered some of the same ground (he said) in May 10 a [...] | 2006-05-25 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT AORC UNGA IN |
06NEWDELHI369 | LUCKNOW'S SHIAS UPBEAT ON U.S., OPPOSE TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shia Muslim leaders emphasized to Poloff during his January 14-16 visit to Lucknow that the overwhelming majority of India's Shias oppose Islamic terrorism (much of which has been directed against Shias) and want India to cultivate close relations with the US. Leaders [...] | 2006-01-18 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN IZ PK |
06NEWDELHI370 | HAVING SURVIVED 2005, THE UPA WILL BE MORE [...] (C) Summary: Most political observers expect the Congress-led UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remain in power until the end of its term in 2009, although it is likely to proceed cautiously on economic liberalization and closer ties with the US out of fear of provoking its [...] | 2006-01-18 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM PINR KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI3730 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (U) This is an Action Request for EB and S/CT, please see Para 3. 2. (C) Poloff on May 4 delivered Reftel talking points to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, who accepted them without substantive comment. Econoff on May 5 delivered Reftel talking points to Finance Ministry, Departmen [...] | 2006-05-30 08:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3755 | MEA QUESTIONS SYRIA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar on May 30, and explained SIPDIS why a Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim visit -- if in fact true -- would undermine international efforts to isolate Syria and would be poorly viewed in Congress and the Admin [...] | 2006-05-30 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY |
06NEWDELHI3799 | THE PRESIDENT SENDS KEY UPA LEGISLATION BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Although Parliament passed the "office of Profit Bill" on May 17 in a special session of Parliament, the President refused to sign it and sent it back for parliamentary reconsideration on May 30. The President is apparently concerned that the Bill could be inherently unconstitut [...] | 2006-05-31 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI3833 | INDIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN, BUT IS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar after NSA Narayanan remained unavailable throughout the day either to meet with or speak on the phone to the Ambassador. Jaishankar acknowledged our demarche's requests for Indian action, but made no further s [...] | 2006-06-01 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI3835 | TERRORISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETING HINDUS [...] (C) Summary: Recent terror attacks targeting Hindus could impact Indo-Pak rapprochement and spark religious tension. A foiled May 31 dawn attack on the hardline Hindu Rashtriya Swyamsewak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur that would likely have led to communal violence was averted because of [...] | 2006-06-01 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC KIRF IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3844 | MEA SAYS SYRIAN FM WILL NOT VISIT INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 09:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL IN SY |
06NEWDELHI3873 | ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: This message contains biographic reporting on two Pakistani diplomats currently serving to New Delhi -- a key posting for any Pakistani Foreign Service officer. The first, Counselor (Political) Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, will be of interest because of his meteoric rise through t [...] | 2006-06-05 10:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR IN PK |
06NEWDELHI3880 | SCION'S DRUG OVERDOSE SHOCKS BJP [...] (C) Summary: On June 3, Rahul Mahajan, the son of recently murdered BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose. The family's private secretary, Bibek Maitra, who was with Rahul, died. On June SIPDIS 4, the private hospital treating Rahul claimed that [...] | 2006-06-05 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINR SNAR IN |
06NEWDELHI3882 | NAM DECLARATION ON IRAN: MEA SAYS GOI POSITION ON [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered Ref A demarche on June 5, stressing USG concern that India agreed to such a one-sided and weak NAM statement regarding Iranian nuclear activity, and noting that sending mixed messages to Iran at this critical juncture is not productive. Minister of State for Exter [...] | 2006-06-05 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN IR AF |
06NEWDELHI3926 | GOI READOUT OF BRASILIA NSG MEETING POSITIVE [...] (C) Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma told DCM on June 5 that the GOI's impression of the Nuclear Suppliers Groups (NSG) plenary in Brasilia was positive, noting that a number of countries' positions were more supportive than before. MEA Joint Secretary (Americans) S. Jaish [...] | 2006-06-06 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PARM IN |
06NEWDELHI396 | ENERGY AND TRADE DOMINATE CODEL GILLMOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: A congressional delegation led by Congressman Gillmor (R-OH) held a wide-ranging discussion with Indian Members of Parliament at a meeting convened by the Indo-US Parliamentary Forum on January 13. Energy and trade dominated the session, with the Indian Parliamentarians stress [...] | 2006-01-19 14:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP KNNP ENRG ECON ETRD IN PK |
06NEWDELHI397 | PM SINGH EMPHASIZES MUTUAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting US Representative Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and his delegation January 13, 2006 that the future of US-India relations was extremely promising, that India and America shared common values, that both would benefit from successful passage of l [...] | 2006-01-19 15:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG PTER ETRD EINV KDEM OVIP |
06NEWDELHI3997 | INDIA BEHIND ON BIOTERROR PREPARATIONS BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: The GOI regards a bioterrorism attack as an event of such low probability that the potential impact does not register high on New Delhi's agenda. We have no reason to believe terrorist organizations operating in India have access to pathogens at this time; also, bioterrorism is inconsi [...] | 2006-06-08 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TBIO PINS KSCA PINR EAIR SENV |
06NEWDELHI4000 | LUCKNOW SHIAS CELEBRATE ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi varied. In Lucknow, where there is a clear Shia majority, there were public celebrations, with most in the community jubilant. In the rest of India, however, Shias are a small minority and although privately happy, wer [...] | 2006-06-08 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL KPAO IN |
06NEWDELHI4005 | SIACHEN NOT IN DANGER OF BEING SOLVED, SAY OUR [...] (C) Summary: A Siachen deal during the May 23-24 talks in Delhi was never a slam dunk, according to Indian and Pakistani diplomats who were members of their respective countries' delegations. Although the atmospherics were excellent, rumors of a new formulation to break the logjam were just [...] | 2006-06-08 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PTER PBTS IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4061 | IRAN'S AMBASSADOR TO INDIA CONGRATULATES U.S. ON [...] (C) On June 9 Embassy New Delhi's Public Central Mailbox received an email message from S.Z. Yaghoubi, Iran's Ambassador to India, addressed directly to Ambassador Mulford. 2. (C) Begin text (Personal Message) Dear Colleague, Congratulations for getting rid of our common enemy who w [...] | 2006-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IN IR |
06NEWDELHI4062 | THE COMMUNISTS ARE ON A ROLL AND LOADED FOR BEAR [...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties were energized by their victories in the recently concluded state elections (Reftel A),and have been more rhetorically aggressive in their criticism of the UPA. While the Communists will be more ambitious in their confrontation, they remain unlikely t [...] | 2006-06-09 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN |
06NEWDELHI4100 | MEA POSITIVE ON ANTI-LTTE CONTACT GROUPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
06NEWDELHI4169 | FS SARAN BRIEFS ON NEPAL PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The most important outcome from the June 5-9 visit of Nepalese Prime Minister G.P. Koirala to New Delhi was the GOI's expression of unconditional political support for the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the announcement of an economic aid package worth USD 210 million, in finite t [...] | 2006-06-14 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP |
06NEWDELHI4200 | CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSIVE WITHIN ITS COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Congress is feeling increasingly isolated, as regional parties nominally part of the UPA openly join BJP and Left Front (LF) protests against the recent petroleum product price hikes. The Prime Minister on June 7 asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG),s Secretary [...] | 2006-06-15 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EINV EFIN ELAB EPET ENRG IN |
06NEWDELHI4202 | RUMORS OF A THIRD FRONT YET AGAIN MAKE THE ROUNDS [...] Summary: Congress MP and insider Rashid Alvi told us on June 12 that the party inner circle is concerned that untrustworthy regional allies could defect to the NDA and perhaps make a move to unseat the UPA before the next session of Parliament (currently scheduled for the third week in July). [...] | 2006-06-15 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL ECON EINV SCUL PREL IN |
06NEWDELHI4206 | INDIA SHARES OUR CONCERNS ABOUT DECLARATION ON [...] SUMMARY: A senior Indian official said India shared U.S. views on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, found the self-determination clauses unacceptable, and was not comfortable with the process by which the declaration had been framed, but would not be averse to an extension o [...] | 2006-06-15 14:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM AORC PREL IN |
06NEWDELHI4253 | LEFT PARTIES ISSUE UNFAVORABLE REPORT CARD TO UPA [...] (C) Summary: Further demonstrating the divisions in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),(Reftels),Left parties made public a predictably unconstructive, damning, and backwards-looking "report card" of UPA performance on June 15. A group of left leaders, including Communist Party of Ind [...] | 2006-06-16 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EINV SCUL PREL ENRG EPET IN |
06NEWDELHI4254 | MEA AWAITING CENTRAL ASIAN ENERGY TRADE [...] (C) Summary: USAID South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E) regional coordinator delivered ref A demarche to the GOI Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati, who was generally supportive of all trade initiatives but cautious about the prospects [...] | 2006-06-16 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN PGOV |
06NEWDELHI4255 | FOLLOW-UP WITH CERT-IN: COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff on June 6 revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for the third time, with SciCouns and EconOff accompanying. CERT-In is pursuing a multi-platform outreach program to cybersecurity experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. Although last [...] | 2006-06-16 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI4283 | BARAPIND EXTRADITION COMPLETE [...] (SBU) At DRL's request, PolOffs witnessed immigration officials admit Kulbir Singh Barapind to India at Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 18, and his hand over to officers of the Punjab Police Force. Barapind told PolOff that he had been well cared for, was not concerned for his sa [...] | 2006-06-19 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI4334 | BARAPIND TRANSFERRED TO PUNJAB, REPORTED IN GOOD [...] (SBU) Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind has been transferred to police custody at the Phillaur Police Station in Punjab and is in "good condition," reported Barapind's Punjab-based lawyer Darshan Singh Dyal. Initial reports on June 19 from Barapind's brother, Balwant Singh, [...] | 2006-06-20 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI4336 | COMMUNISTS HOPE TO "CAPITALIZE" ON NAXALITE [...] (C) Summary: Communist ideologues view the resurgent Naxalite movement as a potential political windfall. Looking closely at events in Nepal, they have concluded that the Indian Naxalites could eventually reform, join the Indian mainstream and ally with the Communists. The non-Maoist Commu [...] | 2006-06-20 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI4369 | NEW KASHMIR BUS SAFELY LAUNCHED, BUT TERROR [...] (SBU) Summary: The second trans-LoC bus, connecting Poonch in J&K with Rawalkote in Pakistani Kashmir for the first time in 58 years, kicked off yesterday without a hitch or an attack. This bus may end up being more heavily used than the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route because more families are [...] | 2006-06-21 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PBTS SCUL ELTN IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4401 | BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI4405 | INDIA FAVORS PARALLEL DEMARCHE TO SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI4406 | BARAPIND SATISFIED WITH HIS CONDITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind told PolOff and PolFSN that he has not been mistreated by the Punjab Police and is fully satisfied with the medical care the Punjab authorities are providing. H [...] | 2006-06-22 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM CJAN PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI4432 | BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-23 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI4466 | MEA WILL NOT ATTEND BHUTANESE REFUGEE MEETING [...] (C) The GOI will not attend the proposed July 14 meeting in New York of the truncated Core Group on Bhutanese Refugees (Reftel),MEA Director (North) Vikas Swarup told PolOff on June 26. Swarup stated that the GOI would be interested in receiving a read-out of the meeting, but that due to "s [...] | 2006-06-26 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IN BT NP |
06NEWDELHI4588 | INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...] | 2006-06-29 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI4589 | UN MANAGEMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] A/Pol/Couns delivered reftel demarche regarding UN Management reform and UN spending cap on June 28 to Gaitri Kumar, MEA, Director (Americas) and to Ravi Shankar, MEA, Director for United Nations Political affairs. Neither had any substantive response. 2. (U) Visit New Delhi's Classif [...] | 2006-06-29 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IN IS PREL UNGA |
06NEWDELHI4605 | BIOGRAPHIC NOTES: MEA ADDITIONAL SECRETARY KC SINGH [...] (C) Summary: Additional Secretary (International Organizations) KC Singh's position combines several large MEA portfolios of USG interest, including the UN, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism. USG interlocutors over the past several months have had opportunities to interact with Singh in [...] | 2006-06-30 08:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI4666 | POLITICAL PLAYERS PREPARE FOR BATTLE IN UTTAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Legislative Election is not scheduled until March 2007, campaigning has begun in earnest and is already deeply bitter and personal. The enmity between Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) is deep, with Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav th [...] | 2006-07-03 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL SCUL PREL IN |
06NEWDELHI4667 | STAGED ENCOUNTERS A BLEMISH ON INDIAN CT, LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: A review of Indian media would suggest that police, military and paramilitary officers have become expert at intercepting terrorists and at killing them in self-defense. Scratch the surface, however, and what lies underneath is an "encounter killing" -- an extrajudicial execut [...] | 2006-07-03 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN |
06NEWDELHI4702 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] (C) Poloff on July 3 delivered reftel talking points to MEA Director (Americas) Gaitri Kumar, who accepted them without substantive comment and promised to forward them to "the appropriate agencies." EconCouns on same day delivered talking points to Finance Ministry Joint Secretary (Departme [...] | 2006-07-05 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IN |
06NEWDELHI4729 | GOI PRESSING MAOISTS TO FOREGO VIOLENCE, OPPOSES [...] (C) On July 5 Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran agreed with the Ambassador's assertion that the UN needs to play a role in Maoist disarmament and welcomed the Government of Nepal's (GON's) dispatch of a letter to this effect. Saran underlined the need for the Maoists to disarm. In a separate Ju [...] | 2006-07-06 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP |
06NEWDELHI4819 | PRIVATIZATION POLICY LEADS TO PRIME MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: A relatively minor affair regarding the 10 per cent privatization of a public sector company in Tamil Nadu caused the UPA to suspend its entire privatization program (Septel),and the opposition BJP to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Singh. On July 7, New Delhi was a [...] | 2006-07-10 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN |
06NEWDELHI4824 | GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES [...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...] | 2006-07-10 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KUNR PREL VE IN |
06NEWDELHI4825 | GOI STILL UNDECIDED IN UNSC VOTE BUT SEES [...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with Additional Secretary (International Organizations),K.C. Singh to probe SIPDIS how the GOI planned to vote in the upcoming election for the Group of Latin American Countries UN Security Council seat. Guatemala and Venezuela are the two candidates. Decl [...] | 2006-07-10 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KUNR PREL VE IN |
06NEWDELHI4826 | US/GOI COUNTER TERRORISM COOPERATION MAY SUFFER FROM ALLEGED SPY SCANDAL [...] (C) MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh used a July 7 meeting with the DCM to raise the recent Indian press allegations (primarily in the ""Indian Express"") that a US diplomat used our Cybersecurity Forum to recruit officers in India's National Security Council Secret [...] | 2006-07-10 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCIP PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI4827 | GOI AGREES WITH UN REFORM INITIATIVE IN PRINCIPLE [...] (C) The DCM used a July 7 meeting with MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh to warn SIPDIS (REF B) that India's obstinate role on UN reform was increasingly at odds with our emerging strategic partnership. The DCM presented ref A demarche and urged the Indians to reco [...] | 2006-07-10 14:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KUNR IN |
06NEWDELHI4900 | GOI DECISION-MAKING, POST-MUMBAI BLASTS: WHAT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of October's Diwali bombings in Delhi (Ref D),NSA Narayanan put us on notice that although that attack did not surpass the GOI's threshold for absorbing terrorism, he could not say definitively how close it came to crossing the line. His more recent warnings of [...] | 2006-07-12 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV ELNT IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4928 | J&K CROSS-SECTION AGREES, EVERYTHING SLIPPING [...] (C) Summary: July 5-8 meetings in Srinagar and Jammu with a cross-section of journalists, police officials, NGO activists, businesspeople, and politicians from most major J&K parties demonstrated to Poloff and PolFSN that our J&K interlocutors are united as never before in their assessment th [...] | 2006-07-13 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CASC PHUM PBTS SCUL SOCI PREF |
06NEWDELHI4937 | DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...] | 2006-07-13 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CU PA |
06NEWDELHI4947 | INDIAN THINK TANKS STRESS NEED FOR UN INVOLVEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from Delhi-based think tanks stressed to PolOffs on July 11 that proposed negotiations with the Maoists in Nepal will not be successful without UN involvement and a strong and united front by the country's political parties. The representatives also stressed their [...] | 2006-07-13 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO IN NP |
06NEWDELHI4948 | NERVOUS NORTH INDIAN MUSLIMS ANTICIPATE A POST [...] (C) Summary: The Mumbai attacks have focused attention on the fragile communal situation in the North Indian Hindi belt, most particularly in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Indian security agencies are warning that both the Students' Islamic Organization of India (SIMI) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) have esta [...] | 2006-07-13 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI4968 | DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...] | 2006-07-14 10:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CU PA |
06NEWDELHI4973 | CONGRESS PARTY THINKING ON PAKISTAN - POST MUMBAI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-14 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS KISL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI4989 | TERROR ATTACKS IN INDIA LIKELY TO DAMAGE INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In addition to the Prime Minister's public suggestion that Pakistan is behind the July 11 terror bombings, there is even stronger private Indian suspicion of a connection between Pakistan and the Mumbai terrorists. Indian media and conservative think-tanks are almost unanimous in [...] | 2006-07-14 14:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IN |
06NEWDELHI5030 | PM SINGH BESIEGED BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL CRISES [...] (C) Summary: After weeks under fire over primarily domestic issues, the July 11 Mumbai and Srinagar attacks have added a foreign policy dimension to criticism of PM Singh's performance, which will spill over into the July 24 Parliament session. Manmohan Singh is under attack politically from [...] | 2006-07-18 10:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5035 | DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dalai Lama Representative Tempa Tsering, delivered a letter to the charge' on July 17 requesting greater USG engagement with the Government of Nepal (GON) on the Tibetan refugee issue in light of increased pressure from China. He noted that the PRC will send Vice Foreign Minis [...] | 2006-07-18 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN PREF |
06NEWDELHI5036 | INDIA SUSPENDS PAKISTAN PEACE PROCESS INDEFINITELY [...] (C) Summary: The MEA and the Pakistani High Commission laid out their positions in separate meetings with Poloff on July 17 and 18. The GOI is convinced that Pakistan is behind the Mumbai bombings, but is not yet prepared to abandon the India/Pakistan peace process or to make clear public a [...] | 2006-07-18 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI5048 | IRANIANS CANCEL FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT [...] (U) The GOI informed Poloff on July 19 that the Iranian Foreign Minister's visit to India will not take place on July 19 as announced, but will be rescheduled to a later, as yet undetermined, date. MEA Undersecretary Sherma (Iran) told Poloff that the Iranians canceled the planned meeting at [...] | 2006-07-19 08:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI512 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FS SARAN DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Saran reviewed ten potential deliverables for the SIPDIS President's visit during a January 20 working lunch. In a meeting later that day, U/S Burns stressed to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia that I [...] | 2006-01-25 05:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR PGOV PINR ENRG PHUM PTER SCOI IN |
06NEWDELHI5129 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON LETTER TO KC SINGH [...] (C) The condolence letter from Ambassador Crumpton to Ambassador K.C. Singh was delivered on 13 July. 2. (C) We received the following response dated 14 July on 19 July. Please advise if Ambassador Crumpton wishes to receive the original of the letter. "Dear Hank, Thank you very much f [...] | 2006-07-21 04:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KCIP PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
06NEWDELHI5132 | PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 06:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5133 | WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...] | 2006-07-21 06:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5135 | INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...] | 2006-07-21 07:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI5136 | INDIA'S NSCS: PROFESSIONALS IN A "BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: India's National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was a little-known institution until a SIPDIS recent series of "Indian Express" articles alleged that several of its employees were involved in a spy ring (Ref A). From collating intelligence inputs to supporting National S [...] | 2006-07-21 07:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI5138 | STORM CLOUDS GATHERING OVER PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON IN |
06NEWDELHI5237 | GOI AGREES WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel on July 24. MEA Undersecretary Jayant Khobargade (Disarmament and International Security) expressed GOI support for the initiative. Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki confirmed in an Indian television interview that several high-profile and criti [...] | 2006-07-26 08:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PGOV PINR PINS PREF |
06NEWDELHI5238 | GOI BOLSTERING SECURITY FOR AFGHANISTAN ROAD [...] (C) On July 25, Poloff met with MEA Undersecretary Aquino Vimal (Afghanistan) to discuss current Indian aid programs in Afghanistan. Vimal confirmed that the GOI has sent additional federal police forces (Indo-Tibetan Border Patrol) in batches of 20-30 troops per month, to bolster security f [...] | 2006-07-26 08:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN AF |
06NEWDELHI5239 | PURPORTED "INDIA'S MOST WANTED" LIST EXPANDS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks on Terrorism and Narcotics Trafficking on May 30 in Islamabad, Home Secretary VK Duggal and his Pakistani counterpart Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah exchanged their countries' "most wanted" lists of fugitives each capital seeks e [...] | 2006-07-26 08:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KCRM IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5266 | POLLING DATA SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR SONIA GANDHI [...] (C) Summary: A poll commissioned by a leading Indian news network concluded that Sonia Gandhi remains India's most popular politician, with Manmohan Singh a distant third (after former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee). According to the results, Sonia Gandhi would enjoy solid majority sup [...] | 2006-07-27 06:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KMDR KPAO IN |
06NEWDELHI5285 | THE CIVIL NUCLEAR INITIATIVE MOVES TO CENTER STAGE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative has moved to the top of the agenda in Parliament. Both the Prime Minister and Minister of State for External Affairs tried to assuage angry MPs from the Left and the Right on July 26 and 27, with limited success. Despite the dramatic floo [...] | 2006-07-27 12:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM PINR TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
06NEWDELHI546 | POLLING DATA SHOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary: Despite domestic setbacks, two recent polls indicate that the Congress-dominated UPA remains popular with the Indian voter due to sustained economic growth, a popular foreign policy plank and the enduring appeal of the Congress Party and the Gandhi family brand. Congress Presiden [...] | 2006-01-25 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI547 | DEOBANDI MUSLIMS RENOUNCE THEIR LEADER'S [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, three Maulanas from the influential seminary at Deoband called on Poloff, renounced the anti-American statements made by Mahmood Madni, the General Secretary of the Jamiatul Ulema-e-Hind - JUH (the political arm of Deobandi Islam) and distanced themselves from call [...] | 2006-01-25 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL OVIP PHUM PINR ASEC PTER SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI5470 | INDIAN MUSLIM RESENTMENT SMOLDERING OVER LEBANON AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon and Gaza have attracted considerable attention in India, but are of particular concern to the country's 130 million Muslims. The Urdu press has treated Lebanon/Gaza events in great detail. Editorial opinion --some planted by Iranian agents-- is uniformly anti-Isra [...] | 2006-08-04 09:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER KISL SCUL EINV IN |
06NEWDELHI5495 | A GARRULOUS SONIA GANDHI OPENS UP TO MARIA SHRIVER [...] (C) Summary: In a relaxed August 3 conversation with California first lady Maria Shriver, Sonia Gandhi revealed a rare glimpse of herself. Usually withdrawn and reserved in public, she spoke at great length and radiated confidence on women's' issues and some aspects of her private life. Mrs. Gandhi [...] | 2006-08-04 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL KWMN PINS IN |
06NEWDELHI550 | GOI STUMPED ON ITS NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is trying to decide its next steps on Nepal, and hopes for more "clarity" in a few days, Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran said in a January 25 meeting with SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs. The GOI is committed to maintaining its current pro-democracy position (including the [...] | 2006-01-25 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MASS PTER ASEC IN NP |
06NEWDELHI553 | IRAN EAGER FOR INDIAN TIES, DELHI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloffs on January 25 that India is worried about losing overland access to Afghanistan via Iran if its relations with Tehran sour further, but did not appear worried about the energy security impact of t [...] | 2006-01-25 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP EPET ELTN IR IN AF |
06NEWDELHI554 | MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK DESPITE PUNDITS' NAYSAYING [...] (C) Summary: In a January 25 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha provided a positive read-out of the January 17-18 Third Round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue talks, and of Indo-Pak relations generally, despite the pall cast by the cross-bo [...] | 2006-01-25 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD ELTN MOPS KNNP IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5549 | SCA A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH GOI CENTRAL ASIA CHIEF [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher used an August 7 meeting with Minister of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati to brief on current U.S. SIPDIS relations with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and to probe India's relationships with Central Asia. Boucher specific [...] | 2006-08-08 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EPET PBTS TRGY OVIP IN KZ KG |
06NEWDELHI555 | GOI WILLING TO ENGAGE RGOB ON REFUGEES IN NEPAL, [...] (C) Summary: The GOI pressed Bhutanese Foreign Minister Wangchuk to find a solution to the refugee problem during his January 15 visit to New Delhi, Joint Secretary-North (Nepal-Bhutan) Pankaj Saran told us during a January 25 meeting. Acknowledging a direct GOI interest, he noted that Indi [...] | 2006-01-25 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP |
06NEWDELHI5558 | A/S BOUCHER PUSHES INDIA ON NAM, UN [...] (C) Summary. In an August 7 meeting with Indian MEA Joint Secretary (JS) Americas Dr. S. Jaishankar, A/S Boucher: SIPDIS -- urged India to use its influence in the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit as a positive force to curb attempts at unhelpful resolutions, such as supp [...] | 2006-08-08 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN IN |
06NEWDELHI556 | JEHADI TERRORISM STALKS INDIA'S TIES WITH AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: India enters the new year under the continued threat of jehadi terrorist attacks that could harm American interests and negatively affect Indo-Pak relations. The nature and scope of terrorist attacks launched by jehadi groups, particularly Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT),ev [...] | 2006-01-25 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5609 | A/S BOUCHER AND FOREIGN SECRETARY SARAN TALK [...] (S) Summary. In an August 7 meeting between A/S Boucher and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, A/S Boucher: -- told Saran that the U.S. is committed to maintaining the spirit of the civil-nuclear deal as agreed on July 18; and -- explained concrete steps the U.S. has taken against Pakistani t [...] | 2006-08-11 10:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP AORC UN NP PK |
06NEWDELHI5621 | TWO GRUMPY OLD MEN HIJACK NATIONAL POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: Two grumpy old men, Natwar Singh of Congress and Jaswant Singh of the BJP, have made unwise decisions that will likely end their political careers. Too proud to admit to poor judgment, both men have blamed Congress for their problems and taken the offensive. Ordinarily, their f [...] | 2006-08-11 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM EPET IN |
06NEWDELHI5692 | PM'S I-DAY SPEECH WARNS PAKISTAN, LAUNCHES 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amidst suffocating security due to the very severe terror threat, PM Singh's annual Independence-day speech delivered from the ramparts of the Red Fort in Old Delhi largely ignored foreign relations and needed structural economic reforms to focus on populist domestic issues, prim [...] | 2006-08-17 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PTER PINR IN PK |
06NEWDELHI5738 | SRI LANKA: NEW DELHI STILL BELIEVES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Despite assessing the current situation in Sri Lanka as a stalemate, India has no plans to change its policy of pushing for a political solution. New Delhi continues to tell the SLA that it should not see war as an option. Public opinion and refugee inflows into Tamil Nadu are seen as [...] | 2006-08-18 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CE IN |
06NEWDELHI5798 | INDIA STILL UNDECIDED ON ENHANCED UNIFIL [...] (C) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) UN Political (UNP) Division, in charge of India's UNIFIL portfolio, reported that as of August 21 the GOI has still not decided on a contribution to an enhanced UNIFIL mission. UNP Under Secretary Manish confirmed senior level officials from MEA, S [...] | 2006-08-21 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL IN |
06NEWDELHI5801 | SRI LANKANS SEEK MORE INDIAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) Sri Lankan Deputy High Commissioner A. Sabarulla Khan delivered an Aide Memoire to Acting PolCouns August 21, using the occasion to mention that the same note had been recently delivered to the GOI and that MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar received it positively and endorsed the notion of formin [...] | 2006-08-21 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS CE IN |
06NEWDELHI583 | GOI PROMISES MILITARY SUPPORT TO SRI LANKA AND [...] (C) Summary: During U/S Burns' January 21 consultations on regional issues, the GOI relayed its concerns over the increasingly possible return to war in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the need for Iranian gas and the looming crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. Indian Foreign Secretary [...] | 2006-01-27 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS ENRG EPET IR CE IN |
06NEWDELHI5929 | IRANIAN FM SAFARI TO VISIT INDIA AUGUST 28 [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Iran Anil Sharma confirmed Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari will visit India beginning August 28. Stressing this is not a replacement for the canceled FM Mottaki visit of July 19, Sharma noted the visit materialized quickly [...] | 2006-08-25 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP EPET IAEA IR IN |
06NEWDELHI5962 | BIODATA: DIXIT, SHEILA (DELHI CHIEF MINISTER) [...] (C) Chief Minister, Sheila Dixit has been the Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998. Her second term began in December 2003. Dixit is a Punjabi Hindu, a dominant political bloc in the capital, has remained close to the Gandhi dynasty, and remains a key political advisor to Congress Party Presid [...] | 2006-08-28 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KWMN IN |
06NEWDELHI6085 | IRANIAN DFM SAFARI FINDS LITTLE LOVE IN NEW DELHI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KNNP ENRG EPET KISL IR IN |
06NEWDELHI6086 | PROGRESS ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH GOI; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 30 meeting the GOI revealed that it currently has no Missile Defense capabilities - at least none it is willing to share - yet wants to pursue further R&D cooperation with the U.S. India will participate in the September 18-19 multinational BMD conference in London, [...] | 2006-08-31 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PINS MARR MASS MCAP KSTC IN |
06NEWDELHI613 | POLITICAL CHALLENGES COMPLICATE AND DIVERT [...] (C) Summary: Several simmering political developments have come to a head in the past few weeks, diverting some of the GOI's attention from foreign policy issues such as Iran, the US-India civil-nuclear agreement and the POTUS visit. The January 24 ruling by India's Supreme Court that the UPA dis [...] | 2006-01-27 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI6133 | THE PM PICKS A WINNER: SHIV SHANKAR MENON TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 31 announcement that seasoned diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon will succeed Shyam Saran as Foreign Secretary with Saran moving to a newly-created post as the PM's Special Envoy for the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal represents not only a domestic coup for PM Singh, but also bod [...] | 2006-09-01 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6230 | NSA NARAYANAN SUGGESTS SARAN-BURNS MEETING AS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting with National Security Advisor Narayanan, Ambassador Mulford urged India to re-engage in negotiations on the 123 Agreement. Narayanan would not commit India to doing so, but offered as a sign of India's engagement to send Foreign Secretary Saran to meet [...] | 2006-09-06 15:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
06NEWDELHI6254 | G-8 SEEKS TO COORDINATE CT EFFORTS WITH INDIA [...] (U) Summary: G-8 officials met on August 31 to discuss joint efforts to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation with GOI in light of a rising trend in terrorist attacks in recent years. Most meeting participants stressed India's interest in gaining international cooperation against Pakist [...] | 2006-09-07 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KTFN EFIN IN RS |
06NEWDELHI6256 | CUBAN AMBASSADOR CLAIMS IRAN'S NUCLEAR ISSUES WILL [...] (SBU) Cuban Ambassador to India, H.E. Juan Carretero, told a Delhi think tank discussion group that Iran's right to continue its nuclear program will not be discussed at the NAM Summit, as "NAM does not entertain individual countries' issues except for the question of Palestine and Israel's r [...] | 2006-09-07 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI6298 | INDIA'S ROLE IN NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT: [...] (C) SUMMARY: India may attempt to transform its role to that of a "bridge power" between the developed North and the impoverished South during the upcoming NAM Summit in Havana. In the context of considerable public and internal GOI debate about the utility of NAM and India's proper place in t [...] | 2006-09-08 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON ECIN IN |
06NEWDELHI6320 | MEA STILL CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. MEA North Division Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran told PolCouns: -- in his analysis, the desire for success in Nepal's peace process "is overwhelming;" -- India continues to see eye-to-eye with the U.S. on key issues regarding Nepal; -- the Seven-Party Alliance must appear s [...] | 2006-09-11 10:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP IN |
06NEWDELHI6409 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SASHASTRA SEEMA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and CS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),New Delhi on September 8 [...] | 2006-09-14 06:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI6423 | LEBANON DEMARCHE: GOI FIRM ON PEACEKEEPING VERSUS [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche on September 12 to MEA's West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Division Deputy Secretary N.J. Gangte, who said that the GOI has already SIPDIS pledged humanitarian aid and will continue to administer it. He confirmed that the GOI is supportive of the long-ter [...] | 2006-09-14 10:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS LE IN AORC |
06NEWDELHI6431 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: AERONAUTICAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and CS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA),Bangalor [...] | 2006-09-14 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI6504 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D),N [...] | 2006-09-18 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI6511 | INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 05:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6513 | DELHI AND DHAKA TRY TO DIAL DOWN THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of tough talk about cross border insurgency, disputed boundaries, and illegal Bangladeshi immigration, both sides agreed at the recent Indo-Bangladeshi Home Secretary-level talks to tone down the rhetoric and undertake a "joint visit initiative" to resolve boundary di [...] | 2006-09-19 07:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDEM KTIA KISL MOPS |
06NEWDELHI6520 | INDIA, US "CONVERGE" ON SRI LANKA, LESS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a September 18 courtesy call, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar told PolCouns: -- India and the U.S. have a "broad convergence" of interests on Sri Lanka; -- India continues to tell the GSL that there can be no military solution to the conflict, [...] | 2006-09-19 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM CE BG IN |
06NEWDELHI6523 | KASHMIR: POLICE REPORT TERRORIST INFILTRATION [...] (S) Summary: Military leaders in India sounded an ominous warning last week, just as Prime Minister Singh was leaving for his meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf in Havana, that terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir had risen sharply this year. Like many similar press releases [...] | 2006-09-19 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6527 | EMBASSY, INDIAN EXPERTS COORDINATE ON NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over Sep. 18th and 19th, PolCouns led a round-table on Nepal and met with leading Indian Nepal experts with the objective of enhancing our ability to coordinate with India on Nepal. From these meetings, it appears that two camps exist within India's policy making elite on prosp [...] | 2006-09-19 14:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP IN |
06NEWDELHI6568 | READOUT ON FRANCE-INDIA SECURITY TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During visits to France in early September by Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee and National Security Advisor Narayanan, Indian officials confided that they are concerned about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. On Middle East issues, France and India agreed that the GOI [...] | 2006-09-21 07:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FR IN IR KNNP LE MNUC PA PARM PGOV PINR |
06NEWDELHI657 | UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS |
06NEWDELHI6582 | INDIA KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati argued that India's role as an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a useful opportunity to help the organization set reasonable priorities. Bhagwati expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on techni [...] | 2006-09-21 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL MARR AF UZ TI TX KZ KG |
06NEWDELHI6583 | DELHI STRIKES: 4 DEAD; CONGRESS LEADERSHIP [...] (U) On September 20, four people died in clashes between police and protesters during a "bandh," or general strike the Trader's Association ordered in Delhi. The Trader's Association ordered the strikes in response to action taken by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to fulfill a Supreme Cou [...] | 2006-09-21 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ELAB IN |
06NEWDELHI6584 | MEA ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN, DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha told US that India: -- Could do more in Afghanistan but was worried about security -- Doubted the wisdom of Pakistan's agreements with Waziristan tribes -- Envisioned a robust economic conference that would not be a don [...] | 2006-09-21 13:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS ENRG EPET KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI659 | FS SARAN DISMISSES ANONYMOUS PRESS CLAIMS THAT [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Saran dismissed anonymously-sourced press reports that India would abstain in the upcoming February 2 IAEA BOG vote on Iran (other topics reported septel) when he met the Ambassador on January 30. Saran showed surprise when the Ambassador described the Reuters report in [...] | 2006-01-30 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN |
06NEWDELHI6622 | SECOND SESSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) PolOff Delivered demarche (reftel) to MEA Deputy Secretary for UN Economics and Social T. Armstrong Changsan, SIPDIS who noted the MEA had seen U.S. comments on the issue and said they were "similar" to what the GOI was thinking. Changsan promised to provide a formal response after cons [...] | 2006-09-22 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN IN |
06NEWDELHI6647 | KASHMIR: SELF RULE, SOFT BORDER SOLUTION GAINING [...] (S) Summary: Indian government responses to Musharraf's recent book, in which he discussed a four part solution to the Kashmir issue, are likely to be harsh publicly, and targeted for domestic consumption. However, journalists with access to the Prime Minister's office say the proposal is ve [...] | 2006-09-25 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6711 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) PolOff delivered demarche (reftel) to MEA United Nations Economics and Social Deputy Secretary T. Armstrong Changsan on Sep. 26. Changsan had no substantive response. Post notes that the GOI normally refers UN Human Rights Council matters to its UN mission in New York. MULFORD [...] | 2006-09-27 09:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL IN |
06NEWDELHI6737 | INDIAN PM FACING OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-TERROR PLAN [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Singh has come under fire in India for his agreement with Pakistan to combat terrorism jointly. Opposition BJP leaders and hardliners in PM Singh's own party and India's security establishment have unleashed a barrage of statements criticizing the agreement. They [...] | 2006-09-27 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6766 | "PRAGMATIC" MAOISTS GETTING CLOSER TO KOIRALA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese Maoists are getting closer to PM Koirala, according to Sudhindra Bhadoria of the left-leaning New Delhi-based South Asian Forum for People's Inititatives, because they are pragmatists who are not "hard and fast" on the issues of arms and the role of the monarchy in the fu [...] | 2006-09-28 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS KDEM PK NE IN |
06NEWDELHI6770 | INDIA WELCOMES COORDINATION WITH US AS IT PURSUES [...] SUMMARY: India's senior foreign ministry official charged with managing relations with Asia, Ashok Khanta, unofficially expressed interest in pursuing a four-party dialogue with the US, Japan, and Australia with a focus on regional issues including maritime security, science and technology c [...] | 2006-09-28 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AORC EAID EIND MOPS OVIP PHSA |
06NEWDELHI6807 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: DIRECTORATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV on Directorate General of EME (EME),Master General of Ordnance Branch, Integrated HQ of Ministry of Defence (Army),DHQ PO, New Delhi 110011. E [...] | 2006-09-29 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI6841 | INDIA ACCUSES PAKISTANI INTELLIGENCE OF DIRECTING [...] (S) Summary: India's new Foreign Secretary, Shiv Shankar Menon, struck out at Pakistan on October 1 in his first few hours in office, backing Mumbai police claims to have hard evidence that Pakistani intelligence was behind the July 11 bombings in Mumbai. Menon further tied the success of the [...] | 2006-10-03 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN |
06NEWDELHI6886 | PRIME MINISTER COUP IN POLITICAL BATTLE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 08:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PINR SOCI IN |
06NEWDELHI6913 | THE COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS SPAR OVER THE INDO/US [...] (C) In its September 12-13 Central Committee meeting the CPI(M) leadership assailed the UPA government's relationship with the US, accusing it of sacrificing Indian autonomy and taking dictation from Washington on foreign policy and economic issues. The CPI(M) pledged to continue agitating [...] | 2006-10-05 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI6926 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INDIA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a PSV on India Meteorological Department (IMD),New Delhi, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI. IMD was listed as the Ultimate Consignee [...] | 2006-10-06 09:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI6980 | INDIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to MEA Acting Joint Secretary (Americas) at OOB October 10. Polcouns also delivered demarche to Joint Secretary (East Asia) Ashok Kantha, who cited India's strong statement condemning the DPRK nuclear test. 2. (C) Early on October 9, DepPolCou [...] | 2006-10-10 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IN KN |
06NEWDELHI699 | INDIANS SEEK FRENCH CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL, BUT THE [...] (C) Summary: As part of the preparations for Jacques Chirac's February 19-20 trip to India, Special Representative of the President Maurice Gourdault-Montagne visited New Delhi on January 27 for the fifteenth round of strategic dialogue focused on fleshing out the details of a France-India Civ [...] | 2006-01-31 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MASS FR IN |
06NEWDELHI7005 | HIGH STAKES FOR INDIA IN NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's stakes in Nepal are high, yet, of all its neighbors, Nepal is the easiest to manage, according to MEA Americas Director Santosh Jha. Jha said the Maoists are long on guns, but short on strategy. They have created an "aura" of support, said Jha, but would be exposed in e [...] | 2006-10-11 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM NE IN |
06NEWDELHI7006 | STRONG ANTI-INCUMBENCY TREND EVIDENT IN WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: The bellwether state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) faces an election in February 2007 that could see the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government ousted and the assumption to power of a coalition government with Congress participation. Such a development would enhance political stability [...] | 2006-10-11 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL ECON EAGR KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI7095 | INDIA'S SRI LANKA POLICY DESCRIBED AS DECISIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 27 September roundtable discussion on India-Sri Lanka relations, the consensus among prominent journalists and think-tankers was that the GOI should pursue a Track II dialogue with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in three phases: achieve a sustainable cease-fire agreement [...] | 2006-10-16 01:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
06NEWDELHI7098 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: CENTRE FOR [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at the Centre for Development of Advanced computing ( [...] | 2006-10-16 06:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI7106 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: OIL AND NATURAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Kavita Vijh conducted a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC),Kolkata, on [...] | 2006-10-16 09:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI7118 | FY07 SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL: NEW DELHI RECOMMENDS [...] (SBU) Embassy New Delhi's Political, Defense Attache, and Defense Cooperation offices evaluated reftel request for FY07 Section 1206 proposals and concur that the USG should not transfer assistance to India at this time. This evaluation is made in the context of India's current military capab [...] | 2006-10-16 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS IN |
06NEWDELHI7126 | INDIA OPEN TO GPOI IN GENERAL; NOT READY FOR FULL [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche conveying U.S. interest in a partnership with India on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),on October 12 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for United Nations-Political (UNP),Sanjiv Arora, told Poloff and visiting PAC [...] | 2006-10-16 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI7130 | UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Political Counselor delivered reftel talking points October 14 to the Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for the Americas S. Jaishankar and MEA Joint SIPDIS Secretary for East Asia Ashok Kantha, neither of whom had any SIPDIS substantive response. PYATT [...] | 2006-10-17 04:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN PARM IN |
06NEWDELHI7153 | CONGRESS AT THE HALF WAY MARK - MORE CONFIDENT [...] (C) Summary. At the halfway mark of the United People's Alliance (UPA) government, Congress Party Chief Ministers met late last month in Nainital to sort out internal issues. Congress emerged strong and confident, having patched-up feuds and solidified party support behind flagbearers PM Manmohan [...] | 2006-10-17 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR PINR PREL IN |
06NEWDELHI7155 | MAOISTS UNWILLING TO SHARE, ACCORDING TO INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ajai Sahni of the Institute for Conflict Management, warned that current peace talks will result in Nepal being handed over to the Maoists, who have no intention of sharing power. The Maoists are tactical negotiators who should not be underestimated, said Sahni. Describing [...] | 2006-10-18 04:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS KISL NP IN |
06NEWDELHI7205 | UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSURES GOI PEACE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 17 visit to New Delhi, UN representative Ian Martin told GOI interlocutors that, although talks have stalled in Nepal, they have not completely broken down and he is optimistic the GON and Maoists will eventually resume negotiations, although he did not have a [...] | 2006-10-19 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP UN IN |
06NEWDELHI7273 | KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...] | 2006-10-20 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7274 | INDIA'S LATEST DEFENSE SCANDAL: FEW LONG-TERM [...] (C) Summary. Former NDA Defense Minister George Fernandes was accused on October 10 of receiving bribes in a 2000 defense procurement contract for Barak missiles from Israel. The scandal revived memories of last year's Denel affair, where a South African company was blacklisted and all outsta [...] | 2006-10-20 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS KCRM ECON IN |
06NEWDELHI7289 | INDIA,S CENTRAL ASIA EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Indian experts on Central Asia, Russia and China offered India,s perspective on South and Central Asia regional cooperation at a roundtable with PolOffs October 19. Participants identified Afghan security and ensuring a secular Central Asia as India,s priorities in the [...] | 2006-10-23 10:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI7304 | EMBASSY HOSTS ONE OF DELHI'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Mission India hosted its Iftar on October 18 in New Delhi. Now an annual event, this Mission Iftar is eagerly awaited by the Muslim community and has become one of the "must attend" Iftar parties during the fasting month of Ramzan. Influential Muslims attended from all over India. Man [...] | 2006-10-23 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL KISL SOCI KPAO IN |
06NEWDELHI7305 | INDIA'S TAMIL-BASED PARTIES RELUCTANT TO EXPEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing lingering ill feelings over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, the embarrassment caused by the hasty withdrawal of Indian peacekeeping force deployed to Sri Lanka from 1987-1990, and the unpredictability of the LTTE,leaders of Tamil Na [...] | 2006-10-23 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF IN CE |
06NEWDELHI7306 | MOD STRESSES NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. Department of Defense Production Joint Secretary (Exports) Kiran Chadha told A/USTR Ambassador SIPDIS Hartwick in an October 20 meeting: -- the GOI is firm that there will be no changes in the immediate future to defense procurement procedures, despite the August 30 release [...] | 2006-10-23 13:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD IN |
06NEWDELHI7338 | PRANAB MUKHERJEE NAMED INDIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) After much delay, Prime Minister Singh named Pranab Kumar Mukherjee to fill the External Affairs Minster slot vacated by the departure of K. Natwar Singh in December 2005. PM Singh has been acting as MEA Minister since K. Natwar Singh's exit under a cloud for his alleged role in the oil f [...] | 2006-10-24 14:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV INR PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI7358 | A.K. ANTONY NAMED MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (U) In an October 23 cabinet reshuffle, President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam named Former Chief Minister of Kerala A.K. Antony Minister of Defense. See paragraphs 3-7 for biographical information on Antony. 2. (C) Our sources tell us that Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and PM Singh [...] | 2006-10-26 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI7359 | INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO [...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani intelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that [...] | 2006-10-26 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI736 | BHUTANESE AMBASSADOR, CITING FEAR OF MAOISTS, [...] (C) The Government of Bhutan is focusing on Bhutan's constitutional process and may not have time to address the refugee issue, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told PRM/A Director Rusch and Poloff on January 31. During the meeting, in which Rusch reiterated points in Ref. A, Tshering stated tha [...] | 2006-02-01 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP |
06NEWDELHI7360 | INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO [...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani itelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that t [...] | 2006-10-26 13:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI7402 | INDIA ASKING FOR VERIFICATION OF DEPORTEE [...] (C) Charge met on October 25th with Home Secretary V.S. Duggal to discuss India's ongoing unwillingness to issue travel documents for 188 Indian nationals, who do not possess passports or other documentation, and who have been detained in the US for deportation. Home Secretary Duggal said Ind [...] | 2006-10-27 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM CJAN IN |
06NEWDELHI7408 | MOD BRIEFS ON 2006 DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES [...] (U) Summary. In an October 24 briefing for the diplomatic corps and business community, officials from the Ministry of Defense, including then-Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt, Director General Shilabhadra Bannerjee, and Major General H. S. Sehgal explained the [...] | 2006-10-27 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN |
06NEWDELHI7442 | CABINET SHUFFLE GENERATES LITTLE EXCITEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary; The opposition BJP and de facto opposition Left parties (supporters of the UPA coalition),criticized the government's October 24 Cabinet shuffle. The BJP interpreted the move as confirming the overriding influence of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi over the Prime Ministe [...] | 2006-10-30 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI7466 | GOI ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING SRI LANKA, MINOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's newly appointed Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee stated on October 30 that it is in India's interest to work with Bangladesh to curb terrorism. While monitoring Bangladesh's deteriorating security situation, Mukherjee noted the current political crisis is an "internal ma [...] | 2006-10-31 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
06NEWDELHI7514 | INDIA STRONGLY DENIES HOWITZER SALES TO BURMA, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy contacts have confirmed press reports that India has supplied Burma 105 mm Howitzers and associated equipment. However, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) denied that any such deals had transpired. India's rationale for supplying weapons to the junta is ostensibly [...] | 2006-11-02 07:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR BM IN |
06NEWDELHI7577 | DECADES OF CORRUPTION LEADS TO URBAN CHAOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 1962, shopkeepers aided by corrupt civil servants in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have ignored New Delhi's Master plan and illegally constructed over 50,000 shops in residential zones. After residents, angered by the i [...] | 2006-11-03 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EINV PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI7584 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR VIEWS DELAY IN [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan on November 3rd to discuss the status of the US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative as well as terrorism and Indo-Pakistan relations (Septel). Narayanan downplayed concern about Indian public reaction if the leg [...] | 2006-11-03 15:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL ETTC ENRG KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI7585 | NARAYANAN SEES PAKISTANI EFFORT TO BUILD TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss counter-terrorism issues and the state of India-Pakistan relations ahead of the Foreign Secretary talks on November 14th and 15th. Narayanan warned that the recently thwarted terrorist attack in Mysore [...] | 2006-11-03 15:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI759 | U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN [...] (C) As part of the February 1 Global Issues Forum, U/S Dobriansky met with Foreign Secretary Saran to discuss initiatives to promote democracy and human rights with India, including presidential deliverables, the UN Deeocracy Fund and UN Human Rights Commission reform. U/S Dobriansky opened [...] | 2006-02-02 14:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER AF HU JP IZ IN |
06NEWDELHI760 | INDIA NONCOMMITTAL ON IRAN, CURIOUS TO KNOW [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador to deliver reftel points, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran refused to be drawn on Iran's IAEA BOG vote, although he noted the Secretary had spoken to Prime Minister Singh on February 1. SIPDIS Saran indicated the Chinese had already given India the EU-3 [...] | 2006-02-02 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP IAEA IR IN |
06NEWDELHI761 | INDO-US GLOBAL ISSUES FORUM REVIEWS PRM/TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: A US delegation led by Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky discussed Bhutanese and Tibetan refugees, trafficking in persons, and forced labor with the Indian delegation headed by Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran at the Global Issues Forum in New Delhi [...] | 2006-02-03 03:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF ELAB PHUM IN NP BT |
06NEWDELHI7618 | ANTI-AMERICAN GROUPS USE SADDAM VERDICT TO SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI on November 5 issued a tepid response to the verdict and death sentence on Saddam Hussein that questioned the validity of the judicial process. This GOI response reflects the considerable pressure the Congress Party is facing from two key groups that it needs to remain [...] | 2006-11-06 15:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP PARM MNUC KISL KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI7629 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ISRO INERTIAL SYSTEMS UNIT, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU),Thiruvananthapuram, [...] | 2006-11-07 06:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI7635 | DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to convey U.S. interest in building support for five human rights country resolutions to be voted on during the UNGA Third Committee to MEA Deputy Secretary T. Armstrong Changsan (UN Economics and Social) on Nov. 7. Having just returned from New York, Cha [...] | 2006-11-07 10:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN IN |
06NEWDELHI7636 | DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche requesting that the GOI oppose the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UNGA to MEA Under Secretary Manish (UN Political) on Nov 7. He said that the GOI had taken note of our points, but was not prepared to offer a formal reply at this time. MULFORD [...] | 2006-11-07 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU IN |
06NEWDELHI7661 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ANTONY ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF [...] (C) Summary. In a courtesy call by the Ambassador, new Defense Minister A.K. Antony: -- emphasized the importance of concluding the civil nuclear cooperation agreement; -- said India is consciously seeking to expand its defense relationship with America; -- confirmed he will follow the [...] | 2006-11-08 07:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI7667 | FOREIGN MINISTER MUKHERJEE POSITIONED TO HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first call on Pranab Mukherjee in his new position as Minister for External Affairs (bio in reftel),the Ambassador emphasized the importance of the broad vision for US-India relations outlined by the President, to which Mukherjee readily added his support and commitment. [...] | 2006-11-08 08:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL |
06NEWDELHI7692 | DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (U) PolOff delivered (reftel a) demarche requesting that the GOI support the Australian amendment to the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UNGA to MEA Deputy Secretary Manish (UN Political) on Nov 8. He said that he would pass the information to his superiors at the MEA, but offered no su [...] | 2006-11-08 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU IN |
06NEWDELHI7723 | GOI NOT IN FAVOR OF COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns delivered the points in reftel (a) to MEA Joint Secretary Manjeev Singh Puri (UN Economic and Social) on Nov. 9. Puri stated that the GOI is not in favor of country specific resolutions, noting that this would include any resolution specific to the United States. He said that th [...] | 2006-11-09 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN UNHRC IN |
06NEWDELHI7725 | INDIA STILL TESTING THE WATERS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to Dushanbe, New Delhi PolOff met with MFA and Ministry of Energy officials and local diplomats to explore Indo-Tajik relations. Indian rehabilitation and construction efforts include a small hydropower project, construction of a tunnel, rehabilitation of the a [...] | 2006-11-09 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ECIN ENRG SNAR TI IN |
06NEWDELHI7748 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Indian Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha on November 10th to discuss India's relations with Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Boucher emphasized the importance to the United States that India voice its conc [...] | 2006-11-13 08:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7749 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: GUJARAT NARMADA VALLEY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Ltd. (GNFC),Bhar [...] | 2006-11-13 08:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI7759 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...] | 2006-11-13 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7762 | AN INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH COMMUNIST LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting with PolCouns, CPI(M) leader and ideologue Sitaram Yechury expressed a desire to maintain regular relations with the Embassy. With a straight face, Yechury was adamant that good relations benefited both India and the US and had moved beyond the stage of [...] | 2006-11-13 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PINR PREL IN BG NP SL |
06NEWDELHI7764 | BAD VIBES BEFORE HU JINTAO'S INDIA VISIT? [...] SUMMARY: (C) China's presidential visit to India may not culminate in any major breakthroughs in Sino-Indian relations. Despite Chinese claims that a momentous announcement will be made during President Hu's possible address to a joint session of the Indian Parliament on his upcoming visi [...] | 2006-11-14 01:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH |
06NEWDELHI7767 | BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...] | 2006-11-14 04:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI7783 | DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (U) PolOffs delivered ref (A) diplomatic note on Oct. 31 to Ministry of External Affairs (Americas) Director Santosh Jha and again on Nov. 14 to MEA (UN Economic and Social) Under Secretary R. Masakui. Jha had no formal response to the diplomatic note. Masakui replied that it had been forwa [...] | 2006-11-14 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ILC UNGA UN IN |
06NEWDELHI7788 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MUNICIPAL CORPORATION [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC),Chandigarh, on N [...] | 2006-11-15 06:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI7797 | INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES RESUME DIALOGUE [...] (C) At their just concluded their meetings in New Delhi, Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan agreed to a fourth round of composite dialogue despite ongoing Indian concerns about continued terrorist attacks. Press reports said Indian Foreign Minis [...] | 2006-11-15 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI7802 | GOI NOT IN FAVOR OF COUNTRY SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) As stated in Ref A, the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs (UN Economic and Social),in his reply to Ref C demarche, responded that the Government of India (GOI) has informed high-level U.S. representatives many times that the GOI is not in favor of country specific resol [...] | 2006-11-15 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BO UNGA UN IN |
06NEWDELHI7824 | WHAT DO UTTAR PRADESH ELECTIONS MEAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Uttar Pradesh (UP) is larger than most countries in the world and, with 80 MPs, has the largest Parliamentary delegation in the 545 seat Lok Sabha. For decades, the state has seen growing misrule by kleptocratic and caste-ridden regional parties, accompanied by increasing viole [...] | 2006-11-16 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI7827 | DELHI TRADERS BEND TO RULE OF LAW, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY The long simmering crisis in Delhi surrounding the "sealing" of illegal businesses seems to be inching towards a dramatic conclusion. On November 6, the Supreme Court (SC) stuck by its earlier decision (reftels),denying a petition by traders seeiing relief and ordered the Municipa [...] | 2006-11-16 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KJUS PHUM PREL PINR ASEC SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI7852 | DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (UN Political) Manish, who had no formal response at the time, but indicated that he would inform his superiors and deliver the text of the resolution to them. MULFORD [...] | 2006-11-17 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS IN |
06NEWDELHI7870 | FS MENON TELLS USDP EDELMAN INDIA WILL EMPOWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 15 November meeting with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, visiting Under Secretary of SIPDIS Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, outlined the reorganization of the Department of Defense (DOD) Policy Office, noting the addition of an Assistant Secretary for all Asia incl [...] | 2006-11-20 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS IN |
06NEWDELHI7884 | U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN |
06NEWDELHI7885 | U/S EDELMAN AND DEFMIN ANTONY AGREE ON POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that his ministry assessed that the Defense Policy Group meeting had been a success, and that he anticipated further U.S.-India cooperation in the future, adding that on the whole the milit [...] | 2006-11-21 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN |
06NEWDELHI7886 | BOTH SIDES BULLISH ON U.S.-INDIA MIL-MIL TIES [...] (C) Summary. U.S.-India military-to-military ties - already growing rapidly - were given a fresh boost in back-to-back Defense Procurement and Production Group (DPPG) and Defense Policy Group (DPG) meetings in New Delhi during the week of November 12. In addition to the high-level networking [...] | 2006-11-21 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN |
06NEWDELHI7935 | IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI REACHES OUT TO PM SINGH, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first visit to India since becoming Foreign Minister, Iran's FM Mottaki invited PM Singh to Iran, discussed the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline, the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) deal, the IAEA and Iran's nuclear program, Iraq and Afghanistan [...] | 2006-11-22 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ELTN ENRG KNNP KISL IR IN |
06NEWDELHI7937 | NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...] | 2006-11-22 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI7942 | HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO INDIA: LOFTY WORDS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 20-23 visit to India of Chinese President Hu Jintao, while not earth-shattering, appears to have concentrated on economic agreements through a "ten-pronged strategy" while downplaying contentious border disputes. The Joint Declaration announced on 21 November conta [...] | 2006-11-22 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH |
06NEWDELHI7954 | INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES LAUNCH COUNTER-TERROR JOINT MECHANISM, REVIEW SIACHEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
06NEWDELHI7986 | BJP FLEXING ITS MUSCLES AGAIN ON TERRORISM, [...] (C) During the first three days of the Winter Session of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flexed its muscles, galvanized its base and reinvigorated its role as an opposition party. On November 22, the BJP staged a massive demonstration in Delhi. Reports put attendance somewhere b [...] | 2006-11-27 07:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI7997 | INDIA REBUILDING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary: In a November 24 conversation, Israeli DCM Yoed Magen described to us a renewed positive trend in India's relationship with Israel. Magen told the DCM that Israeli National Security Advisor Ilan Mizrachi is coming to Delhi from November 27th through 30th for a high level intell [...] | 2006-11-27 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
06NEWDELHI8003 | INDIA'S COMMUNIST PARTIES DEBATE HOW TO USE THEIR [...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have a guaranteed niche in Indian politics and enjoy some advantages. India has the largest number of poor people of any country on earth, including many of the most exploited and oppressed populations found anywhere. These make a natural constituency for [...] | 2006-11-28 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CH NP |
06NEWDELHI8017 | U/S EDELMAN INFORMS DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT AESA [...] (U) This cable replaces New Delhi 7884, to reflect changes made in the clearance process not included in the original. 2. (C) Summary. Undersecretary Eric Edelman told Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt that the Department of Defense has concluded that the U.S. would be prepared to make [...] | 2006-11-29 03:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KSTC KOMC IN |
06NEWDELHI802 | SEEKING GUIDANCE ON ENGAGING INDIA ON CCIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request for IO and S/CT -- see Para 3. 2. (C) Background: MEA Joint Secretary (UN/Political) Sanjiv Arora told us on February 2 that, following MEA's discussion with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli (Ref A),New Delhi approached the Saudi delegation on the Convention on Terro [...] | 2006-02-03 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTIA IN SA |
06NEWDELHI8020 | NARAYANAN TELLS PISTOLE INDIA SEEKS TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: In a frank November 27th discussion with FBI Deputy Director Pistole, National Security Advisor Narayanan explained that while the overall intelligence relationship had improved, the U.S. could only strengthen its counter-terrorism cooperation with India by sharing signals intell [...] | 2006-11-29 04:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN |
06NEWDELHI803 | UNPRECEDENTED INDIA VISIT BY SAUDI KING BOOSTS [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary Sanjay Singh told PolCouns and Poloff on February 2 that Saudi King Abdullah's January 25-28 New Delhi visit - the first in 50 years by a Saudi monarch - was a great success, and far broader in scope than was reported in the media. The visit highlighted energy [...] | 2006-02-03 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ETTC PTER UNGA IN SA PK IR IS |
06NEWDELHI804 | KASHMIRI POLITICS AS FILTHY AS DAL LAKE [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently broadened its Kashmir dialogue by holding several public and private meetings with non-Hurriyat leaders. These discussions are intended to broaden the GOI's set of separatist interlocutors beyond the Hurriyat, while also conveying the GOI's displeasure at the Mi [...] | 2006-02-03 14:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KCRM KISL MOPS ECON IN |
06NEWDELHI8042 | A COMMUNIST LEADER DISTANCES THE CPI(M) FROM CHINA [...] (C) Much of the press coverage of the recently concluded visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao commented on the frosty nature of the visit and depicted the nefarious role of the CPI(M) in working on behalf of Chinese interests in India. One of the most outspoken CPI(M) critics was DNA columnist [...] | 2006-11-29 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CN |
06NEWDELHI8047 | GOI BRIEFING: ARMS MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL MUST BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiva Shankar Mukherjee presided over a November 28 briefing of the New Delhi diplomatic corps, with International Organizations Additional Secretary K.C. Singh also in attendance, to stress the need for speed in getting a team of UN monitors to observe [...] | 2006-11-30 01:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP CH IN |
06NEWDELHI8067 | HU JINTAO FAILS TO COMMIT TO INDIAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more questions than answers in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-23 visit to India - the first by a Chinese president in 10 years. While taking moderate strides on economic confidence-building measures, it appears that hopes for forward moveme [...] | 2006-11-30 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH |
06NEWDELHI8100 | INDIAN INTELLIGENTSIA IN A SEASON OF CRITICIZING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indian intelligentsia has been harshly critical of late of the efficacy of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),the organization responsible for designing and developing India's weapons systems. Government officials have chimed in, blaming the agency for [...] | 2006-12-01 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM IN |
06NEWDELHI8129 | INDIA'S MEA PROVIDES READOUT OF SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of External Affairs' Joint Secretary responsible for Sri Lanka, Mr. Mohan Kumar, SIPDIS provided Polcouns with a readout of Minister of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee's meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Kumar said that Mukherjee hammered home [...] | 2006-12-04 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE |
06NEWDELHI8137 | PM SINGH VISIT TO JAPAN: TIME FOR THE U.S. TO SEIZE THE DAY ON CLOSER TRILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Singh will visit Tokyo December 13-16 as a follow-on to the ASEAN summit. He and PM Abe are expected to have a feel-good series of meetings, including talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, economic and cultural "deliverables," recognition of the expansion of I [...] | 2006-12-05 08:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KDEM JA IN |
06NEWDELHI8156 | RUMORS ABOUT BANGLADESH; MEA CONTINUES TO DENY AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma Sri Lanka, Maldives) Mohan Kumar informed PolCouns that rumors are rife in Dhaka that the U.S. wants neither Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League (AL),nor Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),to win January's s [...] | 2006-12-05 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MASS PTER KISL IN BG |
06NEWDELHI8169 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: KRISHAK BHARTI COOPERATIVE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Krishak Bharati Co-operative Limited (Kribhco),Hazira, Sura [...] | 2006-12-06 05:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI8184 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ORDNANCE FACTORY KHAMARIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Export Control Officer (ECO) Michael Rufe and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK),Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, o [...] | 2006-12-06 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI8185 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),under the GOI's Department of Atomic Energy, website: www.barc.ernet.in. BARC was li [...] | 2006-12-06 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI8186 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: TERMINAL BALLISTICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL),Defence Research Development Organization laboratory, Ministry of Defence ( [...] | 2006-12-06 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI8191 | INDIA DOES NOT DISMISS MUSHARRAF PROPOSAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mukherjee told Ambassador December 6 that Pakistan President Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir contained no new ideas, but was instead an effort to repackage old proposals. He said the GoI would carefully assess Musharraf's message, adding that he saw "no negative [...] | 2006-12-06 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
06NEWDELHI8209 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NATIONAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. BIS requested a Post-shipment Verification (PSV) at National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI),website: www.ngri.org.in. NGRI was listed as the Ultimate Consigne [...] | 2006-12-07 09:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI8223 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ORDNANCE FACTORY DEHRADUN, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Embassy Science Officer (SO) Donald Brown and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at Ordnance Factory Dehradun (OFD),Dehradun, Uttaranchal, on N [...] | 2006-12-08 07:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI8224 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: DEFENCE ELECTRONICS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. Embassy Science Officer (SO) Donald Brown and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Defence Electronics Application Laboratory (DEAL),Dehr [...] | 2006-12-08 07:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD BEXP IN |
06NEWDELHI8243 | THE SACHAR REPORT DOCUMENTS THE DISMAL STATE OF [...] (C) Summary: In 2005, the UPA government established the Sachar Commission with a mandate to prepare a report on the current status of Indian Muslims. The report was completed on November 17, 2006 and was made public early in December. It asserts that Indian Muslims are among the poorest co [...] | 2006-12-08 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SCUL ELAB ECON KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI8250 | S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER AND ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a December 7 meeting, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and Ministry of External Affairs Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh discussed: -- Indian flexibility on dates for the next CTJWG, presumably in February; -- Pakistani-based terrorism, i [...] | 2006-12-08 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PK IN |
06NEWDELHI8268 | U/S BURNS AND INDIAN DEFENSE SECRETARY DUTT [...] (C) Summary. In a December 8 meeting, Undersecretary Burns and Indian Defense Secretary Shekhar Dutt discussed: -- the civil-nuclear cooperation initiative: U/S Burns briefed DS Dutt on the current status and assured Dutt that the final bill is fully consistent with the July 18 and March 2 [...] | 2006-12-11 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN |
06NEWDELHI8273 | BURNS AND MENON DISCUSS PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue working lunch, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon discussed: -PAKISTAN: Menon said that the latest round of Foreign Secretary-level talks was productive, but Pakista [...] | 2006-12-11 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PARM PBTS IN PK |
06NEWDELHI8276 | MUKHERJEE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR CIVILIAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee t/ld Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on December 8 he appreciated the Bush Administration's efforts to negotiate language for the civilian nuclear legislation that was favorable to India, and said Indian officials were preparing to address their remaining c [...] | 2006-12-11 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM |
06NEWDELHI8277 | JAISHANKAR'S POST GAME ANALYSIS OF U/S EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the DCM, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Jaishankar provided his analysis of SIPDIS Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman's November visit. Agreeing that substantive developments occurred and the ability of both sides to work collaborati [...] | 2006-12-11 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC KSTC KOMC IN |
06NEWDELHI8278 | U/S BURNS MEETING WITH INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Under Secretary Burns and National Security Advisor Narayanan discussed the impending passage of the U.S-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Bill and hopes that a 123 Agreement could be implemented quickly. They agreed that after conclusion of the historic a [...] | 2006-12-11 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IN |
06NEWDELHI8280 | U.S.-INDIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE: BURNS AND MENON [...] (C) Summary. During the December 7 U.S.-India Bilateral Dialogue, chaired by Undersecretary Burns and Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, the two sides followed up on SIPDIS the list of Presidential initiatives agreed upon in July 2005 and March 2006 by President Bush and PM Singh, as wel [...] | 2006-12-11 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD EFIN ECON EINV KIPR MARR |
06NEWDELHI8298 | INDIAN MP'S ARE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: A selected group of Members of Parliament from the India/US Forum of Parliamentarians (IUFP) discussed a broad range of issues with U/S Burns and Ambassador Mulford during their December 8 meeting. The MPs were mostly from the Congress party, although the BJP and regional partie [...] | 2006-12-12 10:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM |
06NEWDELHI8356 | HOME MINISTRY AGREES TO CLOSER COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an extremely collegial exchange, S/CT Deputy Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Virginia Palmer identified several areas for future counterterrorism (CT) cooperation in a Dec. 8 meeting with three senior Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officials, who briefed her on the current [...] | 2006-12-15 01:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PARM KISL PK BG IN |
06NEWDELHI8365 | PIPELINES, EDUCATION AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Dec. 13 meeting, Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati expressed concerns to P/DAS Steven Mann about whether Turkmenistan could live up to its obligations in a proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. Citing the Indo-Pak relationsh [...] | 2006-12-15 06:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KISL EPET ELTN TX KZ TI KG |
06NEWDELHI8373 | MOVING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FORWARD: PDAS MANN AND JOINT SECRETARIES JAISHANKAR AND KUMAR [...] (S) Summary: On December 13, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Steven Mann met SIPDIS with out-going MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Jaishankar and his designated replacement Ms. Gyatri Kumar to follow-up on the progress made during Under Secretary Burns' [...] | 2006-12-15 08:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PINR EAGR MASS IN |
06NEWDELHI8387 | INDIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERTS URGE GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Stay the course in Afghanistan," urged Indian counterterrorism experts in Dec. 7 meetings with visiting S/CT Deputy Director Virginia Palmer. Describing a need for the Karzai government to extend its writ beyond Kabul, for a national identity to improve morale, and for greater unity f [...] | 2006-12-18 06:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KISL PK AF IN |
06NEWDELHI8419 | HINDI BELT MUSLIMS EAGER TO COMBAT POLIO BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The persistence of polio in Western Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been the subject of considerable media speculation and analysis, with much of the focus on the Muslim community. Poloff and POL FSN traveled to the area December 11-13 to gauge Muslim views on the subject. The near-u [...] | 2006-12-19 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI8424 | DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AMGT AORC IN |
06NEWDELHI843 | TSA TEXT DELIVERED; ACCEPTANCE LIKELY [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel text to MEA Deputy Secretary (Americas) Santosh Jha on February 6, who commented that the interested GOI agencies would likely agree to the proposed changes, and commence work on a Hindi translation. Post will follow up to confirm acceptance and translation. MULFO [...] | 2006-02-06 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA PREL TSPA IN |
06NEWDELHI8463 | CRUCIAL MUSLIM CONSTITUENCY SPLIT BEFORE IMPENDING [...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in early 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Muslims have long been considered a crucial SP "vote bank." A December 11-13 trip to the Muslim dominated areas of Rampur, Moradabad and [...] | 2006-12-21 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI8469 | NEW DELHI DECLARES PM SINGH'S TOKYO "VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan watchers in New Delhi regard PM Singh's Tokyo visit a success, one that achieved India's main goal of taking the relationship one level higher. Economic cooperation agreements highlighted the summit for the Indians, while political principles which had been established in [...] | 2006-12-22 01:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EQRD KNNP MARR JA IN |
06NEWDELHI85 | GOI ON UN REFORM PRIORITIES, LET DESIGNATION [...] (S) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff conveyed Ref B demarche on LET surrogates' terrorist designation to the MEA officials responsible for UN affairs. New Delhi remains hopeful that the CCIT will be completed soon, despite its disappointment at a failure to finish the text in 2005, and would like [...] | 2006-01-05 10:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN PHUM KUNR KDEM IN |
06NEWDELHI8511 | SENATOR SPECTER MEETING WITH P.M. SINGH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Senator Arlen Specter (R - PA) called on Indian P.M. Manmohan Singh December 24. Both agreed on the historic impact of the U.S./India civil-nuclear agreement on bilateral relations. P.M. Singh offered the caveat that the significance will be historic once the 123 Agre [...] | 2006-12-26 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD ETTC EAGR IR IS IZ JO KN |
06NEWDELHI8518 | POINTS REGARDING UNSCR 1737 DELIVERED TO INDIA [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points December 26 to Ministry of External Affairs (UN Political) Deputy Secretary Anish Kumar, who passed the non-paper to his superiors. On December 27, Kumar indicated that the proper authorities had seen the non-paper, but he gave no substantive response. MULF [...] | 2006-12-27 05:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI8525 | POINTS REGARDING UNSCR 1737 DELIVERED TO INDIA [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points December 26 to Ministry of External Affairs (UN Political) Deputy Secretary Anish Kumar, who passed the non-paper to his superiors. On December 27, Kumar indicated that the proper authorities had seen the non-paper, but he gave no substantive response. MULF [...] | 2006-12-27 08:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KNNP IN |
06NEWDELHI888 | CARTOON WARS: INDIAN MUSLIMS (BARELY) PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the controversy over publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper spilled out into the streets on February 6 in the form of a peaceful city-wide strike in Muslim-majority Srinagar, a student demonstration in New Delhi, and small [...] | 2006-02-07 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL ASEC OVIP KDEM SOCI IN IR DA |
06NEWDELHI889 | MEETING WITH INDIA'S CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF [...] (C) Summary: On February 3, the Ambassador, US Naval Attach, and the Navy Programs Officer from the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) met with Admiral Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff. The primary purpose of the meeting was to inform ADM Prakash that the Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft [...] | 2006-02-08 00:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG MNNC ETTC IN IR |
06NEWDELHI93 | PRODUCTIVE PREP TALKS POINT TO A SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: A well-organized and highly motivated National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Information Security Specialist and head of the National Information Security Coordination Cell Commander Mukesh Saini met on December 20 with PM/PPA Deputy Coordinator for International Critical [...] | 2006-01-05 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER EFIN ECPS KTFN EAIR |
06NEWDELHI948 | IRAN'S ANTI-US COLD WAR FALLS FLAT IN INDIA [...] (C) Summary. India's IAEA Iran vote, the Danish cartoons, and the POTUS visit are reverberating on the Indian political scene, provoking Indian Muslim leaders and activists to speak out. On the domestic front, however, the Congress-dominated UPA government has begun to act on the promises m [...] | 2006-02-08 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN IR IZ |
06NEWDELHI95 | GOI SEEKS PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP OF UN HRC [...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: MEA's UN Economic and Social division reiterated the GOI's support for the creation of the UN Human Rights Commission (HRC),and requested that the USG engage in a closer dialogue with New Delhi on UN reform [...] | 2006-01-05 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR IN |
06NEWDELHI994 | AMBASSADORIAL ASSESSMENT OF BARAPIND EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) The MEA on February 7 sent Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 with reference to the requested extradition of Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A),along with the text of the relevant section of the Indian Penal Code. The Note outlines that persons extradited to India are protected by law from tort [...] | 2006-02-09 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI995 | WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, PRESIDENT KALAM TO "ENGAGE" [...] (C) Summary: Signaling GOI intentions to step up engagement with Rangoon despite its concerns about democracy, President Kalam will make a "goodwill visit" to Burma on March 8-10. This will be the highest level visit from India to Burma since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi traveled to Rangoon [...] | 2006-02-09 13:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM |
06NEWDELHI997 | WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, PRESIDENT KALAM TO "ENGAGE" [...] (C) Summary: Signaling GOI intentions to step up engagement with Rangoon despite its concerns about democracy, President Kalam will make a "goodwill visit" to Burma on March 8-10. This will be the highest level visit from India to Burma since Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi traveled to Rangoon [...] | 2006-02-09 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM |
06NIAMEY1008 | NIGER: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA [...] Post requests human rights certification for the following Nigerien military personnel to participate in the ACOTA ECOWAS Stand by Force (ESF) Headquarters Staff Training Exercise to be held from September 2 - 25 in Accra, Ghana: Major Chaibou Idrissa, Chief of Communications, Army Staff [...] | 2006-09-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PHUM NG |
06NIAMEY1009 | NIGER: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CCMR [...] Post requests human rights certification for the following Nigerien military personnel to participate in the CCMR Resident Training Course to be held from September 11--22 in Monterey, California: Lieutenant Colonel Morou Seydou, Chief of Operations, Army Staff 2. Post's files contain [...] | 2006-09-08 12:34:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PHUM NG |
06NIAMEY1010 | NIGER MFA DEMARCHED ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC [...] Poloff demarched Niger MFA Secretary General Abdoulaye Dan Maradi on reftel points on September 6. Dan Maradi took note of USG views and agreed with many in principle but did not provide any more substantive reactions. ALLEN [...] | 2006-09-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KPAO PARM PREL MNUC PTER NG |
06NIAMEY1012 | NIGER MFA DEMARCHED RE: NAM SUMMIT [...] Poloff demarched Niger Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Abdoulaye Dan Maradi on reftel points on SIPDIS September 6. Dan Maradi confirmed that Niger Foreign Minister Aichatou Mindaoudou would head the Niger delegation to the Havana NAM Summit. Dan Maradi took note of reftel pos [...] | 2006-09-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM NG |
06NIAMEY1023 | NIGER: CONSOLIDATING PEACE IN THE AIR AND AZAWAK [...] SUMMARY. MORE THAN 11 YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF PEACE ACCORDS, FORMER MEMBERS OF VARIOUS TUAREG RESISTANCE FRONTS HAVE BEGUN TO RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE BEEN PROMISED. ON SEPTEMBER 8, IN A HALF-DAY CEREMONY IN AGADEZ, THE FIRST CHECKS WERE HANDED TO THE HEADS OF 25 COOPERATIVE GROUPS. [...] | 2006-09-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EAGR SOCI SENV NG |
06NIAMEY1051 | NIGER: CHOLERA OUTBREAK [...] NGOS ARE REPORTING OUTBREAKS OF CHOLERA IN SEVERAL AREAS OF NIGER FOLLOWING FLOODS IN THOSE AREAS. CASES OF CHOLERA HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN BIRNIN KONNI, DIFFA, MARADI, MADAOUA, AND ZINDER. THE FIRST CASES WERE REPORTED ON SEPTEMBER 11 AND THE NUMBER OF CASES, AS WELL AS PLACES WHERE CASES ARE O [...] | 2006-09-18 14:47:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR NG XI XY |
06NIAMEY1055 | SIGNS OF LIFE FOR NIGER'S BEST EXPORT AS NEW [...] (SBU) In a sign of heightened interest in Niger's uranium reserves, a small Canadian exploration company - Northwestern Mineral Ventures Inc. - has begun operations in a 4,000 square kilometer concession centered on the northern Nigerien town of Ingal. World market prices for uranium are risin [...] | 2006-09-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ENRG EMIN NG |
06NIAMEY1074 | NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-22 16:01:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC NG |
06NIAMEY1075 | POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION IN NIGER: (STILL) A [...] (C) More than two years have passed since Nigeriens elected local councils to govern the country's 265 communes. The advent of political decentralization - a subject of discussion for most of the nation's first four decades of independence - was greeted with excitement by ordinary Nigeriens wh [...] | 2006-09-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR EAID NG |
06NIAMEY1088 | JAILED JOURNALISTS FAIL ON APPEAL: 18 MONTHS [...] Mamane Abou and Oumarou Keita, jailed publisher and editor-in-chief of Niger's leading opposition weekly, "Le Republican," had appealed their September 1 convictions and eighteen month prison sentences to the Niamey Court of Appeals (reftel A). On September 25, that court ruled against them - [...] | 2006-09-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
06NIAMEY1101 | NIGER: REQUESTS FROM ALL CORNERS FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Dialogue with Government of Niger (GON) officials (President, Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers),magistrates/judges, high commissioners, military commanders/police, both First Ladies (Pres. Tandja has two wives),regional leaders, parliamentarians, journalists, educators, women [...] | 2006-09-28 16:11:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI MARR EAID ASEC KPAO NG |
06NIAMEY1122 | DISGRACED FORMER MINISTERS INDICTED BY NATIONAL [...] Hamani Harouna and Ari Ibrahim - both former Ministers of Basic Education and Literacy in the Government of Niger (GON) - were formally indicted by the National Assembly this week, during an extraordinary session devoted primarily to examining the two men's culpability in the public education [...] | 2006-10-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KMCA NG |
06NIAMEY1133 | TSCTP FUNDED REINSERTION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (C) Reftel reported on the first phase of project implementation for the partly TSCTP funded Tuareg ex-combatant reinsertion program. Further information was forthcoming at the second and final ceremony, held in Tahoua on October 6. Poloff represented the mission at an event targeting ex-comba [...] | 2006-10-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI NG |
06NIAMEY1190 | NIGER: GOVERNMENT MOVES TO EXPEL NOMADIC ARABS [...] (C) Since the evening of Tuesday, October 25, BBC Africa service has been reporting on an attempt by Government of Niger (GON) authorities to expel an uncertain number of nomadic Arabs known as "Mahamid Arabs" from the Chadian border region in the country's extreme east (Diffa region, near Lak [...] | 2006-10-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PSEC PBTS PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI |
06NIAMEY1192 | GON "CLARIFIES" POSITION ON MAHAMID ARAB EXPULSION [...] (U) In an evening press conference on October 25, Government of Niger (GON) Spokesman and Minister for Institutional Relations Mohamed Ben-Omar attempted to "clarify" Interior Minister Mounkaila Modi's earlier remarks on the expulsion of the nomadic Mahamid Arabs from the eastern region of the [...] | 2006-10-26 13:02:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PBTS PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI NG |
06NIAMEY1193 | ISLAM IN NIGER: SLOW MOTION CULTURAL CHANGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables examining the changing nature of Islam in Niger and its implications for the world's least developed Muslim democracy. Emboffs' recent travel to Maradi - a key trading center on the Niger/Nigeria border in the heart of "Hausaland" - and our examinati [...] | 2006-10-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EAID SOCI KDEM NG |
06NIAMEY1200 | NIGER: A NEAR MISS ON ABRIDGEMENT OF FREE SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: On October 24, International news organizations (Radio France International and the BBC French Service) reported that the Government of Niger (GON) had banned something called the "social forum," a meeting of anti-globalization activists from Niger and several foreign countries. By d [...] | 2006-10-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM NG |
06NIAMEY1203 | NIGER: GOVERNMENT RESCINDS ORDER TO EXPEL NOMADIC [...] The Government of Niger (GON) Council of Ministers, under the direction of GON President Mamadou Tandja, held a special session on Friday, October 27, to review an October 24 decision (reported reftel) that called for the expulsion of Mahamid Arabs from the Diffa region (eastern Niger borderin [...] | 2006-10-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI |
06NIAMEY1252 | November 13 Meeting with Government of Niger (GON) Prime [...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 13 meeting lasting over an hour, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by USAID program manager Mark Wentling, met with Prime Minister Hama Amadou to discuss Niger's selection as a MCC threshold country. PM staff members Secretary General Malam Ari Boucar and Principal Ad [...] | 2006-11-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID KMCA NG |
06NIAMEY1298 | MORE ON BULTIMEIER MURDER AND GSPC [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with DCM and RSO, Haibala Mohamed provided updated and more detailed information on the people he said murdered an Embassy employee in 2000 and on the GSPC in Mali. (Reftels report Mohamed's November 30 and December 1 meetings with Emboffs.) He claimed to have obt [...] | 2006-12-04 10:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PTER NG |
06NIAMEY390 | NIGER: APRIL 21 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Niger has reported no new cases of avian influenza (AI) in many weeks. Culling in the region of Magaria is complete according to the Government of Niger (GON). Samples of bird tissue taken during this culling provided no new positive indications of bird flu outbreaks in Nige [...] | 2006-04-21 13:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT |
06NIAMEY515 | NIGER: THE LATEST ON PRIVATIZATION [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. Econoff Gage met with representatives of the Government of Niger (GON),companies and the World Bank (IBRD) to produce the following status report on privatization in Niger. GON privatization efforts have advanced since 1996, when Niger codified in law the desire to pri [...] | 2006-05-23 15:05:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV PGOV KPRV XA NG |
06NIAMEY531 | NIGER: MAY 26 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. A recent bird die off in the area of Magaroufa, south of the Nigerien city of Maradi, shows the menace of bird flu remains in Niger. Although the source of these bird deaths has yet to be confirmed as the H5N1 strain, the presence of H5 was detected locally and samples have be [...] | 2006-05-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR TOPEC AIDAC AMGT |
06NIAMEY574 | HEAVY ABSENTEEISM AS NIGERIEN ASSEMBLY REJECTS [...] (U) In an evening vote on the last day of its spring session, the Nigerien National Assembly, on June 3rd, rejected a bill for the ratification of the Additional Protocol to the African Human and People's Rights Charter relating to Women's Rights in Africa. The additional protocol was adopted [...] | 2006-06-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO SOCI KWMN NG |
06NIAMEY584 | NIGER: ISLAM ANALYSIS [...] (C) Summary: Building on the excellent study of Islamic practices in Niger that the Danish Cooperation (Danida) commissioned this year, excerpts from Islamic press organs such as the monthly newspaper As-Salam and radio Bonferey and discussions with Nigeriens of various backgrounds and degree [...] | 2006-06-08 08:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL NG |
06NIAMEY672 | NIGER: GROWING INTEREST IN NIGER'S OIL AND [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. (SBU) Over the past six months, there has been growing interest in Niger's mining and oil sectors by foreign investors, notably from China, Canada and France. As indicated below, the GON is pushing hard to attract investment in the gold, uranium and oil sectors, and to impro [...] | 2006-06-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ECON ELAB PREL PINR |
06NIAMEY741 | BANNING OF WEEKLY ILLUSTRATES SORRY STATE OF [...] On June 28, the Conseil Superieur de la Communication (CSC),the regulatory authority for Nigerien media, banned the publication of the private opposition weekly "L'Opinion." The journal was banned on grounds of having published injurious and defamatory statements directed against Niger Presi [...] | 2006-07-11 14:15:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO NG |
06NIAMEY746 | THE SCOPE OF CORRUPTION AND EDUCATIONAL FAILURE [...] Less than two weeks after they were administered nation-wide, results of the "Brevet d'Etudes du Premier Cycle," (BEPC) and "Certificat de Fin d'Etudes du Premier Degre" (CFEPD) are starting to trickle in. The preliminary results have shocked Nigeriens. While, in a typical year, thirty-five t [...] | 2006-07-12 13:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO NG |
06NIAMEY748 | TIP INTERDICTION HAS HAPPY ENDING BUT UNDERSCORES [...] A recent case of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in the northern Nigerien city of Agadez - for centuries a key caravan town and trade hub uniting sub-Saharan and North Africa - offers many lessons on the nature of the challenge posed by TIP in Niger. The liberation and reinsertion of eight child [...] | 2006-07-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD SMIG NG |
06NIAMEY787 | NIGER: GON MOVES TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY. On July 13, Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Hama Amadou held a meeting with the Council of Ministers and members of the National Counsel of Private Investors (CNIP) to review the latter's recommended reforms to the process of setting up a business in Niger. The PM ordere [...] | 2006-07-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRB ECON KMCA PREL NG |
06NIAMEY788 | GON FIRES TEACHERS AS NIGERIEN SCHOOLS FAIL A [...] Following the country's worst ever academic exam results (reftel),the Government of Niger's (GON) Council of Ministers announced on July 14 the firing without pension of 19 tenured high school teachers and the termination of one contract teacher, in connection with alleged fraud in the admin [...] | 2006-07-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO NG |
06NIAMEY847 | OPPOSITION PUBLISHER, EDITOR JAILED FOR ALLEGING [...] (SBU) On August 4, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita - respectively the Publisher and the Editor-in-Chief of "Le Republican," Niger's oldest, best respected, and most widely circulated opposition weekly - were arrested and jailed by the Detective Branch of the Nigerien National Police. The two men [...] | 2006-08-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KMCA NG |
06NIAMEY857 | COMPOSITION OF GON UNGA DELEGATION [...] The Niger Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to post on August 10, informing us of the composition of the Government of Niger's (GON) delegation to the opening of UNGA. The note did not/not request meetings on the sidelines of UNGA. The information below conforms to the standar [...] | 2006-08-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL OTRA KSEP UNGA NG |
06NIAMEY864 | GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) CANCELS MILITARY [...] (S/NF). Summary. Without any prior warning or earlier indications of concern from GON military or civilian officials, GON President Mamadou Tandja cancelled a planned August 15-30, 2006, military exercise on the eve preceding the anticipated arrival of a JCET. To obtain clarity on the reaso [...] | 2006-08-16 17:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL NG |
06NIAMEY865 | UPDATE ON JAILED JOURNALISTS: MAMAN ABOU AND [...] As noted reftel, Maman Abou and Oumarou Keita, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the opposition weekly "Le Republican," were tried by the Niamey Regional Court on August 14. Claiming that the men's detention in two separate prisons located far from the capitol was illegal, and that they wo [...] | 2006-08-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR NG |
06NIAMEY866 | AGOA: INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] (U) The following responds to reftel's request for information on Niger's textile and apparel manufacturing capabilities. Niger counts three mid-sized and one larger export oriented textile production firms: Enitex, Ste Alphadi, Herbert Toure, and Ram's Elle et Lui. Details on each follow, and [...] | 2006-08-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX EINV ETRD NG |
06NIAMEY883 | GON REPORTS SLIGHTLY LOWER CONSUMER PRICES FOR JULY [...] While popular concern and civil society protest over the cost of various consumer items - ranging from public water and electricity to cell phone rates and gasoline - remained a salient political issue over the last month, the Government of Niger's (GON) Institut National de la Statistique (IN [...] | 2006-08-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI NG |
06NIAMEY898 | MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES HIGH MARKS IN NIGER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 12:09:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR KPAO PREL ASEC EAID SCUL KCOR NG |
06NIAMEY904 | 31 EUROPEAN TOURISTS SEIZED AND RELEASED BY [...] On the afternoon of Monday August 21, a group of thirty-one tourists (thirty Italians and one German) were reportedly detained by a group of armed bandits near the eastern Nigerien oasis of Agadem. The group was released on the morning of Tuesday the 22nd. None of the tour group members were [...] | 2006-08-24 06:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KCRM NG |
06NIAMEY920 | NIGER DRAFT POPULATION POLICY DECLARATION [...] SUMMARY. THE MINISTRY OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL ACTION RELEASED SUBJECT DECLARATION IN JULY 2006. EMBASSY BELIEVES IT OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) RELEASED SUCH A DECLARATION, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE STRONG OPPOSITION SHOWN IN THE PAST BY SOME CONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC [...] | 2006-08-30 10:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR SOCI SENV NG |
06NIAMEY922 | EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador hosted a lunch on Wednesday August 23rd for key anti-slavery contacts: Ilguilas Weila of Timidria, Niger's preeminent anti-slavery NGO; Moustapha Kadi, a civil society activist and author of a recent and comprehensive book on Nigerien caste-based servitude; Aichatou Bety [...] | 2006-09-01 09:35:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN NG |
06NIAMEY937 | TWO ITALIAN TOURISTS REPORTEDLY REMAIN IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Italian Embassy Charge d'Affaires Giovanni Davoli (resident in Abidjan) requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen on Thursday, August 31, to discuss developments in reftel case. Two Italian nationals reportedly remain in the custody of the kidnappers, though there is speculation [...] | 2006-09-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM ASEC CASC NG |
06NIAMEY961 | NIGER CANDIDATES FOR CONFERENCE COMBATING [...] Post nominates the following candidates for participation in the conference. Note: all would benefit from travel funding, and their participation may well be contingent upon it, given the paucity of host government resources available for this sort of conference travel. END NOTE Mr. Mamane [...] | 2006-09-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA NG |
06NIAMEY999 | RSA ADVANCE TEAM VISITS NIAMEY TO REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 16:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CMGT EAID PREL |
06NICOSIA1000 | CYPRUS -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche June 28 to Commerce Ministry Trade Director and 133 Committee Representative Andreas Sofocleous. Sofocleous replied that the EU was signaling that it was willing to improve its agricultural market access offer but only if the U.S. was willing to both accept [...] | 2006-06-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EUN CY |
06NICOSIA1039 | CYPRUS WILL SUPPORT EU CONSENSUS ON UN MANAGEMENT [...] (U) On June 28, poloff delivered reftel message to Panayiotis Papadopoulos in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. Papadopoulos said that Cyprus was generally in favor of UN management reform and that it would closely follow EU countries' consensus on the proposed draft resolution. S [...] | 2006-07-03 09:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA |
06NICOSIA1040 | CYPRUS TIP BENCHMARKS FOR IMPROVEMENT DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Natassa Economou in the Permanent Secretary's office at the Ministry of Interior on June 27. Economou noted the November 15 reporting deadline for the interim report and said that the MOI, as coordinator for Cyprus's National Action Plan, continued to m [...] | 2006-07-03 09:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG CY |
06NICOSIA1066 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS EU CONDEMNATION OF NORTH KOREAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 7 to Panayiotis Papadopoulos, who handles non-proliferation issues in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. Papadopoulos said that Cyprus supported the EU Presidency's strong condemnation of the missile launches on July 5 and said that some s [...] | 2006-07-07 12:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP CY |
06NICOSIA1088 | CYPRIOT LEADERS MEET, AGREE ON NEXT (BABY) STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 8, Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders meeting with U/SYG Gambari reached agreement on a "Set of Principles" and immediate next steps to get the stalled Cyprus settlement process moving again. Working with the UN, the two sides will engage in technical talks on day [...] | 2006-07-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA1092 | CYPRUS: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS WAVE LOOMS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Up until June 2006, the Cypriot financial landscape could be described as rather bland and predictable, although offering impressive gains over the past two years to the few foreign investors who dared venture in the island's shallow stock exchange. All of this changed mid-Jun [...] | 2006-07-11 07:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CY |
06NICOSIA1099 | ERDOGAN IN CYPRUS: FIRST, DO NO HARM [...] (C) Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's planned July 20 visit to the "TRNC" comes at a potentially awkward moment, given the just-concluded Gambari agreement (ref a) and the looming likelihood of a Cyprus-related crisis between the EU and Turkey over accession this fall. The official purpose of t [...] | 2006-07-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA111 | CYPRIOT MARONITE COMMUNITY BETWEEN A ROCK AND HARD [...] (C) Summary: Maronite parliamentary representative Antonis Hadji Roussos told Polchief that Maronites in north Cyprus still suffered violations of freedom of movement, religion and property ownership. At the same time, Maronites living in the ROC did not seek recourse from Turkish Cypriot au [...] | 2006-01-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA1112 | TFLE01: CYPRUS PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTION [...] (SBU) The Cyprus House of Representatives on July 13 unanimously passed a resolution condemning Israel's attacks against Lebanon and the Palestinian territories (full text follows). The resolution criticized Israel's "flagrant violation" of international law, calling it "state terrorism." Wh [...] | 2006-07-14 12:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IS CY |
06NICOSIA1113 | UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SENSITIVE TO ISSUES OF HUMAN [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to REFTEL request. 2. (U) The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has appointed a "gender focal point," Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, who is charged with educating UN civilian personnel and forces in Cyprus about sexual harassment, [...] | 2006-07-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO CY |
06NICOSIA1114 | BULK OF EU AID TO TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: EU Member States failed to approve the first "quick" phase of projects under the European Commission's 139 million Euro assistance program for the Turkish Cypriot Community. At the July 3 PHARE meeting, negative vot [...] | 2006-07-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV EUN CY |
06NICOSIA113 | VAROSHA - THE ETERNAL BARGAINING CHIP [...] (SBU) Turkey's recent proposal to link the opening of ports in northern Cyprus to the implementation of the Ankara Protocol has already been rejected outright by the GOC. The Greek Cypriots have made clear their preference to discuss the return of Varosha in exchange for limited Turkish Cyprio [...] | 2006-01-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR TU CY |
06NICOSIA1157 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Savvas Vladimirou in the MFA's Divison of the Americas and Oceania. Valdimirou said that the EU (through the EU Committee on Latin America, COLAT) had developed a document similar to the report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba [...] | 2006-07-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PHUM PREL CY |
06NICOSIA1159 | UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SENSITIVE TO ISSUES OF HUMAN [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to REFTEL request. 2. (U) The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has appointed a "gender focal point," Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, who is charged with educating UN civilian personnel and forces in Cyprus about sexual harassment, [...] | 2006-07-17 11:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO CY |
06NICOSIA116 | CYPRUS: H5N1 CONFIRMED IN A CHICKEN AND A TURKEY [...] (SBU) On January 29, the EU reference laboratory at Weybridge in the UK confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in two samples of chicken and turkey found in the Turkish Cypriot administered area of Cyprus (ref A). Two European Commission veterinary experts arrived late January 29 for a thre [...] | 2006-01-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED |
06NICOSIA1160 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlen, in the MFA's Division of Bilateral Affairs. Chamberlen said the Transnistrian referendum was likely a response to economic restrictions placed on the region. He said that Russia was probably seeking to draw parallels betwee [...] | 2006-07-17 11:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD |
06NICOSIA1161 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Savvas Vladimirou in the MFA's Divison of the Americas and Oceania. Valdimirou said that the EU (through the EU Committee on Latin America, COLAT) had developed a document similar to the report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba a [...] | 2006-07-17 11:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PHUM PREL CY |
06NICOSIA1164 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JULY 17 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Elena Rafti, who covers the Balkans in the MFA's Division of Bilateral Affairs. Rafti said that Cyprus largely agrees with U.S. policy in the Balkans, but differs slightly in its position on Kosovo. The GOC feels the current timeline in Kos [...] | 2006-07-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG |
06NICOSIA1166 | TFLE01 SITREP: EMBASSY NICOSIA SUPPORT FOR [...] (S) Combined Task Force (CTF) Brigadier General Jensen advised post at 1430 that Akrotiri air base cannot be used for the NEO's Beirut air bridge (BAB) after July 18. Embassy Nicosia is working with the CTF to relocate the BAB to either Larnaca International Airport or Paphos International A [...] | 2006-07-18 11:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1167 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 02 AS OF 1830 LOCAL, [...] (S) Summary: Nicosia coordination team met at 1700 local time with latest updates on ships and accommodation for incoming U.S. citizens. By July 20, under a best-case scenario, Embassy expects to have received almost 2700 U.S. citizens total since the Combined Task Force (CTF) began operati [...] | 2006-07-18 16:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA117 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES ISSUE OF UN REFORM WITH FM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 15:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNP ADCO UN CY |
06NICOSIA1170 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL, [...] (S) Summary: The total number of U.S. citizens received by Embassy Nicosia stands at 346. We are expecting a significant increase in that number as more ships begin to arrive late July 19/early July 20. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --As of 1230L, the MV Orient Q [...] | 2006-07-19 10:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1172 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 04 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (S) Summary: Preparations continue to accommodate thousands over the next few days. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received as of 1800L is 467. POL/MIL 2. (S) The following are pol/mil updates: --USAF Europe is sending 20 medics and three medical doctors to Cyprus, arrival late [...] | 2006-07-19 16:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1174 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 05 AS OF 0900 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Nicosia's focus remains assisting arriving U.S. citizens and helping Embassy Beirut. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received has substantially increased to 1529 (as of 0745L). POL/MIL 2. (C) The following are pol/mil updates: --DAO has assigned an officer to t [...] | 2006-07-20 09:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1175 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 06 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador weighed in septel with request that the increasing flow of evacuees be calibrated between Cyprus and other destinations such as Mersin in order to keep our total daily flow in line with our capacity to handle 2,000 evacuees daily. Additional charter airlift will be n [...] | 2006-07-20 15:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1177 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 07 AS OF 1115 LOCAL, FRIDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1115L was 3753. POL/MIL 2. (C) Arrivals from Beirut to Larnaca via the Beirut Air Bridge (BAB) are expected to conclude July 21. CONSULAR 3. (C) The following are consular updates. --Accounting of U.S. ci [...] | 2006-07-21 08:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1179 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 08 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, FRIDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Airlift capacity remains our biggest strategic concern as the intake of evacuees continues to outpace our ability to transport them to onward destinations. Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L was 3,822, and we anticipate another 3803 to arrive in the [...] | 2006-07-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA118 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JANUARY 30 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered reftel demarche on 27 January to relevant action officers at the MFA. Charlambos Hadjisavvas agreed with US positions on the Middle East and called for Hamas to renounce violence. Elena Rafti concurred that best international practices must be observed in the M [...] | 2006-01-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA1180 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 09 AS OF 1100 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1100L July 22 was 5,819, and we anticipate another 2140 to arrive in the next 12 hours. We expect approximately 2,000 to depart July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) The military will provide 5 milair flights/day (101 pax per p [...] | 2006-07-22 08:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1182 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 10 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens receive in Cyprus as of 1700L was 6869, and we anticipate another 2,825 to arrive in the next twelve hours. 1,226 U.S. citizens had departed by 1700(L) July 22. POL/MIL 2. (C) Post is working with TF 3 and through DAO channels to seek addi [...] | 2006-07-22 17:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1183 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 11 AS OF 1000 LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1000L July 23 was 9,711, and we anticipate another 1,300 to arrive by 2300L. 3,782 had departed by 0700L, and we expect approximately another 1,400 to depart July 23 by commercial charter and military flights. POL/MIL [...] | 2006-07-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1184 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 12 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L July 23 was 9,711; another 40 are expected to arrive at 2030L, and up to 1030 on July 24. Approximately 4,640 had departed by 1630L, and we expect another 817 to depart via commercial charter and military flights be [...] | 2006-07-23 16:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY FKFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1186 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 13 AS OF 1100 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 24 was 10,278; another 1,000 were expected arrive at 1000L on the Orient Queen. 5,772 had departed by 0700, and we expect approximately another 1,788 to depart on July 24. End summary. POL/MIL 2. (C) The [...] | 2006-07-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO CMGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1189 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 14 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1630L July 24 was 10,278; the Orient Queen is expected to arrive at 2300L carrying 772 U.S. citizens. 5,951 had departed by 1630L and outbound milair and civilian charter flights continue. Approximately 300 people remained [...] | 2006-07-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO AMGT LE CY KFLO CASC |
06NICOSIA1190 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 15 AS OF 0900 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 25 was 10,881. 7,690 had departed by 0800L on July 25, and civilian charter flights continue. At 0800L, there were 280 people at the Fairgrounds and 230 at hotels. Hotels should be completely vacated by 1200L. [...] | 2006-07-25 08:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1192 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 16 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800 L July 25 was 11,030. 8,142 had departed by 1800L on July 25, and commercial charter flights continue. At 1800L, there were 250 people at the Fairgrounds, and none remaining in U.S. government-sponsored hotels. En [...] | 2006-07-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1195 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 17 AS OF 0800 LOCA, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 0800L July 26 was 11,635. 9,664 had departed by 0800L on July 26, and one more commercial charter flight is scheduled to depart July 26. 200 people spent the night at the Fairgrounds, and 400 were there as of 0800L July [...] | 2006-07-26 08:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1206 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 18 AS OF 1800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S. citizens received in Cyprus as of 1800L July 26 was 11,926. 9,087 had departed by 1800L on July 26. 350 people were at the Fairgrounds as of 1800L. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are consular updates: --Headcount of U.S.-sponsored [...] | 2006-07-27 03:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1208 | TFLE01: THE EVACUATION CRISIS IS NOT YET OVER: [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. With civilian outflow from Lebanon slowing, Post is facing a looming crisis involving the approximately 250 or so people who remain in the Cyprus International Fairgrounds because one or more members of their families cannot [...] | 2006-07-27 09:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC LE CY |
06NICOSIA121 | NORTH AND SOUTH: CYPRUS DESK OFFICER MELLINGER'S [...] (C) Summary. Cyprus Desk Officer Elise Mellinger visited Nicosia January 11-13 and met with political leaders, businessmen, and academics on both sides of the Green Line to discuss the Cyprus issue, possible confidence building measures including the Ledra Street crossing, efforts to promot [...] | 2006-01-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA1216 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 19 AS OF 1700 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1700L was 13,229. 9,389 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 1700L on July 27. 488 will spend the night at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds. End summary. POLITICAL 2. (U) GOC Interior Minister Chris [...] | 2006-07-27 15:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1222 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 20 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, FRIDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L was 13,231. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 0800L on July 28. 494 are currently were at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds as of 0800L on July 28. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are co [...] | 2006-07-28 07:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1233 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 21 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, FRIDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1600L remained unchanged at 13,231. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 1600L on July 28. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are consular updates: --The total number of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyp [...] | 2006-07-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1237 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 22 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L July 29 was 13,233. 9,944 had departed with U.S. government assistance by 0800L on July 29. Both charter flights scheduled to depart on July 29 have been canceled. 497 people remain at the Cyprus International Fai [...] | 2006-07-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1241 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 23 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 1600L July 29 was 13,236. The number of departures remained unchanged at 9,944. Two new charter flights, to replace the flight that was canceled with no notice on July 28, are being scheduled for 0200 and 0740 on July 30 [...] | 2006-07-29 14:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1242 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 24 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus as of 0800L July 30 was 13,534. The number of U.S.-assisted departures was 10,280. There are now two last charter flights scheduled; one at 1800L on July 31 and another at 0800L on August 1. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) [...] | 2006-07-30 07:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1243 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 25 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals and departures as of 1600L remained at 13,534 and 10,280, respectively. Two more charter flights are still scheduled, one on July 31 and the last on August 1. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) The following are consular updates: --T [...] | 2006-07-30 13:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1245 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 26 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals and departures as of 0800L remained the same (13,534 and 10,280). The last two U.S. charter flights are still scheduled to depart July 31 and August 1. Post predicts that either all or nearly all of the requests for humanitarian parole [...] | 2006-07-31 08:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1247 | CYPRUS REPLY ON UNGA ATTENDANCE PENDING [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel to Sotos Liassides, Director of the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs, on July 14. Liassides' office told us on July 31 that our request had been delivered to the Permanent Secretary, but that no decisions on GOC UNGA attendance had been finalized yet. Post wi [...] | 2006-07-31 12:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
06NICOSIA125 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC - 30 JANUARY 2006 - AVIAN FLU [...] (SBU) On January 30, 2006, the DCM convened Embassy Nicosia's EAC to brief the Ambassador and review current conditions in response to a confirmed case of the H5N1 found in the area controlled by Turkish Cypriots. Also discussed were actions the Embassy will take as a result of the confirmed [...] | 2006-01-31 13:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU ASEC AMED CY |
06NICOSIA1250 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 27 AS OF 1600 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals was 13,548 (TBC) and total U.S.-assisted departures remained at 10,280. Conditions at the Fairgrounds are tense as people realize they will have to leave soon. End summary. CONSULAR 2. (C) Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals [...] | 2006-07-31 14:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1252 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 28 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, [...] (C) Summary: Total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals was 13,548 and of U.S.-assisted departures was 10,566. As of 0800L August 1 there were 234 people at the Cyprus International Fairgrounds, with more people arriving from hotels to wait for the last U.S.-chartered flight. We are working w [...] | 2006-08-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1253 | TFLE01: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS ON U.S.-ASSISTED [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM met with Homer Mavrommatis, MFA's Consular Affairs Director, the Cyprus Police, and Civil Defense on August 1 to discuss the status of U.S.-assisted arrivals in Cyprus from Lebanon and post's plans to vacate the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility. Mavrommatis reminde [...] | 2006-08-01 15:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC MARR PINS PREL CY LE |
06NICOSIA1256 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 29 AS OF 0800 LOCAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nicosia emptied the Cyprus International Fairgrounds facility of U.S.-assisted arrivals from Lebanon on August 1, and the last U.S.-chartered flight departed on August 2 at 0345L with 170 people. As the local Sigma Television station filmed, embassy buses drove away fro [...] | 2006-08-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC KPAO MGT LE CY KFLO CASC AMGT |
06NICOSIA1306 | SRSG MOLLER ON CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) On August 4, SRSG Moller briefed the Ambassador on recent developments since the exchange of lists earlier in the week. In contrast to his (ref) optimism on August 2, he noted with frustration two problems Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat has raised with him earlier that day: A) [...] | 2006-08-04 13:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA1330 | TFLE01: CYPRUS SITREP 31 AS OF 1700 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (C) Summary: The Beirut Air Bridge (BAB) continues to transport U.S.-assisted arrivals to Cyprus from Lebanon. Post has returned to mostly normal operations. CONSULAR 2. (C) The current total headcount of U.S.-assisted arrivals from Lebanon is 13,599. CONS is grateful for the CONS and [...] | 2006-08-08 03:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO LE CY |
06NICOSIA1331 | DEMARCHING CYPRUS ON BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message on August 7, 2006 to Stelios Makriyiannis in the MFA's Division of Asia and Africa. He replied that the Finnish decision was not surprising because it was indeed in accordance with the EU common position that visas could be issued to Burma cabinet members f [...] | 2006-08-08 04:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN |
06NICOSIA1332 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message on August 7, 2006 to Nikos Panayiotou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. He noted talking points and agreed to pass them to his director as well as the Economic Affairs division. SCHLICHER [...] | 2006-08-08 04:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA |
06NICOSIA1345 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LOSING THE PRO-SOLUTION BEAT? [...] (C) In the two years since the Annan Plan referendum, the Turkish Cypriots have slowly lost their enthusiasm for the kind of pro-settlement policies and rhetoric which, by 2004, had sidelined Denktash, won them unprecedented international sympathy, and kept them "one step ahead" of Papadopoulos [...] | 2006-08-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN UN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1347 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING THE CEASEFIRE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL |
06NICOSIA136 | MANAGING THE CYPRUS PROBLEM IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) Matt: In advance of your upcoming visit to Brussels, we would like to share some thoughts regarding recent developments on Cyprus, and in particular the Greek Cypriot strategy vis-a-vis Turkey and the EU. The Europeans need to hear a sobering message about the potential consequences of a s [...] | 2006-02-01 15:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
06NICOSIA1361 | CYPRUS TO AUCTION OFF EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR POSSIBLE [...] Summary: The Government of Cyprus intends to auction off drilling rights for possible off-shore deposits of oil and gas at the end of 2006 or beginning of 2007. The Norwegian company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is preparing both a "2-D" and "3-D" analysis of 60,000 square kilometers of seabe [...] | 2006-08-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD EINV ECON CY |
06NICOSIA1362 | CYPRUS: EU MEMBER STATES DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Post delivered on August 10 reftel demarche to Eleni Pitsillidou, Commercial Officer, at the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism, who has just taken over the EU trade issues and 133 Committee portfolio from Charalambous Roussos. Pitsillidou is part of a skeleton staff at the Min [...] | 2006-08-11 10:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH CY EUN |
06NICOSIA1370 | CYPRUS HARMONIZES LAW WITH EU COPYRIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. In its last session before the summer holidays, on July 13, the House approved five bills aimed at harmonizing Cypriot IPR legislation with that of the EU. While these bills will help further strengthen Cypriot IPR legislation, the House deferred until fall consideration of langu [...] | 2006-08-16 05:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CY |
06NICOSIA150 | CYPRUS AI UPDATE: VISITING EU EXPERT REPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a private briefing February 1, a visiting EU veterinary expert called the Turkish Cypriot response to positive H5N1 tests for a cock and hen in north Cyprus on January 29 (ref b) "adequate," and said the outbreak appears isolated and under control. Since no other AI cases h [...] | 2006-02-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED CASC |
06NICOSIA1505 | CYPRUS PROPERTY: ORAMS RULING A SETBACK FOR GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greek Cypriot plaintiffs owning land in north Cyprus have suffered a high-profile legal setback in the landmark "Orams" property case. On September 6, a UK judge ruled that an ROC court's cease-and-desist judgment against a British couple (who had built a home on Greek Cypriot l [...] | 2006-09-08 06:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1543 | "TRNC GOVERNMENT" CALLS IT QUITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling coalition in the "TRNC" resigned on September 11 following months of internal wrangling in the wake of June parliamentary bi-elections. Talat ally "PM" Soyer, from the ruling CTP, announced his resignation and said he would seek "new formulations," ditching "DPM" and [...] | 2006-09-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1545 | CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN [...] Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 7 demarche on the Australian government's decision to impose compulsory pilotage for the Torres Strait to Sotos Zackheos, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We have also sent a copy to Makis Constantinides, Permanent Secretary, at [...] | 2006-09-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS |
06NICOSIA1549 | CYPRIOTS REVEAL NEXT STEPS ON M/V GREGORIO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Cypriot investigations into the activities, crew, and cargo of the M/V Gregorio I (Reftels) are nearly complete. Foreign Ministry officials informed the Embassy September 12 that the 21 vehicles in the vessel's holds comprised an air defense system; their search had uncovered n [...] | 2006-09-13 04:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC EWWT PHSA CY GR |
06NICOSIA1565 | GREEK CYPRIOTS CONVICTED OF FRAUD IN CASE ON [...] (SBU) On September 12, a court in Paphos found six Greek Cypriots guilty of illegally selling Turkish Cypriot-owned properties in the south. The conviction, which could bring the defendants up to fourteen years in prison each, results from an investigation dating back to the year 2000. The d [...] | 2006-09-14 11:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1600 | CYPRUS: BANK OF CYPRUS CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN AFTER EMPORIKI [...] (SBU) Summary. The tumultuous summer for the Cypriot financial sector continued with the Chairmen of Cyprus's two largest banks losing their jobs, despite impressive financial results. On September 1, Vasilis Rologis stepped down in the face of mounting criticism from the Central Bank follow [...] | 2006-09-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CY |
06NICOSIA1607 | TURKISH CYPRIOT POLITICS: AMBITIOUS LEFTISTS, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR TU CY |
06NICOSIA1614 | CYPRUS: PROMOTING BICOMMUNAL TOURISM PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: Tourism continues to be the main lifeblood of the Greek Cypriot economy and is a key growth sector in the Turkish Cypriot north. Cooperation between the two communities on the development and joint marketing of tourism could be a win-win for both communities and increase tourist [...] | 2006-09-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA1690 | CYPRUS: TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (U) Answers below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) Q1: Description of how Post is organized to monitor (trade) agreements and respond to foreign trade barrier complaints: Embassy Nicosia does not have a Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) or Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office. [...] | 2006-09-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CY |
06NICOSIA1691 | TURKISH CYPRIOT CABINET UNVEILED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriot "PM" Soyer has unveiled his new cabinet, a coalition with the newly-formed Freedom and Reform Party (OP),which has replaced the DP of former "FM" Serdar Denktash as the center-left CTP's junior governing partner. The new cabinet contains some new faces -- most n [...] | 2006-09-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR TU CY |
06NICOSIA1692 | CYPRUS EXTENDS FULL DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Cyprus (GOC) and the Government of Iraq agreed on a full, mutual debt cancellation at the recent meeting of the General Assemblies of the IMF and World Bank in Singapore. As part of the agreement, Cyprus forgave Iraqi debts to the GoC and Cypriot firms of an est [...] | 2006-09-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL IZ CY |
06NICOSIA1707 | CYPRUS: TORRES STRAIT - REQUEST TO DEMARCHE AUSTRALIAN [...] Further to Ref A, the GOC has confirmed that it supports U.S. views on the Torres Strait issue (Ref B). On October 2, Nicolas Kyriacou, of MFA's Community and International Law Department, informed us that Cyprus had submitted a Note Verbale to the Australian High Commission in Nicosia, prote [...] | 2006-10-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PBTS PHSA CY AS |
06NICOSIA1717 | EXBS: CYPRUS EXBS REPORTING CABLE: JULY - SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: In June 2006, the Department of Energy's (DOE),Second Line of Defense (SLD) visited Cyprus to make logistical preparations for the upgrade of the radiation portal monitor located at Limassol. During the reporting period, three trainings were offered: 1) A "Global Transshipment [...] | 2006-10-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNPP CY |
06NICOSIA172 | THE JANUARY 30 P5+2 STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP AORC CY |
06NICOSIA1728 | CYPRIOT REPLY TO US SCALE ASSESMENTS DEMARCHE [...] (S) In response to Reftel regarding potential changes to United Nations scales of assessment, Poloff October 6 demarched Marios Kountourides, the Cypriot MFA's deputy director for Multilateral Affairs. Kountourides claimed the U.S. initiative -- to maintain the cap on individual nations, [...] | 2006-10-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | UNGA IO CY |
06NICOSIA1743 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (U) DCM Zimmerman delivered reftel points and a copy of the President's statement to Cyprus MFA Political Director Thalia Petrides on October 10. DCM added that, as an EU member, Cyprus could play a key role in ensuring that the European response to the apparent North Korean nuclear test woul [...] | 2006-10-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP UN EUN CY |
06NICOSIA1754 | COMMITTEE ON MISSING PERSONS: ANTHROPOLOGICAL LAB [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador toured the newly-established Committee on Missing Persons anthropological lab in the UN Buffer Zone on October 10 to observe firsthand the progress being made in the identification of Cypriots from both communities who went missing in the 1963-1974 period of civil unre [...] | 2006-10-12 09:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UN TU CY |
06NICOSIA1762 | GOC RESPONDS PREDICTABLY TO IRFR [...] (U) In an October 10 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, Second Secretary/Human Rights Officer Cristiana Tzika delivered the Republic of Cyprus,s (RoC) official response to the 2006 Department of State International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR). Not surprisingly, RoC objections on IRFR subs [...] | 2006-10-13 12:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY KIRF |
06NICOSIA1767 | "TRNC" UNIVERSITIES: A (STUNTED) GROWTH INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Cypriot higher education system has developed into an important source of income for the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" and pride for the community. Recent developments, however, call into question the viability of the education sector. Expanded capacity in [...] | 2006-10-13 13:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC PREL KPAO CY TU |
06NICOSIA1793 | CYPRUS FULLY SUPPORTS UNSCR 1718 [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy October 15 delivered UN Security Council Resolution 1718-related talking points and non-paper to the Cypriot Foreign Ministry. In a follow-up meeting the following day, Multilateral Affairs Division Chief Sotos Liassides told PolChief that the Republic of C [...] | 2006-10-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN PARM CY |
06NICOSIA1835 | PRESIDENT'S DIKO PARTY COMPLETES FACELIFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 22, Armenian-Cypriot Marios Karoyian became the leader of the centrist, ruling Democratic Party (DIKO),handily defeating DIKO Deputy Leader Nicos Cleanthous. At the party's helm Karoyian replaces RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos, who stepped down two weeks earlier [...] | 2006-10-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CY GR |
06NICOSIA1842 | UN, FINNS OFFER UPDATES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top UNFICYP officials privately outlined for us the UN's latest plan to unblock the current deadlock in the Gambari Process. A last-minute snag over procedure threatens to delay the start of work by the technical and substantive committees, however, and UN officials privately wo [...] | 2006-10-27 16:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU EUN CY |
06NICOSIA1868 | CYPRUS STOCK EXCHANGE ENTERS NEW ERA WITH LAUNCH OF JOINT [...] Summary. The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) launched a joint trading platform on October 30, 2006. The launch signifies a new era in the turbulent 10-year history of the CSE, the EU's third smallest stock market, which included a major boom and bust cycle in [...] | 2006-11-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON CY |
06NICOSIA1869 | TALAT ON FINNISH PROPOSAL, UN PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 1 meeting with Ambassador Schlicher, Turkish Cypriot "President" Mehmet Ali Talat was pessimistic about the prospects of the Finnish proposal on Varosha/ports -- and criticized the EU process for making "unfair" and one-sided demands of his community for the sake of [...] | 2006-11-02 09:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA188 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS SHRUG OFF DANISH CARTOONS, [...] Although the Turkish Cypriot press has given significant coverage (mainly through republished wire service stories) to the controversy surrounding publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed (reftel),the largely secular Turkish Cypriot community appears to be taking the whole issue [...] | 2006-02-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL TU |
06NICOSIA1883 | JOURNALISTIC LICENSE, POLITICAL AMBITIONS BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicosia awoke October 22 to "news" the Turkish Army twenty years ago employed Greek Cypriot (G/C) and Greek detainees as "guinea pigs" at weapons production facilities outside Ankara. According to preliminary accounts in leading daily "Philelefteros," the alleged victims, priso [...] | 2006-11-03 14:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CY GR TU |
06NICOSIA1885 | CYPRUS: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT Cyprus Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 1974, following a c [...] | 2006-11-03 15:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CY |
06NICOSIA1889 | CYPRUS: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part II (Financial Crimes and Money Laundering) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. As requested Reftel, we will also e-mail a track-changes version of this report to the officials request [...] | 2006-11-06 11:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR CY |
06NICOSIA1916 | MOLLER CALLS PARTIES ON THE CARPET AT UNFICYP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the course of a November 9 briefing to the local diplomatic corps, UNFICYP Chief Michael Moller frankly described the deadlock in the UN settlement process (ref a). Acknowledging that both sides have done their fair share of stonewalling over the past 40 years, SRSG Moller and [...] | 2006-11-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA1917 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER: CYPRUS [...] (C) All responses are keyed to the questions in paragraph 9 of ref A. a) TFCO: Jane Zimmerman Deputy Chief of Mission tel: 357 22 39 3595 Embassy after hours switchboard: 357 22 39 3300 ZimmermanJB@State.gov b) Deputy TFCO: Michael S. Dixon Economic and Commercial Officer tel: 357 22 3 [...] | 2006-11-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER CY |
06NICOSIA192 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On February 10, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisaavas confirmed that Cyprus's assistance policy was in line with that of the EU and the U.S. The MFA was keenly watching events i [...] | 2006-02-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CY IS KPAL PREL |
06NICOSIA1920 | CYPRUS: LAIKI PLANS FOR MERGER WITH GREEK MARFIN AND [...] (SBU) Summary. The triple merger between Laiki Bank in Cyprus, and Greek-based Marfin Financial Group and Egnatias Bank remains firmly on track, after winning the approval of authorities in both countries, and of Laiki shareholders on October 31. Unless there are any unexpected surprises, th [...] | 2006-11-09 15:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON CY |
06NICOSIA193 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM IACOVOU TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel points to FM Iacovou in a February 8 telcon. Iacovou said he was not at all surprised that the United States would oppose a Security Council seat for Venezuela, but he refused to commit one way or the other in terms of the GOC's position. He suggested, instead, that [...] | 2006-02-10 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNSC GT VE CY |
06NICOSIA1930 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: CYPRUS GETTING ENERGIZED [...] The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has made tangible progress in addressing trafficking in persons since receiving a Tier II Watch List rating in the 2006 TIP report. While certain aspects of the RoC's National Action Plan remain works-in-progress, government efforts to prevent TIP, protect victim [...] | 2006-11-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG CY |
06NICOSIA194 | GOC HAS TAKEN NO STEPS TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, we have made a number of discrete inquiries regarding the status of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. As far as we have been able to determine, the issue of the convention has not been put on the agenda [...] | 2006-02-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO CY |
06NICOSIA1944 | "TRNC DAY" SPEECH: TALAT STICKS FOOT IN MOUTH WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat delivered a petulant rhetorical broadside during November 15 commemorations of the 1983 Turkish Cypriot unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). The "good" parts of Talat's speech (throw-away references to the need for rule of law and democ [...] | 2006-11-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA195 | CYPRUS AI UPDATE: ISOLATED OUTRBEAK UNDER [...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 on January 29 (refs a-c). The draft trip report (faxed to EUR/SE) of the EU Veterinary experts who visited Cyprus January 29- February 1 (ref [...] | 2006-02-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO |
06NICOSIA1952 | NEW TURKISH CYPRIOT ENVIRONMENT "MINISTER" FACES [...] (SBU) October's cabinet reshuffle in the "TRNC" has led to the creation of a new Environment "Ministry." The new "minister," political novice Asim Vehbi, faces an uphill struggle against the Turkish Cypriots' traditionally cavalier attitude towards environmental protection. Decision-makers i [...] | 2006-11-21 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV ECON TU CY |
06NICOSIA1953 | HELIOS SUCCESSOR "AJET" SUSPENDS OPERATIONS; CYPRIOT CRASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Over a year after one of its Boeing 737s crashed into a Greek mountainside killing all 121 people on board, Ajet (formerly Helios Airways) has suspended all operations citing unsustainable financial losses. Ajet currently has no plans to declare bankruptcy pending the outcome o [...] | 2006-11-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON CY |
06NICOSIA1964 | CYPROB POLITICS, NOT ISSUES, DOMINATE MUNICIPAL [...] SUMMARY: Greek Cypriots head to the polls December 17 to elect mayors, municipal councils, and, for the first time, school board members. Other than vague demands for greater autonomy from Nicosia, issues have taken a back seat to politics in the months-long elections run-up. Garnering the [...] | 2006-11-27 14:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CY |
06NICOSIA197 | GOC OFFERS TO HOST MEETING OF SENIOR DANISH [...] (C) Danish Ambassador Svend Waever told Ambassador Schlicher on February 10 that the President's Diplomatic Advisor, Tasos Tzionis, had just called him with an offer to host a meeting on Cyprus between senior officials from Copenhagen and their counterparts from Damascus and Beirut to discuss [...] | 2006-02-13 07:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL DA LE SY GR CY |
06NICOSIA1970 | NEW CYPRUS PROPERTY LAW: TURNING THE SCREWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. New ROC legislation introducing stiff prison sentences for those buying Greek Cypriot property in the north has upped the stakes in the ongoing property war between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Three non-Cypriot land-buyers have already been arrested under the new law, and more a [...] | 2006-11-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA2009 | CYPRUS LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU ON UNGA "REGISTER OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 15:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS CY |
06NICOSIA2010 | ECHR GIVES TENTATIVE BLESSING TO "TRNC" PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 7 ruling on the Xenidis-Arestis case (reftels),the European Court of Human Rights upheld a Greek Cypriot claimant's ownership of her property in the closed city of Varosha and ordered Turkey to pay her over a million dollars in damages. At the same time, the ECHR [...] | 2006-12-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CASC PHUM EUN UNFICYP TU CY |
06NICOSIA2024 | CYPRUS UNLIKELY TO BE MUCH OF A PLAYER ON TFTP, [...] (C) We raised reftel demarche with Finance Minister Michalis Sarris, MFA Acting PermSec Erato Marcoullis, MoI PermSec Lazaros Savvides and Commerce Ministry PermSec Efstathios Hamboullas. All were relatively unfamiliar with the issue. Finance Minister Sarris promised the Ambassador that the [...] | 2006-12-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON EUN CY |
06NICOSIA203 | TURKISH CYPRIOT OPPOSITION ELECTS NEW LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Unity Party (UBP) has elected Nicosia "MP" Huseyin Ozgurgun (see bio below) to lead the party, which is the second largest Turkish Cypriot political party and the north's main opposition formation. Ozgurgun represents a new, young face for his party -- which was thr [...] | 2006-02-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
06NICOSIA2032 | RESULTS OF COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 05:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | APER CY |
06NICOSIA2033 | CYPRUS ON TRACK TO ADOPT EURO ON JANUARY 1, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cypriot economy continues to perform well within the Maastricht criteria, and the European Union is expected in June 2007 to invite Cyprus to adopt the Euro as its currency effective January 1, 2008. The European Commission, however, has criticized the GoC's technical pre [...] | 2006-12-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EUN CY |
06NICOSIA2034 | TURKISH CYPRIOT OPPOSITION ELECTS HARD-LINE NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Unity Party (UBP) has selected Nicosia "MP" and former "TRNC Foreign Minister" Tahsin Ertugruloglu (see bio below) to lead the party, which is the north's second largest political formation and the main Turkish Cypriot opposition group. The comparatively charismatic [...] | 2006-12-18 13:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
06NICOSIA2040 | LOCAL ELECTIONS A DRAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The governing coalition and opposition alike claimed victory in the December 17 municipal elections. The alliance )- comprising AKEL, DIKO, and EDEK )- won mayorships in five major Cyprus cities, while opponent DISY triumphed in smaller municipalities and increased its take of [...] | 2006-12-19 11:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL CY |
06NICOSIA2048 | CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...] | 2006-12-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO |
06NICOSIA2049 | GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...] | 2006-12-20 15:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
06NICOSIA2050 | UN REP, P-5 AMBS TAKE STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hosting local Perm Five ambassadors and the resident UN chief to a working lunch December 18, the Ambassador orchestrated a tour d'horizon that touched on the UN transition in New York, horsetrading over the UNFICYP mandate renewal, developments on the UN negotiating track in Ni [...] | 2006-12-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNGA CY |
06NICOSIA2051 | GREEK CYPRIOT ENCLAVES IN THE NORTH: HANGING BY A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 14, political section staff joined United Nations civil affairs personnel on one of their weekly monitoring visits to the enclaved Greek Cypriot community on the Turkish Cypriot-administered Karpass peninsula. Embassy officers accompanied UNFICYP personnel on two h [...] | 2006-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
06NICOSIA2052 | UN REP, P-5 AMBS TAKE STOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hosting local Perm Five ambassadors and the resident UN chief to a working lunch December 18, the Ambassador orchestrated a tour d'horizon that touched on the UN transition in New York, horsetrading over the UNFICYP mandate renewal, developments on the UN negotiating track in Ni [...] | 2006-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNGA CY |
06NICOSIA2053 | CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...] | 2006-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO |
06NICOSIA2054 | CYPRUS: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post offers the following input for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report. A note on terminology is in order: Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the Greek Cypriot government-controlled area, comprising the southern two-thirds of the island, and a northern third, [...] | 2006-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PTER ASEC CY EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO |
06NICOSIA2055 | NEW ARCHBISHOP: WITH THRONE SECURED, MORE TOLERANT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his December 20 courtesy call on new Church of Cyprus Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the Ambassador was pleased to see the hard-line leader adopting a softer stance. Particularly noteworthy was the Archbishop's pledge to roll out the red carpet for his Turkish Cypriot counterpart [...] | 2006-12-21 11:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CY GR |
06NICOSIA234 | CYPRUS PROPERTY: GOC PUTS ANOTHER FINGER IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A GOC decision to withdraw its court appeal and allow Turkish Cypriot Arif Mustafa to reclaim his property in the south has caused a stir because: 1) this is the first high-profile case in which a Turkish Cypriot has been granted restitution as opposed to compensation for lost pr [...] | 2006-02-17 07:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
06NICOSIA235 | GREEK CYPRIOTS OFFER DORA BAKOYIANNI A LUKEWARM [...] (C) Summary: The Greek Cypriot reaction -- both official and unofficial -- to the appointment of Dora Bakoyianni as Greek Foreign Minister was noticeably cool and reserved. Bakoyianni has the reputation here for being both pro-American and soft on the Cyprus issue. Only the right-wing, pro- [...] | 2006-02-17 10:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY GR |
06NICOSIA24 | "OSMOSIS" AND THE TURKISH CYPRIOTS: IT'S ALL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriots fear that the Greek Cypriot side is increasingly disinterested in a bizonal, bicommunal federal solution to the Cyprus problem, and is intent on simply absorbing Turkish Cypriots into the ROC through a process of "osmosis." Buoyed by the confidence and real lev [...] | 2006-01-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA242 | CYPRUS AI UPDATE: NO NEW CASES; MOST SPECIAL [...] (SBU) There have been no new reports of suspected cases of avian influenza (AI) in either poultry or humans since two chickens tested positive for H5N1 in January (refs b-d). Three more EU veterinary experts and a health expert visited the island February 13-16. They reconfirmed the previous [...] | 2006-02-17 14:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO |
06NICOSIA256 | GOC RATTLING THE VETO SABER OVER ACCESS TO TURKISH [...] (C) The Greek Cypriot political establishment is issuing thinly veiled threats against Turkey's EU accession course, following an unsuccessful February 22 attempt by a Cypriot-flagged container ship, the Able F, to dock at the Turkish port of Mersin. Government spokesman George Lillikas iss [...] | 2006-02-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
06NICOSIA263 | TALKING POINTS DELIVERED ON SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On February 14, Poloff delivered reftel message to Charlambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Affairs. Hadjisavvas stressed that Cyprus' policy towards Iraq was broadly in line with that of the EU and the United States. He also confirmed [...] | 2006-02-24 13:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL OPRC |
06NICOSIA265 | CYPRUS AGREES WITH MOST U.S. POSITIONS ON THE [...] (C) On February 23, poloff delivered reftel message to the appropriate action officers in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Elena Rafti, who follows Balkan issues, agreed with most U.S. points on the Balkans, and stressed that a strong EU presence in Kosovo and a successful referendum in [...] | 2006-02-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | BK BO CG CY EUN IR IZ KPAL MW PREL SR YI |
06NICOSIA273 | CYPRUS REACTS TO EU AID PACKAGE FOR TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The EU's decision to approve its long-awaited 139 million euro aid package for the Turkish Cypriots has been welcomed as a triumph of diplomacy on the Greek Cypriot side. GOC contacts note that the shape of the aid package -- as well as the content of an accompanying declaratio [...] | 2006-02-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA293 | AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS: SIXTH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2004-March 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...] | 2006-03-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
06NICOSIA294 | GREEK CYPRIOTS "FULLY SATISFIED" WITH PARIS TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The February 28 meeting between Cypriot President Papadopoulos and UN SYG Kofi Annan resulted in agreement on a "bottom up" approach to the Cyprus issue that would begin with technical-level talks aimed at preparing the ground for the resumption of negotiations on a comprehensiv [...] | 2006-03-01 15:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA313 | REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...] | 2006-03-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
06NICOSIA314 | NICOSIA WILL ADDRESS COLAT ON VENEZUELAN NGO SUMATE [...] (C) On March 1, poloff delivered reftel message to Savvas Vladimirou, in the MFA's Division of the Americas and Oceania. Vladimirou said he would raise the issue of Sumate at the next meeting of the EU committee on Latin America (COLAT) on March 7. He did not believe that Chavez would risk [...] | 2006-03-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL VE EU CY |
06NICOSIA315 | CYPRUS AGREES TO RAISE ISSUE OF ODIHR ELECTION [...] (C) On March 1, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain was not aware of Belgian FM De Gucht's plan to send three personal representatives to observe the OSCE Office of Democ [...] | 2006-03-02 12:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL BE CY |
06NICOSIA317 | GOC "INCENSED" BY U.S. MESSAGE ON TURKEY AND CYPRUS [...] (C) On March 2, Erato Marcoullis, Director of the MFA's Cyprus Question Division, called in Polchief to complain at considerable length about the message on Cyprus and Turkey that reftel authorized EU posts to deliver as appropriate. The GOC had obtained a copy of a non-paper version of the p [...] | 2006-03-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU CY |
06NICOSIA318 | COORDINATOR OF THE CYPRUS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting with Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Lazaros Savvides, Polchief underscored our concern that the GOC had failed to take decisive action in implementing the National Action Plan on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) that the Council of Ministers approved last May. [...] | 2006-03-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA332 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) On March 7, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas said that Cyprus did not, as a rule, comment on the internal management of the Arab League, but agreed to discuss the U.S. positio [...] | 2006-03-07 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU IZ CY |
06NICOSIA352 | WHAT NEXT AFTER PARIS? [...] (U) Action requested in para 11. 2. (C) Summary: One week after the Papadopoulos -Annan meeting in Paris, it is clear that the UN and UNFICYP have considerable fence-mending to do with Ankara and the Turkish Cypriots. The Turkish Cypriots -- still angry over the communique that seemed to [...] | 2006-03-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN CY |
06NICOSIA356 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CY |
06NICOSIA365 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) On March 7, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas said that Cyprus did not, as a rule, comment on the internal management of the Arab League, but agreed to discuss the U.S. positio [...] | 2006-03-10 15:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU IZ CY |
06NICOSIA369 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MDA: SIGNING THIRD [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on March 7 to Francis Lanitou, who handles EU Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lanitou stated that Cyprus strongly supported the signing of the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and assured Poloff that the paperwork for transmi [...] | 2006-03-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL |
06NICOSIA373 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAMAS' RUSSIA AND TURKEY [...] (C) On March 13, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hajisavvas worried that Hamas' hardened rhetoric, combined with a lack of funding for the PA's daily government operations, would leave the [...] | 2006-03-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS CY |
06NICOSIA374 | CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER SUGGESTIONS FOR REACTION TO [...] (C) On March 1, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain said that Belarus was discussed at the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers held March 10-11 (Gymnich) in [...] | 2006-03-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO CY |
06NICOSIA375 | CYPRUS REPORTEDLY HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ESTABLISHING [...] (C) On March 13, Sotos Liassides -- Director of Multilateral Affairs at the MFA -- called polchief to report that Cyprus had hosted a conference in Larnaca March 8-10 on the issue of establishing a national human rights commission in Iraq. According to Liassides, Environment Minister and Ac [...] | 2006-03-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CY IZ |
06NICOSIA380 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS STILL STEWING OVER PARIS [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting with Ambassador Schlicher, "TRNC President" Talat's Under Secretary Rasit Pertev expressed continued bitterness over the joint communique issued after the Annan-Papadopoulos meeting in Paris on February 28 (ref a). Pertev stressed that both he and "President" Talat fe [...] | 2006-03-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY |
06NICOSIA409 | CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER ISSUING STATEMENT ABOUT AKBAR [...] (C) On March 17, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas in the MFA's Division of Middle Eastern and North African Affairs. Hadjisavvas said he would consider our request, but would have to consult first with his director. SCHLICHER [...] | 2006-03-20 07:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM SOCI CY |
06NICOSIA410 | GOC REACTS ANGRILY TO THE RELEASE OF THE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Although somewhat more muted than last year, GOC authorities have once again lashed out at the human rights report on Cyprus. Privately, MFA officials criticized us for producing a "political document" that was aimed more at upgrading the Turkish Cypriot "entity" than at advanci [...] | 2006-03-20 08:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA415 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP IN PREL CY |
06NICOSIA431 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO SPEAK ON [...] (C) On March 21, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas agreed to pass the request to his director, but explained that, as with most issues related to human rights in the Middle East, [...] | 2006-03-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SY CY |
06NICOSIA433 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MARCH 20 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered reftel demarche on March 13 to relevant action officers at MFA. On Iraq, Charlambos Hadjisavvas agreed with the US position that the international community's first priority should be to encourage Iraqi political leaders to move ahead in forming a unified govern [...] | 2006-03-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD |
06NICOSIA440 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS MEET ECHR DEADLINE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot authorities have met the European Court of Human Rights' (ECHR) deadline for revising the property compensation commission that the court had earlier ruled inadequate to be considered an effective domestic remedy. The new commission has a more diverse membershi [...] | 2006-03-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA442 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, KHARTOUM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on March 23 to Stelios Makriyiannis, who handles Africa in the MFA's Political Affairs Division. Makriyiannis assured us that Cyprus would follow the EU's lead with regard to the Sudan and support the rehatting of African Union forces (AMIS) into a UN pe [...] | 2006-03-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
06NICOSIA447 | TALAT'S ILLNESS LEAVES TURKISH CYPRIOTS RUDDERLESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriots have been foundering in a political vacuum since "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's February bypass surgery. Subsequent political developments with regard to EU aid and UN-brokered talks have caught the Turkish Cypriots flatfooted, prompting muddled response [...] | 2006-03-24 10:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA449 | CYPRUS: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, we raised on March 20 the issue of GoC action in support of the Independent Inquiry Committee (ICC) investigating the UN's Oil-for Food Program (OFF) with Eva Papakyriacou, Head of the Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS),and key aide to Attorney General [...] | 2006-03-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN CY |
06NICOSIA454 | TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT SAYS TECHNICAL TALKS [...] (C) On March 27, a tired but healthy-looking Mehmet Ali Talat briefed Ambassador Schlicher on his meeting with UNFICYP Chief Michael Moeller earlier that day. Talat's meetings with Moeller and the Ambassador were his first meetings with foreigners since he underwent unexpected heart surgery i [...] | 2006-03-28 13:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | UN PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA455 | PAPADOPOULOS CONFIDENT THAT UN PROCESS, TURKISH EU [...] (C) Summary: In one-on-one Sunday lunch, Ambassador Schlicher and President Papadopoulos discussed prospects for moving forward with "technical talks" between representatives of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, as well as Turkey's EU accession process and domestic political [...] | 2006-03-28 15:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CY |
06NICOSIA47 | WHO'S REALLY IN CHARGE HERE? TURKEY AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The relationship between Turkey and the "TRNC" is less of a clear-cut, master-servant arrangement than Greek Cypriot rhetoric about the "military occupation regime" would suggest. The north's lack of outside political recognition, the large local Turkish garrison, and a heavy dep [...] | 2006-01-17 11:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
06NICOSIA476 | BUMPY START TO EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the long-awaited EU aid package for the Turkish Cypriots finally approved, the European Commission and Turkish Cypriots have begun negotiating over project priorities and sensitive details of implementation. The question of whether the EU's aid office will be located in the [...] | 2006-03-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA503 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS UNDERWHELMED BY FIRST UN-BROKERED [...] (C) The Turkish Cypriots were "disappointed" by the first UN-brokered meeting to discuss the way ahead on technical talks, according to "President" Talat's Under Secretary Rasit Pertev. Held in Nicosia on March 31, the meeting brought together UNFICYP Chief and SRSG Michael Moeller, ROC Presi [...] | 2006-04-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EUN UN CY |
06NICOSIA511 | PICK-A-PECK-OF-PECCADILLOS: A RAFT OF SCANDALS [...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot MFA is an unhappy and dysfunctional place. A recent raft of scandals -- nearly all related to sex or money -- has both embarrassed the ministry and undercut its effectiveness. The scandals are beginning to overlap. The MFA may well choose to pardon an embezzler at [...] | 2006-04-05 20:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA522 | SMOOTHING TURKEY'S EU PATH -- DG ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 6, visiting EC Director General for Enlargement Michael Leigh (accompanied by Georg Ziegler and Andrea Battista from the Commission's Cyprus team) briefed Ambassador Schlicher on implementation plans for the European Union's assistance package to the Turkish Cypriot commu [...] | 2006-04-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA525 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW THE EU CROWD ON THE BAHAI IN [...] (U) On April 7, poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas agreed to investigate whether the EU planned to issue a statement and to pass the request for demarches to his director. He not [...] | 2006-04-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI IR CY |
06NICOSIA526 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. NOT RUNNING FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. Christodoulou said that she looked forward to the U.S. campaigning on behalf of candidates who are genuinely committed to the promotion of human rights. SCHLICHER [...] | 2006-04-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA CY |
06NICOSIA529 | SRSG "OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR TECHNICAL [...] (C) Summary: SRSG Michael Moeller told Ambassador Schlicher on April 7 that he was optimistic the technical talks process would succeed in galvanizing movement on the Cyprus issue. The atmosphere in the talks was positive, even "effusive," and the principals had readily agreed to a total ne [...] | 2006-04-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC CY |
06NICOSIA533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE EU IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 7 to relevant action officers at the MFA. Charalambos Hajdisavvas, who handles the Middle East portfolio in the Political Affairs Division, stressed EU support for Syria's continued isolation and highlighted the EU's decision to freeze its prop [...] | 2006-04-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD |
06NICOSIA536 | GETTING OUR MESSAGE THROUGH TO THE GREEK CYPRIOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Greek Cypriot media is consistent to the point of Pavlovian response. Certain phrases -- even particular words -- in the mouth of a U.S. official will elicit very predictable results. Our Cyprus policy is the right one, but we need to tweak our public diplomacy message in w [...] | 2006-04-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA540 | MESSAGE DELIVERED FROM SECRETARY RICE ON UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) On April 14, we delivered reftel letter from the Secretary regarding the UN Human Rights Council to Foreign SIPDIS Minister George Iacovou under a cover note from the Ambassador. SCHLICHER [...] | 2006-04-12 08:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA CY |
06NICOSIA541 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU'S BURMA POLICY; EU BURMA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel messages to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs division and to Stelios Makriyiannis, who follows Asian issues in the division of bilateral affairs. Makriyiannis said that Cyprus supported EU policy on Burma and that it was very much in line w [...] | 2006-04-12 13:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EU PREL PHUM PGOV PREF BM CY |
06NICOSIA542 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN COE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel on April 10 to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who handles the Middle East Portfolio in the Political Affairs Division at the MFA. Hadjisavvas had no comment, but promised to pass on the points to his colleague Yiannis Michaelides, who is attending the GAERC in Brussels [...] | 2006-04-12 13:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREL |
06NICOSIA543 | CYPRUS NON-COMMITTAL ON SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT FOR [...] (C) On April 12 poloff presented reftel message A to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs subsequent to Ambassador's April 8 conversation with FM Iacovou on the same subject (reftel B) and the DCM's meeting with Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Tassos Tzionis. C [...] | 2006-04-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL UNSC VE GT CY |
06NICOSIA553 | POST ASSISTS IN REPATRIATION OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) On April 13, Ukrainian Ambassador Borys Humeniuk telephoned Ambassador Schlicher about a 23-year old Ukrainian woman, Oxana Nahod, who had been trafficked to the northern part of Cyprus -- where she was reportedly being mistreated and forced to work against her will in a night club. In a [...] | 2006-04-14 12:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UP TU CY KCRM KWMN |
06NICOSIA558 | POST ASSISTS IN REPATRIATION OF UKRAINIAN [...] (C) On April 13, Ukrainian Ambassador Borys Humeniuk telephoned Ambassador Schlicher about a 23-year old Ukrainian woman, Oxana Nahod, who had been trafficked to the northern part of Cyprus -- where she was reportedly being mistreated and forced to work against her will in a night club. In a [...] | 2006-04-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UP TU CY KCRM KWMN |
06NICOSIA56 | CYPRUS FULLY SUPPORTS EU POSITION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-19 08:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC CY |
06NICOSIA573 | ROC REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ECOSOC CANDIDACY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) On April 14, Post received a Note Verbale from the ROC MFA asking for our support for Cyprus's re-election to the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of accounting and Reporting of ECOSOC. Post requests Department guid [...] | 2006-04-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN CY |
06NICOSIA589 | CYPRUS ON BROWNFIELD ATTACK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 11:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PTER CY VE |
06NICOSIA590 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI EU CY |
06NICOSIA591 | CYPRUS ON ASIAN CANDIDATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 11:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC UN CY |
06NICOSIA593 | READING TEA LEAVES: POLLS SHOW MIXED FEELINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent CyBC poll suggesting that only 45 percent of Greek Cypriots are willing to live together with Turkish Cypriots (down from 67 percent when the Green Line checkpoints opened in 2003) has raised serious questions in the minds of many local pundits over whether a solution to [...] | 2006-04-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI EUN CY |
06NICOSIA594 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS EU POLICY CONDEMNING HAMAS ACTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 13:29:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL CY |
06NICOSIA638 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs on April 28. Christodoulou was unaware of the UN Democracy Fund, but promised to pass talking points and information on the Democracy Fund's website to her director. SCHLICHER [...] | 2006-04-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA CY |
06NICOSIA639 | CYPRUS LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TO RED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division on April 28. Christodoulou was unaware of the Ambassadors' meeting in Geneva in April to start work on the June International Conference. She noted, however, that Cyprus had voted for the [...] | 2006-04-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ CY |
06NICOSIA640 | CYPRUS WILL SUPPORT EU ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs on April 28. Christodoulou commented that Cyprus would not support a consensus adoption of the G-77 resolution, but would instead support the EU alternative resolution that would keep n [...] | 2006-04-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNAUS UNGA KUNR CY |
06NICOSIA641 | TALAT PLEASED WITH SECRETARY'S REMARKS; STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Talat told Ambassador that he appreciated the Secretary's "balanced" remarks on Cyprus during her recent visit to Athens. He doubted the technical talks would start in earnest any time soon, however, and blamed the Greek Cypriots for tying down the process by in [...] | 2006-04-28 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA643 | TURKISH CYPRIOT CENSUS UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE MUCH [...] (C) Summary: Although authorities enforced a strict 13-hour curfew to improve prospects for an accurate count, lingering questions about the reliability of the Turkish Cypriot census on April 30 are likely to undercut the utility of what was -- by local standards -- an enormously complex unde [...] | 2006-05-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA653 | CYPRIOT FM TO ATTEND DUTCH CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Iacovou will attend the May 18 Dutch Conference on Transatlantic Energy Security co-hosted by Deputy Secretary Zoellick, according to Demetris Hadjiargyrou, Directo [...] | 2006-05-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PREL EUN CY |
06NICOSIA657 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU LISTING OF TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message on May 2 to Giorgos Samouel, who handles Asia in the MFA's Political Affairs Division. Samouel was unaware of any developments regarding the EU's designation of the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization, but promised to pass [...] | 2006-05-04 08:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
06NICOSIA673 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) Officials of the Central Bank of Cyprus report that they are unaware of any Cypriot investments in Cuba and that the stock of Cuban FDI in Cyprus is around CYP 130,000 (or approximately USD 280,000). There were no investment flows to or from Cuba in 2003 and 2004. Although, statistics for [...] | 2006-05-08 15:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CY |
06NICOSIA685 | GOC COMPLAINS ABOUT EXCLUSION FROM "ANATOLIAN SUN" [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) We received a note verbale from the Cypriot MFA on May 9 (text forwarded in ref e-mail) complaining that Ankara had failed to invite Cyprus to participate in the multilateral PSI exercise "Anatolian Sun 2006" scheduled to be hel [...] | 2006-05-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
06NICOSIA698 | AVOIDING A TRAIN WRECK OVER SHIPS AND PLANES IN [...] (C) Summary: As things stand, Turkey and the EU seem headed towards a confrontation at some point in the fall over Ankara's failure to open its ports and airports to Cypriot-registered traffic. While President Papadopoulos does not want Turkey's EU accession process to fail, he does want to [...] | 2006-05-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA699 | EXBS: CYPRUS EXBS REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY - APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 1, the EXBS Resident Advisor Bob Granico left post and is not being replaced. The EXBS program remains fully operational through FY 07 and is led by the EXBS Program Coordinator under the supervision of the Economic Officer. Twenty-four Cypriot officials attended an A [...] | 2006-05-12 04:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNPP CY |
06NICOSIA708 | DISY NARROWS THE GAP BUT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With less than a week to go before parliamentary elections in Cyprus, the parties have failed to generate much in the way of enthusiasm among their supporters. In the most recent polls, nearly ten percent of the Greek Cypriot public claim they will cast a blank ballot on May 21 [...] | 2006-05-15 09:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA71 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC - 19 JANUARY 2006 - AVIAN FLU [...] (S/NF) As instructed in reftel, the DCM convened Embassy Nicosia's EAC on January 19, 2006 to brief the Ambassador and review the Embassy's and Cypriot progress in managing a potential outbreak of the Avian Flu (AI). Also discussed were actions the Embassy will take should problems arise with [...] | 2006-01-23 10:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMED CY |
06NICOSIA716 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPERTY COMMISSION BEGINS HEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriot Property Commission has begun processing claims from Greek Cypriots displaced from their properties in the north since the 1974 war -- and sources close to the body say it may start "closing cases" by returning land or paying compensation in the coming months. [...] | 2006-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA721 | Turkish Cypriot Areas Become Active Transit Point [...] Located along a heavily-used migration route and hobbled by weak border controls, the area administered by Turkish Cypriots - the unrecognized "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)" - is becoming an attractive transit point for undocumented economic migrants, especially from the Middle [...] | 2006-05-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KFRD PGOV PREL TU CY EUN SMIG CVIS |
06NICOSIA726 | TURKISH "AMBASSADOR" HOLDS A HARD LINE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 16 conversation with Ambassador Schlicher, Aydan Karahan, the Turkish "Ambassador" to the "TRNC," stressed that Ankara was still waiting for a reply to both the Gul proposal from January on the mutual easing of restrictions and the April 4 letter from Turkish Cypriot le [...] | 2006-05-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
06NICOSIA74 | CYPRUS: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: Because Cyprus is only 45 miles from the Turkish shore and on the flight path for thousands of migratory birds, Cypriot officials continue to believe that it is only a matter of time before Avian Influenza is found on the island. The outbreak in Turkey has redoubled efforts (and [...] | 2006-01-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED PREL CY |
06NICOSIA755 | CYPRUS 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION (INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Commerce Ministry Permanent Secretary Andreas Petrondas on April 28. Ambassador Schlicher followed up with Minister of Commerce Yiorgos Lillikas on May 11. Both Petrondas and Lillikas stressed the importance the GoC places on this issue and noted their comm [...] | 2006-05-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CY |
06NICOSIA756 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDRESSING SARG HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On May 17, Poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas said that the ROC will not issue a unilateral statement condemning human rights violations in Syria. Cyprus would, however, supp [...] | 2006-05-19 13:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL |
06NICOSIA757 | TURKISH CYPRIOT ECONOMY ENJOYING DOUBLE-DIGIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three years the service- based Turkish Cypriot economy has experienced double-digit annual economic growth -- an estimated 10.6 percent in 2005, 15.4 percent in 2004 and 11.4 percent in 2003, according to Turkish Cypriot statistics. This growth has been fuelled by [...] | 2006-05-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA758 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STEPS TO RESTRICT VISAS FOR [...] (C) On May 12, Poloff delivered reftel message to Stelios Makriyiannis, who handles Africa in the MFA's Political Affairs Division. Makriyiannis noted the U.S. decision to restrict visas to members of Sudan's Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),but made clear that the ROC did not intend to [...] | 2006-05-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PINS SOCI |
06NICOSIA76 | CYPRUS: SUSPECTED CASE OF AI IN POULTRY IN NORTH [...] (SBU) The Turkish Cypriot "Chief Veterinary Officer" Ersan Korudag confirmed to us that two birds (a chicken and a turkey) had tested positive for an A type influenza late January 23. Turkish Cypriot laboratories lack the ability to test for subtypes of AI, thus Turkish Cypriot authorities ha [...] | 2006-01-24 11:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR EAID KSCA TBIO KSTH WHO AMED |
06NICOSIA762 | CYPRIOT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: DEJA VU ALL OVER [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary elections on the Greek Cypriot side on May 21 left the political landscape in the south essentially unchanged. AKEL narrowly edged out DISY to retain bragging rights as the largest political party, but the two are now dead even in the House with 18 seats apiece. P [...] | 2006-05-22 10:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
06NICOSIA766 | EUR/SE DEPUTY DIRECTOR BAXTER HUNT'S MAY 8-9 [...] (C) Summary. EUR/SE Deputy Director Baxter Hunt visited Nicosia May 7-9 and held meetings with key Cypriot political and business figures in both the north and the south. On the Greek Cypriot side, AKEL Spokesman and Foreign Relations Secretary Andros Kyprianou and DISY Deputy Leader Averof [...] | 2006-05-23 07:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG |
06NICOSIA768 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR [...] On May 17, Poloff delivered reftel message to Stelios Makriyiannis, who handles Africa in the MFA's Political Affairs Division. Makriyiannis agreed to pass the points forward and said that Cyprus would continue to support the EU's position on Darfur. In addition, the ROC agreed during the M [...] | 2006-05-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SOCI SU |
06NICOSIA769 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SEEK PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On May 22 Poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Affairs. Hadjisavvas was unaware that Iraq's Council of Representatives had formed a new cabinet, admitting that he had been focused on the May 21 pa [...] | 2006-05-23 12:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV |
06NICOSIA773 | CYPRUS WILL NOT ATTEND NAM MINISTERIAL IN KUALA [...] (S) The Republic of Cyprus formally withdrew from the Non-Aligned Movement following its accession to the European Union in 2004. A mid-level MFA official did attend a NAM meeting in Jakarta after the ROC terminated its membership, but as a "guest" rather than an "observer." We confirmed wit [...] | 2006-05-24 11:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR CY |
06NICOSIA781 | EU OFFICIAL BRIEFS ON TURKISH CYPRIOT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission is going forward with plans to implement the delivery of 259 million Euro of assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community over the next three years. DG Enlargement's Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) will begin work immediately and [...] | 2006-05-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV EUN CY |
06NICOSIA790 | CYPRIOT AMBASSADOR IN WARSAW TO REPRESENT GOC AT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PARM US PL CY |
06NICOSIA791 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain said that Cyprus supported the EU's efforts to find a peaceful solution in South Ossetia, and he agreed to pass the points to his [...] | 2006-05-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA794 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC UNGA CY |
06NICOSIA795 | TRANSIT CONTAINER TRAFFIC THROUGH CYPRUS SET TO [...] (U) Summary. On May 18 2006, Cyprus signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC),the world's second largest private shipping fleet. The MOU obligates the GoC to make significant infrastructure improvements at Limassol port. In exchange MSC commit [...] | 2006-05-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ETTC PTER MNUC PARM PREL CY |
06NICOSIA806 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA AIDS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KHIV CY |
06NICOSIA807 | CYPRUS UNDECIDED ON FINAL CANDIDATE FOR THE U.N. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 12:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA811 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 06:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL EAID PREL |
06NICOSIA815 | CYPRUS RELEASES STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (C) On June 2, following Ambassador Schlicher's interventions with President Papadopoulos and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Tasos Tzionis (ref b),the Cypriot MFA released a statement of support for our May 31 announcement on Iran. 2. (U) Begin text of the MFA Statement: The Cypriot [...] | 2006-06-02 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR CY |
06NICOSIA816 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 1 LUNCH WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a private lunch on June 1, Ambassador Schlicher and President Papadopoulos' Diplomatic Advisor Tasos Tzionis discussed the current state-of-play in the UN-led technical talks, as well as Turkey's EU accession prospects, and the possibility of a visit by DAS Bryza to Cyprus in [...] | 2006-06-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
06NICOSIA838 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS LAY DOWN MARKERS ON PORTS/TRADE; [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the Turkish Cypriots, June 1 talks in Vienna between "TRNC President" Talat's U/S Rasit Pertev and representatives of the Austrian Presidency explored ways to move forward on question of EU direct trade measures for the Turkish Cypriots. The Austrians, keen on aver [...] | 2006-06-08 04:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN TU CY |
06NICOSIA86 | AMBASSADOR SCHLICHER MEETS GOC JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Ambassador Schlicher and Justice Minister Doros Theodorou signed the instruments amending the U.S.-Cyprus Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) and Extradition Treaties, bringing them into conformity with the agreements between the United States and the EU. In their meet [...] | 2006-01-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN CY |
06NICOSIA87 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, Ambassador Schlicher and Interior Minister Andreas Christou discussed the GOC's slow pace in implementing the National Action Plan on Trafficking in Persons, as well as the latest developments on property issues, the prospects for a reinvigorated Cyprus process and [...] | 2006-01-24 15:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA882 | PAPADOPOULOS RE-SHUFFLES HIS CABINET; LILLIKAS [...] (C) As expected, President Papadopoulos announced on June 8 that he was re-shuffling ministerial portfolios. George Iacovou, who has served on separate occasions for combined thirteen years as ROC Foreign Minister, is out. His replacement, George Lillikas (AKEL),will move over from Commerc [...] | 2006-06-08 12:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
06NICOSIA901 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE EU IN [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel message on June 9 to relevant action officers at the MFA. On the Balkans, Elena Rafti said that Cyprus shared the EU position that Podgorica and Belgrade must be encouraged to work together in order to implement the outcome of the May 21 referendum. On B [...] | 2006-06-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL |
06NICOSIA911 | CHURCH OF CYPRUS WILL HOLD ELECTIONS SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (C) Summary: Father Isaiah Kykkotis of the Kykkos Monastery updated us on June 8 on the Church of Cyprus's upcoming elections. Cyprus's bishops declared the Archbishop's throne vacant at the enlarged Orthodox synod hosted by the Ecumenical Patriarch in Switzerland in May. They later agreed t [...] | 2006-06-15 07:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA912 | ASYLUM SEEKERS PROTEST FOR RIGHTS IN CYPRUS; [...] (C) Summary: As Cyprus struggles with a large influx of asylum sekers who have put a major strain on the limited facilities of this small country, NGO advocates contend that the situation for asylum seekers is increasingly desperate and that the GOC continues to deny them rights to which they [...] | 2006-06-15 08:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CY |
06NICOSIA918 | WHY CIVIL SOCIETY IN CYPRUS IS DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Civil society in Cyprus is fragmented, weak and riven by personal rivalries. The elephant in the living room -- the Cyprus issue -- further distorts the NGO scene in Nicosia and restricts opportunities for Cypriot activists and organizations to play a broader role on issues of mo [...] | 2006-06-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CY |
06NICOSIA924 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel verbal message to Saavas Vladimirou in the MFA's Division of the Americas and Oceania. Vladimirou, who handles Latin American issues and regularly attends meetings of the EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) in Brussels, said he was aware of the Venezuelan anti-NG [...] | 2006-06-19 07:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM VE EAID CY |
06NICOSIA925 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW CONSENSUS ON AMENDING ICRC [...] (U) On June 16, poloff delivered reftel message to Panayotis Papadopoulos in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs. Papdopoulos noted that Cyprus had supported the approval of the Third Additional Protocol and was likely to follow consensus on the approval of amending ICRC statutes to a [...] | 2006-06-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS CY |
06NICOSIA926 | FIRST KNOWN TURKISH CYPRIOT GRAVE SITE FOUND IN [...] (C) Summary. A bicommunal team working under the Tripartite Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) has discovered human remains thought to be those of Turkish Cypriots missing since the intercommunal clashes of 1963 and 1964. If confirmed by DNA analysis, this would be the first case of a Turki [...] | 2006-06-19 07:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UN TU CY PREL PGOV |
06NICOSIA930 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW ECONOMIC-RELATED [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel reported on the political implications of the June 8 government reshuffle. Among the economic-related ministers, only Communications and Works (Haris Thrassou) and Minister of Finance (Michalis Sarris) kept their jobs. This cable provides biographic information on the [...] | 2006-06-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV CY |
06NICOSIA935 | TURKISH CYPRIOTS SCHLEP TOWARD JUNE 25 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Cypriots go to the polls on June 25 to elect "mayors" and councils in all 26 of the north's municipalities -- and to fill two empty seats in the "TRNC Parliament." Having been to the polls four times since 2003, however, most voters are unenthusiastic about these electio [...] | 2006-06-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY |
06NICOSIA959 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PROPERTY COMMISSION MAKES FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY. A June 21 "TRNC Supreme Court" decision has upheld the Turkish Cypriot Property Commission, clearing the way for the new body to make its first round of restitution and compensation offers to Greek Cypriot owners of property in the north. It is unclear if the ECHR will accept the [...] | 2006-06-22 06:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU CY |
06NICOSIA96 | CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON BELARUS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On January 26 poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain in the MFA's Bilateral Affairs Division. Chamberlain said Cyprus would support EU policy on the Belarussian presidential election, including any efforts to engage the international media. He characterized the EU positio [...] | 2006-01-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BO KDEM KPAO PREL |
06NICOSIA975 | "TRNC" LOCAL ELECTIONS: SERDAR DENKTASH BIGGEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Cypriots voted on June 25 for two empty seats in the "parliament," as well as for mayors and local officials in the north's 28 municipalities (ref a). While the ruling CTP of "President" Talat won both empty seats, they suffered serious setbacks at the municipal level, lo [...] | 2006-06-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN EU TU CY |
06NICOSIA977 | TURKISH CYPRIOT OWN GOAL: TRADE IN POTATOES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 9. Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (SBU) Turkish Cypriot authorities and Turkey intervened June 23 (two days before important local elections) to kill a USAID contractor-facilitated deal that would have sent 2,000 t [...] | 2006-06-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAID PREL PGOV ECON CY |
06NICOSIA979 | FM LILLIKAS: CYPRUS "NOT BLUFFING" ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their first meeting since the June 8 Cyprus government reshuffle, Ambassador Schlicher and newly-appointed FM Lillikas stressed the importance of continued U.S.-Cyprus cooperation on counterterrorism and other important issues on the Transatlantic Agenda. Lillikas warned that [...] | 2006-06-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN UN TU CY |
06NOUAKCHOTT1000 | THE GREATEST THREATS TO THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...] (C) The current democratic transition was set into motion following the coup of August 2005, and ironically, a new coup presents the largest threat to the ultimate success of the transition. As the transition to democracy will not end with the presidential elections in March, but will take yea [...] | 2006-08-16 18:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1003 | MAURITANIA WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TROOPS TO UNIFIL, [...] (U) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon and the transition to democracy (septel). Also present were FM Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed and DCM (notetaker). 2. (C) Ambassador asked Col. Fal his views on th [...] | 2006-08-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1004 | JUNTA LEADER FAL WELCOMES ELECTION OBSERVER [...] (U) On August 17, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Col. Fal, at which the two discussed the democratic transition and Mauritanian policy on the situation in Lebanon (reftel). Also present were FM Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed and DCM (notetaker). 2. (C) Ambassador stressed the importance to the USG [...] | 2006-08-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EAID EFIN PINR MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1027 | GOVERNMENT TO REOPEN VOTER LISTS IN SEPTEMBER [...] (U) The transitional government has announced a series of procedural steps in preparation for the coming municipal and legislative elections. The announcements, made through military council decree and Ministry of Interior authority, formalize much of what the transitional government has alre [...] | 2006-08-22 15:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1036 | (C) DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1039 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on August 22, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed Salem, Abderrahmane Ould Mohamed El-Houcein Ould Aliases: Abdel Ghader, El-Hadj Ould, Youssouf Al-Mauritani Nationality: Mauritanian L [...] | 2006-08-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1060 | VENEZUELA TRIES TO WOO MAURITANIA [...] (U) Junta leader Col. Vall received Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Director of International Relations Ivan Orellana-Alcala on August 16 in Nouakchott. Described in the press as "Special Envoy" of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Orellana was reportedly welcomed on his arrival in [...] | 2006-09-01 08:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1073 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL IN [...] (U) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told Charge September 4 that Mauritania would be represented in Cairo by Secretary of State for Maghreb Affairs Bismillahi Ali Ould Ahmed and not by the foreign minister. 2. (C) Moulaye Zeine said that given that Mauritania presen [...] | 2006-09-05 09:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE IS LE MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1081 | PRDR: RE-BRANDED, BUT STILL AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) Following the August 2005 coup, former president Taya's political party (The Democratic and Social Republican Party - PRDS) lost a significant amount of members, power, and influence (ref A). Parliament, which PRDS dominated, was dissolved, and the new transitional government took several [...] | 2006-09-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT111 | OIL DISPUTE PROCESS BEGINS; FIRST OIL STARTS FEB. [...] (U) On February 3, Woodside published a "Notification of Dispute" to the Australian stock market stating that Woodside is continuing discussions to resolve the dispute. Post understands that the PSCs allow for a 90-day "cooling off" period before the dispute goes to arbitration. 2. (U) I [...] | 2006-02-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1122 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ATTENDEES FOR NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 13:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1144 | LEADING POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FALLS APART [...] (U) On August 31, the AJD (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) announced that it had split from the BPC (Bloc For Change) political party coalition. The BPC was Mauritania's first political party coalition, and the only coalition with a clearly defined platform, namely, supporting the rights o [...] | 2006-09-13 17:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1149 | GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK REPLACED [...] (U) On September 13 the governor of the Mauritanian Central Bank (BCM) Zeine Ould Zeidane was replaced by Ousmane Kane. While rumors of such a change had been circulating for months, the timing was surprising, coming on the heels of the highly successful IMF visit which concluded the previous [...] | 2006-09-15 07:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV EAID ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV |
06NOUAKCHOTT1193 | POLITICAL PARTIES ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF MEDDLING IN [...] (C) Over the past 10 days, a majority of Mauritania's influential political parties and party coalitions have accused the government of interfering in the electoral process. The alleged interference comes at a key moment in the political transition. Registration of candidate lists for Novemb [...] | 2006-09-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1197 | ISLAMISTS PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Jemil Ould Mansour, a key figure in Mauritania's Islamist movement, met with Charge September 27 to discuss Islamists' plans for the coming elections. Mansour began the meeting by explaining that Mauritanian Islamists, represented by his unrecognized political party The Centrist Reformist [...] | 2006-09-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1208 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION BRIEFS EMBASSIES ON ELECTORAL [...] (U) The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) met with chiefs of the U.S., French, Spanish, German, EU and UN missions September 28 to discuss preparations for the municipal and legislative elections set for November 19. ----------- CENI UPDATE ----------- 2. (C) CENI preside [...] | 2006-10-03 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1235 | BALLOT PRINTING PITS UN AND ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (U) An October 12 UN Steering Committee meeting, including representatives from the EU, UN, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) and the embassies of Spain, France, Germany, and the U.S., focused on the government's ballot printing plan for Novembe [...] | 2006-10-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1244 | MAURITANIA BACKS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1259 | UNDP DECLINES TO PRINT BALLOTS [...] (U) Basket fund steering committee members sent a letter October 20 to the Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency Habib Ould Hemet declining the government's last-minute request to have the UN fund and contract the printing of the ballots for the legislative and municipal elections to b [...] | 2006-10-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1275 | BALLOT PRINTING PROBLEM RESOLVED, BUT PARTNERS [...] (U) The government has selected the London company Smith and Ouzman LTD to print the ballots for the upcoming municipal and legislative elections. The company will deliver the four million ballots by November 10 at a cost of $700,000. 2. (C) According to UN ResRep Cecile Molinier, the Secr [...] | 2006-10-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1363 | CHARGE INTRODUCTORY CAL ON COL. VALL [...] (U) CHARGE MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MILITARY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (CMJD) PRESIDENT COL. ELY OULD MOHAMED VALL ON NOVEMBER 23, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM. NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT ON THE MAURITANIAN SIDE, AND THE MEETING WAS HELD IN VALL'S PRIVATE OFFICE. --------------------------- [...] | 2006-11-28 12:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1386 | MEPI SENIOR ADVISOR BRIEFS COL. VALL ON ELECTION [...] (U) Visiting NEA Office of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Senior Advisor Kent A. Patton paid a courtesy call on Military Council for Justice and Democracy President Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall on December 5, accompanied by Charge and DCM (Notetaker). Joining Col. Vall were Foreign M [...] | 2006-12-05 18:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1388 | MAURITANIAN RUN-OFF: OBSERVERS SEE CONTINUED [...] (U) Mauritania completed a second round of legislative elections December 3 to decide the remaining 52 National Assembly seats not won during the November 19 first round polls (ref B). Post sent out nine observation teams of U.S. and Mauritanian personnel to track the process and compare find [...] | 2006-12-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT140 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2006 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on February 9, 2006. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is CONS/ECON/COMM Officer Anita Ghildyal. 2. Post has no names to submit for the month of January 2006. LeBaron [...] | 2006-02-14 18:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT1411 | MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER: DARFUR, [...] (C) Darfur. In a December 12 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed to discuss several foreign policy matters, Charge raised the issue of last week's recent meeting in Khartoum of ACP countries, at which President Vall spoke on behalf of all West African members. Sid'Ahmed said h [...] | 2006-12-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL MR SU SY UNSC |
06NOUAKCHOTT1431 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 19, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Ould Al-Hassan, Bouh Nationality: Moroccan (Western Saharan) Location: Mali Ref: TDX-315/64300-06 Name: Sall, Mohamed Beshir Nationality [...] | 2006-12-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT151 | HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7 - 9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with transitional government and election's officials to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...] | 2006-02-15 18:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT152 | HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND [...] (U) During a three-day visit to Mauritania February 7-9, an eight-member interagency delegation headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman and including members from S/CT, DRL, AF, NSC, OSD and USAID met with political party and civil society representatives to assess Mauritania's transition to democracy [...] | 2006-02-15 18:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT154 | THE HIGH-LEVEL US DELEGATION'S VISIT TO MAURITANIA [...] (C) The high level mission to Nouakchott headed by AF PDAS Bobby Pittman contributed significantly to the advancement of our policy in Mauritania. The delegation met with government officials (septel) and members of political parties and civil society (septel). 2. (C) The Embassy's assessm [...] | 2006-02-15 18:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT170 | WOODSIDE DISPUTE CONTINUES AS CEO SET TO ARRIVE [...] (C) Woodside Director of Corporate Affairs Gary Gray called on Ambassador twice during his February 7-10 visit to Mauritania. Gray said his role is to "create a space for dialogue" but maintained that Woodside did nothing wrong in negotiating the amendments and that they are consistent with c [...] | 2006-02-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN ASEC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT200 | SUBJECT: CENSUS BEGINS, MARKING SIGNIFICANT STEP [...] (U) During two days of observations in Nouakchott and Rosso areas February 21-22 organized by the local UN Secretariat for Electoral Assistance, EmbOffs followed census SIPDIS takers, witnessed voter registrations and met with representatives from the Ministry of the Interior, the National [...] | 2006-02-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT279 | AFRO-MAURITANIAN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ON THE [...] (U) A breakaway wing of the exiled Afro-Mauritanian opposition group, African Liberation Forces of Mauritania (FLAM),has called on the Mauritanian transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanians refugees living in Senegal and Mali. The refugees fled so [...] | 2006-03-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT285 | Mauritania: Input for the Annual AGOA Report [...] Mauritania was one of the first 34 countries to be found eligible in 2000 for the trade benefits of AGOA. On December 22, 2005, however, President Bush terminated Mauritania's designation as of January 1, 2006, because Mauritania is not meeting the required criteria of making continual progre [...] | 2006-03-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PHUM MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT287 | SEVERE CENSUS PROBLEMS BUT SUCCESSFUL VOTER LIST [...] (U) Emboffs met with members of the UN's Electoral Assistance Team, an NDI representative and a member of the National Independent Electoral Commission March eighth and ninth to discuss the status of the census/voter registration drive currently scheduled to end March 16. ------------------- [...] | 2006-03-10 09:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT289 | DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 ELECTION FOR [...] (C) On March 9, DCM called on MFA Director for International Organizations Amb. Telmidi Ould Mohamed Amar to follow up on Embassy's February 14 dipnote (Ref B) encouraging Mauritania to vote for Guatemala in the 2006 election for the non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. 2. (C) Te [...] | 2006-03-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT291 | YOUTH EVENT REVEALS A PASSIONATE BUT ILL-INFORMED [...] (U) Local National Democratic Institute (NI) Political Party Prrogram Director Eric Duhaimeb"riefed Ambassador on NDI's highly successful "Yuuth Day" which the Ambassador opened with remarks in classical Arabic. The ten-hour program held a rch 8 and attended by over 700 students, youth rroups [...] | 2006-03-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT313 | AFRO-MAURITANIAN COALITION PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (U) On March 13 PollOff met with Mohamed Ould Sidi Ould Dellahi, President of the "Group of Parties for Change," the leading Afro-Mauritanian political party coalition, to discuss the outlook for Afro-Mauritanians in the coming elections. -------------------------------- "ELECTIONS WON'T CH [...] | 2006-03-17 11:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT317 | NATIONAL CENSUS AND VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE [...] (U) Ambassador met with four census teams during a four-day swing through northern Mauritania March 13-16, visiting provincial capitals and several major towns and large villages. Concurrently, PolOff participated in two days of observations in the Nouakchott and Brakna regions March 13-14 or [...] | 2006-03-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT321 | MAURITANIAN - BURKINABE RELATIONS WARMING [...] (U) Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore arrived in Nouakchott March 16 for a two day "friendship and working" visit. Compaore, who had been invited to Mauritania by Colonel Fal, became the third West African head of state to visit the country since the August 3 coup. -------------------- [...] | 2006-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT322 | UPCOMING IMF BOARD MEETING--USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar called in Ambassador on March 20 to seek USG support for Mauritania's efforts to convince the IMF Board to waive or delay any reimbursement of non-complying payments because of Mauritanian misreporting in 2002. The Board is scheduled to take up th [...] | 2006-03-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT326 | AFRO-MAURITANIAN TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT; CLAIMS [...] (U) In a meeting with Ambassador March 20, political party president Ba Alassane discussed Afro-Mauritanian concerns regarding the census and coming elections. Alassane's party, the Party for Liberty, Equality and Justice (PLEJ) is one of only three recognized Afro-Mauritanian political partie [...] | 2006-03-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT330 | COMPROMISE NEAR ON WOODSIDE OIL DISPUTE? [...] (C) Both publicly and privately, the Embassy is seeing signs that the two sides are moving toward resolution of the dispute that has marred the otherwise positive development of first oil and first cargo from Mauritania. However, what is more telling is what we are not seeing, in that the gove [...] | 2006-03-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT336 | SPAIN TEAMS WITH MAURITANIA TO STOP MIGRANT FLOW [...] (C) The flow of sub-Saharan migrants from Mauritania's northern port city of Nouadhibou to the Canary Islands has developed into a crisis for the Spanish Government. According to the Spanish Consul Alvaro Diaz Duque, their response to the crisis has taken two paths, "first we are working with [...] | 2006-03-24 12:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT365 | DISPUTE ENDS BETWEEN MAURITANIA AND WOODSIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT377 | MAURITANIA'S PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 19:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT409 | DISCRIMINATION PREVENTING AFRO-MAURITANIANS IN THE [...] (C) As the census to register voters finishes its first phase of door-to-door canvassing and enters into April's "fixed post" phase, there are indications that Afro-Mauritanians have been undercounted in relation to the general population. But hard statistics are impossible to get. The popul [...] | 2006-04-06 17:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT435 | UN AGREES THAT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS EXIST IN [...] (C) Representatives of partners for the UN Basket Fund Steering Committee met April 7 to discuss preparations for the first official Steering Committee meeting scheduled for April 20. The group, which included UN, EU, French, Spanish, German, and US representatives, discussed the addition of [...] | 2006-04-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT438 | REPORT OF JOURNALIST ARREST ERRONEOUS [...] (U) On April 9 the local online Arabic newspaper Al-Akhbar reported the arrest of Abdallah Mimine, a Mauritanian news correspondent who covers West Africa for the Iranian Arabic-language satellite news channel, Al-Alam. Al-Alam is a popular satellite channel here. 2. (U) According to the A [...] | 2006-04-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT440 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 12, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Mohamed ETOURAH Alias: Mohamed al-Turath, Tourath Citizenship: Mauritanian Residence: Bassiknou, Mauritania Profession: Trader REF: TD-314/25 [...] | 2006-04-13 13:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT457 | MILITARY COUNCIL RESHUFFLES DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) In late March the Military Council for Justice and Democracy replaced several of Mauritania's Ambassadors and Consuls to key African and Middle East countries. The shuffle, which had been expected since the August 3 coup d'etat, surprised many observers in that it drew largely from the fo [...] | 2006-04-19 16:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT468 | UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMS PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) In an unpublished report from the National Independent Electoral Commission's regional commission in Trarza (one of Mauritania's southern, predominately Afro-Mauritanian regions) the commission has found that significant problems persist in the process of applying for National ID cards (re [...] | 2006-04-20 17:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT469 | NEW OIL AGREEMENT MAINTAINS WOODSIDE'S EXPLORATION [...] (C) Woodside's Country Manager John Ozturgut told Ambassador April 12 that the terms of agreement that Prime Minister Boubacar described in his March 30 speech (Ref A) were essentially accurate, but that Woodside as well gained significant concessions. Most significantly, Woodside retained it [...] | 2006-04-20 18:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR ECON EFIN EINV EPET MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT471 | MAURITANIA: EMEGERNCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) On April 20, 2006 at 1100 hours the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss recently obtained threat information which added specificity to previously acquired ambiguous information (reftels A and B). The threat suggested that GSPC teams have conducted surveillance op [...] | 2006-04-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER ABLD CASC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT479 | FAL SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION, FOLLOWING UP ON [...] (U) In a speech April 20, Colonel Fal called on government officials and businessmen to bring an end to Mauritania's long-standing problem of corruption. The speech, attended by numerous governmental officials, political leaders, businessmen and the press first focused on Mauritania's legacy [...] | 2006-04-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT480 | EXTRAORDINARY SLAVE CASE DEMONSTRATES PERSISTENCE [...] (U) On March 28, the local human rights NGO SOS Esclaves (SOS Slaves) publicized the case of Sidi Ould El Mijriya, a Black Moor living in the small village of Daber II in the central Mauritanian province of Tagant. According to SOS Esclaves, Mijriya recently had to buy his freedom from his fo [...] | 2006-04-24 17:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT487 | MAURITANIA STILL SHORT $4-$5 MILLION FOR ELECTIONS [...] (U) An African Union (AU) sponsored Donors' Roundtable met in Nouakchott April 25 to solicit funds for Mauritania's electoral transition. Attendees included the AU, EU, UN, International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF),and various Ambassadors and representatives from European, Af [...] | 2006-04-26 09:55:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT494 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDS STEP TO ENABLE [...] (C) According to EU Counselor Bruno Gatta, his mission recently informed the Mauritanians that the European Commission has recommended to the EU Council of Ministers to close the consultation phase of the Article 96 process under the Cotonou agreement, and the council will make its decision a [...] | 2006-04-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT495 | MAURITANIA: VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2006 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper Committee met on April 26, 2006 and based on a review of available information concurred on submitting the following: Name: Hadramy OULD HAMMA Alias: Abdellah MOHAMED DOB: 1970 Father: Ahmed Salem OULD HAMMA Mother: Salla MINT EL BAUBADIU Comment: Emotionally distu [...] | 2006-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR PINR PTER MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT557 | CHINA GETTING ALL FIRST OIL; WOODSIDE AND [...] (SBU) Woodside Country Manager Jon Ozturgut told DCM that the Australian oil company and the transitional government are just days away from completing a new PSC. The draft must then be approved by the other partners in the group before it is signed. The transitional government will receive $ [...] | 2006-05-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT561 | CHINESE FM TO STOP BRIEFLY IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) The Peoples Daily Online, China's official online news source, has reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will make a "technical stopover" in Mauritania as part of his visit to six Latin America and Middle East countries between May 17 and 25. 2. (U) According to local sourc [...] | 2006-05-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT562 | IN POSSIBLY HISTORIC TURN, MAURITANIANS START [...] (U) At a ceremony commemorating the 17th anniversary of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Mauritania, key political parties and NGO's called on the transitional government to address the plight of the estimated 20,000 Afro-Mauritanian refugees living in Senegal and Mali. 2. (U) In a separa [...] | 2006-05-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT568 | SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN MAURITANIA, MAY [...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc of Parties for Change," that has committe [...] | 2006-05-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT569 | MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a ha [...] | 2006-05-15 19:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT578 | MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...] | 2006-05-16 07:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT583 | MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] (U) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The two parties have been in negotiations since the beginning of this year in both Brussels and Nouakchott. The last meeting, held last week, ended without neither [...] | 2006-05-16 07:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT584 | MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...] | 2006-05-16 08:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT585 | MORE VOTERS TO BE ABLE TO REGISTER BEFORE [...] (C) Representatives from the Ministry of Interior, National Office of Statistics, National Independent Electoral Commission, UN Electoral Assistance team, NDI, and various international partners met May 5 to discuss the census and voter registration drive which ended April 30 after two and a h [...] | 2006-05-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT590 | MAURITANIAN-EU FISHING NEGOTIATIONS STALLED [...] (U) No agreement has yet been reached in negotiations between Mauritania and the European Union for renewing its fish agreement. The two parties have been in negotiations since the beginning of this year in both Brussels and Nouakchott. The last meeting, held last week, ended without neither [...] | 2006-05-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT599 | SUBJECT: IMF STAFF TO GIVE GREEN LIGHT TO DEBT CANCELLATION [...] (U) IMF Deputy Division Chief of Middle East and Central Asia Department Jean Le Dem told heads of missions May 8 that after a two week mission here to assess Mauritania's progress on macro-economics and budgetary reform, the staff will recommend to the board to cancel Mauritania's IMF debt dur [...] | 2006-05-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON BBSR EFIN EPET MR EINV |
06NOUAKCHOTT605 | IN A SIGNIFICANT MOVE, FAL ACKNOWLEDGES PAST HUMAN [...] (U) Colonel Fal visited three of Mauritania's southeastern regions May 12-14 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speeches focused on the democratic transition and the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, but also addressed other national top [...] | 2006-05-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT606 | MAURITANIAN OIL PRODUCTION FALLS DUE TO POSSIBLE [...] (U) The Mauritanian oil production in the Chinguetti Field suddenly fell last week and this trend is likely to continue in the coming weeks. After a boom in March and April, production dropped during the first week of May from 70,000 barrels a day to 45,000 barrels. This decline is attribut [...] | 2006-05-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT621 | THREE WEST AFRICAN PROTESTANT PASTORS ARRESTED [...] (C) Three West African Protestant pastors were arrested in Nouakchott on May 18. According to an American elder in the local Protestant church who meets with the three regularly, authorities arrested the men, searched and seized religious materials from each of their churches, then padlocked t [...] | 2006-05-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT632 | GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (U) The transitional government's cabinet adopted a bill establishing a National Human Rights Commission May 17. The idea for the commission was first proposed in "National Consultations" that took place in October between political parties, NGO's and transitional government authorities (ref [...] | 2006-05-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT648 | UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES PROPOSE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller, accompanied by Mr. Radhouane Nouicer of UNHCR Geneva and Head of Mission for UNHCR Didier Laye called on the Ambassador May 19 to discuss the situation regarding illegal migration from Mauritania to Spain. ----------------- [...] | 2006-05-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT658 | EMBASSY VISITS TO TWO SMALL PRISONS SUGGEST [...] (C) On May 18 Poloff visited two small prisons in the remote southeastern towns of Ayoun and Nema as part of an ongoing effort to investigate reports we have received alleging torture and dreadful confinement conditions. This was the Embassy,s first visit to these two prisons. Poloff spoke [...] | 2006-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT664 | FAL ADDRESSES SLAVERY ISSUE [...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the northern city of Akjoujt May 27 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. Fal's speech focused on getting-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25. At the end of his speech, Fal commen [...] | 2006-06-01 18:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT665 | LIBYA LOOKING TO FINANCE MAURITANIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections (septel). During the meeting, Latulippe said that while in a hotel in Tripoli three weeks earlier, he h [...] | 2006-06-01 18:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT686 | 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOVERNMENT DISAPPOINTED [...] (U) ADCM met June 1 with MOFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine to deliver ref A demarche and English version of the 2006 TIP report. Later that day, Poloff delivered the same information to the Director of Human Rights Mohamedou Ould Tijani of the Commission for Human Right [...] | 2006-06-06 08:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT695 | NDI'S ACTIVITIES AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS [...] (U) On May 30, National Democratic Institute (NDI) North African Regional Director Gerard Latulippe and recently arrived Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ----------------- NDI'S PROGRAMMING ------ [...] | 2006-06-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT699 | FAL CLARIFIES HIS POSITION ON SLAVERY; EMBASSY [...] (U) Fal spoke to a crowd of several thousand in the southern city of Rosso June 3 as part of a national presidential tour that began April 28. While the speech was originally planned to get-out-the-vote for the National Constitutional Referendum scheduled for June 25, Fal used more than half [...] | 2006-06-08 08:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT701 | WOODSIDE AND MAURITANIA SIGN REVISED PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 11:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT739 | DEMARCHE: FIRST MEETING OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Telmidi Ould Mohamed Amar. Ambassador Amar agreed in principle with the idea of using the first UNHRC meeting to &set the procedures for the organization8 [...] | 2006-06-12 17:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT745 | NDI NEEDS HELP AS ELECTION CLOCK TICKS DOWN [...] (U) On June 9, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa Jeffrey England briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania transition to democracy. ------------------- WAITING FOR FUNDING ------------------- 2. (C) [...] | 2006-06-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT764 | SEVERAL ARRESTED FOR COUP PLOTTING [...] (C) The Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) last night arrested several high-ranking military officers. The motivation for the arrests is unclear at this time, but is believed to be related either to a coup attempt, coup plotting, or to an effort to disrupt the coming June 25 Nat [...] | 2006-06-20 11:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT770 | ARREST UPDATE [...] (C) The Embassy has continued meeting with civilian and military officials in an effort to get more information regarding last nights arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya (reftel),and to encourage Mauritanians to continue their commitme [...] | 2006-06-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT774 | FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ARRESTS [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed briefed Ambassador June 21 on the government's recent arrests of high ranking military officers and civilians associated with former President Taya, going over much of the material already covered in reftels. -------------- [...] | 2006-06-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO CASC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT778 | SUBJECT: STRONG "YES" VOTE LIMITING POWER OF [...] (U) Colonel Fal opened the official campaign period for the Constitutional Referendum with a speech, in the Capital city of Nouakchott, June 10. In the speech, Fal focused on the important role of women and youth, and urged all Mauritanians to unite in support of the June 25 Referendum and ab [...] | 2006-06-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT784 | THE REFERENDUM -- 97% VOTE "YES" TO [...] (C) The extraordinarily high percentage of yes votes notwithstanding, the evidence available to us suggests the referendum met international standards for a free and fair election. There could, of course, have been fraud that we have not yet uncovered, and we explore that possibility below in [...] | 2006-06-27 19:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT791 | PUBLIC STRONGLY SUPPORTS REFERENDUM RESULTS -- [...] (C) Following the landslide victory of the June 25 national referendum (reftel),public reaction has been highly supportive for both the referendum and the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD). While nearly all political actors have expressed their support for the election results [...] | 2006-06-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT812 | BROAD AGREEMENT -- REFERENDUM "FREE AND [...] (C) Embassy staff, including the Ambassador, DCM and PolOff, have met repeatedly with representatives from the UN, EU, Western Embassies and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to exchange views on last Sunday's referendum vote. All partners agree that while there were several procedural l [...] | 2006-06-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT814 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] (C) On June 30, MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine confirmed to DCM that Mauritania will not be sending a delegation to the July 1 and 2 AU Assembly of Heads of State in Banjul. Mauritania's membership to the AU was suspended following the August 3, 2005 coup. Moulay Zein [...] | 2006-06-30 14:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT842 | SUBJECT: LARGE PROTEST CALLS FOR BREAK WITH ISRAEL [...] (U) Several thousand Mauritanians participated in a pro-Palestinian rally in the streets of the capital city Nouakchott on July 4. The peaceful rally, organized by a newly-formed political party coalition, ended with speeches calling for Mauritanian unity with the Palestinian people, an end t [...] | 2006-07-05 17:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT847 | POWERFUL POLITICAL PARTY COALITION FORMS -- MAKES [...] (U) On June 28 ten political parties formed the "Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change" (CFDC). The coalition, which includes some of Mauritania's most powerful political parties, has committed to working collectively to prevent any candidates from the former regime from being elected, and [...] | 2006-07-07 11:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC CASC MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT872 | HELPING MAURITANIA TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY -- FREE [...] (C) Eleven months after the bloodless military coup here, Mauritania is still on schedule to hold important parliamentary elections in November and a crucial presidential election next March. Those elections must be free and fair, if Mauritania is to have any chance of transitioning to democr [...] | 2006-07-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT876 | SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) DCM called on MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine in the morning of July 13 to deliver reftel points, stressing USG request that Arab League members urge Qatar to delay seeking a vote on the resolution until at least after the AL ministerial meeting on Saturday. Moulay [...] | 2006-07-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT885 | SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL KWBG MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT894 | UN CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (C) UN Under Secretary General of Political Affairs Ibrahim Gambari formally announced the UN's continued support for the democratic transition process in a letter to Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed on July 18. The letter, which UN Resident Representative provided [...] | 2006-07-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT898 | SUBJECT: GAZ DE FRANCE INCREASES PRESENCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | BBSR EINV EPET ECON EFIN MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT901 | NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION [...] (U) On July 18, National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Officer Gregory Houel and Resident Director Jacques Veilleux briefed Ambassador on the status of NDI's efforts to help Mauritania prepare for elections. ------------------------------------------ NDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEMOCRAT [...] | 2006-07-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT968 | GOVERNMENT APPROVES $65 MILLION SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET [...] In meetings on July 27 and 28, the Military Council for Justice and Democracy (MCJD) approved a supplemental budget for CY2006 to account for significantly increased revenues from renegotiated oil and fishing contracts, and IMF debt relief. In all, the MCJD increased the 2006 budget by 15.8 b [...] | 2006-08-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EFIS ETRD EINV PGOV MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT979 | SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND COALITIONS IN [...] AJD: Alliance pour la Justice et la Democratie (Alliance for Justice and Democracy) -- Small Pular party making the issue of Black African deportees and refugees the centerpiece of its agenda. -- One of four political parties in the coalition "Bloc for Change," that has committed to presen [...] | 2006-08-08 08:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT993 | POLITICAL POWER IN THE RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) The political environment in Mauritania is constantly changing, with political parties and coalitions regularly forming and dissolving, and new presidential hopefuls declaring their candidacy every week. Few political actors have strong platforms, and little separates one party from the n [...] | 2006-08-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO MR |
06NOUAKCHOTT994 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Mohamed Lemine Ould Moulaye Zeine told DCM it was his personal view that Mauritania would support the UNSC resolution on Lebanon as Mauritania has previously publicly stated it would join Arab League consensus on the issue. However, the government would unlikely make [...] | 2006-08-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MR |
06OSAKAKOBE153 | JAPANESE TARGET THE GLOBAL PLASMA DISPLAY MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (MEI) expects th --------------------------------------------- ------------ Outlook for the Global Plasma Display Panel Market: Strong Growth --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (SBU) According to an internal mark [...] | 2006-03-24 07:30:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND KS JA |
06OSAKAKOBE238 | CHOSEN SOREN'S 5-YEAR PLAN: FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The surprise raid in March by Japanese National Police on the Osaka office of the North Korean Association Chosen Soren stunned its members. The raid and its aftermath highlights the gradual decline in ideological, financial and operational relevance of the organization in th [...] | 2006-05-02 08:12:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PINR PREL JA KN |
06OSAKAKOBE332 | DIET MEMBER CHUMA ON LDP ELECTION: RACE IS OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cabinet Minister Koki Chuma described several scenarios for the upcoming LDP Presidential election, including one in which local LDP city and prefectural assemblymen play a deciding role in who will succeed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Chuma claimed that front-runners Abe and [...] | 2006-06-23 07:58:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA |
06OSAKAKOBE351 | LIANCOURT SURVEY: ANOTHER FLASHPOINT IN THE JAPAN SEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers in western Japan are making an unfortunate public linkage between the ROKG maritime survey in the disputed EEZ of the Liancourt Rocks and the DPRK's missile launches of July 5, local time. Whether or not the DPRK deliberately timed the launches to coincide with the ROK [...] | 2006-07-07 06:38:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBST PHSA PREL KS JA |
06OSAKAKOBE366 | WELCOME FOR USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, JULY 18-JULY [...] (U) CONSULATE GENERAL OSAKA-KOBE WELCOMES THE VISIT OF THE USS JOHN S. MCCAIN SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18 TO JULY 21. WE LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO MAKE THIS VISIT SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYABLE FOR ALL INVOLVED. --------------------------------------------- ---------- SECURI [...] | 2006-07-20 07:18:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL JA |
06OSAKAKOBE454 | LDP KINKI BLOCK CONVENTION A NON-EVENT [...] (U) LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe's American- style political roadshow, the LDP convention, came to Osaka August 5 for its first Kinki Block performance before an audience of 1200 from the six-prefecture region centered around Osaka and Kyoto. 2. (U) Disappointingly, only Takebe atte [...] | 2006-08-18 03:49:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06OSAKAKOBE470 | WELCOME FOR USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, AUGUST 24th-AUGUST 28th [...] (U) Consulate General Osaka-Kobe welcomes the visit of the USS John S. McCain, scheduled for August 24 to August 28. We look forward to assisting the McCain again in any way we can to make this visit successful and enjoyable for all involved. ------------------------------- Security Backgro [...] | 2006-08-23 07:33:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL JA |
06OSAKAKOBE496 | POLITICS SHAPE SHIP VISITS TO HIMEJI AND [...] (SBU) Recent visits to Sakaiminato and Himeji by the USS John S. McCain (JSM) in July and August demonstrate the impact of the local political climate on the success and ease of planning of U.S. Navy ship visits in our district. The July 5th launches of ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japa [...] | 2006-09-07 05:42:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL JA |
06OSAKAKOBE526 | NORTH KOREAN SUPERNOTES SEIZED IN WESTERN [...] (SBU) On September 23, Kobe Customs officials and Tottori Prefectural Police raided the DPRK-flagged Kum Gang 1 freighter, which had entered the port of Sakaiminato in Tottori on the Japan Sea coast on September 19. The Japanese authorities took this unusual measure after two counterfeit sup [...] | 2006-09-25 07:47:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EFIS PREL KN JA |
06OSAKAKOBE576 | TESTING ABE: BY-ELECTION IN OSAKA 9TH DISTRICT [...] (SBU) Fast on the heels of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Presidential election that launched the Abe Cabinet on September 26, Osaka is host to the first skirmish in a long Japanese political season leading to unified local elections next April and culminating in next July's Diet Upper Ho [...] | 2006-10-16 02:00:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06OSAKAKOBE588 | BID RIGGING IN JAPAN: A FEATURE, NOT A BUG [...] (SBU) Bid rigging (dango in Japanese) is a common form of corruption in Japan, in which firms restrict open competition by coordinating their bids on procurement or public contracts. Although not unique to the Kansai area surrounding Osaka in western Japan, recently one example of bid rigging [...] | 2006-10-16 10:40:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ELAB JA |
06OSAKAKOBE607 | TESTING ABE: LOOKING LIKE LDP WIN IN OSAKA 9TH [...] (SBU) The LDP/Komeito coalition candidate, Kenji Harada, has surged ahead of his DPJ opponent Nobumori Otani and will likely win the Osaka 9th District Lower House by-election on October 22 (see reftel for why this election matters),based on discussions with politicians and political parties [...] | 2006-10-20 09:32:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
06OSAKAKOBE633 | WAKAYAMA GOVERNOR RESIGNS OVER BID RIGGING [...] (U) On November 6, the unfolding public works bid rigging case in Wakayama finally claimed the political career of its most prominent target: Governor Yoshiki Kimura. The final straw for Governor Kimura, who until his surprise announcement insisted he would not step down over the widening pro [...] | 2006-11-07 07:38:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV JA |
06OSAKAKOBE646 | HYOGO PREFECTURE NUMBER ONE IN ATTRACTING NEW [...] (SBU) In the fierce competition over business promotion subsidies among Japanese prefectures, the gap between successful and unsuccessful prefectures is growing in western Japan's six prefecture Kansai district. Hyogo Prefecture got 57 new business cases, which is the largest number in the fi [...] | 2006-11-09 05:34:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND JA |
06OSAKAKOBE88 | TAKESHIMA DAY: THE VIEW FROM SHIMANE PREFECTURE [...] (SBU) February 22 was the first time Shimane Prefecture celebrated Takeshima Day after enacting a controversial ordinance in 2005. A contact confided that the prefectural assembly made a gross miscalculation about the Takeshima Day ordinance. Meant more as a means of exerting pressure on the [...] | 2006-02-23 06:21:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS PGOV PREL JA KS |
06OSLO1 | IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA) POINTS [...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting Political/Economic Chief delivered reftel points regarding USG concerns about Norsk Hydro's oil discovery in Iran's Anaran Field and its deal for the Khorramabad block to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Energy Advisor Ambassador Janne Julsrud and to Norsk Hyd [...] | 2006-01-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR NO |
06OSLO100 | NORWEGIANS INTERESTED IN FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission, Christopher Webster met with Norwegian Environment Ministry State Secretary Henriette Westhrin and DAS for International Environmental Cooperation Harald Dovland on January 27 to discuss [...] | 2006-01-31 14:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL NO |
06OSLO1001 | URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED-UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE NO |
06OSLO101 | A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...] | 2006-01-31 15:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO ENGR |
06OSLO1018 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT UNIFIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol Counselor delivered Reftel A demarche on UNIFIL contributions on 16 August to the Norwegian MFA's Head of the Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. He stated that the political will is strong for Norway to support with mission with military forces, but the resources do not all [...] | 2006-08-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS LE NO |
06OSLO1041 | TERRORISM FINANCE POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER |
06OSLO1042 | MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA NO |
06OSLO1054 | NORWAY: THE SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel A on August 22 to the head of Norway's Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. Eltervaag assured us that Norway was in full support the embargo and that no new 'political' delegations were scheduled to travel to Damascus or Tehran. Eltervaag also explained the [...] | 2006-08-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IS LE MARR MOPS NO PGOV PREL |
06OSLO1055 | NORWAY'S TAKE ON THE UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA |
06OSLO1060 | CFE ENTITLEMENT ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PARM PREL NO KCFE |
06OSLO1061 | (S/NOFORN) TERRORISM FINANCE: RADICAL IDEOLOGUE [...] (C) Per reftel a, we circulated possible 1267 listings to Martin Sorby, Deputy Director General in the MFA's International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Section on August 24. Sorby noted that he would pass the information to the relevant Norwegian law enforcement authorities. 2. (S/NOFO [...] | 2006-08-25 10:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC NO KTFN |
06OSLO1062 | (S/NOFORN) TERROR FINANCE: SECOND TRANCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NO KTFN |
06OSLO1063 | SRI LANKA LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OPDC NO |
06OSLO1076 | NORWEGIANS WANT ANSWERS BEFORE DECIDING AN NSG [...] (C) On August 29, we discussed the Norwegian reaction to the U.S.-India nuclear deal with MFA Assistant Secretary Jorg Willy Bronebakk. Bronebakk noted that his government continues to have serious questions regarding the matter, and has not yet determined its position in the Nuclear Supplie [...] | 2006-08-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTR ETTC PARM PREL NO KNNP KSCA |
06OSLO1077 | PST LIST PROVIDED TO NORWEGIANS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC NO KNNP |
06OSLO1141 | NORWAY: SAUDI-TRAINED IMAM CLAIMS 9/11 A US ACTION [...] (U) Imam Zulqarnain Sakandar Madni, leader of a group called 'Norway's United Ulamas,' commented during a net chat on the newspaper Aftenposten's website 12 September that he doubts that Al Qaeda exists, and that 'a good deal of evidence' points to the attacks of 9/11 as being planned by Presi [...] | 2006-09-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL ASEC KPAO SA NO |
06OSLO1185 | NORWAY ON UNHRC - AGREEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT [...] (C) Director of the Human Rights Department in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tormod Endresen, stated that Norway is in strong agreement with the US on the areas of concern in reftel and the Government of Norway welcomes US engagement on the Human Rights Council (HRC). Pol/Econ cou [...] | 2006-09-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN NO |
06OSLO1188 | NORWEGIANS DIFFUSE THREATENED RUSSIAN FISH EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian authorities will not place a ban on all Norwegian seafood following discussions between Norwegian and Russian food safety authorities. Russian veterinary officials threatened to ban all fish exports from Norway as of October 1 following their discovery of forged Norwe [...] | 2006-09-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PREL SENV NO |
06OSLO1189 | NORWAY HAS TERRORISTS? THE RISING TIDE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-Semitism and Muslim extremism appear to be on the rise in Norway. On 22 September authorities charged four men for terrorism in the wake of an attack on the main synagogue in Oslo and related threats to the Israeli and American embassies. Two of the suspects are of Pakistani [...] | 2006-09-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KISL PREL PGOV SOCI IS PK NO |
06OSLO1195 | NORWEGIAN DETAILS ON POSSIBLE BERN PROCESS MEMBERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO |
06OSLO1199 | NORWAY, DRM DEMARCHE AND APPLE: OMBUDSMAN CHANGES [...] (C) Summary. Norway is not planning any overhaul of its existing intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations. Government officials specializing in IPR matters emphasize the continued need to protect rights holders protections (which they believe are fairly represented under the current N [...] | 2006-09-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND EINV NO KIPR |
06OSLO1224 | NORWEGIANS LOOK BEYOND AN EAST SUDAN PEACE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 06:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SU ER NO |
06OSLO1228 | PRT EFFECTIVENESS CONFERENCE: INTERIM NORWEGIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF NATO PREL NO |
06OSLO1279 | ITU COUNCIL SEAT - CONFIRMATION OF DELIVERED NOTES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS NO |
06OSLO1280 | NORWAY MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR UN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NO |
06OSLO13 | CAMEL REARING AS NORWAY'S NEW INTEGRATION TOOL? [...] On January 4, Norway's newspaper readers woke to find a story about the local community of Loeten in southeastern Norway which has asked for government support to help establish a local camel rearing industry. Loeten has several immigrants of East African origin (mostly Somali refugees) who [...] | 2006-01-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAGR PGOV NO |
06OSLO1319 | NORWEGIAN REGIONAL AIRPORT SECURITY IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early October, Embassy RSO and Poloff traveled to three regional airports to meet Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and aviation security (AVINOR) personnel and to develop performance standards for future Embassy assessments of Norwegian airport security. The Norwegian CAA an [...] | 2006-10-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KSEC PREL NO |
06OSLO132 | NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...] | 2006-02-08 16:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM NO NATO |
06OSLO1325 | SUDAN: NORWAY HAS NO INFORMATION ON TARGETED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU NO |
06OSLO1326 | COMMERCE A/S SPOONER VISIT ADVANCES SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian and U.S. officials have moved closer to terms of an agreement that would end one of the USG's longest running trade disputes -- the 15-year old antidumping and countervailing duties on fresh and chilled Norwegian salmon. Assistant Commerce Secretary David Spooner and [...] | 2006-10-27 09:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIS PREL NO |
06OSLO1343 | IRANIAN DFM JALILI MEETS WITH NORWEGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, Saeed Jalili, traveled to Norway on Friday 27 October, to take part in a round table sponsored by the Norwegian think tank NUPI. Jalili had a two-hour meeting with State Secretary Raymond Johansen, and an additional meeting with Foreign Minister [...] | 2006-10-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | IAEA IR NO PREL |
06OSLO1344 | NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ [...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...] | 2006-10-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ |
06OSLO1350 | EB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met October 20 on the margins of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Conference with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt to discuss EITI and a range of international and bilateral [...] | 2006-11-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EMIN EPET ENRG ETTC EINV IZ IR RU NO |
06OSLO1352 | NORWAY ASSESSES THE GENEVA SRI LANKA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway attributes the recent Geneva talks stalemate to the evolving negotiating position of both the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the LTTE, divisions within the GSL negotiating team and the LTTE's decision to raise the A-9 road as a major issue. The Norwegians note the LTTE [...] | 2006-11-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CE NO |
06OSLO1359 | ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...] | 2006-11-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO |
06OSLO1372 | NORWAY DELIBERATES U.S. FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS [...] (SBU) On November 3 we met with Ministry of Transportation Assistant Deputy Director Signe Moe and Division Chief Pierre Chauvin to learn the status of Norway's deliberations on allowing U.S. Federal Air Marshals (FAMs) on flights to and from OSL. (In 2004, Norway and the TSA came close, but [...] | 2006-11-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ASEC PTER NO |
06OSLO1376 | (S/NF) TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) Per reftel, Post provides information concerning its Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TCFO),the Deputy TCFO and suggestions for broadening TCFO communication. Post's TCFO is Kristen Bauer, Political/Economic Counselor, Telephone (47) 9340-2130-8809, unclassified email is bauerkf@ [...] | 2006-11-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NO KTFN KVPR |
06OSLO1384 | CO-CHAIRS INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL CE NO |
06OSLO1385 | PSI LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NO KNNP |
06OSLO1389 | 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR NORWAY [...] (SBU) Per Ref B request, the draft 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report for Norway follows in paragraph 2. The report was conveyed on November 7 to USTR in Microsoft Word format (Ref A). Post understands that USTR will fill in trade statistics when available. 2. Begin text of 2007 [...] | 2006-11-09 09:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN NO |
06OSLO1395 | STAFFDEL EDWARDS VISIT TO OSLO NOVEMBER 21-23 [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes the visit of Mr. Issac Edwards, Professional Staff Member, to Oslo, Norway from November 20-23, 2006 to participate in meetings of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region. Post requests security clearance information for Mr. Edwards. Please see p [...] | 2006-11-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NO DA |
06OSLO140 | HIGH NORTH ENERGY, IRAN INVESTMENTS, RUSSIAN [...] (U) * Developing the Barents Sea as a new oil and gas province will be of global importance, underscored Statoil Chief Executive Helge Lund. Statoil's Snoehvit project is building a new energy bridge to the United States and Europe and bringing greater employment and prosperity to northern No [...] | 2006-02-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN ETRD SENV NO |
06OSLO1406 | NORWAY CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID PREL ECON NO |
06OSLO1416 | NORWEGIAN FM'S VISIT TO SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA STRIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE RETURNED 8 NOVEMBER FROM A SCHEDULED VISIT TO DAMASCUS AND BEIRUT THAT INCLUDED A SURPRISE STOP IN THE GAZA STRIP AND ISRAEL. DURING HIS MEETING WITH STOERE, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD EMPHASIZED HIS INTEREST IN DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. A [...] | 2006-11-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID LE MOPS NO PGOV PREL PTER IS |
06OSLO1422 | NORWAY'S EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PREL NO |
06OSLO1423 | NORWAY ON THE NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS NO |
06OSLO1424 | NORWAY VOTING NO ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] Norway will vote against the Belarus sponsored anti-U.S. resolution in reftel. For the other Belarus-sponsored resolutions, Norway is voting 'no' on the resolution titled the Promotion of Equitable and Respectful Dialogue on Human Rights (as requested),and will be voting with the EU on the r [...] | 2006-11-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BO NO |
06OSLO1446 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN NGOS WORKING IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Embassy Oslo's ongoing engagement with Norwegians on peace and reconciliation, the Ambassador hosted a breakfast meeting with officials from leading Norwegian NGOs working in Sudan on November 16. All agreed that Khartoum was impeding their aid efforts in Darfur and [...] | 2006-11-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SU NO |
06OSLO146 | NORSK HYDRO CEO URGES GREATER U.S. ATTENTION TO HIGH NORTH ENERGY, RUSSIAN ENERGY/GAS MARKET DESIGNS [...] (C) Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten told the Ambassador in an introductory call on February 8 that the United States appeared disinterested in High North energy and advised that we pay greater attention. Reiten also urged that we track closely Russias long-term strategic designs for the future global [...] | 2006-02-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS NO |
06OSLO1476 | NORWAY AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Continuing Post's engagement with the Norwegian Foreign Ministry on peace and reconciliation issues (reftel),Ambassador Whitney hosted a working breakfast on December 1 to discuss events in Somalia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials told us that they were pessimistic about prospects [...] | 2006-12-07 07:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SO NO |
06OSLO1486 | NORWAY: AMBASSADOR HOSTS INTEGRATION DINNER, WHICH [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 6 December, the Ambassador hosted a dinner which brought together leading government officials, parliamentarians, and immigrant community leaders to debate Norway's integration practices and to discuss the American experience and what role the embassy can play in the Norwegian [...] | 2006-12-08 14:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI NO |
06OSLO1494 | WINE, GMOS, AND WTO DISCUSSIONS WITH NORWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wine imports, GMOs, and WTO were the main topics of discussion during Agriculture Attache Roger Wentzel's introductory visit to Oslo on December 4. Wentzel heard Norwegian Agriculture and Food Safety officials explain their anti-GM stance, MFA officials express little hope for [...] | 2006-12-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL NO |
06OSLO1495 | NORWAY: PARLIAMENTARY PRESIDENT ON SENDING FORCES [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting with DCM and P/E Couns, Thorbjorn Jagland, Parliamentary President and senior Labor Party statesman, reviewed Norway's debate over sending forces to southern Afghanistan. Jagland has very publicly favored sending more troops, and is optimistic that the GON will rec [...] | 2006-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV AF NO |
06OSLO1496 | NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...] | 2006-12-11 16:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL |
06OSLO1498 | NORWAY UNVEILS HIGH NORTH STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMRY: Norway's recently unveiled High North stratgy combines domestic and regional policies to promote economic and social development in the region improve scientific understanding of the BarentsSea, and bolster economic and social ties with Rssia -- including a proposal to establi [...] | 2006-12-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV ENRG EIND RU NO |
06OSLO1501 | U.S. VIEW ON HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT SHARED WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NO |
06OSLO1524 | U.S.-NORWAY ENERGY TALKS FOCUS ON HIGH NORTH, [...] (C) A delegation of USG energy analysts headed by Department of Energy Intelligence Chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen visited Oslo December 7 for an energy symposium with Norwegian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum and Energy, and other government agencies. The talks include [...] | 2006-12-21 06:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL SENV PINR RS NO |
06OSLO166 | PM COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN, FOCUSED ON HIGH NORTH [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Miniter Stoltenberg on February 14, the Prime Minsiter made sure that we knew that Norway remains commited to supporting ISAF and will not be deterred by the recent attack on the Norwegian provincial reconstruction team in Meymaneh. The [...] | 2006-02-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG PINR AF NO |
06OSLO18 | NORWAY HOPES TO JUMPSTART SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway's Minister of International Development Erik Solheim will travel to Colombo January 23-26 in an effort to jumpstart peace talks between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Solheim and his team are quite concerned that the situation in Sri Lanka [...] | 2006-01-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CE NO |
06OSLO181 | DIALOGUE WITH BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador brought together visiting Belarusian human rights activist Aliaksandr Bialiatski, Norwegian government officials and NGOs on February 16. Bialiatski greatly appreciated us hosting him and stressed the key role of the international community providing political and [...] | 2006-02-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO NO |
06OSLO184 | REASONS THE SECRETARY SHOULD VISIT NORTH NORWAY [...] Summary (C) The time is ripe for you to come to Norway. In the wake of the Mohammed cartoons, your visit would be a tangible demonstration of our solidarity and friendship with Norway. Norway is becoming increasingly important as a reliable major energy supplier, particularly as energy resou [...] | 2006-02-17 13:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG NO |
06OSLO189 | PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. Petroleum Ministry Wants Closer Bilateral Dialogue --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) In the Ambassador's February 15 introductory call on Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen, Enok [...] | 2006-02-21 07:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV NO |
06OSLO19 | ISRAEL BOYCOTT? FINANCE MINISTER OFF RESERVATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand called Charge on the morning January 5 to disassociate the Norwegian government from comments made by Norwegian Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen on January 4 in which she publicly supported a consumer boycott of Israel. Boycotting Israel [...] | 2006-01-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO |
06OSLO198 | FAA INCIDENT REPORT DELIVERED TO NORWEGIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 07:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NO |
06OSLO2 | NORWEGIAN ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2005: [...] (SBU) Summary of combined November-December monthly highlights: * The past year was an exceptionally good one for the Norwegian economy: mainland real GDP grew by 3.9 percent; offshore petroleum investments reached a record high; the value of exports soared on account of rising crude oil p [...] | 2006-01-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB EPET ETRD NO |
06OSLO204 | NORWEGIAN RESPONSE: HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) The DCM delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General Vegard Ellefsen on February 22. Ellefsen mentioned that at this point, Norway is concerned about how to manage funding to provide assistance to Palestinians while maintaining existing Palestinian Authority institutions. Speci [...] | 2006-02-22 15:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO |
06OSLO207 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR NORWAY: PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (SBU) Post has assessed and agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 report). Post has consulted frequently with U.S. pharmaceutical firm representatives in Oslo on the issue a [...] | 2006-02-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON NO |
06OSLO213 | NORWEGIAN FM STOERE TALKS HIGH NORTH WITH THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: High North energy and fisheries issues were at the top of the agenda during Norwegian FM Stoere's February 15-17 visit to Russia. Stoere met with Russian FM Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev in Moscow and called on regional governors in Murmansk and St. Petersburg durin [...] | 2006-02-24 17:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO |
06OSLO227 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT STATE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Norwegian Development Ministry State Secretary Anne Stenhammer on February 27. Stenhammer elaborated on Norway's plans to direct foreign aid to areas where Norway has unique expertise: oil and energy development, peace and reconciliation, gen [...] | 2006-02-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID NO |
06OSLO237 | NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...] | 2006-03-01 17:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR TBIO KFLU NO |
06OSLO238 | NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...] | 2006-03-02 06:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU SENV EAGR ECON NO |
06OSLO276 | NORWAY SKEPTICAL ABOUT INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) On March 7 we delivered reftel points to Roald Naess, Ambassador and Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group Consultative Group (NSG) and Hilda Janne Skorpen, Assistant Director General at the MFA. Naess said that in his capacity as NSG chair he had "no particular views" on the points. Howev [...] | 2006-03-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN NO KNNP KSCA SIPDIS |
06OSLO279 | NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO RECEIVE HAMAS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East Office Director Joern Gjelstad on March 9. Gjelstad took note of our comments and promised that he would convey our message upward. Gjelstad said that Norway did not have regular political level contact with Hamas; however, at the local go [...] | 2006-03-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER NO KPAL |
06OSLO28 | NORWAY'S FINANCE MINISTER BACKS DOWN ON ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. On Friday, January 7 a shamed Kristin Halvorsen publicly apologized for her earlier comments supporting a boycott of Israeli goods and services. An unofficial translation of her comments is given below in paragraph 2. While all the major papers in Norway are united in their cr [...] | 2006-01-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO |
06OSLO296 | NORWAY CLAIMS "NO NEW CHANNEL" TO IRAN [...] (C) We raised reftel concerns with MFA Assistant Secretary for Security Policy Kaare Aas, freshly back from the IAEA Board Meeting in Vienna, on March 10. Aas tried to spin the visit of Norwegian State Secretary Raymond Johansen in the best light, stressing that the concept of a broader securi [...] | 2006-03-10 17:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL AORC IR NO KNNP |
06OSLO3 | NORWAY NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIZBALLAH DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE NO |
06OSLO304 | NORWEGIANS WON'T JOIN CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL NO |
06OSLO310 | NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON ONLINE GAMING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD WTRO NO |
06OSLO311 | PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF FOUR JI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KFTN PTER PREL ETTC NO |
06OSLO312 | FAA INCIDENT REPORT SENT TO NORWEGIAN CAA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR NO |
06OSLO316 | MULLAH KREKAR: GOVERNMENT SAYS EXPULSION SOON [...] (U) Norwegian Labor and Integration Minister Bjarne Haakon Hansen told the press on March 16 that the time was fast approaching for Norway to enter into discussions with Iraq about the conditions for the return of former Ansar al-Islam leader Faraj Ahmed Najmuddin (aka Mullah Krekar). "This i [...] | 2006-03-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL NO KJUS |
06OSLO322 | NORWAY TO JOIN EU STATEMENT ON GANJI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 08:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM SOCI NO |
06OSLO325 | ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON REHATTING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 13:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SOCI SU NO |
06OSLO326 | NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE TO WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] On March 14 we delivered reftel A points to Jan Braathu, Deputy Director General and Section Head for Western Balkan Affairs, Jo Sletback, Assistant Director General for Western Balkan Affairs and Tora Faeste, U.S. Desk Officer at the MFA. Braathu, saying that the U.S. and Norway see "eye-to-ey [...] | 2006-03-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV NO |
06OSLO338 | FM STOERE WANTS A BIGGER ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) On March 16, FM Stoere went public with a complaint that the Quartet will not agree to an early date for a meeting (without the parties) of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) to discuss donor coordination. "It's a problem that we did not get this," Stoere told the widest selling Norwegi [...] | 2006-03-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID XF NO KPAL |
06OSLO348 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES CONCERNS ON IPR, JOINT STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his initial call on Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Odd Eriksen on March 17, the Ambassador raised concerns about weak "process" patent protections for pharmaceuticals and urged that Norwegian industry aggressively seek Joint Strike Fighter program contracts. Eriksen [...] | 2006-03-22 09:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR MARR MASS EFIS PREL NO |
06OSLO352 | NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...] | 2006-03-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENGR RU NO |
06OSLO363 | AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with leading U.S. and Norwegian petroleum firm executives during his initial visit to Stavanger, Norway's "oil capital," March 13-15. Discussions with Statoil, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon and Halliburton focused largely on the firms' operations and plans on [...] | 2006-03-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV NO |
06OSLO364 | NORWAY SUPPORTS GUATEMALA TO SIT ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UN GT VE NO |
06OSLO374 | (C) NORWAY HELPED BROKER THE SPAIN-ETA DEAL [...] (U) On March 24, Norwegian radio/TV reported that Norway has secretly been involved in facilitating the talks between the Spanish Government and ETA over the past few months. According to the press report, the two sides met for talks in Oslo last fall and other nations, such as Switzerland, we [...] | 2006-03-24 17:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SP NO |
06OSLO375 | NORWAY'S IRAQ DISBURSEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL NO |
06OSLO378 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NO |
06OSLO383 | NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27 [...] (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway, April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad said that [...] | 2006-03-28 09:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO396 | NORWEGIAN CLAIMS IN HIGH NORTH EXPANDING? [...] (C) Summary and action request. Norway may soon lay claim to a large swath of Arctic resources around the Svalbard archipelago. Already the source of international disputes over fishing rights, Svalbard's unique (and in some cases unclear) status internationally has the potential to create [...] | 2006-03-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG UK NO |
06OSLO398 | OSLO NOMINEE FOR BRUSSELS CT AND JHA AFFAIRS [...] Post nominates Pol/Econ officer Edward Canuel to attend the Counter-terrorism Policy/Justice and Home Affairs Brussels conference, from May 31 through June 2. 2. Per reftel, the following is the requested information of the nominee: Edward T. Canuel, Pol/Econ Officer, Second Secretary, Phon [...] | 2006-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CVIS NO EUN KCRM KJUS |
06OSLO399 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 12:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NO KTFN |
06OSLO400 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK: [...] (SBU) On March 28, Ambassador Whitney and Pol/Econ Officers visited the Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank),meeting with Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem, Deputy Governor Jarle Bergo and Knut Kjaer, Executive Director of the Pension Fund (formerly the Petroleum Fund). Discussions center [...] | 2006-03-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN NO |
06OSLO401 | NORWAY CONSIDERS JORDAN POLICE TRAINING [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Global Security Section advisor Torn Dramdal. Dramdal was pleased to receive our request and promised that Norway would carefully consider providing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). 2. Comment: In its Octo [...] | 2006-03-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ JO NO KJUS KCRM |
06OSLO402 | NORWAY PROPOSES HIGH NORTH SEMINAR [...] (SBU) Following up on the pitch Foreign Minister Stoere made to A/S Fried on continuing the U.S.-Norway High North dialogue, the Norwegians are proposing a meeting on the High North at the Department in late May / early June. The MFA envisions a half-day seminar where they will present on how [...] | 2006-03-31 15:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV NO |
06OSLO403 | NORWAY PRESENTS ITS LEGAL VIEWS ON DETAINEES [...] (C) MFA DAS Leif Larsen summoned P/E counselor on March 31 to receive a note outlining Norway's official legal position on detainees at Guantanamo and elsewhere (full text provided para 5). After only a cursory reading of the note, P/E Counselor reiterated our position on detainees (reftel). [...] | 2006-03-31 16:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PHUM OPDC PTER NO |
06OSLO406 | NORWAY-RUSSIA: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Fradkov's March 28 and 29 visit to Oslo generated extensive press play and further heightened expectations about Norway's role in developing Russia's Shtokman gas field, but achieved little movement on substantive issues like Barents border delineation, the Russian [...] | 2006-04-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO |
06OSLO420 | ONE LESS KREKAR HURDLE: NORWEGIAN AMBO TO IRAQ [...] (C) Norway now has an accredited Ambassador to Iraq. Ambassador Sverre Stub (resident in Amman) presented his credentials to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on April 3. This important step in formalizing relations between Norway and Iraq has been laying in abeyance for some time (over [...] | 2006-04-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC IZ NO |
06OSLO426 | NORWAY READY TO SEND BOOTS TO DARFUR UNPKO [...] (C) We delivered reftel to MOD Operations Planning Chief Brigadier General Roar Sundseth and MFA DAS for Global Security Policy Siren Eriksen on April 3-4. Sundseth told us that Norway is prepared, when asked by the UN, to send one company (150 to 200 personnel) to support a blue helmet oper [...] | 2006-04-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MCAP MOPS UN SU NO KPKO |
06OSLO427 | NORWAY'S ROLE IN NEPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO |
06OSLO428 | NORWAY TO CONTINUE PROMOTING HAITI-DR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA DR NO |
06OSLO44 | NORWAY'S OPPOSITION UNITES ON PRO-ISRAEL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Norway's bitterly divided center-right parties came together on January 11 to table a Parliamentary proposition that would have given a clear "no" to any boycott of Israel. President of the Parliament Thorbjoern Jagland used the privilege of his position to stop the motion being brought to [...] | 2006-01-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO |
06OSLO448 | SUPPORTING NORWAY'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] Norway continues to expand its anti-trafficking efforts, which include government funding of NGO-run programs, media campaigns and intensive law enforcement training. Despite such preventative measures, trafficking does exist, as indicated by a recently publicized trafficking case in the city [...] | 2006-04-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD |
06OSLO454 | DIPLOMATIC NOTES - ITU COUNCIL SEAT AND RADIO [...] Per reftel a, Post delivered a diplomatic note supporting the U.S. Candidacy for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council Seat on April 6. Pursuant to reftel b, Post delivered a diplomatic note related to Ms. Julie Naper Roller's candidacy for the ITU Radio Regulations Board on [...] | 2006-04-07 12:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS NO |
06OSLO457 | NORWAY, THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND FINLAND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA FI NO KUNR |
06OSLO46 | NORWAY LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU-3 ON IRAN REFERRAL [...] (C) On January 11, following up on ref A, we asked Norwegian MFA DAS for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Jan Arve Knutsen about Norwegian intentions as a member of the IAEA Board. Knutsen replied that Norway was still hoping for a solution short of referring Iran to the UN Security Council. [...] | 2006-01-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO |
06OSLO462 | NORWAY LIMITS BARENTS DEVELOPMENT, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Barents Sea is home to one of Europe's most productive fisheries and some of the most significant offshore oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. With the March 31 announcement of its new Integrated Management Plan for the Barents region, the Norwegian government has settled, [...] | 2006-04-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV EPET ENRG NO |
06OSLO467 | "GRIM" PROSPECTS FOR SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 16:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE NO |
06OSLO488 | DEMARCHE ON UN SHORTFALLS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL AF NO |
06OSLO492 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAMAS COMMENTS ON TEL AVIV [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East Vergard Ellefsen on April 19. Ellefsen stated that Norway agreed with our condemnation of the attack and our condemnation of Hamas' comments defending it. He will forwa [...] | 2006-04-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS NO |
06OSLO493 | NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Norway's young center-left government is engaged in a controversial balancing act on Cuba, publicly supporting Cuban dissidents while also seeking a broader dialogue with Cuba. With the exception of an impending oil drilling contract, Norwegian business interests in Cuba are sc [...] | 2006-04-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU NO |
06OSLO496 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLINING HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 21:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SU NO |
06OSLO497 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ROLLING OUT NATO'S GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 21:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NO |
06OSLO498 | RESPONSES TO CFE ENTITLEMENT QUESTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 21:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL NO |
06OSLO499 | POINTS DELIVERED: GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO KTIA AORC ELAB NO |
06OSLO512 | NORWEGIANS ON BOARD WITH MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NO |
06OSLO523 | OSLO ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR BELARUS' MILINKEVICH [...] (C) Summary. Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich's April 19-22 visit to Oslo (sponsored by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee) included high-level meetings with top Norwegian officials, numerous press activities and an afternoon coffee hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Whitney [...] | 2006-04-26 05:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO NO |
06OSLO53 | NORWEGIAN PLANS FOR LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) We discussed Norway's plans for the London January 31-February 1 Afghanistan Conference with MFA Advisor Arne Floelo on January 13. Floelo said that both Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and Development Minister Erik Solheim planned to attend the conference (back to back, not simultaneously) [...] | 2006-01-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KDEM EFIN PGOV PREL AF NO |
06OSLO533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 26 we delivered reftel points to Martine Scheie, Higher Executive Officer in the MFA's Legal Department, Section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Scheie noted Norway's long-standing support of the Third Protocol. She stated that Norway will continue to work clo [...] | 2006-04-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ NO |
06OSLO534 | NORWAY VOICES SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) On April 25 we delivered reftel points to Tore Hattrem, the Deputy Director General of the Peace and Reconciliation Section at the MFA. Hattrem reiterated Norway's deep commitment to Haiti, and noted the importance of Haiti's forthcoming elections. Given the recent promotion of Tom Tyr [...] | 2006-04-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA NO KDEM |
06OSLO535 | NORWAY WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN FOR HRC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NO IR KUNR |
06OSLO540 | "RELAXED" ABU MAZEN IN NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. At Norway's invitation, PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Oslo April 24-25. His Norwegian interlocutors described Abbas as "relaxed," but focused on ensuring that the international community does not turn its back on the needs of the Palestinian people in efforts to put pressu [...] | 2006-04-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PTER NO XF KPAL |
06OSLO543 | NORWAY'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM'S NEPAL VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO |
06OSLO545 | NORWAY WILL TRY TO SUPPORT OAS EFFORTS IN GUYANA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NO GY KDEM |
06OSLO551 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs ( Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S. ) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affa [...] | 2006-05-03 09:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO553 | A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN DFM JOHANSEN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE |
06OSLO558 | NORWAY RECEIVES HAMAS VISA APPLICATIONS [...] (C) Norwegian MFA DAS for Middle East Affairs Kaare Eltervaag told us on the afternoon of May 4 that Norway received this morning (May 4) visa applications from two individuals representing Hamas. The applications were delivered to the UNDP offices in Gaza (Note: UNDP represents Norwegian i [...] | 2006-05-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CVIS PGOV IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO559 | NORWEGIAN FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR NO |
06OSLO56 | NORWAY STILL NOT FIRM ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) The Ambassador raied ref A with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere on January 13. FM Stoere noted that the MFA had called in the Iranian Ambassador the previous day (before the EU-3 announcement) and made clear its deep concerns. Stoere understands the growing need for the IAEA to [...] | 2006-01-13 16:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO |
06OSLO560 | TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATION: JUD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC PK NO KTFN |
06OSLO569 | NORWAY WON'T GO PUBLIC WITH UN HRC IRAN DECISION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NO IR KUNR |
06OSLO582 | POINTS DELIVERED: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PANDEMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO KFLU NO |
06OSLO583 | RUSSIANS LIFT BAN ON NORWEGIAN SALMON [...] (U) Two Norwegian salmon producers resumed exports of fresh chilled salmon to Russia after receiving export approvals from Russian authorities on April 24. Producers began shipping in the first week of May, officially ending the four month old Russian ban on Norwegian salmon. According to th [...] | 2006-05-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD WTO EFIS NO |
06OSLO584 | NORWAY SUPPORTS MAINTAINING SMALLPOX STOCKS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 12:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TBIO WHO NO |
06OSLO585 | NORWAY GENEROUS WITH SUDAN AID, MAY DO MORE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 12:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM NO |
06OSLO59 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM STOERE [...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere January 13, the FM said that maintaining close ties to the United States was a top priority and noted that the U.S. is "Norway's most important ally." FM Stoere is keen to promote even closer cooperatio [...] | 2006-01-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NO |
06OSLO609 | NORWEGIAN MFA PREPARED TO MEET HAMAS MINISTER [...] (C) Acting MFA DAS for Middle East Affairs Joern Gjelstad called us on May 11 to inform us that the Norwegian MFA has learned that Hamas Refugee Minister Atef Adwan will travel to Norway from Sweden using his Swedish-issued Schengen visa either on May 11 or May 12. Gjelstad said that while no [...] | 2006-05-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CVIS PGOV IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO613 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S.) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affair [...] | 2006-05-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO615 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO, MAY 16-17 [...] (C) I very much look forward to welcoming you to Oslo. You will be the most senior U.S. administration official to visit Norway since the center-left government of Jens Stoltenberg came to power in October 2005, and your visit should help us in our efforts to bolster our dialogue with Norway [...] | 2006-05-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ENRG NO |
06OSLO617 | BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] | 2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
06OSLO618 | BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] | 2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
06OSLO627 | NORWAY WILL LOOK AGAIN AT ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) On May 11, we delivered reftel points to Leif Larsen, MFA Security Policy Section DAS, and to MOD USA Desk Officer Erling Alvestad. Larsen and Alvestad agreed to coordinate between their ministries and consider our request. The MOD noted that Norway's caveat was out of step with its pr [...] | 2006-05-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PGOV AF NO |
06OSLO63 | IAEA/IRAN: FM PERSONALLY DRIVING NORWAY'S POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere is directly and personally driving Norway's policy on whether the IAEA should report Iran to the UN Security Council. Stoere wants clarity on how the Security Council will deal with the issue before agreeing to send it there. Stoere is re [...] | 2006-01-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL IR NO |
06OSLO630 | (S) NORWAY WILL NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORT UN 1267 [...] (S/NOFORN) In our previous conversations on the topic of a possible 1267 listing against Mullah Krekar (reftel B),MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Einar Fife made absolutely clear that Norway would not support overtly a UNSCR 1267 listing for Mullah Krekar. The MFA wants no fingers pointing back to N [...] | 2006-05-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL UNAUS NO KTFN |
06OSLO649 | BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION 05-994306 [...] We contacted Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA) on May 12 to follow up on reftel request. Kongsberg Procurement Coordinator Kjersti Jacobsen confirms its End User Statement and verified that the quantities and types of explosive bolts are correct in the referenced request. The bolts are to [...] | 2006-05-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC NO KOMC |
06OSLO652 | NORWEGIAN FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL SOCI SU NO |
06OSLO657 | FOREIGN MINISTER STOERE CONGRATULATES IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 10:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IQ NOK KDEM KPAO |
06OSLO658 | LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 11:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC TSPA NO KSCA |
06OSLO660 | POINTS DELIVERED: POLIO ERADICATION AND THE WHA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA WHO NO |
06OSLO661 | U/S SHINER'S VISIT TO OSLO [...] (U) Summary: On May 16, Under Secretary Josette Shiner met in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the PM,s team working on the UN High Level Panel for Reform. The Norwegians laid out their plans for moving forward the work of the panel, including establishing the advance [...] | 2006-05-22 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ENRG UN NO KPAL |
06OSLO665 | NORWAY WILL HELP URGE KYRGYZ ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AF NO |
06OSLO668 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL RU GG NO |
06OSLO669 | BERGEN CONFERENCE ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 7th International Conference on Human Rights and Refugees "North Korea New Approaches" held in Bergen, Norway May 9-11 brought together government and NGO officials to discuss ways to advance human rights in North Korea. Officials and NGOs agreed that while li [...] | 2006-05-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CH KN KS NO |
06OSLO68 | (S) IAEA/IRAN: UK STRAW SWINGS FM STOERE [...] (S) Norwegian MFA Assistant Secretary for Security Policy Kaare Aas (strictly protect) told us on January 19 that UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has successfully assuaged Norwegian FM Jonas Stoere's concerns about what may transpire in the UN Security Council if the IAEA Board agrees to repor [...] | 2006-01-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PARM KNNP PREL IR NO |
06OSLO680 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 08:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL NO KNNP |
06OSLO681 | GAO QUESTIONNAIRE ON UNAUTHORIZED WORKERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AGAO ELAB SMIG NO |
06OSLO682 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WEDGEWOOD RE-ELECTION TO UNHRC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 10:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC NO |
06OSLO683 | NORWAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 10:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MOPS NO |
06OSLO688 | NORWEGIAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - RECENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 14:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD |
06OSLO690 | C-RE6-00473; NORWAY, ISAF AND THE FARYAB PRT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 16:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MASS MOPS PTER AF NO |
06OSLO705 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT UN DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 07:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NO |
06OSLO706 | NORWAY WELCOMES U.S.STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 09:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR NO |
06OSLO72 | AMBASSADOR´S CALL ON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador made his introductory call on International Development Minister Erik Solheim January 19 and discussed Solheims upcoming trip to Sri Lanka, the state of play in Sudan, and the Ministers development priorities. Solheim stressed that he is eager to cooperate with the Unite [...] | 2006-01-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CE SU NO |
06OSLO725 | NATO RESPONSE FORCE: PRESSING FOR PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 12:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO NO |
06OSLO729 | NORWEGIANS WILL ATTEND HLPM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM US PL XX NO KNNP |
06OSLO730 | NORWAY: TIP REPORT, TRAFFICKING AND SOLICITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG NO KCRM KWMN |
06OSLO756 | (S/NOFORN) NORWAY MAY CONSIDER ISAF SOF DEPLOYMENT [...] (S/NOFORN) We met on June 9 with MOD DAS for Security Policy Henning Vaglum (protect throughout) and MOD Policy Afghan Desk Officer Keith Eikenes (protect throughout). Vaglum told us that Norway had been approached in March by DSACEUR on whether it could provide SOF to an expanded ISAF missio [...] | 2006-06-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF NO |
06OSLO759 | SRI LANKA TALKS DISINTEGRATE IN OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE NO |
06OSLO760 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NO |
06OSLO761 | 2005 AMVER AWARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELTN PREL ATRN |
06OSLO762 | VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NO |
06OSLO769 | NORWAY CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT VISIT [...] (C/NOFORN) MFA advisor Geir Toennessen contacted us on June 13 to inform us that Norway would be pleased to receive a U.S. delegation to discuss the remaining issues concerning a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on how to deal with any possible challenge inspections of U.S. storage facilities in [...] | 2006-06-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NO KTIA |
06OSLO77 | NORWAY GOES SOFT ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Stoere has announced a significant change to Norway's Cuba policy. Norway will no longer invite Cuban dissidents to its annual Constitution Day (May 17) event held at the Norwegian Embassy in Havana. This reversal was prompted by Norway's desire to re-gain dire [...] | 2006-01-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO |
06OSLO774 | NORWAY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC NO |
06OSLO775 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED-ICANN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO |
06OSLO776 | CHINESE DESIGNATIONS-POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH NO |
06OSLO783 | NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) We delivered reftel to Norwegian MFA PDAS for Security Policy Trine Skymoen on June 14 and discussed further with Ambassador Naess our request (reftel) that Naess lead informal consultations on the IAEA Secretariat's recommendations to the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV). [...] | 2006-06-15 12:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP |
06OSLO787 | STREAMLINING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORT REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON USDA NO |
06OSLO788 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA'S ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE EAID NO KDEM |
06OSLO805 | PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS NO |
06OSLO807 | NORWEGIANS TIP OFF RESPONSES TO SRI LANKA LETTERS [...] (C) Summary. On June 20 we spoke with Tomas Stangeland, Adviser on Sri Lanka matters in the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section. As noted in reftel, the Norwegian government submitted letters to both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on Ju [...] | 2006-06-20 14:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO |
06OSLO810 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING-US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 11:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NO |
06OSLO811 | NORWAY TAKES A BITE OUT OF APPLE [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman recently issued a decision letter against Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTunes),claiming that the music service violates Norwegian consumer laws and contract law principles. Apple has not/not requested Embassy assistance, and its local Norwegian c [...] | 2006-06-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV KIPR NO |
06OSLO820 | NORWEGIANS RECEIVE ANSWERS FROM SRI LANKA, TIGERS [...] (U) On June 22, the Norwegian government issued a press release on Minster of International Development Eric Solheim's June 8 letters to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). (Post will fax a copy of the press release to the SCA/INS). The press re [...] | 2006-06-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO |
06OSLO828 | INVITATION DELIVERED-AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) On June 26 we delivered the PRT Conference invitation to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section. We were joined by Lisa Stadelbauer, Canadian Counselor for Political Affairs. Nergaard thanked us for the invitation and noted that she would forward the information t [...] | 2006-06-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF XD AORC NATO NO |
06OSLO829 | (S) PKK TERRORISM DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NORWAY [...] (S) Summary. On June 28 we delivered ref. b points to Kari Bjornsgaard, Adviser in the MFA's Section for European Regional and Economic Affairs. Bjornsgaard noted that Norway would cooperate with U.S. law enforcement efforts tracing PKK funding mechanisms, while emphasizing that her country' [...] | 2006-06-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL PTER NO |
06OSLO835 | POINTS DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | WTRO ETRD ECON NO |
06OSLO836 | CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FAA REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-30 04:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NO |
06OSLO839 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN NO |
06OSLO847 | NORWAY POSITIVE ABOUT NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR NO |
06OSLO848 | NORTH KOREAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On July 6 we delivered reftel points to Tore Dahlstrom, the North Korea Desk Officer at the MFA. Dahlstrom said Norway would align itself with the EU on this matter and endorse a forthcoming "non-controversial" EU statement. Stating that Norway fully supported the six-party framework, h [...] | 2006-07-06 14:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KN NO |
06OSLO859 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE - ITU RADIO REGULATIONS BOARD [...] (U) Pursuant to reftels, Post delivered a diplomatic note related to Ms. Julie Napier Zoller's candidacy for the ITU Radio Regulations Board on April 7. The note was presented to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a copy sent to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. [...] | 2006-07-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS NO |
06OSLO86 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) "High North" issues -- energy, the environment, non-proliferation and cooperation with Russia -- dominated the Ambassador's January 25 introductory call on Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt. Stubholt stressed that the new government's High North policy was national, rather tha [...] | 2006-01-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV NO |
06OSLO863 | AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) [...] (U) On July 10 we delivered reftel points and PowerPoint template to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section, and Sigurd Marstein, Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Defense. Marstein informed us that Col. Axel Olsson will represent the MOD. All intended electronic com [...] | 2006-07-10 11:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF XD AORC NATO NO |
06OSLO865 | INTERNET GOVERNANCE-NORWEGIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) On July 10, we received the Norwegian government's response to reftel b points. The response points were presented by Peter Wille, Deputy Director General in the MFA's Section on the World Trade Organization. The text of the points are found at paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text. The [...] | 2006-07-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO |
06OSLO873 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED-COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 04:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL NO CU |
06OSLO895 | NICARAGUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PGOV PREL DEM NO KDEM |
06OSLO896 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HAITI INTERIM COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EUN NO |
06OSLO902 | CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE |
06OSLO909 | NORWAY FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE EAST: AID, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has focused all of their energy on the situation in the Middle East, hosting an emergency donor conference for Palestinians in Geneva on 14 July, calling in the Israeli Ambassador to Norway to demand an end to hostilities, and promising to engage the US a [...] | 2006-07-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS NO KPAL |
06OSLO912 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - ABOUSOFIAN ABDELRAZIK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 12:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NO |
06OSLO932 | COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR FMCT-DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 24 we delivered reftel points to Jan Arve Knutsen, Deputy Director General and Head of the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. On July 27 we again met with Knutsen and Knut Langeland, Senior Advisor in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Langel [...] | 2006-07-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA CDG NO KNNP |
06OSLO933 | COMMENTS ON SEVEN COUNTRY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC NO |
06OSLO95 | POST-PALESTINIAN ELECTION: NORWAY SEEKING TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Meeting in Oslo, Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere told A/S Dan Fried on January 27 that he plans to speak with Abbas later today and tell him that he is sending his number two, Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen, to visit with him next week (date unspecified). Stoere wanted to make su [...] | 2006-01-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS NO |
06OSLO958 | OSLO MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HANSSEN-BAUER [...] (C) On August 2, 2006 we met with Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Special Envoy to Sri Lanka at the MFA and Sri Lanka Desk Officer Sondre Bjotveit. Noting Norwegian Development Minister Eric Solheim's public appeal earlier today for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (G [...] | 2006-08-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO |
06OSLO959 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REPRESENTATIVE HAROLD ROGERS [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Harold Rogers and colleagues (CODEL Rogers) to travel to Oslo, Norway from August 13-15, 2006 and Stavanger, Norway on August 15, 2006 to participate in meetings with the Norwegian government. Please furnish security clearan [...] | 2006-08-03 06:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NO |
06OSLO974 | POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY: DRAFT UNSCR - LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS UN NO |
06OSLO980 | SUPPORTING SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CE NO |
06OSLO996 | CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) On August 11 we met with Lars Loken, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Per reftel c, Loken stated that Norway has made a "firm decision" to approve 31 artillery pieces for the Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) entitlement transfer involving Norway, [...] | 2006-08-11 11:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE |
06OTTAWA1029 | CANADA OUTLAWS LTTE/TAMIL TIGERS [...] (C) Summary: Canada's Conservative-minority government domestically designated the LTTE/Tamil Tigers under Canada's Criminal Code on April 10, 2006. As a result of this listing, participating in Tiger activities (including fundraising) is a criminal offense and financial institutions must [...] | 2006-04-10 21:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CE |
06OTTAWA1031 | TERRORISM FINANCE: OTTAWA RESPONSE ON JI-4 UN [...] (S) Despite high-level approaches, the Government of Canada still will not co-sponsor the four JI individuals. As requested by email and in reftel A, Embassy Ottawa raised the profile of the JI-4 cosponsorship request, with Deputy Chief of Mission John Dickson making the request to Department [...] | 2006-04-11 13:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | ID KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC CA |
06OTTAWA105 | CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS REPORTING IRAN TO THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 16:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL CA IR IAEA |
06OTTAWA11 | PROTECTING THE WATER SUPPLY; POINTS OF CONTACT [...] With respect to information requested reftel: The Canadian federal government contact is Paul Pagotto at Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC). He has agreed to be the Canadian government point of contact for this effort. In addition, you will also find the contact details o [...] | 2006-01-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR CA |
06OTTAWA119 | CANADA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB CA KTDB PGOV NAFTA |
06OTTAWA120 | CANADA'S CONSERVATIVE PARTY HAS SOLID LEAD AS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With ten days to go before election day, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party of Canada seems to be heading for victory. Most commentators now believe a minority government is in his grasp; a few are beginning to speculate about a possible Conservative majority (Comment: unlike [...] | 2006-01-13 21:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA PGOV PREL |
06OTTAWA1209 | OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) DCM and Econ Counselor made points reftel to DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Peter Boehm, Susan Fountain Smith, Director, Brazil, Southern Cone and InterAmerican Affairs, and Deputy Director Leonard Beaulne. 2. (SBU) Our contacts responded that they see a "lot of agreement" on the ag [...] | 2006-04-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD UNESCO PREO OAS |
06OTTAWA1245 | CANADA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ottawa recommends that implementation of Title III of the Libertad Act continue to be suspended for Canada on grounds of national interest and prospects for further cooperation on transition to democracy in Cuba. While Canada has a long history of economic engagement wit [...] | 2006-04-26 23:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL CA |
06OTTAWA1317 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO 2006 SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION [...] Econ officers presented the Special 301 decision to officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Intellectual Property division on April 28 with follow-up on May 1. Although DFAIT Intellectual Property Director Doug George reiterated Canada's annual objectio [...] | 2006-05-02 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA KIPR ECON ETRD |
06OTTAWA1322 | HARPER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST BUDGET DELIVERS TAX [...] Tax cuts for households and businesses, breaks for families with children, and investments in defense and security were the key features of the Harper government's first budget, which was unveiled in Parliament on May 2 and is widely viewed as targeting middle class voters. Crucially for this [...] | 2006-05-03 17:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA1323 | U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...] | 2006-05-03 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TBIO CA |
06OTTAWA133 | CANADA AGREES WITH US "98 PERCENT" ON UN REFORM [...] (U) Ambassador David Wilkins delivered reftel points to David Malone, Assistant Deputy Minister for Global Issues, and Ferry de Kerckhove, Director General for International Organizations, at Foreign Affairs Canada on January 17, 2006. POL M/C and Poloff also attended. ------------------- [...] | 2006-01-17 19:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR ADCO CA UN |
06OTTAWA1369 | CONGRESSMAN JAMES SENSENBRENNER SPEAKS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman James Sensenbrenner, Republican Member of Congress from Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Ottawa April 23-25, 2006, accompanied by Judiciary Committee Chief of Staff and General Counsel Phil Kiko. The Ambassador joined the Chairman's [...] | 2006-05-05 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ASEC PREL KIPR CA |
06OTTAWA137 | CANADA/AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT SHOWS RESOLVE IN [...] (C) Summary: Canada lost its first diplomat in fifty years in Kandahar on Sunday when a suicide bomber killed its PRT chief and seriously wounded three soldiers. Canadian officials are resolute in the face of the casualties about continuing with the mission, but the Canadian public (despite b [...] | 2006-01-17 22:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR AF CA NATO |
06OTTAWA1455 | CANADA: TRANSPORTATION SECTOR HAPPY WITH GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'S MAY 2 BUDGET ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELTN ETRD ECON EINV CA |
06OTTAWA1522 | IPR TOOLKIT: A MODIFIED APPROACH FOR CANADA [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Ottawa's IPR Working Group (IPR WG) suggests a smaller, streamlined IPR toolkit to help U.S. companies facing IPR problems in Canada. The main way the Embassy can improve the IPR climate for U.S. businesses in Canada is through encouraging the GOC to update its copyrigh [...] | 2006-05-18 20:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON CA |
06OTTAWA153 | ECONOMIC POLICY IN CANADA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] While the governing Liberal Party has highlighted its own strong economic record, and while both they and the leading Conservative Party have made various spending promises, economic policies have been less significant in this campaign than other issues such as crime and political corruption. [...] | 2006-01-18 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA NDP |
06OTTAWA154 | CANADIAN ELECTIONS: TRANSITION MECHANICS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On Monday, January 23, Canadians will go to the polls and elect a new Parliament and, presumably, a new Prime Minister. The likely Conservative minority government would bring the Tories to power for the first time in 13 years and so we can expect some hiccups along the transi [...] | 2006-01-18 22:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA16 | REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Summary: Cultural programming comprises an integral part of public diplomacy efforts in Canada, and the Mission greatly appreciates ECA and WHA/PD support for these efforts. Such programming reaches not just traditional audiences, but more importantly, youth, ethnic and religious minoriti [...] | 2006-01-04 18:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC |
06OTTAWA1634 | DEMARCHE: USG RESPONSE TO ECUADOR'S ACTIONS ON [...] (C)Econ officers spoke to DFAIT officials Flavie Major (Ecuador desk officer) and Gilles Gauthier (Director for Investment Trade Policy) about our concerns over Ecuador's actions against Occidental Petroleum, and noted that we were making these points to other trading partners as appropriate. [...] | 2006-05-26 22:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL EC CA |
06OTTAWA1685 | THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S "MADE IN CANADA" CLIMATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) As the domestic debate intensifies on Canada's climate change policies, details are slowly emerging on the Harper government's "Made in Canada" climate programs, which will include enhanced public transportation, increased ethanol production, cle [...] | 2006-06-01 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ENRG PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA1702 | IPR: PROSPECTS BRIGHTER FOR CANADIAN IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Wilkins, two key ministers of the Harper government have described Canada's implementation of the WIPO Internet treaties as a joint priority of their respective departments, but their subordinate officials are still split on key issues. We hope tha [...] | 2006-06-02 19:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR CA |
06OTTAWA1869 | CANADA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 19:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CAC EFIN KID OPIC PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA1904 | Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...] | 2006-06-19 21:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA |
06OTTAWA1925 | CANADA: PM HARPER ANNOUNCES MORE DETAILS ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY FUNDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 21:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELTN EWWT ETRD ASEC EINV CA |
06OTTAWA194 | CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Unless the polls are badly mistaken, Canada's Conservatives will win today's election and Stephen Harper will be asked by the Governor General to form a minority government. The election of a new government, after thirteen years of Liberal rule, presents opportunities for advancing [...] | 2006-01-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CA |
06OTTAWA1978 | TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM DEMARCHE: [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador Wilkins briefed Foreign Minister MacKay on the substance of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program during a telephone conversation on June 26 and discussed the matter with Justice Minister Toews during a breakfast on June 27. He tried unsuccessfully to [...] | 2006-06-27 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN CA |
06OTTAWA2021 | POTENTIAL FOR IPR PROGRESS: CANADA'S PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC has proposed a two-regulation package (significantly different from its 2004 proposal) consisting of data protection for the innovative pharmaceutical industries and "Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance)" for the generic drug industries, a combination designed to [...] | 2006-06-29 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON TBIO CA |
06OTTAWA2060 | CANADIAN REACTION TO THE U.S. TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY In response to June 23's U.S. press articles disclosing the existence of the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program, the press reports that Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner has decided to investigate whether the USG improperly obtained the banking records of Canadians. [...] | 2006-07-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA PTER EFIN |
06OTTAWA2149 | CANADA PLANS STRONGER LAW ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The GOC plans to introduce legislation this fall designed to tighten its protections against money laundering and terrorist financing. The bill could allow greater information sharing by GOC tax and financial agencies with law enforcement, features which will no doub [...] | 2006-07-14 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV CA |
06OTTAWA2158 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON PRIVACY AND TRANS-BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner found in a report released June 20 that while the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has systems and procedures in place for managing and sharing personal information with other countries, it needs to improve its management of priv [...] | 2006-07-17 20:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA ECON EFIN EAIR ECPS |
06OTTAWA2208 | CANADIAN RESPONSE -- APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] Ginette Martin, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)'s Haiti Division, informed Embassy Ottawa on July 21 that the Government of Canada will pledge C$520 million (roughly US$460 million at today's exchange rate) over five years for development assistan [...] | 2006-07-21 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HA EAID ECON EFIN CA |
06OTTAWA2237 | CANADIAN DISAPPOINTMENT OVER SUSPENSION OF WTO [...] (U) Summary: Shortly after the WTO announcement that the Doha Trade Round negotiations would be suspended indefinitely, Canada's International Trade Minister Emerson and Agriculture Minister Strahl issued a statement expressing their "disappointment." Emerson said that Canadian farmers as w [...] | 2006-07-25 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD WTO WTRO CA |
06OTTAWA2254 | CANADA ON PROPOSED G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE TABLETOP EXERCISE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN CA |
06OTTAWA2294 | CANADA TAKES STEPS TO ESTABLISH SOVEREIGNTY OVER [...] (U) Summary: The GOC is taking steps to secure sovereign rights over seabed resources that extend to the edge of the continental shelf. On July 20 the GOC announced a C$2 million effort to identify and map the outer edge of the continental shelf. Under the UN Convention on the Law of the S [...] | 2006-07-31 21:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EMIN EPET PBTS PREL SENV DE UN |
06OTTAWA2315 | CANADIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE TO 61ST UNGA [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay will attend the 61st UNGA and be present for some of the General Debate. It is also a possibility that Josee Verner, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages Minister w [...] | 2006-08-01 20:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CA |
06OTTAWA2321 | PROBLEMS LOOMING FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER DEAL [...] (C) Summary: There is growing widespread and persistent Canadian lumber industry and provincial dissatisfaction with the July 1 U.S.-Canadian agreement to settle the longstanding and contentious softwood lumber dispute after a July 21 U.S. federal court decision in Canada's favor which encour [...] | 2006-08-01 21:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL CA |
06OTTAWA2356 | Canadian Coast Guard to conduct Seismic Surveys in Disputed [...] Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in a telephone conversation on August 3, informed the Embassy that the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis St. Laurent is proceeding to the disputed area of the Beaufort Sea where its crew will conduct seismic studies ove [...] | 2006-08-04 17:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS EMIN EPET PREL SENV UN CA |
06OTTAWA2361 | CANADA: VIEWS ON AVIATION SECURITY, DIPLOMATIC POUCH AND VCDR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 19:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO KTIA CA |
06OTTAWA2372 | CANADA DESIRES MOVE FORWARD ON 2006 DRUG THREAT [...] (U) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, Poloff discussed the USG inter-agency FY 2007 certification procedures (reftel A) and related methamphetamine production issues (reftel B) with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Crim [...] | 2006-08-08 19:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CA |
06OTTAWA2388 | AMERICAN LOW COST CARRIERS SERVICE TO CANADA SET TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CA |