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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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07PORTAUPRINCE643 | NOTORIOUS "TI-BLANC" ARRESTED [...] On April 4 at approximately 9:50 pm, Haitian National Police (HNP) arrested William Baptiste, aka "Ti-Blanc," in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Ti-Blanc was passing through an HNP checkpoint when he and his driver were apprehended. MINUSTAH was not involved in the arrest. Ti-B [...] | 2007-04-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM ASEC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE653 | OAS PREPS FOR APRIL 29 ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced that all necessary local, municipal and legislative re-runs of the December 3, 2006 elections will be held on April 29. The CEP, MINUSTAH a [...] | 2007-04-10 19:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE661 | ROBERT LECORPS MURDERED [...] (U) On April 4, Robert Lecorps, who was arrested (but never charged) in connection with the April 3, 2000 murder of journalist Jean Dominique, was gunned down near his home in Pernier, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. He was shot several times in what appears to be a contract killing. Radio Car [...] | 2007-04-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE662 | DDR PARTICIPANTS PROFILED [...] (U) This report is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Part of the focus of the GoH's National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reinsertion Program (CNDDR) is reintegrating gang members into ordinary society. MINUSTAH's DDR section charged the Research [...] | 2007-04-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE679 | CARICOM SUMMIT RSVP EXPECTED SOON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PREL OAS XL HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE683 | GASSANT RETURNS TO WORK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Port-au-Prince's chief public prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, returned to work on April 2 after an absence of almost three months. During his absence, Justice Minister Rene Magloire appointed a c [...] | 2007-04-13 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE693 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPANISH JOURNALIST KILLED IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 13, Ambassador Sanderson met with the Spanish Ambassador to Haiti, Paulino Gonzalez Fernandez Corugedo, and his colleague, Ambassador Luis Garcia Cerezo, here from Madrid on a special investiga [...] | 2007-04-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS HA SP |
07PORTAUPRINCE715 | PM ALEXIS SAFE FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Following President Preval's intervention with legislators on Prime Minister Jacques Edward Alexis' behalf and an intense round of discussions among Haitian political leaders during the first week of April, parliamentary leaders are voicing their support for stability and have [...] | 2007-04-18 16:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE716 | APRIL 29 ELECTIONS APPROVED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. The GoH on April 16 published the decree approving April 29 as the date to re-run one parliamentary and 72 local elections canceled on December 3, 2006, for logistical or security reasons (reftel). The decree establish [...] | 2007-04-18 18:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC AA |
07PORTAUPRINCE723 | LAVALAS SENATOR APPEALS FOR RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Senator Rudy Herivaux (Famni Lavalas (FL),West Department) laments that Lavalas partisans feel left out of the political process. The party has practically no links to the executive branch and plays a limited role in parliament. Herivaux criticized the Prime Minister for his u [...] | 2007-04-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE742 | MINUSTAH POSITIVE ON BOLIVIAN VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH's director of political affairs Gerardo Lechevallier told Poloff on April 18 that the Bolivian Minister of Defense had reassured SRSG Edmond Mulet that Bolivia would maintain its troop [...] | 2007-04-20 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPKO HA BL XM |
07PORTAUPRINCE748 | G/TIP FY07 PROPOSAL FROM AMEMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following proposal: Name of the applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Requested funding amount: $284,539 (federal share: $284,539) Project title: Counter-Trafficking in Persons Within, Through and From Haiti: Capacity Enhancem [...] | 2007-04-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
07PORTAUPRINCE750 | GANG LEADER BELONY ARRESTED [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haitian National Police arrested notorious Cite Soleil gang leader Belony on April 21 in the St. Michel de l'Attalaye region of the Artibonite department. After HNP director Andresol received reports tha [...] | 2007-04-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE757 | VETTING REQUEST: FIRST SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for the training of the 19TH Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding three individuals following the Consular Section's NIK process [...] | 2007-04-24 18:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE76 | REPATRIATION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTEES [...] This message contains a request for guidance from BICE and the Department. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff On January 9 met with GOH officials to schedule the next transfer of criminal deportees and to resolve continued problems that have plagued the deportation pro [...] | 2007-01-17 21:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE770 | LAVALAS WANTS A MINISTER [...] (SBU) Famni Lavalas (FL) Deputy Sorel Francois told Poloff on April 20 that the refusal of Planning Minister Jean Max Bellerive to work with FL-elected officials is a government conspiracy headed by President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis to exclude Lavalas from nation [...] | 2007-04-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE771 | PENDING REPORT ON PRISONS [...] (U) The International Crisis Group (ICG) will soon release a report highlighting deficiencies in Haiti's prison system, and warn that increased arrests from MINUSTAH's and the HNP's security crackdown exacerbates the strains on the prison system. Dr. Damien Helly, the ICG's senior analyst f [...] | 2007-04-25 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC HA KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR |
07PORTAUPRINCE78 | GOH ON PETROCARIBE: STOKING THE FIRES [...] (C) Summary: Michel Lecorps, the newly-appointed head of the independent monetization office (formally known as the PL-480 office),met with Poloff January 10 to discuss Petrocaribe implementation in Haiti. Lecorps, apparently infuriated by Chevron's lack of cooperation with the GoH, stresse [...] | 2007-01-18 13:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE781 | PREVAL GOING TO ALBA SUMMIT: RETURNING WITH A [...] (C) Secretary General of the Presidency Fritz Longchamps on April 26 reported to Polcouns that President Preval will attend the Alba summit in Venzuela as a "special observer" for the express purpose of finalizing a tri-lateral assistance agreement between Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba, whereby V [...] | 2007-04-26 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE788 | APRIL 27 REPATRIATION OF 234 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) On April 27, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 234 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On April 24 around 7:00 PM, the USCG intercepted a 35-foot sail freighter carrying 111 Haitian migrants southwest of Acklins Island, Bahamas. On April 25 around [...] | 2007-04-27 20:33:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE792 | HAITI IN NO POSITION TO HELP IN IRAQ [...] Haiti has no armed forces and suffers from a lack of capacity in nearly every aspect of governance: thus it is not in a position to contribute to the Iraq coalition. Since June 2004, Haiti has itself benefitted from the presence of a UN peacekeeping mission. SANDERSON [...] | 2007-04-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE799 | (C) BOB MANUEL LEAVES HAITI - BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (C) Saying that he will not/not return to Haiti until President Preval gives him a paying job that will allow him to decently support his family, Presidential Counselor Bob Manuel called me from the airport April 29 to say that he was leaving the country to return to Guatemala for good. Manuel [...] | 2007-04-30 19:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE802 | ELECTIONS: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL [...] (U) Summary: Haitians went to the polls for yet another election on April 29. Electors cast votes for the one outstanding seat in the Chamber of Deputies in the commune of La Chapelle in the Artibonite department in a heated, though not exceedingly violent, atmosphere. Voting center workers [...] | 2007-04-30 20:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE807 | VETTING REQUEST: SECOND SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN NATIONAL [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding three (3) individuals following the consular section's NIK proc [...] | 2007-05-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE808 | LESPWA: FROM COALITION TO PARTY? [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Joseph Jasmin, minister of parliamentary relations and a member of the Lespwa coalition's steering committee reports that Lespwa insiders are discussing its possible transformation into a political [...] | 2007-05-02 19:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE809 | APRIL 30 REPATRIATION OF 366 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (U) On April 30, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 366 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On April 27 around 9:00 AM, the USCG intercepted a 50-foot sail freighter carrying 198 Haitian migrants 12 nautical miles off the west coast of Great Inagua, Bah [...] | 2007-05-02 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE811 | VETTING REQUEST: THIRD (3RD) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. No derogatory information for the third (3rd) submission. 4. HNP Training (101)Last Nam [...] | 2007-05-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE817 | VETTING REQUEST: FOURTH (4TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 655 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. 3. We received comments regarding one name following the consular section's NIK process. 4. [...] | 2007-05-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE824 | JUSTICE REFORM ADVANCES SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis will officially present the justice ministry's three laws on reform (ref A) on May 3, along with the rest of the government's legislative program. MINUSTAH political officer Lizbeth Cullity said the presidents of the national assembly and ch [...] | 2007-05-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE825 | NEW MAYORS: HOMEGROWN POLITICIANS [...] (U) Summary: The newly-elected mayors of Port-au-Prince and Cite Soleil both hail from local, grassroots political parties with no apparent ties to national politics. Both exhibit energy and a vision for the future of their cities, but have limited means with which to work. In Port-au-Prin [...] | 2007-05-04 18:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE829 | ALBA AFTERMATH: HAITI SHRUGGED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and popular reaction to President Preval's return from the ALBA summit in Caracas (ref A) unsurprisingly focused almost entirely on the details of the agreement between Preval and Pr [...] | 2007-05-04 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM HA VE |
07PORTAUPRINCE830 | GOH SETS JULY 1 PETROCARIBE DEADLINE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil representatives, led by Caribbean Sales Manager Bill Eisner, told Ambassador Sanderson on April 26 that the head of Haiti's Petrocaribe office, Michael Lecorps, gave the four oil compani [...] | 2007-05-04 21:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE833 | TENSION BEHIND THE SCENES AT ALBA [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Joseph Lambert described a "very tense" atmosphere behind the scenes of the ALBA summit between President Preval and President Chavez in a meeting with Embassy staff on May 4. According to Lambert, Preval refused to join ALBA and told Chavez that if ALBA membersh [...] | 2007-05-07 15:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA VE |
07PORTAUPRINCE848 | MAYETTE RELEASE STOKES CONTROVERSY/DISORDER IN [...] (U) Summary. Tension stemming from the release of one of the accused in the La Scierie massacre culminated on May 7 in Gonaives when demonstrators disrupted the funeral of a local judge and threw stones at the government delegation led by Prime Minister Alexis. MINUSTAH and Haitian police [...] | 2007-05-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE858 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE859 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CARICOM INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE860 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FIFTH (5TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be complete [...] | 2007-05-10 17:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE861 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAMOA GRADUATION FROM ECOSOC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 18:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE863 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SIXTH (6TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...] | 2007-05-11 13:53:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE867 | MAY 4 REPATRIATON OF 195 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] On May 4, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 195 Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in Cap Haitien, Haiti. On May 1, the USCG intercepted a sail freighter carrying 139 Haitian migrants 1.5 nautical miles off of Long Island, Bahamas. On May 2, the USCG intercepted a sail freight [...] | 2007-05-11 20:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE88 | DEPUTIES SELECT JEAN-JACQUES FOR A SECOND TERM [...] (U) The chamber of deputies, stunning outside observers, reelected Pierre Eric Jean-Jacques (Lespwa - Delmas, West) on January 18 to lead the lower house. Lespwa deputy Jean Delouis Felix, reportedly Prime Minister Alexis' preferred candidate, led by 34 votes to Jean-Jacques' 32 in the first [...] | 2007-01-19 17:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE883 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SEVEN (7TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...] | 2007-05-14 18:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE885 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: EIGHTH (8TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...] | 2007-05-14 18:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE89 | JUDICIAL/POLICE TENSIONS REEMERGE [...] (U) Chief Prosecutor for Port-au-Prince Claudy Gassant announced on January 7 that the previous night unknown individuals purportedly entered the prosecutors' office and stole investigation files and weapons and other evidence held in pending cases. Gassant also criticized the Haitian Nation [...] | 2007-01-19 19:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE892 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NINTH (9TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...] | 2007-05-15 19:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE893 | ATTACKS ON JUSTICE MINISTER GENERATES PUSH-BACK [...] The chamber of deputies' special committee of special enquiry on May 11 released a report concluding that Justice Minister Rene Magloire had lied about summoning the deceased judge Hughes St. Pierre to Port-au-Prince. The committee's report cited six interviews with St. Pierre's family member [...] | 2007-05-15 19:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE900 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TENTH (10TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...] | 2007-05-16 18:53:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE901 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ELEVENTH (11TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...] | 2007-05-16 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE930 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TWELFTH (12TH) SUBMISSION OF 50 [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests Department initiate review of the following 50 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2007, and therefore, the vetting process must be completed w [...] | 2007-05-21 19:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE934 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: THIRTEENTH (13TH) SUBMISSION; THE [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department initiate review of the following 54 HNP cadets among the 654 recruited for training of the 19th Promotion. This is the final submission of names that total 654. The 19th class is scheduled for graduation on August 7, 2 [...] | 2007-05-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE939 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN/VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Ambassador on May 21 delivered the points contained in reftel to Foreign Minister Clerisme regarding the regional impact of Iran and Venezuela's growing relationship. She emphasized that Iran represented a danger to the region and that Iran and Venezuela together threatened to underm [...] | 2007-05-23 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR PTER PHUM HA VE IR |
07PORTAUPRINCE943 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOSING STEAM [...] Summary: The constitutional reform initiative launched by the Preval government in early March (reftel) has sputtered, and the government has not followed through on recommendations to create a reform committee. The Haitian public appears to oppose an extra-constitutional amendment process a [...] | 2007-05-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE944 | (C) C-AL7-00733: VENEZUELAN AID TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan promises of over USD one billion in aid and assistance to Haiti have not materialized except for two examples of in-kind assistance. Venezuela delivered a shipment of petroleum and asphalt, both of which arrived without forewarning, and the GoH re-sold the goods to no [...] | 2007-05-24 17:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET EAID VE HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE948 | AMBASSADOR/PM REVIEW BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on May 16 called on Prime Minister Alexis to discuss with him President Preval's visit to Washington and review other bilateral issues, including cooperation on money-laundering, illegal emigration, and Cite Soleil development. The PM reported that Preval had exp [...] | 2007-05-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE959 | HAITIAN DELEGATION PLEASED WITH WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) Members of the delegation who accompanied President Preval and other Haitian officials informed Emboffs that Preval was very pleased with the reception he received from President Bush, Secretary Rice, other USG officials and members of Congress. Presidential counselor Gabriel Verret cla [...] | 2007-05-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE966 | UNREST CONTINUES IN GONAIVES [...] (C) Summary. Violent demonstrations against the government and MINUSTAH on May 22 and 24 are the most recent result of increased gang activity and tensions in the northern port city of Gonaives. The murder of a local journalist and civic activist Alix Joseph sparked the most recent disturb [...] | 2007-05-30 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KCRM PHUM PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE968 | AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES FY2007 PROPOSAL [...] Summary. In response to reftel A, post is submitting a proposal to fund a study on Haitian migrants conducted by the International Organization of Migration (IOM). The study would attempt to construct a profile of the typical migrant, lay out the reasons for migration, and outline the planni [...] | 2007-05-30 18:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE982 | PREVAL DELIVERS ANTI-CORRUPTION ADDRESS [...] This message is senstive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Comment. President Preval used the occasion of Flag Day, May 18, to proclaim a government campaign against corruption. Speaking in front of the palace to a gathering of dignitaries, Preval asked [...] | 2007-06-01 19:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ECON KJUS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE983 | CONFIRMATION: US CARICOM MINISTERIAL SUMMIT [...] The foreign ministry has provided the following list of delegates attending the US CARICOM Ministerial Summit: --Rene Preval, President of Haiti --Dr. Jean Renald Clerisme, Minister of Foreign Affairs --Mr. Daniel Elie, Minister of Culture and Communication --Honorable Joseph Lambert, Presi [...] | 2007-06-01 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE993 | PM SIGNALS CABINET SHAKE-UP [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis on May 29 remarked to the press that he had discussed changes in the cabinet with President Preval to improve the performance of the government. Speaking with journalists after t [...] | 2007-06-04 19:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
07PORTLOUIS568 | MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED [...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...] | 2007-10-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP |
07PORTMORESBY226 | MCGANN MAKES WAVES IN PORT MORESBY [...] (U) Summary: EAP/ANP Office Director Steven McGann met with PNG Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Permanent Secretary Lucy Bogari, heads of diplomatic missions, Australian SIPDIS High Commission officers, and several other government officials. He also attended a reception wit [...] | 2007-06-26 06:48:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PP |
07PORTOFSPAIN1009 | Demarche on U.S. Draft Resolution on Condemning Rape as an [...] (SBU) PolCouns met October 2 with Delia Chatoor of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division and presented reftel demarche. Without committing to the specific resolution, Ms. Chatoor noted the GOTT supported the intention of the draft. She added that she would forward the text to the Attorney Ge [...] | 2007-10-05 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1019 | SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PRE-ASSESSMENT VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On behalf of Embassy Port of Spain, I look forward to welcoming your delegation to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) October 10-12. The Ambassador unfortunately is out of the country but also wishes to express his [...] | 2007-10-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EPET SENV PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1030 | ELECTIONS: THREE WEEKS TO GO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning dissolved Parliament on September 28, calling elections for November 5. His PeopleQs National Movement (PNM) comes into the race with several advantages, but also faces dissension in its ranks and public weariness over its continuance in office. The PNM [...] | 2007-10-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1031 | OAS LABOR MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECENT WORK AS THE CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE XV INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML) IN PORT OF SPAIN SEPTEMBER 11-13 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND LABOR OBJECTIVES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO BE REINFORCED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AMONG LABOR MINISTERS, I [...] | 2007-10-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI OAS XK XL XM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1047 | ELECTIONS: FRENETIC CAMPAIGNING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The past week has seen continued frenetic campaigning as Trinidad and Tobago's three major political parties jockey for position in advance of the November 5 vote. With two weeks to go, Prime Minister Manning's ruling People's National Movement (PNM) party remains the favorit [...] | 2007-10-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1062 | DEMARCHWE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 19:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1063 | DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 19:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1064 | DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION [...] (SBU) PolOff met October 22 with Ms. Delia Chatoor of the Multilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reviewed points in reftel. Ms. Chatoor replied that Trinidad and Tobago,s own small Amerindian community had recently become more vocal, and that a week dedicated to [...] | 2007-10-24 19:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1065 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff met October 22 with Delia Chatoor of the Multilateral Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and presented the points in ref a. Regarding the request to oppose &no-action8 motions in order to permit full debate on serious human rights issue raised within the Third C [...] | 2007-10-24 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1074 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 19:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETRD PHUM TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1077 | ELECTIONS: TEN DAYS TO GO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's citizens are experiencing high intensity campaigning with only ten days until the elections, and seem convinced that this vote will have long-lasting implications. The ruling People's National Movement (PNM) seems confident of victory and a growing number [...] | 2007-10-26 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1079 | ELECTIONS: MORE VIOLENCE THAN USUAL, ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: An opposition Congress of the People candidate was attacked and injured in front of his campaign office October 27. Political leaders across the spectrum condemned the attack, but differed on its motives. Police are investigating and have promised to do all they can to protec [...] | 2007-10-29 17:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1082 | AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS' SICK-OUT AFFECTING INTERNATIONAL [...] Flights in and out of Trinidad and Tobago were disrupted between Thursday October 25 and Sunday October 28 when air traffic controllers called in sick to protest a lack of progress in wage negotiations for the 2004-2007 contract period. The controllers came back on the job at 11 p.m. Sunday ni [...] | 2007-10-29 18:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB OTRA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1083 | REITERATION OF DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1086 | ILO/USDOL HIV/AIDS IN THE WORKPLACE PROJECT MOVING AHEAD IN [...] SUMMARY: ILO representatives were optimistic about progress as they completed the midterm assessment of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded Trinidad and Tobago HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program. After initial delays, new commitment and buy-in from the Ministry of Labor has resulted [...] | 2007-11-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI TBIO TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1099 | PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions in ref A. Questions in ref B were previously answered in ref C. Watch listing ---------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) maintains both an &alert list8 of individuals who should be immediately detained upon entry and a [...] | 2007-11-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER TD KHLS |
07PORTOFSPAIN1100 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WILL NOT ATTEND CD MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1105 | Elections: And the Winner is... [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling People's National Movement (PNM),the United National Congress (UNC) and the Congress of the People (COP) are campaigning feverishly, especially for marginal seats, in advance of the November 5 elections. Major rallies will be held November 3 (the Rev. Jesse Jackson r [...] | 2007-11-02 20:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1106 | Elections: And the Winner is... [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling People's National Movement (PNM),the United National Congress (UNC) and the Congress of the People (COP) are campaigning feverishly, especially for marginal seats, in advance of the November 5 elections. Major rallies will be held November 3 (the Rev. Jesse Jackson r [...] | 2007-11-02 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1111 | CORRUPTION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is concern in Trinidad and Tobago over alleged corruption in the public and private sectors. This is a black mark for the ruling People's National Movement (PNM) and an impediment to Prime Minister Patrick Manning's goal of achieving developed country status by 2020. Tra [...] | 2007-11-06 12:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN EPET TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1113 | PNM WINS NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Led by Prime Minister Patrick Manning, the People's National Movement (PNM) scored a convincing victory November 5, winning 26 of 41 seats in Parliament. The United National Congress (UNC) won the remaining 15, with the newly formed Congress of the People (COP) being "blanked." [...] | 2007-11-06 20:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1119 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. RESOLUTION ON RAPE [...] (U) Pol Chief met Multilateral Affairs Director Susan Gordon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs November 7, presented the background, talking points and list of U.S. compromises to date, and urged that GOTT's delegation vote in favor of the resolution, including the provision that the Secretar [...] | 2007-11-07 20:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN PHUM SOCI TD UNGA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1126 | DEMARCHE ON COMPROMISE RESOLUTION ON RAPE [...] (U) Pol Chief met with Jerome Joseph in the Multilateral Affairs Division of the MFA and urged him to have the GOTT instruct its delegation at the United Nations to co-sponsor the resolution condemning rape and to vote against any amendments, and to vote for adoption of the resolution without [...] | 2007-11-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN PHUM SOCI UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1137 | COMPROMISE RESOLUTION ON RAPE: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 17:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN PHUM SOCI UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1139 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO WILL ABSTAIN ON THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1150 | DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 18:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1151 | BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning's new cabinet includes a number of new faces, some members of his former cabinet who have been given different portfolios, and two who have retained their old ministries. The cabinet is noteworthy for the number of women the PM has placed in posi [...] | 2007-11-23 18:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1154 | CABLE TV PIRACY ENDS (ALMOST) IN TRINIDAD [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) With the signing of a content agreement October 30, Trinidad's main cable company Flow and HBO-Latin America ended years of controversy about cable TV piracy in Trinidad. Starting December 1, Flow will pay for HBO-LA programming and discontinue unlicensed premium movie broadcast [...] | 2007-11-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN1156 | TRINIDAD REQUESTS USG HELP WITH CABLE TV PROVIDERS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. With the successful conclusion of licensing negotiations between Trinidad's main cable TV company Flow and U.S. company HBO-LA (reftel),the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) has asked Flow to conclude licensing [...] | 2007-11-27 19:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1159 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S TAKE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy-rich Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is not the typical tourism-dependant, energy importing Caribbean nation, and at the upcoming UN Climate Change conference, its position may be less defined than that of its neighbors. With its industrial base and high per capita greenhouse g [...] | 2007-11-29 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1165 | UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (U) This cable contains updated information for required reporting under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) concerning child labor in Trinidad and Tobago (TT). A. Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) has ratified I [...] | 2007-11-30 16:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1167 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...] | 2007-11-30 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1171 | DEMARCHE ON THE ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Pol Chief met December 3 with MFA Multilateral Affairs official Kathleen Seenarine to promote the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Seenarine said the GOTT would consider the Prosper candidacy and would notify the Embassy in e [...] | 2007-12-03 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1172 | DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) PolChief met December 3 with MFA Multilateral Affairs official Kathleen Seenarine presented ref (a) points, requesting the GOTT vote against, or at least abstain, on Resolutions 61/22, 61/23, and 61/116. PolChief especially emphasized the resolution mentioned in ref (b),urging, at a m [...] | 2007-12-03 19:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1176 | DEMARCHE IN UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNGA TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1187 | GOTT ACKNOWLEDGES CNIES MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 19:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL SNAR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1202 | EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-19 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL |
07PORTOFSPAIN1203 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#3-07) [...] bpTT, Energy Minister comment on Gazprom rumor 2. Gas audit: proven reserves down to 12 years 3. T&T Energy Conference charts policy directions 4. Chile joins the LNG queue 5. Uganda seeks T&T help to manage oil/gas reserves 6. Experimental methanol power plant commissioned 7. BG explor [...] | 2007-12-19 19:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1204 | DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST UNREGISTERED FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 18:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CJAN KJUS PREL VE AR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1205 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: SERIOUS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: With Christmas and the February 2008 Carnival season approaching, Trinidad and Tobago is gripped by fear of crime, which, fueled by media frenzy, is perceived as out of control. Many complain that the GOTT is powerless to do anything, or is unconcerned, criticizing the perform [...] | 2007-12-20 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1206 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - [...] Prime Minister on Climate Change 2. Central Bank Governor on inflation, currency value 3. Rising food prices 4. Laqtel fined by TATT 5. Increasing tourism traffic on Tobago 6. Trinidadian appointed UNEP Assistant SecGen  [...] | 2007-12-21 18:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KGHG EIND ETRD EWWT ECPS KHIV |
07PORTOFSPAIN138 | AMID THE TRAGEDY OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN T&T, A TROUBLED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN152 | PETROLEUM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES CONFRONTING T&T OIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Oil and gas companies operating in Trinidad & Tobago outlined aggressive programs to develop proven reserves in their presentations at the T&T Petroleum Conference, but several speakers raised concern that exploration may not be keeping pace with gas utilization. Energy Minister [...] | 2007-02-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV EFIN TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN168 | TRINIDAD CEDES ENERGY SUPPLIER ROLE TO VENEZUELA WHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT Foreign Minister Piggott made local headlines with a statement that Venezuela has replaced Trinidad & Tobago as the dominant energy supplier to the Caribbean. Piggott also announced that T&T and Venezuela initialed a framework unitization agreement for cross-border natural [...] | 2007-02-23 19:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECIN PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN2 | AMCHAM CONFERENCE LOOKS AT T&T'S NON-ENERGY SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EFIN EIND ELAB TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN21 | SETBACK FOR ALCOA SMELTER IN TRINIDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of controversy about plans to construct aluminum smelters in Trinidad and a day-long national symposium to discuss the development of a national aluminum industry, Prime Minister Manning announced Christmas Eve that the GOTT was discontinuing plans for the industria [...] | 2007-01-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EMIN SENV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN233 | T&T MEDIA FIRES BACK ON JAMAICA LNG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The media dogfight between Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago over liquefied natural gas has escalated in response to Jamaican private sector calls for retaliation against trade with T&T. Tensions between the two CARICOM members have implications for momentum on regional integration [...] | 2007-03-15 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD ECIN PREL CARICOM JM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN236 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - FEBRUARY [...] PM announces "Full Employment" 2. Inflation Continues Downward Trend 3. Central Bank Bond Issue Oversubscribed 4. Smelter Saga Continues 5. Amended OSHA debuts U.S. affiliate charged 6. Music pirates keel-hauled 7. Opposition questions U.K. consulting firm ties to CAL CEO, role [...] | 2007-03-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ECPS EFIN EIND ELNT KIRP TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN277 | DEMARCHE: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 18:46:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ZI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN281 | COURT OF APPEAL QUASHES CONVICTION OF FORMER P.M. BASDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Court of Appeal Judge Margot Warner, quashed the conviction and sentence pending against former Prime Minister and current interim Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Basdeo Panday. Warner ordered a retrial for reasons of a possible conflict of in [...] | 2007-03-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN299 | T&T PM MANNING MEETS CHAVEZ, SIGNS GAS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Patrick Manning met with BRV President Hugo Chavez for four hours on March 20 and signed a framework unitization agreement, a key step toward joint development of substantial cross-border gas fields. Manning also used the meeting as an opportunity to propose br [...] | 2007-03-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN320 | FIFTH ANNUAL SONG AND VERSE CONTEST FOCUSES ON IPR [...] (U) SUMMARY: One year after the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) launched its first anti-piracy campaign, two GOTT ministries and a local NGO The Heroes Foundation joined the Embassy to co-sponsor an Intellectual Property Rights-themed Ambassador's Song and Verse Contest. Nearly 3,000 [...] | 2007-04-02 19:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR SCUL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN336 | DEMARCHE SENT REGARDING DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KNEP IR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN353 | EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF [...] On April 11, El Salvador became the latest country to open an embassy in Port of Spain, following Spain's inauguration of its presence here in November 2006 and the establishment of South Africa's mission in December 2006. This brings the total number of foreign missions resident in Port of S [...] | 2007-04-13 18:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ES TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN355 | EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 18:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ES TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN362 | T&T TO BE WELL REPRESENTED AT US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL [...] At the April 12 weekly post-cabinet meeting press conference, Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott announced publicly that Prime Minister Patrick Manning and he will be attending the June 19-21 US-Caricom Conference in Washington. Piggott was familiar with the proposed objectives and notional agend [...] | 2007-04-13 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL OAS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN389 | T&T PRIME MINISTER SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with CODEL Engel, Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Manning voiced frustration that Washington has not engaged on his bilateral economic and security proposals, and he complained about Article 98 and low margins on LNG sales to the U.S. CODEL members ag [...] | 2007-04-20 19:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET ETRD MARR SNAR VE TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN393 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH [...] Tobago Land License for Foreigners 2. Far East Co-operation in Trade & Investment 3. GOTT committed to FTAA 4. Fishy concerns 5. T&T gets Water Pollution Rules 6. U.S. company to build Caustic Soda plant 7. Essar Steel plant approved 8. T&T Bird Flu ready 9. VAT removed on [...] | 2007-04-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV ETRD KFLU TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN436 | T&T NOT WILLING TO ASSIST NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (C) Embassy Port of Spain believes the GOTT would not respond favorably to any USG requests for troops to supplement the coalition forces in Iraq. This country has historically been opposed to sending its troops, however few in number, on military missions overseas and, even within the regio [...] | 2007-05-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MAS MOPS PREL PTER TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN456 | VENEZUELA WITHDRAWS T&T INVITATION TO SOUTH AMERICAN ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: After first inviting Prime Minister Patrick Manning to a South American energy summit in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez unexpectedly withdrew the invitation on April 17, attributing the disinvitation to a lack of consensus among the summit participants regarding arrangements for Manning's [...] | 2007-05-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PGOV VZ TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN480 | GOTT UNHCR VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN489 | T&T WILL SUPPORT BELARUS FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] MFA Multilateral Affairs Division Director Margaret Rousseau told Polchief, on May 16, that T&T has already made a commitment to Belarus to support its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, along with the candidacy of Slovenia. She claimed the GOTT had made this commitment &last week som [...] | 2007-05-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN494 | IMF OFFERS PRAISE AND WARNINGS TO CARIBBEAN GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While commending strong Caribbean growth and responsible fiscal and monetary policies, visiting IMF officials urged regional governments to adopt proactive measures to reduce current account deficits and public debt while economies are strong. They also recommended eliminating ta [...] | 2007-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ECIN PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN495 | T&T LAUNCHES WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago is embarking on an eight-year, US$4.4 billion upgrade of its water and wastewater treatment infrastructure. While the initial consulting contract went to Canadian firm GENIVAR, the overall program offers significant commercial opportunities for U.S. firms. END SU [...] | 2007-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO BEXP EIND SENV ECON TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN517 | RESPONDING TO PRIME MINISTER MANNING'S BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: When Prime Minister Manning visits Washington for the Caribbean 20/20 Conference in June, he will bring with him a series of bilateral proposals on trade, tax policy, and narcotics interdiction that he has been raising consi [...] | 2007-05-24 21:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN MARR SNAR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN518 | T&T RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE EITHER VENEZUELA OR IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador Austin,s demarche on the expanding relationship between Venezuela and Iran, Foreign Minister Piggott was strictly neutral, saying that T&T is primarily interested in the maintenance of peace and the solution of all conflicts through dialogue. He implied [...] | 2007-05-24 21:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR VZ PM AR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN52 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN53 | TIC FOLLOW UP - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT trade officials were disappointed that the October meeting of the US-CARICOM Trade and Investment Council meeting did not address future access to the U.S. market for CARICOM goods, but they welcomed USG interest in following up the October meeting. They reacted coolly to t [...] | 2007-01-18 19:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN541 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host [...] | 2007-06-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN545 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO GOVERNMENT REACTS TO JFK TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning requested a meeting with Ambassador Austin June 4 to pledge continued assistance in all law enforcement and legal matters to fight terror, including efforts to extradite two of the JFK bomb plotters currently being held in Trinidad. Manning had a [...] | 2007-06-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CVIS TT |
07PORTOFSPAIN554 | TRINIDAD'S CABLE TV PIRACY DISPUTE HEATS UP [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In the latest skirmish in the long-standing Trinidad and Tobago cable TV piracy wars, HBO-Latin America launched a media blitz May 9 accusing Trinidad's cable provider Flow of ongoing cable piracy and failing to negotiate in good faith to purchase cable feeds legally. Flow respo [...] | 2007-06-06 18:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN556 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-07) [...] LNG production down 25% 2. GE opens LNG service center 3. "T&T Gas to Barbados by 2009" 4. BG/Chevron sign gas supply deal with NGC 5. BG confirms small gas find 6. Petrotrin profits down 7. Petrotrin offshore platforms shut down 8. TOFCO labor woes ----------------------- LNG PRO [...] | 2007-06-06 18:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND EINV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN590 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO WANTS U.S. WORLD BANK NOMINEE TO WORK FOR [...] (U) Post conveyed request for GOTT to support U.S. nominee for President of the World Bank Robert B. Zoellick to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary Alison Lewis, who serves as alternate governor of the Bank for Trinidad & Tobago (T&T),on June 4. [...] | 2007-06-15 14:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN642 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY [...] CA adds flights to Caribbean and North America --------------------------------------------- ----- Caribbean Airlines will increase seat capacity to the Caribbean and North America by 25 percent. CA will fly double daily frequencies to New York four days a week, maintaining daily service fo [...] | 2007-07-02 18:50:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECPS EIND EINV SENV SOCI TD EAGR |
07PORTOFSPAIN643 | TRINIDAD'S EITI IMPLEMENTATION IS ON HOLD [...] (SBU) This is an action request for State/EEB/ESC - see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOTT has reportedly done the groundwork to prepare Trinidad & Tobago's candidacy for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),but the effort came to a stop in mid-2006, when Cabinet [...] | 2007-07-02 18:52:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN648 | 2007 REPORT FOR BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to our survey, twelve Trinidad-based companies reported US$793 million in investment generating an estimated US$1.0 billion in exports to the US under CBERA/CBTPA. CBERA preferences have contributed to rapid growth of petrochemicals, ethanol, and selected manufacturing [...] | 2007-07-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON TD XL |
07PORTOFSPAIN652 | SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...] | 2007-07-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN657 | SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...] | 2007-07-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN666 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: T&T RESPONDS [...] On July 5, Ramesh Lutchmedial, Director General of Civil Aviation in Trinidad and Tobago, told Econoff that he supports the USG position on environmental emissions and not the E.U.'s Emissions Trading Scheme for aviation emissions. He offered his general support for the U.S. proposals from ref [...] | 2007-07-06 17:39:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN681 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 3, poloff faxed and subsequently hand-delivered demarche per reftel to Laura West, Director, Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On July 6, another copy was faxed to Gerard Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed p [...] | 2007-07-09 17:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN689 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 12, Poloff spoke with Gerald Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed Poloff that his Ministry had received the Diplomatic Note and was in the process of consulting with the relevant authorities. 2. Thompson added, "The longstandi [...] | 2007-07-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN718 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY [...] GOTT-PCS Nitrogen Partner on Model Farm 2. Cuban farmers to help set up farms 3. US$8M for Trinidad disaster preparedness 4. Inflation continues to decline 5. TSTT, Flow sign interconnect agreement 6. India invests in T&T 7. Non-energy investors hard to find 8. T&T opens trade [...] | 2007-07-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ECPS EINV ETRD SENV TD EAGR |
07PORTOFSPAIN744 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY PART 1 [...] Tsunami Warning training for Caribbean/Latin America 2. Caribbean Airlines to be privatized 3. More TV stations coming 4. T&T/Barbados fishing agreement one step closer 5. Tobago says 'All the fish/flying fish gone' 6. HBO announces new Caribbean Channel 7. Stiff penalties f [...] | 2007-07-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ECPS EFIS EINV ETRD KIPR SENV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN750 | CAL on air transport liberalization, regional integration [...] Summary: Newly hired CAL executives professed enthusiasm for regional air transport liberalization, including an Open Skies agreement with the U.S., at a recent CAL event. CAL's position on regional air integration or cooperation is less clear; while the CAL executives supported the idea of c [...] | 2007-07-31 19:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN772 | ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP CELEBRATES 1990 ATTEMPTED [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 27, the 17 annual wreath-laying ceremony occurred outside the Red House (Parliament) with Prime Minister Manning conspicuous by his absence. A former Minister with the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR),the then governing party, complained publicly that no one r [...] | 2007-08-06 17:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PTER TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN786 | TRINIDAD'S INL CANINE ACADEMY PROGRAM: AN [...] SUMMARY: On August 3, the Trinidad and Tobago Canine Academy held their most recent graduation for 9 new officers and canines. In addition, the national newspapers showcased the academy on June 14 and 15. This new unit of the T&T Police Service was established with the assistance of post's I [...] | 2007-08-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN820 | T&T ENCOURAGED BY WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago's participant at the July 9 White House Conference on the Americas was enthusiastic about the conference as a morale boost and supported the idea of more regionally-based or subject-specific events in the future. T&T along with other Caribbean countries would bene [...] | 2007-08-14 17:46:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM KPAO TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN826 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY PART 2 [...] T&T economy scores with IMF 2. Inflation continues to decline 3. Tobago inflation also down 4. Chinese labor for yet another construction project 5. Marginal increase in electricity rates 6. T&T should prepare for Africa, Middle East trade  [...] | 2007-08-17 11:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ENGR ETRD TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN838 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] The following stories are mainly from media reporting and represent issues of public interest in Trinidad and Tobago with potential political implications: A. POLICE KILLING THIS WEEKEND B. CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE-AN UPDATE C. CHIEF OF IMMIGRATION RETIRED AUGUST 8 -------------- [...] | 2007-08-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN859 | T&T AID TO JAMAICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago's (GOTT) TT$20 million (US$3.2 million) in assistance to Jamaica for post-Hurricane Dean recovery efforts has attracted both criticism and commendation in T&T. While opposition criticism is fueled by upcoming elections as much as anything els [...] | 2007-08-30 17:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN891 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 1 [...] Offers of more food suppliers for T&T 2. Weak US dollar ... businessman worried! 3. T&T/Barbados fishing talks begin 4. Tobago's Development - US$500 million to be spent 5. Global warming fears prompt desalination projects 6. Call for local content policy 7. T&T chambers seek tra [...] | 2007-09-07 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ENGR ETRD TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN906 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 [...] In this edition of the Roundup: A. PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION B. ELECTION POLLS TELL DIFFERENT STORIES C. PNM DISCARDING MP'S BEFORE ELECTION D. MONTEIL SCANDAL PLAGUES PARTY ----------------------------- PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION ----------------------------- 2. On Sep [...] | 2007-09-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN931 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] (SBU) Embassy spoke September 13 with Jennifer Boucaud-Blake, Permanent Secretary (Vice Minister) of the Ministry of National Security, to check on the status of the GOTT's response to our July 3 diplomatic note seeking designation for any U.S. troops entering Trinidad and Tobago as a visiting [...] | 2007-09-13 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN947 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST PART 2 [...] Caribbean Airlines flying high 2. Copa Airlines to fly to Trinidad 3. Inflation on the rise 4. Central Bank's authorized capital increased 5. Credit Unions' assets top US$1 billion 6. GOTT looks to financial services, investments 7. More hotels opening 8. Rapid Rail contract a [...] | 2007-09-18 21:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT SOCI TD ECON ELTN |
07PORTOFSPAIN987 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 [...] (U) In this edition of the Roundup: A. CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION B. TRADE UNIONS SUCCESSFUL IN SOLIDARITY C. MP WINS FIGHT TO BE SCREENED FOR OFFICE D. CHIEF JUSTICE TRIBUNAL SNARES MORE -------------------------------- CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION -------------------- [...] | 2007-09-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07POTAUPRINCE943 | ONSTITUTIONAL REFORM LOSING STEAM [...] Summary: The constitutional reform initiative launched by the Preval government in early March (reftel) has sputtered, and the government has not followed through on recommendations to create a reform committee. The Haitian public appears to oppose an extra-constitutional amendment process a [...] | 2007-05-24 13:18:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
07PRAGUE1009 | CODEL FRANKS LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON CZECH [...] (SBU) Summary and Conclusion: Ambassador Graber and U.S. Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) met in Prague August 29-30 with key Czech government officials and politicians to discuss missile defense. Franks' main message to the President, the Prime Minister, Foreign and Defense Ministers, and th [...] | 2007-09-05 05:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE102 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT STRATEGY - MEET [...] (C) The Czech Government has adopted a strategy of maximum openness with the public in an effort to ensure the success of its plans to host a U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. Czech opponents of missile defense have tried to draw analogies with Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia; opponents also [...] | 2007-02-02 15:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE1027 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF EU FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) In a meeting with Pol-Econ Counselor Sept 5 to discuss the upcoming Gymnich meeting, Vaclav Balek, Director of the Czech MFA's Common Foreign Security Policy Department offered the following assessment of Czech views and goals for the meeting: Russia and the Portuguese EU Presidency --- [...] | 2007-09-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EUN EZ IN PGOV PREL RS |
07PRAGUE103 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AGAINST THE EU CONSTITUTION, WANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sparked by the January 26 visit of Germany Prime Minister Angela Merkel, several prominent Czech politicians -- with President Klaus in the lead -- have made strong statements against reviving the EU constitution. The renewed debate is illuminating divisions within the governing [...] | 2007-02-04 08:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE1031 | U.S.- CZECH SCIENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCI TSPL PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1032 | CZECH REPUBLIC IS FIRST IN THE REGION TO SIGN [...] Ambassador Richard Graber and Czech Minister for Labor and Social Affairs Petr Necas signed the U.S.-Czech Bilateral Social Security Totalization Agreement at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on September 7, 2008. Social Security Administration Associate Commissioner Rogelio Gomez and [...] | 2007-09-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EFIN EZ |
07PRAGUE1037 | CODEL SIRES SUPPORTS CZECH EFFORTS IN CUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Sires met with Czech government and NGO officials during a visit to Prague August 27-28. CODEL consisted of Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ),Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL),and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL). CODEL stressed U.S. appreciation of Czech leadersh [...] | 2007-09-07 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1038 | REGISTRATION FOR 2007 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 05:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EZ MARR NATO PREL |
07PRAGUE104 | CZECHS ENDING NORTH KOREAN LABORER PROGRAM BUT [...] (C) As a result of passage of UNSCR 1718, the Czech Foreign Ministry has pushed through an interministerial decision to end the North Korean work program that has been in place since 1998. No new visas will be issued, and the 408 DPRK laborers currently in country will leave when their visas [...] | 2007-02-05 05:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUN ELAB EZ KN |
07PRAGUE1044 | CZECH FIRST LADY WILL NOT ATTEND UNGA EVENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA EZ |
07PRAGUE1051 | SECOND MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation John C. Rood and an interagency delegation met September 5 in Prague with a Czech delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar for the second round of negotiations on the Ballistic Missile Defe [...] | 2007-09-12 04:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE106 | CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER PROMISES FLEXIBILITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Czech opposition leader Jiri Paroubek told Ambassador that he would ensure that his party continued to maintain a flexible approach on a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic. Paroubek confirmed that he felt that for internal party reasons he had no choice but to have [...] | 2007-02-05 15:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE1060 | PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA: [...] The Czech Republic is justifiably proud of its record as a country actively engaged in promoting democracy and protecting human rights, particularly in oppressed societies such as Cuba, Belarus, Burma and countries in the Middle East. They are engaged in myriad projects in support of free med [...] | 2007-09-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EZ PHUM PREL |
07PRAGUE1063 | PRAGUE: SUCCESSFUL BIOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE AND [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy hosted a conference and dinner on biotechnology on September 7, 2007 with funding from EEB. The conference, co-sponsored by the Czech Ministry of Agriculture, drew over 70 participants from five countries, including representatives from government, retail and food ind [...] | 2007-09-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EZ |
07PRAGUE1064 | SECOND VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jackson McDonald and an interagency delegation met with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague to continue negotiations on a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) September 11-12. Overall, the two sides had good, constructive talks and were able t [...] | 2007-09-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE1073 | CZECH REPUBLIC SIGNS NUCLEAR FUEL REPATRIATION [...] Ambassador Graber and Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Riman signed the "Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Area of Countering the Proliferation of Nuclear Materials and Technologies" (a.k.a. nuclear fuel repatriation agreement) on September 17 at the Ministry of Industry and T [...] | 2007-09-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EZ PREL RU |
07PRAGUE1078 | DHS VISA WAIVER OFFICIALS BRIEF CZECHS, PROVIDE [...] (U) DHS DAS for Policy Nathan Sales and DHS Visa Waiver Chief Dan Sullivan met with Czech MFA Political Director Povejsil and Deputy Interior Minister Salivar on September 7. They continued with a working-level meeting on September 10. Sales and Sullivan provided details about the seven new [...] | 2007-09-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS EZ PREL |
07PRAGUE1080 | CODEL TAUSCHER DISPELS MYTHS ON MISSILE DEFENSE DURING [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Tauscher delivered a clear and effective message to Czech politicians and the public about Congressional views on the planned U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. The visit helped dispel a number of persistent myths by making clear that there is bipartisan Congressional support [...] | 2007-09-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO OVIP EZ |
07PRAGUE1084 | CZECH REPUBLIC: EU BORDER MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Embassy official met with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Spanish proposal for a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission on the Lebanon-Syria border. These Czech officials indicated that this possible mission, while discussed on September 14 at the Poli [...] | 2007-09-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EU EZ PGOV PREL IS SY LE |
07PRAGUE1085 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS NEED FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) Embassy political officer spoke with Czech desk officers for Syria and Lebanon regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. These Czech officials indicated that the EU is generally supportive of this tri [...] | 2007-09-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU EZ IS SY LE UNSC PTER PGOV |
07PRAGUE1086 | CZECHS - POSITIVELY DISPOSED TOWARD US CANDIDATE [...] While unable to officially state that the Czech government would support our "excellent" U.S. candidate for the Committee Against Torture, the MFA Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy stated the Czech government was most favorably inclined to support keeping Felice Gaer on this commi [...] | 2007-09-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR EZ |
07PRAGUE1087 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ENGAGED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) The Czech government continues to be very engaged on how to best advance the work of the Community of Democracies. They took note of the October 1, 2:30pm meeting to be hosted by Mali on the margins of the UNGA, which they currently are planning to attend at the FM level. Czechs Suppo [...] | 2007-09-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU EZ KDEM PGOV PREL UNGA |
07PRAGUE1088 | CZECHS HESITANT TO LEND NAME TO PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KDEM EZ |
07PRAGUE1089 | CZECHS TO APPOINT FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) The former Czech Agriculture Minister, Milena Vicenova, will become the new Czech Ambassador to the European Union. She will replace Jan Kohout, who was formally recalled by the President on September 19. Vicena is likely to take up the post before the end of the year. The Embassy, pa [...] | 2007-09-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ PGOV PREL EAGR |
07PRAGUE110 | CZECHS RATIFY BILATERAL ADDENDUM TO US-EU [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PREL PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE1116 | CZECHS LEAN TOWARD SUPPORTING RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1124 | CZECHS SUPPORT KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, informed us that the Czech government is supportive of the EU approach to keep the pressure on the Burmese government. She commented that the MFA has be [...] | 2007-10-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD WTRO BM EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1144 | DASD CAGAN SEEKS CZECH HELP IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: DOD DASD Cagan held talks with Czech First Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak and Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on October 4, 2007. DASD Cagan sought from the Czechs an additional 20 troops for Iraq, a company (100 to 120 troops) to help the Dutch in Uruzg [...] | 2007-10-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO |
07PRAGUE1146 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the upcoming October 15-16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on Iran, Russia, Chad and Uzbekistan, as well as his negative as [...] | 2007-10-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ PGOV PREL RS KV IR BM UZ |
07PRAGUE1151 | C-RE7-01700: CZECH EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES - [...] (U) During a meeting with Embassy Officials, Michal Sedlacek of the Office of the Czech Deputy Prime Minister for EU Affairs, outlined a range of issues related to the Czech EU Presidency, which commences January 1, 2009. Of key interest are the five priorities for the Czechs - Competitivenes [...] | 2007-10-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EZ ECON |
07PRAGUE1153 | CZECH POLITICAL DEJA VU: KLAUS, CORRUPTION, AND BACKROOM [...] (SBU) Summary: The "cucumber season," as the slow summer season is known in Czech politics, has come to an abrupt end with new allegations of high-level corruption, as well as rising tensions within the Green Party - and to a certain extent the coalition - after the firing of one of the Green [...] | 2007-10-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1154 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES [...] (C) Your October 23 visit to Prague will be important to our effort to win Czech approval of our missile defense (MD) proposals, and to generally solidify the partnership with a key U.S. ally. While MD is likely to dominate discussions with government officials and members of parliament, you [...] | 2007-10-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1156 | IRANIAN DELEGATION VISIT: CZECH REPUBLIC SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Parliamentarian Majlis Alaeddin Boroujedi of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee met with Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg and several parliamentary groups during his visit to Prague October 15-17. Based on conversations with the Foreign Minister, M [...] | 2007-10-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE1158 | CZECHS - STRONG SUPPORTERS OF US POSITION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the consistent, strong Czech engagement within the EU on Burma, the GOCR is very active on the bilateral front in support of democracy and human rights there. On October 9 the GOCR announced assistance (2M Crowns or 100,000 USD) for the "victims and the relatives [...] | 2007-10-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1160 | MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: THE ROAD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1165 | CZECHS SUPPORTIVE OF US AND EU PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy, Gabriela Dlouha, who will travel to New York November 12 to assume the lead of the Czech delegation negotiations on UNGA Third Committee issues, welcomed the US perspective on these resolutions and indicated that the GOCR wil [...] | 2007-10-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EZ KTIA PHUM PREL UN UNHCR |
07PRAGUE1169 | CZECHS: EU EVALUATING ADDITIONAL BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM EU EZ |
07PRAGUE1172 | CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION - NO CHANGE EXPECTED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU EZ XG |
07PRAGUE1174 | CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: The friendly and positive atmosphere during the official meetings of Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) in Prague on October 23 has been overshadowed by a media firestorm sparked by the SecDef's comments regarding possible Russian access to MD sites, including the planned radar [...] | 2007-10-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1176 | CZECHS APPRECIATE DETAILS ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFI EZ XG |
07PRAGUE1177 | CZECHS PREPARATIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1180 | CZECHS INFORM ARGENTINES OF SUPPORT FOR INTERPOL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV EZ XG AR |
07PRAGUE1185 | CZECHS: NO COMMENT ON WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UN UNGA EZ EU |
07PRAGUE1188 | CZECHS WILL ISSUE FATF'S ADVISORY STATEMENT ON [...] Econoff delivered reftel remarks to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East and Africa Department Director Josef Rychtar and Ministry of Finance Financial Analytical Unit Director Mr. Korbas October 29. Korbas said he would draft a letter, based on the U.S. demarche and in conjunction with th [...] | 2007-10-31 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE1189 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 06:57:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA EZ |
07PRAGUE1190 | CZECHS COMMIT TO WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 08:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UN UNGA EZ EU XG |
07PRAGUE1191 | 2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 14:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1193 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER PAROUBEK'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jiri Paroubek, Chairman of the largest Czech opposition party, CSSD or the Czech Social Democratic Party, will visit Washington next week with the primary purpose of discussing missile defense with U.S. policy makers. To win the Czech parliament's approval of the MD agreements, [...] | 2007-11-01 16:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1196 | CZECHS VIGILANT ON PKK; NO DOMESTIC PRESENCE KNOWN [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Director of Southern Europe and Eastern Europe, Tomas Szunyog, thanked us for our comments related to the PKK (reftel). Szunyog noted that the Czech government takes this topic seriously and acknowledged that the Czechs have been in touch with the Turkish Embassy to discuss the [...] | 2007-11-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1201 | 2008 CZECH BUDGET: THE ANOREXIC BEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The draft 2008 state budget passed the first reading in Parliament on October 23 and final approval is expected in December. The Czech government, in an effort to meet the Maastricht budget deficit ceiling of 3 percent of GDP, has proposed a comparatively lean budget for 2008. [...] | 2007-11-06 17:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE1205 | THIRD VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 15:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE1207 | CZECH REPUBLIC: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PREL |
07PRAGUE1212 | CZECH CONFERENCE ON BURMA - LAUNCHES FORMATION OF [...] Summary: With funding from the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Parliamentarians from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Estonia, and U.S. Embassy participation, the NGO "People in Need" hosted a conference "Burma Alert: Action Needed Now" on November 6. The event, which was launched by former [...] | 2007-11-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EZ BM EUN |
07PRAGUE1215 | CZECH REPUBLIC MISSILE DEFENSE: CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Visits to Prague of USD(P) Eric Edelman and U/S Rood, together with clear Czech statements following a government meeting on November 6, appear to have put to rest Czech concerns about possible Russian troops at the proposed missile defense radar site (reftel). The Czechs told Ede [...] | 2007-11-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO PINS EZ XG |
07PRAGUE1218 | CZECHS UPDATED ON UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1219 | CZECHS - PAYING ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VE EUN PHUM WHA |
07PRAGUE122 | CZECH SENATE GIVES OK FOR PROSECUTION OF DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On February 7, the Czech Senate decided, by a single vote, to remove the criminal immunity of Senator Jiri Cunek, Principal Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Regional Development, and Chairman of the ruling coalition's junior member, the Christian Democrats. The vote means that [...] | 2007-02-08 12:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1222 | CZECH REPUBLIC'S DISAPPOINTING REVISED EURO [...] (SBU) Unlike in some countries where euro-adoption serves as a carrot to drive and provide political cover for difficult reforms, the Czech euro adoption strategy remains hostage to Czech domestic politics. While key export-oriented industries continue to lobby hard for euro adoption at the e [...] | 2007-11-15 10:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE1224 | CZECH INSIGHTS INTO EU POLICY ON CUBA [...] (C) Embassy Officials met with Czech MFA Officials in the office of Human Rights and Transition Policy as well as the office of the Americas to discuss working together for real change in Cuba. The Czechs noted that our proposals (reftel A) were disseminated by the Portuguese EU Presidency to [...] | 2007-11-15 13:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU UNGA EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1225 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ANARCHIST RIOTS OVERSHADOW PLANNED [...] (U) SUMMARY & COMMENT: The much-anticipated and, in some cases, feared neo-Nazi marches through Prague's Jewish quarter on November 10 were largely nullified by effective police work and well-organized counter-demonstrations. Most of the day's events passed peacefully with nearly a thousand p [...] | 2007-11-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI EZ |
07PRAGUE1228 | CZECH REPUBLIC: POST RECOMMENDS WATCH LIST FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Post recommends the Czech Republic be placed on the Special 301 Watch List at the upcoming out-of-cycle IPR review (OCR). The Czechs have had seven months to develop and implement an action plan with limited progress to report. The Czech IPR inter-ministerial [...] | 2007-11-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE1229 | TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT, CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (U) The Czech Republic continues to make significant progress in identifying Trafficking in Persons as a law enforcement and judicial priority, and continues to provide necessary resources, funding, and training to increase detection and overall awareness among labor inspectors, police, prosec [...] | 2007-11-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE123 | DHS A/S PAUL ROSENZWEIG CHAIRS SEVENTH BCWG AND [...] (C) DHS Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Paul Rosenzweig and DHS Office of International Enforcement Director Daniel Sullivan met with Czech Foreign and Interior Ministers on a visit to Prague on January 24 and 25. After addressing a multilateral meeting hosted by the In [...] | 2007-02-08 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS CMGT PREL CPAS ASEC EZ |
07PRAGUE1232 | CZECH-HUNGARIAN ENERGY JOINT VENTURE: POTENTIAL [...] (U) This is a joint cable by Embassy Prague and Embassy Budapest. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION: The proposed joint venture between Czech electricity giant CEZ and Hungarian energy group MOL is a deal driven by business interests -- CEZ's desire to get its foot in the door in Hungary as a [...] | 2007-11-16 10:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1233 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the November 19 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on the Western Balkans, Iran, the EUFOR Chad-RCA mission and upcoming Sum [...] | 2007-11-16 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ EUN PGOV PREL IR KVPR |
07PRAGUE1234 | CZECH POLITICS: CUNEK HALF-WAY OUT THE DOOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption has brought down another high-profile Czech politician. Jiri Cunek, head of the KDU-CSL party (Christian Democrats),formally resigned on November 13 from his cabinet post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development. While Cunek's latest scandal p [...] | 2007-11-16 16:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1235 | CZECHS - APPRECIATE SANCTION DETAILS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Embassy Officials met with Vaclav Balek, Czech MFA Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy as well as Karel Korynta (Director) and Adirana Bartova (international department) at the Financial Analytical Unit of the Ministry of Finance, to discuss expanding sanctio [...] | 2007-11-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD EFIN BM EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1240 | CZECHS SHOW MIXED REACTION TO EU'S LACKLUSTER [...] Post delievered reftel demarche to Ministry of Environment Genetically-Modified Organism (GMO) Department Director Zuzana Doubkova November 13. Doubkova said official Czech positions on recent biotech developments in the EU have not been determined. Unofficially, she said the Ministry of Envi [...] | 2007-11-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE1241 | CZECH PRIORITIES FOR OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloffs met November 20 with Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director of the Czech MFA's Security Policy Department, to discuss the OSCE Ministerial that will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. The Czechs reviewed our proposals (reftel) and raised their three priorities for the Ministeri [...] | 2007-11-20 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1250 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has a strong record of active engagement and support for democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, an internationally recognized advocate for human rights, established the Czech government's principled position on Cub [...] | 2007-11-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREF CU EZ XG |
07PRAGUE1261 | BOSNIA'S NIKOLA SPIRIC ENGAGES CZECHS [...] (U) Summary: Nikola Spiric, who resigned as Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Council of Ministers Chairman on November 1, visited Prague on November 20-21 with Finance Minister Dragan Vrankic and several BiH business leaders. Spiric met with Prime Minister Topolanek, Deputy Prime Minister Vondra, [...] | 2007-11-28 08:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BH ETRD PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1274 | CZECHS BRIEFED ON IRAN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor delivered reftel points on the NIE on Iran's nuclear program to Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on December 4. Povejsil appreciated receiving the NIE conclusions and the U.S. position. Povejsil thought that the NIE's conclusions regarding the nuclear progra [...] | 2007-12-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR EZ |
07PRAGUE1275 | CZECHS - WILL SUPPORT UN CERD CANDIDATE PROSPER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA EZ XG |
07PRAGUE1276 | CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS |
07PRAGUE1278 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DESIGNATED TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC EZ PTER KTFN |
07PRAGUE1281 | CZECH GOVERNMENT WRAPS UP A GOOD WEEK IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Topolanek government again demonstrated this week that despite the tensions within the coalition and internal disputes in all three coalition parties, the government can come together on important votes and continues to press ahead with its agenda. Although the government's [...] | 2007-12-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1282 | 2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL APPROVED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1283 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the December 10 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on: Iran, Israel, Kosovo, Burma, Chad and European Neighborhood [...] | 2007-12-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
07PRAGUE1289 | CZECHS WILL ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1290 | CZECHS RAISE "ALARM" ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE [...] (U) Action requests in para 15. 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Czechs are concerned about the pace of negotiations on the European MD site, as well as what they perceive as a lack of full USG commitment to the project. Ambassador has heard in the past week from Deputy PM Vondra and D [...] | 2007-12-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL PL EZ |
07PRAGUE1293 | IRAN BLASTS THE CZECHS FOR REACTION TO NIE [...] (C) Summary: Iran has reacted harshly to the Czech stance on the recently released NIE and their decision to continue missile defense negotiations. They appear to have, at least temporarily, halted what were tentative steps towards normalizing relations. End summary 2. (C) During a meeti [...] | 2007-12-12 15:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL PGOV IR EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1295 | WTO/GAMBLING: CZECHS WILL BE WALLFLOWERS IN EC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD WTRO EZ |
07PRAGUE130 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO EU CONSENSUS ON WTO/DOHA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | WTRO ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE1303 | CZECHS STRUGGLE TO ADVANCE EU POSITION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Czech MFA officials in the Asia Pacific, and Human Rights and Transition Policy Departments were eager to hear our perspective on the current situation in Burma. They spoke about their efforts to move the EU beyond a "wait and see" approach as well as their work on a bilateral basis. The [...] | 2007-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BM EZ EUN |
07PRAGUE1304 | CZECHS WILL INQUIRE WITH IRAN ON MISSING AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC EZ IN PGOV |
07PRAGUE131 | CZECHS ON THE FEBRUARY 12-13 GAERC [...] (U) Poloff met with MFA CFSP Director Vaclav Balek on February 9 to discuss the February 12-13 GAERC. The discussion was focused on Kosovo/Serbia and the Middle East. Czech policy remains unchanged. 2. (SBU) On Kosovo/Serbia, the Czechs will press for EU unity in support of Ahtisaari's prop [...] | 2007-02-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN YI SR BK AL IS IR AF SO |
07PRAGUE1318 | CZECHS SUPPORT SLOW GROWTH IN UN BUDGET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNGA EZ |
07PRAGUE1319 | FOURTH VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE132 | CZECHS WILL BACK EU RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA'S DENIAL [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Director of Americas Jakub Skalnik on February 6 to discuss Venezuela's recent efforts to silence Radio Caracas television by refusing to renew its license. Skalnik said the Czechs see the refusal as a threat to the freedom of the press in Venezuela, and part of Presi [...] | 2007-02-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM VE EZ |
07PRAGUE1323 | PRAGUE CONSULAR ROUNDUP, AUGUST-DECEMBER 2007 [...] Visa waiver continues to be a significant bilateral issue. The Czechs have begun to engage in HSPD-6 negotiations, while the NIV refusal rates and overstays continue to decline. Visa fraud is also low, making a fake bank document a significant catch. Post successfully implemented 10-fingerpr [...] | 2007-12-21 14:39:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE1324 | CZECH REPUBLIC: FY2006 B VISA VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-25 18:08:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD ASEC EZ |
07PRAGUE1326 | RESPONSE TO SECOND DEMARCHE REQUEST: COMMITTEE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-25 18:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA EZ |
07PRAGUE133 | CZECHS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HAMAS/FATAH [...] (SBU) Poloff met with the Czech MFA Director of the Middle East and Africa Department Josef Rychtar on February 9 to discuss the announcement that Fatah and Hamas have agreed to form a new Palestinian government. Rychtar agreed the announcement seems to be a positive step, but noted press repo [...] | 2007-02-09 16:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS XX EZ |
07PRAGUE144 | THE POLITICS OF MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech government welcomes the U.S. offer to deploy an X-band radar site near Prague as part of Ballistic Missile Defense's third (European) site. But the government does not have a strong majority. Public opinion will determine the outcome of any future parliamentary vote o [...] | 2007-02-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE145 | CZECHS DO NOT PLAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISTINCT [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara informed Poloff on February 14 that the Czechs do not/not plan to donate to the Distinct Entity Trust Fund. Kara explained that the Czechs have heard nothing from the UN Secretariat since they donated to the Fund in 2004 or 2005, SIPDIS [...] | 2007-02-14 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN IZ EZ |
07PRAGUE146 | CZECH GREENS: PROMOTION TO TOP LEVEL OF NATIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Czech Green Party, in government for the first time ever, is exercising an influence far beyond its 3% share in parliament as it rapidly evolves from a coffee house movement to a mainstream political party. The party, which is wrestling with the tensions between its historic ac [...] | 2007-02-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE158 | GREEN CHAIR BURSIK OFFERS PRAGMATIC APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Green Party, assured the Ambassador that he would work to keep his party's position on missile defense flexible. Bursik indicated that, while he is confident he will be reconfirmed as party chair at the February 17-18 Gre [...] | 2007-02-16 15:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS EZ |
07PRAGUE159 | CZECHS TO PAY INCREASED ATTENTION TO ASIA BUT [...] (C) With a long history of criticizing China's human rights abuses, new FM Karel Schwarzenberg and Prime Minister Topolanek are likely to put Czech - China relations on the back burner while pushing for expanded ties with Vietnam and India as counterweights to China in the region. Schwarzenbe [...] | 2007-02-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE165 | POSSIBLE U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: The following is a suggested list of options for missile defense outreach in support of the establishment of a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic. End summary. 2. (C/NF) This outline is submitted in response to the February 15 sub-PCC on missile defense pub [...] | 2007-02-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE166 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO HASTE ACTION EXPECTED ON THE BIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Czechs remain troubled by the U.S.-Czech BIT and the potential liability the GOCR attributes to it. However, post does not/not believe this Czech government would be willing to expend enough political attention on the issue to terminate the BIT. While the fragility [...] | 2007-02-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE17 | CZECH MFA PROMISES FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND [...] MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova confirmed to Poloff on January 5 that the Czech Republic will be represented by a Foreign Minister at the January 26 NATO ministerial proposed by Secretary Rice. Smigolova noted that, despite a possible change of Foreign Minister as part of ongoi [...] | 2007-01-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF YI OPDC EZ |
07PRAGUE186 | CZECH REPUBLIC/MISSILE DEFENSE: RESPONDING TO [...] (C) As part of the ongoing dialogue with the Czech Republic on missile defense, both Washington and Embassy officials have briefed senior levels of the Czech government and opposition about U.S.-Russian consultations on missile defense and specifically the fact that the proposed MD system pose [...] | 2007-02-27 07:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE195 | KOSOVO: CZECH GOVERNMENT ON AHTISAARI PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government continues its firm support for the Ahtisaari plan. The Czechs are concerned about EU unity on Kosovo, particularly if a new UNSC resolution fails. The opposition CSSD, whose leader has expressed skepticism about Contact Group efforts, is not making it easy f [...] | 2007-02-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM YI ZL EZ |
07PRAGUE200 | PART I OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout the course of 2006, the Czech Government continued to improve its capabilities and methods to combat trafficking in persons. GOCR political will to fight trafficking remained strong. This [...] | 2007-02-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
07PRAGUE201 | PART II OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ---------- PREVENTION (ref Para 28 SECSTATE 202745) ---------- G) The First Deputy Minister of the Czech Interior Ministry has primary responsibility for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Fight A [...] | 2007-02-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
07PRAGUE203 | PART III OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ------------------------------------ PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF VICTIMS (ref Para 30 SECSTATE 202745) ------------------------------------ A) The primary vehicle through which the government assists trafficking v [...] | 2007-02-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
07PRAGUE211 | CZECHS ON RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 11:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE212 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CZECH PRESIDENT VACLAV [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus's March 5-9 visit to the United States comes less than two months after the USG proposed negotiations on a missile defense radar facility in the Czech Republic, and one month before Klaus heads to Moscow for meetings with President Putin. It comes as the Czech [...] | 2007-03-02 13:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE213 | CZECHS ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The official Czech position on the Balkans remains unchanged (Ref B). The Czechs are taking a "wait and see" position on the new National Unity government in Palestine, and continue to require compliance with the Quartet Principles. On Iran, the Czechs will call for additional san [...] | 2007-03-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EUN KPAL BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ EZ |
07PRAGUE22 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S JANUARY 11 VISIT [...] (C) Dan, I'm looking forward to seeing you again. Your visit will be our first opportunity to meet the "new" Czech government that President Klaus will formally appoint tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. You are set to call on new/old Prime Minister Topolanek, new Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, an [...] | 2007-01-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE230 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEPUTY VICE PRIME MINISTER SEDIVY [...] (C) Visiting EUR/NCE Director Judy Garber met with Deputy Vice Prime Minister Dr. Jiri Sedivy March 2 to discuss Czech preparations for the rotating EU Presidency during the first half of 2009. As reported in reftel, Sedivy, who was formerly Defense Minister under the previous unconfirmed Top [...] | 2007-03-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EZ PREL |
07PRAGUE236 | CZECHS HESITANT ON SPECIAL SESSION ON BURMA AT UN [...] (C) Summary: While the Czech MFA has not reached a final decision, MFA staff are concerned about the timing and tactics of hosting a UNHRC special session on Burma. Czech unease relates to the possibility that a special session could undermine efforts to complete UNHRC institution building p [...] | 2007-03-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA UNSC BM EZ |
07PRAGUE24 | CZECH REPUBLIC'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Post has identified the five most influential women in the Czech Republic, per reftel, as well as additional women who are noteworthy for their various accomplishments. Political officer Sarah Peck is the POC for women's issues at post (420-257-022-312, pecksc@state.gov). ------------------- [...] | 2007-01-09 10:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN EZ |
07PRAGUE244 | IPR SITUATION AT CZECH BORDER MARKETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Czech authorities are aware of current industry complaints regarding IPR violations in the Czech Republic, particularly at the open air markets near the Austrian and German borders. The Czech government has introduced new legislation and strengthened existing legisl [...] | 2007-03-09 13:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE246 | CZECHS SUPPORT EFFORTS TO RAISE BURMA DURING ASEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE25 | CZECH POLITICS: NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 9 Czech President Vaclav Klaus officially appointed the second government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS),launching the latest chapter in the electoral saga that began with the deadlocked June 2-3 parliamentary elections. Topolanek's center-right coalition w [...] | 2007-01-09 15:37:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE259 | CZECH REPUBLIC IN FAVOR OF OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche concerning the upcoming vote on the US-EU Open Skies Agreement to Ministry of Transportation Deputy Minister for Legislative and EU Affairs Daniela Kovalcikova, who will accompany Transportation Minister Ales Rebicek to the March 22-23 Ministerial vote in Brus [...] | 2007-03-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EUN KTIA PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE262 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH REPUBLIC UPDATE MARCH 13 [...] (C/NF) Summary: Representatives from Embassy met on March 12 with the Czech Government's interagency Missile Defense team for the first of what will be weekly coordination meetings. DFM Tomas Pojar observed that President Klaus' visit to the United States had been a success. Pojar commented th [...] | 2007-03-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE274 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ACTIONS TO COMBAT PIRACY AT BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post continues to believe that the Czech Republic should remain off the Special 301 Watch List. Because of the overall positive assessments in previous Special 301 reviews, combined with the fact that the complaints from the recording industry came to our attention o [...] | 2007-03-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE285 | CZECHS WILL SUPPORT EU POSITION ON UN REFORM OF [...] (C/NF) MFA Director of UN Department Jan Kara told Poloff on March 16 that he believes the EU's new position on the reform of the UN's international administration of justice is consistent with the U.S. position explained in reftel. (He did not know whether the substance of the EU position has [...] | 2007-03-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC PREL APER ACABQ UNGA EZ |
07PRAGUE289 | U.S. AND RUSSIANS JOINTLY DEMARCHE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) On March 16, DCM and Russian DCM Oleg Lushnikov presented the points outlined in reftel to Jan Kara, director of the United Nations Department of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kara was very receptive to the message, and responded that he was "nearly 100 percent sure" the Czechs w [...] | 2007-03-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU |
07PRAGUE293 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR PUSHES IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ambassador focused his introductory meeting with the new Minister of Industry and Trade (MPO) on intellectual property rights (IPR). MPO has the lead on enforcement of WTO and EU IPR legislation, and the Minister was well aware of the piracy issues at markets o [...] | 2007-03-20 11:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE296 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS UNHRC ACTION ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. According to Czech MFA Human Rights Department official Jan Kaminek, the Czech government strongly condemns the Mugabe government's violent, anti-democratic actions. Accordingly, the Czech government has supported the EU's statements on the issue and will support an UNHRC proclama [...] | 2007-03-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI EZ |
07PRAGUE310 | CZECHS OPPOSE UNHRC RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE [...] (SBU) The Czech government will oppose the proposed UNHRC resolution to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur in the Palestinian territories. MFA Human Rights Department Head of EU and UN Issues Jan Kaminek informed Poloff on March 23 that the Czech government will oppose the resolution [...] | 2007-03-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC EZ |
07PRAGUE313 | CZECH AMBASSADOR FOR ENERGY SECURITY'S TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This is Vaclav Bartuska's first trip to the U.S. in his capacity as Czech Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security. He was appointed to this position last winter because the MFA saw the need for closer scrutiny and high level interagency coordination to develop a coher [...] | 2007-03-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CZ RU |
07PRAGUE315 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador March 23 that the Czech diplomatic note on missile defense (MD) is on track to be delivered by the end of next week. The Czechs intend to amplify their public debate after this weekend's opposition party congress, and are looking forward to the [...] | 2007-03-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR KIPR CVIS EZ |
07PRAGUE316 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USD(P) EDELMAN TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Eric, Welcome back to Prague. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the themes concerning missile defense that Secretary Gates relayed to Czech President Klaus during his visit to Washington earlier this month. Your meetings in Prague -- with Deputy Defense Minister [...] | 2007-03-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE321 | CZECHS ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF IT EZ |
07PRAGUE322 | CZECHS SUPPORT UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNMIK UN YI EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE323 | CZECH RESPONSE TO RIAA SPECIAL 301 COMPLAINT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE328 | AGING CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS RE-ELECT A WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) held their annual party congress March 23-25, as an opposition party for the first time in nine years. Party Chairman Jiri Paroubek was re-elected. In spite of running unopposed, Paroubek received only 60% of the votes, down from the 92% he recei [...] | 2007-03-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE329 | CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH [...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...] | 2007-03-27 16:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ |
07PRAGUE33 | CZECH REPUBLIC REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION WITH [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 5. 2. (C/NF) During a meeting January 11 with visiting EUR A/S Fried, Czech PM Mirek Topolanek raised GOCR concerns about the country's energy security, and particularly two commercial transactions that he believes threaten energy security by increas [...] | 2007-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ ENRG |
07PRAGUE333 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH GOVERNMENT AGREES TO [...] (U) The Czech Cabinet took the formal decision on March 28 to begin negotiations with the United States on basing a U.S. missile defense radar on Czech Territory. In a televised press conference following the Cabinet meeting Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek emphasized that this decision would beg [...] | 2007-03-28 16:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE334 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NO BANK SEPAH ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC EZ |
07PRAGUE343 | VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ERIC EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman visited Prague on March 27-28 and met separately with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr (Sasa) Vondra, Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak, and a group of key Czech parliamentarians. While there was some substantive discussion [...] | 2007-03-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS YI NATO AF EZ |
07PRAGUE347 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE APRIL 5 [...] I look forward to welcoming Codel Lowey to Prague on April 5. In anticipation of our luncheon discussion at my residence, I offer some background information in this scenesetter. 2. Seventeen years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czech Republic is today a stable and rapidly developing cou [...] | 2007-04-02 08:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE350 | TEN CUBAN MIGRANTS HAVE A NEW HOME IN PRAGUE [...] (SBU) The Czech Ministry of Interior has announced the successful resettlement of three Cuban migrant families (ten people) from Guantanamo Bay to Prague. The migrants were persecuted by the Castro regime for their political and religious beliefs. According to local press reports, Interior Min [...] | 2007-04-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CU EZ |
07PRAGUE351 | CZECH MFA: CZECHS REMAIN COMMITTED TO CHANGE IN [...] (C/NF) MFA Director of the Department of Americas Jakub Skalnik invited Poloff to the MFA on March 16 to discuss Czech policy on Cuba. During the discussion, Skalnik took great pains to reiterate that only the style of Czech policy -- not the substance -- has changed (as previously reported re [...] | 2007-04-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM CU EZ |
07PRAGUE356 | CZECH/MISSILE DEFENSE: DRAFT DCA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE358 | CZECH REPUBLIC: CUBA ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following is a summary of Czech MFA and NGO activities focused on promoting human rights and democracy in Cuba. --------------------------------------------- ICDC Conference on Cuba in Berlin April 24-26 --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Czech Foreign Ministe [...] | 2007-04-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CU EZ |
07PRAGUE359 | CZECH REPUBLIC: PUBLIC FINANCE REFORM BILL IS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Topolanek cabinet on April 3 announced its long-anticipated economic and social reform package, and said it intends to link the bill to a vote of confidence in Parliament. The reform package falls short of simplifying the tax system but does undo many of the popul [...] | 2007-04-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE367 | CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL [...] (C) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar thought it was "doubtful" the Czechs would accept the detainees, but agreed to consider the request. (The Czechs declined a similar request when it was posed by [...] | 2007-04-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN |
07PRAGUE368 | CZECH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] (C) On April 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pavel Klucky, Head of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Unit in the UN Department at the Czech MFA. Klucky stated that the Czech government would need some time to formulate a response. On April 6, Poloff again contacted Klucky, who rep [...] | 2007-04-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM IR KN EZ |
07PRAGUE369 | CZECH RESPONSE: REQUEST FOR NSG COUNTRIES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IAEA IR EZ |
07PRAGUE370 | CZECH REPUBLIC: PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE H5N1 [...] Deputy Minister of Health and Chief Public Health Officer Michael Vit on March 19 briefed Embassy officials on Czech preparations for a possible H5N1 avian flu outbreak. In November 2006, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reviewed national preparedness plans against [...] | 2007-04-06 14:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ |
07PRAGUE38 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE39 | EUCOM AND EMBASSY PRAGUE DELIVER DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 08:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM MARR PBTS EZ |
07PRAGUE398 | RUSSIAN DEPUTY FM TELLS THE CZECHS THAT MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Russian DFM Kislyak, visiting Prague on March 11-12 for meetings with FM Schwarzenberg, DFM Pojar and the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, asserted that the planned missile defense sites in the Czech Republic and Poland are a step in a larger effort by the U.S. to develop a [...] | 2007-04-13 16:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR RU EZ |
07PRAGUE399 | CZECH REPUBLIC: PROGRESS ON IPR ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/DCM and econoffs met April 13 with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Tlapa and his IPR team to follow-up on the Ambassador's IPR discussions with Minister of Industry and Trade (ref B) and the DCM's letter to Tlapa urging a government action plan to combat piracy. T [...] | 2007-04-13 16:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE400 | NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH [...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...] | 2007-04-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ KN |
07PRAGUE401 | NORTH KOREAN DG FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS VISITS CZECH [...] (SBU) On April 12, Political Economic Counselor met with Jan Fury, Director of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the recent visit of Mr. Kim Chun Guk, DPRK MFA Director General for European Affairs. Kim visited Prague on April 3 after att [...] | 2007-04-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ KN |
07PRAGUE414 | CZECH REPUBLIC SENDING AMBASSADOR AND NO NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EG EU EZ IZ PGOV PREL |
07PRAGUE415 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS EU BIOTECH FOOD PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EZ |
07PRAGUE418 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Czech Foreign Minster Karel Schwarzenberg pays his first official visit to Washington this week. The Czechs are a dependable and engaged, albeit small, ally in NATO and the EU. Schwarzenberg himself is a committed transatlanticist. It is important for us that Schwarzenberg be a [...] | 2007-04-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE420 | MISSILE DEFENSE: SCENESETTER FOR MDA DIRECTOR [...] (C/NF) General Obering, your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a crucial time during the Czech national debate on participation in missile defense with the United States. The enthusiastic support of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's right-of-center ODS party has gotten us this far, but your [...] | 2007-04-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU |
07PRAGUE424 | CZECHS ON APRIL 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the April 23-24 GAERC, the Czech government will support tougher sanctions on Iran, a "realistic" approach to the National Unity Government in Palestine, and reform efforts in Central Asia (but urge the EU to focus on improving human rights in the region). The Czechs continue t [...] | 2007-04-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KPAL PREL EUN XG IS IR AF EZ |
07PRAGUE427 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: CZECH REPUBLIC DOES NOT TRADE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN EZ |
07PRAGUE428 | CZECH MFA REPORTS AERO VODOCHODY PLANS TO GO AHEAD [...] (C/NF) Poloff met April 19 with the Czech MFA's Director of Common Foreign and Security Policy Director Vaclav Balek (please protect). Balek shared his astonishment that, despite the MFA's previous assurances to the contrary, Czech firm Aero Vodochody had successfully signed an MOU with repres [...] | 2007-04-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE |
07PRAGUE44 | A/S FRIED IN PRAGUE: MISSILE DEFENSE, VISAS, [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with senior Czech officials in Prague on January 11, A/S Fried covered the following: -- Missile Defense: the President is likely to reach a decision soon that will initiate a period of negotiations with the Czechs and/or Poles about terms for basing MD assets in [...] | 2007-01-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG EZ |
07PRAGUE441 | CZECHS SUPPORT GRADUATION OF SAMOA FROM LDC LIST [...] (U) MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara informed Poloff on April 24 that the Czech Republic supports the graduation of Samoa from the Least Developed Country list. GRABER [...] | 2007-04-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC EAID ECON UNGA EZ |
07PRAGUE45 | CZECHS WANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE U.S. "AS MUCH AS [...] (SBU) Summary. Czech efforts to promote human rights and democracy in Iran are limited primarily to support for Radio Farda, an annual scholarship, a few internships, and humanitarian relief following the Bam earthquake. However, the Deputy Director of the MFA Middle East Department emphasized [...] | 2007-01-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE457 | SPECIAL 301 CZECH REPUBLIC 2007 [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor delivered reftel points on 2007 Special 301 Review to Ministry of Industry and Trade Multilateral Trade Director Ladislava Votavova on April 27 (delivery was made on April 27 since Voltavova and most Czech interlocutors will not be working on April 30, the day [...] | 2007-04-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE466 | CZECH REPUBLIC REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY [...] (U) The Czech Republic has formally requested USG support for its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2008-09. 2. (U) The unofficial translation of the April 17 diplomatic note is as follows: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic [...] | 2007-04-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UN EZ |
07PRAGUE467 | CZECHS ARE COMMITTED TO IRAQ THROUGH 2007 [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department Daniel Kostoval April 26 to discuss Iraq troop contributions and deliver ref A. Kostoval confirmed the Czechs will maintain current troop levels through 2007, and will continue their multi-faceted efforts to stabilize Ira [...] | 2007-04-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ EZ |
07PRAGUE469 | STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA CJAN PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE471 | CZECH GOVERNMENT; FIRST 100 DAYS - NO HONEYMOON, [...] SUMMARY (C) The three-party coalition led by Mirek Toplanek (ODS),which marked its 100th day in power April 30, is facing several internal conflicts that threaten its long-term survival, though collapse or early elections are not imminent. One simmering threat is a bitter dispute over Jiri C [...] | 2007-05-02 09:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE472 | ACTION REQUEST: CZECH REPUBLIC ENDORSES STATEMENT [...] This is an action request. 2. On April 27, The Embassy received diplomatic note 113582/2007-OSN saying the Czech Republic endorses the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and supports the objectives of the Initiative. A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxe [...] | 2007-05-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PREL PINS PARM PGOV EZ RU |
07PRAGUE486 | CZECH-RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL MEETINGS CORDIAL; NO [...] (C) Summary. The visit of President Klaus with President Putin in Moscow was cordial and productive. Although press reports focused on the missile defense aspect of the visit, only about 10 per cent of the discussions in meetings concerned the issue. President Putin, who has been passionate in [...] | 2007-05-03 13:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ RU |
07PRAGUE488 | ACTION REQUEST: CZECH COMPANY'S PLAN TO PROVIDE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S/NF) Summary: A senior Czech MFA official has provided further information about Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody's plans to work with the Government of Venezuela (Ref B),and how the size of the deal is distorting the n [...] | 2007-05-04 08:09:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE |
07PRAGUE495 | VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...] | 2007-05-04 15:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SENV EZ |
07PRAGUE497 | CZECH PRESIDENT: PUTIN SERIOUS ABOUT MISSILE [...] (C) Czech President Vaclav Klaus asked to see Ambassador on May 7 to brief on his April 26-29 state visit to Moscow, and specifically his discussions with President Putin on missile defense (MD). Klaus said he found Putin to be more strident than he had expected on the issue, adding that he " [...] | 2007-05-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RU EZ |
07PRAGUE498 | CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT, [...] (C) Czech MFA Director Human Rights Department Veronika Stromsikova informed Poloff on May 5 that the Czech Republic will vote for Slovenia for a seat on the UNHRC, but will not/not vote for Belarus. Because no other candidate has announced its candidacy, the Czechs plan to cast only one vote. [...] | 2007-05-09 07:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL EZ UNHCR |
07PRAGUE500 | VISIT OF CZECH GREEN PARTY CHAIR AND ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Martin Bursik, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Environment, and Chairman of the Czech Green Party, will visit the U.S. May 8-12. He will attend the UN Commission on Sustainable Development before traveling to Washington for consultations on May 11. These meetings are expected to [...] | 2007-05-09 08:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SENV EZ |
07PRAGUE501 | MISSILE DEFENSE: GENERAL OBERING HAS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary. Lt. General Henry Obering, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, held meetings with a broad range of leaders in Prague on April 22-23 to discuss the U.S. proposal to place a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. Participants described the meetings as extremely useful, and [...] | 2007-05-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE507 | CZECHS ON UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) The Czechs have told us they will vote for Slovenia, and will not vote for Belarus, in the upcoming UNHRC election (ref b). They have said they would support Bosnia, if it formally declares itself a candidate. But they also fear that the Bosnian candidacy could weaken support for Slovenia [...] | 2007-05-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC EZ |
07PRAGUE508 | CZECHS WILL LIKELY SUPPORT FULL PARTICIPANT STATUS [...] (U) The European Affairs Desk Officer for the MFA Transformation Cooperation Unit (TRANS) Olga Hejflerova told Poloff May 10 that the Czech government will likely support the proposal to invite Iraq to attend the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial in Bamako as a full participant (reftel [...] | 2007-05-11 07:16:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KDEM EZ |
07PRAGUE509 | CZECHS TORN ON ISSUE OF COUNTRY-SPECIFIC SPECIAL [...] (C) MFA Human Rights Department official Jan Kaminek informed Poloff on May 9 that the Czech government has not yet decided how it will vote on the issue of UNHRC country-specific mandates for Cuba and Belarus. Kaminek said the decision will be made by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg next [...] | 2007-05-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE51 | CZECHS ON JANUARY 22-23 GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary. At the January 22-23 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Kosovo, Iran, Sudan, and Somalia. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these countries. The foreign ministers will also discuss the EU neighborhood policy (the Czechs welcome a renewed focus on Ea [...] | 2007-01-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN YI SR BK IS IR |
07PRAGUE52 | CZECH PM PUBLICLY WELCOMES U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel non paper on the fielding of U.S. missile defense assets to Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar at 10:45 a.m., Saturday, January 20. Pojar, who was visibly excited, welcomed the document, indicating that it largely tracked with what he had heard about Undersecreta [...] | 2007-01-20 11:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL |
07PRAGUE526 | CZECH REPUBLIC: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE527 | CZECH REPUBLIC ON OECD ENLARGEMENT: QUALITY OVER [...] SUMMARY: Emboffs met May 11 with MFA Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Section Head Petr Bambas to deliver reftel demarche. Bambas will be on the Czech delegation at the May 15 - 16 OECD MCM. The GOCR supports the "package deal" for Slovenia, Estonia, Chile, Israel and Russia to [...] | 2007-05-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE528 | CZECHS WARN THAT RADAR-ONLY MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar warned DCM on May 10 that the recent Congressional move to cut funding for the proposed missile defense (MD) assets in Poland, even though it leaves funding for the Czech radar intact, would undercut the rationale for the system and make it difficul [...] | 2007-05-11 16:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE529 | FIRST VISIT OF STATUS OF FORCES NEGOTIATION TEAM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Robert Loftis and an interagency delegation met with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague to open negotiations on a supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) May 10-11. Overall, discussions were productive and the Czech negotiation team was well-prepar [...] | 2007-05-11 17:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE53 | CZECH POLITICS: AFTER 230 DAYS, A CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly eight months after deadlocked parliamentary elections, a coalition government has won a vote of confidence in the Czech Parliament. By a vote of 100-97, Prime Minister Topolanek's second government won its vote of confidence on January 19. The three-party coalition of [...] | 2007-01-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE530 | CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH [...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...] | 2007-05-11 17:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ |
07PRAGUE531 | CZECHS ARE THE LONE HOLD-OUT ON EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C/NF) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of Americas Department Jakub Skalnik on May 4 to discuss the EU's diplomatic strategy on Cuba (reftel). Skalnik lamented that the Czechs find themselves in the unpleasant position of being the "spoiler" at the June review of the EU common policy on Cub [...] | 2007-05-11 17:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM CU EZ |
07PRAGUE532 | CZECHS ON MAY 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs continue to (1) support independence for Kosovo (and privately expressed concern to Poloff about the possible impact on EU should the U.S. act unilaterally),(2) call for the Palestinian government to adopt the Quartet Principles, (3) seek solutio [...] | 2007-05-14 05:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF EZ |
07PRAGUE538 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO PRAGUE. [...] (C) The President will be welcomed warmly in Prague, both at his bilateral events and for the conference on "Democracy and Security." President Klaus and the government are thrilled to have the opportunity to host the President again, after the November 2002 visit for the NATO Summit. Three [...] | 2007-05-14 12:49:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE549 | CZECH RESPONSE ON ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 8, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ivan Pinter, Acting Head of the UN Department at the Czech MFA. Pinter stated that he would pass the demarche onto the appropriate working level contact at the Ministry and [...] | 2007-05-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM EZ |
07PRAGUE552 | CZECHS SUPPORT UNSC NEGOTIATIONS ON KOSOVO; SHARE [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government strongly supports the UNSC resolution on Kosovo independence. The Czech MFA has minor reservations with the draft resolution (which it obtained from its mission in New York) and suggested ways to make the text more effective. The Czechs also expressed concern [...] | 2007-05-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI EZ |
07PRAGUE557 | CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BALKANS [...] Summary. This is the second in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans. The Czech Republic strongly supports U.S. policy in the Balkans, and views the region as the country's highest security priority. Thus, in recent years the Czech [...] | 2007-05-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MASS XH BK MW YI EZ |
07PRAGUE565 | CZECH PM RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT FUNDING OF MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told Ambassador that questions regarding U.S. funding of missile defense projects in Central Europe are damaging Czech efforts to build political support for the system. Referring to the proposal in the House version of the defense appropriations bill that fun [...] | 2007-05-18 12:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE569 | CZECH GOVERNMENT REPLY ON LICENSE FOR MILITARY [...] (U) Action request in para 7-8. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador raised USG concerns about pending Czech government decisions to license the lease of military aircraft by Venezuela (reftel) with Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on May 17. DCM had raised our concerns with Deputy Foreign Ministe [...] | 2007-05-21 09:00:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PARM VE EZ |
07PRAGUE57 | CZECHS PLAN TO CHANGE STYLE, BUT NOT SUBSTANCE, OF [...] (C) Summary. The Czech government plans to take no special action in response to the inevitable announcement of Castro's death. The Czechs will simply continue supporting the peaceful democratic opposition in Cuba, and searching for ways to persuade the EU to do more. However, the Czechs fear [...] | 2007-01-22 15:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL CU EZ |
07PRAGUE578 | CZECH REPUBLIC: IPR OFF-CYCLE REVIEW ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Econoffs met May 21 with Ministry of Industry and Trade Multilateral Trade Director Ladislava Votavova to deliver "USG Suggested IPR Actions" (ref A) for the Czech Republic's Special 301 Off-Cycle Review (OCR). Votavova welcomed the USG input and reiterated that she [...] | 2007-05-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE579 | CZECHS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 18, Political Economic Counselor and Russian Political Counselor for External Affairs Denis Grishchenko met with Jan Kara, Director of the United Nations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver [...] | 2007-05-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC EZ |
07PRAGUE580 | CZECH REP: DEMARCHE ON JOINT U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 14, Poloff and Russian Political Counselor for External Affairs Denis Grishchenko delivered reftel demarche to Ivan Pinter, Acting Director of the United Nations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] | 2007-05-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN EZ |
07PRAGUE581 | CZECHS: AUSTRALIA GROUP PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) On May 12, Poloff met with Ivan Pinter, Acting Director of the United Nations Department, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver reftel demarche. Pinter welcomed the information and promised to take the requests into consideration as the Czechs prepare for the AG Plenary's Informa [...] | 2007-05-22 07:05:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PARM PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE590 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has actively advocated for democracy and human rights in Cuba since its own transition from a totalitarian regime in 1989. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, an internationally recognized human rights activist, established the Czech government's principled approach t [...] | 2007-05-23 14:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREF CU EZ |
07PRAGUE591 | FIRST MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Assistant Secretary John Rood and an interagency delegation held productive negotiations on a ballistic missile defense agreement (BMDA) with representatives of the Czech Government in Prague on May 22. The Czechs see the BMDA as a much simpler agreement than the proposed Statu [...] | 2007-05-23 16:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE593 | CZECHS SAY NO EU HEAD OF MISSION TO OSCE WILL [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director of the Southeast and East European Department Martina Tauberova confirmed on May 23 that the Czech Government will not/not participate in the proposed OSCE Heads of Mission (HoM) visit to Minsk. Tauberova has learned that the EU HoM met in Vienna and agreed that no EU [...] | 2007-05-24 06:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OSCE BO EZ |
07PRAGUE60 | CZECH PLANS FOR THE JANUARY 26 NATO FOREIGN [...] (C) Poloff met January 23 with MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova to discuss Czech plans for the January 26 NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels. The meeting followed up on delivery of Ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar by CFC-A Commander Lieutenant General Karl [...] | 2007-01-23 17:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF PK EZ |
07PRAGUE609 | CZECHS AGREE THAT UPCOMING SYRIAN ELECTION WILL [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Syria desk officer Jaromir Marek told Poloff on May 25 that the Czech Republic agrees that the upcoming presidential election in Syria will not be free and fair. He chuckled at the very idea of using the word "election" in connection with the event, observing that it is really [...] | 2007-05-25 15:04:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PHUM SY EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE612 | MISSILE DEFENSE: IRAN OFFERS THE CZECHS A VISIT TO [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak told DCM on May 28 that the Iranian Charge d'Affaires recently approached senior representatives of the Czech government with an invitation to visit Iran. The invitation is intended to d [...] | 2007-05-29 12:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE614 | SCENESETTER FOR KAREN HUGHES VISIT TO PRAGUE ON [...] (U) Under Secretary Hughes, we look forward to welcoming you to Prague on June 4. In anticipation of your visit, we offer the following background information on the Czech economy, bilateral relations, Czech democracy promotion, and plans for your stay. 2. (U) Seventeen years after the Velv [...] | 2007-05-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE62 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH PARLIAMENTARIANS ENCOURAGED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 08:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE630 | CZECH FM SCHWARZENBERG AND SPANISH FM MORATINOS [...] (C/NF) The Czech Government has not yet decided whether it will stand its ground on EU Cuban common policy at the June GAERC, and block the lifting of the "June measures." Complicating the decision is the rumor that the Castro regime might release some political prisoners if the measures are l [...] | 2007-05-31 09:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CU EZ |
07PRAGUE634 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. SANCTIONS ON SUDAN; MIGHT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Deputy Director of Middle East and Africa Department Josef Koutsky on May 31 to discuss the U.S. sanctions against the Sudanese government over lack of progress on Darfur. When asked whether the Czech Republic would consider imposing bilateral sanctions, Koutsky sa [...] | 2007-06-01 07:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UNAUS SU EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE644 | CZECHS AGREE WITH U.S. APPROACH TO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered the authorized portions of Ref A demarche on June 6 to Veronika Smigolova, MFA Director for Security Policy. Smigolova, who will lead the Czech delegation to the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, shared her fear that Allies could be faced with Russian tactics design [...] | 2007-06-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL EZ RU |
07PRAGUE645 | CZECH MFA PROVIDED WITH NEW INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Summary: On June 4 the DCM provided the Czech MFA Political Director with newly releasable intelligence on Venezuela-Iran military cooperation. This information, combined with previously provided open-source material, may prove sufficient for the Czech Government to veto military technolo [...] | 2007-06-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE |
07PRAGUE646 | CZECHS REQUEST U.S. APPROVAL TO SELL L-159 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) The Czech Deputy Minister of Defense has written to Ambassador Graber to formally request a U.S. opinion about the possible future transfer of ten Czech L-159 aircraft with U.S. content to Bolivia. Post sees no impediment to this [...] | 2007-06-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE BL |
07PRAGUE647 | CZECHS SUPPORT ALL THREE STACKED BIOTECH CORN [...] (U) Econoff spoke with Ministry of Agriculture Food Safety Officer Karel Riha, who stated that the Czech Republic is unchanged in its intent to vote in favor of the European Commission's proposal to use two biotech corn varieties (reftel) and will also vote in favor of the third variety, Hercu [...] | 2007-06-06 12:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD |
07PRAGUE648 | USNATO PERMREP NULAND IN PRAGUE - PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland visited Prague May 31 - June 1 to address an Atlantic Council-sponsored conference on the consequences for transatlantic relations of U.S. missile defense in Europe. At the conference, in press interviews, and in meetings with senior Czech leaders [...] | 2007-06-06 13:00:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ AF NATO |
07PRAGUE649 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS ZOELLICK NOMINATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 13:16:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EZ IBRD |
07PRAGUE66 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECH NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech National Security Council agreed January 24 to start talks with the United States on the placement of a missile defense radar in the Czech Republic. DCM delivered reftel dipnote to Deputy FM Pojar morning of January 25. PM Topolanek several hours later announced to th [...] | 2007-01-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE667 | ERA PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS - NEW [...] (C) Summary: ERA Corporation plans to develop a more portable version of the VERA passive surveillance detection system, as well as cooperate with Lockheed Martin on passive coherent location technology. This may present new regulatory challenges in coming years. Post looks forward to working [...] | 2007-06-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE67 | CFC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Prague, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) Commander General Karl Eikenberry briefed Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on January 22nd. In a wide ranging and positive conversation on Afghanistan they discussed contributions, the current situation, and fu [...] | 2007-01-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK EZ |
07PRAGUE672 | CZECHS SKEPTICAL ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE VISIT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on June 11. Povejsil and MOD representatives indicated they share the U.S. view that Tehran's invitation for a Czech missile defense visit to Iran is not genuine. Povejsil said the Czechs have put a moratorium o [...] | 2007-06-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ IR |
07PRAGUE674 | CZECHS SKEPTICAL ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE VISIT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on June 11. Povejsil and MOD representatives indicated they share the U.S. view that Tehran's invitation for a Czech missile defense visit to Iran is not genuine. Povejsil said the Czechs have put a moratorium o [...] | 2007-06-11 18:03:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ IR |
07PRAGUE683 | CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary. This is the third in a series of three cables summarizing significant Czech contributions in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has provided substantial military support, development, and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. From the military perspective, the Cz [...] | 2007-06-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID MASS AF EZ |
07PRAGUE696 | CZECH REPUBLIC DOES NOT SUPPORT IRANIAN PROPOSAL [...] The Czech MFA delivered the following diplomatic note (#116851/2007-OSN) to Embassy Prague on May 25, 2007. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic presents its compliments to the Embassies of the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and [...] | 2007-06-14 09:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE698 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMIC REFORM PACKAGE PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Topolanek government's economic reform package passed its first reading June 8 and now faces the most difficult phase of debate and amendments before it goes to the second reading in August. The economic reform bill is the flagship of the Civic Democrat (ODS) c [...] | 2007-06-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE699 | CZECH REPUBLIC APPROVES $150,000 FOR UNRWA/LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EUN KWBG LE EZ |
07PRAGUE700 | CZECHS AGREE TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH SCO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Monika Studena of the MFA Security Policy Department on June 12. The following day Ms. Studena replied that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position, and it will use whatever influence it has to work to prevent possible threats to Coalition intere [...] | 2007-06-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE701 | CZECH DEP FM TO VISIT TEHRAN JUNE 18-19; AGENDA TO [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Iran Desk Officer Eva Jelinkova on June 14 to deliver ref A points on American detainees in Iran and to discuss the planned trip of Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova to Tehran. Jelinkova said Bambasova will travel to Iran at the invitation of the Iranian go [...] | 2007-06-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE705 | CZECH REPUBLIC: EMBASSY NOMINATES PROCTER & GAMBLE [...] (U) U.S. Embassy Prague is pleased to nominate Procter and Gamble - Rakona s.r.o (P&G) for the 2007 Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). P&G - Rakona is a multinational enterprise that produces chemicals, mainly washing powder, in the small town of Rakovnik. Over the past fifteen [...] | 2007-06-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV EZ |
07PRAGUE707 | CZECHS ON UNHRC REFORM FIFTH SESSION PACKAGE [...] (C) The Czechs are strongly in favor of maintaining the UNHRC country mandates for all countries, including Cuba and Belarus, but have not yet determined how they will vote. In discussions on June 14 with Czech MFA Human Rights Director Veronika Stromsikova and June 15 with MFA Political Direc [...] | 2007-06-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM EZ |
07PRAGUE71 | CZECH POLITICS: NO HONEYMOON FOR TOPOLANEK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Czech PM Mirek Topolanek's second government, which passed its vote of confidence January 19, faces numerous challenges. In its first week it has already had one minister resign and seen a corruption scandal emerge involving a deputy prime minister. While it is likely to overcom [...] | 2007-01-26 16:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE716 | CZECHS ADVANCE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION [...] (U) The Czech cabinet on June 11 gave approval for a wide ranging new anti-discrimination law. The legislation now awaits Parliamentary approval, but this not expected until after Parliament returns from its Summer recess August 7. The legislation, if passed, would become effective January [...] | 2007-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE717 | CZECHS ON JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs expect the EU will not reach consensus on Cuba and that the June measures will remain in place. The Czech Republic supports the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo and will seek solutions to the Iranian nuclear program issue. The GOCR is preparing to offer [...] | 2007-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS AF EZ ETTC PARM PGOV |
07PRAGUE718 | CZECH MFA GIVES IN ON LICENSING OF L-39 TRAINING [...] (S) Summary: The Czech MFA has abandoned its rearguard action to prevent Aero Vodochody from going ahead with an L-39 subsonic fighter lease and training package for Venezuela. This paves the way for the Ministry of Industry and Trade to issue the required license. MFA officials expect that th [...] | 2007-06-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ VE |
07PRAGUE729 | MAIN CZECH OPPOSITION CONTENT TO PLAY WAITING [...] (C) Summary: The main Czech opposition party, the Social Democrats (CSSD),is in no hurry to return to power, content to allow their main rival, the ruling Civic Democrats (ODS),to take difficult stands and alienate more voters. CSSD's strategy, at least for now, is to criticize the coalition [...] | 2007-06-18 17:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE741 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (U) Reftel was delivered June 20 to Ministry of Finance Financial Analytical Unit Director Jaromir Neuzil. Although there was no immediate response, Post will forward any reaction or comments received. GRABER [...] | 2007-06-21 07:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN EZ IR KN KNNP PARM |
07PRAGUE742 | SUMMARY OF CZECH IPR INTER-MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoff participated in the June 19 Czech IPR nter-ministerial committee meeting, along with recording industry (IFPI/RIAA) representatives. This is the committee's second meeting since the April 30 USG Special 301 announcement (first was May 23). While the group has made some [...] | 2007-06-21 07:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE756 | CZECH POULTRY FARM HIT BY AVIAN FLU FOR THE FIRST TIME [...] Summary and comment: The Czech Government reported an outbreak of avian flu June 20 at a turkey farm in Tisova, Pardubice Region (130km east of Prague.) Laboratory tests revealed that the birds were infected with the highly dangerous H5N1 virus. Strict veterinary and sanitary measures are cu [...] | 2007-06-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ |
07PRAGUE757 | Government Survives No-Confidence Vote but PM Topolanek [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Although PM Mirek Topolanek's coalition government survived the June 20 vote of no-confidence called by the opposition Social Democrats, his troubles do not end there. Not only does he have to fight a tough battle for his reform package against opposition MPs in Augu [...] | 2007-06-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE758 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMY REMAINS ROBUST AS FISCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech government on June 11 approved a preliminary 2008 budget deficit of CZK 78.4 billion (3% of GDP). However, these figures are entirely dependent on the passage of the economic reform package (ref A),which Parliament will address after returning from its summer r [...] | 2007-06-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EZ PGOV |
07PRAGUE760 | INFORMATION ON U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered information on suggested U.S.-Russia expert-level missile defense consultations to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomas Pojar and the Czech inter-ministerial missile defense working group June 25. A/DCM informed Pojar the consultations should take place in the next we [...] | 2007-06-26 08:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS AJ EZ PL UP |
07PRAGUE773 | CZECH PM OPPOSED TO VENEZUELA L-39 LEASE, BUT FATE [...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Czech PM Mirek Topolanek late on June 26 to raise ref A points regarding USG concern about the pending deal to license the lease of Czech-made subsonic fighter aircraft to Venezuela for training purposes. Before the Ambassador had an opportunity to even begin discuss [...] | 2007-06-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PARM VE EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE788 | TEHRAN SPRING? CZECHS SEE POSSIBLE THAW IN [...] (C) Summary. In a June 18-19 visit to Tehran, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova had surprisingly friendly meetings with key Iranian government officials to explore the possibility of improving relations between the estranged countries. While the focus of the trip was squarely on n [...] | 2007-06-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE789 | CUBANS WILL SOON HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the Transformation Cooperation Unit Gabriela Dlouha to discuss Internet access in Cuba and deliver reftel. Dlouha said that after a year and a half of trying to get the necessary hardware onto the island, the Czech mission in Havana has finally succeed [...] | 2007-06-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINT ECON TINT CU XL XG EZ |
07PRAGUE797 | THE SAME CZECH CO-OP HIT BY AVIAN FLU AGAIN [...] Summary: Within a week after the first outbreak of avian flu occurred on June 21 at a turkey farm in Tisova, Czech Republic (ref A),a chicken farm at nearby Norin belonging to the same agricultural cooperative was affected by the deadly H5N1 virus. Vets discovered the virus in nine out of 60 [...] | 2007-07-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ |
07PRAGUE802 | CZECHS SELECT HILL 718 FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (SBU) The Czech MFA informed the Embassy on July 3 that the State Security Council selected the proposed BMD radar site. The site (hill 718) near Trokavec, in the Brdy Military District, is one of the two original sites offered by the Czech Government and one of the locations of the original [...] | 2007-07-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE823 | CZECHS DELIVER WISH LIST FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Government Coordinator for Communication of Missile Defense Program Tomas Klvana delivered a "wish list" of proposed ballistic missile defense (BMD) public diplomacy activities to the Embassy July 11. This list resulted from Klvana's consultations in Washington June [...] | 2007-07-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE825 | AVIAN FLU HITS SAME CZECH DISTRICT AGAIN [...] Authorities reported a third case of the deadly H5N1 virus in Eastern Bohemia (Pardubice Region) on July 11. Vets discovered the infection in two hen farms situated within the three kilometer quarantine zone marked out after the first outbreak of the virus in June. These farms do not belong t [...] | 2007-07-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ |
07PRAGUE849 | PIRATES OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC: MINISTRY WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Tlapa on July 17 to underscore the need for a Czech action plan to combat intellectual property piracy at Czech border markets. The Ambassador reminded Tlapa of the upcoming Special 301 Off-cycle Review (OCR) i [...] | 2007-07-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EZ |
07PRAGUE852 | CZECH PM PUTS HOLD ON L-39 LEASE TO VENEZUELA [...] (U) Action request in para 7. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Czech PM Topolanek told the Ambassador on July 19 that he has instructed his government to put a hold on consideration of the license application for the lease of L-39 aircraft to Venezuela. Topolanek intends to convene a meeting of cabinet [...] | 2007-07-19 13:49:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PARM VE EZ |
07PRAGUE853 | CZECH OPPOSITION LEADER ON MISSILE DEFENSE: [...] (C) Summary: Jiri Paroubek, Chairman of the opposition Czech Social Democrats (CSSD),told Ambassador July 18 that he continues to have no personal objection to missile defense, but has been placed in a bind because of the lack of support within his party and the absence of maneuvering room t [...] | 2007-07-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV GE EZ |
07PRAGUE860 | CZECH REPUBLIC SUPPORTS USG PRIORITIES AT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA EZ |
07PRAGUE861 | CZECH REPUBLIC ON JULY 23 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czechs expect Kosovo to dominate GAERC discussions and noted continue divide within the EU on final Kosovo status. Czechs believe forcing a vote now in the UNSC would result in a Russian veto that would leave a future EU mission without a legal mandate. On Ukraine, the focus wil [...] | 2007-07-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN UN EZ |
07PRAGUE863 | CZECH REPUBLIC: FINAL APPROVAL ON AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech government approval to deploy a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to a U.S. base in Logar Province, Afghanistan is expected by mid-August 2007. The Czech-led PRT of approximately 130-150 personnel will begin arriving in Logar in January 2008 with a goal of being fully op [...] | 2007-07-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EXIM NATO PARM PREL PTER AF EZ |
07PRAGUE874 | CZECH REPUBLIC SHARES USG CONCERNS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ EZ |
07PRAGUE881 | Czechs Ready to Join Schengen [...] (U) Summary: The Czech Republic is anxious and ready to implement the Schengen Agreement on January 1, 2008. This is a high priority political issue that unites all political parties, as evidenced by the unanimous passage of the "Schengen Package" in Parliament May 2007 that brought domestic [...] | 2007-07-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CVIS EZ |
07PRAGUE883 | CZECH REPUBLIC COMMITTED TO UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic remains fully committed to pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program and to fully implementing UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. At the same time, based on signs that Iran is finally willing to accept that Radio Liberty/Radio Farda broadcast from the Czech [...] | 2007-07-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM EFIN ETRD OECD EUN UNAUS IR EZ |
07PRAGUE894 | CZECHS CONCLUDE AGREEMENT ON MANDPADS DESTRUCTION [...] The Czech government and embassy have concluded necessary arrangements related to the USG payment of $600,000 to fund destruction of 1359 Czech-held MANPADS missiles (refs). On July 31 the Czech MFA provided embassy with the dip note accepting the terms of the program, as previously agreed dur [...] | 2007-08-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE899 | CZECH REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke with Ministry of Defense America Desk Officer LtCol Lubor Koudelka July 30 about LD Aviation's request to export radar components to Slovakia. Koudelka confirmed LD Aviation is licensed by the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade to import and export defense articles. In [...] | 2007-08-02 11:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC LO EZ |
07PRAGUE905 | UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S AUGUST 2 CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte, in town for consultations with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Farda, met on August 2 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar and Political Director Martin Povejsil, who expressed characteristic Czech support for the U.S [...] | 2007-08-06 09:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP MARR IR EZ |
07PRAGUE916 | LUKEWARM CZECH REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL SIGNING OF [...] (U) Czech reaction to President Bush's August 3 signing of the "Implementing 9/11 Recommendations" bill has been surprisingly muted, given that the door is now open for the Czech Republic's much-coveted membership in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). We did see some positive press in late July wh [...] | 2007-08-08 09:51:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS EZ |
07PRAGUE922 | CZECH VIEWS ON THE EU REFORM TREATY AND BRUSSELS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czechs are content with the results of the June EU Summit, and do not expect any surprises during the coming intergovernmental conference. While the leadership of the current government continues to have reservations about the pace and scope of EU integration, they are not l [...] | 2007-08-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN EZ |
07PRAGUE928 | CZECH REPUBLIC: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Emboffs visited Banzai, Ltd. General Sales Manager Lukas Trachta at his office August 8 to conduct a pre-license check on the purchase of M-60 machine gun parts for the Czech 601st Special Forces Group (601st). Trachta said his firm is acting as a broker for the 601st, and [...] | 2007-08-09 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC LO EZ |
07PRAGUE929 | CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The Czech position on Kosovo remains strongly supportive of U.S. and Contact Group thinking. The Czech MFA supports the upcoming round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina, but remains skeptical a mutual agreement will be reached. The MFA predicts the Czechs would recognize a [...] | 2007-08-09 14:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV EUN UN EZ |
07PRAGUE930 | CZECHS SUPPORT PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 11:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM EAID EZ |
07PRAGUE933 | CZECHS TO INQUIRE ABOUT DPRK RELIGIOUS PRISONER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHUM KN EZ |
07PRAGUE939 | Czech Public Finance Reform: The Next Parliamentary [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Topolanek's government faces a key challenge this week, when its public finance reform bill undergoes second reading in the lower chamber of the parliament. Topolanek will have to bring order to his fractious coalition government and to his own party, the ODS, which remains sp [...] | 2007-08-13 14:17:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EZ ECON EFIN |
07PRAGUE940 | LIMITED SECTION 505 AGREEMENT CONCLUDED WITH CZECH [...] On August 10, Ambassador and Czech Ministry of Defense Director of Security Policy Ivan Dvorak concluded a limited agreement concerning end-use, security and retransfer assurances related to planned USG provision of military articles under Section 1206 of the FY2007 NDAA. The limited agreeme [...] | 2007-08-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL KTIA MARR EZ |
07PRAGUE945 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ALL CLEAR ON AVIAN FLU QUARANTINE IN [...] On August 15, Czech regional authorities lifted the required 30-day quarantine in Eastern Bohemia given no new cases of avian flu. The strict veterinary and sanitary measures had been introduced in June and extended in July due to outbreaks of the disease in poultry farms in the Pardubice Regi [...] | 2007-08-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ |
07PRAGUE946 | CZECH REPUBLIC: ALL CLEAR ON AVIAN FLU QUARANTINE IN [...] On August 15, Czech regional authorities lifted the required 30-day quarantine in Eastern Bohemia given no new cases of avian flu. The strict veterinary and sanitary measures had been introduced in June and extended in July due to outbreaks of the disease in poultry farms in the Pardubice Regi [...] | 2007-08-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KSTH WHO MARR MASS CASA TBIO EZ |
07PRAGUE966 | RADIO FREE EUROPE'S STRUGGLE WITH CZECH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Czech government investigation of surveillance detection practices at the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE) is gathering steam, with increasing numbers of prominent Czech politicians involved behind the scenes but seemingly unwilling to su [...] | 2007-08-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC EZ |
07PRAGUE968 | CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES PRT IN AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government on August 22 formally approved plans for the Czechs to send a PRT to Logar Province, Afghanistan in 2008. The government plans to place up to 200 personnel in Logar, including a number of civilian experts. Current Czech support to the PRT in Fayzabad will [...] | 2007-08-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF EZ |
07PRAGUE970 | CZECH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER ON CFE [...] (C) On June 20, post delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director for Security Policy at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kuchynova-Smigolova said that she would study the U.S. proposal, but her immediate reaction was less than positive. She expressed [...] | 2007-08-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07PRAGUE973 | CZECH GOVERNMENT WINS FIRST LEGISLATIVE TEST IN PASSING [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 21, the Czech lower chamber approved the government's public finance reforms, securing the first serious legislative victory for the Topolanek government. Despite protracted behind-the-scenes lobbying among coalition partners, one coalition MP defected and voted agains [...] | 2007-08-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EZ ECON EFIN |
07PRAGUE978 | CZECH REPUBLIC REJECTS SURPRISE RUSSIAN NOMINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Russia's surprise nomination of former Czech central bank governor and former Prime Minister Josef Tosovsky as IMF Managing Director has received much attention in Czech media, mostly in the form of negative and cynical commentary about Tosovsky's checkered past and [...] | 2007-08-27 05:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV RU EZ |
07PRAGUE992 | CZECH ELECTRICITY GIANT'S MURKY GOVERNMENT CONNECTION MEANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Rising electricity prices, increasing demand from a robust economy, and a low cost generation fleet have led Czech electricity company CEZ Group (67.61% state owned) to become the most profitable company in the Czech Republic for the last two years. The lack of trans [...] | 2007-08-29 14:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV EZ |
07PRAGUE999 | MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WHAT WE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Our effort to win approval for a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles. Politically, despite a recent victory on a controversial economic reform package, PM Topolanek's government does not yet have the votes in hand to approve the [...] | 2007-08-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAIA82 | CONDOLENCE BOOK FOR PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD [...] Severino Almeida, The Secretary General came to the Embassy on January 24 to sign the condolence book opened in the memory of the late former President Gerald R. Ford. The Secretary General wrote: "In memory of former President of the United States of American Gerald Ford. The Ministry of [...] | 2007-01-31 18:44:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | CV PGOV PREL |
07PRETORIA1 | SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL LED BY CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome the visit of your congressional delegation to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only two weeks after Jacob Zuma defeated incumbent Thabo Mbeki [...] | 2007-12-31 16:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV PREL PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA1013 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 16, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 11 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing up 6.2% - Business Confidence Down - Lack of Education and Skills Inhibits Rate of Economic Growth - SAA Restructuring Pr [...] | 2007-03-20 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1015 | DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNAL JUSTICE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on reform of the UN internal administration of justice on March 15 to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for International Cooperation Henk van der Westhuizen. Van der Westhuizen thanked PolOff March 19 for the information on the U.S. views. He said th [...] | 2007-03-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA ACABQ SF |
07PRETORIA1016 | DRC SANCTIONS LISTING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolOff shared with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Gabriel Setlhoke, on March 19 the names of individuals and entities proposed for targeted sanctions under UNSC Resolutions 1596 and 1649. Setlhoke said h [...] | 2007-03-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC CG SF |
07PRETORIA1018 | (C) SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH BASHIR [...] (C) PolCounselor delivered reftel points to DFA Chief Director for Africa Multilateral (DAS-equivalent) Themba Rubusche on March 20. (NOTE: Rubusche and other key SAG officials were traveling and unavailable until the 20th. END NOTE.) Rubusche expressed frustration with President Bashir's M [...] | 2007-03-20 17:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SU SF |
07PRETORIA1053 | SAG SENDS MUFAMADI TO DRC TO TRY TO CALM TENSIONS [...] (U) Sydney Mufamadi, Minister of Local and Provincial Government, will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as President Mbeki's special envoy to negotiate a solution to the crisis between President Kabila and opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba. Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz P [...] | 2007-03-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG SF |
07PRETORIA1054 | (C) MDC HAS "CONSTRUCTIVE" MEETING WITH SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Zimbabwean opposition MDC leaders met March 23 with senior South African Government (SAG) officials in Pretoria. SAG officials sought the views of the MDC on the situation in Zimbabwe and asked them to describe the MDC "roadmap" for solving the crisis. Earlier that day, DepForM [...] | 2007-03-24 14:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA1077 | VAN ECK SAYS FNL WANTS POLITICAL TALKS [...] (C) Burundi's last remaining rebel group, the Palipehutu-FNL, refuses to rejoin the peace process until the Government of Burundi (GOB) agrees to negotiate "political issues" with them, according to Institute for Security Studies (ISS) analyst (and de facto FNL advisor) Jan van Eck (protect). [...] | 2007-03-27 11:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BY SF |
07PRETORIA1090 | ANC NEC REJECTS INTERNAL HOAX EMAIL REPORT [...] SUMMARY. (C) The ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) on 16 March firmly rejected the results of an internal investigation into the origins of "hoax emails" between government officials regarding the succession battle. The rejection chalks up a victory for Mbeki, but backfires on ANC Secr [...] | 2007-03-28 12:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
07PRETORIA1096 | ZIMBABWE: CHURCH LEADERS CAUTIOUS ON VATICAN ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Vatican shares U.S. concerns about the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe, but will be cautious about speaking out publicly, according to Papal Nuncio Green. Public comments by the Pope are the final card to play, and the Vatican will want to save that step for the right mom [...] | 2007-03-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI VT SF |
07PRETORIA1108 | DELIVERED: INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC TRGY AORC EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR SF |
07PRETORIA1110 | ZIMBABWE: QUIET DIPLOMACY GETS (A LITTLE) LOUDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Parliament held an extraordinary debate on Zimbabwe March 28, with opposition parties strongly criticizing the Government's Zimbabwe policy. DepForMin van der Merwe defended the SAG policy, but stated that the GOZ's recent crackdown was a "major cause for concer [...] | 2007-03-29 17:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO ZI SF |
07PRETORIA1135 | SAG'S EFFORTS TO CURB GENDER VIOLENCE SLOWLY MOVES [...] (SBU) Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka officially launched the SAG's "365 Days National Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children" on International Women's Day (8 March) despite the conspicuous absence of an action plan. Mlambo-Ngcuka claimed that South Africa is the first [...] | 2007-03-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA1137 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 30, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Private Sector Growth Rate at 7 percent - Automotive Component Revenue Thrives - New Plans to Ease Skills Shortage - Eskom's New Power St [...] | 2007-03-30 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1138 | DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 15:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KTFN KN IR SF |
07PRETORIA1206 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...] | 2007-04-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA1207 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (U). Summary: This is the first issue for 2007 of the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, January to March Volume 1, Number 6, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Leads an Afro-Euro Team to Prestigious EU Science [...] | 2007-04-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA1211 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 5, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Mineral Rights Expropriation Claims Push SA to Extend Claim - Mittal Steel's New Kiln Project Draws Criticism - Wine Industry Falters in 2 [...] | 2007-04-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1274 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 13, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Holds Interest Rate Steady - Treasury Provides Bail-Out for SAA - SAA to Buy More Planes - Mbeki Takes a Swipe at Telkom - Denel Fa [...] | 2007-04-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1288 | SAG OPEN TO COOPERATING ON BURUNDI AMISOM [...] (C) South Africa's political leadership would be open to a request for South African assistance in deploying Burundian troops to the AU Mission in Somalia, according to SAG Great Lakes Envoy and DFA Deputy Director General Kingsley Mamabolo. During Acting DCM's April 13 discussion of Ref A po [...] | 2007-04-16 12:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS BY KE SF |
07PRETORIA1289 | BURUNDI: MAMABOLO SAYS FNL PEACE PROCESS STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa is increasingly frustrated with the "stubborn" FNL-Palipehutu rebel group, according to South African Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo sees little sign that the FNL will rejoin the peace process. South Africa is preparing its report to Uganda and Tanzani [...] | 2007-04-16 12:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BY SF |
07PRETORIA137 | SOUTH AFRICA REQUESTS MORE TIME FOR SECTION 1377 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on December 29 post requested comments from the South African Department of Communications (DOC) and the telecommunications regulator ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) regarding SAG performance under various multilateral telecommunications agreement [...] | 2007-01-12 07:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD USTR SF |
07PRETORIA1380 | VISIT OF A/S SILVERBERG [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to South Africa to consult with the South African Government (SAG) on the President's strategy to end the suffering in Darfur. Sudan is one of Pretoria's top foreign policy priorities. SAG principals will appreciate the opportunity to discuss Darfur, souther [...] | 2007-04-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OTRA SU SF |
07PRETORIA1381 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 20, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 16 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Slow Progress Towards AsgiSA Goals - US Equity Giant Bain Snares Edcon for R25bn - High Commodity Prices Up SA-US Export Value - SA Consi [...] | 2007-04-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1385 | SOUTH AFRICAS NATIONAL POLICY ON AGING [...] (U) South Africa shares mortality risks and aging challenges similar to many developing countries. According to South Africa's 2001 census, South Africa had 2.2 million people aged 65 years or older, representing 4.9 percent of the total population. There is a significant non-communicable o [...] | 2007-04-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI SF |
07PRETORIA1393 | SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT AND REGULATOR WEIGH IN ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The South African Department of Communications (DOC) and the New Partnership for South Africa's Development (NEPAD) may build an undersea telecommunications cable to replicate the planned East Africa Submarine System (EASSy) cable. A decision by the CEO of monopoly telecom ope [...] | 2007-04-23 09:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS SF |
07PRETORIA142 | 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT Q SOUTH [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2007 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2007 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2007 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...] | 2007-01-12 11:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD KTDB SF |
07PRETORIA1447 | PROSPECTS FOR MBEKI FACILITATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. As recently-appointed SADC "facilitator" for Zimbabwe, President Mbeki is off to the races but may not make it to the finish line. Mbeki has taken on Mugabe in the past and failed, and we should not underestimate Mugabe's ability to outfox him again. Nevertheles [...] | 2007-04-24 14:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA1465 | SOUTH AFRICA TO ASSIST BOLIVIA ON CONSTITUTION, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During the Bolivian Vice President Garcia Linera April 10-12 visit to Pretoria, South Africa agreed to provide advice to Bolivia on the ongoing constitution drafting process. Bolivia will send a delegation to South Africa May 14 [...] | 2007-04-26 08:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINR BL SF |
07PRETORIA1473 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 26, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Johannesburg Long-term Rating Upgraded - Ownership Component of BEE Unimportant - New Country of Origin Regulations - Rural Women Ensnare [...] | 2007-04-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1495 | (C) ZIMBABWE: SENIOR SAG OFFICIALS OUTLINE VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meeting with IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu on April 24-25, senior South African officials questioned Masamvu in detail about the situation in Zimbabwe. DepForMin Pahad made clear he held MDC leader Tsvangirai in low regard, but had a much higher opinion of MDC Secr [...] | 2007-04-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA1497 | AQ KHAN TRIAL - LOCAL MEDIA CONTEST IN CAMERA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA150 | ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO REVOKE PUBLISHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Zimbabwe is attempting to revoke the citizenship of well-known publisher Trevor Ncube. In blatant violation of international and Zimbabwean law, the GOZ claims that Ncube is no longer a Zimbabwean citizen because his father was born in Zambia. Ncube is challengi [...] | 2007-01-12 14:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA1500 | AQ KHAN TRIAL - LOCAL MEDIA CONTEST IN CAMERA [...] (C) As predicted Ref A, on 20 April South African weekly the Mail & Guardian filed a notice of intent to oppose the National Prosecution Authority's 16 February request that the trial of alleged A.Q. Khan proliferators Gerhard Wisser and Daniel Geiges be conducted in camera. Joining the Mail [...] | 2007-05-02 04:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA151 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 12, [...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 02 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserves up on Firmer Rand - Record 2006 Vehicle Sales - SA Tourism Growth Robust - Xstrata SA 'Fully Empowered' - BEE Codes Unlikely [...] | 2007-01-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA152 | SOUTH AFRICA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY WORKS TO [...] (C) Summary. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has made some progress but must take additional corrective actions in order to maintain its desirable Category One status when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducts a technical review in May. SACAA has been working w [...] | 2007-01-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON SF |
07PRETORIA1535 | SOUTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE LIMITED AID FOR COMOROS [...] (C) The Government of South Africa (SAG) will provide assistance for the upcoming Union of the Comoros Presidential election. Acting under an AU mandate, the SAG will deploy a small number of troops and/or police to train Comoran security personnel, an election observation team, and limited a [...] | 2007-05-03 08:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KDEM SF CN |
07PRETORIA154 | FNL PEACE PROCESS BOGGED DOWN, VAN ECK SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The FNL peace process remains bogged down in administrative arguments, according to ISS analyst Jan van Eck. The FNL still refuses to participate in the JVMM because the GOB has not released from prison some of the FNL representatives for the JVMM and because the South African M [...] | 2007-01-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR BU SF |
07PRETORIA1554 | MDC WRITTEN SUBMISSION TO MBEKI DETAILS OBSTACLES [...] (C) The Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presented its concerns about upcoming elections in a formal, 10-page written submission to South African President Mbeki, dated 11 April 2007. Mbeki is serving as the "facilitator" in Zimbabwe on behalf of the Southern Afr [...] | 2007-05-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA1556 | DFA DIRECTOR BELIEVES MBEKI SUDAN TRIP A SUCCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mbeki's April 10-11 trip to Sudan focused on the North-South peace process, according to DFA Director Maitland. Mbeki's delegation came away "rather positive" on CPA implementation, believing that both sides were committed to discussing the key issues. The SAG plans t [...] | 2007-05-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SF SU |
07PRETORIA1557 | MDC LEADERSHIP MEETS IN SOUTH AFRICA, DECIDES TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Meeting secretly in Johannesburg April 28-29, the leadership of the Zimbabwean opposition MDC party, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, decided to launch the party's presidential campaign o/a June 1, while making clear they will not participate in the elections without fundamental refo [...] | 2007-05-03 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | PREL PHUM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA1577 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 4, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Industrial Policy to Include Chemical Sector - Manufacturing Down Due to Strong Rand - Call Center Industry Booming - Trade Deficit Widen [...] | 2007-05-04 11:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1596 | SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SENDS [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. The South Africa Department of Transport (SADOT) requests that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) set aside Delta Airline's (Delta) opposition to South African Airway's (SAA) USDOT application to renew its permit [...] | 2007-05-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SF |
07PRETORIA1597 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE PUTS BEST FOOT FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Democratic Alliance (DA) will elect a new leader during its annual conference 5-6 May, with the hope that a fresh face and a new strategy will allow the party to break through racial barriers and become more relevant, not only as an ANC watchdog but as a viable political altern [...] | 2007-05-04 14:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA1654 | THE LOGIC BEHIND COSATU'S ZUMA SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Long-time Embassy contact, academic, and labor activist Eddie Webster discussed COSATU's rocky relationship with the ANC and its calculated strategy of taking over ANC policy by supporting ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who they consider an "empty vessel." Webster argued that [...] | 2007-05-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
07PRETORIA1684 | SOUTH AFRICA MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTORS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) found in a technical audit that municipal electricity distributors have under-funded infrastructure development, lack skilled staff and can not deliver the quality of supply required of them. The audit found that electricit [...] | 2007-05-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SF |
07PRETORIA1702 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 16, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 19 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Foreign Reserves Increase - SA Economic Action Set to Slow - Vehicle Sales Down - Average House Cost R911,800 - Hunting Law's Reform Po [...] | 2007-05-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1712 | LIMPOPO PROVINCE SPLIT OVER ZUMA AND MBEKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. PolOff and PolAsst's trip to Limpopo Province on 24 April confirmed press reports that Zuma's camp has made inroads in gaining provincial support for Zuma as ANC President, but the province remains split and difficult to call. As expected, Zuma's supporters were fervent but short on su [...] | 2007-05-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
07PRETORIA1723 | AQ KHAN TRIAL - NPA MAKES CASE FOR IN CAMERA [...] (C) On 02 May, Pretoria High Court Judge Joop Labuschagne heard arguments on the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) application requesting that extensive portions of the A. Q. Khan prosecution be held in camera. Intervening parties opposing the application were South African weekly Mail & [...] | 2007-05-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA1744 | TRAVEL OF UNSC DESIGNATED IRANIANS [...] (SBU) DFA senior and working-level officers charged with oversight of SAG implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 have been unavailable for meetings; we will continue to try to engage them on Ref A topic. Acting PolCouns did raise the matter with DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and [...] | 2007-05-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP UNSC IR RS SF |
07PRETORIA1798 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U). Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology newsletter, April 2007, Volume 2, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Farmers Reluctant to Plant GMO Sugar Cane -- South African Giant Retailers Go Gre [...] | 2007-05-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA1801 | DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...] | 2007-05-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR |
07PRETORIA1805 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 18, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 20 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - R15 Billion Trade Deficit in First Quarter - 2010 to Boost GDP by R51.1 billion - Changes to Tax Return System - Rates Hit Manufacturing [...] | 2007-05-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1813 | SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...] | 2007-05-18 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF |
07PRETORIA1815 | SOUTH AFRICA HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT VALUE OF ARMS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: Biological, Chemical, Missile and Arms Control Mauritz Lindeque on 16 May. Lindeque warmly welcomed the information, stating that South Africa was "all for the principle" behind the proposed ATT, and also saw it as a useful me [...] | 2007-05-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM KOMC KTIA UNDC SF |
07PRETORIA1816 | ITALIAN MINING COMPANIES BRING EXPROPRIATION CASE [...] (C) Summary: Italian mining companies have filed a case in the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) alleging that new South African mining legislation amounted to expropriation of their South African property. The companies, unable to find Broad [...] | 2007-05-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SF |
07PRETORIA1826 | SOUTH AFRICA 2007 RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Ref A requests post's assistance in obtaining updated information necessary to provide the President with an assessment of South Africa's policy toward Cuba for use in assessing whether to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. 2. (C) South Af [...] | 2007-05-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF |
07PRETORIA1833 | SOUTH AFRICA INITIATES INVESTIGATION FOR REMEDIAL [...] South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) provided post with notice that it has initiated an investigation for remedial action in the form of a safeguard against the increased imports of lysine as provided in its Government Gazette notice dated May 11, 2007. On the [...] | 2007-05-21 11:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON USTR SF |
07PRETORIA1853 | AQ KHAN TRIAL - IN CAMERA RULING EXPECTED MAY 25TH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA1909 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 25, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - There's No Stopping SA's Economy - Debate On Widening Current Account Deficit - Woolworths in R292m BEE Employee Deal - Construction Indu [...] | 2007-05-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA1933 | AQ KHAN TRIAL: JUDGE NIXES BLANKET IN CAMERA [...] (C) The State's application that extensive portions of the A.Q. Khan prosecution be conducted in camera was dismissed by the Pretoria High Court on May 25th, on the grounds that the principle of open justice requires closed court proceedings to be the exception rather than the rule and that t [...] | 2007-05-29 15:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA1961 | SAG INTELLIGENCE MINISTER LED OFFICIAL DELEGATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SAG INTELLIGENCE MINISTER RONNIE KASRILS LED AN OFFICIAL SAG DELEGATION TO PALESTINE IN EARLY MAY AND MET PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS AND PRIME MINISTER ISMAIL HANIYAH, AMONG OTHERS. KASRILS MADE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND THE APARTHEID ERA, CHARACTERIZING [...] | 2007-05-31 10:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER IS KPAL SF |
07PRETORIA1965 | HEALTH MINISTER'S RETURN RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT [...] (C) Controversial and ailing Minister of Health Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang received a successful liver transplant in March. For the last several weeks, there have been reports about the return of Dr. Tshabalala-Msimang to her duties as Minister of Health. Most of the South African healt [...] | 2007-05-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF |
07PRETORIA1980 | AGOA FORUM - SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION [...] Post received on May 31 a provisional list of South African officials who will attend the AGOA Forum. They include Minister of Trade and Industry Mandisi Mpahlwa, Deputy Director General for International Trade and Economic Development Xavier Carim (provided that the TIDCA negotiations take [...] | 2007-06-01 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID SF |
07PRETORIA1982 | AMBASSADOR CANAVAN REENGAGES SADC MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of the Department's efforts to reengage with the Southern African Development Community, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana Katherine Canavan and PolEcon Chief Charles Stonecipher on 21 May held discussions in Pretoria with SADC's resident diplomatic corps and SAG officials to e [...] | 2007-06-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | SADC PREL ETRD ECON POL SF |
07PRETORIA2041 | SUDAN: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS OVER LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to SAG DFA Chief Director, Africa Multilateral, Rubushe on 05 June, emphasizing USG commitment to the UN/AU effort to achieve stability and deployment of the Hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur with a robust Charter VII mandate. In response to Rubush [...] | 2007-06-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AU UN SC SF |
07PRETORIA2044 | MDC CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO REACT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 5 June, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai held his first briefing for Pretoria's diplomatic corps to brief them on the ongoing human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and the plight of Zimbabwean refugees in southern Africa. A short video clip was shown of Tsvangirai visiting hundreds of [...] | 2007-06-07 04:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ZI SF |
07PRETORIA2069 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 08, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Data Shocks Economists - Consumers Continue To Borrow - GDP Growth Slows To 4.7% - State Raises Offer As Strike Bites - Vehicl [...] | 2007-06-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA2105 | ZIMBABWE: SADC INITIATIVE OFF TO SLOW START [...] (C) SUMMARY. Political analyst Sydney Masamvu told PolOff on 5 June that the SADC initiative is off to a slow and disheartening start. ZANU-PF's official submission to Mbeki includes troublesome non-starters like demanding that the MDC acknowledge that Mugabe was elected in a free and fair pol [...] | 2007-06-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SADC ZI SF |
07PRETORIA2106 | SHE,S BACK - HEALTH MINISTER MANTO [...] (U) South Africa's Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang resumed 100 percent of her duties as Health Minister on June 6, 2007 following a three-month absence to recover from a liver transplant. Her first action was to decline participation in the 3rd Annual South African Aids Conference in Durban (Ju [...] | 2007-06-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF |
07PRETORIA2151 | SOUTH AFRICA ISSUES ESSENTIAL FACTS LETTER ON [...] South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) provided post with a copy of its "essential facts" letter regarding the sunset review of the anti-dumping duties of Lysine (reftel). ITAC initiated the sunset review through notice on January 12, 2007, and following receipt a [...] | 2007-06-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON USTR SF |
07PRETORIA2155 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 15, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zoellick Urges Africa "To Catch The Wave" - Planed Duty Cuts On Infrastructure Projects - Manuel Stresses Need For Exports - General Elec [...] | 2007-06-15 11:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA218 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 19, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 03 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Growth Lifts Business Mood to Record High - Domestic Steel Sets New Records - Infrastructure Not Keeping Pace - SA Granted a R8.4bn Loan [...] | 2007-01-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA2186 | DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 14:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KTFN IR SF |
07PRETORIA2209 | ZIMBABWE TALKS FINALLY BEGIN IN PRETORIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The long-awaited talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC kicked off in Pretoria June 17-18 with the two sides agreeing on a five point agenda for future negotiations: constitution, electoral laws, security legislation, communications, and political climate. On the constitution, the Z [...] | 2007-06-20 04:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA2210 | ZIMBABWE TALKS FINALLY BEGIN IN PRETORIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The long-awaited talks between ZANU-PF and the MDC kicked off in Pretoria June 17-18 with the two sides agreeing on a five point agenda for future negotiations: constitution, electoral laws, security legislation, communications, and political climate. On the constitution, the ZA [...] | 2007-06-20 04:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA2222 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, May 2007, Volume 2, Number 2, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- South Africa's Top CO2 Emitters in Carbon Disclosure Program -- Depar [...] | 2007-06-21 04:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA2247 | FORMIN DLAMINI-ZUMA TO LEAD AU MISSION TO COMOROS [...] (C) ForMin Nkozasana Dlamini-Zuma will lead an African Union delegation to the Comoros June 23-24, 2007, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Director Graham Maitland (protect). The Dlamini-Zuma trip follows the AU Ministerial Committee of the Countries of the Region on the Comoros, held [...] | 2007-06-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CN SF |
07PRETORIA2257 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 22, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 25 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Economy With Capacity Problems - Rate Hikes 'Filtering Through To Economy' - Warning For SA Trade - Labor Holds SA Back - New ANC lea [...] | 2007-06-22 09:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA2294 | ANC POLICY CONFERENCE TO SET STAGE FOR PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The African National Congress (ANC) begins its four-day national policy conference on 27 June, ostensibly thrashing out the party's policy direction over the next decade against the backdrop of a fierce succession struggle. The conference has been portrayed by the media and the [...] | 2007-06-27 07:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA2352 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, June 2007, Volume 2, Number 3, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- USTDA AND RAND WATER SYSTEMS FORM CAPACITY-BUILIDING PARTNERSHIP -- GREE [...] | 2007-07-03 04:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA2370 | ANC POLICY CONFERENCE LEAVES DOOR SLIGHTLY AJAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ANC Policy Conference ended on 30 June exactly as it started, with ANC members bitterly divided over who the party's next president will be. The unresolved succession debate overshadowed the conference, disappointing those who hoped it would reveal any changes to the party's [...] | 2007-07-03 14:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA2395 | IRANIAN DEPFORMIN ARAGHCHI DEFENDS NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking July 4 at the University of Pretoria, Iranian DepForMin Araghchi argued that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful, but stressed that Tehran will not give up its NPT right to enrich uranium. Iran remains open to "creative" ideas on building confidence about the peaceful [...] | 2007-07-06 10:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP IR IZ IS SF |
07PRETORIA2402 | SOUTH AFRICA TO HOST COMOROS TALKS [...] (C) South Africa will host AU-sponsored talks on the political crisis in Comoros July 7-9 in Pretoria, according to Department of Foreign Affairs Director Graham Maitland (protect). (NOTE: South African ForMin Dlamini-Zuma is Chair of the "African Union Ministerial Committee of Countries of t [...] | 2007-07-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CN SF |
07PRETORIA2414 | ZANU-PF NO SHOW AT PRETORIA TALKS [...] (C) The ZANU-PF negotiating team did not show up at the July 7 South African-sponsored talks in Pretoria, according to Roy Bennett, Treasurer of the Zimbabwean opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). (NOTE: The first round of the SADC/South African-mediated talks took place [...] | 2007-07-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI SF |
07PRETORIA2441 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT [...] (U) ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma, aged 65, is about to become a father again, according to the South African magazine "YOU." (NOTE: YOU is published in Afrikaans and English, is probably most comparable to People Magazine in the US, and has a readership of 2.1 million. END NOTE.) Though Zu [...] | 2007-07-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SF |
07PRETORIA2443 | (C) U.K. BUSINESSMAN BRANSON FUNDING "ELDER" [...] (C/NF) U.K. businessman Richard Branson is bankrolling an African "Elders" initiative to convince Zimbabwean President Mugabe to step down. The "Elders" plan to meet secretly in Johannesburg July 17-18 with Branson to discuss their initiative. Former Presidents Nelson Mandela (South Africa),[...] | 2007-07-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA2470 | AU WAITING FOR COMORAN RESPONSE TO PEACE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Anjouan "President" Bacar is unlikely to accept the AU proposal to resolve the political crisis in Comoros, speculated DFA official Graham Maitland (protect). The AU plan, presented at the July 8-9 Pretoria talks, calls for new elections on Anjouan by mid-August, AU security for [...] | 2007-07-16 10:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CN SF |
07PRETORIA2478 | ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESSMEN DEVELOPING RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of exiled Zimbabwean economists and businessmen is developing plans for Zimbabwe's economic recovery once an internationally-acceptable government takes office, according to South African-based businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Nkosana Moyo, former Zimbabwean Minister of Indu [...] | 2007-07-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SF ZI |
07PRETORIA249 | SOUTH AFRICA INITIATES SUNSET REVIEW OF [...] South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) provided post with notice that it has initiated a sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on l-lysine HCI (tariff subheading 2922.41) originating in or imported from the U.S. ITAC is currently in the process of contacting a [...] | 2007-01-23 12:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON USTR SF |
07PRETORIA2533 | ANALYST OLOJEDE SAYS MBEKI REMAINS IN DRIVING SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South African President Thabo Mbeki will control the ANC succession race, with either himself or his hand-picked successor elected president at the December conference, claimed Pulitizer-Prize winning journalist and political analyst Dele Olojede. Mbeki is holding his cards clos [...] | 2007-07-20 04:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA254 | MBEKI INTERVENES IN RADJABU SITUATION [...] (C) CNDD-FDD leader Hussein Radjabu departed the South African Embassy in Bujumbura the morning of January 23 after spending the night at the Embassy, confirmed South African Department of Foreign Affairs Director Rasheeda Adam (protect). Adam said that Radjabu, Minister of Communications Kar [...] | 2007-01-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BY SF |
07PRETORIA2542 | ANC CULTURE COULD PREVENT BACKLASH [...] (C) European Commission delegate to South Africa, Andrea Rossi (protect),told PolOff on 18 July that he believes President Mbeki will manage to stay on as ANC President for at least another two years, but more if Mbeki has his wish. Rossi, who attended the entire policy conference, said that [...] | 2007-07-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA2569 | HANI ASSASSINATION CONTINUES TO HAUNT MBEKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Once again, the 14-year old political assassination of South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC armed wing (Umkhonto we Sizwe) leader Chris Hani has grabbed the media spotlight, starting with the SACP's resolution calling for a renewed investigation and ending with the South [...] | 2007-07-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA2599 | SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW INDUSTRIAL POLICY: A SNEAK [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary: South Africa's new industrial policy will aim to strengthen tradeable goods sectors and promote manufactured exports, according to Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies. The capital g [...] | 2007-07-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA2602 | SACP LONG ON IDEALS, SHORT ON IDEAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Attending the South African Communist Party's 12th Congress (SACP) in Port Elizabeth 11-15 July was like traveling back in time. Communist dogma was used to justify the severe measures the party has recently taken to maintain discipline. SACP policy proposals such as nationaliz [...] | 2007-07-25 12:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CU SF |
07PRETORIA2619 | JMPD ACADEMY OPENING: A PARTNERSHIP PRODUCT [...] (U) Summary: In his speech for the official opening of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department's (JMPD) academy, the Chief of Police described it as a "product of our partnership" - a reference to the four-year partnership between the Johannesburg Municipality and the United States. The [...] | 2007-07-26 14:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ELAB PREL PHUM SF |
07PRETORIA2636 | CHAVEZ TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Cape Town, South Africa September 5-6, according to DFA Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder (protect). South Africa will roll out the red carpet for Chavez, treating the trip as a full-fledged State Visit. Schroeder told PolOff July 24 that Chave [...] | 2007-07-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE SF |
07PRETORIA2646 | NO SAG CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR GROWING INFLUX OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite the growing influx of Zimbabweans into South Africa, the SAG has not initiated contingency planning for a refugee crisis, according to UNHCR and IOM officials. The majority of Zimbabweans entering South Africa are "victims of bad political governance," UNHCR argued, not [...] | 2007-07-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF ZI SF |
07PRETORIA2649 | U.S.-INDIA 123 AGREEMENT: SOUTH AFRICAN REACTIONS [...] (U) DepPolCouns presented reftel non-paper, a copy of the White House press release, and the full transcript of U/S Burns' 27 July press briefing to DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink on 30 July. Combrink had not heard Friday's announcement and [...] | 2007-07-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL KNNP KTIA SF |
07PRETORIA2675 | AQ KHAN TRIAL: POSTPONED UNTIL 04 SEPTEMBER [...] (C) The trial of A. Q. Khan network proliferators Daniel Geiges and Gerhard Wisser resumed on 31 July before the Pretoria High Court, but the proceedings were not nearly as juicy as media observers had anticipated. Wisser's attorney immediately moved for postponement to 04 September, citing [...] | 2007-07-31 16:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA2708 | SOUTH AFRICAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 10:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP AORC UNGA SF |
07PRETORIA2719 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DRC ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CG SF |
07PRETORIA2727 | VAN ECK SAYS FNL PEACE PROCESS "CRASHING" [...] (C) The Burundi FNL peace process is "crashing," according to Institute for Security Studies analyst Jan van Eck. Van Eck told PolOff August 1 that trust between the National Force for Liberation (FNL) and the Government of Burundi (GOB) is at an all time low, following the departure of the F [...] | 2007-08-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM BY SF |
07PRETORIA2738 | SOUTH AFRICA ISSUES "ESSENTIAL FACTS" LETTER ON [...] South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) has provided post with a copy of its "essential facts" letter regarding the safeguard investigation of all lysine imports. As reported reftel, ITAC initiated the investigation on May 11 and simultaneously imposed provisional [...] | 2007-08-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON USTR SF |
07PRETORIA2791 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, July 2007, Volume 2, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- PREDATOR BREEDERS INSTITUTE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SA GOVERNMENT -- S [...] | 2007-08-08 05:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA2800 | ZIMBABWEANS CROWD INTO JOHANNESBURG CHURCH [...] (U) Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg has become a haven for Zimbabweans fleeing the economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe. PolOff visited the church August 1 and met with Bishop Paul Verynn, pastor of the church. Verynn said that more than 1,000 people are staying in the [...] | 2007-08-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA2814 | BUSINESS VIEWS OF POWER CRUNCH [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's private sector is concerned about the country's electrical power deficit. While firms believe that the South African Government (SAG) has a plan to address the problem, many are hedging their bets by buying generators and economizing on power. Shortages are not y [...] | 2007-08-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SF |
07PRETORIA2817 | PRESIDENT MBEKI FIRES DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER [...] (SBU) President Mbeki on 8 August issued a terse press statement informing the public that he had, "acting in terms of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa....relieved the Deputy Minister of Health, Ms. Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, of her duties with effect today." President Mbeki's [...] | 2007-08-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHIV EAID SF |
07PRETORIA2818 | MBEKI TO PUT POSITIVE SPIN ON ZIMBABWE MEDIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite limited progress on the core political issues, President Mbeki will likely paint an upbeat picture for SADC Heads of State on his Zimbabwe political facilitation at the upcoming summit in Lusaka. Mbeki believes the positive spin will help keep the GOZ negotiators at the [...] | 2007-08-13 05:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA285 | MBEKI WANTS PREVAL TO REACH OUT TO ARISTIDE [...] (C) South African President Thabo Mbeki wants Haitian President Rene Preval to "reach out" to former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director Pieter Swanepoel. Swanepoel told PolOff January 16 that there has been no contact between Preval and [...] | 2007-01-25 09:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA SF |
07PRETORIA2872 | PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT FACT-FINDING MISSION TO [...] (C) The planned Pan-African Parliament (PAP) fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe is bogged down in political and administrative bickering, according to PAP Member of Parliament (MP) Suzanne Vos (protect). Vos, who also serves as an MP in the South African Parliament for the Inkatha Freedom Party [...] | 2007-08-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AORC KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA2886 | SOUTH AFRICA'S EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's relationship with Cuba remains close, based largely on Cuba's support for the ruling African National Congress during the anti-apartheid struggle. Despite South Africa's rhetorical support for principles of democracy and human rights, the SAG is highly unlikely to [...] | 2007-08-16 13:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM CU SF |
07PRETORIA2906 | APARTHEID-ERA PROSECUTION REOPENS WOUNDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 17 August, former Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok, former police chief Johann van der Merwe, and three lower-ranking officers pleaded guilty to the charge of attempted murder of anti-apartheid activist Reverend Frank Chikane in 1989. The National Prosecuting Authority's (N [...] | 2007-08-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KHUM SF |
07PRETORIA293 | SOUTH AFRICA PRESSURES FNL TO JOIN JVMM FEBRUARY 10 [...] (C) South African Burundi Mediator Minister Charles Nqakula met Palipehutu-FNL leader Agathon Rwasa in Dar es Salaam the weekend of January 13 and pressured the FNL to join the Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM),according to ISS analyst Jan van Eck. Van Eck, who traveled to D [...] | 2007-01-25 16:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BY SF |
07PRETORIA2936 | SOUTH AFRICA: PRODUCT SAFETY [...] In response to reftel, emboffs spoke with the South Africa Bureau of Standards, Department of Trade and Industry, International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa, South Africa Revenue Service and the Department of Health's (DOH) Directorate of Food Control regarding food and con [...] | 2007-08-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD TBIO SF |
07PRETORIA2937 | ANC SUCCESSION STILL UP IN AIR [...] (C) Exactly four months before the ANC elects its new President, the race remains largely undecided. ANC insider Dr. Fazel Randera told PolOff on 17 August that though everyone seems to have a theory, he is uncertain who will prevail in December. Randera argued that, "the days of backroom de [...] | 2007-08-22 11:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
07PRETORIA2940 | FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP REGULATIONS UNLIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. After three years of study, a government-appointed panel of experts recommended on 24 July to Cabinet that South Africa implement a legal framework governing land ownership by foreigners. Contrary to media reports hinting that the days of foreign land ownership may soon be over, [...] | 2007-08-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR SF |
07PRETORIA2956 | SOUTH AFRICA'S DEMAND FOR LAND LATENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Land reform remains a low priority for the SAG for numerous reasons, according to Professor Ruth Hall at the University of Western Cape's Programme for Agrarian and Land Studies. The demand for land is latent, unorganized, and often unarticulated, leaving the SAG under little pr [...] | 2007-08-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR SF |
07PRETORIA2957 | CALLS FOR HEALTH MINISTER'S DISMISSAL INTENSIFY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mbeki's August 8th dismissal of Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge (ref A) has unleashed relentless domestic and international criticism of the controversial lifestyle and tenure of current Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Increasingly, media and [...] | 2007-08-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA2994 | HEWLETT PACKARD WINS APPROVAL OF FIRST "EQUITY [...] (U) Summary: Hewlett Packard has won SAG approval to implement the first "equity equivalent" plan under South Africa's black economic empowerment (BEE) codes. Under the plan, HP will accrue BEE "points" by promoting information technology skills in the small and medium enterprise sectors, i [...] | 2007-08-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV SF |
07PRETORIA300 | NO SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS FOR SOMALIA [...] (U) South Africa will not send troops to Somalia, announced Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota January 25. In press comments following a meeting with President Mbeki, Lekota expressed support for the proposed AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia, but stressed that South African forces are already [...] | 2007-01-26 10:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MASS SO SF |
07PRETORIA3009 | DA LEADER ZILLE EXPLAINS PARTY PHILOSOPHY [...] (U) On August 14, Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader Helen Zille spoke about "The Future of the Democratic Alliance" as part of the US-funded Africa Dialogue Lecture Series at the University of Pretoria. Zille spoke at length to a crowd of about 75, almost all white men, about what the DA stands [...] | 2007-08-28 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3010 | VLOK'S PROSECUTION SPARKS PURSUIT OF ANC OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 21 August, AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel told PolOff that they are trying to stop all prosecutions arising from information found during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). If they do not succeed, AfriForum, which promotes "white civil rights," will settle for "evenh [...] | 2007-08-28 14:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3012 | SOUTH AFRICA REAFFIRMS ITS NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa released a new draft nuclear energy policy on August 13 for public comment. The draft policy reaffirms SAG commitment to expanding nuclear power generation from the current 6 percent to 15 percent of electric power generation by 2025, lessening dependence on coal [...] | 2007-08-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ECON SF |
07PRETORIA3013 | CHAVEZ CANCELS SOUTH AFRICA VISIT AT LAST MINUTE [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez canceled his long-planned September 4-5 visit to South Africa despite extensive preparations, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder (protect). Schroeder said that Venezuelan officials called on August 25 to info [...] | 2007-08-29 08:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE SF |
07PRETORIA3029 | SECRETARY LEAVITT CONCLUDES SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO [...] (U) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt completed a successful visit to South Africa August 18-21, 2007. The Secretary and his delegation visited four sites in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces funded by the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief to dem [...] | 2007-08-30 04:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI PGOV PREL SF |
07PRETORIA3042 | SOUTH AFRICA'S TRADE PERFORMANCE IN 2006 [...] (U) Summary. South Africa's strong import demand for crude oil and capital equipment, along with comparatively moderate export growth, resulted in an 80 percent widening of the current-account deficit during 2006. Strong consumer demand, spurred by relatively low levels of debt servicing co [...] | 2007-08-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3061 | SOUTH AFRICA RESPONDS TO GNEP INVITATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG is interested in the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) and is considering whether Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica can change her travel schedule in order to participate. Defining a role for South Africa in GNEP might support U.S. efforts to sell [...] | 2007-08-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3069 | MDC ACTIVIST TELLS OF DETENTION AT LUSAKA SADC [...] (C) Zambian security officials arrested and questioned Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Political Liaison Officer Nqobizitha Mlilo at the recent August 16-17 SADC Summit. Mlilo described to PolOff on August 30 his detention. Mlilo, a recent University of Cape Town graduate, works for Roy [...] | 2007-08-31 12:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3075 | TREVOR NCUBE FLOATS "THIRD WAY" [...] (C) SUMMARY. South African-based publisher and Mugabe opponent Trevor Ncube believes that Zimbabwe needs a "third way" political force to take the country forward. Ncube is thoroughly disgusted with both the ruling ZANU-PF and the MDC opposition. Strive Masiyiwa, Nkosana Moyo, or Simba Makon [...] | 2007-08-31 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA3076 | SOUTH AFRICA INTERESTED IN SIGNING NUCLEAR R&D [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 1. 2. (SBU) Post seeks a response from Department and DOE to the Reftel A request that USG and SAG Ministers of Energy sign the proposed "Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of So [...] | 2007-08-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY ETRD BEXP KTIA IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3077 | SOUTH AFRICA STILL WORKING ON U.S.- SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) In a wide ranging meeting on August 27 between DME Chief Director: Nuclear Tselio Maqubela and Economic Counselor and Minerals-Energy Officer, Maqubela identified two issues blocking SAG agreement to return U.S.-origin spent nuclear fuel. Maqubela described the first issue as relativel [...] | 2007-08-31 15:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PARM PREL KNNP KTIA IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3078 | WESTINGHOUSE PUSHES ITS QUEST FOR NEW NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Westinghouse believes it is well-positioned to win South Africa's contract for the construction of conventional nuclear reactors based on its advantages in price, safety, modular plant design, and commitment to technology transfer and localization; i.e., insuring benefits accr [...] | 2007-08-31 15:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP TRGY PREL IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3091 | AQ KHAN TRIAL: GERHARD WISSER PLEADS GUILTY!! [...] (SBU) German citizen and South African resident Gerhard Wisser pled guilty to unlawful manufacture of components of illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and associated export control violations on 04 September in the Pretoria High Court. In his stat [...] | 2007-09-04 11:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA3092 | HIGH MARKS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S ECONOMY: THE IMF'S [...] (U) Summary: The IMF's 2007 Article IV report for South Africa reports that the country is experiencing record levels of growth on account of strong domestic demand and favorable external conditions. Planned investments in infrastructure should expand the growth potential even further in 200 [...] | 2007-09-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3100 | FORMER DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER'S DISMISSAL SHOULD [...] (C) South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) member Dr. Fazel Randera believes the August 8 firing of Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge is likely to have a limited impact on the implementation of South Africa's second National Strategy on HIV and AIDS (2007-2011) now that Heal [...] | 2007-09-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA3102 | SOUTH AFRICA SCRAMBLES TO AVOID CATEGORY II STATUS [...] (C) Summary. Economic Counselor and Transportation Officer recently met with South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) CEO Zakes Myeza and his team to discuss the FAA audit process. Myeza sought to find out what the potential "showstoppers" would be in terms of retaining Category I statu [...] | 2007-09-05 04:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAIR FAA PREL ICAO SF |
07PRETORIA3111 | South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...] | 2007-09-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3113 | South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...] | 2007-09-05 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3114 | South African Sasol Targets Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Plant in [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Sasol is seriously considering investing in a coal-to-liquid (CTL) facility in the U.S., targeting Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Illinois, or North Dakota. This potential project would represent Africa's largest investment in the U.S. if realized. The issue of carbon emi [...] | 2007-09-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3116 | SA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY WOES [...] (U) Summary. The pharmaceutical sector in South Africa is faltering under the SAG's current mandates and slow regulatory processes for drug and clinical trial approvals. The proposed benchmark policy for the single exit price and intellectual property right concerns are causing further jitt [...] | 2007-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV SOCI KIPR SF |
07PRETORIA3122 | EASTERN CAPE DIVIDED OVER ANC NOMINATIONS [...] (C) The Eastern Cape Province, which took a resolution endorsing President Mbeki for a third term in December 2006, now appears divided on who it will officially nominate as ANC President. Though the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on 31 August quoted ANC Provincial Secretary Si [...] | 2007-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA3166 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 7, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 36 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Down - Vehicle Sales Down - Economic Freedom Ranking Down - Telkom To Drop Call Center Prices - Angloplat Unveils BE [...] | 2007-09-07 14:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA317 | WESTINGHOUSE PURSUES SOUTH AFRICAN NUCLEAR REACTOR [...] (U) Summary. Westinghouse and Areva will compete fiercely for construction of one, and possibly more, conventional nuclear reactors to help South Africa meet its growing energy needs. Energy supplier Eskom will make a February 2007 fact-finding trip to Westinghouse headquarters in the U.S. a [...] | 2007-01-29 06:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3183 | JAPAN PASSIVE ON ADVOCATING WESTINGHOUSE'S SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Japan is unable to manifest overt support for the Westinghouse bid for building new nuclear plants in South Africa. Toshiba acquired Westinghouse in October of last year, but Mitsubishi also has a commercial relationship with competitor French Areva. The GOJ [...] | 2007-09-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP TRGY PREL IAEA EINV ECON SF JA |
07PRETORIA3184 | SOUTH AFRICA/ZIMBABWE TRADE HOLDING STEADY [...] (U) Summary. Despite the economic turmoil in Zimbabwe, trade between South Africa and Zimbabwe remains steady making the SA/Zimbabwe trade partnership the largest in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Other African countries are beginning to close the gap as SA reaches out to [...] | 2007-09-07 15:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3189 | SAG WAITING FOR FORMAL EXTRADITION REQUEST FROM [...] (C) The South African Government (SAG) is still waiting for a formal extradition request from the Government of Lesotho (GOL) for six Basotho men who fled to South Africa seeking political asylum (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Chief Director for Southern Africa (DA [...] | 2007-09-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3210 | AQ KHAN TRIAL: FURTHER DETAIL ON WISSER GUILTY PLEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: As reported reftel, on 04 September German citizen Gerhard Wisser was convicted in the Pretoria High Court of unlawful manufacture of components for illicit gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants intended for Libya and Pakistan and associated export control [...] | 2007-09-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP SF |
07PRETORIA3213 | SAG OFFICIAL SAYS PUBLIC CRITICISM OF MUGABE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Government is "making progress" in the facilitation talks between ZANU-PF and MDC, but recognizes that the process will not be easy, according to DFA Chief Director (DAS-level) Tselane Mokuena. Mokuena acknowledged that political and economic reforms in Zimbabwe [...] | 2007-09-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA323 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 04 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Blackouts Hit South Africa - Telkom Prices Hold SA Back - Mexico Looks to SA for Grain - New Law on Captive-Bred Animals - SA GM Crops S [...] | 2007-01-29 08:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3277 | MEYER OPTIMISTIC ON HELSINKI IRAQ PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The August 31 - September 3 meeting of Sunni and Shia Iraqi politicians, hosted by the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) in Helsinki, went "better than expected," according to South African conflict resolution consultant and former SAG minister Roelf Meyer. Meyer was impressed t [...] | 2007-09-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ EI FI SF |
07PRETORIA3297 | SOUTH AFRICA PLANS TO EXPAND SUDAN TRAINING PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Africa expects to expand its ambitious program to train officials from southern Sudan. Begun in 2005, the program has brought more than 700 officials from Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) to South Africa for classroom and practical training in fields as diverse as loca [...] | 2007-09-18 11:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SU SF |
07PRETORIA3298 | RESPONSE RECEIVED TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...] (SBU) Congratulations to all involved in the successful senior-level interventions which resulted in positive movement of the South African position on Iran (Ref A). Closing the loop on Mission's efforts (Ref B),Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad faxed the following brief written reply to th [...] | 2007-09-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL KNNP AORC IAEA UNSC IR SF |
07PRETORIA3303 | SOUTH AFRICA MULLING RECONCILIATION PROGRAM FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SF |
07PRETORIA3319 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, August 2007, Volume 2, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SASOL THE SINGLE LARGEST SOURCE OF GREEN HOUSE GASES IN THE WORLD -- [...] | 2007-09-19 13:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3328 | ANC AUDITS BY THE BOOK [...] (C) The ANC's Head of Research Wande Makalima described to PolOff on 18 September the "tedious and timeconsuming task" of ANC branch audits, which will determine the number of voting delegates each province will have at the ANC's national conference in December. Makalima, who participated in [...] | 2007-09-20 14:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3329 | FLOOR CROSSING HELPS ANC INCH TOWARD THREE-QUARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's latest floor crossing period ended on 15 September with the lowest number of elected officials choosing to defect to other parties, leaving the distribution of political power virtually unchanged. The top three political parties -- the ruling African National Cong [...] | 2007-09-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3331 | SOUTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and Transportation Officer made a courtesy call on South African Department of Transport (SADOT) Chief Director of Aviation Anwar Gany on September 11. The conversation touched on the July Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) audit and DOT plans to address l [...] | 2007-09-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ICAO FAA AORC SF |
07PRETORIA3425 | SAG APPLAUDS ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Cabinet praised the ZANU-PF-MDC agreement on Constitutional Amendment 18 (ref A),calling it a "breakthrough" and "a major step forward." DepForMin Pahad suggested that the accord paves the way for a "political solution that all Zimbabweans will hail." The agree [...] | 2007-09-28 09:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA3426 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 39 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Ranks Fifth for African Governance - Construction Boom Causes Cement Shortage - Man-days Lost to Strikes Increases - SA's Unemployment [...] | 2007-09-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3447 | SOUTH AFRICA REAFFIRMS ITS INTEREST IN SIGNING THE [...] (SBU) Nuclear R&D Agreement: SAG Department of Mines and Energy (DME) Chief Director: Nuclear Tseliso Maqubela reaffirmed South Africa's intent to sign the proposed bilateral Agreement for Cooperation in Research and Development in Nuclear Technology, speaking to Resource/Energy Officer on th [...] | 2007-10-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY ETRD BEXP KTIA KNNP IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3448 | ZUMA ALLY UPBEAT ON ANC ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jacob Zuma will likely win the ANC presidency at the upcoming December party conference, claimed informal Zuma advisor Mo Shaik. An optimistic Shaik suggested that the tide has shifted toward Zuma, that Mbeki is increasingly isolated, and that neither Tokyo Sexwale nor Cyril Ram [...] | 2007-10-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA3450 | SOUTH AFRICA RECEPTIVE TO COMMODITIES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eric M. Bost joined Argentine Ambassador to South Africa R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano to deliver a joint invitation to the SAG for the Commodities Identification Training (CIT) to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 3-7, 2007. The invitation was delivered to Depart [...] | 2007-10-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PARM ETTC MNUC TRGY PREL KNNP SF AR |
07PRETORIA3474 | ZUMA CO-CONSPIRATOR LOSES LAST APPEAL FOR FREEDOM [...] (U) Schabir Shaik's application to appeal his 15-year sentence for corruption and fraud was dismissed on 02 October by the Constitutional Court. In his appeal, Shaik's attorneys argued that the trial was unfair because the State did not charge him together with ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma [...] | 2007-10-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
07PRETORIA3475 | ANC NOW ACCEPTING OFFICIAL PARTY NOMINATIONS [...] (SBU) The ANC finished its membership audit on 30 September, according to press reports, revealing that the party has increased its membership by almost 50 percent since 2002. Total membership now stands at 619,255 members, compared to 416,846 members immediately before the ANC's last nation [...] | 2007-10-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3486 | MDC TREASURER BENNETT "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The pressure is now on SADC facilitator Mbeki and ZANU-PF to deliver on reforms for the 2008 elections in Zimbabwe, argued MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. Bennett, who said he was initially skeptical of the MDC-ZANU-PF agreement on Constitutional Amendment 18, stressed that the MDC re [...] | 2007-10-03 10:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA3490 | U.S. FIRM AES CHARGES INTO SOUTH AFRICA'S ELECTRIC POWER [...] Summary. An AES Corporation (AES)-led consortium has been selected as the preferred bidder by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) for two open-cycle gas turbine peaking power stations to be constructed in South Africa. The AES-led consortium, which won the bid over a Suez-led consort [...] | 2007-10-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EPET SF |
07PRETORIA3507 | South Africa Reassesses its Energy Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa convened a two-day Energy Summit September 24-25 to engage with stakeholders in order to reassess its energy policy as set forth in the white paper on energy adopted in 1998. Noting the likelihood that key assumptions may have changed since that time, representati [...] | 2007-10-04 05:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3519 | POSSIBLE AGREEMENT REACHED ON NEW ZIMBABWEAN [...] (S) According to IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu (strictly protect),representatives of the Zimbabwean ruling party (ZANU-PF) and both the Tsvangirai and Mutambara factions of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) reached an agreement 29-30 September on a new Zimbabwean Constitution. MDC nego [...] | 2007-10-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | PGOV ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3534 | MINE MISHAP OVERCOME, BUT SAFETY STILL A CHRONIC [...] SUMMARY: On October 4, South African Harmony's Elandsrand mine rescued 3,200 workers who had been trapped underground for 48 hours. While the workers were not in great danger, the dramatic rescue, filmed in the international media, high-lighted growing concerns about mine safety as high comm [...] | 2007-10-05 16:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3538 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCOTOBER 5, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 40 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Disappoints Market - Internet Costs Stifle SAG Open Source Policy - Car Sales Decline Again - Critic Claims Climate Conscio [...] | 2007-10-09 06:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA356 | (C) EXILED ZIMBABWEAN BUSINESSMEN FLOAT ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Exiled Zimbabwean businessmanXXXXXXXXXXXX is quietly floating an idea to shift executive power from President Mugabe to a "technocratic" Prime Minister. To get Mugabe to accept the deal, Mugabe would remain President until 2010 with some power over the security apparatus, but the Prime [...] | 2007-01-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3569 | BRENTHURST FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADVICE TO RWANDA, [...] (SBU) The Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based think tank funded by the Oppenheimer family, is providing "confidential" policy advice to the Governments of Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Mozambique. Greg Mills, Director of the Foundation (see bio-note at para 6),told PolOff and visitin [...] | 2007-10-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID PINR SF |
07PRETORIA3586 | WASHINGTON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
07PRETORIA3587 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP ON MO-99 INVITATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG PARM PREL KNNP PTER TRGY SF |
07PRETORIA3589 | PROGRESS ON BILATERAL NUCLEAR INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minerals/Energy Officer delivered Ref A message that outstanding issues had been resolved allowing South Africa to move forward on implementing the program for the return of U.S.-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent fuel. The SAG is receptive to moving forward on a numbe [...] | 2007-10-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3602 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 12, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 41 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA Foreign Reserves Past $30 Billion - Higher-Than-Expected Budget Surplus - Euro's Held In Gross Reserves Increase - SA No Magnet For Ta [...] | 2007-10-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3603 | PIKOLI PAYS PRICE FOR NOT BEING TEAM PLAYER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The government announced on 03 October that suspended Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli would be investigated by longtime ANC member Frene Ginwala for putting national security at risk by giving criminals immunity in exchange for testimony against others and for failing [...] | 2007-10-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KJUS SF |
07PRETORIA3624 | ZUMA REASSURES FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma on 26 September met with international investors at Citigroup's request, signaling that markets are preparing for the possibility of a Zuma presidency. Citigroup debriefed the Mission's Commercial Attache the following day, saying Zuma reassured t [...] | 2007-10-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SF |
07PRETORIA3640 | CHRONOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICAN FACILITATION IN [...] (C) Following is a chronology of key events in the South African mediation in Zimbabwe since the Southern African Development Community (SADC) appointed President Thabo Mbeki as "facilitator" at its March 29, 2007 summit in Dar es Salaam. The South African Government (SAG) has not publicly an [...] | 2007-10-17 06:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3650 | LABOR LEADER WARNS ON DOHA [...] Summary. Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi criticized the Doha Round trade negotiations in a recent speech. Vavi said that developed country trade negotiators only pay "lip service" to development issues, and he praised the South African Gover [...] | 2007-10-17 15:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3651 | SAG PRESSURES FNL TO PARTICIPATE IN JVMM [...] (U) The Burundi Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) will meet on Saturday, October 20, in Bujumbura, announced South African Minister for Safety and Security and Regional Facilitator for the Burundi Peace Process Charles Nqakula. The JVMM is the key vehicle for implementing the [...] | 2007-10-17 15:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BY SF |
07PRETORIA3670 | DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE MAKEOVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Paul Boughey, Chief of Staff in the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, described to PolOffs on 26 September the Democratic Alliance's (DA) goals leading up to South Africa's national parliamentary elections in 2009: counter the party's whites-only image, modernize party stru [...] | 2007-10-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3673 | BIO NOTES ON DA LEADER HELEN ZILLE [...] (C) Paul Boughey, Chief of Staff for Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille, talked to PolOffs on 26 September about the first few months working for Zille. Boughey, who used to work for former DA Leader Tony Leon, admitted that working for Zille has been challenging, but not necessarily [...] | 2007-10-18 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
07PRETORIA3674 | DME SEEKS MEETING ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an action request for State and DOE. Please see paragraphs 2 and 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) proposes a half-day meeting at the end of November in South Africa to advance areas of cooperation in nuclear technology. The objec [...] | 2007-10-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA3678 | SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISM INDUSTRY ON A POSITIVE AND RAPID [...] (U). Summary: The South African tourism industry has shown significant growth since the country was democratized in 1994. Over 8.4 million people visited South Africa in 2006. Tourism contributes more to the economy than the gold sector and that it employs over half a million people. Sout [...] | 2007-10-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EAIR SENV SOCI CASC CPAS SF |
07PRETORIA3721 | MASIYIWA SKEPTICAL ON MBEKI ZIMBABWE MEDIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mugabe is not serious about the SADC/Mbeki facilitation, according to exiled Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa. Masiyiwa dismissed reports of a MDC-ZANU-PF agreement on a new constitution (refs A & B),noting that the two sides reached a similar deal in 2004 that went nowher [...] | 2007-10-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3723 | MBEKI COMES UNDER CRITICISM AS PARTY ELECTION NEARS [...] (U) President Thabo Mbeki's approval rating fell from 54 percent in June to 40 percent in September, its lowest point in four years, according to nation-wide poll results released by private international polling agency TNS Research on 22 October. The single most newsworthy event in that thre [...] | 2007-10-23 10:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3726 | Sasol Perseveres in Coal-to-Liquid Projects [...] SUMMARY: South Africa's Sasol is committed to expanding its coal-to-liquids production both within and outside South Africa. Most automobile drivers in South Africa's interior are burning its gasoline derived from coal. Sasol's Chief Engineer confirmed that Sasol is the world's largest single [...] | 2007-10-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND SENV SF |
07PRETORIA373 | SOUTH AFRICA HIT BY ELECTRICITY CUTS AND FACED [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa was hit by widespread power outages on January 18-23 that affected many industries and one-fifth of all households. Technical problems caused unexpected shut-downs at six conventional coal powered plants and at the country's sole nuclear power plant near Cape Town. [...] | 2007-02-01 06:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SF |
07PRETORIA3735 | ANC DEFENDS EMBATTLED HEALTH MINISTER [...] (U) The National Assembly on 18 October adopted a motion of full confidence in embattled Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, reversing the original motion brought SIPDIS forth by the Democratic Alliance (DA) which called for a special committee to probe her fitness to hold public offic [...] | 2007-10-24 07:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA3744 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] | 2007-10-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA3747 | NUCLEAR POWER: BIG DREAMS FOR SMALL PEBBLES - PBMR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) new nuclear technology will play a key role in the SAG decision to significantly increase nuclear power generation in the country over the next 20 years. The country will face challenges in securing skills and investment to implem [...] | 2007-10-24 15:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV KNNP PREL EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3764 | ANC NOMINATIONS PROCESS OUTLINED [...] (U) The ANC unveiled in detail on 17 October the mechanics of the nomination process leading up to the party's 52nd National Conference 16-20 December (see www.anc.org.za). ANC branches, ANC provincial general councils, the ANC Women's League, and the ANC Youth League will all meet between now [...] | 2007-10-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3765 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON AVIATION ASSETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO UN SU SF |
07PRETORIA3766 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ENVOYS ON ZIMBABWE, CRIME, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an October 23 lunch hosted by Ambassador, envoys from eight countries expressed their concern about the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe and skepticism about President Mbeki's facilitation efforts there. One High Commissioner suggested that Mbeki did not feel [...] | 2007-10-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC MASS MARR ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3772 | IBSA: SECOND HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT [...] (U) Summary: The Heads of State of India, Brazil and South Africa met in Johannesburg on October 17 for the 2nd Annual India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summit. The leaders issued a declaration covering economic, political, environmental and other issues. Although the Summit produced few co [...] | 2007-10-26 07:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IMF PREL SF BR IN |
07PRETORIA3778 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Senator, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadersh [...] | 2007-10-26 13:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3779 | SOUTH AFRICQECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 26, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 43 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation At Four-Year High - Debt Service Cost To Income More Than 10% - Earthlife Africa Challenges Nuclear Thrust - Mbeki's Re-Electio [...] | 2007-10-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3783 | POLL SHOWS ZUMA EMERGING AS TOP PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma came in first place when 2,000 adults were asked, "Who do you think will succeed President Mbeki in 2009?", according to a poll released by TNS Surveys on 25 October. Zuma came out heads above the others, receiving 27 percent of the vote. Deputy President [...] | 2007-10-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA3811 | DEMARCHE ON MONTREAL CONVENTION AMENDMENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 05:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM SF |
07PRETORIA3816 | ANC DELEGATE DISTRIBUTION AND IMPACT [...] (SBU) The ANC National Executive Committee (NEC) in September determined that the total number of voting delegates at the ANC's national conference in December will be 4,075, according to UNISA Professor Dirk Kotze, who said he received the breakdown from the ANC. In accordance with the ANC's [...] | 2007-10-31 10:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3829 | ZUMA ADVISOR SHAIK OUTLINES CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma hopes to defeat current ANC President Thabo Mbeki during the ANC nomination process, before the December 16-20 national conference even begins, according to Zuma informal advisor Mo Shaik. Zuma is confident and has public support, but even Shaik ad [...] | 2007-11-01 07:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA3836 | KIMBERLEY PROCESS - STATUS QUO OR MORE? [...] SUMMARY: The Diamonds - Source to Use 2007 Colloquium in Johannesburg offered heated discussion on whether to expand the Kimberley Process from its successful efforts combating conflict diamonds to include mitigation of illicit diamonds, artisanal mining, and lack of transparency. World Federa [...] | 2007-11-01 15:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG ETRD SENV EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3839 | WESTINGHOUSE ACQUIRES LOCAL NUCLEAR SUPPLIER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Westinghouse expects to close its long-awaited acquisition of South Africa's IST Nuclear (ISTN) to augment its domestic footprint and to position itself for supplying an initial 3,200 MW of new nuclear power plants to state electricity company Eskom, as well as additional plant [...] | 2007-11-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG BEXP TRGY SENV KNNP EINV SF |
07PRETORIA3843 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 44 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Treasury Forecasts Slower Economic Growth - Skills Poaching Is Asset Stripping - Manuel - SA's Cheap Power May Attract $3.8 billion Alumin [...] | 2007-11-02 08:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3873 | SAG GREAT LAKES ENVOY URGES AID FOR FNL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The internal PALIPEHUTU-FNL divisions are complicating the Burundi peace process, according to the South African Government (SAG) Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo urged the international community to provide protection and humanitarian relief for FNL "defectors," ar [...] | 2007-11-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BY CG SF |
07PRETORIA3874 | ANC ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO LOOK FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the ANC's efforts to clearly spell out its election procedures, including the hiring of a non-governmental entity to monitor the actual election, ANC insider Iqbal Jhazbhay portrayed the lead-up to December's election in terms of patience, persuasion, and interpretation, r [...] | 2007-11-06 14:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
07PRETORIA3875 | MDC'S BENNETT UPBEAT ON PARTY, ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Despite harsh criticisms in the media, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai is doing the right thing by cleaning out the party SIPDIS leadership, according to MDC Treasurer Roy Bennett. Bennett hinted that recently-deposed women's leader Lucia Ma [...] | 2007-11-06 14:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA3891 | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER - MAYBE - MAYBE NOT [...] SUMMARY: The Diamonds - Source to Use 2007 Colloquium in Johannesburg offered contrary views on African diamond reserves. Some pundits expect output to increase significantly from West Africa, Botswana, Angola and the DRC, but others foresee a sustained decline in world diamond production. A [...] | 2007-11-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD SENV SF |
07PRETORIA3901 | SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN BERNANKE'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Chairman, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leaders [...] | 2007-11-07 16:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3902 | SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE CORPORATE [...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...] | 2007-11-07 16:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3903 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Secretary, I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leader [...] | 2007-11-08 05:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA3907 | ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, NOT RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel request for information, the South African Government (SAG) does not practice overt "resource nationalism" as in nationalization, but the state is exercising a greater role in resource development and control, and in effect is imposing "resource affirmative [...] | 2007-11-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EMIN PGOV ENRG SF |
07PRETORIA3914 | IMO - U.S. CANDIDACY - AND EASWIO MARITIME [...] Transportation Officer transmitted Ref A demarche in support of U.S. candidacy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to SAG Multilateral International Department of Transportation Deputy Director Dumisani Mthembu on October 30. He promised to provide a response "in due cou [...] | 2007-11-08 14:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT MARR PREL PHSA SF UK |
07PRETORIA3916 | SOUTH AFRICA PROMISES 100 MORE TROOPS FOR DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa will deploy 100 additional troops to UNAMID by year end and will consider additional specialized contributions after other countries finalize their pledges. The commitment to send additional troops came during President Bashir's November 5-7 official visit to South A [...] | 2007-11-08 14:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KPAO SF SU |
07PRETORIA3917 | SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST ZUMA [...] (C) In a decision that could portend the recharging of ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma on corruption charges, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 08 November overturned a lower court decision against the admissibility of evidence in the Zuma case. (NOTE: A Durban High Court judge ruled in 20 [...] | 2007-11-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
07PRETORIA3925 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings newsletter, October 2007, Volume 2, Number 7, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- MINISTER POSTPONES BAN ON ABALONE HARVESTING -- GREEN SCORPIONS SHUT [...] | 2007-11-09 10:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA3928 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 45 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA's Competitiveness Slides - Business Confidence Hits Three-Year Low - Sub-Saharan Africa Experiences Sustained Growth - Net Reserves Up [...] | 2007-11-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3929 | PIKOLI COMMISSION RESULTS NOT EXPECTED SOON [...] (U) The Ministry of Justice on 18 October submitted the government's official explanation as to why the National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli was suspended, but it is not expected to be made public. On 07 November, the former Speaker of Parliament Frene Ginwala, who is in charg [...] | 2007-11-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
07PRETORIA3939 | (C) ALLEGATIONS OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the ANC national conference 16-20 December, allegations of bribes and intimidation directed at ANC branch members and Polokwane delegates are surfacing from Zuma, Mbeki, and Sexwale camps. Press reports allege that ANC branch members in North West are being intim [...] | 2007-11-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA3948 | GRASSROOTS ANC WANT CONSENSUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ANC policy coordinator Michael Sachs told EmbOffs on 12 November that grassroots ANC members are "sick at heart" over the current bitter succession race and would accept a compromise ballot. However, he admitted that the battle looks more and more like it will come down to ANC P [...] | 2007-11-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA3973 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 46 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Slows - Textile Tariff Plan A Boost For Factories - South Africans Forced To Live In Higher-Density Developments [...] | 2007-11-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA3985 | ABYEI BOUNDARY COMMISSION MEMBER GUTTO SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abyei Boundary Commission (ABC) member Shadrack Gutto suggested that ABC experts present their findings to influential fora, such as IGAD, Arab League, AU, and UN, as a way to encourage Khartoum to implement the report. Explaining the ABC report to as many people as possible "is [...] | 2007-11-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SU SF |
07PRETORIA3995 | ANALYST OLOJEDE CLAIMS MBEKI LIKELY TO WIN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Analyst Dele Olojede claimed that President Thabo Mbeki has essentially sewn up the nomination as ANC president at the upcoming December 16-20 party conference. Mbeki used the power of the incumbency to sideline his rival Jacob Zuma. According to Olojede, ForMin Nkosazana Dlamin [...] | 2007-11-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAO SF |
07PRETORIA4002 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zin [...] | 2007-11-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA4026 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF INTERIOR'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to South Africa. My staff and I stand ready to do everything we can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Becau [...] | 2007-11-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA4027 | SCENESETTER FOR USG VISITORS TO THE 2007 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, only weeks before the African National Congress (ANC) elects its new leadership. Because the ANC has overwhelming support in the country (70 percent in the last election),the person who wins the ANC election in December [...] | 2007-11-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV PREL PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA4082 | Energy Planning and Cooperation, With the Lights Out [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Deputy Director-General: Electricity and Nuclear Energy Nelisiwe Magubane met DOE Director for African and Middle Eastern Affairs George Person and Energy Officer on November 16 on the margins of the Corporate Council on Africa Business Su [...] | 2007-11-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV EINV SF |
07PRETORIA4083 | SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO CUBA:COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY [...] (C) Ref A requests post's assistance in obtaining updated information necessary to provide the President with an assessment of South Africa's policy toward Cuba for use in assessing whether to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. 2. (C) South Af [...] | 2007-11-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF |
07PRETORIA4088 | ANC SUCCESSION - ZUMA LEADS IN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Press reports indicate that ruling African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Jacob Zuma won ANC presidential nominations in five of the nine Provincial General Councils (PGCs) held this past weekend, losing by only a small margin in several of the others. Multiple sources report [...] | 2007-11-30 07:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SF |
07PRETORIA4092 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, Issue 48 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - GDP Growth Accelerates - Inflation Tops 7 Percent - Business Confidence at 4-Year Low - Credit Growth Keeps Pressure on Rates - US Co [...] | 2007-11-30 10:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4103 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter [...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, zi [...] | 2007-12-03 11:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA4105 | ANC SUCCESSION: ZUMA HAS EDGE, BUT IT'S NOT OVER [...] (C) With only two weeks to go before the ANC elects its next President the field has narrowed to a tight race between ANC President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Jacob Zuma, with Tokyo Sexwale and Cyril Ramaphosa trailing far behind. Some still hold out hope that the animosity generated bet [...] | 2007-12-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4109 | TSVANGIRAI FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF PROGRESS IN SADC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of the SADC-sponsored Zimbabwe talks, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe. The SIPDIS MDC has made significant concessions, but received nothing in retur [...] | 2007-12-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM SF ZI |
07PRETORIA4122 | SAG LAUNCHES NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY FRAMEWORK [...] Summary. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released the much-awaited National Industrial Policy Framework (NIPF) and accompanying Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) in August. The objective of the NIPF is to provide strategic direction (which can be read as "intervention") to the [...] | 2007-12-05 12:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SF |
07PRETORIA4123 | Disclosing Carbon Footprints, While Burning Coal [...] SUMMARY: A recent voluntary Carbon Disclosure Project showed that a few companies are responsible for the bulk of South Africa's greenhouse gas emissions, which ranks 14th in world for emissions. The top two emitters, state electricity supplier Eskom and coal-to-liquid (CTL) supplier Sasol, ha [...] | 2007-12-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EPET SF |
07PRETORIA4138 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNCITRAL: PRETORIA [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche to DFA Americas Desk Officer Liezl Combrink and to DFA UN Desk on December 5. The UN desk promised to provide feedback, but it is not likely to occur before the December 7 meeting deadline. Post will forward any information received in this regard. BOST [...] | 2007-12-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNCITRAL SF |
07PRETORIA415 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 02, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 05 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Drop in Producer Inflation - Slowdown in Credit Growth - Small Trade Surplus in December - IPR Awareness Promoted by SARS - Eight out of [...] | 2007-02-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4154 | ADDITIONAL TARGETTED ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 14:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PHUM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA4155 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 07, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 49 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Trade Deficit Widens - Manufacturing Activity Slips - Vehicle Sales Down - Business Confidence Dips Further - US Trade With Sub-Saharan [...] | 2007-12-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4157 | ANC RELEASES CANDIDATE LISTS FOR TOP PARTY [...] (U) The ANC on 6 December publicly announced its candidates for the top party positions, as well as candidates for the National Executive Committee (NEC). Each of the top six positions will be contested by two candidates, almost all of whom are firmly grounded in either the Mbeki or Zuma camp. [...] | 2007-12-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA4166 | ZUMA CAMP CONFIDENT IN LEAD UP TO POLOKWANE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Advisors to ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma are confident that their candidate will defeat ANC President Thabo Mbeki at the December 16-20 national conference, although they acknowledge that Mbeki may yet have "tricks up his sleeve." Mbeki is trying to buy delegate votes, the Zum [...] | 2007-12-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4172 | NUCLEAR JSCNEC LOOKING FOR MORE SUBSTANCE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG organized an inter-agency meeting in early December to establish a common approach to advancing U.S.-South African nuclear cooperation. They determined that the SAG's highest priority is to gain signatory authority for the long-awaited bilateral Agreement on Cooperation [...] | 2007-12-12 06:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA4178 | TOKYO SEXWALE JOINS ZUMA'S CAMP [...] (U) After two weeks in the U.S., UK, and India, Zuma has returned to South Africa more buoyant and aggressive than ever. During an international human rights day lecture at the University of Witwatersrand on 10 December, Zuma made numerous thinly veiled attacks against Mbeki's leadership styl [...] | 2007-12-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4180 | ANC ELECTION: IDEA OF COMPROMISE STILL ALIVE, BUT [...] (SBU) Efforts within the ANC to find a "compromise candidate" for ANC president have devolved into finding simply a compromise between Mbeki and Zuma, and not a very obvious one at that. Press reports on 09 December noted that former first lady Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has launched a last-mi [...] | 2007-12-12 13:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4188 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2007-12-13 10:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
07PRETORIA4193 | DEPFORMIN PAHAD CONDEMNS NEW U.S. ZIMBABWE [...] (U) South Africa condemned "till the cows come home" the new U.S. targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe. During a 11 December press conference, DepForMin Aziz Pahad said that imposing sanctions on the children of Zimbabwean leaders is "collective punishment of a non-sensical nature" which will [...] | 2007-12-13 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ZI SF |
07PRETORIA4196 | MBEKI CAMP UPBEAT [...] (C) According to Mbeki camp lobbyists, Mbeki has succeeded in changing the minds of enough delegates to win the ANC Presidency for a third term. On 12 December, PolAsst received a text message on his phone, allegedly from the national coordinator of the Mbeki lobby (Andile Nkuhlu),stating, " [...] | 2007-12-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4201 | SAA PILOT ASHRAFF VARDALIA SEEKING REDRESS FOR TSA NO-FLY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS NL SF |
07PRETORIA4213 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: NO POLICY GUIDANCE FOR NEW [...] (SBU) A/PolCouns presented reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: UN Security Council (Thematic Issues) Ilia du Buisson on 18 December. Joining the meeting was UK Second Secretary David McNaught, who presented nearly identical SIPDIS points from London and, in the absence of a British n [...] | 2007-12-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS AORC UNSC SF YI EU |
07PRETORIA4217 | ANC ELECTIONS: ZUMA WINS PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Results of elections for the six ANC leadership positions were released at 20:30 local (13:30 EST),revealing a clean sweep for the Zuma camp. Winners are as follows: President: Jacob Zuma (previous ANC Deputy President) won with 2,329 votes. Mbeki received 1,505 votes; there were 8 [...] | 2007-12-18 19:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4218 | NO IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The election of Jacob Zuma as African National Congress (ANC) President (Ref C) will not result in any immediate changes in South Africa's foreign policy. Should Zuma become national president following parliamentary elections in early 2009 -- not a foregone conclusion with corru [...] | 2007-12-18 19:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ZI SF |
07PRETORIA4227 | DFA OFFICIAL CALLS FOR DIALOGUE IN COMOROS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The AU sanctions against the Comoran island of Anjouan are beginning to create a "certain amount of nervousness" on Anjouan and thus some momentum for negotiations, according to DFA Director Maitland. The AU Commission is planning a roundtable discussion on Comoros o/a January 2 [...] | 2007-12-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SF SO CN AU |
07PRETORIA4230 | SOUTH AFRICA MAY TERMINATE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES [...] Summary. South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) has proposed a recommendation to terminate anti-dumping duties on Lysine, Acetaminophenol, suspension PVC, and chicken meat portions. ITAC's recommendation will be based on a recent South Africa Supreme Court of App [...] | 2007-12-21 07:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON USTR SF |
07PRETORIA4231 | CODEL KERRY VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry, accompanied by his wife, Ms. Teresa Heinz Kerry, and two staff members, visited South Africa November 18-28, 2007. Ms. Heinz Kerry, who attended school in South Africa, received an honorary doctorate from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, of which she [...] | 2007-12-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PINR PREL SF |
07PRETORIA4240 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 21, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 51 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma Voted ANC President - Economy Holds Steady after Zuma Wins Election - Coal Prices Sharply Increase - Eskom Receives Substantial Rate [...] | 2007-12-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4242 | ZUMA CAMP DOMINATES ANC NEC ELECTION; MBEKI ALLIES [...] (SBU) Supporters of newly-elected African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma dominated the elections for the party's National Executive Council (NEC),the ANC's central policymaking body (see para 6 for full results). Winnie Madikizela-Mandela received the most votes for the NEC (2,8 [...] | 2007-12-21 16:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4243 | ANC CONFERENCE: CHAOTIC, DISORGANIZED, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In spite of innumerable logistical problems and delays, the ANC's 52nd national conference ended successfully with voters clearly choosing Jacob Zuma as ANC President in a transparent and democratic process. Allegations of vote-buying circulated throughout the conference, but vo [...] | 2007-12-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4244 | CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: A delegation representing the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) led by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Dem., Calif.),Del. Donna M. Christensen (Dem., Virgin Islands) and CBCF President Dr. Elsie Scott, visited South Africa November 27 - December 2, 2008. The delegation met [...] | 2007-12-27 10:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHIV OREP PREL SF SOCI |
07PRETORIA4248 | MEYER ON IRAQ, KOSOVO, COLOMBIA, AND BASQUE PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former South African Government (SAG) minister and conflict resolution expert Roelf Meyer updated A/PolCounselor and PolOff December 20 on his various international peace initiatives and gave his views on the recent ANC election (septel). Meyer will participate in the second mee [...] | 2007-12-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINR IZ YI CO SP SF |
07PRETORIA4251 | MEYER SAYS ZUMA ELECTION OFFERS WINDOW OF [...] (C) Former South African Government (SAG) minister and businessman Roelf Meyer told A/PolCouns and PolOff December 20 that he is not "overly concerned" about the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC President (ref A). Zuma is unlikely to move South Africa "dramatically to the left," at least in the [...] | 2007-12-28 07:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
07PRETORIA4252 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 28, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 52 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma to Review Inflation Targeting - JSE Rocky for New Mine Listings - PPI Slows to 9.1 Percent - Trade Deficit Surprise Fall End Summ [...] | 2007-12-28 12:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA4261 | (S/NF) SACP'S NZIMANDE BELIEVES USG FUNDED MBEKI [...] (S/NF) Blade Nzimande, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ally of newly-elected African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma, told Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai o/a December 27 that the United States provided funds for President Thabo Mbe [...] | 2007-12-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | PGOV SF |
07PRETORIA480 | (C) IAEA/CSV: SOUTH AFRICA SKEPTICAL ON FUTURE OF [...] (C) Achieving consensus on the IAEA recommendations at the February meeting of the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV) will be very difficult, claimed Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Michiel Combrink. During delivery [...] | 2007-02-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC ENRG TRGY PARM PREL AORC KNNP IAEA SF |
07PRETORIA498 | SOUTH AFRICA POINT OF CONTACT FOR NUCLEAR [...] (C) Per reftel, talking points regarding signature of the Nuclear Energy R&D agreement were delivered by econoff to Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) Nuclear Chief Tseliso Maqubela February 5. Econoff provided Maqubela with a blank copy of the agreement and sample copies of Nuclear Safeg [...] | 2007-02-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA ENRG PARM PREL ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA |
07PRETORIA500 | SOUTH AFRICA REQUESTS U.S. ENERGY PLANNING MODEL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. South Africa has requested U.S. assistance with developing a U.S.-based energy planning model and seeks broader cooperation around energy issues. The South African Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) would like to send [...] | 2007-02-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SF |
07PRETORIA513 | U.S.-SACU TICA UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and SACU trade negotiators agreed to begin work on a Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA) during a meeting on February 2, 2006. The parties agreed to work in four key areas: customs cooperation, sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) issues, technical barriers to [...] | 2007-02-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV SF |
07PRETORIA514 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 06 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Chinese President Arrives in South Africa - Earnings Gap Widens on Skills Basis - Car Sales Growth Slowing - Average House Costs R811,000 [...] | 2007-02-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA520 | MBEKI EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AU IN SOMALIA, BUT NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Though President Mbeki said February 9 that South Africa will "respond appropriately" to the AU request for assistance in Somalia, we believe the SAG remains skeptical about the AU operation and is content to sit back and watch the situation evolve. However, a specific request f [...] | 2007-02-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO SF |
07PRETORIA533 | ANC SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES ZANU-PF TENSIONS [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Kgalema Motlanthe told Embassy contact Sydney Masamvu February 9 that the South African Government opposes the extension of Mugabe's term to 2010. Motlanthe said that South Africa is encouraged by the growing split within ZANU-PF. Masamvu [...] | 2007-02-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI SF |
07PRETORIA537 | BOLIVIAN VP TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA; ANC DELEGATION [...] (C) Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia plans to visit South Africa soon, likely in March, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Annelize Schroeder. During a February 8 discussion with PolOff, Schroeder said she hopes that the Garcia visit will "energize" the South [...] | 2007-02-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BO SF |
07PRETORIA554 | SOUTH AFRICA/CHINA TRADE IS BOOMING [...] (U) Summary: China continues to expand its economic ties with South Africa. South Africa/China trade has more than doubled since 2003, and China is today South Africa's fourth largest trading partner. South Africa is one of the few mineral-rich African countries that runs a trade deficit wit [...] | 2007-02-14 13:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL CH SF |
07PRETORIA565 | SOUTH AFRICA EXPROPRIATES FIRST FARM [...] (U) The South African government revealed on 8 February that it had expropriated its first farm on 26 January after negotiations with the farm's owner, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Africa (ELCSA),ended in a stalemate. The 25,200 hectare farm in the Northern Cape was claimed by 47 [...] | 2007-02-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS SF |
07PRETORIA568 | WMD FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT MOU [...] (C) Despite South Africa's deep commitment to nonproliferation, we anticipate that the proposed bilateral MOU will be met with "principled" skepticism from the SAG. Pretoria has a strong preference for multilateral structures and instruments, especially in the area of proliferation. Long befor [...] | 2007-02-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER KTIA SF |
07PRETORIA569 | SA STRUGGLES TO FORM TRADE AGENDA WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: South Africa has not devised a comprehensive strategy to promote and govern trade with China, despite a booming bilateral trade relationship. SAG policy on China trade tends to be reactive and ad hoc, and framed in response to "emergencies" such as surges of Chinese textile impor [...] | 2007-02-16 04:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL CH SF |
07PRETORIA57 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 05, [...] 1. (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 01 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Trading Year Opens with JSE Record High - SA Ties Up Missile Deal with Brazil - Oprah Opens School for Poor Pupils - Portfolio Inv [...] | 2007-01-08 05:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA606 | AFRICA PEER REVIEW MECHANISM PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is perhaps the most developed and imaginative component of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD),but has been slow to get off the ground. Only three countries (Ghana, Rwanda, and Kenya) have completed their review, altho [...] | 2007-02-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAID AU SF |
07PRETORIA607 | CIVIL SOCIETY CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S PEER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. South Africa is in the final stages of its African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) process. The South Africa APRM review has been mired in controversy, with civil society organizations arguing that the South African Government (SAG) exerted too much control over [...] | 2007-02-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AF SF |
07PRETORIA616 | SOUTH AFRICA INPUT FOR 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Ref A, Post recommends that South Africa not be placed on the Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Optical media piracy and counterfeit goods do pose a problem for the South African Government (SAG),but the SAG has made continuous efforts to combat this issue. The [...] | 2007-02-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR SF |
07PRETORIA663 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 08 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget in Brief - Inflation "Still in Check" - EU Include SA in SADC EPA Negotiations - Interest Groups Raise Concerns About Biofuels Str [...] | 2007-02-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA747 | FRANCE AGGRESSIVELY PROMOTES NUCLEAR ENERGY TIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request (see paragrah 7). 2. (SBU) Summary. France and South Africa seek greater cooperation around energy issues including increased electricity generation from nuclear power. The two countries are expected to sign a cooperative agreement on the peaceful use of nu [...] | 2007-03-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP SENV SF FR |
07PRETORIA771 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 09 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Ambassador Opens BEE Conference - Pace of Growth Jumps to Fastest in Two Years - Weather Affects Expected Corn Harvest - South Africa's U [...] | 2007-03-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA827 | (C) SOUTH AFRICA CONCERNED ABOUT CNDD-FDD SPLIT [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam March 5. Adam said that South Africa is "concerned" about tensions within the ruling CNDD-FDD party, as well as the increase in state-sponsored violence in Burundi. The South African Embas [...] | 2007-03-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BY SF |
07PRETORIA828 | SOUTH AFRICA SAYS NO TO LRA REQUEST TO MEDIATE [...] (C) South Africa fully supports the mediation of the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace talks, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director Rasheeda Adam. Adam told PolCounselor March 5 that South Africa will not facilitate or host t [...] | 2007-03-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UG SF |
07PRETORIA886 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 9, 2007 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 7, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Net Reserves Increase - Investment Promotion Delegation to the U.S. - "Affirmative Action Won't be Scrapped - Trade Deficit Bad News for [...] | 2007-03-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
07PRETORIA920 | SOUTH AFRICA WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT WITH SADC [...] (C) SUMMARY: South African officials welcomed U.S. reengagement in SADC and urged support for Executive Secretary Salomao's five priority areas: economic SIPDIS integration, infrastructure development, disaster management, cross-cutting social sectors, and peace and security. They cauti [...] | 2007-03-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SF |
07PRETORIA932 | SOUTH AFRICA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY IMPROVES [...] (SBU) Summary. The South Africa Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has improved its compliance with international aviation safety standards according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technical assistance team. The FAA expects to conduct an audit of the SACAA in June to determine if S [...] | 2007-03-16 04:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON SF |
07PRETORIA95 | ENCOURAGING NEWS ON CAPITAL FORMATION IN SOUTH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Capital spending in South Africa is at its highest level since 1990, driven by strong domestic demand, high capacity utilization rates, and parastatal spending. The long investment slump that [...] | 2007-01-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SF |
07PRETORIA957 | SOUTH AFRICA EXPRESSES "CONCERN" ABOUT ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Zimbabwe's March 11 violent attack on opposition leaders has revitalized the debate on Zimbabwe in South Africa and put pressure on the South African Government (SAG) to act. DepForMin Pahad's carefully worded March 13 statement, expressing concern about the ar [...] | 2007-03-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SF ZI |
07PRISTINA100 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATRINA MOSSER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officer Katrina Mosser to visit Pristina February 8-9, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3195; GSM 377-44-500-972; fax 381-38- [...] | 2007-02-07 08:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT |
07PRISTINA102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL LIEBERMAN [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to the congressional delegation, led by Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, to visit Pristina February 9, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to hold meetings with Kosovo officials and KFOR leadership. Control Officer for this visit will be De [...] | 2007-02-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM YI CA |
07PRISTINA103 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK Brad Bell to visit Pristina February 8-10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is meetings with the Unity Team and USOP regard the Ahtisaari proposal. Control Officer for this visit will be Political/Economic Chief [...] | 2007-02-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC UNMIK SR |
07PRISTINA104 | KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...] | 2007-02-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA108 | KOSOVO: DELEGATION FOR EXBS CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) Kosovo will send a delegation to the Eighth International Export Control Conference in Bucharest March 6-8, 2006. Given Kosovo's unique status as a UN-administered territory, the delegation will be led by an international United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) representative, [...] | 2007-02-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID |
07PRISTINA112 | KOSOVO: "SELF-DETERMINATION MOVEMENT" PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: A planned protest by radical "Self-Determination" Movement members in Pristina February 10 turned deadly when two protestors were killed as a result of police efforts to block demonstrators from reaching and ransacking key Kosovo government buildings. Order was restored within [...] | 2007-02-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA113 | KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...] | 2007-02-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA114 | KOSOVO: UNMIK/PISG SELECT KOSMOCELL CONSORTIUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced local consortium Kosmocell, which included American companies Computer Science Corporation and the Omni Group, as the winner of the second mobile telephone tender. UNMIK officials said the selection of Kosmocell was c [...] | 2007-02-12 11:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON PREL YI |
07PRISTINA115 | KOSOVO: THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN VOTING IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have seen in recent high-profile Kosovo Assembly deliberations, the use of secret ballots combined with weak party discipline and back-bencher discontent has greatly complicated our ability to get key legislation passed. Working with the leadership of the Assembly and oth [...] | 2007-02-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA118 | COM REACHES OUT TO KOSOVO SERBS IN TOWN HALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a town hall meeting in Gracanica, Kosovo Serbs shared their practical concerns about implementation of the Ahtisaari package, economic development, security, and returns with the COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom. COM described the many provisions in the doc [...] | 2007-02-13 17:31:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KYLE CUNNINGHAM - COCHRAN [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Kyle Cunningham to visit Pristina February 28 - March 1, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to interview Cochran candidates. Control Officer for this visit will be Commercial Assistant, Fatmir Morina, who can be reached at: office 381 [...] | 2007-02-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AL BK BU EAGR HR MK OTRA RO SR TU |
07PRISTINA125 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MS. BRIDGETTE JOHNSON, MR. [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury's program officer Ms. Bridgette Johnson, Budget Advisor Mr. Keith Clark and Project Coordinator Ms. Karen Skeete to visit Pristina February 25 - March 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Kosovo officials to dra [...] | 2007-02-20 16:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA YI |
07PRISTINA126 | KOSOVO: SERBIAN JUDGE ALLOWS EXPLORATORY DIG AT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade/U.S. Office Pristina cable. 2. (C) In a meeting on February 13 at the Belgrade District Court, Judge Milan Dilparic agreed to permit an exploratory dig at the site just over the administrative boundary line (ABL),where it is suspected that up to several [...] | 2007-02-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV |
07PRISTINA139 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN JOHNSON [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Poloff John Johnson to visit Pristina February 28-March 2, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3104; GSM 377-44-501-741; 381-63-1840-036 f [...] | 2007-02-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC SR YI |
07PRISTINA141 | KOSOVO: DACI CONVENES "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The break-away faction of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) held its first political convention on February 17, endorsing ex-Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci as its leader and approving his hand-picked slate of deputy presidents. The party chose the name "Democratic League [...] | 2007-02-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA142 | KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...] | 2007-02-26 17:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA15 | U.S. OFFICE PRISTINA EMERGENCY ACTION PROCEDURES - [...] (C) In the runup to Kosovo's final status process, post is reviewing its emergency procedures. This is the first in a series of messages. 2. (S/NF) USOP (to include State, USAID, SIMO, and DoD) has the following communications capabilities: State: ----- a. Video Teleconference (VT [...] | 2007-01-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT ACOA PBTS |
07PRISTINA150 | KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...] | 2007-02-28 13:55:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS |
07PRISTINA151 | KOSOVO: USOP HELPS BUILD KOSOVO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite initial hurdles, the Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) is taking shape under USOP leadership and will help fill a gap in prosecutions for sensitive cases. One special prosecutor started work in January, three others transferred on February 28, and a fifth was s [...] | 2007-02-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA159 | KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S FRIED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Status fever continues to grip all residents of Kosovo, with ethnic Albanians focused on the conclusion of the Ahtisaari process and Serbs grimly wondering how they will cope once the outcome is clear. With careful management and assiduous courting of both Albanian and Serb leade [...] | 2007-03-01 18:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA161 | KOSOVO: MEDIA CAMPAIGN/PUBLIC OUTREACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since President Ahtisaari's February 2 presentation of the final status settlement package for Kosovo, efforts to explain the package to both Kosovar Albanians and Serbs include a USAID-funded media campaign, televised educational programs, radio call-in shows, community round [...] | 2007-03-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KPAO |
07PRISTINA162 | KOSOVO SERB JOURNALISTS LOOK TO UNOSEK AND USG TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a roundtable discussion on March 1 with COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom, Kosovo Serb journalists shared their concerns about the lack of protections for Serb media in the status package, and offered their proposal for additional guarantees. COM assured them [...] | 2007-03-02 16:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR PREL EAID KDEM SOCI UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA163 | UPDATE ON KOSOVO PRIORITY STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are finding it difficult to close the book on the remaining Contact Group (CG) Priorities for Standards. We believe all CG offices here would agree that at least nine of the 13 Priorities are complete and that the onl [...] | 2007-03-02 16:58:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA164 | KOSOVO: CASE EMERGING AGAINST ALBIN KURTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, following the violent February 10 protest led by the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),in which two people were killed and approximately 80 injured, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) detained SDM leader Albin Kurti for 30 days based on the ruling of an international pr [...] | 2007-03-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA168 | KOSOVO: SDM MARCH 3 PROTEST PEACEFUL, RESULT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Self-Determination Movement (SDM),virulently opposed to President Ahtisaari's final status package for Kosovo and continued UNMIK presence, held a peaceful protest March 3 in the center of Pristina that attracted fewer than 3000 participants. No serious incidents, injuries [...] | 2007-03-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA169 | KOSOVO SERB HARD-LINERS AND MODERATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In what was clearly an orchestrated effort, Kosovo Serb hardliners prevented moderate Serb leaders from holding the founding session of the Serbian National Assembly (SNS) on March 4 in Gracanica. The meeting was originally the brainchild of noted Croatian Serb activist Milorad [...] | 2007-03-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK |
07PRISTINA180 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly's ad-hoc Investigative Committee presented its report on financial wrongdoing to the full Assembly, which dutifully adopted it on February 22. The report was essentially a watered-down version of the Auditor General's earlier findings, and was even less firm in [...] | 2007-03-08 08:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA181 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY INVESTIGATES FORMER SPEAKER DACI, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-08 08:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA186 | KOSOVO: ON THE HUSTINGS FOR THE PACKAGE: ALL [...] (C) Summary: USOP outreach efforts to encourage understanding of the Ahtisaari package have uncovered some interesting trends, particularly with regard to Kosovar Albanian perceptions of the document. By far, decentralization as it affects southern Kosovo has proven to be the most contentio [...] | 2007-03-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI |
07PRISTINA187 | KOSOVO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Post has identified the five most influential women in the Kosovo, per Ref A, as well as three Kosovo women who are influential among their respective minority communities. Political officer Heidi Barrachina is POC for women's issues at post: (381) 38-549-516 x3104; barrachinahh@state. [...] | 2007-03-12 11:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK PHUM SOCI KWMN |
07PRISTINA188 | KOSOVO: VILLAGE LEADERS WILLING TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 7 visit by the USKFOR Polad to Debelde, a town affected by the 2001 border agreement between Macedonia and the then-FRY, suggests that village leaders there talk a tough game on not giving up their land, but are actually quite willing to discuss compensation. Indeed, thes [...] | 2007-03-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA19 | KOSOVO: KILLING OF POLICE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officer Avni Kosumi was shot and killed on January 3 near the Serb village of Babin Most in Vushtrri municipality, 10 miles north of Pristina. Since the shot may have come from the direction of the village, the KPS searched homes in the area, once by [...] | 2007-01-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA194 | KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...] | 2007-03-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA20 | KOSOVO: 2006 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 2006, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) completed extensive renovations on seven Serbian Orthodox religious sites damaged or destroyed during the March 2004 riots. Work on an eighth site will continue into early 2007 due to the complexity of the works. Th [...] | 2007-01-10 16:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA200 | KOSOVO: DISCIPLINED ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its February 9 marathon session that ended in only half-hearted support for the Ahtisaari proposal and the work of the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team"),the Assembly on March 14 warmly received the report of three Unity Team members on the last "elephan [...] | 2007-03-14 18:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA204 | KOSOVO: UNMIK/PISG SELECT NEW WINNER OF SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) recently announced the consortium of Telecom Slovenia/Ipko/Albright Group as the winner of the second mobile tender after the initial winner Kosmocell was unable to make its payment for the operating license. The consorti [...] | 2007-03-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS PREL YI |
07PRISTINA206 | KOSOVO: NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER INTENDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New UNMIK Police Commissioner Richard Monk told COM March 14 that he will work to maintain UNMIK Civpol's strength throughout the transition period to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) rule of law mission. The same day, EU Planning Team Head Casper Klynge said the [...] | 2007-03-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA207 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JUDGE JOHN TUNHEIM [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to John Tunheim, U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota to visit Pristina March 18 - March 30, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to participate in an OPDAT roundtable on plea bargaining and to assist USAID with its constitutional dr [...] | 2007-03-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA YI |
07PRISTINA208 | KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...] | 2007-03-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA21 | KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...] | 2007-01-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA214 | USOP'S FIRST VISIT TO THE NEWLY RE-ACCREDITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari,s proposal for Kosovo,s final status calls for the regularization of the university in north Mitrovica as a Kosovar institution of higher learning. On March 11 UNMIK quietly and temporarily extended accreditation to the university. In a March 15 me [...] | 2007-03-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PGOV PREL EAID SOCI SCUL |
07PRISTINA22 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HENRY KELLEY [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Kelley, Senior Advisor for Regional Programs, U.S. Coordinator - Stability Pact of EUR/ACE SEED division. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings to review Kosovo's assistance needs over the coming year and performance o [...] | 2007-01-11 08:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AU BE FR OTRA OECD XG XH XT ZL SI |
07PRISTINA224 | KOSOVO GOVERNING COALITION GROWS PROGRESSIVELY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Weak leadership, opposition enticements, and the departure of AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj for the Hague have all combined to progressively undermine the governing coalition of Kosovo, which continues to limp along despite intensified pressure from a variety of sources. The inte [...] | 2007-03-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL YI UNMIK |
07PRISTINA229 | KOSOVO: NORTHERN MUNICIPALITIES SUBMIT FY 2007 [...] (C) Summary. Despite having publicly cut economic and political ties with the central government in Pristina, Kosovo's northern Serb-majority municipalities - Zubin Potok, Leposavic and Zvecan - recently submitted their FY 2007 budgets to the Kosovo Ministry of Finance and Economy (MFE). Alth [...] | 2007-03-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL YI |
07PRISTINA232 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO POLOFF DAVID MUNIZ [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Poloff David Muniz to visit Pristina on April 11-14, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549 [...] | 2007-03-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC SR |
07PRISTINA233 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOSHUA BLACK [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SCE Kosovo Future Status Process Coordinator Joshua Black to visit Pristina on March 29-31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, [...] | 2007-03-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AU OTRA SI UK |
07PRISTINA237 | KOSOVO: THE NORTH'S ALBANIAN MINORITY WORRIED [...] (C) Summary: Albanian residents of two communities north of Kosovo's Ibar River were highly supportive of the Ahtisaari proposal and grateful for USG assistance. Residents told us they generally feel secure in their villages and in their travels to the southern part of Kosovo. They have not [...] | 2007-03-28 16:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM EAID YI |
07PRISTINA241 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMB. NULAND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Victoria Nuland to visit Pristina, Kosovo April 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is in conjunction with an organized visit of NATO Permanent Representative to KFOR. Point of Contact for this visit is Poloff Tracey Thornton [...] | 2007-03-30 07:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT NATO OTRA |
07PRISTINA258 | KOSOVO'S IPR REGIME STILL WEAK BUT FUTURE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Kosovo's intellectual property rights (IPR) regime remains a bad mix of little institutional IPR experience, a struggling economy and high unemployment, limited interest from UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) in implementing laws, and weak enforce [...] | 2007-04-03 11:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON PREL YI |
07PRISTINA259 | KOSOVO: RECENTLY LAUNCHED PILOT KPC REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK's Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) launched a pilot reintegration program for 80 separated Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members in January 2007. The program, which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is managing, assists participants with finding new jobs or [...] | 2007-04-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA260 | KOSOVO: COM ADVISES ENERGY MINISTER TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) Summary. After hearing the World Bank's proposal (described by a World Bank team visiting Kosovo the week of March 26) to suspend temporarily its involvement in the multi-billion dollar Kosovo C project, COM told Minister of Energy and Mining Ceku to mend relations with the Bank in order [...] | 2007-04-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL YI |
07PRISTINA261 | KOSOVO: UNIFIED ASSEMBLY DECLARES OVERWHELMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a show of overwhelming unity, the Kosovo Assembly declared its support April 5 for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's report, committed to implement fully its provisions, and welcomed without reservation the international civilian and security presence that will be established in Ko [...] | 2007-04-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA264 | KOSOVO: ANOTHER PRIORITY STANDARD FULFILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government approved a report requested by Prime Minister Agim Ceku evaluating the costs to repair 23 commercial properties (18 owned by Serbs or other minorities and 5 owned by Albanians) damaged during the March 2004 anti-S [...] | 2007-04-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA27 | KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH WORKING GROUP PREPARES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Working Group on Public Outreach, chaired by OSCE Ambassador Wnendt and supported by USOP, has agreed to a two-phased approach in relation to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's presentation of the final status package: an initial, "simple message" campaign -- via billboards and PSAs -- [...] | 2007-01-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV |
07PRISTINA273 | KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS MOVE FORWARD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The nine transition working groups set up by UNMIK, the core team for the post-UNMIK International Civilian Office, USOP, and the Kosovo government have focused attention on necessary actions required to be taken by the Kosovo government in time for UNMIK's departure. The first [...] | 2007-04-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA275 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. DANIEL L. MEGES AND SUSAN [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Economic Officers, Daniel L. Meges and Susan E. Anderson to visit Pristina April 15 - April 18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission officials. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shan [...] | 2007-04-12 06:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA HR AMGT SR |
07PRISTINA276 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO INL JENNIFER FIORELLO AND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to INL Jennifer Fiorello and David Keefe to visit Pristina April 17 - April 22, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to conduct interviews for leadership positions within the U.S. contingent and conduct consultations with post and UNMIK UN [...] | 2007-04-12 06:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT SR |
07PRISTINA277 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DARREL HART AND LEON [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to ICITAP Albania Program Manager Darrel Hart and Leon Strigotte, ICITAP Advisor to visit Pristina April 12 - April 15, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to review the Police Inspectorate Program that was developed and implemented in 20 [...] | 2007-04-12 06:39:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT |
07PRISTINA278 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAN LYNCH [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Dan Lynch to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 381-38-5959-3195; [...] | 2007-04-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO |
07PRISTINA279 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATRINA MOSSER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Katrina Mosser to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 3 [...] | 2007-04-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT |
07PRISTINA280 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN L. ESPINOZA [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John L. Espinoza to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...] | 2007-04-12 06:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA FR |
07PRISTINA281 | KOSOVO: GROWING PRESSURE ON AND FROM KOSOVO SERBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent instances in which Kosovo Serb officials have refused to accept U.S. assistance if Kosovo Albanians are involved in the projects or in the provision of USOP/USAID security suggest that these communities are coming under increased and deliberate pressure from Belgrade and t [...] | 2007-04-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA284 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEMIAN SMITH AND KATHERINE [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Demian Smith and Ms. Katherine Gribble to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who [...] | 2007-04-12 13:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC GM |
07PRISTINA285 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL MARTIN [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Michael Martin to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offic [...] | 2007-04-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC GM |
07PRISTINA286 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HOLLY SCHWENDLER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Holly Schwendler to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...] | 2007-04-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EUN PREL NATO ASEC SR YI |
07PRISTINA29 | KOSOVO: DACI AND HIS SUPPORTERS CREATE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly president Nexhat Daci and his supporters announced January 12 the creation of a new political "entity" called the Democratic League (LD). Daci told reporters the Democratic League will be "a continuation of the party created and run by former President Ib [...] | 2007-01-12 17:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA290 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULA S. THIEDE [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Paula S. Thiede to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...] | 2007-04-13 08:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT |
07PRISTINA291 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GABRIEL ESCOBAR [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Gabriel Escobar to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 3 [...] | 2007-04-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT IT SR |
07PRISTINA293 | KOSOVO: UNMIK REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) UNMIK CivPol Commissioner Richard Monk has asked USOP for assistance in persuading the governments of Denmark and Norway to extend the tours of two civilian police officers deemed mission-essential. We concur with Monk that the extension of these two officers, and possibly additional pers [...] | 2007-04-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA300 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. DANIEL FURLONG [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to TSA Representative Daniel Furlong to visit Pristina April 23 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with mission and government officials to discuss aviation security matters. Control Officer for this visit will be Ec [...] | 2007-04-17 08:22:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC PTER ECON OTRA KHLS KO |
07PRISTINA301 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND [...] (SBU) US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Department of State for Kosovo Final Status Issues, and his assistant, Patrick Hanish, to visit Pristina April 26 - April 27, 2007. The purpose of the visit is f [...] | 2007-04-17 16:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC EG KSAC AU QA OTRA |
07PRISTINA303 | KOSOVO: CODEL ROHRABACHER SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo April 14-15, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) conveyed a strong message of support for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's package, saying it was past time for Kosovo's status to be resolved. In meetings with Kosovo officials, UNMIK, OSCE and US KFOR, Rohrabacher also stressed th [...] | 2007-04-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA304 | KOSOVO DELEGATION PRAISES EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Directors Malcolm Brown and Ekrem Hajdari, upon return from their highly rewarding participation in a U.S.-funded conference, queried us on the status of what they described as an EXBS offer to provide Kosovo with a mobile scanner in 2007. They were delighted wi [...] | 2007-04-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA306 | KOSOVO TAKING PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary. In preparation for a donors conference, the PISG hopes to complete the draft of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework by late April and have a final document by late May highlighting Kosovo's development needs and priorities. The PISG started discussions with the IMF on April 1 [...] | 2007-04-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV YI |
07PRISTINA307 | KOSOVO TAKING PROACTIVE APPROACH FOR DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary. In preparation for a donors conference, the PISG hopes to complete the draft of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework by late April and have a final document by late May highlighting Kosovo's development needs and priorities. The PISG started discussions with the IMF on April 1 [...] | 2007-04-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV YI |
07PRISTINA309 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. PETER NICHOLL [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Representative Peter Nicholl to visit Pristina April 22 - April 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to follow up on Mr. Nicholl's assessment mission last year to the Central Bank of Kosovo by participating in meetings with [...] | 2007-04-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC |
07PRISTINA316 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RYAN C. LEONG [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Political Officer Ryan C. Leong to visit Pristina April 22 - 24, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to provide temporary support to the mission. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, David Whiddon, who can be reac [...] | 2007-04-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC |
07PRISTINA319 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USUN PROTECTIVE DETAIL [...] (SBU) US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to DS Detail Advance Agent Robert Little to visit Pristina in April 2007. He will be traveling on dignitary protection blanket orders. Control Officer for this visit will be Assistant Regional Security Officer, Phil Nazelrod, who [...] | 2007-04-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OVIP |
07PRISTINA32 | KOSOVO SEEKS TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM IN DEVELOPING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kosovo/World Bank energy sector development project, known as the Lignite Power Technical Assistance Project (LPTAP),has made some progress, but ensuring coordination between UNMIK/PISG and the international community on the way to move forward remains a challenge. The PI [...] | 2007-01-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ENRG PGOV PREL YI |
07PRISTINA323 | KOSOVO SERBS REACT POSITIVELY TO USG-FUNDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, COM inaugurated three USAID projects in Serb-majority northern Kosovo. These included renovations to both the Technical Sciences faculty and the technical high school in northern Mitrovica, along with the construction of a new water reservoir and water distributio [...] | 2007-04-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA328 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR JAMES P. CAIN AND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain and Embassy Copenhagen Army Attach COL. Michael Schleicher to visit Pristina May 2-3, 2007. The visit is part of a multinational ambassadorial delegation invited by the government of Denmark to [...] | 2007-04-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT DA YI |
07PRISTINA329 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HENRY KELLEY [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Kelley, U.S. Coordinator - Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe to visit Pristina May 6-9, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with post on U.S. assistance programs and would appreciate the opportunity to conduct sit [...] | 2007-04-26 06:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON OTRA EUN |
07PRISTINA331 | KOSOVO: NEW APPROACH NEEDED TO HELP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A year after the opening of Osterode camp, a USG-funded medical treatment facility for lead-poisoned Roma in northern Mitrovica, 134 Roma ) including 69 children ) still live in the highly contaminated Cesmin Lug camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Thirty-one children [...] | 2007-04-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREF SENV YI KCRS UNMIK |
07PRISTINA336 | KOSOVO: SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO KOSOVO LEAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Whatever Russian hopes may have been for an April 27-28 UN Security Council trip that would leave permreps more sympathetic to the plight of Kosovo Serbs and hostile to the prospect of Kosovo independence, it appears that goal was not achieved; instead, delegation members appear [...] | 2007-04-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
07PRISTINA34 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HASSAN AHMED [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Hassan Ahmed, Regional Agricultural Attache to visit Pristina January 23 - 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to overview USDA/FAS programs and activities in Kosovo. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shante [...] | 2007-01-17 13:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA BU SR MW YI |
07PRISTINA340 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR WARE AND DEFENSE [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Ambassador to Finland Marilyn Ware and Embassy Finland Defense Attach COL. Joy Shasteen to visit Pristina May 8-10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to escort six Finnish NATO tour participants. Point of Contact for this visit [...] | 2007-05-02 16:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO AORC OTRA ASEC FI |
07PRISTINA341 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REGIONIAL AGRICULTURAL [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Hassan Ahmed, Regional Agricultural Attache to visit Pristina May 9 - 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to overview USDA/FAS programs and activities in Kosovo. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shante Moore [...] | 2007-05-02 16:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA BU SR MW YI |
07PRISTINA348 | KOSOVO: BALKAN WATCHERS' CONFERENCE BRINGS USG [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade-US Office Pristina message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16-18, Balkans watchers from Embassies Berlin, Paris, Rome, Skopje, USEU, and USNATO participated in familiarization visits to both Belgrade and Pristina. Co-hosted by Embassy Belgrade and US Office [...] | 2007-05-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA349 | KOSOVO: 3,000 RALLY IN PRISTINA FOR FORMER PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: An estimated 3,000 people rallied peacefully in Pristina during lunch hour on May 2 in support of ICTY indictee and former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Some high-level officials of Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party participated, as well as prominent m [...] | 2007-05-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA353 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. KEITH CLARK AND MS. LINDA [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Advisors Mr. Keith Clark and Ms. Linda Decker to visit Pristina May 21 - June 1, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to hold capital budgeting courses in Pristina. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shant [...] | 2007-05-04 09:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC YI |
07PRISTINA357 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ABIOLA ADEYEMI [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to International Affairs Specialist Abiola Adeyemi to visit Pristina May 9 - May 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to develop Borlaug Scientific Exchange Program and conduct interviews of 2007 Borlaug Program applicants. Control Off [...] | 2007-05-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC YI |
07PRISTINA362 | KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...] | 2007-05-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA37 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DANIEL ROSENBLUM, DOROTHY [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ACE Deputy Coordinator, Daniel Rosenblum, Dorothy Mayhew, Program Officer for Kosovo and Albania, and Mary Stewart, Program and Budget Division Director to visit Pristina January 21 - 24, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to rev [...] | 2007-01-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA YI AL |
07PRISTINA375 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO J. RANDY MANEY, RONALD [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Financial Enforcement Advisors Mr. Ronald Cleaver, Gary Kruchten and J. Randy Maney to visit Pristina May 30 - June 10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to conduct a Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) training course in Prist [...] | 2007-05-15 06:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC YI |
07PRISTINA379 | KOSOVO ALBANIANS COMMEMORATE KOSOVO'S NEW MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo government officially recognized April 27 as Missing Persons Day. By changing the date from the internationally-observed August 30 to the anniversary of one of the largest massacres of Kosovo Albanians in 1999, the government scored some unnecessary PR points again [...] | 2007-05-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA380 | KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM SET TO APPROVE INTERIM PASSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much prodding from UNMIK and USOP, the Kosovo government has scrapped plans to produce an expensive biometric passport in favor of an interim solution, far more practical, that essentially represents a revision of the current UNMIK travel document. UNMIK sources tell us the [...] | 2007-05-15 15:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA386 | KOSOVO CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION UNDER ATTACK BY SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. The work of Kosovo's highly successful Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) is grinding to a halt due to attacks from the hardline Serbian government representative on the commission, in coordination with the intractable Ser [...] | 2007-05-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA387 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO INR/B GONZALEZ AND POLITICAL [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to INR/B Officer Ana-Christina Gonzalez and Political Officer Brooke Waldron to visit Pristina May 29-June 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with and debrief USOP officials on the final status process, governing and opposi [...] | 2007-05-18 07:31:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR OTRA EUN AU BE SR |
07PRISTINA392 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROTECTION CORPS (KPC) COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) held a May 10 briefing in Pristina on what it said was an "urgent requirement" to fund the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),an UNMIK organization, for one year after status. KPC Coordinator Major General Syk [...] | 2007-05-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA404 | KOSOVO: SERB RETURNS HAMPERED BY A COMPLEX MIX OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 16,458 cases of known minority returns to Kosovo since the 1999 conflict out of an estimated population of 230,000 displaced persons. Current impediments include most prominently lack of employment opportunities, concerns (real and exaggerated) over security, poo [...] | 2007-05-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF UNMIK EAID YI |
07PRISTINA405 | KOSOVO: POOR POE BOARD NOMINATIONS RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 15:21:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPRV ENRG PGOV PREL YI |
07PRISTINA406 | KOSOVO: DRAFT KPC EARLY RETIREMENT LAW: FISCALLY [...] (C) Summary. The initial draft Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) early retirement law is a fiscally irresponsible, poorly-written piece of legislation that potentially provides beneficiaries with life-long pensions and free primary health all KPC members who would not be eligible to join the Kosov [...] | 2007-05-22 15:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL YI |
07PRISTINA407 | THE ROAD AND THE WALL: GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two issues that have seen recent negative developments -- plans to construct a road near the Decani Monastery, linking western Kosovo to Montenegro, and controversy over the building of a security wall around the Pec Patriarchate -- foreshadow the difficulties regarding implement [...] | 2007-05-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA413 | KOSOVO SERB AND ALBANIAN FAMILIES OF THE MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in over a year, family members of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians met jointly with representatives of the Government of Serbia, the PISG, and UNMIK at a May 16-17 conference in Macedonia, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons [...] | 2007-05-25 09:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA414 | KOSOVO: REAL WORK ON NOVEMBER ELECTIONS NEEDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Transition Working Group on Elections has finished work and submitted a report of its four months of deliberations at the May 21 meeting of the Strategic Group on Transition, headed by UNMIK SRSG Joachim Ruecker. While there was early agreement on proportional voting based on [...] | 2007-05-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA428 | KOSOVO: POST-INDEPENDENCE SERB-RELATED CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The eventual declaration of Kosovo's independence, as we have always anticipated, will pose a number of challenges on the ground given continuing Belgrade and Kosovo Serb refusal to countenance any settlement based on the Ahtisaari plan or to accept the end of Serbian sovereignt [...] | 2007-06-01 16:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
07PRISTINA444 | KOSOVO: FIVE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS RECEIVE A TOTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo media reported on May 29 that the Pristina Regional Court sentenced five people accused of trafficking in persons (TIP) to a total of 19 years in prison, ranging from 7.6 years for the group's ringleader to 2 years for a Moldovan woman whom the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) [...] | 2007-06-05 17:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | GTIP KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA453 | KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...] | 2007-06-08 17:19:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA464 | KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...] | 2007-06-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA469 | KOSOVO: WORLD BANK'S IFC INVOLVEMENT IN KOSOVO C [...] (C) Summary. The proposal from the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) to take a 10 percent equity stake in one of the consortia short-listed to compete for the Kosovo C energy sector development tender has raised concerns within UNMIK, the PISG and USOP about the fairness, i [...] | 2007-06-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AID YI |
07PRISTINA477 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina June 14-17, USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Amb. Frank Wisner delivered a message to Kosovo Albanian national and local political leaders, businesspeople, media, academics, and religious figures that the quality of Kosovo's independence is as important as the speed at whi [...] | 2007-06-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA489 | KOSOVO: EUPT PROPOSES BROAD TRAINING CONCEPT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent weeklong course in Finland for candidates for the anticipated Kosovo European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission covered ESDP concepts, the goals of the Kosovo ESDP mission, an overview of rule of law sectors in Kosovo, Kosovo-specific case studies, and the missi [...] | 2007-06-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINS YI UNMIK KCRS |
07PRISTINA490 | KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM UNDER MOUNTING PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media attacks against Kosovo's fragile Unity Team (UT),composed of leading governing and opposition figures, are becoming an almost daily occurrence, as public frustration mounts over the continued uncertainty of final status. In the face of what is perceived here to be backsli [...] | 2007-06-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA492 | KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...] | 2007-06-25 07:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA50 | KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...] | 2007-01-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA502 | KOSOVO: UNMIK SEEKS SUPPORT FOR OBSERVER STATUS TO [...] (U) Acting DSRSG Paul Acda wrote to COM June 21 asking for United States Customs Service's support for UNMIK's request for observer status to the Brussels-based World Customs Organization. 2. (U) The text of Acda's direct request to WCO General Director Michel Danet follows. BEGIN TEXT: [...] | 2007-06-29 09:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KHLS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA503 | KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...] | 2007-06-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA504 | KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...] | 2007-06-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA506 | KOSOVO: FAST-TRACKING PLAN UNDERWAY FOR TRANSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the Ahtisaari Plan, the Kosovo Assembly must pass a number of laws during the established 120-day transition period. The Assembly's normal pace of doing business is inadequate to do this, so the OSCE, EAR, and NDI, working together as the Assembly Support Initiative (ASI [...] | 2007-06-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA51 | KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ON AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its work to garner public support for the final status package in advance of the expected February 2 visit of UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari, the Public Outreach Working Group, composed of OSCE, USOP/USAID, UNMIK, ICO, the Kosovo government and governing and opposition political [...] | 2007-01-19 17:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA520 | KOSOVO: SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF SERBS RETURN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A total of 82 Serb villagers from Srpski Babush, located in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality, returned to their recently-reconstructed homes on Saturday, June 23. Greeted warmly by Ferizaj Mayor Faik Grainca, most returnees told us they are happy with their homes, but some unresol [...] | 2007-07-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREF PRM YI |
07PRISTINA521 | KOSOVO: SERB CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of delay, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) met June 21 and approved five new tenders. RIC Project Manager Francisco Montanes is very pleased with Vera Pavlovic Luncharsky, the new Serbian Government re [...] | 2007-07-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA525 | KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SHARE ARMY ROTC [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) For the last two years, the American University of Kosovo (AUK) has been running a Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC)-type program in conjunction with the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC). AUK is affiliated with the Rochester Institute of T [...] | 2007-07-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS MASS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA534 | KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN [...] (U) Your visit to Kosovo comes at the final phase of a prolonged period of negotiation over Kosovo's status, a process led by UN Special Envoy and former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. The status negotiation process began in January 2006 with the articulation of basic principles by the [...] | 2007-07-10 16:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI |
07PRISTINA536 | KOSOVO: EXBS ADVISOR FOR KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) USOP concurs with ISN/ECC's selection and assignment of Robert Burright to the position of Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program advisor in Kosovo. USOP also concurs with the plan to hire Burright as a pers [...] | 2007-07-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA54 | SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: NO INCIDENTS, RADICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs voted peacefully at polling stations throughout Kosovo in the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. There were no significant incidents. Preliminary results indicate that Kosovo Serb support for the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has fallen markedly since th [...] | 2007-01-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA542 | KOSOVO: ABNORMALLY WARM AND DRY WINTER EXPOSES [...] (U) Summary. Many regions of Kosovo suffer from water scarcity, poor drinking water quality, and absence of waste water treatment. An unusually mild and dry winter has halved fresh water inflow into artificial lakes and reservoirs in most of Kosovo, and led to widespread water cut-offs. Sever [...] | 2007-07-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA543 | KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...] | 2007-07-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA544 | KOSOVO: SECURITY WORKING GROUPS SLOWLY LEAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: The sub-Working Groups on Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Issues and Security Institutions, two of the six sub-Working Groups (sub-WGs) created by the Working Group on Security (WGS) to carry out its mandate to plan for implementation of Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari final status pac [...] | 2007-07-13 09:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR PGOV PINS PREL YI KCRS UNMIK |
07PRISTINA545 | KOSOVO: OFFICIAL SUPPORT FOR RETURNS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A broad spectrum of participants, including the municipal mayor, numerous internationals, and a large group of Serb IDP association leaders, took part in a discussion of the returns process at a conference held July 2 in Ferizaj/Urosevac municipality. Highlighting the recent [...] | 2007-07-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA557 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...] | 2007-07-16 12:26:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA56 | KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...] | 2007-01-23 12:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA577 | KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA KPS CHIEF EVINCES GUARDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Mitrovica Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Commander Milija Milosevic, speaking for the first time directly with USOP on July 18, maintained that his officers would continue to do their job regardless of the outcome of Kosovo status. Eager to show goodwill, he asserted that, at [...] | 2007-07-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA591 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINAL STATUS DEBATE ENDS WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly held a marathon July 31 session to hear an update on final status from Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) upon the latter's return from Washington. Speaking of the expected 120-day period of further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, President Sejdiu said the UT would [...] | 2007-07-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA592 | KOSOVO: NORTHERN POLITICIANS DISCUSS STATUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two Serb politicians from Leposavic and Zubin Potok evinced a desire to cooperate with the international community on security and stability, but also continued reluctance to cooperate with the PISG. Both stressed that relations with KFOR are currently good and emphasized their [...] | 2007-07-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA593 | KOSOVO: SIGNS OF HARDLINE SERB CONSOLIDATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent disturbing moves by Serb hardliners linked with the Belgrade's Coordinating Center for Kosovo (CCK) and the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) provide evidence that Belgrade is working to sow fear and mistrust between Kosovo Serbs and their Albanian and international interlocu [...] | 2007-07-31 15:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA594 | KOSOVO: AT DONOR URGING, UNMIK COMMITS TO CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: UNMIK committed to closing the Cesmin Lug Roma camp, which CDC has consistently maintained is unsafe for human habitation. In a July 23 meeting with UN, USOP and donor representatives, PDSRSG Schook gave the instruction that alternative sites be found for the current Cesmin Lug [...] | 2007-07-31 15:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID KCRS YI KV UNMIK SENV PHUM |
07PRISTINA61 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina January 24 - January 26, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend meetings with UNMIK and EU officials. Point of contact will be Political Officer, Tracey Thornton, who can be r [...] | 2007-01-24 08:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC HR |
07PRISTINA611 | KOSOVO: PDK HANGS TOGETHER DESPITE DIFFERENCES, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As a possible election season approaches, the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is hanging together despite internal fault lines. PDK MPs are frustrated with the Unity Team and have criticized party president Hashim Thaci's leadership. Thaci himself is reportedly b [...] | 2007-08-08 05:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM UNMIK KV YI |
07PRISTINA616 | KOSOVO: KLINA PROPERTY DECISIONS FINALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent actions by the mayor and CEO of Kline/Klina municipality to challenge two high-profile Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) decisions in favor of Kosovo Serbs sent disturbing signals about the property restitution process (especially for Kosovo Serbs) and the general rule of law [...] | 2007-08-09 13:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA617 | KOSOVO: DEPORTATION OF FAILED ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to UNMIK's Office of Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM),more than 47,500 people have been deported to Kosovo since 2000, with Germany alone accounting for 8,454. Concern is growing among internationals, the PISG, and the Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptian (RAE) c [...] | 2007-08-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID PREF PHUM SOCI UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA621 | KOSOVO: AUDITOR'S REPORT ON ASSEMBLY SEES IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly has shifted from lavish misuse of government funds in 2005 to less glaring weaknesses in procedural controls in 2006, according to an independent audit released August 9. Although the Auditor General was not satisfied with the Assembly's fiscal management in [...] | 2007-08-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA622 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...] | 2007-08-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA630 | STRPCE'S ANTIPODE: NORTHERNMOST ALBANIAN VILLAGES [...] (U) Summary: Albanians in Kosovo's Leposavic Municipality are concerned about their security and worried about the long term prospects for their three villages. They eke out a modest living from agriculture and livestock, and are isolated from Pristina, UNMIK, Mitrovica and Leposavic. They [...] | 2007-08-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KV |
07PRISTINA636 | KOSOVO: FAMILIES OF MISSING PERSONS ASK TROIKA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 families of Kosovo Albanians missing since the 1998-99 conflict asked local Troika representatives, made up of Charge, Russian Charge Kurbatskiy, and ICOPT head Jonsson, to pressure Belgrade to unlock its files and reveal the fate of their relatives. The Troika assur [...] | 2007-08-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA640 | KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...] | 2007-08-23 12:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA643 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING [...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...] | 2007-08-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA644 | KOSOVO: MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER THACI WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition leader Hashim Thaci reiterated to us August 23 his position that elections had to happen during their constitutionally-mandated timeframe and noted that Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) had already agreed to holding them by the third week of November. Thaci promised that [...] | 2007-08-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA65 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SAMUEL LAEUCHLI [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to USOSCE Political Counselor Samuel Laeuchli to visit Pristina on January 30 and 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with U.S. Office and visits to OSCE field missions. Control officer will be Political Officer AJ Rei-Per [...] | 2007-01-24 13:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA APER ASEC OSCE AMGT BK MK SR |
07PRISTINA668 | KOSOVO: CENTRAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS SET FOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 31, UN SRSG Ruecker announced that elections will be held in Kosovo on November 17. Three ballots will be cast by voters for the central Assembly, the Municipal Assemblies, and for the first time, direct election of mayors. Additionally, Ruecker announced a five percen [...] | 2007-09-06 15:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KV |
07PRISTINA669 | KOSOVO: DEMINING REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) published a report in July 2007 on landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Kosovo and the local capacity to address it. The report, the result of a February GICHD mission to Kosovo to review prog [...] | 2007-09-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA671 | KOSOVO: SPECIAL PROSECUTORS' OFFICE MAKES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) now has six prosecutors pursuing complex cases and beginning to file indictments in serious cases; however, it is facing significant obstacles that threaten its future viability. Among these are a lack of resources and unhelpful atti [...] | 2007-09-06 15:55:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA677 | KOSOVO: TECHNICAL, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's energy sector is dominated by Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK),a publicly-owned, vertically integrated monopoly that provides ninety-eight percent of Kosovo's electricity. With help from contractors provided by USAID, KEK has made significant improvements in its operatio [...] | 2007-09-10 13:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA68 | KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...] | 2007-01-25 18:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI |
07PRISTINA683 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...] | 2007-09-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA685 | KOSOVO: IDENTIFING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN THE MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post identifies Kosovo Islamic Community (KIC) leader Mufti Naim Ternava as a credible voice rejecting violence, along with his chief of staff, Ejup Ramadani, and his chief of media relations, Qemajl Morina. The below information is keyed to reftel A. END SUMMARY. INFLUENCE, B [...] | 2007-09-14 09:58:00 | Embassy Pristina | SECRET//NOFORN | KPAO KV YI |
07PRISTINA686 | KOSOVO: USOP WORKS TO REASSURE STRPCE SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nestled in the Shar mountains, Strpce municipality - the southernmost Serb-majority area in Kosovo - holds great potential for economic development, but is also faced with several critical issues: delayed privatization of a potentially lucrative ski area that has stalled economi [...] | 2007-09-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA687 | KOSOVO ELECTIONS: 64 PARTIES, INCLUDING SOME SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After extending the deadline twice, the Central Elections Commission (CEC) received applications late September 12 from 64 political parties, coalitions, citizens' initiatives and independent candidates for the November 17 elections at the central and municipal levels. Albanian p [...] | 2007-09-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA69 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR FRANK WISNER AND [...] US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Special Representative of the Secretary of State to the Kosovo Status Talks, his son, Mr. David SIPDIS Wisner, and his assistant, Patrick Hanish to visit Pristina February 4 - February 5, 2007. T [...] | 2007-01-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOVE OVIP KS |
07PRISTINA694 | KOSOVO: USOP INTERVENTION STOPS SERB PROPERTY [...] SUMMARY (C) Despite USOP's recent intervention in a pair of property disputes involving Kosovo Serbs in Klina (reftel),the municipal government has since attempted to repossess the property known as the "Youth Center." After initial attempts to use expropriation (similar to eminent domain i [...] | 2007-09-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREF PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA697 | KOSOVO: TREPCA AND THE NEED FOR SOUND ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August, the Kosovo Assembly was poised to pass an ill-advised resolution mandating that the debt-ridden Trepca mining and minerals company be designated a publicly-owned enterprise (POE) rather than a socially-owned enterprise (SOE). The move would have been a disastrous one, [...] | 2007-09-21 14:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA698 | KOSOVO: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SLOWLY TAKES [...] (C) Summary: Operating for more than a year, the embryonic Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is gradually taking over the law enforcement competencies of UNMIK, starting with civil status and registration, production of documents, emergency management, and vehicle registration. Those remaini [...] | 2007-09-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA699 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MR. BURT ENGLISH [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Burt English to visit Pristina September 26-29, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to review post's physical security projects. Officer for this visit will be RSO, Richard Fuller, who can be reached at: office 381-38-5959-3188; GSM 37 [...] | 2007-09-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT AFIN ASEC ESS |
07PRISTINA70 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GREGORY SLOTTA [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Gregory Scott Slotta to visit Pristina January 15 to May 8, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for a TDY assignment to support the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) by serving as the Chief of Staff to OMIK Head of Mission Werner Wnendt. Co [...] | 2007-01-26 08:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE AMGT USOP |
07PRISTINA705 | KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...] | 2007-09-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA706 | KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...] | 2007-09-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA707 | KOSOVO: TRANSITION PLANNING MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first Strategic Transition Group meeting since the August recess, SRSG Ruecker on September 20 urged a renewed focus on the transition process and reaffirmed UNMIK's support for the Ahtisaari plan as the blueprint for moving ahead on transition implementation. Progress r [...] | 2007-09-26 12:38:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA71 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NANCY IRIS AND ROLF OLSON [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and PRM/ECA Program Officer Rolf Olson to visit Pristina January 28 to January 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to examine the state of UNHCR contingency planning in Kosovo and the environment [...] | 2007-01-26 09:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC BK MW MONTENEGRO OTRA PREF SR UP ZL |
07PRISTINA711 | KOSOVO: VIOLENCE OVER PROPERTY SALES LEAVE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The multiethnic north Mitrovica neighborhood of Little Bosnia, or Bosniak Mahalla, is on edge as a result of a series of recent criminal incidents, including explosions, an arson attack and newly-planted unexploded ordnance (UXO). The incidents date back to January 2007 and appe [...] | 2007-10-01 14:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA714 | KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...] | 2007-10-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA715 | KOSOVO: ELECTION OUTLOOK FOR SERBS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The decision, under heavy pressure from Belgrade, to opt out of November 17 central elections by members of moderate the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM),the incumbent Kosovo Serb grouping in the Assembly, has opened the door for a less-desirable group of Serb politic [...] | 2007-10-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA72 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GARY D. ROBBINS [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/RPM Director Gary D. Robbins to visit Pristina on January 30 and 31, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to consult with U.S. Office and visits to OSCE field missions. Control officer will be Political Officer AJ Rei-Perrine, who [...] | 2007-01-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | MK OTRA PREL |
07PRISTINA723 | KOSOVO: ELECTIONS PLANNING GAINS TRACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An approaching November 17 elections date and clear signals from UNMIK, OSCE and others to get to work have compelled Kosovar politicians and election officials to focus more energy on necessary organizational issues and less on public grandstanding about the alleged deficiencies [...] | 2007-10-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KV |
07PRISTINA734 | KOSOVO: ROMA CAMPS CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The lead-contaminated Roma IDP camp Cesmin Lug remains open more than three months after UNMIK committed to closing it (reftel). Funding is running out at Osterode, the alternate and safer camp, for services essential to preserving the health of Roma children vis-a-vis their lead [...] | 2007-10-09 08:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KZ |
07PRISTINA74 | KOSOVO: KOSOVARS ANXIOUS AND EXPECTANT, BUT CALM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovar Albanians eagerly anticipate the upcoming Feb. 2 visit by UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martti Ahtisaari, believing that his arrival will mark the final phase in the status determination process. The Kosovar Albanian "Unity Team" of negotiators from the major political pa [...] | 2007-01-27 16:55:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA749 | KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATES US KFOR/USAID PROJECT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the inauguration of a joint USKFOR/USAID community development project in the Serb enclave of Partes (Gjilan/Gnjilane municipality),COM and other visitors witnessed genuine appreciation from local Serbs for USKFOR/USG efforts on their behalf. This project, the first officia [...] | 2007-10-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA75 | KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...] | 2007-01-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA756 | KOSOVO: K-ALBANIAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The six Kosovar Albanian political parties with a realistic chance of passing the five-percent parliamentary threshold are scrambling to prepare for the coming election campaign, which formally begins on October 26. The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) hopes to remain the larg [...] | 2007-10-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA757 | POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF BELGRADE DISCONNECTS KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Various scenarios exist if Serbia, in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, chooses to disconnect Kosovo from its energy grid. Our USAID energy experts tell us that the most likely scenario would have Kosovo muddling through, but only if both its aging l [...] | 2007-10-26 15:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA760 | KOSOVO: NORTHERN SERB LEADERS HARDEN POSITION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. There were no surprises in our recent meetings with hardline northern Kosovo Serb leaders. We emphasized the leaders' responsibility for security and sought to maintain open lines of communication. For their part, our interlocutors were consistent in asserting that Kosovo Serb [...] | 2007-10-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA764 | KOSOVO: AHTISAARI-MANDATED CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING [...] (C) Summary. A three day off-site planned for November 1-3 should see the culmination of seven months of intense discussions by the so-called "Pre-Constitutional Working Group" -- whose activities have been closely monitored and guided by USOP and ICO -- and result in a first rough draft of [...] | 2007-10-31 15:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KV |
07PRISTINA768 | KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...] | 2007-11-05 16:35:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA775 | KOSOVO: HOW TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars will head to the polls on November 17 for the first election in three years. An unofficial NGO parallel count might provide results within hours of polls closing, and thus lead to immediate coalition discussions. The Council of Europe (CoE) has 150 short term observers on [...] | 2007-11-09 16:21:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KV UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA777 | KOSOVO: BELGRADE INCREASES RHETORICAL AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent statements - public and private - by Serbian Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic and others in the Ministry's hierarchy demonstrate Belgrade's intention to increase pressure on Kosovo's Serbs to toe the line, strengthen parallel structures, and -- as a likely outcome -- [...] | 2007-11-14 15:39:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA778 | KOSOVO: EU PLANS FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the August 2007 escape of seven of Kosovo's most dangerous criminals from Dubrava Prison (reftel),which highlighted security problems in Kosovo's penitentiary system, the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) shared with USOP its assessment of Kosovo's prisons [...] | 2007-11-14 15:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA782 | KOSOVO: CALM CAMPAIGN CLOSES WITHOUT PROVOCATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three-week campaign period ended on November 15 with most talk of Kosovo's status being successfully kept out of the fray. The pre-election deal struck among the main K-Albanian parties held and kept the tone of discussion of non-status issues positive for much of the campaig [...] | 2007-11-16 17:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA783 | KOSOVO ELECTIONS PROCEED CALMLY: PDK WINS BIG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovars went to the polls on November 17 to elect their central and local assemblies, as well as mayors in Kosovo's 30 municipalities. USOP observer teams, plus the Council of Europe mission and local NGOs, all reported technically sound balloting. KFOR, UNMIK and the Kosovo P [...] | 2007-11-19 11:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM |
07PRISTINA786 | KOSOVO ENERGY: PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL BELGRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Planning for the potential of Belgrade disconnecting Kosovo from its energy grid, Kosovo energy transmission experts have begun quiet talks with their Macedonian, Albanian and Greek counterparts to coordinate action to preserve the stability of the regional energy system. In oth [...] | 2007-11-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA793 | KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI'S TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial resumed on November 15. The atmosphere, again, was circus-like, with Kurti trying to make political statements and the presiding judge repeatedly yelling at him to "get to the point" and "move on." It star [...] | 2007-11-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA804 | KOSOVO: ELECTION RESULTS ALLOW FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the preliminary results in and 3,297 ballots counted for Serb parties contesting the Assembly vote, Kosovo Serb participation in the November 17 elections appears greater than in 2004. The ten Assembly seats set aside for Serbs were split between six small Kosovo Serb part [...] | 2007-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KV UNMIK |
07PRISTINA806 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON MISSING PERSONS AND FORENSICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presenting a unified front, USOP, the EU Rule of Law planning team (EUPT),UNMIK's Department of Justice (DOJ),UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) together persuaded the Ministry of Justice to scrap its [...] | 2007-12-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA81 | KOSOVO: BREAK-AWAY "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE" FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the break-away Democratic League (LD) on January 12, LD leader and former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci and his allies have tried to portray the party as a significant force that has hived off a good portion of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Ho [...] | 2007-01-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA810 | KOSOVO: EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE SERBIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite negative consequences for its own economy, Serbia appears determined to implement an economic blockade against Kosovo when independence is declared. While the length and degree of a blockade is impossible to predict, complete closure of every Serbia-Kosovo checkpoint to a [...] | 2007-12-07 17:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
07PRISTINA811 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS BRING IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Ruecker certified the results of the November 17 Kosovo Assembly election on December 5. Among the Albanian parties, seat distribution of the 120-seat Assembly comprises the following (previous number of seats in parentheses): Hashim Thaci's PDK 37 (30),President Sejdiu's L [...] | 2007-12-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA813 | KOSOVO ELECTIONS: PDK WINS MORE MAYORSHIPS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to preliminary results issued December 9 by the OSCE, Hashim Thaci's PDK party won 14 of the 23 municipalities up for grabs in the December 8 mayoral run-offs in Kosovo. President Sejdiu's LDK party won 6 -- including Pristina -- while Ramush Haradinaj's AAK party won [...] | 2007-12-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA821 | KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting USOP's candidates selected for the Marshall Center Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS 08-01). The program takes place from January 7 to April 5, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but will also include a trip to the U [...] | 2007-12-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA826 | KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance in vetting Mr. Bajram Sherifi, the USOP candidate selected for the Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-02). The program takes place from January 14 to February 23, 2008 at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany, but w [...] | 2007-12-19 16:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA829 | KOSOVO'S WATER SYSTEM: INTERDEPENDENCE OF NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazivoda reservoir, located in the northern Serb-majority municipality of Zubin Potok, is Kosovo's largest body of water and a vital resource for both Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serb communities. The lake supplies drinking water to areas of northern Kosovo and essential cooling [...] | 2007-12-20 16:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
07PRISTINA85 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRAD BELL FEBRUARY 2 [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Brad Bell, U.S. Liaison to UNOSEK, February 2, 2007 to travel with UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari, who will present his Comprehensive Proposal for the Future Status of Kosovo to the negotiating teams in both Pristina and Belgrade. [...] | 2007-01-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC UNMIK SR |
07PRISTINA86 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMB. JOHN BEYRLE [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Amb. John Beyrle to visit Pristina on February 7-8, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for discussions on regional issues. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, Heidi Barrachina, who can be reached at: office 381- [...] | 2007-01-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BU |
07PRISTINA89 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARK BOCCHETTI [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Econ Chief Mark Bocchetti to visit Pristina February 6-8, 2007. Control Officer for this visit will be Economic Officer, Shante Moore, who can be reached at: office 381-38-549-516 ext. 3141; GSM 377-44-501-745; fax 381-38-549-890. [...] | 2007-02-02 10:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON PREL AMGT ASEC SR YI |
07PRISTINA9 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Kosovo continues to be administered under the civil authority of the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),pursuant to U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK was established in June 1999, following the conclusion of the NATO military campaign against Slobo [...] | 2007-01-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB PGOV EFIN |
07PRISTINA91 | KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATE AID PROJECT, URGES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the inauguration of a U.S.-funded town hall and road rehabilitation project in northern Kosovo on February 1, COM urged Kosovo Serbs to listen carefully to Ahtisaari's proposal, saying that it will contain significant rights and guarantees for Kosovo's Serbs. In a priva [...] | 2007-02-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA93 | KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...] | 2007-02-02 18:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA96 | KOSOVO: POSITIVE KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction by Kosovo Albanian leaders and the media to the final status package, as presented in Pristina by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari on February 2, has been positive. The Unity Team welcomed the package and issued a statement saying they were committed to continuing the process [...] | 2007-02-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA99 | KOSOVO: CREATING GOOD GOVERNANCE OF PUBLICLY OWNED [...] (C) Summary. The final status package proposal presented to Kosovo on February 2 provides UNMIK the opportunity to establish corporate governance and oversight structures for publicly-owned enterprises (POEs) as they transition to Kosovar authority. Several UNMIK agencies and some PISG offic [...] | 2007-02-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPRV KCOR PGOV PREL YI |
07QUEBEC9 | WHTI -AIR IN QUEBEC CITY FULL COMPLIANCE ON DAY ONE [...] Consular staff spoke with airline boarding chiefs at Quebec City's Jean Lesage Airport, who reported that things went smoothly during this first day of WHTI-Air. No passengers were refused boarding, and none came unprepared. 2. Quebec City, which is the only airport in the consular distric [...] | 2007-01-23 22:13:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
07QUITO1002 | Superintendency of Banks Launches a Transparency [...] (SBU) Summary. The Superintendent of Bank launched a plan to increase transparency in the banking sector. This could lower interest rates, a priority for President Correa. Separately, Congress may move forward with a law to impose additional controls over the banking sector; although earlie [...] | 2007-05-02 21:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EC |
07QUITO1039 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY RACE BEGINS [...] (U) This message contains an action request for DRL and WHA/USOAS. See para 18. 2. (SBU) Summary: With national constituent assembly elections officially announced for September 30, Rafael Correa's undiminished popularity makes his Alianza PAIS movement the party to beat. Although poll [...] | 2007-05-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1046 | AMBASSADOR AND FORMIN CLEAR THE AIR; PREPARE FOR D [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa on May 8 to discuss the Deputy Secretary's May 9 visit, probe the ForMin on her harsh comments about the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),and to clarify the USG position on the 2007 UNITAS move. She expressed USG hope tha [...] | 2007-05-08 23:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1047 | ECUADOR - NO PLANS TO JOIN BOLIVARIAN ALTERNATIVE (ALBA) [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Ministry officials report that the GOE does not plan to join ALBA, citing a lack of concrete, meaningful proposals. Instead, Ecuador plans to focus on the broader Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) organization. Ecuador did not sign an agreement by ALBA members t [...] | 2007-05-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EC |
07QUITO1068 | ECUADOR'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING HRC VOTE [...] (C) Acting PolChief delivered demarche May 11 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Puma said that the GOE understood USG concerns regarding Belarus' inclusion in the Human Rights Council and agreed that it would compromise the council's future credibility. Pum [...] | 2007-05-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN BO EC |
07QUITO108 | CORREA AND URIBE ANNOUNCE DEAL ON SPRAY STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Rafael Correa of Ecuador and President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia announced an agreement on January 10 to conduct a tripartite study of the aerial fumigation of coca crops in Colombia along the Ecuadorian border. The study would be conducted by representatives of [...] | 2007-01-12 21:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR EC CO |
07QUITO1081 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary rounded out his Quito visit with a meeting at the Ambassador's Residence with six representatives from a diverse array of civil society sectors to gain a non-governmental perspective on Ecuador's current political and economic outlook. A/S Shannon and DCM Bro [...] | 2007-05-11 22:10:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1088 | CORREA'S TRUTH COMMISSION HUNTS EX-PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: President Correa created a "Truth Commission" on May 3 to investigate alleged human rights violations by the Leon Febres Cordero (PSC) administration during the 1980s. Most of the members of the Commission are victim family members and self described persecuted human rights acti [...] | 2007-05-14 21:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1091 | ANOTHER U.S. OIL COMPANY PULLING OUT OF ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Conoco Philips has decided to sell its assets in Ecuador. Conoco acquired several production and exploration blocks in Ecuador when it purchased Burlington Resources in 2006, and concluded that the Ecuadorian assets are not economically attractive compared to other holdings in [...] | 2007-05-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV EC |
07QUITO110 | LUCIO FLIPS TO PRO-ASSEMBLY MAJORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a dramatic reversal, ex-president Lucio Gutierrez' Patriotic Society Party pulled out of a rightist alliance opposing president-elect Rafael Correa's constituent assembly proposal and formed a new pro-assembly majority counting 54 votes in the new Congress and a majority in [...] | 2007-01-12 22:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1102 | PETROECUADOR'S NEW PLANS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials, Petroecuador President Carlos Pareja outlined Petroecuador's plans to open the ITT fields project to international bidding, sell high octane gasoline at market prices (a possible first step towards reducing subsidies),introduce a gasoline/et [...] | 2007-05-15 17:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
07QUITO111 | Few New Details in Debt Commission Report [...] (SBU) Summary. At a press conference to issue a report on Ecuador's external debt, a member of the presidential debt audit commission insinuated that some of the debt was "illegal and illegitimate." The report itself is critical of external debt, arguing that debt has hindered rather than h [...] | 2007-01-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EC |
07QUITO1113 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH THE GOE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. During a lunch with the Deputy Secretary, members of the Government of Ecuador economic team touched upon the need to improve education and health care in Ecuador and generate economic opportunities for the poor. The Ecuadorians cautiously welcomed the idea of a bilateral eco [...] | 2007-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL EC |
07QUITO1114 | CORREA TELLS D: ECUADOR WELCOMES ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an hour and a half May 9 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa avoided controversial topics, stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship, and stuck to his core themes. He assured the Deputy Secretary that the United States has nothing [...] | 2007-05-16 14:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV EC |
07QUITO1124 | CORREA ESCALATES WAR AGAINST THE PRESS [...] (U) Summary: President Correa ramped up his war of words and legal battle with the press May 15 by once again referring to the media as "mediocre and incompetent". While signing documents adding further charges of "insult" to his pending lawsuit against the daily newspaper La Hora, Correa vo [...] | 2007-05-16 22:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1164 | GOE AMBIVALENT ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS [...] (C) PolOff conveyed RefTel points on May 15 to MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Lourdes Puma. After listening to our views, Puma asserted that "it is not Ecuador's way to insert itself into the affairs of other sovereign nations and tell them with whom they should be friends." [...] | 2007-05-18 20:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN BO EC |
07QUITO1176 | CENTRAL BANK MANAGER OFFERS RESIGNATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank General Manager Mauricio Pareja has offered to resign, but the Central Bank Board has yet to decide whether to accept his resignation. If it accepts his resignation, the Board will select his replacement. The rumor is that Maria de Lourdes Andrade, a close confi [...] | 2007-05-21 21:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO1180 | UN HEALTH RAPPORTEUR SIDES WITH GOE ON SPRAYING [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Rapporteur for Human Health Rights Paul Hunt visited Ecuador May 14-18 at the invitation of the GOE to conduct a "non-scientific" study of the impact of Colombia's aerial fumigation program on Ecuadorian residents in the border region. Hunt met with residents, NG [...] | 2007-05-22 20:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1182 | VIDEO OF ECONOMY MINISTER PATINO IMPLIES MARKET [...] (U) Summary. Recently released excerpts of a video of a February meeting between Economy Minister Patino and former Economy Minister Rodas imply (but do not confirm) that if Patino frightened the international bond market, Rodas could have earned $50 million. Patino and Rodas separately ass [...] | 2007-05-22 21:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PINR EC |
07QUITO1234 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE ON U.N. WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] On May 23 post delivered reftel points to Lourdes Puma Puma, Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Puma said that Ecuador supports increasing access to vaccines and supports the avoidance of virus stock destruction. JEWELL [...] | 2007-05-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU EC |
07QUITO1235 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE ON U.N. WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] On May 23 post delivered reftel points to Lourdes Puma Puma, Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Puma said that Ecuador supports increasing access to vaccines and supports the avoidance of virus stock destruction. JEWELL [...] | 2007-05-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU EC |
07QUITO1236 | ECUADOR DOES NOT SUPPORT ADDIN CEDRELA TO CITES [...] Post delivered reftel points to Frida Pin Hoppe in the Ministry of Environment on April 24; post later received the following written responses from the appropriate scientific authorities via her office. They are reproduced verbatim due to their technical nature. 2. What is the conservati [...] | 2007-05-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD KSCA EUN ECON PREL EC |
07QUITO1238 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE ON COUNTERTERRORISM OBJECTIVES [...] On May 23 post delivered reftel points to Lourdes Puma Puma, Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Puma said the GOE understands the importance of strengthening its ability to monitor financial transactions in order to stop individuals or entities suspected of [...] | 2007-05-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC EC |
07QUITO1239 | ECUADOR REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Post provides the following information regarding trade and other relations between Ecuador and Cuba. Trade between the two countries is not extensive. In 2006, Ecuadorian exports to Cuba, mostly tuna, totaled $6,434,690 (FOB) and Ecuadorian imports from Cu [...] | 2007-05-30 14:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL CU EC |
07QUITO1258 | NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo made his first official visit to Ecuador on May 28. During the visit, Araujo stressed the need for continued anti-narcotics cooperation; communicated GOC willingness to compensate border residents for damage caused by aerial fumigations [...] | 2007-05-31 22:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1268 | CONGRESS CREATES A COURT OF CONVENIENCE [...] (C) Summary: Congress produced a politicized Constitutional Court to replace the politicized Court it recently voted out of existence. Deals and trades have produced a Court that will probably be pro-Correa, removing a potential vehicle for opposition maneuvering, but otherwise not likely t [...] | 2007-06-01 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO127 | CORREA INAUGURAL CHARTS PRIORITIES, SIGNALS STYLE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 21:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EC |
07QUITO128 | CORREA INAUGURAL CHARTS PRIORITIES, SIGNALS STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Rafael Correa on January 15 was sworn in as Ecuador's 81st president since Ecuador's independence from Spain in 1830, and the 8th in the past 10 years. In his inaugural address, Correa laid out an idealistic agenda heavy on rhetorical flourishes and calling for what he termed a [...] | 2007-01-17 21:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EC |
07QUITO1295 | FOUR MONTHS OUT, CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY CORREA'S TO [...] (C) Summary. Early polls confirm a clear plurality and broad support for President Correa's Alianza PAIS movement over any other party, but a recent dip in President Correa's approval rating could signal some softness. Minister of Energy Alberto Acosta is rumored to be ready to leave office [...] | 2007-06-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1302 | CORREA AND GARCIA TALK BORDER DEVELOPMENT; DENY [...] (U) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Peruvian President Alan Garcia met on June 1 in Tumbes, Peru for the presidents' first binational meeting on border issues. Correa stressed the need for continued investment by Ecuador, Peru, and the international community in the border re [...] | 2007-06-06 20:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC |
07QUITO1350 | VIDEO SCANDAL EXPANDS [...] (C) Summary: Another secretly-taped video involving Economy Minister Ricardo Patino has become public, extending the controversy over an earlier video (reftel). The new video dates to February, and shows President of Congress Jorge Cevallos discussing his efforts toward congressional approv [...] | 2007-06-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1351 | GOE TO GET TOUGHER ON ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS; [...] (C) Summary: Correa's national security minister coordinator, Fernando Bustamante, told the Ambassador on June 8 that the GOE planned to strengthen its security posture in the north to restrict the activities of Colombian illegal armed groups in Ecuador. He said Correa was very concerned ove [...] | 2007-06-13 16:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL INRA MARR CO EC |
07QUITO1361 | ECUADOR SKEPTICAL OF US TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Puma expressed GOE's skepticism regarding the various proposals contained in the initiative, noting that in the past, such practices were designed to link political preferenc [...] | 2007-06-14 14:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN EC |
07QUITO1395 | ECUADOR CELEBRATES WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Ecuador (GOE) marked the 2007 World Day Against Child Labor by organizing a conference focused primarily on presenting basic information, highlighting successes, and enlisting support for future efforts. This event at the Ministry of Agriculture focused primarily on ag [...] | 2007-06-18 21:48:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD SOCI PGOV EC |
07QUITO1423 | ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE REGISTRATION CLOSES: NOBOA [...] (U) Summary. The last day to register candidates for Ecuador's constituent assembly race ended with mild chaos at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and Alvaro Noboa once again throwing his hat into the ring. Parties chose a variety of candidates to help them gain seats, from current and [...] | 2007-06-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1424 | CONGRESS REJECTS PRESIDENT'S PETROLEUM BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Correa administration's bill to sanction trafficking in contraband petroleum and its derivatives was rejected June 19 by Congress on the grounds that it was too broad, the penalties were too heavy, it referred to more than one issue, and certain parts of it were unconstitut [...] | 2007-06-21 16:07:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PGOV EC |
07QUITO1464 | FOREIGN MINISTER ESPINOSA POSITIVE ON BIT, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with El Comercio newspaper on June 21, Foreign Minister Espinosa made several forward-leaning statements regarding economic relations with the United States. Espinosa explained that the GOE would not withdraw from its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the U. [...] | 2007-06-25 19:29:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EC |
07QUITO1478 | ECUADOR SUPPORTS AN EU-CAN ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's President Correa supported the European Union (EU) - Andean Community (CAN) association agreement talks launched June 14 and reportedly played a mediator role in moving them forward, even though he opposed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. as it was negotiated [...] | 2007-06-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EC |
07QUITO1483 | RADIO ADDRESSES ILLUMINATE CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has given 23 Saturday radio addresses. The extemporaneous and unscripted nature of the addresses gives an idea of the issues he is thinking about and his own personal character. Emboffs have listened to recordings of the last 13 of these addre [...] | 2007-06-27 19:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1488 | AMID CALLS TO DISSOLVE CONGRESS, CORREA,S RATINGS [...] (U) Summary: On June 26 a new Cedatos-Gallup poll shows a drop in President Correa's approval rating to 62% and a drop in his credibility to 54%. These declines come in the midst of increasing political scandal and contention. Recents displays of intolerance and even arrogance by Correa, cou [...] | 2007-06-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO1497 | ECUADOR'S BIG ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE: KEEPING [...] (U) Summary: President Rafael Correa is challenging the world to help Ecuador avoid drilling for oil in one of its largest and most biodiverse areas of protected Amazon rainforest, the Ishpingo-Tambocoha-Tiputini (ITT) field in Yasuni National Park. The GOE wants the international communit [...] | 2007-06-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EC EFIN EPET PREL SENV |
07QUITO1534 | VICE FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS THE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. In reviewing the main messages that the GOE delivered in Washington during its lobbying efforts for ATPA extension, the Vice Foreign Minister presented Ecuador's take on the key elements in our relationship: the importance of ATPA renewal, the need to think about what might succ [...] | 2007-07-05 18:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL SNAR EC |
07QUITO1542 | ICAO DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ECUADOR SUPPORTS U.S. [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Director General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) Cesar Posso on July 3. Posso indicated that Ecuador supports the U.S. position in terms of safety and security, and is improving its record with regard to protecting the environment. In Posso's words, he sp [...] | 2007-07-06 18:25:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD SENV ECON EC |
07QUITO155 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT MORENO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Vice President Lenin Moreno on January 17. Moreno demonstrated his good humor, openness to the U.S. and conveyed a sincere desire to improve coordination of GOE social programs, his core interest and assignment. He also made an impassioned [...] | 2007-01-19 18:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
07QUITO1553 | GLYPHOSATE TAKES ANOTHER HIT IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Commission studying the health and environmental impacts of Colombia's aerial coca eradication program on Ecuador's north released its findings on July 2. The Commission argues that the chemical mixture used by the GOC since 2000 is highly toxic and has caused e [...] | 2007-07-09 20:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO156 | GOVERNMENT MINISTER LARREA PUSHES REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Government Gustavo Larrea on January 18 to promote continued bilateral law enforcement cooperation. Larrea, a prominent leftist critic of the U.S. in the past, and president Correa's chief political strategist and operator, was disarmingly co [...] | 2007-01-19 19:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR ECON EC |
07QUITO1568 | RESPONSE TO NOPEC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) This is a response cable to State 88197. Post raised the NOPEC legislation with Ecuador's Ministry of Energy, and relayed reftel points. The Ministry representative appreciated the information, noting that he was already aware of the legislation. He did not offer a GOE reaction or any [...] | 2007-07-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL |
07QUITO1573 | CORREA STRIKES BACK AT OPPOSITION WITH ALLEGATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, President Correa accused 18 congressmen of offering to support the government,s controversial banking reform law in exchange for political favors such as appointments to high posts in state-owned companies. The president also implicated Guayas prefect Nicolas Lapent [...] | 2007-07-11 20:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO158 | GARCIA/USDEL BILAT: PERU'S QUIXOTIC MISSION [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian President Alan Garcia met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on the margins of President Rafael Correa's inauguration ceremony. Garcia raised ATPA, the U.S./Peru free trade agreement and Peru's lonely opposition to Chavez in South America. End Summary. Bac [...] | 2007-01-19 19:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
07QUITO160 | CORREA INAUGURATION: USDEL CONVEYS MESSAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. delegation to the inauguration of Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa headed by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez effectively conveyed a message of SIPDIS friendship and respect between the U.S. and Ecuador. That message was warmly received both publicly and priva [...] | 2007-01-19 19:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
07QUITO1607 | CONGRESS VOTES "NO CONFIDENCE" IN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing the standoff between Congress and the Correa administration, Congress passed a vote of no confidence July 13 against Minister of Finance Ricardo Patino. Citing allegations of embezzlement, illicit association, collusion and treason, Congress passed the measure af [...] | 2007-07-17 21:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EC |
07QUITO162 | INAUGURATION: FRIENDLY BILATERAL WITH FM ESPINOSA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief but cordial bilateral meeting on the eve of the inauguration of President Rafael Correa, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with Foreign SIPDIS Minister-designate Maria Fernanda Espinosa on January 14. Both agreed that more unites our countries than divide [...] | 2007-01-19 20:11:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EC |
07QUITO1634 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR EC |
07QUITO1637 | CORREA SIGNS DECREE TO PREVENT AIRING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 9, President Correa signed an executive decree prohibiting reproduction of clandestinely recorded video and audio without the authorization of those involved. The media association responded saying the decree was unconstitutional. While Vice President Lenin Moreno claims [...] | 2007-07-20 17:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EC |
07QUITO1655 | Congress Rolls Back Correa's Controversial Banking Law [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ecuadorian Congress rejected for the third time proposals by Correa to impose strong political control over interest rates, bank fees, reserve requirements, and a liquidity fund. The Congress substantially modified Correa's bill to establish more limited controls, which th [...] | 2007-07-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
07QUITO1678 | PETROBRAS INVESTIGATION COULD LEAD TO CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian state petroleum company Petrobras is being investigated for possible contract violations that could lead to the cancellation of its contract. The allegations echo those leveled at U.S. firm Occidental Petroleum, whose contract was subsequently cancelled and assets sei [...] | 2007-07-26 18:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV PREL EC |
07QUITO1680 | CORREA LEGALIZES "INCIDENTAL" SHARK FISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20 President Rafael Correa signed a declaration legalizing the sale, transport and export of shark "caught incidentally in the catch of other fish." Political observers have called the move an effort to shore up votes from coastal fishermen in the upcoming September el [...] | 2007-07-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS PHSA PGOV UNESCO EC |
07QUITO169 | Mixed Messages on Debt Renegotiation and GOE Approach to [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Economy Patino continues to send mixed messages on what the GOE wants to do on debt restructuring. On January 17, Patino, in an "aggressive" meeting with bondholders, said most of Ecuador's external debt is illegitimate and floated the idea of a 60 percent debt disc [...] | 2007-01-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EC |
07QUITO17 | CORREA NAMES FINAL CABINET POSTS, INCLUDING A [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 27, President-Elect Rafael Correa announced the rest of his cabinet, to be sworn in on January 15. The new officials named were: Guadalupe Larriva, as Minister of Defense; Caroline Chang as Health Minister; Trajano Andrade Viteri will head the Transportation and Pu [...] | 2007-01-04 07:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR SNAR EC |
07QUITO1701 | RESPONSE TO OPIC ON BANCO PROCREDITO [...] (SBU) Post welcomes OPIC interest in supporting the important microcredit and small-medium enterprise market in Ecuador (ref A). We had delayed responding given recent uncertainty regarding the outcome of Ecuador's controversial banking bill, but can now provide a fulsome response as the law h [...] | 2007-07-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EC |
07QUITO1721 | ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: NOT CLEAR [...] (C) With only two months to go before Ecuador's Constituent Assembly elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is facing significant challenges. A July 15 mock election revealed that the size and complexity of the ballots are likely to be a technical nightmare. The TSE has proposed some meas [...] | 2007-08-02 18:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PHUM |
07QUITO173 | VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR SIGN COOPERATION ACCORDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Five cooperation agreements were signed between Venezuela and Ecuador January 16, capping Venezuelan President Chavez's visit to Ecuador for President Correa's inauguration. These accords seek to strengthen bilateral cooperation and integration focusing on social welfare, bankin [...] | 2007-01-22 18:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN EC VE |
07QUITO174 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: DDTC CASE #050021165 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel questions on application #050021165, the Embassy has verified that Apeqs-Cotela C.A. is the Harris Corporation's Ecuadorian representative. We have also verified the validity of the pending $8,000 Ecuadorian Joint Command order for spare Harris radio parts. The U. [...] | 2007-01-22 19:13:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EC US |
07QUITO175 | NEW MINDEF EMPHASIZES SOCIAL MISSION [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva on January 18, the Ambassador expressed USG willingness to deepen security cooperation, and highlighted successful U.S. led development projects and military humanitarian exercises. Larriva welcomed USG support for ci [...] | 2007-01-22 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1758 | A REVOLVING DOOR IN ECUADOR'S ECONOMIC MINISTRIES [...] (U) In the past month, the Correa administration has implemented a number of high-level changes in Ecuador's economic ministries. The country now has new ministers of Electricity, Petroleum and Mining, Transportation, and Economy and Finance. Ministers Leave to Run for Constituent Assembly [...] | 2007-08-06 20:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR EC |
07QUITO1768 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: INTEREST RATES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, [...] (U) The following is the beginning of a weekly Ecuador economic update that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Central Bank Establishes Interim Interest Rates --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) The new banking law, which establi [...] | 2007-08-07 18:01:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EFIS SENV EC |
07QUITO1779 | ECUADOR ARRESTS U.S. CITIZEN ENVIRONMENTALIST FORCOMBATING [...] (U) Summary: On August 4 Ecuadorian immigration police arrested U.S. citizen Sean O'Hearn, Country Director of the environmentalist group Sea Shepherd, revoked his visa and issued an order for his immediate deportation. O'Hearn was charged with "crimes against Ecuadorian sovereignty" for his [...] | 2007-08-07 19:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIS CASC PHSA PGOV |
07QUITO1791 | ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: NOT CLEAR [...] (C) With only two months to go before Ecuador's Constituent Assembly elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal is facing significant challenges. A July 15 mock election revealed that the size and complexity of the ballots are likely to be a technical nightmare. The TSE has proposed some meas [...] | 2007-08-08 21:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EC |