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08MOSCOW3606 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW3607 | RUSSIA RESPONSE ON LRTAP PROTOCOL AMENDMENT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points to Igor Maydanov, Director of the Office of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology. On December 11, in a written response from the same office, Acting Director Anatoliy Totskiy wrote that Russia is conducting an int [...] | 2008-12-12 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD SENV RS |
08MOSCOW3609 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO COUNTER ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points concerning illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe to Vladimir Borisyuk, Acting Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Economic Cooperation. Boriskyuk told us the GOR was aware of the diamond trading trends in Zimbabwe. He maintained that the GOR would co [...] | 2008-12-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC RS ZI |
08MOSCOW361 | TERRORIST FINANCE: RUSSIA TO SUPPORT DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EFIN ECON RS IZ SY |
08MOSCOW3610 | OPIC FINANCE: ZAO STAR NETWORKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3611 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3612 | RUSSIA'S APPOINTED AMBASSADOR ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Ambassador to Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriev assured us December 11 that Russia would not welcome or condone any Abkhaz effort to redraw boundaries along the Enguri river. In order to improve border security, Russia and Abkhazia planned to sign an agreement on joint b [...] | 2008-12-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW3614 | RUSSIA RESPONSE ON ANTARCTIC TREATY ANNIVERSARY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 06:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KTIA SENV TPHY KSCA AY RS |
08MOSCOW3615 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND U.S. RELATIONS - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with Congressman Bill Delahunt and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin conceded Russia had lost the p.r. battle in the August conflict with Georgia, but reiterated why Russia had been compelled to respond militarily and then r [...] | 2008-12-15 06:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3616 | Scenesetter for Senator Lugar's Visit to Russia [...] (SBU) Your visit to Moscow comes at a time of real disconnect in the U.S.-Russian relationship. Disagreements over European security, Russia's role in its neighborhood, and the Kremlin's creeping authoritarianism were followed by the rupture over Russia's decision to send forces into Georgia [...] | 2008-12-15 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3624 | DEMARCHE ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Department of International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy, who said that the GOR remained concerned about elements of OP4 of the draft UNSC resolution on Somali piracy, but had yet to determine a final position on the [...] | 2008-12-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XA XW RS |
08MOSCOW3628 | RECENT VIOLENCE AND ECONOMIC WOES SEND TAJIKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent murder and decapitation near Moscow of an ethnic Tajik guest worker has added to the insecurity among the ethnic Tajik community whose low-wage, low-skill jobs have been the first casualties of the economic downturn here. The leader of an NGO assisting the Tajik co [...] | 2008-12-15 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS TI |
08MOSCOW3633 | RUSSIA: NEW TELEPHONE AREA CODE FOR MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL AMGT RS |
08MOSCOW3636 | DISSENTERS' DAY PROTESTS LEAD TO ARRESTS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Police arrested more than 150 people across Moscow on December 14 in separate Dissenters' Day protests, with an additional 60 protesters arrested in St. Petersburg. In the largest Moscow protest, organized by Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov, police detained approximately 100 Othe [...] | 2008-12-15 14:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS |
08MOSCOW3637 | AT INAUGURAL CONGRESS, SOLIDARITY SELECTS LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12-13, the Solidarity opposition movement held its inaugural national congress, bringing together several political opposition and human rights organizations. The congress elected leaders, including Garry Kasparov and Boris Nemtsov, and also elaborated its program to [...] | 2008-12-16 03:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW364 | JCIC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ |
08MOSCOW3641 | ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES STATEMENT ON [...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC),Roundtable, and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 9-11, 2008, the GB agreed on a Statement of Principles on Transformation and called for Russia to confirm the ISTC's tax-exempt status. Th [...] | 2008-12-16 06:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM TSPL RS |
08MOSCOW3648 | DELIVERY OF DRAFT MOU AND IA BETWEEN DHS AND [...] (SBU) On December 9, ESToff delivered the reftel draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Implementing Agreement (IA) between the Department of Homeland Security and the Russian Academy of Sciences in English and Russian to Oleg Rozhkov, Deputy Director of the MFA Department of Security a [...] | 2008-12-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL GKGIC PTER KSCA KNNP RS |
08MOSCOW3649 | WILL RUSSIA JOIN OPEC? [...] (C) President Medvedev recently fed speculation about Russia's intentions to cooperate with or join OPEC, telling the press on December 11 that Russia "must defend" higher oil prices, including by reducing oil production and, possibly, joining "organizations of producers." Most Moscow-based a [...] | 2008-12-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3650 | RUSSIAN POSITION ON HUMAN CLONING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 03:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UNESCO RS |
08MOSCOW3654 | RUSSIA-GERMANY TRANSIT AGREEMENT TO BE IMPLEMENTED [...] (U) In a November 20 statement, the MFA characterized the rail transit of German military hardware through Russian territory as a reaffirmation of the GOR's commitment to Afghanistan stabilization. The statement praised the close cooperation between Germany and Russia and said this would be t [...] | 2008-12-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MASS MCAP MOPS RS AF |
08MOSCOW3655 | RUSSIA-GERMANY TRANSIT AGREEMENT TO BE IMPLEMENTED [...] (U) In a November 20 statement, the MFA characterized the rail transit of German military hardware through Russian territory as a reaffirmation of the GOR's commitment to Afghanistan stabilization. The statement praised the close cooperation between Germany and Russia and said this would be t [...] | 2008-12-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MASS MCAP MOPS RS AF |
08MOSCOW3656 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN RS |
08MOSCOW3657 | FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS SEEK COVER AS GOR DITHERS ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite the looming January 1, 2009 deadline for the possible end of a tax exemption for recipients of some grants from foreign non-commercial organizations, the GOR has yet to come up with the criteria and procedures for such donors to apply for inclusion on the list of foreign [...] | 2008-12-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3659 | RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 meeting, MFA Counselor Elena Kravchenko said the Minsk Group planned to organize another meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in the new year. She said the major obstacles for a conflict resolution were the Lachin corridor and the unwillingness of [...] | 2008-12-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AZ RS |
08MOSCOW366 | GOR ADVISOR ON DIFFICULTIES FIGHTING GROWING [...] (C) Economic Experts Group (EEG) Director Yevsey Gurvich told us February 5 that fighting growing inflation was a GOR priority but that the tools at the government's disposal were inadequate to the task. In particular, the GOR had few levers with which to temper growing demand. Gurvich spec [...] | 2008-02-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3660 | RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION: SERIOUS, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For several years, demographics and public health experts have prophesied Russia's demographic demise and warned of a potentially catastrophic loss of population. Russia indeed faces major public health and demographic problems (reftels). However, in certain areas there has bee [...] | 2008-12-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KHIV SCUL SOCI EAID PGOV ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3665 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: S.P.KOROLEV ROCKET [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corp., Korolev, Russia. The comp [...] | 2008-12-18 06:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW3669 | SURVIVING THE CRISIS: THE RUSSIAN AUTOMOBILE [...] (C) Russia's deepening economic downturn has severely crippled the automobile sector. Car sales are starting to plummet for foreign and domestic companies alike, with the worst still to come. The slowdown in domestic manufacturing portends large job losses. Prime Minister Putin, who before [...] | 2008-12-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV RS |
08MOSCOW3673 | CLIMATE CHANGE: RUSSIA'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, Post reports that Russia's lead agency on the political aspects of climate change is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE). The Federal Service for Hydro-meteorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet),a semi-autonomous agency unde [...] | 2008-12-18 14:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG RS |
08MOSCOW3678 | JOHN DEERE CONCERNED ABOUT HIGHER DUTIES AND [...] (C) On December 11, PM Putin proposed raising the duties on imported combine harvesters and ending GOR-financing for purchases of foreign agricultural equipment. Deere and Company Russia Country Director Sidney Bardwell told us December 16 that PM Putin's recent proposals would have a catastr [...] | 2008-12-19 08:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3683 | MINAG DELISTS 5 MORE U.S. PORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter dated December 12, 2008(transmitted to the U.S. Embassy on December 16, 2008) that starting on January 1, 2009, an additional 5 pork facilities will be delisted. This action [...] | 2008-12-19 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3684 | RUSSIA DOES LITTLE ON INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has taken minimal action to calm tensions between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks. While Medvedev stressed that the attacks should not be allowed to jeopardize India's dialogue with Pakistan, and has played up Russia's limited counter-terrorism cooperation [...] | 2008-12-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD MARR IN PK RS |
08MOSCOW3685 | RUSSIA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION ON THE UNESCO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNESCO EG RS |
08MOSCOW3687 | ROSTOV: TRADE HUB, PRODUCES GRUB, SUPPORTS CHUB [...] (C) Summary. As one of the country's most populous and temperate weather regions, Rostov Oblast in southwestern Russia boasts of being a leading agricultural and trade center. Recent travel to the region's capital, Rostov-Na-Donu (Rostov),gave us the opportunity to see how it has thrived i [...] | 2008-12-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI ECON EFIN |
08MOSCOW3688 | NATIONALIST GROUP MARCHES PEACEFULLY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 12, Constitution Day, the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and the Slavic Union held the second "Russian March" in as many months. The peaceful and authorized gathering, attended by approximately 300 supporters under the banner "Support Your Constitution [...] | 2008-12-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW3689 | FEAR, PARANOIA, AND TREASON - MOSCOW PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: As the economic crisis deepens, a GOR-proposed expansion of the definition of espionage is being interpreted as a blatant attempt to further restrict and intimidate critics of the United Russia dominated government from organizing any opposition to the present power structure. In [...] | 2008-12-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW3693 | IN MOSCOW, GREEN CONSCIOUSNESS SLOWLY TAKING ROOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Slowly but surely, green practices are taking root in Moscow. Even the most ardent of Moscow's capitalist consumerists can no longer ignore the region's rapid environmental degradation as the once fish-chock streams and mushroom-rich forests that attracted flocks to build mini- [...] | 2008-12-22 04:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ETRD SOCI EAID PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW3707 | SENATOR LUGAR MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S. RELATIONS, POST-START, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, FM Lavrov welcomed the visit of Senator Lugar as recognition that the Senate appreciated the importance of relations with Russia. Lavrov emphasized Russia's interest in concluding a post-START treaty by December 2009 and urged a "quick start" to the [...] | 2008-12-22 06:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP ECON PARM OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3708 | SENATOR LUGAR: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Lugar heard a mixed, but mostly positive, message on Russian receptivity towards rebuilding U.S.-Russian relations, with a range of officials and respected observers calling for a return to the official diplomatic architecture that once governed bilateral dialogue. Th [...] | 2008-12-22 06:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS IR AF |
08MOSCOW371 | U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko told U/S Jeffery and Ambassador Burns on January 29th that the GOR expects rising domestic gas prices and a liberalized electricity market to raise energy efficiency in Russia as industries and consumers adopt energy saving technologies an [...] | 2008-02-11 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3712 | ROSNEFT AND LUKOIL TELL SENATOR LUGAR OIL TAX [...] (SBU) In separate meetings on December 17 and 18, Lukoil Executive V.P. Ravil Maganov and Rosneft V.P. for Finance Peter O'Brien told Senator Lugar that they strongly believe major oil tax reform is inevitable in Russia in order to stop the slide in production (reftels). They both suggested, [...] | 2008-12-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET OREP PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3719 | GOR CALM ABOUT U.S.-UKRAINE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting, MFA Ukraine desk Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that the GOR had not yet developed a formal position on the proposed U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership agreement, but noted Ukraine had the right to conclude treaties with any country it wanted to. H [...] | 2008-12-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UP RS GG |
08MOSCOW3720 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. DRAFT START TREATY [...] (S) In the course of U.S. and Russian security discussions in Moscow December 15 (septel),DFM Ryabkov handed Acting U/S Rood a seven-page non-paper in Russian with a summary of Moscow's response, which the U.S. could consider as "an authoritative reply" to the U.S. draft text provided on Oct [...] | 2008-12-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS |
08MOSCOW3728 | DFM Ryabkov meets Codel Tauscher: Iran, Missile Defense, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting the Codel Tauscher delegation on December 16, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Russia wanted improved relations with the U.S., even as he acknowledged the "negative mindset" of the Russian public and the damage that issues like NATO enlargement had p [...] | 2008-12-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3735 | AGMIN DEMANDS ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS AS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 06:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3736 | FREE AT LAST? IVANOVO UZBEKS WIN AT ECHR [...] (U) Summary: Since their June 2005 arrest in connection with violent unrest in Andijan, 13 ethnic Uzbeks have been in limbo, caught between the threat of refoulement to Uzbekistan and an offer of refugee status in Sweden. In a decision announced December 15, the European Court of Human Rights [...] | 2008-12-24 06:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL SMIG OEXC RS |
08MOSCOW3737 | VPSS TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS FOR RELISTING PORK AND POULTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: US Embassy officials met with the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) to seek clarity on the Russian response to a work plan for relisting U.S. pork and poultry plants as proposed by USTR and USDA during meetings in Moscow on December 17 and [...] | 2008-12-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
08MOSCOW374 | SOCHI REGION FACES OLYMPIC-SIZED CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) A meeting of Putin and his team on February 5 underscored the Kremlin's recognition that the "eyes of the world" are on Sochi, not only for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games themselves, but also in the way in which Russia manages the preparations. In addition to overcoming significant engin [...] | 2008-02-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW3741 | PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR DISCUSSES ANTI-CRISIS [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Medvedev's Chief Economic Advisor, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, was uncharacteristically pessimistic about Russia's growth prospects over the short and medium term and predicted a protracted global economic slow down. Dvorkovich said that dep [...] | 2008-12-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV OREP PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3742 | LUKASHENKO POSTURES IN MOSCOW [...] (C) In a December 22 visit, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President Medvedev concluded an unspecified agreement on gas prices and a new date for the signature of an air defense agreement to unify the two countries' air defense networks. Lukashenko, in a belligerent public per [...] | 2008-12-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MCAP BO RS |
08MOSCOW3743 | VOLGOGRAD: POLITICIANS CALM BEFORE ECONOMIC STORM, [...] (C) Summary: A December 17-19 visit to Volgograd revealed politicians and observers focused on maintaining political stability amid the deepening economic crisis. One Regional Duma Deputy predicted the crisis will last for up to two more years, with regional production slipping by as much as 3 [...] | 2008-12-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ECON RS |
08MOSCOW3745 | RUSSIA REACTS TO DUTY INCREASES ON CARS [...] (C) In the first sign of open discontent with GOR measures to deal with the financial crisis, protests continue to mount throughout Russia over increased duties on imported cars and tighter restrictions on imported used cars (Refs A, B, C). Thus far, the GOR has largely rebuffed the protesters, [...] | 2008-12-29 03:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EIND EINV ECON PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW375 | THE INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GOR has decided to establish an Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, which will be headquartered in Moscow with branch offices in New York and Paris. The Institute is intended to end what the GOR sees as the western "monopoly" on defining and reporting human rights abus [...] | 2008-02-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW3752 | IPR ROUNDTABLE: "WORKING WITH RUSSIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT" [...] (U) Summary: On December 11, the Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) co-hosted an IPR roundtable, "Working with Russian Law Enforcement on IPR Cases". This was the first joint IPR Roundtable with AmCham and a deliverable of the U.S.-Russia IPR Working Group. The Ministry of [...] | 2008-12-29 10:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW3753 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 24 meeting, Russia's ambassador to South Ossetia, Elbrus Kargiev, told us "president" Kokoity needed to gain experience in running a peacetime government, while making quiet progress on security and economic development instead of overreacting to accusations in the [...] | 2008-12-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG |
08MOSCOW3754 | MOSTLY QUIET IN THE WESTERN NORTH CAUCASUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia have largely been spared the violence and instability of their eastern neighbors North Ossetia, Ingushetiya, Chechnya and Dagestan. In view of the sustained improvement in the security situation there, [...] | 2008-12-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PTER RS |
08MOSCOW3755 | GOR SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALIA BUT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and is not meant for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, Poloff discussed the draft Security Council resolution on establishing a peacekeeping mission in Somalia with MFA Department of International Organizations First Secr [...] | 2008-12-29 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET RS |
08MOSCOW3757 | MEDVEDEV'S ASSESSMENT - 2008, A YEAR OF DIVERSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Medvedev took to the air on December 24 to speak on the three most important events of the year past: his inauguration, the war in Georgia, and the economic crisis. He reminded the audience of his legal responsibility as commander-in-chief and took personal res [...] | 2008-12-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW3760 | RUSSIA THEATENS FODDER TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) raised the bar in requesting a list of U.S. fodder exporters to Russia in its December 26, 2008, letter by threatening to ban U.S. fodder exports if a list is not produced by January 1, 2009. The ori [...] | 2008-12-30 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO WTO RS |
08MOSCOW3763 | RUSSIAN MFA UNDECIDED ON LEAD DEPARTMENT FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, Post sent invitations for the January 13-14, 2009 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somalia Piracy (CGSP) in New York and the January 13 pre-meeting of key countries to the Legal, International Organizations, and North Americas Departments of the [...] | 2008-12-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS |
08MOSCOW3766 | DEMARCHE: AVOIDING GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS FROM [...] (S) We delivered points per reftel para. 16 to Gazprom's Director of Foreign Relations, Ivan Zolotov and the Senior Economic Advisor to the MFA's North America Desk, Vyacheslav Moshkalo. Both reported that as of 12/30, negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were underway to resolve the debt [...] | 2008-12-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW3773 | GOR NEVER RECEIVED INFO FROM POLAND REGARDING [...] (C) On December 30 we delivered ref A nonpaper to MFA DVBVR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral, who told us the GOR passed a diplomatic note regarding Polish GROM MANPADS sales to Georgia to the GOP via the Russian Embassy in Warsaw in June 2008, prior to the August conflict. To date, the GOR has [...] | 2008-12-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG |
08MOSCOW3775 | Medvedev's Anti-Corruption Package: Two Views [...] (SBU) Summary: Transparency International Director Yelena Panfilova praised President Medvedev's anti-corruption bill that was signed into law on December 25 as an "extremely valuable" first step, while recognizing the deep flaws in its content and how it was promulgated. Arguing that waiti [...] | 2008-12-31 11:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR SOCI EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3776 | GENERAL BUZHINSKIY MEETS CODEL TAUSCHER: MD COOPERATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting the Codel Tauscher delegation on December 16, Lt. Gen. Buzhinskiy argued the U.S. and Russia could cooperate on short- and medium-range MD systems, but not if the U.S. also moved forward with plans to deploy a long-range MD system in Poland and the Czech Republic. He to [...] | 2008-12-31 12:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3777 | DUMA DEFENSE COMMITTEE FIRST DEPUTY CHAIR BABICH - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with Representatives Ellen Tauscher, Loretta Sanchez, Rick Larsen, and Doug Lamborn, Duma Defense Committee, First Deputy Chair Mikhail Babich said that Russia had high expectations for the incoming Obama Administration. He welcomed the proposal for regu [...] | 2008-12-31 12:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW3778 | KOSACHEV MEETS CODEL TAUSCHER: MORE DIALOGUE NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev told CODEL Tauscher on December 16 that parliamentary dialogue between the U.S. and Russia needed to be revitalized. He suggested that the Duma International Relations and Defense Committees should meet with the H [...] | 2008-12-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS |
08MOSCOW378 | PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISER ON "FROZEN" [...] (C) Summary: In her February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's human rights adviser, Ella Pamfilova said the Duma elections had been a "turning point," leading her to "divorce" herself from GOR actions and adopt a low public profile. While she welcomed FM Lavrov's engagement with the [...] | 2008-02-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW380 | SEPARATISM NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF INSTABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow-based experts believe that the insurgencies in the various North Caucasus republics are different in nature, none think that separatism is their root cause. Experts tell us that while the insurgency in Dagestan may have a religious basis, violence in Ingushetiya a [...] | 2008-02-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PHUM PTER ECON RS |
08MOSCOW387 | FORMER PM PRIMAKOV ON US-GOR DIALOGUE, MD, MAP, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Primakov praised his dialogue with Dr. Kissinger and pushed for strategic reengagement on missile defense. He related Putin's unhappiness over the perceived shift in the post-2 2 U.S. offer, but argued that a [...] | 2008-02-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW390 | KING ABDULLAH'S LOW KEY MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah met Putin and his presumptive successor, First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev, during a February 11 visit that focused on maintaining continuity in Russia-Jordan relations. MFA First Secretary Elbrus Kutrashev and Jordanian Consul Hasan Saraireh told us separately [...] | 2008-02-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO RS |
08MOSCOW391 | RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHES IMPROVEMENT IN TIES [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Russia remained committed to improving bilateral relations with Georgia, and was prepared to discuss "anything and everything" with the two Georgian DFMs visiting Moscow on February 15, but stressed that Russia was interested only in concrete action from Geor [...] | 2008-02-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW392 | RUSSIA ON UNSC DISCUSSIONS ON CHAD, KENYA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that it would send four helicopters and 200 personnel to Chad, and was concerned over growing tensions on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border, but would take a "wait and see" approach to further UNSC involvement in conflicts in Kenya. The GOR believed that international [...] | 2008-02-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ZF XW RS |
08MOSCOW393 | U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH SEVERSTAL DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development Elizabeth Dibble and EcMinCoun on January 30, Aleksey Mordashov, General Director of Severstal Gr [...] | 2008-02-13 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD WTO RS |
08MOSCOW394 | RUSSIA AND UKRAINE RESOLVE GAS DISPUTE, AGREE TO [...] (SBU) As most watchers expected, Russia and Ukraine came to a last minute agreement to settle the latest gas dispute (reftel) and avert a cutoff of gas flows. Announced by President Putin following a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart just as the 6:00pm February 12th deadline arrived, the [...] | 2008-02-14 03:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW396 | INSIDE ROSOBORONEXPORT [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, officials at RosoboronExport (ROE),the Russian government's monopoly arms exporter, made it clear how little control the company has over decisions regarding Russia's military sales. Most of the decisions affecting the company, including what products and to which [...] | 2008-02-14 07:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EIND ETRD PGOV PREL RS MASS |
08MOSCOW400 | ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL ENRICHMENT CENTER: MOVING [...] (SBU) Development of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC) in Angarsk continues to move forward, though the center is still a "virtual" one to be carved out of the existing Angarsk Chemical Complex. Embassy was warmly received during a visit to the complex. Embassy toured the ca [...] | 2008-02-14 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM RS |
08MOSCOW401 | RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH BURMA'S ROADMAP FOR [...] (U) The MFA issued a statement February 12, expressing "satisfaction" with the Burmese regime's recent announcement of the next steps in its "Roadmap" for political change (reftel). The MFA said that Russia hoped that the regime's decision to set dates for the "next phases of political change [...] | 2008-02-14 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS |
08MOSCOW408 | ROSATOM STATE CORPORATION GETS UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Zubkhov officially appointed Sergey Kiriyenko Director General of the newly formed Rosatom State Corporation on February 4. Natasha Klishina, head of the Bilateral Cooperation Section of Rosatom's International Department, reviewed with us February 5 the state of play in [...] | 2008-02-15 04:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW409 | AUSTRIAN EMBASSY SASY OMV COMMITTED TO NABUCCO, [...] (C) Austrian Embassy Political-Economic Counselor Reimund Magis told us February 11th that Austria is committed to the Nabucco project and to diversification of Europe's gas sources. That said, Austria viewed Russia as a "strategic partner" on energy issues and planned to continue to carefull [...] | 2008-02-15 05:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW410 | POLISH PM TUSK'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REF: A. MOSCOW 267 B. MOSCOW 5585 Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells for reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (C) Summary: Polish PM Tusk's trip to Moscow served as a symbol of the thawing of bilateral relations and a willingness on both sides to engage, if not agree. Missile defense discussions produced no new proposals, and Polish diplomats characterized Putin's position as "tough," including pushing for [...] | 2008-02-15 05:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR ENRG PL RS |
08MOSCOW411 | SMOLENSK: SLOWLY BREAKING AWAY FROM THE RED BELT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 07:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW421 | MFA ON MULTILATERALIZING INF, NON-MILITARIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Vladimir Yermakov, MFA Director of Strategic Capabilities Policy, told us February 13 that FM Lavrov's proposal at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on February 12 to "multilateralize" the Treaty on the Elimination of Medium-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) was necessary t [...] | 2008-02-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RS |
08MOSCOW431 | Medvedev's Four "I"s: - The Keys to His Economic Program [...] (U) Summary. In a speech at an economic forum in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia February 15, Deputy Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Dmitry Medvedev identified four economic priorities for Russia: infrastructure, innovation, investment, institutions. He called for a smaller state role in the eco [...] | 2008-02-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD RS |
08MOSCOW433 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Seversk Business Development Agency, Seversk, Russia. The [...] | 2008-02-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW434 | DFM LOSYUKOV ON IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 14 meeting with Ambassador, DFM Losyukov expressed frustration with the Iranian regime's arrogance and inflexibility. Considering Iranian domestic politics, the GOR foresees no serious political discussion occurring prior to its March 14 parliamentary elections. Lo [...] | 2008-02-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP PINR AF IN JP IR RS |
08MOSCOW435 | DFM TITOV: RUSSIA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Titov reiterated warnings over the destabilizing consequences of Kosovo's impending UDI, but said Russia would respond "responsibly," including by convoking a UN Security Council special session, and issuing sharp statements of c [...] | 2008-02-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS |
08MOSCOW436 | RUSSIA - BELARUS RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SMOLENSK [...] (C) Summary. For Smolensk residents, Belarus spells shared history, friendly ties, the only path to Europe, and affordable goods. In their eyes, union with Belarus would be a plus. For the diehard communists, Belarus is what Russia could still be, while for others it is a backward, anti-de [...] | 2008-02-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON BO RS |
08MOSCOW442 | RUSSIAN CONCERNS ON ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT [...] (SBU) On February 15, we delivered reftel points regarding U.S. support for the IAEA request to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Governments for additional information regarding export denials to Iran or nuclear related items already delivered to Iran. 2. (SBU) Alexandr Bolichiov of the MF [...] | 2008-02-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC AORC PARM IAEA IR RS |
08MOSCOW444 | MOSCOW RESPONSE TO STATE 10743 FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] In response to action request in reftel, Embassy Moscow provides the following answers: A. Energy issues in Russia are handled by various sections in Embassy Moscow and the constituent posts. In the Embassy, from the State Department, the Economic Section, the Environment, Science, and T [...] | 2008-02-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON AFIN ABUD RS |
08MOSCOW445 | KOSOVO: RUSSIA REACTS PREDICTABLY, STOPS SHORT OF [...] (C) Summary: Russia responded quickly and negatively to Kosovo's declaration of independence, with the Kremlin and MFA labeling it illegal, illegitimate, and destabilizing. While the joint Duma/Federation Council statement is not expected until later today, both chairs of the international [...] | 2008-02-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS KV |
08MOSCOW459 | RUSSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SAVORS SMALL VICTORY IN [...] (C) Summary: Members of Russia's beleaguered civil society feel that they have achieved a small, but noteworthy victory in the recent court decision to transfer former Yukos Oil vice president Vasiliy Aleksanyan to a medical facility where he can be treated for life-threatening illnesses. Al [...] | 2008-02-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW46 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: UFA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Ufa Engine-Building Production Association (UMPO),Ufa, [...] | 2008-01-10 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW460 | AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 19 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK [...] (C) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak stressed the importance of setting a date for the next 2 2 meeting. The Ambassador conveyed a copy of the President's letter to Putin (ref a),which he had earlier delivered to Kremlin Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko ( [...] | 2008-02-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TSPL PARM KNNP CVIS RS |
08MOSCOW461 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN INCARCERATION POLICIES [...] (C) In addition to previous discussions with MFA North America Director Igor Neverov and to the concerns raised by the Ambassador with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin and Presidential Human Rights Advisor Ella Pamfilova, on February 19 we passed reftel points on USG concern over harsh i [...] | 2008-02-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW462 | RUSSIA'S EXPECTED NEGATIVE REACTION TO KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. Two days after the announcement of Kosovo's independence, the reaction in Russia has been predictably negative. Russian officials have continued their heated rhetoric, repeating the usual arguments. Public reaction has been limited so far to two tiny peaceful protests at U.S. d [...] | 2008-02-19 16:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV RS |
08MOSCOW467 | IVANOVO: UNITED RUSSIA FRACTURE LEADS TO EARLY [...] (SBU) A simmering dispute in Ivanovo between a Kremlin-appointed Governor and a State Duma Deputy, over control of the local United Russia party and the economic benefits that go with it, reached a boiling point in December 2007 when more than half of the members of the regional Duma resigned [...] | 2008-02-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON RS |
08MOSCOW47 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, West-Ural Company of Construction-Engineering Prospectin [...] | 2008-01-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW470 | CHEVRON READY TO GIVE UP ON CPC EXPANSION, SAYS [...] (C) Chevron Europe, Eurasia, and Middle East president Guy Hollingsworth told the Ambassador on February 11th that the company has largely "written off" CPC expansion. Chevron will pursue a trans-Caspian oil shipping route instead. He said the company is generally satisfied with its joint ve [...] | 2008-02-21 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW475 | RUSSIA'S MILITARY MUSCLE-FLEXING [...] (C) Summary. Russia's recent steps to flex its military muscles are designed both to impress the Russian public in an election year that Putin has reestablished Russia as a major player on the world stage, and to underscore that Russia will no longer engage NATO and the West from a position of [...] | 2008-02-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO PARM RS |
08MOSCOW479 | UNITED RUSSIA PULLS OUT ALL STOPS IN YAROSLAVL [...] (SBU) United Russia finds itself under a microscope in Yaroslavl where its poor showing in the December 2 Duma elections means the national party is closely watching its preparations for the March 2 presidential elections and hoping for better results. During a February 13-14 visit by Emboff, [...] | 2008-02-21 16:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW48 | GREEN STRUGGLES AGAINST BLACK GOLD IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) With its focus on oil, gas, and nuclear power, Russia has largely ignored the renewable energy sector. The GOR has not yet established a comprehensive renewable energy strategy. Instead, the GOR is targetting ways to reduce wasteful energy consumption. Experts believe renewable sourc [...] | 2008-01-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV ETRD ECON TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW481 | SUBJECT: MEDVEDEV, COMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Dmitriy Medvedev, heir apparent to the Russian Presidency, continued his whistle-stop tour of the country, touting his vision in Krasnoyarsk and Izhevsk of an economically vibrant country, with a strong market system, and without the corruption that permeates society today. His [...] | 2008-02-22 06:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW482 | RUSSIA NOTIFIED OF U.S SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) DCM delivered notification of U.S. satellite engagement to MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov. He was appreciative of the information in advance of DoD's planned press conference. BURNS [...] | 2008-02-22 08:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG POUS |
08MOSCOW483 | KEMEROVO OBLAST: KREMLIN LOYALTY IN SIBERIA [...] (C) In the ten years he has been governor in Kemerovo, Aman-Geldy Tuleyev has garnered vast popular support and been among the most successful of provincial leaders in tacking with the prevailing political winds, delivering a near-Caucasus turnout to the ruling party. During meetings in th [...] | 2008-02-22 10:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW484 | SHUFFLE AT MEDT DEPUTIES' LEVEL [...] (SBU) Summary. MEDT's long expected personnel re-organization is underway. Embassy contact Andrey Klepach was promoted from within MEDT to a Deputy Minister position and another contact, Stanislav Voskrensensky, was transferred from the Presidential Administration and also appointed as a Depu [...] | 2008-02-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW486 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with Human Rights Watch Moscow Director Allison Gill, the Ambassador confirmed that the Embassy would continue to press the GOR on the denial of a visa to HRW Director Kenneth Roth. Gill noted that the denial had increased publicity for the rollout of HRW [...] | 2008-02-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB RS |
08MOSCOW490 | JEWISH LIFE IN IVANOVO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jewish community in Ivanovo is close-knit, active and shrinking, as increasing numbers of its young residents emigrate to Israel. While the Jewish community is generally accepted among the wider oblast community and relations with authorities are good, two Ivanovo residents [...] | 2008-02-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW496 | RUSSIA'S RESERVES: A $500 BILLION QUESTION [...] (C) Russian government policy has been to use its windfall from oil and gas revenues to build large reserves, rather than to address the country's many domestic needs. The bulk of Russia's reserves, which are approaching $500 billion, are held in low-yield government bonds in foreign currencie [...] | 2008-02-22 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENIV ENRG PREL RS ETRD |
08MOSCOW497 | VOLGOGRAD: BUSINESS GROUPS CONTEST CITY DUMA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with politicians and interested observers during a February 19 - 20 visit to Volgograd suggested little interest in the March 2 presidential elections, except among those charged with ensuring a high turnout. According to the Chairman of the Regional Election Commi [...] | 2008-02-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW499 | NEW DRAFT OF STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW WOULD TIGHTEN RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW501 | RUSSIA REMAINS UNCOMPROMISING ON KOSOVO ILLEGALITY [...] (C) Summary: Russia continued to send an uncompromising message on the illegality of Kosovo's independence and the irresponsibility of international recognition outside a framework of a negotiated solution, with the MFA reacting furiously to former Ambassador Holbrooke's alleged assertion of [...] | 2008-02-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV RS |
08MOSCOW502 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow has proposed the following information on critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Russia which, "if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" (ref A). As requested, this message also provides in [...] | 2008-02-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC ECON PTER PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW503 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: COMPLETED PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Summary: Ref A requested a pre-license end-use check to confirm the bona fides of Barnaul Cartridge Plant, the foreign end-user on application 05-050077022. The commodities in question are 10.103000 components for ammunition (.224-.355 caliber) valued at USD 909,270.00. A Barnaul Cartri [...] | 2008-02-26 03:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC RS KOMC |
08MOSCOW509 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Shelly Han, Senior Advisor, and Mr. Kyle Parker, Staff Advisor, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, from March 1-7. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970-4996 (cell); E [...] | 2008-02-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM RS |
08MOSCOW517 | MFA ON RUSSIAN-JORDANIAN TIES AND CHECHNYA [...] (C) MFA Jordan Desk Officer Andrey Vavilov explained that Jordan's position as a moderate Arab state, and the growing ties between Jordanians of Chechen descent and Chechnya contributed to Russian-Jordanian relations. Speaking to us following King Abdullah's February 11 Moscow visit, Vavilov [...] | 2008-02-26 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO RS |
08MOSCOW52 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN UPGRADES TO IRANIAN KVADRAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL ETTC PARM IR RS |
08MOSCOW520 | ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia is ready to do more to assist in stabilizing and rebuilding Afghanistan - a key area of overlapping Russian, U.S. and NATO interests. Absent concerted U.S. effort, however, Russian attempts to constructively engage with the Karzai government likely will continue to founde [...] | 2008-02-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL MASS RU AF |
08MOSCOW530 | NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: CHECHNYA BETTER, OTHERS [...] (C) Summary: While the security environment in Chechnya has stabilized sufficiently to allow the Danish Refugee Council to base its operations in Grozny, Ingushetiya and Dagestan are experiencing increased violence due to separatist and extremist activities, high unemployment rates, easy avai [...] | 2008-02-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PGOV ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW531 | RUSSIAN PRISONS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian prison system combines the country's emblematic features - vast distances, harsh climate, and an uncaring bureaucracy - and fuses them into a massive instrument of punishment. Russia imprisons a greater portion of its population than almost any other country in the world (s [...] | 2008-02-27 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TBIO RS |
08MOSCOW535 | CASE CONTINUES AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary: The slander case against "For Human Rights" Chairman Lev Ponomarev that was opened on February 22 continued to move forward the week of February 25 with Ponomarev called in for questioning on February 26 and case materials provided to Ponomarev's lawyer the same day. In conversa [...] | 2008-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR RS |
08MOSCOW536 | RUSSIA'S HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC GROWS STEADILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow, though not at the same fast pace that occurred in 2000-2002. Infections continue to be concentrated among injecting drug users, but the epidemic is also spreading through heterosexual sex, primarily among the partners of high risk gr [...] | 2008-02-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV TBIO SOCI SCUL RS |
08MOSCOW538 | KOZAK ON ECONOMIC DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak told the Ambassador that the GOR was committed to a policy of economic decentralization but that the pace would vary from region to region depending on local factors, above all local leadership. Kozak said different r [...] | 2008-02-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW539 | MEDVEDEV MENDS BELGRADE FENCES, AFFIRMS CONTINUITY [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of scandalous comments by a Russian TV commentator calling the assassination of former Serbian PM Djindjic "well-deserved," First Deputy PM Dmitriy Medvedev and FM Lavrov traveled to Belgrade on February 25 to mend fences, reiterate Russia's support for Serbian terri [...] | 2008-02-27 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR KV RS |
08MOSCOW54 | DEMARCHE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL AF IO |
08MOSCOW547 | RUSSIA AND TURKEY ENERGY COOPERATION: "NOTHING [...] (C) The Turkish Embassy told us February 22nd that while Russia is interested in expanding gas supplies to and through Turkey, as well as participating more broadly in Turkey's energy sector, there were no breakthroughs on energy cooperation as a result of Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan's Fe [...] | 2008-02-28 12:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW553 | TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL ON MEDVEDEV'S LEGITIMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Dismissing the March 2 presidential elections as preordained, Transparency International Director Yelena Panfilova nonetheless argued that the process accurately reflected Russia's political maturity and conferred the necessary legitimacy on First Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev. [...] | 2008-02-28 14:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW558 | MEDVEDEV AND RUSSIA'S NATIONAL PRIORITY PROJECTS [...] (C) President Putin's choice of Dmitry Medvedev as his successor has been cause for optimism among much of Russia's business elite, who point to Medvedev's calls for more economic freedom. However, Medvedev's public record provides little substance to support this rhetoric. In addition to hi [...] | 2008-02-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW559 | RUSSIAN OFFICIALS REPORT BETTER TREATMENT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: GOR officials, including Human Rights Ombudsman Lukin and three members of the Public Chamber visited former YUKOS Vice President Vasiliy Aleksanyan on February 21 in his room in a specialized Moscow hospital. They confirmed that Aleksanyan had initially been chained to his ho [...] | 2008-02-29 05:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW56 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's season for political surprises has ended. The country now looks set to continue Putin's domestic and foreign policies with the expected shift to Medvedev as President and Putin as Prime Minister this spring. The expected Putin-Medvedev team appears set to ensure conti [...] | 2008-01-10 17:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON OVIP PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW560 | RUSSIA DOES NOT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN [...] (C) In a February 28 meeting, MFA Counselor for Cuba and the Caribbean Victor Koronelli told us that Russia does not expect a significant change in bilateral relations with Cuba after the change in government. Koronelli said that the media had "overplayed the impact" of Casto's retirement an [...] | 2008-02-29 05:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU RS |
08MOSCOW561 | CIS INFORMAL SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. The uncertainty of Kosovo and the lure of meeting heir apparent Dmitriy Medvedev brought all 12 CIS leaders to Moscow for the February 21-22 CIS Informal Summit. While the MFA pitched a new seriousness in its approach to the CIS, Putin used the summit to introduce Medvedev and [...] | 2008-02-29 07:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS |
08MOSCOW564 | MEDVEDEV - AND PUTIN - DOMINATE MEDIA LEADING TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 10:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM KPAO RS |
08MOSCOW567 | RUSSIA'S SAMARA OBLAST - WHAT ELECTION? [...] (SBU) Summary: For most in Samara oblast, the coming Presidential election is a "non-event," with nearly all interlocutors seeing the campaign as already decided. Excepting the ubiquitous posters and banners calling for people to head to the polls this Saturday, there was little evidence in th [...] | 2008-02-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI |
08MOSCOW570 | RUSSIA UNSURE IF RESOLUTION ON DRC IS PROPER [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy on February 29, who said that he would report the information and notify the Russian UN Mission about the decision. Berezovskiy told us that Russia maintained its long-standing positio [...] | 2008-02-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW575 | RUSSIA MAKING PROGRESS ON BERLIN TB DECLARATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has made effective progress in implementing the Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB). The Russian Government's adoption of the Berlin Declaration confirmed Russia's political commitment to TB control. The GOR continues to focus its attention on TB control and treatme [...] | 2008-02-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL SOCI WHO RS |
08MOSCOW585 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS OFFER FEWER CHOICES [...] (SBU) Voters in 11 Russian regions will find fewer options on the ballot for their regional parliaments when they go to the polls March 2 in elections to be held concurrently with the selection of a new president. Following a trend that began with changes to the electoral legislation that requ [...] | 2008-02-29 15:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW586 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN KVADRAT UPGRADES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-01 06:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EETC IR PARM PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW587 | RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND [...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...] | 2008-03-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UP RS |
08MOSCOW589 | MEDVEDEV: WHAT HE SAYS, WHAT HE DOES [...] (C) Summary: During the two months that separate Dmitriy Medvedev's election March 2 from his inauguration, much will become clear about his power-sharing arrangement with outgoing President and incoming Prime Minister Putin. Following keynote speeches by Medvedev before fellow lawyers, civil [...] | 2008-03-01 13:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW591 | RUSSIAN COMMENTS ON USG VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT AND [...] (S) On February 27 we delivered reftel non-paper (Ref B) regarding U.S. views of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessments of Iran's activities to Alexander Trifimov of the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. 2. (S) Trifimov contended that Iran had been relati [...] | 2008-03-03 07:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA UNGA PREL IR RS |
08MOSCOW60 | RUSSIA STILL UNDECIDED ON HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW602 | MEDVEDEV WINS BIG; COMMUNISTS DO BETTER THAN [...] (C) Summary: With almost 99.5 percent of votes counted, Dmitriy Medvedev, Putin's choice as Russia's next president, has received a landslide 70.23 percent of the vote. His closest competitor was the Communists' Gennadiy Zyuganov with 17.76 percent. Late evening March 2, Medvedev appeared w [...] | 2008-03-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL RS |
08MOSCOW603 | MOSCOW'S REACTION TO POLITICAL UNREST IN ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary. The MFA issued a statement on March 3, expressing regret for the unrest in Armenia and support for Kocharian's efforts to reach a peaceful settlement. MFA officials characterized the February 19 presidential elections as free and fair, and told us that although Russia would con [...] | 2008-03-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM RS |
08MOSCOW604 | GOR ON GEORGIAN JOURNALISTS DETAINED IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) In a March 3 conversation, GOR Special Envoy to the Abkhazia conflict Vladislav Chernov took on board our request that Russia communicate to the Abkhaz leadership the need for restraint and speedy release of the Georgian journalists detained in Abkhazia, and welcomed U.S. efforts to lower [...] | 2008-03-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW605 | GAZPROM REDUCES GAS SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE BY 25% [...] (C) Gazprom announced on March 3rd that it had reduced gas supplies to Ukraine by 25% because of non-payment of debts. Gazprom contacts told us March 3rd that the decision was purely commercial and would not hamstring Ukraine economically but would send a "strong signal" that Ukraine must pay [...] | 2008-03-04 04:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW61 | GOR ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS AND BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) Summary. The GOR is watching closely the events in Georgia, and has been critical of the "hasty" stamp of approval given to the January 5 election by international organizations. It will continue to demand clarification of alleged election irregularities. Russian MFA officials stressed [...] | 2008-01-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW614 | INGUSHETIYA'S OPPOSITION: YEVLOYEV REMAINS IN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition to Ingushetiya President Murat Zyazikov is becoming bolder. Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the banned opposition "Ingushetiya.ru" internet site and the force behind the "I Did Not Vote" campaign after the December 2007 Duma elections, came out of hiding long enough to cha [...] | 2008-03-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW617 | UNMEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 04:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO |
08MOSCOW619 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PATRIARCH ALEKSEY II [...] (C) Summary: On March 4, the Ambassador met with the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Aleksey II. The Patriarch discussed the relations between the Orthodox Church and the government, and its growing social role. The Patriarch spoke of cooperative relations among the four "tradition [...] | 2008-03-05 09:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PINR KHIV RS |
08MOSCOW623 | GAZPROM CUTS GAS TO UKRAINE BY ANOTHER 25%; [...] (SBU) Gazprom has announced that as of 8:00 pm Moscow time on March 4th it had cut gas supplies to (not through) Ukraine by another 25%, bringing the total reduction of gas to Ukraine in the latest episode of its ongoing dispute (reftels) to 50%. Gazprom demands payment of some $600 million i [...] | 2008-03-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW624 | MFA REASSERTS SUPPORT FOR NATO MISSION IN [...] (C) In a March 5 conversation, Deputy Director of the MFA Second Asia Department Ali Mustafabeily dismissed as "ludicrous" possible statements made by Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Kabulov, who reportedly told the press he suspected that U.S. military aircraft were used to ship narcotics o [...] | 2008-03-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF RS |
08MOSCOW626 | RUSSIA ATTEMPTS TO FRAME KOSOVO DISCUSSION AS A [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to press the "illegality" of Kosovo's independence, EULEX, and the new International Steering Group for Kosovo, even as it observed that a "de facto" partition of Northern Kosovo was occurring as Russia had predicted. The Russian Duma will hold hearing [...] | 2008-03-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV SR RS |
08MOSCOW629 | THE END OF OLIGARCH POLITICS IN SAMARA [...] (SBU) As many expected, the appointment of Vladimir Artyakov as Governor of Samara region has ushered in a new era in regional politics in which previously influential oligarchic groups that had made substantial gains over the past few years are quickly being marginalized. The moves to manage [...] | 2008-03-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW630 | THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...] | 2008-03-06 11:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW635 | KASHIN PROTESTS, BUT NOT TO EMBASSY OR MFA [...] (SBU) Aleksandr Kashin, who was paralyzed from the chest down as a result of a 1998 traffic accident involving then Consul General in Vladivostok Douglas Kent, traveled to Moscow on March 3 where he reportedly continues a hunger strike, apparently initiated to draw attention to his plight and [...] | 2008-03-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KJUS |
08MOSCOW637 | GAS DISPUTE WITH UKRAINE RESOLVED, FOR NOW [...] (C) Gazprom restored full gas shipments to Ukraine March 6 in the wake of an agreement brokered by Presidents Putin and Yushchenko. However, all sides to the dispute as well as industry watchers believe that a long-term solution will prove elusive and more disputes may follow. ------------- [...] | 2008-03-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW638 | RUSSIA'S GLONASS: LOST IN SPACE [...] (SBU) In late 2007, First Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov trumpeted the launch of three new satellites that were to complete the GLONASS system's coverage of Russia and challenge GPS in the commercial navigation market. Soon after, however, news reports revealed that the system had serious flaws, [...] | 2008-03-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA PREL PARM TSPA RS |
08MOSCOW639 | SIDELINED DEMOCRATS SPECULATE ABOUT MEDVEDEV, [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Ambassador, three opposition politicians described some of their current difficulties, the prospects for cooperation among western-looking democratic forces, and the future under President Medvedev. The three --ex-PM Kasyanov, ex-Duma Deputy Ryzhkov, and [...] | 2008-03-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW64 | RUSSIA: WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] On January 9, 2008 post delivered reftel invitation from Secretary Rice for a Russian delegation to attend WIREC 2008 to the SIPDIS Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov. Invitation was sent through Mr. Igor Neverov, Director of the North America Department at the Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2008-01-14 10:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO RS |
08MOSCOW648 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR RS |
08MOSCOW649 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANNOUNCING THE U.S. SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OIC RS |
08MOSCOW655 | GOR PULLOUT FROM CIS SANCTIONS AGAINST ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 statement, the MFA announced that the GOR would no longer honor the CIS sanctions against Abkhazia. The statement justified the move by detailing the changed situation in Abkhazia since signing of the sanctions agreement in 1996. Consequently, the sanctions regime [...] | 2008-03-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW656 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SPECIAL [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Special Purpose Militia Unit, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed [...] | 2008-03-07 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW657 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ADVANCED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Advanced Technology Ltd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BI [...] | 2008-03-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW658 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IKI RAN SPACE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Space Research Institute, Moscow, [...] | 2008-03-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW660 | DETAINED YABLOKO LEADER'S CASE RAISED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW662 | RUSSIA SATISFIED WITH RESULTS OF BOSNIA PIC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. The MFA expressed satisfaction that the February 26-27 Bosnia Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting (ref A) had provided "a clear picture" of the benchmarks to be completed prior to the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),but stressed that Russia still wa [...] | 2008-03-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS |
08MOSCOW663 | RUSSIA SATISFIED WITH RESULTS OF BOSNIA PIC [...] (C) Summary. The MFA expressed satisfaction that the February 26-27 Bosnia Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting (ref A) had provided "a clear picture" of the benchmarks to be completed prior to the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),but stressed that Russia still wa [...] | 2008-03-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS |
08MOSCOW665 | DETAINED YABLOKO LEADER'S CASE RAISED [...] (SBU) On March 7, we raised our strong concern over the detention of St. Petersburg Yabloko leader Maksim Reznik with the Ombudsman's office and the Presidential Council on Human Rights. Ombudsman Secretariat Chief Natalia Mirza noted that she had yet to see the open letter sent to HR Ombudsm [...] | 2008-03-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW677 | NATO AND GOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Isabelle Francois, the Head of the NATO Information Office in Moscow, told us that NATO Deputy Secretary General Martin Erdmann used his February 28-29 SIPDIS visit to discuss deliverables for the NATO Summit in Bucharest, including: making training of Afghan counternarcotics [...] | 2008-03-11 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL |
08MOSCOW682 | RUSSIAN FASCINATION WITH U.S. ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Compared to Russia's recent presidential elections, Russian interest in the U.S. presidential elections is hard to miss here. Newspapers are filled with stories on the race and profiles of the leading candidates' views on U.S.-Russia relations. Polling data suggests that 63 per [...] | 2008-03-11 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW687 | KAZAN REMAINS TIED TO MOSCOW DESPITE TATARSTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite its unique status within the Russian Federation negotiated with the central government under Yeltsin in 1994 and again with Putin in 2007, Tatarstan is firmly part of Russia and seems set to remain so under Medvedev. President Mintimer Shamiyev is currently very much in [...] | 2008-03-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW688 | TATARSTAN VIES TO REMAIN LEADER OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Although its image as a center of Islam may have been tarnished somewhat during almost 70 years of obedience to Moscow during the Soviet period, the government of Tatarstan and the religious leadership there are now attempting to shore up their position as not only a leading for [...] | 2008-03-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINR RS |
08MOSCOW694 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IKI RAN SPACE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Space Research Institute, Moscow, [...] | 2008-03-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW701 | GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ABKHAZIA MILITARY [...] (C) All MFA Georgia handlers expressed surprise at the GOG's allegation that the GOR was providing military assistance to Abkhazia (ref B). MFA CIS Fourth Department Deputy Director Aleksey Pavlovskiy told us March 12 that he was hearing such news for the first time from us. Pavlovskiy went [...] | 2008-03-13 12:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW702 | RUSSIA CRIES FOUL OVER 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although press coverage of the 2007 Human Rights Report has been largely straightforward, the Russian MFA and several members of the State Duma have accused the U.S. of having double standards and a "Cold War" mentality. The head of the Helsinki Moscow Group defended the report [...] | 2008-03-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW703 | SPATE OF HATE CRIMES RESULTS IN WORDS BUT LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: A string of deadly hate crimes committed since the beginning of the year has alarmed NGOs and compelled Putin to speak out against xenophobia and nationalism. If the rate of fatalities resulting from hate crimes continues through the end of the year, the total number will be [...] | 2008-03-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SMIG RS |
08MOSCOW705 | RUSSIA AND ALGERIA SEEK CLOSER ECONOMIC TIES, [...] (C) Summary: President Bouteflika's February visit to Moscow focused on improving Russian-Algerian economic ties and not on Algerian complaints about the quality of MIG-29s purchased from Russia, according to Russian and Algerian diplomats. Neither side wanted the MIG issue to overshadow oth [...] | 2008-03-14 06:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG ETRD MARR AG RS |
08MOSCOW709 | ECONOMIC REFORMS UNDER MEDVEDEV--ANALYSTS' VIEWS [...] (C) The week following Medvedev's election we talked separately with four Moscow-based analysts about the prospects for market reforms under Medvedev: Renaissance Capital Managing Director Roland Nash; IMF Senior Resident Representative Neven Mates; consulting firm FBK's Director for Strategic [...] | 2008-03-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL RS |
08MOSCOW712 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IR RS |
08MOSCOW713 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR NEW SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AF RS |
08MOSCOW715 | GAZPROM AND UKRAINE AGREE ON 2008 PRICES, 2009 [...] (SBU) In what may be the last chapter in the Ukraine-Russia gas trade saga for this year, Gazprom announced a deal was reached on March 13 with Ukraine's NaftoHaz that sets prices for 2008 gas supplies. According to Gazprom, from March to December 2008, NaftoHaz will pay $179.50 per thousand [...] | 2008-03-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW716 | RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK DESPITE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ RS |
08MOSCOW717 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. EXPERTS FOR CFE [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Laurendeau, Donna Phelan, and Michael Q. Powell for the CFE Consultations from March 16-19, 2008. 2. Control Officer is Michael Kelleher, tel. 7-495-728-5311; 7-495-737-5065 (hm); 7-495-774-2573 (cell); E-mail is KelleherMJ@state.G [...] | 2008-03-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT PARM PREL KFCE RS |
08MOSCOW718 | PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL XX |
08MOSCOW721 | MERRIL LYNCH RUSSIA CEO DISMISSES LIKELIHOOD OF [...] (C) Former Central Bank First Deputy Chairman, and current CEO of Merrill Lynch in Russia, Sergei Aleksashenko told us he did not anticipate that President-elect Medvedev would implement any pro-market reforms. Medvedev would be too weak and dependent on Putin to make major changes and would [...] | 2008-03-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL RS |
08MOSCOW722 | RUE HEAD EXEMPLIFIES COMPANY'S LACK OF TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) As we reported in ref A, the latest deal reached by Gazprom and Ukraine's NaftoHaz regarding the turbulent Russia-Ukraine gas trade has left unanswered important questions. One of those is the future of intermediary RosUkrEnergo (RUE). RUE, 50% owned by Gazprom and 50% owned by Ukrainian [...] | 2008-03-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RU |
08MOSCOW725 | DFM KARASIN ON NATO MAP, BELARUS, GEORGIA, [...] Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin went to great lengths to emphasize the "disastrous consequences" of a NATO MAP offer for Georgia and Ukraine in Bucharest, warning (somewhat theatrically) that the U.S. and NATO had to choose between "peace and stability and anoth [...] | 2008-03-15 09:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW732 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL TALWAR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Puneet Talwar, Senior Professional Staff Member Senate Foreign Relations Committee, from March 19-22, 2008. 2. Control Officer is Dereck Hogan, tel. 7-495-728-5152; 7-495-728-5451 (hm); 7-495-970-4995 (cell); E-mail is HoganDJ@state.Gov. [...] | 2008-03-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH RS |
08MOSCOW74 | RUSSIA REPORT FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES PORTION OF 2007-2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. The tracked changes version of this report will be sent to individuals specified in reftel. Post's point of contact for this report is Economic Officer Clayton Hays (hayscp@state.gov). 2. (SBU) Russia's financial system does not attract a s [...] | 2008-01-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR RS |
08MOSCOW744 | LAVROV LINKS TIBET UNREST TO KOSOVO [...] Foreign Minister Lavrov linked the recent unrest in Tibet to Kosovo, telling the press that the violence in Lhasa had not occurred "by chance." In an interview published March 18 in Rossiskaya Gazeta, Lavrov used Tibet to demonstrate how Kosovo's independence had "already reverberated" among [...] | 2008-03-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL CH RS |
08MOSCOW747 | DAS KRAMER'S MEETINGS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Both governmental and non-governmental human rights figures offered DAS David Kramer March 16 their views on the state of human rights in Russia and prospects for improvement during a Medvedev presidency. They variously identified the state of the judiciary and law enforcement ( [...] | 2008-03-18 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW748 | ACTING U/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary: In a lively and wide-ranging March 17 meeting with Acting U/S Fried, DFM Karasin underscored the depth of Russian opposition to the "explosive Kosovo precedent" and NATO MAP for Ukraine and Georgia. Karasin claimed that public opinion in Russia toward the U.S. had sharpened and [...] | 2008-03-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW750 | RUSSIAN ECONOMIST PESSIMISTIC ABOUT CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Yevgeniy Gontmakher, Director of the Center for Social Politics and the Institute of Economy at the Russian Academy of Sciences, told us March 5 that the growth of Russia's middle class was stagnating despite rising incomes. He identified inflation, which for most Russians was twice the [...] | 2008-03-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW751 | THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...] | 2008-03-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW756 | RUSSIA'S BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW759 | ACTING U/S FRIED'S MARCH 17 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the 2 2 in Moscow March 17, Acting Undersecretary for Political Affairs Daniel Fried and Russian Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoliy Antonov led delegations in a long discussion of outstanding issues on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) [...] | 2008-03-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS |
08MOSCOW767 | RUSSIA LAUNCHES KYOTO PROTOCOL JOINT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG RS |
08MOSCOW768 | BP AND TNK-BP OFFICES RAIDED BY AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Russian authorities raided the offices of TNK-BP on the morning of March 19 and, later that day, the offices of BP Russia. TNK-BP VP for International Affairs, Amcit Shawn McCormick, told us late that night that the raid had been conducted by the FSB. McCormick and a contact at BP said th [...] | 2008-03-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW78 | EMERCOM: COOPERATION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) The Russian Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disasters (EMERCOM) and a U.S. delegation led by R. David Paulison, FEMA Administrator, met in St. Petersburg December 3-7. The purpose of the meeting, the twelfth in a series, was to review bilateral cooperation in emergenc [...] | 2008-01-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL SENV RS |
08MOSCOW780 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: RUSSIAN [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Russian Satellite Communication Company (R.S.C.C.),Moscow, Russia. [...] | 2008-03-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW783 | TWO-STEP REQUEST TO DEMARCHE KHARTOUM AND N'JAMENA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | CD CH FR LY PGOV PREL RS SU UK KPKO |
08MOSCOW784 | MFA REFUSES TO DISCUSS DOD REPORT ON CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP PREL PGOV TSPA CH |
08MOSCOW785 | UNSCR 1540 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EU KPAO PREL PTER UNSC JA |
08MOSCOW797 | TRANSFER OF HEU SAMPLE TO RUSSIA [...] (S) On March 24, we delivered to MFA reftel paper on logistics surrounding the transfer from the U.S. to Russia of the ten-gram HEU sample seized in Georgia in 2006. Mikhail Kondratenkov of the MFA Security and Disarmament told us he found it "a very interesting document." He expressed reli [...] | 2008-03-24 12:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP ASEC ENRG PTER MNUC AU GG RS |
08MOSCOW803 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION TO CONSULTATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC PREL RS XC |
08MOSCOW804 | RUSSIAN MEDIA NOT CONCERNED ABOUT BEING LABELED A [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Dan Russell for reason 1.4(d) 2. (U) Summary: The Russian Duma approved the second reading of the Strategic Sector draft law regulating foreign investment in 42 so-called "strategic sectors" -- including much of the media -- on March 21. If passe [...] | 2008-03-24 15:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM KPAO RS |
08MOSCOW805 | DUMA LINKS KOSOVO AND NATO MAP TO FROZEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG RS |
08MOSCOW806 | RUSSIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary. According to the head of the NATO section at the MFA, Putin's swan song at the NATO Summit in Bucharest was envisioned to be "constructive" and to call for more NATO-Russia cooperation, but recent U.S. statements of support for a Membership Action Plan offer for Ukraine and Georg [...] | 2008-03-25 04:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR PARM KCFE UP GG RS |
08MOSCOW812 | An Inside Look at a Russian Optical Disc Plant [...] (SBU) On March 18, Embassy and European Commission IPR officers and a representative of the Russian Anti-Piracy Organization (RAPO),toured a successful optical disc production plant, DVD Club - a producer of legitimate DVDs. RAPO has 24 hour access to the plant. Afterward, they discussed pir [...] | 2008-03-25 11:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR RS |
08MOSCOW813 | YOUNG RUSSIA TAKES AIM AT CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that the GOR should "correct" the situation faced by the un-registered Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology in Russia (COS),the COS has been under investigation by the Ministry of Internal Af [...] | 2008-03-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW815 | NEW WRINKLE ON INTERNATIONAL NGO REGISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has alleged that 43 international NGOs working here have been inappropriately registered as Russian NGOs, rather than as affiliates of international organizations. At a March 19 meeting, the FRS told representatives of 16 of the NGOs affect [...] | 2008-03-25 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW816 | UPDATE ON GOR INVESTIGATION OF TNK-BP [...] (C) Pressure on TNK-BP appeared to mount with the announcement that Russia's environmental watchdog was beginning an investigation of the company, fueling further speculation that the government was attempting to hasten and cheapen the transfer of the Russian-owned half of the company to Gazpr [...] | 2008-03-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW817 | MOSCOW UNDERSTANDS IRANIAN AMBITIONS, SAY RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a recent round of meetings, prominent Russian analysts argued that Russia's long history of dealing with Iran and its willing understanding of Iran's ambitions to be a great power in the Middle East and wider Islamic world are two important factors in appreciating the GOR appr [...] | 2008-03-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR RS |
08MOSCOW818 | CONSTITUENCY FOR CHANGE? OBSERVERS HOPEFUL AS [...] (C) Summary: As candidate Medvedev transitions into "President-elect" Medvedev, commentators have begun to speak with increasing frequency about political support for a reform agenda, not only the expected backing from the "liberal" economic elite, but also more broadly amongst Russia's business le [...] | 2008-03-25 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM RS |
08MOSCOW820 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: RUSSIA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] (SBU) Following is the text of a Russian non-paper FM Lavrov passed to the Secretary on the margins of recent 2 plus 2 talks. English text below is as presented by the GOR. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Pursuant to the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, we have been workin [...] | 2008-03-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW821 | DUMA PASSES STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, the State Duma passed the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL) in its second reading, clearing a path for President Putin to sign the law that will regulate foreign investment into Russia's "strategic sectors." The version passed by the Duma increases the number of sectors [...] | 2008-03-26 05:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EPET RS |
08MOSCOW829 | PROBLEMS FOR TOLERANCE SUPPORT FOUNDATION IN [...] (C) On March 20, law enforcement officials in Nizhniy Novgorod raided the offices of the Fund in Support of Tolerance (FST),the successor organization to the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) and confiscated the organization's computers. At the same time, in what appeared a well-or [...] | 2008-03-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW831 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ATLANTIS [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Atlantis Communications, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BI [...] | 2008-03-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW832 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSC [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, JSC Upravlyaushaya Communal Company, Novy Urengoy, Russia. [...] | 2008-03-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW833 | RUSSIA-UZBEKISTAN RELATIONSHIP COMPLEX BUT GROWING [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Karimov's February visit, MFA officials and outside experts agree that Uzbekistan remains a priority, if difficult, partner for Russia. MFA officials stress Russia does not oppose the U.S. use of the Termez airbase in Uzbekistan, given the shared goal of a stable [...] | 2008-03-27 04:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MASS PGOV PINS PREL |
08MOSCOW848 | DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...] | 2008-03-28 08:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP |
08MOSCOW854 | RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC UPTURN MAY BE SHORT-LIVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's demographic results continued to improve in 2007. Overall births increased by 8.5 percent, deaths declined by four percent, and a surge in migration helped to offset much of the natural population decline. The overall population stood at 142 million as of January 1, 2 [...] | 2008-03-28 11:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW857 | RUSSIA CONCERNED POLITICS UNDERCUTS PAKISTANI [...] (C) Summary: Russia is concerned that Pakistan's new coalition government will fail to aggressively pursue Islamic extremists. MFA observers lament the diminished influence of Musharraf, Russia's preferred Pakistani leader, and hope that he could make a comeback if a new government comes to p [...] | 2008-03-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK RS |
08MOSCOW859 | RUSSIAN DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL NAZAROV ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with SFRC Staff Member Puneet Talwar and DCM, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Nazarov praised P5 1 unity on Iran, but argued that SIPDIS a lack of a roadmap, the failure to lay out positive inducements for Iranian action, over-reliance on sanct [...] | 2008-03-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNDP RS IR |
08MOSCOW86 | DEMARCHE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL AF IO |
08MOSCOW860 | INFO ON U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MANPADS THREAT REDUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM |
08MOSCOW861 | THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE IN THE JUST RUSSIA PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Four Duma deputies from the left-leaning, Kremlin-sponsored Just Russia party offered us assessments of their party in Russia's fifth Duma, which convened in January after the December 2 parliamentary elections. As expected, Just Russia has found it difficult to have an impact on [...] | 2008-03-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS |
08MOSCOW864 | WHAT'S BEHIND THE RAIDS ON TNK-BP AND BP REF: A. MOSCOW 816 B. MOSCOW 768 C. 07 MOSCOW 3054 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW865 | SERDYUKOV VS. BALUYEVSKIY: DISCORD IN THE MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary. Tensions within the Ministry of Defense erupted in the press the week of March 24, with reports that Chief of the General Staff Baluyevskiy had submitted his latest letter of resignation, and that the General Staff was unhappy with Defense Minister Serdyukov's "intrusion" into mi [...] | 2008-03-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS |
08MOSCOW866 | EXPERT VIEWS: MEDVEDEV'S REFORM PROSPECTS SLIM; [...] (C) A swelling number of experts has low expectations that the Medvedev administration will pursue pro-market reforms. In separate conversations the week of March 17, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition (aka the Gaidar Institute) Sergei Sinelnikov and Alfa Bank Chi [...] | 2008-03-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW867 | GOR NOTIFIED OF MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 06:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH JA RU FR AU KS UK |
08MOSCOW870 | ROSATOM TRANSITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The transition of the Federal Atomic Energy Agency to the Rosatom State Corporation is moving forward. The uncertainty surrounding the retention of staff has brought anxiety and bureaucratic paralysis as employees wait to learn their fate in the new organization. End Summary. [...] | 2008-03-31 06:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PREL PARM RS |
08MOSCOW875 | MEDVEDEV'S ECONOMIC THINK TANK: INSTITUTE FOR [...] (C) On March 18, President-elect Medvedev participated in the opening seminar of the Institute for Contemporary Development, the economic think tank that many observers say will become the brain trust for Medvedev's economic policies. Press reports have compared Medvedev's endorsement of the [...] | 2008-03-31 11:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW882 | NO PUTIN-VORONIN DEAL ON TRANSNISTRIA, SAYS GOR [...] (C) Both MFA Transnistria negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin and Second CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin denied an impending Putin - Voronin deal to resolving the Transnistria conflict (reftel). On March 27, Nesterushkin told us that there was no change in the GOR position: without the two [...] | 2008-03-31 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS OSCE MD RS |
08MOSCOW883 | GOR REACTION TO LUKASHENKO: U.S. REDUCTION "UNWISE" [...] (C) MFA Second CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin told us March 31 that the GOB did not consult with the GOR about its move and PM Zubkov, during his March 21 visit to Minsk, was briefed on the developments after the fact and was "asked to understand" the GOB's action. Sorokin maintained [...] | 2008-03-31 14:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BO RS |
08MOSCOW884 | RUSSIA ASKS FOR A "STRAIGHT ANSWER" ON AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov called in Poloff on March 31 to tell us Russia sought a "straight answer" from the U.S. on whether there was interest in the Russian offer to provide military aid to Afghanistan (refs). He said that while the GOR has dealt bilaterally with Afghanist [...] | 2008-03-31 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR AF RS |
08MOSCOW893 | STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW: REIMAN DEFEATS ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE [...] (SBU) Communications Minister Reiman beat back an attempt to include all telecommunications, including the internet and mobile phones, as a "strategic sector" under the draft Strategic Sectors Law now making its way through the Duma. The FSB was apparently behind the broad definition. Reiman [...] | 2008-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECON TINT ECPS RS |
08MOSCOW910 | RUSSIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO IN LEAD-UP TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Summary: MFA Special Envoy for Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko told us that Putin will reiterate Russian opposition to Kosovo's independence in Bucharest, but the issue is not expected to feature prominently, including during the President's visit April 5-6 visit to Sochi. The GOR will contin [...] | 2008-04-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID RU |
08MOSCOW911 | RUSSIA-UKRAINE: NATO AND HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov, during his April 2 address to the Duma, characterized NATO enlargement as "artificial and unnecessary," while arguing that NATO members could no longer solve important tasks without Russia's help. While the Duma held a special hearing on the friendship agreement with [...] | 2008-04-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
08MOSCOW912 | (C) LUKOIL TELLS AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD IRAQ CAN'T [...] (S) Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov told Ambassador Satterfield April 2nd that production sharing agreements (PSAs) are a prerequisite to multi-billion investments needed to modernize Iraq's oil infrastructure and develop fields. Alekperov indicated that Lukoil may still be willing to work in [...] | 2008-04-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW913 | MOSCOW HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON MEDVEDEV, CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: Seven prominent Moscow-based human rights activists offered Ambassador April 1 their expectations for a Medvedev presidency, and their perspectives on the current human rights climate in Russia. The group was skeptical that much would change after Medvedev's May 7 inauguration, a [...] | 2008-04-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW914 | LIBERALS ON LIFE UNDER MEDVEDEV, THE NATO SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, traditional SPS patron and UES Chairman Chubais, beleaguered Yabloko Chairman Yavlinskiy, and radio station Ekho Moskvy Editor Venediktov described a MAP for Ukraine as a "major strategic mistake," but thought that Putin's intention in Bucharest re [...] | 2008-04-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW916 | CONTINUED PRESSURE ON NATIONAL BOLSHEVIKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Eduard Limonov's outlawed National Bolshevik Party (NBP) has been frequently in the news recently as a series of relatively high-profile court cases have resulted in the jail sentences for young NBP activists. On March 24, a Moscow court sentenced seven NBP activists to up to [...] | 2008-04-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW918 | Russia's Plan for Long-Term Socio-Economic Development [...] (U) The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) released its program for Russia's socio-economic development through 2020. The policy document, expected to be finalized in May, outlines the GOR's plans for economic diversification away from present levels of reliance on natural res [...] | 2008-04-03 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON RS |
08MOSCOW924 | MORE VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) In a series of meetings March 20, NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick and the Economic Minister Counselor solicited the views of a variety of Russian interlocutors on the prospects for economic reform under President-elect Medvedev. From those meetings, we offer three disparate but represent [...] | 2008-04-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL RS |
08MOSCOW927 | JOINT DECLARATION FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NONPROLIFERATION: [...] (SBU) On April 3, we delivered reftel letter from Ambassador Jackie Wolcott on the Joint Declaration for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation to Mikhail Kondratenkov, MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Kondratenkov said he would convey the letter immediately to Ambassador Berd [...] | 2008-04-04 03:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC KNNP PREL PARM TRGY RS |
08MOSCOW932 | SOLZHENITSYN AND METROPOLITAN KIRILL ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations recently, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Metropolitan Kirill criticized the decision to recognize Kosovo's independence and sharply condemned plans for Ukraine to move closer to NATO. Solzhenitsyn, who is partially paralyzed by a stroke, but remains alert and very [...] | 2008-04-04 06:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW937 | RUSSIAN ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVES VS. CONSERVATIVES: [...] (C) The GOR's resolution of April 1 to authorize deposits of so-called "temporarily available budget funds" into commercial bank accounts is not being uniformly welcomed by policy makers. During an April 2 conference hosted by the Association of Russian Banks (ARB),representatives of Russia [...] | 2008-04-04 11:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON RS |
08MOSCOW944 | RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONS: WAITING FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary. With the GOJ's abortive efforts to stage a summit before the end of the Putin presidency behind it, both Moscow Japan handlers and the Japanese Embassy say that the GOJ is waiting for the new Russian president to take the reins before trying again. GOR officials and analysts be [...] | 2008-04-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA RS |
08MOSCOW945 | SIX COUNTRIES AND USG UNITE TO FIGHT CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: From March 10 to March 14, 2008, delegates from Georgia, Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova and Kazakhstan, accompanied by Department of Justice (DOJ) Resident Legal Advisors (RLA) and Embassy representatives met in Chisinau, Moldova, to participate in a DOJ sponsored regional c [...] | 2008-04-07 06:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SMIG KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC RS MD |
08MOSCOW954 | KERENSKY-ERA CLAIMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED MARCH 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 07:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS |
08MOSCOW955 | DFM SALTANOV DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with DFM Saltanov in Moscow April 2, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Russia to encourage Iraq's neighbors to play a greater role in helping to stabilize the country, noting that Iraq was important for [...] | 2008-04-08 07:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EPET ENRG IR IZ RS |
08MOSCOW956 | RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...] | 2008-04-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ RS |
08MOSCOW957 | RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND [...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...] | 2008-04-08 07:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ RS |
08MOSCOW962 | RUSSIA'S REACTION TO SAAKASHVILI'S NEW ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. The Russians have taken a dim view of Saakashvili's new Abkhazia proposal, dismissing it as a political maneuver designed to make Georgia look better in Bucharest. In their view, the rollout to the international community rather than to the Abkhaz speaks for itself about the in [...] | 2008-04-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
08MOSCOW963 | KERENSKY-ERA CLAIMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED MARCH 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 12:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS |
08MOSCOW965 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On April 8, we delivered reftel inquiries regarding the Estonian Prime Minister's idea to draft a three-way editorial on the importance of international cooperation to combat nuclear proliferation to Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov, MFA Department on New Challenges and Threats. Pro [...] | 2008-04-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL ET RS |
08MOSCOW970 | GOR PROMOTES "INNOVATION ECONOMY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia continues to promote innovation as a means to harness its scientific expertise and diversify its economy beyond oil and gas exports. The Federation Council and Duma recently held hearings on stimulating innovation. The GOR also promoted innovation through sponsorship of [...] | 2008-04-09 05:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL ECON EINT ETRD TNGD IR RS |
08MOSCOW973 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Optolink Ltd., Zelenograd, Moscow Region, Russia. The co [...] | 2008-04-09 11:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW976 | GAZPROM OFFICIAL SEES NO END SOON TO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Gazprom's International Affairs Director Ivan Zolotov believes an agreement with Ukraine on 2009 gas prices is unlikely before December and complained about its refusal to agree to the long-term contract Gazprom seeks. He claimed Gazprom is flexible on all provisions, including the elimin [...] | 2008-04-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
08MOSCOW988 | GOR HOPEFUL FOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) GOR Special Envoy for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin told us April 10 that since the April 7 Voronin - Smirnov telephone conversation where the two agreed to meet, the atmosphere has taken a dramatically positive turn. He expected the April 14-16 meeting in Odessa would be [...] | 2008-04-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OSCE MD RS |
08MOSCOW989 | RAID ON OFFICES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES LIKELY A [...] (C) Summary: A late-night raid on the offices housing well-known human rights figures, Karina Moskalenko and Lev Ponomarev, was likely an attempt to seize property in a desirable part of Moscow. The description of events fits an increasingly common phenomenon in Moscow of wealthy Russians hi [...] | 2008-04-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW990 | YOUNG YABLOKO LEADER IVAN BOLSHAKOV DETAINED AND [...] (C) Summary: Ivan Bolshakov, leader of the Moscow branch of Young Yabloko, was detained by police on April 8 for four hours. He was questioned about his alleged assault on a policeman in May 2007, an incident he had been questioned on before without any criminal case filed against him. He wa [...] | 2008-04-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW991 | CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY MOSCOW CENTER LOSES ITS LEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative from the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology (COS) informed us that the lease for its center next to the Bauman State Technical University was not renewed and that the organization must vacate the premises by May 15. The COS representative said that the [...] | 2008-04-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW997 | RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC PROGRESSIVES VS. CONSERVATIVES, [...] (C) Disagreement between Trade Minister Nabuillina and Finance Ministry Kudrin over the right economic prescription - promote growth or control inflation - came into the open at an April 1 conference at the Higher School of Economics. Nabiullina dismissed Kudrin's concern about inflation, cal [...] | 2008-04-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW999 | DEMARCHES ON IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EUN IZ IR RS |
08MUMBAI113 | CODEL PELOSI HEARS FROM INDIAN INDUSTRIALISTS THAT MARKET [...] (U) Summary: In an open and wide-ranging discussion, India's leading businessmen told Speaker Pelosi and her delegation that they prefer market incentives rather than tax policy to promote environmentally-friendly technology. They also stressed that, given high energy prices, large Indian c [...] | 2008-03-27 10:28:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV ENRG TSPL ETRD IN |
08MUMBAI136 | MUMBAI MASALA APRIL 14, 2007: SEBI OPENS DIRECT MARKET [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. -- SEBI Ushers in Direct Market Access for Institutional Investors -- Confederation of Indian Industries Annual Conference in Mumbai -- Supreme Court Hearing Draws Attention to Controversial Salwa Judum Movement in Chhattisgarh [...] | 2008-04-14 06:55:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PHUM PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI189 | SARAN ASKS INDIAN INDUSTRY TO COMMIT TO A LOW CARBON ECONOMY [...] Summary: In a tough speech to Indian industry in Mumbai, Special Envoy for Climate Change Shyam Saran stated that the Indian government would resist calls for uniform standards for carbon emission reductions. Any global deal would have to take into account a country's relative development, a [...] | 2008-05-02 10:52:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
08MUMBAI244 | STATE-OWNED OIL MARKETING COMPANIES LEFT WITH FEW CHOICES AS [...] (U) The three state-owned integrated oil refining and marketing companies (OMCs) have been hit by a triple whammy -- spiraling crude oil prices of over USD 120 a barrel, the depreciating rupee via-a-vis the dollar, and a higher inflation rate of over 7 percent. These three factors have widen [...] | 2008-05-29 13:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON IN |
08MUMBAI246 | BABY STEPS: EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWING NORMS AND DEBT [...] (U) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Ministry of Finance (MoF) relaxed norms on external commercial borrowings (ECBs) on May 30. The announcement relaxed restrictions in three distinct areas. First, the limit on borrowings by companies for rupee expenditures was raised from USD 20 millio [...] | 2008-05-30 12:13:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD EINV IN |
08MUMBAI284 | MAHARASHTRA AG-EXPERTS AGREE THAT INDIAN FARMERS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, a senior Foreign Agriculture Service official met with agricultural experts in Maharashtra to discuss rising global food prices and the impact on farmers of the food exports ban. There was a general consensus that the export ban harmed local farmers but that the go [...] | 2008-06-13 10:13:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON IN |
08MUMBAI29 | BILKIS BANO VERDICT - A MUMBAI COURT HANDS OUT SENTENCES IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 21, 2008, a special court in Mumbai convicted 12 Hindu men for their roles in the rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her relatives during the Gujarat riots of 2002. The court sentenced 11 of 19 accused men to life in prison on rape and murder charges and one polic [...] | 2008-01-30 12:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL IN |
08MUMBAI304 | INDIAN PLANNING COMMISSION COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL REFORMS [...] Summary: In August 2007, the Planning Commission constituted a high-level Committee on Financial Sector Reforms (CFSR) to outline a comprehensive agenda for the evolution of the Indian financial sector. The Committee compiled its findings and suggestions in a draft report and put it up for di [...] | 2008-06-26 14:02:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN TRSY IN |
08MUMBAI321 | INFLATION, INTEREST RATES, AND GROWTH IN INDIA [...] Summary: In recent weeks, the Reserve Bank of India has raised the main monetary policy rate over 75 basis points in order to fight rising inflation. At the same time, India's main stock market indicator, the Sensex, has continued its slide, and is now almost 38 percent off its January 2008 p [...] | 2008-07-03 14:01:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET TRSY IN |
08MUMBAI339 | MUMBAI MASALA JUL 16, 2008: GUJARATI MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Gujarat Liberal Muslim Leader Says that State's Muslims are Progressing Despite Neglect from State Government - Gujarat reports an Increase in Female Births - Amarnath Shrine Protests Turn Violent in Indore, Madhya Pradesh Liberal Gujarat Muslim Leader Says tha [...] | 2008-07-16 06:03:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM KWMN IN |
08MUMBAI340 | CARBON CREDITS SUFFICIENT BUT NOT NECESSARY FOR SUSTAINING [...] Summary. (SBU) Despite the risk and uncertainty of qualifying for carbon credits (see ref A),Indian businesses have pumped USD 25 billion into unilaterally developing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to generate carbon credits. In discussions with ConGenoff and visiting analysts f [...] | 2008-07-16 06:44:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA IN |
08MUMBAI359 | MUMBAI MASALA JULY 25, 2008: AGITATION IN GUJARAT, RBI TALKS [...] (U) Table of Contents: -Agitation Against Hindu Spiritual Leader in Gujarat Turns Violent -RBI Talks about Financial Inclusion Developments -Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission Describes Its Efforts AGITATION AGAINST HINDU SPIRITUAL LEADER IN GUJARAT TURNS VIOLENT --- [...] | 2008-07-25 05:20:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON EFIN PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI364 | MUMBAI ON HIGH ALERT AS AHMEDABAD RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Following serial blasts in two major cities on July 25 (Bangalore) and July 26 (Ahmedabad),India's commercial capital Mumbai will continue to remain on high alert until at least Indian Independence Day on August 15. In the meantime, life is returning to normal in Ahmedabad and [...] | 2008-07-28 11:28:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV ECON PK IN |
08MUMBAI365 | MUMBAI EAC MEETING AND AHMEDABAD BLAST UPDATE [...] (U) American Consulate General Mumbai's Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the July 26, 2008 bombings in Ahmedabad, India. Since the initial attack on July 26, 2008 up to fifteen improvised explosive devices have been found and safely disarmed by police bomb squad personnel. EAC Mumbai [...] | 2008-07-29 11:04:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI367 | R VISAS -- FRAUD IN THE NAME OF GOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post Mumbai detects significant fraud among applicants for Religious Worker (R-1) visas. Mumbai refused nearly 52% of all applicants seeking R-1 religious worker visas in CY 2007. Following aggressive FPU investigations in Gujarat and Maharashtra States, CY2008 R-1 visa refu [...] | 2008-07-29 14:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS SOCI KCRM KFRD IN |
08MUMBAI369 | TWO INSURANCE COMPANIES SAY INDUSTRY IS APPROACHING A SHORT [...] (U) Summary: The insurance industry, one of the success stories of India's financial sector liberalization, maybe reaching a short-term growth limit. According to industry executives, the reason for this upcoming slowdown is not lower demand, but limited capital due to the 26% limit plac [...] | 2008-07-30 07:26:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI40 | REGIONAL LEADER RAJ THACKERAY TARGETS NORTH INDIANS AND [...] (U) Summary: Irresponsible statements by Abu Asim Azmi of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and inflammatory responses by Raj Thackeray, the founder of Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS),resulted in minor violence against several North Indian migrants in Mumbai on February 3 and 4. Media pundits were [...] | 2008-02-06 11:45:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV PINR IN |
08MUMBAI436 | MUMBAI ECON MASALA: CURRENCY FUTURES, CREDIT CARDS AND REAL [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Currency Futures Trading in India - Are Banks Feeling the Pinch from the New Restrictions on Credit Cards? - Real Estate: New Entrants May Find the Market Tough Currency Futures trading in India --------------------------------- 2. (U) On 6th August, the Res [...] | 2008-09-09 10:21:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IN |
08MUMBAI46 | INDIAN IT AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH [...] (U) This cable is classified as sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: India's two largest foreign exchange earners - the textile and IT industries -- are struggling to adjust to the appreciation of the Indian rupee against the dollar. However, in a series o [...] | 2008-02-11 11:12:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD IN |
08MUMBAI463 | SUZLON POWERS CAPACITY BUILDING IN WIND ENERGY IN INDIA BUT [...] (U) Suzlon Energy, which accounts for nearly 50 percent of the India's installed wind-power generating capacity, told Congenoffs that wind power's potential in India is far greater than Government of India estimations. Company boosters claimed that Suzlon has "popularized" wind energy in Indi [...] | 2008-09-24 07:07:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EINV EFIN EIND PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI469 | INDIA'S LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS CHANGING RAPIDLY AS IT [...] (U) Summary: Life insurance is a fast-growing industry in India and could be a source of much needed long-term financing. Most observers believe that the Indian Parliament will fail to pass a bill that would increase the equity limit of foreign investment in the insurance industry before the [...] | 2008-09-29 05:25:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI480 | MAHARASHTRA SEED COMPANIES CLAIM THAT GM CROPS ARE [...] (U) Maharashtra-based seed companies told Congenoffs that Bt-cotton seeds are "beneficial" to farmers and "necessary" to raise the yield of cotton. They also stated that despite being more expensive, the use of Bt-cotton seeds results in considerable savings to the farmers due to reduced pest [...] | 2008-10-08 11:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EINV ECON IN |
08MUMBAI491 | DOW CONTINUES TO RUN THE GAMUT OF INDIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 1 Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Vilasrao Deshmukh ordered a halt to construction of the Dow Chemical Company's Research and Development facility near Pune until a commission can review Dow's plans. The CM ordered this halt to defuse broadening protests against the constr [...] | 2008-10-15 04:31:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EIND ECON PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI500 | TEST CABLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 04:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EFIN EINV ECON IN |
08MUMBAI505 | RAJ THACKERAY ARRESTED; MUMBAI EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 21, [...] (SBU) Summary: American Consulate General Mumbai Emergency Action Committee met on Oct 21, 2008 to discuss the arrest of Raj Thackeray, founder and president of the pro-Marathi Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Party. The arrest occurred early morning Oct 21st at Ratnagiri in South Maharashtra [...] | 2008-10-21 11:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC IN PREL PGOV PHUM |
08MUMBAI513 | RAJ THACKERAY OUT ON BAIL, GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA PLANS [...] (U) Summary: Facing multiple criminal charges across Maharashtra stemming from October 19 attacks against North Indian candidates for the Indian Railway exam by his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supporters, Raj Thackeray appealed to the Sessions Court and was granted preemptory bail and an order [...] | 2008-10-27 10:01:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08MUMBAI515 | MORE VIOLENCE INVOLVING NORTH INDIANS IN MAHARASHTRA [...] (U) Summary: Two north Indian youth were killed in Maharashtra over the past two days in unrelated incidents. Police are concerned about public safety during the November 4 north Indian festival in Mumbai. End Summary 2. (U) Mumbai police killed Rahul Raj, a youth from Bihar, on October [...] | 2008-10-29 10:58:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IN ASEC |
08MUMBAI518 | WEB OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN MALAGAON BOMBING COVERS THREE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Maharashtra State Police Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested five people and charged them with murder and other related crimes in connection with the 2008 bombings in Malegaon, Maharashtra that killed six and wounded 89 others. The accused were picked up in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat [...] | 2008-10-31 08:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF IN ASEC PTER PGOV |
08MUMBAI525 | STATE ELECTIONS IN CHHATTISGARH AND MADHYA PRADESH: PARTIES [...] (U) Summary: In November and December 2008, state elections will be held in six out of 29 Indian states. This round of polling is widely perceived as a "semi-final" before the national elections, which are due before May 2009. In Consulate Mumbai's consular district, Chhattisgarh and Madhya [...] | 2008-11-07 03:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI531 | STATE ELECTIONS IN CHHATTISGARH AND MADHYA PRADESH: PARTIES [...] (U) Summary: In November and December 2008, state elections will be held in six out of 29 Indian states. This round of polling is widely perceived as a "semi-final" before the national elections, which are due before May 2009. In Consulate Mumbai's consular district, Chhattisgarh and Madhya [...] | 2008-11-12 09:39:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IN SOCI |
08MUMBAI539 | MUMBAI MASALA FROM PUNE: CUMMINS BUILDS A GREEN FACTORY, [...] (U) Table of Contents: - Cummins Builds India's first "Green" Factory - Praj Industries Researches Non-edible Food Crops as an Energy Source - Kalyani of Bharat Forge Reviews U.S.-India CEO Forum - MNS Agitation Against Non-Maharashtrians Delays Construction Activity in Pune Cummins Bui [...] | 2008-11-19 11:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EFIN EIND PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI541 | GOA SEES SOME PROGRESS IN FIGHTING SEX TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary: In a series of recent meetings in Goa, interlocutors told Congenoff that the enactment of the Child Rights Act and the demolition of the red light district in 2005 have helped to reduce the visibility of the problem of sex trafficking in Goa. Social activists in Goa also report [...] | 2008-11-21 09:30:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN KFRD PHUM SMIG ELAB IN |
08MUMBAI544 | GOANS EXPLAIN DECISION TO SCRAP SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES [...] Summary: In early 2008, the Government of Goa scrapped plans to construct Special Economic Zones (SEZ) after months of protest from various local stakeholders. On a recent visit to Goa, political, religious, and business leaders in Goa described the cancellation of the SEZs in much the same wa [...] | 2008-11-25 12:44:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV PGOV SOCI IN |
08MUMBAI545 | TERRORISTS LAUNCH COORDINATED ATTACKS THROUGHOUT MUMBAI [...] Summary. Beginning at about 9:30 pm local time on November 26, an unconfirmed number of terrorists launched coordinated attacks on at least five of South Mumbai's key hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and rail stations. Currently, at least 100 people are reported dead, of which at least six ar [...] | 2008-11-27 08:34:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PTER IN |
08MUMBAI546 | (SITREP 2) MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS: SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) An RSO team has visited both the Trident/Oberoi Hotel and Nariman (Chabad) House, where two of the three hostage standoffs continue. According to RSO investigators at the Trident/Oberoi, the Ministry of Home Affairs paramilitary force, the National Security Guards (NSG) have cleared the [...] | 2008-11-27 12:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI547 | SITREP 3: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES PREPARE [...] (SBU) At 5 pm, the Consul General, A/RSO, and Acting PAO visited the Oberoi/Trident, Taj Palace Hotel, and Nariman (Chabad) House sites to gauge the response and strategy of the paramilitary and police forces in dealing with the hostage situations. Despite an army and police cordon, the CG's [...] | 2008-11-27 19:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI548 | SITREP 4: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES BEGIN [...] (SBU) As of 12 pm, operations continue at all three hostage sites: the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Trident/Oberoi hotels and Nariman (Chabad) House. National Security Guard (NSG)forces have continued clearing operations at both hotels, though an unidentified number of terrorists are still pres [...] | 2008-11-28 08:28:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI550 | SITREP 6: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT TAJ; 5 AMCITS CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 22:12:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08MUMBAI551 | SITREP #7: AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 HOURS, ALL [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault during the night. (Operations at Nariman House had ended around midnight on Friday/Saturd [...] | 2008-11-29 06:34:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI552 | SITREP #7 (CORRECTED): AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault at the Taj Mahal Hotel that ended in the morning. (Operations at Nariman House had ended [...] | 2008-11-29 09:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN |
08MUMBAI553 | SITREP #8: CLEAN-UP CONTINUES AT TAJ; CITY BEGINS TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Since the ending of tactical operations at the Taj Palace Hotel by National Security Guard (NSG) forces, access to the Taj Hotel has been slow. Police told RSO teams at the hotel that there is still unexploded ordinance in the hotel. There were several explosions in the hotel as late as [...] | 2008-11-29 11:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN |
08MUMBAI554 | MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN TO NORMALCY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...] | 2008-11-30 08:38:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI555 | CORRECTED COPY: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...] | 2008-11-30 08:56:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI559 | INDIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLIERS ARE EAGER TO GLOBALIZE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In series of recent meetings in Mumbai, including with the delegation led by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein, Indian private-sector nuclear energy equipment and service suppliers expressed enthusiasm about the opportunities awaiting them now that the U.S.- [...] | 2008-12-01 13:46:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON IN PREL |
08MUMBAI560 | MAHARASHTRA STATE LEADER RESIGNS, RECRIMINATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the call of his "inner voice," the Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister, R.R. Patil of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has resigned from the Maharashtra state government. The press speculates that Congress Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh might be the next to go [...] | 2008-12-01 14:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN |
08MUMBAI566 | PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE OF SMALL AND BIG RETAIL DEBATED AT A [...] (U) Summary: At a Mumbai conference on the retail sector in India, proponents and opponents of foreign and corporate investment in retail debated the future of small and big retail. Much of the discussion centered around the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations' ( [...] | 2008-12-02 11:25:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN |
08MUMBAI567 | CHHATTISGARH ELECTIONS: BJP CONFIDENT OF FORMING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian state of Chhattisgarh went to the polls on November 14 and 20. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made wholesale changes to its roster, throwing out a majority of its sitting legislators to avoid anti-incumbency. It has high-lighted its anti-Maoist security [...] | 2008-12-03 12:04:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON KDEM PHUM IN |
08MUMBAI569 | INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE GRAPPLES WITH NEW REALITIES [...] (U) Summary. The global credit crisis has hit infrastructure finance in India, making it difficult for financiers and development companies to raise funds to start or continue projects. While slow execution, regulatory uncertainty, high commodity prices, and investment barriers have slowed [...] | 2008-12-05 07:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IN |
08MUMBAI572 | ELECTION IN MADHYA PRADESH: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS DIM [...] (U) Summary: Voters went to the polls in Madhya Pradesh (MP) on November 27, just 12 hours after terrorists launched a series of coordinated attacks on Mumbai. Though the Congress Party's internal calculations on the day prior to polls showed that both the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party(BJ [...] | 2008-12-05 12:46:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM ECON IN |
08MUMBAI573 | INDIAN ECONOMY REELING FROM EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, NOT [...] (SBU) Summary. Market participants and corporate representatives tell Congenoffs that the Mumbai terrorist attacks may have a modest, short-term impact on markets and economic activity, exacerbating the more serious and ongoing deterioration of market conditions due to the global economic cr [...] | 2008-12-05 13:02:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD IN |
08MUMBAI587 | MADHYA PRADESH AND CHHATTISGARH: ELECTIONS, BUT NO NEW [...] (U) Summary. In the recent state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with clear victories, though the Congress Party made some gains. In both states, the BJP's development agenda and putting forth well-known, respected leaders [...] | 2008-12-17 14:00:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER KWMN |
08MUMBAI588 | RBI GOVERNOR SUBBARAO DISCUSSES THE INDIAN ECONOMY IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Speaking on a wide range of subjects, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao told the Consul General that he thought the global financial crisis would only slightly derail the high growth trajectory of the Indian economy. Acknowledging the problems in the Indian [...] | 2008-12-19 11:50:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV IN |
08MUMBAI77 | CAN ULTRA MEGA POWER PROJECTS RE-KINDLE U. S. INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 10:22:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON IN |
08MUMBAI94 | GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER BEGINS EFFORT TO RECAST IMAGE WITH [...] (U) Summary: On March 10, the Government of Gujarat (GOG) withdrew a controversial 2007 amendment to a 2003 religious conversion law. Human rights activists informed Congenoffs that the withdrawal of the 2007 amendment was a) unnecessary and b) meaningless without withdrawing the original 2003 [...] | 2008-03-12 10:07:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM IN |
08MUNICH100 | BMW ON EU CO2 RULES, FRENCH INFLUENCE, AND FUTURE OF THE [...] (SBU) A senior BMW official told ConGen Munich that proposed EU rules on auto carbon emissions would not only be ineffective, but represent French "industrial policy," rewarding manufacturers of low-tech small cars and punishing Germany's manufacturers of larger, more carbon-efficient, vehicle [...] | 2008-03-07 11:34:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL FR GM |
08MUNICH102 | CSU AND SPD FARE POORLY IN BAVARIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS; [...] March 2 municipal elections in Bavaria exposed weakness on the part of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD),while showing significant gains for the smaller parties. The CSU's poor showing in larger cities has raised concern among the CSU's leadership that the pa [...] | 2008-03-07 14:48:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
08MUNICH130 | BAYERNLB - SUBPRIME CRISIS HITS BAVARIA [...] A BayernLB official told ConGen Munich that the bank,s subprime losses would exceed the embarrassing 1.9 billion euros already declared in February. Both Moody,s and Bavarian Minister-President Beckstein share this view, saying as much as 4 billion euros may be at risk. While the losses don [...] | 2008-04-02 15:32:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD GM PGOV PREL |
08MUNICH136 | EADS OFFICALS WARY OF TANKER DEAL REVIEW, [...] (SBU) In a meeting with ConGen Munich, senior EADS officials expressed concern about the potential outcome of Boeing,s protest of the U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tanker award to the Northrop Grumman-EADS consortium, particularly given the political dimension the issue has taken-on in the [...] | 2008-04-04 13:01:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
08MUNICH141 | CSU UNITES BY STRESSING BAVARIAN DIFFERENCES WITH BERLIN [...] (SBU) The Bavarian sister party to Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU),the Christian Social Union (CSU),held a special closed-door meeting for its leadership to address voter discontent and the appearance of divisions among the party leadership. The CSU's leaders emerged from the [...] | 2008-04-09 14:19:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
08MUNICH17 | PREVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the "Davos" of the security policy world, is set to take place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, parliamentary delegations [...] | 2008-01-11 17:03:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM NATO GM |
08MUNICH175 | AUDI ON EU CO2 RULES, THE FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE, AND THE [...] (SBU) Senior Audi officials told ConGen Munich they share BMW's view that proposed EU CO2 rules represent nothing less than French industrial policy. Going a step further, they made the questionable argument that the EU rules would effectively "kill" the European auto industry while achieving [...] | 2008-05-14 05:30:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL FR GM |
08MUNICH257 | CDU/CSU RIVALRY AND UNITY: MERKEL NEEDS BOTH FOR ELECTORAL [...] The July 18-19 CSU party convention demonstrated that recent media reports about a deep split between the CDU and CSU have been overblown. In a skillful speech before the CSU party congress, Chancellor Merkel brushed aside recent CDU/CSU tensions, praising the CSU's achievements as a model fo [...] | 2008-07-25 12:46:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
08MUNICH308 | GERMANY/BAVARIAN ELECTIONS: CSU WOOS VOTERS WITH [...] (U) Summary: Heading into the first regional election after the leadership shakeup in the Social Democratic Party (SPD) (see reftel),the Christian Social Union (CSU) leadership in Bavaria is extolling the virtues of Bavaria's relatively prosperous status quo. The CSU is scrambling to mainta [...] | 2008-09-12 15:28:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG GM |
08MUNICH317 | RUSSIA/COUNTERTERRORISM: RUSSIAN PLEDGES ETERNAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Anatoliy Safonov and Ambassador Dell Dailey, coordinators of counterterrorism efforts by the Russian Federation and the United States, met privately in Munich on September 17 to discuss counterterrorism issues. Safonov took pains to confirm that bilateral relationship w [...] | 2008-09-24 06:20:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN US RS |
08MUNICH319 | GERMANY/BAVARIAN ELECTIONS - HISTORIC VOTE COULD END AN ERA [...] (SBU) Bavarian voters go to the polls September 28, but the election could have an impact beyond Bavaria's borders. If the ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) falls below its own goal of 50 percent of the vote, it could scuttle the careers of the CSU leadership duo and shake up the local gove [...] | 2008-09-25 05:48:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
08MUNICH322 | GERMANY/BAVARIAN ELECTIONS: CATASTROPHIC CSU [...] (C) Summary: The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria lost 17 points off its 2003 result and brought home only 43 percent of the vote in September 28 state elections. The CSU also lost its 46-year absolute majority in the state parliament. Although the CSU will make no immediate personn [...] | 2008-09-29 12:59:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM |
08MUNICH331 | GERMANY/BANKING CRISIS: RESCUE OF HYPO REAL BANK CONSIDERED [...] Summary: Representatives of the Bavarian financial community believe the rescue of Hypo Real Estate (HRE) is not comparable to recent interventions in the U.S., due to participation by the private sector, and because the German government is not buying assets but giving guarantees. The Germa [...] | 2008-10-08 15:39:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GM |
08MUNICH349 | GERMANY/BAVARIAN POLITICS: NEW BAVARIAN POLITICS [...] (C) Horst Seehofer (Christian Social Union - CSU) became Bavaria's new Minister President October 27, leaving his position as Federal Agriculture Minister to lead the first Bavarian coalition in 46 years. CSU leadership figures promised a more independent CSU, which could present challenges [...] | 2008-10-29 06:27:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV INRB GM |
08MUNICH351 | GERMANY/BAVARIAN POLITICS: NEW BAVARIAN POLITICS [...] (C) Horst Seehofer (Christian Social Union - CSU) became Bavaria's new Minister President October 27, leaving his position as Federal Agriculture Minister to lead the first Bavarian coalition in 46 years. CSU leadership figures promised a more independent CSU, which could present challenges [...] | 2008-10-30 06:23:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV INRB GM |
08MUNICH354 | GERMANY/BAVARIAN POLITICS: THE ASCENSION OF MINISTER [...] (SBU) Politically resilient Horst Seehofer, elected Christian Social Union (CSU) chairman on October 25 and Bavarian Minister President on October 27, now has the challenging task of resurrecting his much-weakened party in the months leading up the September 27, 2009 Bundestag elections. Nobo [...] | 2008-10-31 13:48:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV INRB GM |
08MUNICH355 | GERMANY/BAVARIA: CSU HOPES FOR FRESH START WITH NEW AND [...] (SBU) Newly-elected Bavarian Minister-President Horst Seehofer (Christian Social Union - CSU) elevated youthful, female, and fresh faces in the presentation of his surprising cabinet choices on October 30. In a canny move, he also chose 36-year-old Bundestag member Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg [...] | 2008-10-31 14:35:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV INRB GM |
08MUNICH358 | GERMANY/BAVARIA: THE BAVARIAN SPD APPEARS OBLIVIOUS TO [...] (SBU) The Bavarian and national Social Democratic Party's (SPD) open gloating over the blow to the Christian Social Union (CSU) in the recent Bavarian elections belied their own sorry state of affairs: the SPD had its worst showing there since WWII. With such a weak showing in that state -- a [...] | 2008-11-04 12:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
08MUNICH365 | GERMANY/AGRICULTURE: GUILT BY ASSOCIATION - GENETICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Monsanto fears that "populist" and "unbalanced" attacks by German and Bavarian politicians over Monsanto's genetically engineered corn have the potential to damage MonsantoQs much larger core business for conventional seeds and pest control products in Germany. When asked by M [...] | 2008-11-10 10:42:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO BTIO PGOV GM |
08MUNICH373 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE AND INVITATION TO THE [...] Consulate Munich received a congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama dated November 5 from Horst Seehofer, Minister President of Bavaria. The letter includes an invitation to the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy (MSC),February 6-8, 2009. The conference regularly at [...] | 2008-11-18 10:22:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV ASEC GM |
08MUNICH376 | GERMANY/GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI OPENS HONORARY [...] (C) President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia officially opened a Georgian honorary consulate in Munich on November 20. While in Munich, he met privately with Horst Seehofer, Bavarian Minister President (Christian Social Union),and Emelia Mueller (CSU),Bavarian Minister for European Affairs [...] | 2008-11-21 14:13:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG GE |
08MUNICH384 | GERMANY/MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: Scene Setter for the [...] (SBU) The annual Munich Security Conference, the "Davos of the security world," uniquely brings official national delegations together with private opinion makers and experts in an informal setting conducive to lively debate and dialogue. The MSC this year holds its first session on Friday, F [...] | 2008-12-08 10:37:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TAGS |
08MUNICH388 | GERMAN "INDEPENDENTS" CHALLENGE MAINLINE PARTIES IN [...] (SBU) A new sort of German politician, the Freie Waehler (Independent Voters) (FW),has invaded the parliamentary turf of establishment parties at the top of Bavarian politics. Their leadership dreams expansively of its first-ever nationwide campaign for the European Parliament in June 2009, h [...] | 2008-12-12 12:13:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM INRB |
08MUNICH396 | Germany/Economics - Mixed but Increasingly Worried Messages [...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel, ridiculed by some for her cautious approach to an economic stimulus package, might be half right and half wrong, based on analysis of the evolving situation in Germany's touchstone state, Bavaria. On one hand, the graph from the November 2008 "business sentiment indic [...] | 2008-12-16 07:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GM |
08MUNICH402 | GERMAN PUBLIC STUNNED BY ATTACK ON POLICE CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: German officials, the public, and the media are up in arms over the near-fatal stabbing of Alois Mannichl, the Passau (Bavaria) police chief, on the doorstep of his home on December 13 (REF A). Despite no arrest in the case yet, there are calls for a ban on the neo-Nazi NPD pa [...] | 2008-12-18 10:01:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GM |
08MUNICH409 | EU/GALILEO/GPS: POLITICAL CAVEATS FOR AMERICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: American subcontractors could be well-placed to partner with primary EU contractors as the EU presses on with its aggressive schedule to attain an operational 30-satellite Galileo constellation by 2013. Successful bidders will have to keep in mind that Galileo projects have tech [...] | 2008-12-19 10:44:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA GM |
08MUNICH423 | GERMANY/BAVARIA: GERMAN COALITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) The Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU),dangerously weakened, is attempting to sharpen its profile among Bavarian and national voters, by pursuing an aggressive economic campaign that diverges from that of its sister party, Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democrats. The CSU is finding plenty [...] | 2008-12-23 08:40:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GM |
08MUNICH52 | OVERVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, under the theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests included more than 200 heads of state, foreign ministers, def [...] | 2008-02-12 06:31:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MARR NATO GM |
08MUNICH53 | ARMS CONTROL PANEL IGNORES REAL ISSUES AT MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, with this year's theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany (see reftels). The second panel on February 9, "From Cooper [...] | 2008-02-12 09:00:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM NATO GM MARR |
08MUNICH54 | AFGHANISTAN GETS TOP BILLING AT MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The need for greater Allied solidarity in meeting the demands of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan was the main topic of discussion at the February 8-10 Munich Security Conference (see ref A for full overview of conference). It was not only the subject of Secretary Gates' prepare [...] | 2008-02-12 09:01:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO GM AF |
08MUNICH59 | MUNICH CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY AT INFINEON [...] Summary. The themes of Munich's 2008 Consular Leadership Day were the CA Leadership Tenets "Learn Constantly" and "Build Great Teams." On January 30 we traveled together to Regensburg, about 90 minutes from Munich, where the German semiconductor company Infineon manufactures the electronic c [...] | 2008-02-12 14:54:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT GM |
08MUNICH61 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH UKRAINIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried discussed Ukraine's NATO aspirations with Defense Minister Yekhanurov February 9, in particular Ukraine's interest in a NATO offer of a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the April Bucharest Summit. Fried highlighted the challenge of getting NATO agreement on MAP, given [...] | 2008-02-12 16:26:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR GM UP |
08MUNICH62 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH MONTENEGRIN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried met February 9 with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen. Rocen said Montenegro was ready for Kosovo,s independence and would control unwanted or destabilizing movement (e.g., paramilitaries) across the border while keeping it open for legitimat [...] | 2008-02-13 14:32:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM MW |
08MUNICH63 | A/S FRIED'S AND AMB NULAND'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference on February 9, EUR A/S Daniel Fried and US Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland urged President Mikheil Saakashvili to show leadership in convincing allies that Georgia is ready for a NATO Membership Action Pl [...] | 2008-02-14 06:30:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR NATO PARM PREL GG |
08MUNICH66 | APPRECIATION FOR ENGAGEMENT AT THE MUNICH SECURITY [...] Consulate General Munich wishes to express its appreciation for the assistance provided by Mission Germany colleagues in supporting the 44th Munich Security Conference. 2. Attending the Conference were three heads of government, 20 foreign ministers, and 23 defense ministers. The U.S. del [...] | 2008-02-14 06:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC GM |
08MUNICH68 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried noted that Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov's Munich speech was a welcome change in tone from other senior Russian statements. The discussion focused primarily on Kosovo. Fried urged Russia to be constructive with Serbia and Kosovo; the U.S. had a disagreement over Kosov [...] | 2008-02-14 09:39:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM RS |
08MUNICH69 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN [...] (C) Summary: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference on February 9, EUR A/S Daniel Fried urged Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova, not to succumb to Russian pressure regarding international guarantees for Moldova,s neutrality. Voronin should resist Russia [...] | 2008-02-14 09:39:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM MD |
08MUNICH70 | FRIENDS OF BELARUS MEETING ON THE MARGINS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania organized a meeting of the Friends of Belarus on the margins of the February 8-10 Munich Security Conference. The meeting was characterized by agreement that the U.S. and EU should maintain pressure on Belarus for the release of political prisoners, and by a commitmen [...] | 2008-02-14 11:55:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM BO |
08MUNICH94 | EADS' TANKER WIN - ANATOMY OF A (VERY BIG) DEFENSE [...] (SBU) THE FEBRUARY 29 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE U.S. AIR FORCE WOULD AWARD A USD 40 BILLION CONTRACT FOR AERIAL REFUELING TANKERS TO A CONSORTIUM FORMED BY EADS AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN, A DEAL THAT DEFENSE EXPERTS HAD BEEN ALL- BUT-CERTAIN WOULD GO TO BOEING, LANDED LIKE A BOMBSHELL AT EADS' CO-HEADQU [...] | 2008-03-03 18:04:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
08MUSCAT100 | 2008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART II [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU |
08MUSCAT102 | SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF T. [...] (C) General Moseley: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for meetings with the Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman and Mohammed al-Rasbi, Under Secretary for Defense Affairs (Deputy Minister equivalent). Al-Rasbi has been actively engaged in the Share [...] | 2008-02-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
08MUSCAT104 | MEDIA REACTION: GAZA UNDER TWO SEIGES; OMAN JOURNALIST [...] SUMMARY: The editorial in private Arabic daily "Al Zaman" commented that Fatah leader Abbas is pressuring Hamas for a truce. Private youth-oriented Arabic daily "Al Shabiba" praised an Omani journalist working for Al Hurra TV, saying that Omani journalists can demonstrate their true talent in f [...] | 2008-02-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT106 | MINISTER OF MANPOWER HIGHLIGHTS ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali Al Juma detailed his Ministry's anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) measures, including: publishing a brochure for newly-arrived foreign workers to educate them about their rights; issuing new occu [...] | 2008-02-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT107 | OMANI SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on February 6 to Humeid al-Ma'ani, Office Director for the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ma'ani responded that the government of Oman appreciated the "very difficult" situation in Lebanon and would seriously consider our re [...] | 2008-02-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN LU MU |
08MUSCAT119 | OMAN'S NEW CENTRAL PRISON AND DETENTION CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently visited the Royal Oman Police's (ROP) new central prison and detention complex in the state of Samayl, located in Oman's interior. While most of the complex is still under construction, emboffs received a tour of the completed detention center for illegal worke [...] | 2008-02-10 11:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT120 | MINISTRY REAFFIRMS OMAN AS AVIAN INFLUENZA-FREE [...] (U) On January 29, Amman ESTH Regional Officer and POLE Assistant received an update on Oman's surveillance and detection of avian influenza (AI) from Dr. Salah al-Awaidy, Director of the Department of Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control (DCDSC),Ministry of Health. Awaidy stressed [...] | 2008-02-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KFLU PREL MU |
08MUSCAT121 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for a meeting with Sultan Qaboos, who will appreciate hearing your perspective on events in the region. General Moseley visits the week prior to your arrival and will meet with the Commander of the Roy [...] | 2008-02-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
08MUSCAT122 | DEVELOPMENT, CITES TOP CONCERNS FOR OMAN'S [...] (U) Summary: Oman's rapid development plans and its ability to effectively implement the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) topped the list of concerns for environmental stakeholders during Amman ESTH Officer's January 26-29 visit to Muscat. Omani officials we [...] | 2008-02-11 06:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT123 | SULTAN UNVEILS PRICE STABILIZATION PACKAGE [...] (U) On February 9, the Sultan announced a series of measures aimed at easing popular discontent over the rising cost of living and higher consumer prices. Most importantly, the Sultan mandated an increase in public sector salaries based on grade status. Those at the bottom of the pay scale w [...] | 2008-02-11 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT128 | OMAN RESPONSE TO ENERGY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON MU |
08MUSCAT129 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI BLOCKADE OF GAZA [...] SUMMARY: The editorials in private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" and government-owned "Oman" commented on the need to save Palestinians from Israeli attacks on the basis of moral and legal concerns and human rights. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ MORAL AND LEGAL COLLAPSE ------------------ [...] | 2008-02-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT130 | LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI MU |
08MUSCAT138 | PROSTITUTION IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Contacts suggest that prostitution, particularly among women working in massage parlors and dance clubs, is a growing problem in Oman. The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has arrested and deported women for engaging in prostitution, but the government has not prosecuted to date any alleg [...] | 2008-02-17 04:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT144 | MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES TELECOM AS MAJOR STICKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) On February 16, the Ambassador met with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to urge rapid implementation of the U.S-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Maqbool agreed that the implementation phase has "taken a lon [...] | 2008-02-18 10:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
08MUSCAT145 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL DENIES PEACE; ISRAEL'S DIPLOMATIC [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in government-owned "Oman" called for Palestinian unity and a more active Arab role in the peace process. "Oman" also called on Lebanon's political parties to stop inciting Lebanese youth to violence. Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" called on Palestinians and other Arabs to [...] | 2008-02-18 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT148 | MINISTER: "PRESSURE" LED TO PRICE STABILIZATION [...] (C) On February 16, the Ambassador raised the Sultan's price stabilization initiatives (reftel) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool noted that the government had been "under a lot of pressure" to take action against the rising level of inflation, which was repo [...] | 2008-02-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT15 | OMAN'S 2008 BUDGET: MORE OF EVERYTHING [...] (SBU) Oman's 2008 budget, unveiled by the Minister of National Economy on the first of the year, once again calls for increased expenditures, in anticipation of higher revenues, to boost energy production and to diversify the Sultanate's economy. The government projects a deficit for 2008; ho [...] | 2008-01-06 11:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL MU |
08MUSCAT150 | UN SPONSORS AML/CTF WORKSHOP IN MUSCAT [...] (SBU) On February 19, Econoff discussed a recent two-day seminar on anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) with Mahran Yarub al-Barwani, Director of Anti Money Laundering, Central Bank of Oman. Barwani noted that the event, sponsored by the Omani National Committee f [...] | 2008-02-20 10:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER MU |
08MUSCAT151 | OMAN DELIVERY OF DFSA NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-20 10:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC MU |
08MUSCAT152 | OMAN RESPONSE TO SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) The Omani government continues to take steps to protect intellectual property, evidenced both by its revisions to its IPR regime in advance of implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA),and its collaborative work with the USG and the private sector. Given these efforts, [...] | 2008-02-20 10:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT153 | EXPATRIATE LABOR RETAINS SIGNIFICANT PRESENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of expatriate workers in Oman grew in 2007, particularly among low and semi-skilled workers. Oman continues to rely on India for the bulk of its private sector workforce, but increasingly is looking to other countries as sources for labor. Contacts suggest that Oman [...] | 2008-02-20 11:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON MU |
08MUSCAT154 | OMAN UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Oman is not yet prepared to announce a decision on Kosovo independence, according to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. In a February 20 phone call with the minister, the Ambassador urged Oman to act quickly to recognize Kosovo's independence. Drawing on guidance [...] | 2008-02-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI KV MU |
08MUSCAT156 | IRANIAN PUSH TO RAISE PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL [...] (S) As evidenced by a series of recent visits, media interviews and a first-time commercial exposition, Iran appears to be making a concerted effort to raise its profile, and currently very limited business presence, in Oman. While Omani interest in Iranian gas could expand cooperation betw [...] | 2008-02-20 13:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL ECON IR MU |
08MUSCAT160 | GOVERNMENT USING MEDIA TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TIP [...] (SBU) Over the past few months, Oman's public and private press has run a number of articles about trafficking in persons (TIP) in which government officials have publicly acknowledged TIP and their actions to combat it. On February 16, the government-owned, Arabic-language daily "Oman" carri [...] | 2008-02-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT162 | REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT TO THE 2000 U.S.-OMAN ACCESS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Port of Sohar is the only commercial port in Oman with deepwater berths capable of accommodating an aircraft carrier. It is located 150 miles northwest of Muscat and 90 miles west by northwest from al-Musanah airbase, the new Ro [...] | 2008-02-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS KTIA MU |
08MUSCAT169 | OMANI WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON U.S. POLICIES AND OTHER [...] (C) A group of Omani women in a small-group discussion with the Ambassador shared their concern over the U.S. visa issuance process and misperceptions among Americans about the Middle East. While disagreeing with some U.S. policies, the women stressed their positive views about the American p [...] | 2008-02-27 11:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN CVIS MU |
08MUSCAT171 | GENERAL MOSELEY'S FEBRUARY 14 MEETINGS WITH OMANI [...] (C) General T. Michael Moseley, United States Air Force Chief of Staff, met separately on February 14 with Mohammed Al-Rasbi, Under-Secretary for Defense Affairs, and with Air Vice Marshall Yahya bin Rashid al-Juma'a, Commander Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO),to discuss the merits of Shared Ea [...] | 2008-02-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS IR MU |
08MUSCAT173 | MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRATS ABANDON IRAQ; MOUSSA POSTPONEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in government-owned "Oman" said that America has failed to keep its promise to Iraq, evident by escalating violence and pursuit of an exit strategy. Private "Al Watan" described the challenges facing Amr Moussa in bringing the different parties closer. It also hailed Presid [...] | 2008-02-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT174 | ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON'S MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos discussed both domestic and regional issues during his February 19 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, CENTCOM Commander. On the domestic front, the Sultan described his desire to empower the government to be more responsive to citizen concerns. Seeking to strengthen th [...] | 2008-03-01 05:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ENRG KWMN IR IZ MU |
08MUSCAT176 | OMAN RESPONSE TO FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT18 | OMAN CONTINUES TO COURT ASIA [...] (U) Over the course of 2007, the Omani government has made significant efforts to strengthen its ties with its Asian trading partners. As an indication of its continuing courtship with the region, Oman recently sent a trade delegation, led by its Deputy Prime Minister, to Singapore and India [...] | 2008-01-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU |
08MUSCAT180 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: [...] (C) Pointing to Lebanon as the critical issue, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi offered a gloomy forecast for the Arab League (AL) foreign ministers meeting scheduled later this week in Cairo and potentially for the AL Summit later this month. The Ambassador ca [...] | 2008-03-02 11:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY KV AL IZ MU |
08MUSCAT181 | OMANI VIEWS ON LATEST IAEA BRIEFING ON IRAN [...] (S) On March 2, the Ambassador conveyed U.S. views on the IAEA Secretariat's February 25 briefing on Iran, as described reftel, to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Ambassador also left reftel non-paper with the Minister. Bin Alawi listened closely, but did not ad [...] | 2008-03-02 13:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR MU |
08MUSCAT183 | TENDER BOARD REITERATES COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS [...] On February 25, POLE Assistant attended a presentation by Zahir al-Rashidi, Oman Tender Board Quantity Survey Specialist, concerning the tendering process and its requirements for the pre- and post- tendering phases. With regards to pre-tendering, Rashidi stated that the Tender Board works wi [...] | 2008-03-03 06:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT184 | EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman has taken a number of actions to address trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of last year's report. The government completed drafting a comprehensive anti-TIP law, which will establish a national committee to combat TIP. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) published [...] | 2008-03-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT187 | NEW FOREIGN FIRMS SEEK FOOTHOLDS IN OMAN [...] (C) According to a key project development banker in Oman, new foreign firms, including those from Iran and China, are attempting to gain a foothold in Oman amidst the current construction boom. So far, entry has not been easy, in spite of Oman's generally clean tender process. Competence, [...] | 2008-03-03 12:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL IR MU |
08MUSCAT188 | OMANI TOURISM PROJECTS GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) OMRAN, the government's tourism investment company, continues to play a crucial role in the planning of several prominent, integrated resort complexes throughout the Sultanate. While most projects are located in Muscat, OMRAN's efforts will bring the potential economic benefits of the tou [...] | 2008-03-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL MU |
08MUSCAT190 | LEGAL ISSUES IMPEDE GLOBE PROGRESS IN OMAN [...] (U) On March 1, GLOBE Deputy Director Teresa Kennedy, GLOBE Desk Officer Russanne Low, and Econoff met with Ministry of Education officials Amal Abdullah Mohamed al-Busaidia, Director General of Curricula, Zuwaina Saleh al-Maskaria, Deputy Director General of Curricula, and Sana Sabeel al-Belu [...] | 2008-03-04 07:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL KGLB PREL MU |
08MUSCAT195 | OMAN MEDIA CALLS FOR ARAB (AND PALESTINIAN) UNITY [...] In response to the recent escalation of conflict in Gaza, Omani media outlets have called for renewed Arab unity in support of the Palestinians. Under the March 2 headline, "So that Silence Is Not Consent," private Arabic-language daily "al-Watan" urged uniform condemnation not only of Israeli [...] | 2008-03-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KPAL PBTS KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT196 | SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT: OMAN [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on March 5 to Humaid al-Ma'ani, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Al-Ma'ani replied that Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, who would lead Oman's delegation to the OIC [...] | 2008-03-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KV MU |
08MUSCAT197 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803: OMANI RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief relayed reftel points on March 5 to Humaid al-Ma'ani, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. A copy of UN Security Council Resolution 1803 (including annexes) and the P5 plus 1 Ministers' Statement was delivered to th [...] | 2008-03-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU |
08MUSCAT198 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Embassy Muscat and my wife and I warmly welcome you and Mrs. Cheney back to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the Middle East -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- Oman remains a strong and trusted U.S. ally. The Sultan will be please [...] | 2008-03-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP KWMN MASS |
08MUSCAT200 | GAS SHORTAGE REMAINS TOP CONCERN OF OMANI MINISTRY [...] (C) The Omani government continues to discuss its gas supply needs with Iran and Qatar, though it is optimistic that recent domestic exploration efforts will reduce its projected dependence on imports. The government is equally hopeful that its investment in enhanced oil recovery techniques w [...] | 2008-03-09 12:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL MU IR |
08MUSCAT205 | FOREIGN INVESTMENT UP IN OMAN [...] (U) On March 3, Minister of National Economy Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi Macki released inward foreign investment figures for 2006. Total gross foreign investment in Oman reached 5.99 billion Omani rials (USD 15.58 billion) in 2006, a 1.99 billion rial (USD 5.17 billion) increase from the 4 billion [...] | 2008-03-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL MU |
08MUSCAT206 | CHANGE IN DOD'S MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AT POST [...] U.S. Embassy Muscat appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the dialogue supporting the Defense Department's SDO/DATT initiative. Post agrees with the initiative, believing the directive institutionalizes arrangements that have informally developed in many embassies. 2. U.S. Embassy [...] | 2008-03-12 06:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD AFIN APER ASEC ODIP |
08MUSCAT207 | OMANI MINISTRY REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action request for USDA FAS. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On February 17, the Ministry of Agriculture delivered an official note to Embassy Muscat thanking the U.S. Department of Agriculture for sponsoring the "Assessments of the Risks of Plant Diseases" workshop in 2007. In the [...] | 2008-03-12 07:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PREL KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT208 | UNIONS PLANNING FOR NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman's unions are expected to form a General Federation and participate in direct elections for national leadership in April 2008. The elected federation will replace a national worker representative body appointed by the government in 2005 before employee unions were legalized [...] | 2008-03-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT223 | MORE PESSIMISM FROM OMANI FM ON UPCOMING ARAB [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reiterated his previous pessimistic forecast (ref A) for next week's Arab League (AL) Summit in Damascus. Prospects for positive development on Lebanon and Israel-Palestine were "very modest," although bin Alawi in [...] | 2008-03-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU |
08MUSCAT224 | OMAN DEFERS DECISION ON RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI KV MU |
08MUSCAT228 | OMAN TB RATE LOW [...] On March 19, Econoff discussed Oman's plans for World TB Day with Salah al-Awaidy, Director of Infectious Disease Surveillance, Ministry of Health. Awaidy noted that Oman's policy in combating TB was closely associated with the goal of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),adopted almost 10 yea [...] | 2008-03-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL MU |
08MUSCAT235 | SULTAN'S ADVISOR SPEAKS ON IRAN [...] (C) Iran is taking advantage of America's misperceived weakness in the region in order to court the Arab street and fill the resulting power vacuum in the region, according to Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas. In a meeting with the Ambassador March 25, [...] | 2008-03-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IR MU |
08MUSCAT237 | SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO [...] (C) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested an audience with Sultan Qaboos bin Sa [...] | 2008-03-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON |
08MUSCAT245 | APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQ REFUGEES: [...] (U) Post delivered reftel information via diplomatic note on March 30 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urging the government of Oman to provide humanitarian assistance for Iraqi refugees. Pol/Econ Chief also highlighted the pressing need for such assistance to Humaid al-Ma'ani, Office Direc [...] | 2008-03-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ MU |
08MUSCAT251 | OMAN REITERATES COMMITMENT TO ELIMINATE OUTDATED [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Omani officials reiterated their commitment to eliminate the use of outdated boycott language during meetings with officials from the Department of Commerce's (DOC) Anti-boycott Compliance Office. The [...] | 2008-04-01 09:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT254 | LABOR SHORTAGES, RISING WAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Demand for labor in Oman's booming construction and service sectors exceeds supply, and companies increasingly are raising wages to recruit and retain employees. Workers are taking advantage of the market by frequently switching employers to increase their salaries and other co [...] | 2008-04-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT255 | OMANI MINISTER REAFFIRMS AMBITIOUS TOURISM PLANS [...] (C) Oman's Minister of Tourism affirmed that the Sultanate's ambitious tourism development plans remain on track, despite the rapid escalation of construction and labor costs. Completion of several integrated tourism projects along greater Muscat's waterfront, along with the construction of a [...] | 2008-04-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV MU |
08MUSCAT256 | AN AL-SAID LOSES HIS DAY IN COURT [...] (C) An investment group reportedly controlled by a prominent member of Oman's ruling family failed to persuade a Muscat court to remove a Bahraini investor from the multi-billion dollar Blue City real estate venture. The episode suggests that the Sultanate sees preserving its reputation for j [...] | 2008-04-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON EINV PINR MU |
08MUSCAT262 | OMAN REVEALS LOW-PROFILE INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told me that he has begun a "low-profile" effort to bring the Syrians and Lebanese together and help resolve the Lebanese leadership stalemate. The Omani effort, reportedly in cooperation with Qatar, is focused on g [...] | 2008-04-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE MU |
08MUSCAT263 | OMANI TELECOM AUTHORITY REQUESTS WRITTEN COMMENTS [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On March 31, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Engineer Naashiah al-Kharusi, Committee Member, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). In particular, Econoff emphasized that the telecommunications liberalization stu [...] | 2008-04-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT USTR MU |
08MUSCAT264 | OMAN ACKNOWLEDGES NEED FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A and B demarches on April 6 to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Regarding inaction on Iraq at the recent Arab League summit in Damascus, bin Alawi cast some of the blame on the Iraqi delegation, asserting that Iraqi Vice President Adel Abd [...] | 2008-04-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ MU |
08MUSCAT265 | OMAN TEXTILES INDUSTRY LOOKS TO FTA FOR REBOUND [...] (U) Oman's garment and textiles industry continues to shrink in the post-quota era, but the pending implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) holds out the promise of a modest sector revival in the eyes of Omani government officials and remaining private firms. End Summary. [...] | 2008-04-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX MU |
08MUSCAT266 | DELIVERY OF FINCEN ADVISORY ON IRANIAN BANKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL |
08MUSCAT267 | OMAN MOVING TOWARD FIU IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) On April 5, FINCEN Middle East Director Ahmed el-Bashari and Econoff met with Lt. Colonel Mohsin Awad al-Muqaddam, Director of the Financial Crimes Department, Royal Oman Police (ROP),to review Oman's progress in formally establishing a financial intelligence unit (FIU). Muqaddam noted [...] | 2008-04-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PTER MU |
08MUSCAT269 | OMAN CONSIDERING CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY FOR FUTURE [...] (SBU) Judd Swift, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs in the Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy (DoE),and Pol-Econ Chief met on March 23 with Mohammed al-Mahrouqi, Chairman of the Public Authority for Electricity and Water, to discuss Oman's future power generatio [...] | 2008-04-08 12:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV PREL MU |
08MUSCAT270 | OMANI HEALTH OFFICIAL CLARIFIES MEDIA REPORTS ON [...] On April 6, the Arabic-language daily "Al Watan" and its sister English-language "Oman Tribune" ran front page news articles reporting that the Directorate General of Health Supervision and Sewage, under the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, was investigating a report is [...] | 2008-04-09 07:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR SOCI TBIO MU |
08MUSCAT273 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) General Schwartz: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested meetings with Air Vice Marshal Yahya [...] | 2008-04-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON |
08MUSCAT274 | OMAN BOOSTS PENSIONS [...] (U) As part of the government's overall response to public grumbling over the rising cost of living, Sultan Qaboos ordered an increase in pension rates for government retirees, effective from the end of March 2008. Following a similar tiered format for the recent public sector wage hike (reft [...] | 2008-04-12 04:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT278 | IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS IN USCRS 1737, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 12:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC IR MU |
08MUSCAT281 | Oman Media Reaction: Gaza Blockade; Anniversary of Iraqi [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" continues to focus on Israel's blockade of Gaza and on Palestinian suffering, calling for dialogue between Hamas and Fatah. It also condemned not only the Israeli collective punishment against Palestinian civilians, but also condemned the silence of the internationa [...] | 2008-04-15 10:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT283 | MUSCAT 2008 REQUEST FOR SCIENCE FELLOW [...] To build on the past success of the Embassy Science Fellows Program in Muscat, Embassy requests a Science Fellow for FY 2009 in either medical sciences (with an emphasis on diabetes) or agricultural diseases ("dabas," date palm insect). Embassy will provide the Fellow with administrative sup [...] | 2008-04-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AMPR KSCA OTRA SENV EAGR TBIO MU |
08MUSCAT285 | OMAN PROPOSES NEW IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES TO [...] (C) According to diplomats at the Philippine Embassy in Muscat, the government of Oman has agreed to strengthen immigration procedures along its border with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to stop the possible trafficking of housemaids into Oman (refs A & B). Under the new procedures, Royal Oma [...] | 2008-04-16 05:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT286 | ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMENTS ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEX [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Omani Attorney General Hussain Ali Zaher al-Helali provided several concrete examples of government prosecution of cases of trafficking in persons (TIP) for sexual exploitation. He expressed his continued willingness to cooperate with the [...] | 2008-04-16 05:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT289 | OMAN REMAINS VIGILANT ON IRANIAN BANKING ACTIVITIES [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Executive President Hamoud Sangour al-Zadjali to urge vigilance on the increasingly deceptive practices used by Iranian financial institutions to circumvent UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and Financial Action Task Fo [...] | 2008-04-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PTER IR MU |
08MUSCAT292 | A WINDOW INTO CRIME IN OMAN - 2007 STATISTICS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Hussain Ali Zaher al-Helali recently provided the Ambassador a copy of the Office of Public Prosecution's raw data crime report from 2007. The statistics offer rare insight into the nature of crime in Oman, including categories and numbers of violent crimes as w [...] | 2008-04-20 08:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM ASEC KCRM MU |
08MUSCAT293 | OMAN CENTRAL BANK REMAINS FIRM ON DOLLAR PEG [...] (C) Oman's Central Bank chief reiterated his government's commitment to maintaining its currency peg to the dollar at the current rate of exchange, in spite of official statistics showing that inflation had exceeded 10% in February. He explained that a revaluation would not temper inflation in [...] | 2008-04-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT295 | OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER TARGETS JUNE FOR FTA [...] (C) On April 17, the Ambassador discussed the status of pending U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) action items with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Ambassador urged that, given the current debate in Washington over free trade, Oman quickly complete work on all out [...] | 2008-04-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT296 | OMANI HEALTH MINISTER: AIDS CASES UNDER CONTROL [...] (C) The Ministry of Health recently announced to the media that as a result of its awareness efforts, the government had controlled the spread of HIV. While describing the country as low risk, the Ministry is nevertheless focusing on promoting HIV awareness among the young, as well as monitor [...] | 2008-04-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO SOCI AMED MU |
08MUSCAT297 | SENIOR OMANI DELEGATION VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (U) A delegation of Omani officials, led by Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmud al-Sa'id, arrived in Tehran on April 20 for a three-day official visit to Iran. According to the Oman News Agency, the delegation included Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al-Sa'id (Minister of Heritage and Cultu [...] | 2008-04-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG IR MU |
08MUSCAT298 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN FACTS, IRAQI REALITY AND [...] SUMMARY: private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" continues to opine on the conundrum of Israeli settlement expansion even as its leaders negotiate. State Arabic daily "Oman" wrote that the only solution to the Iraq dilemma is that its people unify to end sectarianism and end American presence there. [...] | 2008-04-22 03:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT3 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on January 7 to tour the Port of Salalah and discuss international trade security in the context of our overall bilateral relationship with Oman. In order to fulfill the objectives of y [...] | 2008-01-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PTER MU |
08MUSCAT300 | INCREASING WAGES IN EMBASSY MUSCAT'S SERVICE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Department's support, Embassy Muscat is committed to ensuring that all expatriates under contract to perform cleaning and landscaping services at the Embassy receive at least the prevailing minimum wage for Omani citizens (ref A). The lack of a wage floor in Oman (ther [...] | 2008-04-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU |
08MUSCAT303 | OMAN REMAINS IN THE HUNT FOR GAS [...] (SBU) On April 22, Omani media outlets carried front-page stories on the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding the "joint development" of the Kish gas field with Iran and the exporting of Iranian gas to Oman. The MoU was reportedly signed by the Iranian Deputy Minister of Oi [...] | 2008-04-23 08:07:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR MU |
08MUSCAT304 | FEMALE CANDIDATES ANALYZE 2007 ELECTORAL LOSSES [...] (C) Summary: Six months after Oman's most recent Majlis al-Shura elections, contacts continue to offer various reasons why women failed to win a seat in Oman's directly-elected advisory body. While many chalk up women's electoral losses to inexperience and poor campaigning, others point to a [...] | 2008-04-23 08:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI KWMN MU |
08MUSCAT309 | SULTAN QABOOS PROMISES TO INVESTIGATE FTA TELECOM [...] (C) In his meeting with Sultan Qaboos on Wednesday, April 23 (see septel),the Ambassador conveyed USG concern with Oman's apparent approach to telecom licensing, pointing out that Oman's actions may be in conflict with both its FTA and WTO obligations. 2. (C) As also communicated in US [...] | 2008-04-25 07:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECPS PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT310 | IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - OMAN [...] (SBU) The Omani government is grappling with soaring inflation, with the price of some food products reportedly rising by as much as 47% over the past year. Responding to public pressure, the government has augmented public sector wages, capped rental increases, and warned wholesalers about h [...] | 2008-04-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR EAID ECON ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT313 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON TRIP TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, recently returned from Iran, downplayed Iranian press reports of three bilateral agreements signed during the visit of a senior Omani delegation to Tehran. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the joint development of the Kish [...] | 2008-04-26 12:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG IR MU |
08MUSCAT317 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER "IMPRESSED" BY BRIEFING [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on April 24 covering a number of subjects (septels),Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi briefly shared his impressions of his discussions with Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Qatar earlier in the month during the Doha Forum on [...] | 2008-04-27 07:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MU |
08MUSCAT32 | ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR OMANI INVESTMENT CHIEF'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy requests the assistance of Washington agencies in scheduling appointments with appropriate officials from the Department of State, Department of Commerce, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR),Overseas Private [...] | 2008-01-13 12:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU |
08MUSCAT323 | NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ENRG MNUC KNNP NPT IAEA MU |
08MUSCAT325 | EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION FOR 2008 AWARD FOR [...] Following up on his outstanding performance on labor issues the previous year (ref D),Labor/Human Rights Officer Andy Lentz has continued to significantly advance U.S. foreign policy interests in the labor field. As Oman's nascent independent labor unions (legalized in 2006) slowly develop [...] | 2008-04-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT ELAB PHUM MU |
08MUSCAT328 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: THE SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, REJECTION [...] SUMMARY: Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" writes that America is falling into another Israeli trap over the allegations of Syria's nuclear program, warning against blind support for Israel. State Arabic daily "Oman" criticized Israel for rejecting the Hamas peace proposal. "Al-Watan" also call [...] | 2008-04-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT331 | ENGAGING OMAN ON IRAN/IRAQ: OMANI OFFICIALS [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) The Ambassador extended ref A invitation on April 30 to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi and encouraged him, as well as his counterpart in the Royal Office, to travel to a GCC capital of hi [...] | 2008-04-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IZ MU |
08MUSCAT333 | EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION OF BRIAN GRIMM FOR HERBERT [...] Economic/Commercial Officer Brian Grimm significantly advanced U.S. policy and objectives in the economic field over the last year. His outstanding work on the Free Trade Agreement deserves the highest praise. In conjunction with his other accomplishments, I am pleased to nominate Brian for [...] | 2008-04-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT ECON BEXP ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT335 | OMAN RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050036317 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UK MU |
08MUSCAT339 | DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM CU MU |
08MUSCAT34 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT'S TOUR TO THE REGION. [...] SUMMARY: President Bush's tour to the region is garnering extensive local media coverage in Oman. The media described his tour as "controversial" because of his remarks in support of Israel, in local eyes contradicting the purpose of the visit. Both private and government dailies expressed the [...] | 2008-01-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT343 | OMAN DELIVERY OF PALESTINIAN INVESTMENT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL |
08MUSCAT344 | SULTAN QABOOS BEGINS EXTENDED OVERSEAS VISIT [...] (U) All major Omani dailies on May 7 devoted colorful front page spreads to the start of the three-day official visit to Abu Dhabi by Sultan Qaboos, who departed Muscat the previous day. Accompanied by a delegation of seven ministers and other senior Omani officials, the Sultan was greeted at [...] | 2008-05-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MU |
08MUSCAT347 | OMAN DELIVERY OF WIPO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ETRD KIPR MU |
08MUSCAT348 | ONE YEAR LATER: THE STRIKE AT PORT OF SALALAH- [...] (C) Summary: One year after a May 2007 strike at the Port of Salalah, Oman's largest transshipment facility, contacts suggest that there remains a high degree of distrust between the port's management and its workers. Management has adopted polices to protect itself from future labor unrest, [...] | 2008-05-11 09:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT349 | SENIOR OMANI OFFICIALS UNAVAILABLE FOR ICI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON IZ MU |
08MUSCAT35 | OMAN FY08 BFIF REQUEST [...] Continued Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) assistance will be essential in helping the Embassy promote the soon-to-be-implemented U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Post requests $6,807 in BFIF program funds for outreach to the local community on the benefits of the FTA, strengt [...] | 2008-01-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MU |
08MUSCAT351 | FOLLOW UP ON OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS: OMAN [...] (U) This cable provides updated information on Post's actions to engage with democracy and human rights activists and promote democratic reform in support of the President's Freedom Agenda in Oman. - - - - - - - - - - - - Meeting with Activists - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) There are v [...] | 2008-05-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT352 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] SUMMARY: Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" lamented the Lebanese violence, morbidly predicting unalterable changes to Lebanon's very nature. State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on May 11 called on Arab nations to play positive, unbiased roles, then, on May 12, backed the Lebanese Army and Suleiman [...] | 2008-05-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT357 | MINISTER OF MANPOWER RESPONDS TO ANXIETY ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Through often direct exchanges with Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al-Juma at a recent conference, oil and gas company executives expressed sharp concerns about a shortage of skilled labor in Oman's labor market. Juma, while acknowledging immediate problems of labor supply [...] | 2008-05-14 09:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT358 | ENCOURAGING OMAN TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche, talking points and sample note verbale on April 22 to Abdullah al-Riaymi, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and strongly encouraged the Omani government to promptly subscribe to the Hague Code [...] | 2008-05-14 10:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC MTCRE KSCA TSPA MU |
08MUSCAT359 | LOOKING FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OMAN'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Business officials in the Omani interior towns of Buraimi (located on the border with the United Arab Emirates) and Ibri are optimistic about the economic growth potential of their respective areas, in spite of the obstacles facing them. Improved road access and availability of natural gas [...] | 2008-05-14 10:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV MU |
08MUSCAT36 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN [...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs praised close U.S.-Oman ties and the two countries' "strategic" relationship. He applauded President Bush's renewed push to help create a Palestinian state, but feared [...] | 2008-01-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IR MU |
08MUSCAT360 | MINISTER OF MANPOWER RESPONDS TO ANXIETY ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Through often direct exchanges with Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al-Juma at a recent conference, oil and gas company executives expressed sharp concerns about a shortage of skilled labor in Oman's labor market. Juma, while acknowledging immediate problems of labor supply [...] | 2008-05-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT361 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALGOUE [...] (U) In preparation for the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue in Washington, D.C., Embassy Muscat provides the following updated information on the main subject areas scheduled for discussion. The final composition of the Omani delegation for the GSD has yet to be determined, [...] | 2008-05-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU |
08MUSCAT374 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PEACE EFFORTS, DOHA DIALGOUE AND [...] SUMMARY: State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" recognized the Bush administration's peace efforts, but accused Israel of hindering real progress. "Oman" also signaled its hope for a positive outcome from the Doha dialogue, noting strong international support as the key. In a criticism of the Presid [...] | 2008-05-19 12:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT376 | OMANI SUPPORT FOR ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS TO RESOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary General of the Omani Foreign Ministry told the Ambassador on May 18 that Oman firmly supported ongoing Arab League efforts to help mediate an agreement among the various factions to end the crisis in Lebanon. While acknowledging the need for Hizballah to pledge to [...] | 2008-05-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IR MU |
08MUSCAT379 | SULTAN QABOOS GRANTS RARE PRESS INTERVIEW [...] (C) A rare interview given by Sultan Qaboos to a Kuwaiti newspaper painted a predictably rosy picture of the Sultanate that pushed, if not exceeded, the bounds of credibility. According to the Sultan, who was treated to fawning praise by the interviewer (also the paper's chief editor and, rep [...] | 2008-05-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT380 | GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD ON PARTIAL OMANTEL SALE [...] (U) On May 18, state-owned Arabic daily "Oman Daily Observer" confirmed reftel report that the government is likely to select a consortium of financial advisors, including Citibank and JP Morgan, to prepare majority state-owned Omantel for a sale of an undetermined amount of its stock to a str [...] | 2008-05-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV MU |
08MUSCAT384 | OMAN INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS PAVE WAY FOR [...] (SBU) Oman's investment in its infrastructure is paying dividends, as port development has led to greater foreign participation in various downstream industrial opportunities, while improvements to Oman's air transportation network will facilitate increased tourist arrivals. Road construction [...] | 2008-05-26 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAIR MU |
08MUSCAT385 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: NEW LEBANESE PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: News of the Doha Agreement and the election of General Michel Suleiman as Lebanese president preoccupied both the State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" and private Arabic daily "Al-Watan", with editorials describing it as new chapter after lengthy political disturbance, which threatened the [...] | 2008-05-26 12:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT396 | OMAN MULLING OVER VAT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) On May 26, non-local media reported that Oman intended to implement a value added tax (VAT) to reduce the government's dependence on oil exports for income, which currently accounts for 79% of its revenue. The report quoted a source from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry that the VAT, [...] | 2008-06-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
08MUSCAT397 | DOHA ACCORD BEST CHANCE FOR MARCH 14 TO REGAIN [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador June 1 that albeit a far-from-perfect solution, the Doha agreement offers the March 14 coalition its best chance for regaining the political advantage in Lebanon. He urged the U.S. to continue its support for P [...] | 2008-06-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE MU |
08MUSCAT401 | OMANI RESPONSE TO FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A invitation to the Friends of Iraq Conference on May 13 via diplomatic note. The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) contacted the Embassy on May 24 to request a copy of the agenda for the conference. On May 28, post transmitted ref B information, including the [...] | 2008-06-02 09:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS IZ MU |
08MUSCAT402 | OMAN UNWILLING TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU |
08MUSCAT403 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs on June 1 to discuss a number of issues (septels),the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on the latest IAEA report regarding Iran's nuclear program. Bin Alawi acknowledged U.S. concerns over Tehran's nuclea [...] | 2008-06-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU |
08MUSCAT404 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI CHALLENGE TO PEACE IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Commentaries this week focused on the scandal surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, presenting it as a diversion, likely intentionally created, to stall peace talks and progress on a Golan deal. State Arabic daily "Oman" called on Israel to initiate a prisoner exchange with Hamas [...] | 2008-06-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT409 | MINISTER OF MANPOWER RECEIVES INITIAL TIP DEMARCHE [...] (C) On June 4, the Ambassador demarched Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al Juma on the 2008 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report for Oman, providing him with both the country narrative and 60-day action plan (refs A, B). The Ambassador passed similar information to the office of the Secretar [...] | 2008-06-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KMPI KWMN ELAB SMIG MU |
08MUSCAT41 | CODEL PRICE DISCUSSES TRADE SECURITY AND IRAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by Representative David Price of North Carolina -- Chairman of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- visited Muscat and Salalah January 7-9 to assess DHS's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI)(ref [...] | 2008-01-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER MU |
08MUSCAT410 | JUDGES NEED TRAINING TO IMPLEMENT LABOR LAWS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent Embassy-sponsored small group discussion on the role of the courts in implementing Oman's labor laws, business and labor leaders expressed a lack of confidence in the judicial process and judges' ability to settle labor disputes. The participants identified a p [...] | 2008-06-04 12:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT418 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Trafficking in Persons Report [...] SUMMARY: While the number of Omani papers responding to date to the release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is to date limited (to wire service material in on English private daily and more targeted coverage in a pair of Arabic and English sister papers),one paper has made the [...] | 2008-06-09 04:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT424 | YOUNG OMANIS SOUND OFF ON REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young professionals shared their views on Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, democracy, and the public image of the U.S. Participants were downbeat on Iraq and thought it was inevitable that the U.S. would withdraw its troops f [...] | 2008-06-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI KPAL IZ MU |
08MUSCAT425 | OMAN INDIGNANT OVER 2008 TIP REPORT; SUSPENDS TIP [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 8 below. 2. (C) Summary: Sayyid Badr al-Busaidy, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told me June 9 that the government of Oman does not accept Oman's placement on Tier 3 of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) re [...] | 2008-06-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT426 | OMAN TAKES ITS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TIP REPORT TO THE [...] (C) During a June 9 meeting on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (reftel),Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, informed the Ambassador that Oman planned to raise its ire with our report at the June 9 meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council [...] | 2008-06-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT427 | MUSCAT RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL REPORTING [...] Post has no information indicating that exploitative child labor occurs in Oman. Instances of child labor are reported in the informal, subsistence, and family business sectors of the economy; however, it does not appear to exist in any formal sector. A 2006 Royal Decree expressly prohibited [...] | 2008-06-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MU |
08MUSCAT428 | MIGRANT WORKERS PROTEST NON-PAYMENT OF WAGES [...] (C) Summary: A recent protest by Indian construction workers over non-payment of wages ended in clashes with the employing company's security guards. The Indian Embassy in Muscat and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) helped resolve the dispute, with the company agreeing to a timetable to repay b [...] | 2008-06-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT429 | TUNA COMMISSION CONVENES IN MUSCAT [...] On June 7, Commercial Assistant attended the opening of the 12th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) in Muscat. The conference aims to promote cooperation among IOTC members to ensure, through appropriate management, the conservation and optimum utilization of tuna stocks covere [...] | 2008-06-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT43 | GOVERNMENT HOLDS ANTI-TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials and representatives of civil society met in December 2007 under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to review and amend Oman's draft anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law. The Council of Ministers is expected to approve the law and name the [...] | 2008-01-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT430 | AMBASSADOR CONDUCTS BROAD OUTREACH IN SALALAH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the southern Omani city of Salalah and the surrounding governorate of Dhofar May 26-28. His trip included a meeting with the Deputy Governor of Dhofar, a tour of the operations of an expanding U.S.-based company, a discussion with university students ab [...] | 2008-06-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT431 | ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...] | 2008-06-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU |
08MUSCAT432 | ADDRESSING OUR TIER 3 TIP DISPUTE WITH OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over the Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report stems from the government's refusal to accept that there may be a trafficking problem in Oman, as well as its extreme sensitivity to its public image. Oman's threatened reappraisal of "all [...] | 2008-06-14 02:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MOPS MU |
08MUSCAT434 | SPECIAL OMAN MEDIA REACTION: BLASTING THE TRAFFICKING [...] SUMMARY: Omani media, public and private alike and in all outlets, highlighted the strong official response to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report (Refs A, B),as made public in comments on June 10 by Foreign Ministry Secretary General Sayyid Badr Al Busaidi via a text released by the offici [...] | 2008-06-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OIIP SMIG KPAO ELAB KCRM KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT436 | OMAN: MEPI REPORT CARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Many of the major projects funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) over the past years are now, in one way or another, at a crossroads. With the 2007-08 program season winding down, Muscat's MEPI team, under the guidance of the Ambassador, offers this review of ME [...] | 2008-06-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI KDEM KWMN ECON ELAB SCUL MU |
08MUSCAT437 | MISSION EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GREATER OMANI [...] Over the past two years, Embassy Muscat's Public Affairs and Consular Sections, with strong and consistent Front Office guidance and broader Mission support, have collaborated on a range of efforts aimed at demystifying the consular process, dispelling myths about U.S. visas, and reducing stil [...] | 2008-06-15 02:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV MU CVIS |
08MUSCAT438 | RESULTS OF SAFE HOUSE SURVEY PROVIDE SPECIFIC [...] (C) Summary: Using a survey designed by Post, the Philippine Embassy in Muscat recently interviewed 30 women seeking shelter in its safe house who had run away from their Omani sponsors in response to alleged mistreatment. According to the survey results, which Post compiled and analyzed, man [...] | 2008-06-15 03:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT441 | OMAN RULES OUT REOPENING BAGHDAD EMBASSY, BUT WILL [...] (U) In an interview with local Arabic-language daily "Shabiba" on June 11, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi stated that the government had "no intention" of sending diplomats to either Baghdad or Kabul. He did not indicate for how long this decision would [...] | 2008-06-15 08:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF IZ MU |
08MUSCAT443 | FUELED BY MEDIA, POPULAR RESENTMENT GROWS OVER TIP [...] (SBU) Local media have stepped up coverage of the Omani government's strong reaction to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, with an increasing number of government officials and offices publicly adding their statements to those made initially by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...] | 2008-06-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT444 | OMAN'S MAJLIS AL-SHURA CONDEMNS TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 14, the Majlis al-Shura, the elected lower house of Oman's bicameral advisory body, issued a statement condemning the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, specifically accusing the U.S. State Department of issuing "false allegations" about Oman's record on TIP. The Shura's [...] | 2008-06-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT445 | SIGNS OF POSSIBLE CHANGE IN OMAN-IRAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (S/NF) While maintaining close, cordial relations with Tehran has long been a priority for the Omani government, Oman has traditionally kept its neighbor to the north at arm's length, resulting in a relationship that is largely non-substantive. Bilateral economic ties remain limited and Oman [...] | 2008-06-15 13:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR MU |
08MUSCAT45 | RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS: OMANI RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI MU |
08MUSCAT454 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Ongoing Trafficking Coverage [...] SUMMARY: Negative coverage of the TIP report continued to dominate news articles, editorials, and commentaries through the weekend and into Monday. After recent statements to the press from the Majlis A'Shura (reftel Muscat 444) and other government officials, Foreign Ministry Secretary Genera [...] | 2008-06-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT456 | POINTS ON P5+1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP IR MU |
08MUSCAT463 | OMAN'S SME SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM MEPI ASSISTANCE [...] (U) With funding from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),a consulting team from Booz Allen Hamilton is advising the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Directorate General of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) on both developing an internal organizational workplan for the off [...] | 2008-06-17 12:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP KMPI PREL MU |
08MUSCAT464 | OMANI PUBLIC ANGER CONTINUES OVER TIP [...] (C) Summary: Widespread press coverage of Oman's anger over its Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report continued June 16 and 17, with articles increasingly linking the TIP Report to critiques of broader U.S. policy in the region. The media paid particular attention to [...] | 2008-06-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT466 | OMANI GOVERNMENT TAKES FURTHER ACTION TO COUNTER [...] On June 9, the Central Bank of Oman (CBO) announced that it would reduce the lending ratio of commercial banks from 87.5% to 82.5% and increase the minimum reserve requirement from 5% to 8% of total deposits, actions intended to control inflationary pressures by absorbing excess liquidity and [...] | 2008-06-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON MU |
08MUSCAT467 | OMAN LOWERS OIL OUTPUT PROJECTIONS [...] (U) On June 15, Minister of Oil and Gas Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad al-Rumhy told media outlets that Oman's 2008 oil production figures had been revised downward from a projected 790,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 750,000 bpd. Oman reported a production rate of 743,000 bpd over the first four months [...] | 2008-06-18 10:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON MU IR |
08MUSCAT468 | YOUTH FUND FACES CHALLENGES IN PROMOTING SMES [...] On June 9, Commercial Assistant and a consultative team from Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH),under sponsorship from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),met with Malak al-Shaibani, General Manager of the Fund for Development of Youth Projects ("Sharakah"),to discuss its role in the devel [...] | 2008-06-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT469 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: MORE PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON TIP; [...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of TIP continued at the same elevated level reported in reftel, with over a dozen articles appearing in English and Arabic since Monday, June 16. On Tuesday, June 17, the Oman Journalist Association (OJA) issued a statement, carried in all dailies, in line with other of [...] | 2008-06-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT47 | OMANI FOREIGN POLICY AS REFLECTED IN THE SPEECHES [...] (C) Summary: In addition to being the longest-serving head of state in the GCC, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id is also one of the most consistent Arab leaders with respect to his stated views on foreign policy. An examination of the relatively limited number of public speeches he has given since ta [...] | 2008-01-20 13:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL MU |
08MUSCAT474 | ROYAL OMAN POLICE, MAJLIS AL-SHURA SUSPEND AREAS [...] (C) Summary: The dispute over Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is beginning to affect Post's relations with some government and non-governmental entities in Oman. The Royal Oman Police's (ROP) Criminal Investigation Division informed Post that due to Oman' [...] | 2008-06-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT476 | OMANI OFFICIALS CLAIM USG READY TO REVISE TIP [...] (C) Sources indicate that there has been discussion within the Omani government that the USG ultimately will revise the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, resulting in Oman's removal from Tier 3. The Director General (DG) of Royal Oman Police (ROP) Customs told poloff June 23 that he e [...] | 2008-06-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT477 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: MORE OFFICIALS COMMENT ON TIP [...] SUMMARY: After a one day respite on June 22, Omani media took up arms again against the TIP report on June 23. Sayyid Badr al Busaidy, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Oman has "protested in the strongest terms," and "the report is unjustified," in a Reuters a [...] | 2008-06-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT480 | NEGATIVE TIP COVERAGE SHOWS SIGNS OF A COORDINATED [...] (C) Summary: Coverage in both the Arabic and English-language local press of Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has gone through several distinct stages, with an increasing number of official and civil society actors criticizing the report and the USG. Conta [...] | 2008-06-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT486 | OMANI BANKS REMAIN FLUSH WITH LIQUIDITY [...] (C) On June 28, Econoff reviewed the status of Oman's banking sector with Mansour al-Raisi, Banking Examination Manager, Central Bank of Oman (CBO). Raisi noted that with the continued rise in oil prices, Oman's banking system remained flush with liquidity. "If you (a banker) can't make mone [...] | 2008-06-29 12:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MU |
08MUSCAT491 | USDA STAGES TRANSBOUNDARY ANIMAL DISEASES WORKSHOP [...] (U) On June 22, the USDA, in association with Oman's Ministry of Agriculture, opened a five-day workshop on the effect of transboundary animal diseases on international trade for over 30 government officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council and Yemen. The seminar, sponsored by the Middle Eas [...] | 2008-06-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT493 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: MORE TIP COVERAGE [...] SUMMARY: TIP media coverage has abated slightly, but still remains a focus of media attention. Last week saw only one additional formal statement by an Omani official or institution, the State Council, whose statement did not mention TIP directly. A news report by Arabic daily "As Shabiba" l [...] | 2008-07-01 09:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT494 | OMAN INTERESTED IN USG EFFORTS ON IMPLEMENTING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On June 29, Econoff met with Dr. Salah al-Awaidy, Director of Infectious Disease Surveillance, Ministry of Health, to discuss reftel information on USG efforts to implement recently revised international health regulations (IHRs). Awaid [...] | 2008-07-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV PREL MU |
08MUSCAT495 | OMANI MINISTRY URGES U.S. PHARMA COMPANIES TO [...] On June 30, Econoff met with Dr. Batool Jaffer Suleiman, Director of Rational Drug Use, Ministry of Health, to discuss the government's recent purchase of Indian generic product Bortenat, produced by Natco Pharmaceuticals, instead of U.S.-patented Velcade, produced by Johnson and Johnson. Sule [...] | 2008-07-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON MU |
08MUSCAT496 | OMAN DELIVERY OF GCC TRADEMARK LEGISLATION REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 11:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR ECON MU |
08MUSCAT499 | GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL DENIES PRESS CLAIM OF [...] (C) Summary: According to local press, a primary court near Muscat recently convicted several third-country nationals on charges of prostitution in a trafficking in persons (TIP)-related case. An official in the Attorney General's office denied that the case involved TIP, claiming that it was [...] | 2008-07-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT500 | MINISTER OF MANPOWER ISSUES NEW OCCUPATIONAL [...] (U) In a step that a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) official told poloff was "directly related to stopping trafficking in persons (TIP)," Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al Juma issued new occupational health and safety regulations on July 1 that cover all private sector companies operating in Om [...] | 2008-07-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT501 | OMAN SENDS ECONOMIC DELEGATION TO IRAQ [...] (U) An Omani delegation led by Mohammed bin Nassir al-Khusaibi, Secretary General of the Ministry of National Economy, completed a three-day economic mission to Baghdad on July 1. The 19-member contingent, which included officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and Industr [...] | 2008-07-02 13:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
08MUSCAT506 | OMAN'S DELEGATION TO 63RD UNGA [...] (SBU) On July 6, Econoff met with Humaid al-Maani, Director of the Secretary General's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to inquire about Oman's planned attendance at the upcoming 63rd UN General Assembly. Maani replied that Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Humud al-Busaidi, Secretary General, Mi [...] | 2008-07-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP MU |
08MUSCAT508 | OMAN RESPONSE TO KOSOVO RECOGNITION REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT509 | OMAN RESPONSE TO PA FUNDING REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPAL PGOV PREL KWBG MU |
08MUSCAT513 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GULF IGNORED OVER IRAN ISSUE [...] SUMMARY: Omani press focused this week on the nuclear tensions between Israel and Iran, pushing TIP further to the background. Arabic daily "Al Watan" criticized the U.S. administration for ignoring the Gulf in its Iran strategy. An online discussion forum asking about Oman's reaction to a po [...] | 2008-07-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT515 | OMAN CONTINUES TO KEEP ISLAMIC BANKING AT ARM'S [...] (U) On June 28, Arabic-language daily "al-Shabiba" retracted a news article that Bank Muscat, the nation's largest, was preparing to offer the first type of loans in Oman to be compliant with Islamic Shari'a law. The paper had mistakenly reported on June 25 that the bank would offer such loan [...] | 2008-07-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MU |
08MUSCAT52 | MUSCAT'S NOMINEE FOR 2008 ECONOMIC TRAINING COURSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 13:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AFSN AMGT ETRD PREL MU |
08MUSCAT524 | OMAN FY08 BFIF PROGRAM INTERIM RESULTS [...] Per ref A request, Embassy Muscat reports that $1,252 has been spent from its FY 2008 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) account for the training of its Commercial Assistant at its Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) partnership post in Dubai. On January 28-30, the Commercial Assistant [...] | 2008-07-14 05:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM MU |
08MUSCAT527 | TIP REPORT DISPUTE TAKES TOLL ON EMBASSY [...] (C) The placement of Oman on Tier 3 of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report has had significant negative repercussions on the Embassy's relations with the Omani government, as well as with non-governmental organizations and certain private individuals. As reported previously, the dir [...] | 2008-07-14 11:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KMPI SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT528 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Commentaries this week focused on Oman's and the Gulf's relationship to U.S. in the context of the Iran situation. "As Shabiba" reported on the Omani Foreign Ministry's decision not to send an ambassador to Baghdad and criticized the U.S. for allowing Iranian influence in Iraq to gro [...] | 2008-07-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT532 | DEMARCHE ON NAM FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA IR MU |
08MUSCAT536 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO MUSCAT (JULY [...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki made a brief visit to Muscat on July 16 for talks with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Mottaki reportedly did not meet with other senior Omani officials. While in Oman, Mottaki granted a press intervi [...] | 2008-07-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC IR MU |
08MUSCAT537 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Local papers focused heavily on International Criminal Court (ICC) action against the Sudanese president, with government-owned daily "Oman" calling it a plot by superpowers to rob Sudan. "Oman" expressed optimism over U.S. participation in the Geneva talks on the Iranian nuclear iss [...] | 2008-07-21 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT540 | SHI'A ISLAM IN OMAN [...] (C) Despite its small size, Oman's population of well-integrated Shi'a Muslims plays an influential role in Oman's economy and politics. Most Shi'a strongly identify themselves as Omanis, but remain distinct in religious matters. The government provides broad autonomy to Omani Shi'a in condu [...] | 2008-07-22 08:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL OPRC KIRF MU |
08MUSCAT550 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Government-daily "Oman" praised the Arab League's support for Sudan's proposal to form special human rights courts, calling for more strong action by Arabs in Sudan's defense against the ICC. Private daily "Al Watan" said that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's statements sh [...] | 2008-07-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT556 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIIRAL GORTNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Vice Admiral Gortney: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region ) the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" ) the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. Yet, while we enjoy close relations with Oman, we [...] | 2008-08-04 04:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU |
08MUSCAT557 | PIRATED GERMAN CARGO SHIP SEEKS REFUGE IN SALALAH [...] (U) Local press reported that a 120-meter German cargo ship, MV Lehmann Timber, arrived in the southern port city of Salalah on July 21 after being captured and released by armed Somali pirates. According to media articles, the vessel, taken by force on May 28 during a voyage in the Gulf of A [...] | 2008-08-04 05:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA KCRM EWWT MU |
08MUSCAT558 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Editorials and commentaries in Oman's dailies focused on the negative effect of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's resignation and the U.S. elections on the peace process, and on violence between Palestinian groups. Articles in private daily "Al Watan" called Israel's negotiations with [...] | 2008-08-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT565 | OMAN REMAINS WARY OF IRANIAN EXPANSIONISM [...] (S/NF) Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, reviewed Oman's view on Iran from a security perspective, highlighting Omani awareness of Iran's deceptive tactics and expansionist ideologic [...] | 2008-08-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM IR MU |
08MUSCAT572 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION TO SULTAN'S LIBYA VISIT [...] (U) Oman media reports Sultan Qaboos bin Said will arrive in Libya today for an official visit with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Over the next several days, the two leaders will discuss the Oman-Libya relationship and explore opportunities for further cooperation. They will also discuss broader A [...] | 2008-08-11 14:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MU XF XI |
08MUSCAT575 | OMAN'S CHANGING WORKWEEK [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials encouraged the private sector to adopt a five-day workweek in lieu of the current six days to help prompt more Omanis to seek jobs outside the public sector. In addition, financial institutions and a growing number of private businesses have taken steps t [...] | 2008-08-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT576 | OMANI MFA SECRETARY GENERAL RECOGNIZES NEED FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador called on MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamud Al Busaidi on August 13 to discuss recent developments regarding trafficking-in-persons (TIP),as well as other issues (septel). The Ambassador noted that Washington expected the announcement of the move of Oma [...] | 2008-08-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU |
08MUSCAT582 | OMAN MOVING FORWARD AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Despite the absence of many senior officials and the slow pace of the Omani bureaucracy during the hot summer months, the government has demonstrated over the past 90 days its commitment to take new measures against trafficking-in-persons (TIP). As reported previously, on July 1 the Mi [...] | 2008-08-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT583 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Editorials over the past week have primarily focused on visits by Sultan Qaboos to Libya, Egypt, and Jordan, and have stuck safely to standard language and praise. On regional issues, private daily "AL-Watan" noted that Palestinians should expect little from the visit of the U.S. Se [...] | 2008-08-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT593 | TELECOM LICENSE ISSUE MAY FURTHER DELAY FTA [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a press conference August 11 inviting companies to bid for a new fixed telecommunications license package. The bidding process may further delay implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by deferring othe [...] | 2008-08-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINT ETRD ETTC MU ETRA |
08MUSCAT599 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" commented on the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners, it was surprising that there were Palestinian personalities revealed their identities and ideological belonging. "Oman" also stressed the importance of Iraqi stability for the region. Private daily "Al-Watan" h [...] | 2008-08-25 12:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT608 | OMANI AMBASSADOR TO DELIVER FTA MESSAGE FROM [...] (C) Dr. Salem al-Ismaily, Executive President of the Omani Centre for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED),informed the Ambassador on August 25 that Sultan Qaboos personally recalled Omani Ambassador to the U.S. Hunaina al-Mughairy to Muscat to provide her with an important m [...] | 2008-08-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT613 | OMANI RESPONSE TO RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR RU GG MU |
08MUSCAT614 | KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: OMAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 13:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN KV MU |
08MUSCAT615 | OMAN TO REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING OUT ON MAURITANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR MU |
08MUSCAT62 | OMAN DELIVERY OF ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU |
08MUSCAT623 | SULTAN'S SUMMER TRAVELS, GCC SUMMIT AND FTA [...] (C) Receiving the Ambassador at his residence August 31, Sultan Qaboos' Advisor for External Liaison, Dr. Omar Zawawi, reviewed the Sultan's recent official/private trip through the Middle East and Europe, reaffirmed the Sultan's commitment to implementing quickly the U.S.-Oman FTA, and brie [...] | 2008-09-02 04:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT625 | MINISTER OUTLINES OMAN'S PLANS TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister of Manpower reaffirmed Oman's determination to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in a meeting with the Ambassador on September 2. During a conversation discussing a variety of topics, Minister Juma Ali Juma outlined immediate steps underway by the Omani governm [...] | 2008-09-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT626 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: While the state daily "Oman" praised U.S. efforts toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, private daily "Al-Watan" accused the American administration of a week stand on the issue, decrying a lack of firmness toward Israel. "Al-Watan" also suggested that the Israeli Prime Minister's proposa [...] | 2008-09-03 06:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT634 | EMBASSY CONTACT ASSERTS OMAN DETERMINED TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos has made it clear that he intends to strengthen Oman's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) over the next year in order to improve Oman's tier ranking on the USG TIP report, according to Ahmad al-Mukhaini, Assistant Secretary General for the Majlis al-Shura Secretar [...] | 2008-09-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT636 | DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi said Oman was "confused" by conflicting reports on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. He was disappointed by events following Annapolis and doubtful that an agreement could [...] | 2008-09-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ MU |
08MUSCAT640 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Daily "Al-Watan" urged GCC countries and Iran to quickly settle the territorial dispute with the United Arab Emirates. On September 5, "Al Watan" attacked Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's description of the Iraq war as divine action. State daily "Oman" hailed Syria's progre [...] | 2008-09-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT647 | SULTAN QABOOS REPLACES LABOR MINISTER AND MUSCAT [...] (C) In a surprise move to many, Sultan Qaboos removed Oman's Minister of Manpower in a September 6 royal decree and replaced him with a government official who, although reportedly very competent, has little direct experience in labor issues. The reason for the Minister's ouster is unknown, [...] | 2008-09-10 12:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SMIG KTIP MU |
08MUSCAT65 | SUCCESSFUL EPA WORKSHOP CONCLUDES [...] On January 28, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),in association with the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement and the Omani Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs, concluded two successful one-day workshops in Muscat on the Role of Science in En [...] | 2008-01-28 12:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SENV KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT659 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES: OMAN [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered relevant reftel points on September 14 to Sameh al-Amri, Office Director for Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. (Note: Sayyid Badr will head Oman's delegation to this year's UN General Assembly. End Note.) Al-Amri had no sub [...] | 2008-09-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MU |
08MUSCAT661 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Arabic daily "Al Watan" wrote twice on the crisis in Darfur, calling for the establishment of an Arab mechanism for conflict resolution and praising the Arab Foreign Ministers' intent to seize initiative. Government daily "Oman" blamed conspirators for creating regional instability w [...] | 2008-09-15 12:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT662 | OMANIS PUBLICLY CONFIRM OMAN-IRAN GAS DEAL [...] (U) A number of internet news and business sites have recently published a Reuters report dated September 11 on an Oman-Iran plan to develop Iran's off-shore Kish gas field in the Arabian Gulf. Quoting a "project official" at Oman's Ministry of Oil & Gas who "declined to be named," the Reuter [...] | 2008-09-15 14:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ENRG EPET IR MU |
08MUSCAT681 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: State Arabic daily "Oman" criticized corrupt Omani businessmen for their role in Oman's Tier 3 Trafficking in Persons rating. Private daily "Al Shabiba" warned that a lack of true freedom of expression was causing a backsliding to tribalism. Another "Al Shabiba" editorial accused sen [...] | 2008-09-23 11:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT682 | OMAN TAKES HARD LINE STANCE ON TELECOM LICENSES; [...] (C) Summary: In a letter received by post on September 21, Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (TRA) defended its recent bid process to award a single, integrated telecommunications license package for multiple services (including fixed-line service) despite U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agree [...] | 2008-09-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINT EINV ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT683 | OMAN REQUESTS MEETING WITH U.S. IAEA DELEGATION TO [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) At the request of the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the Ambassador met on September 21 with Ambassador Ali bin Salim bin Mas'ud al-Ma'amari, Chief of the MFA's newly established Office of Peaceful Nuclear Technology [...] | 2008-09-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ENRG MU |
08MUSCAT696 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Government daily "Oman" praised recent agreements in Lebanon to remove antagonistic party slogans from the streets. "Oman" also called on all Gulf countries to protect themselves from the American economic crisis, calling for "appropriate precautionary measures". Private daily "Al-Wa [...] | 2008-09-30 05:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT697 | BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: OMANI ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note on September 20. During a September 23 discussion with Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, Pol-Econ Chief reviewed the importance of the Forum of the Future an [...] | 2008-09-30 10:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT698 | FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 10:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MU |
08MUSCAT70 | MEDIA REACTION: GAZA STRIP; LEBANON; ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] SUMMARY: Editorials in private daily "al Watan" call the U.S. veto of the UNSC draft resolution on Gaza "typical discriminatory policy". Another "al Watan" editorial states that Arab foreign ministers find themselves at a difficult crossroad at the Arab Leagues meeting on Lebanon. State daily " [...] | 2008-01-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT708 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued to comment on the global financial crisis and the Middle East peace process. Government Arabic daily "Oman" sounded another call for governments to act with fiscal responsibility. "Oman" also predicted a stagnation of the Middle East peace process a [...] | 2008-10-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT709 | INTERIOR RESIDENTS EXPRESS VIEWS ON U.S. FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In his 'Eid al Fitr calls on senior sheikhs and majlis members in Oman's interior Sharqia governorate, the Ambassador heard diverse and sometimes surprising views about the U.S. and on Omani government policies. Omanis expressed considerable interest in the ongoing financial c [...] | 2008-10-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON EFIN KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT72 | OMAN RESPONSE TO UK PSI OUTREACH EVENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA PARM PREL KNNP MU |
08MUSCAT721 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies continued writing on the global financial crisis. Private daily "Al Watan" predicted the rise of a multi-polar world as a result of economic shifts. Private daily "Al Shabiba" said the economic crisis is another failure of the U.S. administration, causing allies to ree [...] | 2008-10-14 12:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT722 | OMAN WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (C) Despite public assurances from officials that Oman's economy has not been affected by the global financial crisis, the Sultanate's stock market dropped by almost 40% over the last five months while its banking system, formerly flush with cash, now suffers from a lack of liquidity. Local [...] | 2008-10-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG MU |
08MUSCAT723 | ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-15 09:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AF MU |
08MUSCAT724 | OMAN UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) During an October 13 meeting with Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs for Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref A and B demarches and urged the Omani government to strongly consider making a contribution to reconstruction efforts in Georgia [...] | 2008-10-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA GG MU |
08MUSCAT727 | GCC SUMMIT MOVED TO DECEMBER [...] (C) Contacts in the government and Muscat hotels have confirmed that the GCC Summit, originally scheduled for late November in the Omani capital, has been postponed to December. The government has not yet announced a new date for the Summit, but Embassy sources report that the event may be h [...] | 2008-10-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT MU |
08MUSCAT728 | UNDERSTANDING AND MOVING ON FROM OMAN'S HARSH [...] (C) There are likely several reasons behind Oman's hypersensitivity and reaction to its Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: its unspoken past involvement in the slave trade, its strong desire to protect and shape its national image, and its devotion to the principl [...] | 2008-10-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL SMIG MASS ECON ETRD ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT729 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" ),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty [...] | 2008-10-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON ENRG ETRD KNNP KPAL KTIP SMIG |
08MUSCAT731 | MINISTER SEEKING COMPROMISES TO COMPLETE FTA [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan told the Ambassador on October 15 that compromise on a number of issues will be necessary if the U.S. and Oman are to conclude the FTA implementation process. He recognized that there are differences in how each party th [...] | 2008-10-18 13:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN MU PREL |
08MUSCAT732 | OMAN PLEASED WITH FINAL TIP TIER RANKING, PROMISES [...] (C) The Ambassador informed Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, on October 18 of the President's determination upgrading Oman from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List in the Department's most recent Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Sayyid Badr was very pleased [...] | 2008-10-19 08:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KTIP SMIG MU |
08MUSCAT738 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SCHWAB'S [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," [...] | 2008-10-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT743 | USTR VISIT RE-ENERGIZES FTA IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: USTR Ambassador Schwab met with Sultan Qaboos and government officials during her October 24-26 visit to Oman to resolve outstanding Free Trade Agreement issues and achieve implementation by the end of the year. While problems remain, the visit and related meetings between USTR [...] | 2008-10-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT744 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI SULTAN [...] (C) The Deputy Secretary of State and the Ambassador met on October 19 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. Bin Alawi welcomed Oman's upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) [...] | 2008-10-28 06:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KTIP MNUC ECON ETRD SMIG IR IZ MU |
08MUSCAT746 | LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR PROPOSED NESA CENTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Post continues to strongly support the establishment of a regional office in Muscat of the Department of Defense's Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies. Oman would provide an ideal geographic location for suc [...] | 2008-10-29 11:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT KMRS MASS MU |
08MUSCAT747 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...] | 2008-10-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT748 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...] | 2008-10-29 13:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT749 | OMANI OFFICIALS DISCUSS IMPACT OF GLOBAL CREDIT [...] (C) Summary: The Executive President of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO),Hamoud bin Sangour al-Zadjali, told the Ambassador that Oman had no direct exposure to the global financial crisis as its banks had not invested in mortgage-backed securities. While contending that liquidity in local ba [...] | 2008-10-29 13:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL MU |
08MUSCAT75 | OMAN RESPONSE TO SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE [...] In response to reftel request, Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has proclaimed itself to be "technology neutral" with regard to permitting Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) services in Oman, so long as carriers are licensed to offer them and they can be legally intercepte [...] | 2008-01-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD USTR MU |
08MUSCAT759 | ILO POSITIVE ABOUT PROGRESS ON LABOR UNIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: According to International Labor Organization (ILO) representatives conducting training in Oman, the new Minister of Manpower is solidly behind efforts against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and is in support of labor unions. As part of the ILO labor inspector training, Omanis are [...] | 2008-11-04 08:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELAB KTIP MU |
08MUSCAT765 | FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN: OMANI RESPONSE [...] (C) Post delivered relevant reftel information to the government of Oman on November 3 via diplomatic note. On November 5, DCM met with Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, and asked that Oman seriously consider takin [...] | 2008-11-05 12:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR MU |
08MUSCAT767 | EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Nothing to report. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) ISIT II training - October 25 to 29. See paragraph 6 below. MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU) On September 22, the EXBS Advisor, Pol-Econ Chief and Pol-Econ Officer met with the Director of the [...] | 2008-11-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU |
08MUSCAT772 | OMAN REACTS TO THE U.S. ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: As the November 4 presidential election approached, on Election Day, and in the immediate wake of the election results being announced, Omanis at all levels have been remarkably focused on events as they unfolded. In the media, online, and in person at a range of recent events, we ha [...] | 2008-11-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT774 | DISCOURAGING OMANI GAS DEALS WITH IRAN [...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche on November 5 to Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusef bin Alawi. In particular, the DCM emphasized that a major energy deal with the regime in Tehran would undermine attempts by the P5 plus [...] | 2008-11-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET ETTC IR MU |
08MUSCAT775 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 12:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MU |
08MUSCAT776 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. [...] | 2008-11-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU |
08MUSCAT779 | OMAN PARTICIPATION IN SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE [...] (U) Post highly recommends Oman for implementation of the proposed MEPI Small Business Initiative for Women (SBIFW). Omani businesswomen represent a rapidly growing segment of the private sector and as such are increasingly requesting training and assistance. These requests range from support [...] | 2008-11-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KMPI EAID ECON MU |
08MUSCAT784 | DEPUTY USTR VISIT CLEARS WAY FOR FTA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Building upon the progress towards implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) achieved by the visit of U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab to Oman on October 24-26 (reftel),a team of USTR experts and negotiators arrived in Muscat on November 7 for a week-long seri [...] | 2008-11-17 10:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD MU |
08MUSCAT789 | OMAN'S BIN ALAWI DISCUSSES U.S.-GCC SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador November 17, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reviewed Oman's idea for developing U.S.-GCC security cooperation, which will be presented for discussion at the December GCC summit, his thoughts on Mideast peace, Iraq and t [...] | 2008-11-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL GCC PK IN IZ MU |
08MUSCAT793 | MAINTAINING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KTIP KWMN MU |
08MUSCAT795 | OMAN ESTABLISHES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (U) As predicted by post contacts (refs A, B),Sultan Qaboos issued a royal decree on November 16 establishing an autonomous human rights commission. The commission will be located in Muscat and affiliated with the Majlis al-Dowla, the appointed upper house of Oman's bicameral advisory body. [...] | 2008-11-19 12:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MU |
08MUSCAT796 | MAINTAINING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) On November 16, the DCM and Pol-Econ Chief paid an introductory call to Ambassador Lyutha bint Sultan bin Ahmad al-Mughairy, the new director of the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. (Note: As Sayyid Badr is post's senior Omani interlocu [...] | 2008-11-19 13:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KTIP KWMN MU |
08MUSCAT797 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) General Petraeus: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North [...] | 2008-11-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP IR IZ PK |
08MUSCAT802 | OMAN FINANCIAL CRISIS UPDATE: NEW FUND TO BOLSTER [...] (SBU) To help shore up local equity values, Oman will establish a $390 million fund with capital from the government, private sector and pension funds to buy shares in the Muscat Securities Market (MSM). While the government claims that local banking institutions have passed on Central Bank [...] | 2008-11-24 07:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN MU |
08MUSCAT803 | NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG MU |
08MUSCAT804 | PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 07:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAGR EAID ECON ETRD TBIO MU |
08MUSCAT805 | ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AT THE UNGA: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 07:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA MU |
08MUSCAT806 | UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE: OMAN [...] (SBU) On November 23, Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, and urged Oman to vote in favor of the subject compliance resolution when it is taken up for final action by the 63rd [...] | 2008-11-24 07:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MU |
08MUSCAT809 | SULTAN TAKES AIM AT CORRUPTION IN SPEECH OPENING [...] (C) Summary: In his annual speech opening the Majlis Oman, Sultan Qaboos surprised his audience in addressing the issue of public corruption, warning government employees and officials who use their positions for personal gain that they would be held accountable under the law. Omanis welcome [...] | 2008-11-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCRM MU |
08MUSCAT811 | OMAN ADOPTS ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (U) On November 24, Sultan Qaboos issued Royal Decree 126/2008 promulgating the "Combating Human Trafficking Law," which will take effect on December 2, the day of publication in Oman's Official Gazette. The decree also cancels any existing laws that contradict the new legislation. The full [...] | 2008-11-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIP MU |
08MUSCAT812 | BACKGROUND ON OMAN FOR CENTCOM ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (C) One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2009, we will begin negotiations on renewal of our bilate [...] | 2008-11-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN ETRD MASS MOPS |
08MUSCAT829 | JOINT DEMARCHE TO OMAN ON INCREASING FINANCIAL [...] (C) The ambassadors of the E3 and the U.S. - the Italian was unavailable to participate - called on Ambassador Ahmed al Harthy, Chief of Middle East Affairs of the Omani MFA, and Lyeutha al Mughairy, Director of the MFA Secretary General's Office, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (C) In o [...] | 2008-12-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN MNUC KNNP IR MU |
08MUSCAT83 | OMANTEL READIES FOR COMPETITION, VOIP [...] (SBU) Omantel's CEO reaffirmed company plans to restructure itself in advance of government efforts to open the fixed-line telecommunications sector. While unclear of the nature of the impending regulatory changes, Omantel is most concerned about competition from small niche players. Omantel, [...] | 2008-02-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON ETRD PGOV MU |
08MUSCAT830 | DETAILS ON OMAN'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (C) Oman's new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law defines trafficking broadly, institutes significant penalties for offenders, provides for care and protection for victims, and establishes a National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking led by a government minister. Shaikh Abdullah al-Bak [...] | 2008-12-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIP MU |
08MUSCAT835 | EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Nothing to report. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD 2. (SBU) Nothing to report MEETINGS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD 3. (SBU)On November 9, the EXBS Advisor and the Pol-Econ Chief met with Counselor Arafa Samir, the Deputy Chief, International Affairs Dept., Ministr [...] | 2008-12-07 04:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP KSTC ETTC MU |
08MUSCAT838 | OMAN'S NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TAKES SHAPE [...] (C) Oman's new Human Rights Commission will include members from a variety of government ministries, as well as representatives from business, labor, and private associations. The commission has been given a broad range of responsibilities and will report to Sultan Qaboos through the Majlis a [...] | 2008-12-07 12:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MU |
08MUSCAT842 | OMAN ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting between a visiting U.S. CENTCOM Assessment Team (CAT) and MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the discussion turned to the topic of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and counter-piracy efforts. Sayyid Badr explained that Oman and its maritime industry has yet t [...] | 2008-12-08 11:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA PTER MOPS MU PREL |
08MUSCAT843 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies focused this week on the Mumbai attacks and transition of administrations. Government daily "Oman" signaled that the Mumbai attacks require a united, international response to the evolving threat of terrorism. Private Arabic daily "Al Watan" commented that American pol [...] | 2008-12-14 05:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT848 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 12:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV MU |
08MUSCAT849 | OMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER BASHES GCC PLUS 3/P5 PLUS [...] (SBU) Summary: While in Bahrain for the Manama Dialogue, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs strongly criticized the scheduled GCC plus 3/P5 plus 1 meeting in New York on Gulf security and asserted that Iran posed no threat to Arab states. The Sultan's Advisor for Cultural Affair [...] | 2008-12-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ECON IR MU |
08MUSCAT850 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued commentary on the Mumbai attacks, repeating calls for calm and cooperation. Government Arabic daily "Oman" called the Iraq-U.S. SOFA an "achievement" for the Iraqi people, and private Arabic "Al Watan" claimed that Israel's lies have "flourished" ov [...] | 2008-12-16 13:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
08MUSCAT852 | NOVEMBER 30 MEETING BETWEEN U.S. CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) On November 30, General David Petraeus, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, and the Ambassador met over dinner with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi was joined by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, as well as Mohammed al-Hassan, P [...] | 2008-12-17 05:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER AF IR IZ MU |
08MUSCAT853 | CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met for an unprecedented three hours on November 30 with Sultan Qaboos at Beit al Baraka palace outside Muscat. In a wide-ranging discussion of regional issues, the Sultan acknowledged progress in Iraq and expressed a degree [...] | 2008-12-17 06:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PBTS PHSA PREL PTER PK IR IZ YM MU |
08MUSCAT855 | OMAN CONTINUING TO SEEK EXPANDED ECONOMIC TIES [...] (U) Local press announced on December 14 that Oman's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Maqbool bin Ali bin Sultan, will lead an official delegation to Tehran on December 22 to discuss bilateral trade. No further details have been publicly released. 2. (C) Given his past involvement in n [...] | 2008-12-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG ETRD IR MU |
08MUSCAT856 | GOVERNMENT EXPANDS LAND GRANTS TO WOMEN [...] (U) In some countries you get the right to vote or to purchase alcohol when you become an adult, in Oman, the government also gives you land. Until recently, Omani law provided that all Omani men 23 years of age or older (21 years or older if married) were eligible to receive 600 square mete [...] | 2008-12-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN MU |
08MUSCAT857 | SULTAN MAKES RARE MISSTEP IN PROHIBITING PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: Despite public criticism of its decision to observe the start of the Eid al-Adha on December 9, one day later than the rest of the GCC, the government sent security officials into major mosques throughout Oman on December 8 to enforce official circulars prohibiting the early star [...] | 2008-12-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MU |
08MUSCAT860 | INDIAN EMBASSY ADDRESSES LABOR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The new Indian DCM gave post an overview of the situation for Indian workers in Oman, noting the particular difficulties faced by housemaids. She also discussed her embassy's process for dealing with laborers' problems and noted that given time, the Omani government system gener [...] | 2008-12-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIP MU |
08MUSCAT862 | COUNTRY PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 10:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO MU |
08MUSCAT863 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK MU |
08MUSCAT864 | OMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA PTER EWWT KCRM MOPS MU |
08MUSCAT865 | OMAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is the proposed text for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Oman per ref A and B guidance: Oman continued to be proactive in implementing counterterrorism strategies and cooperating with neighboring countries to prevent terrorists from entering or moving freely throughou [...] | 2008-12-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MU |
08MUSCAT877 | OMANI MFA PRE-BRIEF OF GCC SUMMIT AGENDA AND ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) briefed the diplomatic corps December 27 on the agenda for the December 29-30 GCC Summit. The agenda combines old, well-known issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf common market along with newer i [...] | 2008-12-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PTER IR MU |
08MUSCAT879 | OMANIS STRONGLY CONDEMN ATTACKS AGAINST GAZA [...] (C) Summary: As it prepared to host the GCC Summit, the Omani government strongly condemned recent Israeli military strikes in Gaza. Reflecting widespread public anger over the attacks, peaceful demonstrations against Israel took place in Muscat and the southern city of Salalah. Events in G [...] | 2008-12-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KPAL KWBG MU |
08MUSCAT88 | CLDP CONFERENCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS BEAR [...] On January 27, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP),in association with the Omani Ministry of Justice, brought together over 75 delegates from the U.S. and the Middle East to participate in a two-day "Commercial Law and Company Regulation" conference in Muscat [...] | 2008-02-03 11:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL KMPI MU |
08MUSCAT880 | MIDDLE EAST DESALINATION RESEARCH CENTER 23RD [...] (U) This message contains action requests. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Muscat December 15-16, the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) Executive Council (EC) reached consensus on a more realistic budget for the coming year and the need for MEDRC to become more [...] | 2008-12-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV MU |
08MUSCAT99 | 2008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART I [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU |
08NAGOYA15 | BOEING 787 PRODUCTION DELAYS AND RESPONSE IN NAGOYA [...] (SBU) The recently announced delay for the Boeing 787 results from global supply chain and production issues. A recent visit to the Fuji Heavy Industries factory making the 787's center wing section and discussions with Fuji and Boeing 787 program executives indicate that those problems conti [...] | 2008-04-10 09:03:00 | Consulate Nagoya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PREL JA |
08NAGOYA19 | CENTRAL JAPAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FALLS FROM VERY GOOD TO GOOD [...] (SBU) The pace of growth in Japan's manufacturing heartland has begun to level off. Regional producers are facing a stronger yen, higher prices for inputs, and a slowdown in demand in the U.S. market. Increasing demand from the "BRICs" (Brazil, Russia, India and China) is balancing those neg [...] | 2008-04-24 08:32:00 | Consulate Nagoya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV JA |
08NAGOYA27 | JFTC MAY LOOK AT MANUFACTURING SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS IN [...] (SBU) Newly arrived Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Central Japan Director Toshihiro Hara paid a courtesy call on Nagoya PO on July 2. Looking beyond the recently concluded Nagoya Subway bid-rigging case, Hara said his office plans to focus on buyer-supplier relationships in the manufactur [...] | 2008-07-03 09:01:00 | Consulate Nagoya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV JA |
08NAGOYA28 | FOREIGN WORKERS CHANGE THE FACE OF CENTRAL JAPAN [...] (SBU) Despite stereotypes of Japan as a homogeneous nation, long-term foreign resident workers now play a crucial role in the Central Japan economy. Owing to labor shortages and the continuing strength of the regional manufacturing sector (even in the face of rapidly rising fuel and raw mater [...] | 2008-07-23 04:07:00 | Consulate Nagoya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL CVIS JA BR CH PE |
08NAHA132 | POTENTIAL FORUM SHOPPING: OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor is planning to visit Washington D.C. between January 7-11 and again in May or June of 2009 to seek meetings with USG officials. He intends to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa, the return of [...] | 2008-12-11 08:32:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL JA PINS PGOV |
08NAHA25 | APPEASEMENT STRATEGY BEHIND REPUTED FRF ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: At the March 6 meeting of the Alliance Transformation Agreement Working Group for Okinawa, GOJ representatives raised the possibility that environmental procedures related to the landfill portions of the replacement facility for Marine Corps Air Station Futenma would be extended [...] | 2008-03-11 08:47:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA |
08NAHA29 | MIXED FORECAST FOR AMERICAN DEFENDANTS: JAPAN'S PENDING [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 2009 Japanese citizens will begin sitting in judgment, alongside career judges, in trials of serious criminal cases. Japanese officials say that citizen participation in the criminal justice system brings Japan into line with other developed nations. There are, however [...] | 2008-04-09 10:21:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC MARR JA |
08NAHA43 | CONSERVATIVES MAY LOSE MAJORITY IN OKINAWA PREFECTURAL [...] (C) Summary: Our local political contacts echo private media views that the balance of power in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (OPA) may shift from the conservatives to the opposition reformists in the upcoming June 8 election. Although most of the five parties who comprise the reformist gr [...] | 2008-06-03 05:44:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA |
08NAHA64 | OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: POTENTIAL FORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor may be planning to visit Washington D.C. this fall to seek meetings with USG officials and to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa and revisions to the U.S.-Japan SOFA. The USG position is to r [...] | 2008-08-05 10:14:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA |
08NAHA65 | OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: POTENTIAL FORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor may be planning to visit Washington D.C. this fall to seek meetings with USG officials and to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa and revisions to the U.S.-Japan SOFA. The USG position is to r [...] | 2008-08-08 02:37:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA |
08NAHA78 | NAHA HOSTS SIA MILITARY PASSPORT COURIER TRAINING [...] (U) SUMMARY: ConGen Naha in coordination with State Department Special Issuance Agency (SIA) and Department of Defense hosted a Military Passport Agents' Training Conference on Camp Foster Marine Base August 19-20 in Okinawa, Japan. Over 40 military passport agents from military installations [...] | 2008-09-02 02:21:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CMGT CPAS JA |
08NAHA8 | SOME INTEREST IN, BUT NO LOCAL DEMAND FOR, EXPANDED RETURN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 02:53:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR JA |
08NAIROBI1 | U.S. Government Statement on Kenyan Elections [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-01 07:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KE |
08NAIROBI10 | KENYA ELECTIONS: COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP PRESS RELEASE [...] The Commonwealth Observer Group issued the following Statement by Chairperson of teh Commonwealth Observer Group on December 31, 2007. Begin text: Commonwealth Observer Group Kenya General Elections, 27 December 2007 News Release Statement by HE Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President [...] | 2008-01-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI101 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 DTC CASE 05-050018734 [...] (SBU) As instructed reftel, Embassy Nairobi Blue Lantern action officer and Kenya-U.S. Liaison Office (KUSLO) end-use monitoring officer contacted Kenyan Brigadier General J. Otieno to arrange a post-shipment/end-use check on the delivery of 741 pieces of military communications equipment with [...] | 2008-01-10 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KE |
08NAIROBI1010 | Somalia President Previews Washington Visit [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Somalia Transition Federal President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf at his residence April 12 to preview the President's April 15-24 visit to New York and Washington. Yusuf confirmed that his agenda was our agenda - strengthening the TFG, working to achieve UNSC support for pe [...] | 2008-04-16 07:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI1013 | Scenesetter for Somalia President Yusuf Visit [...] (C) SUMMARY. Changed circumstances with respect to Somalia provide an important opportunity to achieve relative stability and move forward toward a democratic transition in 2009. There is a new Prime Minister who is committed to achieving reconciliation; a divergence between violent extremists [...] | 2008-04-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI1019 | KENYA'S MUSLIM GROUPS COMPETE FOR INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the dust is starting to settle from December's presidential election, Muslim advocacy groups in Kenya are trying to maximize their influence with the new coalition government and with Kenya's traditionally fractured Muslim community. The upstart National Muslim Leaders' [...] | 2008-04-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1030 | RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) On April 16, PolOff met with Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow up on reftel demarche. 2. (C) Kinyanjui said that the Government of Kenya has no precedent for the formal recogn [...] | 2008-04-18 05:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1031 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (U) On April 16, PolOff delivered ref B - D points to Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Kinyanjui promised to forward the names contained in UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 to the relev [...] | 2008-04-18 05:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP UNSC IR KE |
08NAIROBI1041 | KENYA'S CABINET SWORN IN: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) Ending weeks of contentious in-fighting between President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),Kenya's expanded cabinet was sworn in today, April 17, with much pomp and ceremony. As announced by the President on April 13 (see [...] | 2008-04-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1042 | SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP ON TIP AND CHILD SEX TOURISM IN KENYA'S [...] Summary: SOLWODI's April 11-13 workshop on trafficking and child sex tourism, funded through a G/TIP project, was very effective in building Coast Province activists' capacity and encouraging the community to discuss these sensitive issues. Labor Officer recommends further use of the participa [...] | 2008-04-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1043 | GSP QUERY; NO CHILD LABOR IN KENYAN CARPET INDUSTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 10:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD AGOA ECON PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1045 | TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S SPEECH ON SWEARING IN [...] President Mwai Kibaki delivered an address on the swearing in of the new grand coalition cabinet on April 17. The message stressed reconciliation and unity. The text of the speech follows. 2. Begin Text. Your Excellency Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, Your Excell [...] | 2008-04-21 06:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1049 | AMERICAN BUSINESS INTEREST IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel request to gauge sentiment in the Kenya-based U.S. business community with regard to doing business in Southern Sudan and likely participation in a suggested USG-organized trade mission to Juba. In Kenya, the response of U.S. companies is mixed: Most are ke [...] | 2008-04-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV SU KE |
08NAIROBI1070 | Somalia - Violence Spikes in Mogadishu [...] (C) SUMMARY. Between April 19 to 21, there was a spike in violence in Mogadishu with armed confrontation between forces allied with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and armed anti-government elements. The alliances of the anti-government militia remain unclear. Reports indicate that [...] | 2008-04-22 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI1078 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] On April 22, PolOff delivered demarche to Ambassador Daniel Mukiri Kinyanjui, Head of Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Kinyanjui was unable to give GOK's official position. However, he noted that the Declaration's content was [...] | 2008-04-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1088 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) has submitted the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Parliament by publishing it in the official Gazette on April 18. This is the first bill gazetted by the new grand coalition government to the new parliament, indicating perhaps th [...] | 2008-04-25 04:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1099 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) has submitted the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Parliament by publishing it in the official Gazette on April 18. This is the first bill gazetted by the new grand coalition government to the new parliament, indicating perhaps th [...] | 2008-04-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1101 | KENYA: AMBASSADOR'S OPEN LETTER TO U.S. BUSINESS AND [...] On April 24, the U.S. Mission disseminated an open letter from the Ambassador to the American business community and U.S. tourists. Wide dissemination was achieved by providing the letter electronically to the Kenya Tourism Board and to the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service's Office of Marketin [...] | 2008-04-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1122 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for Mission Kenya's analysis on how rising food and agricultural commodity prices are affecting Kenyan society. As instructed, it also lists post's recent cables on this matter. ------------------------------ CONTEXT OF KENYA'S FOOD CRISIS ------ [...] | 2008-04-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1125 | SENIOR OFFICIALS ARRESTED AS WARDEN STRIKE [...] A prison work slowdown has brought severe disruption to Kenya's correctional institutions. The slowdown which was announced on April 25 has resulted in substantial problems in jails throughout Kenya. In his capacity as Minister of Home Affairs, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka oversees the pri [...] | 2008-04-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV CASC ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI1126 | KIBAKI, ODINGA AGREE ON KEY CIVIL SERVICE [...] President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga have agreed on the appointment of high-level civil service appointments for the new grand coalition government. On April 22, President Kibaki announced the names of Permanent Secretaries (PS) for the 42 Cabinet positions, as well as 23 Secretaries fo [...] | 2008-04-29 12:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1129 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...] | 2008-04-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI1169 | FOLLOWING UP ON THE ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] The Chief of Mission regularly meets with a wide range of Somali businessmen and activists resident in Nairobi to urge them to join Somalia's reconciliation process and to advance human rights and democracy. The Chief of Mission also regularly meets with Somali media resident in Nairobi for [...] | 2008-05-07 06:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1170 | UPDATE ON COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION [...] As a result of the Kofi Annan-led mediation efforts to end Kenya's post-election crisis, Kenya's political leaders agreed to form a Commission of Inquiry on Post-Election Violence (Violence Commission) and a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC). The Violence Commission is pre [...] | 2008-05-07 06:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1176 | CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA - KENYA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: China's engagement with Kenya is primarily a private sector-led effort, focused on trade generally, and the supply of goods and services in key infrastructure sectors like roads, info-tech, and energy. The Chinese government appears not heavily involved in those areas where the [...] | 2008-05-07 09:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH |
08NAIROBI1183 | Somalia Prime Minister Briefs Ambassador and Special Envoy [...] (C) Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on preparations for direct talks with the opposition in Djibouti, current security and governance concerns and challenges, and ongoing efforts at reconciliation. End Summary. ------------------------ A Gri [...] | 2008-05-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI1210 | KENYA CONSIDERS JAPAN'S YO TAKAGI AS STRONGEST WIPO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG internal distribution only. 2. (SBU) In the absence of Kenya Copyright Board (KCB) Acting Director Marisella Ouma, on May 8 Econoff spoke separately with KCB Senior State Counsel Edward Sigei, Kenya Industrial Property I [...] | 2008-05-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1217 | Somalia - TFG Support for Piracy Resolution [...] (C) As requested in Ref A, Post has engaged Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) at an appropriately high level regarding its support for the U.S. sponsored Security Council resolution on piracy. On May 4, the Ambassador and Special Envoy raised the issue of support for the UNSC res [...] | 2008-05-09 10:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL SO |
08NAIROBI1220 | ICTR: GOVERNMENT OF KENYA FREEZES KABUGA'S ASSETS [...] (C) The Government of Kenya (GOK) on May 6 moved to freeze real estate assets in Nairobi owned by International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) fugitive, Felicien Kabuga. This welcome move came as a response to a request for cooperation made by the ICTR Chief Prosecutor to the GOK. While [...] | 2008-05-09 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI1222 | KENYA COAST PEACE CONFERENCE DRAWS SRO [...] SUMMARY: Mombasa American Presence Post Officer (APPO) based in Nairobi attended a one- day peace conference in Mombasa. The conference, the theme of which was "Sustainable Peace and Development in the Coast" drew a standing-room- only crowd. Guests included provincial and district officia [...] | 2008-05-12 08:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1223 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY [...] Post delivered ref demarche to Ambassador Michael Kinyanjui, Head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 12. Kinyanjui stated that he would refer the matter. RANNEBERGER [...] | 2008-05-12 08:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY UNSC |
08NAIROBI1227 | EXPANDED KENYAN CABINET MIGHT COST EXTRA $600 MILLION A [...] (SBU) The new 92-person Kenyan Cabinet represents 42% of Parliament and is the largest, most expensive in Kenya's history. The Grand Coalition Cabinet and government could cost Kenyan taxpayers up to $5.82 billion/year, about $594 million more than the previous one. This extra cost is probably [...] | 2008-05-13 07:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB KE |
08NAIROBI125 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KENYA - HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1257 | Somalia - Meeting With President Yusuf [...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf met with the Ambassador and Special Envoy to discuss his trip to the United States and next steps for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to take advantage of this momentum. Yusuf highlighted the deteriorating security environment and urged us to pre [...] | 2008-05-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI126 | NAIROBI JANUARY 11 EAC MEETING AND SECURITY WRAP-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 11 January 2008 to review and discuss Post's security posture in the aftermath of the announcement on December 30 of the results of a "seriously flawed" presidential election. Trip [...] | 2008-01-11 15:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC KE |
08NAIROBI1271 | Somalia - TFG Loses Key Advisors [...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf has lost one of his key advisors with the May 10 resignation of Mohamed Abdirizak, Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President. Post has also lost one of its primary interlocutors within the TFG. Abdirizak's resignation comes at a time when other T [...] | 2008-05-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI1272 | KENYA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering bill survived its second reading in Kenya's Parliament on May 8. Despite criticism from some MPs, the bill was sent to two committees for review, amendment and decision. The GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force is opt [...] | 2008-05-19 05:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI128 | A/S FRAZER STATEMENT ON KENYA CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 11:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1294 | KENYA'S YOUTH BULGE: A TICKING TIME BOMB [...] (U) Summary: Other valid explanations aside, one of the key under-appreciated drivers of the unrest and violence that gripped Kenya in early 2008 was the country's "youth bulge," a potentially destabilizing demographic phenomenon that in Kenya has generated a large pool of disaffected young men [...] | 2008-05-20 12:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI13 | KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...] | 2008-01-02 21:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI1301 | INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION CHAIR PUZZLED BY [...] (C) The Ambassador and Emboffs recently met with Independent Review Commission (IREC) Chairman Judge Johann Kriegler to discuss IREC's top-to-bottom review of Kenya's electoral system and the bungled 2007 presidential elections (ref A). The Commission has a two-part mandate: (1) to assess and [...] | 2008-05-21 10:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1318 | KENYA'S INFLATION SOARS HIGHER IN APRIL [...] Summary: Overall inflation continued accelerating in April 2008, with prices an average of 26.6% higher than in April 2007 (YOY). Seasonally adjusted inflation reached 14.8%, driven mainly by food, transportation and fuel prices. The Nairobi lower income group experienced the highest inflation [...] | 2008-05-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EAGR KE |
08NAIROBI1320 | PM ODINGA RECEIVES HERO'S WELCOME IN HOMECOMING - BUT [...] Prime Minister Raila Odinga received a hero's welcome from a crowd of over 300,000 at a home coming in his native Nyanza province. American flags were spotted amidst the excited crowd. He had a difficult time convincing his supporters that his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party was an equal [...] | 2008-05-23 05:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1325 | 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In the mid-1990s, Claimant A entered into a partnership with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via a [...] | 2008-05-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE EINV OPIC CASC PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1328 | MOUNT ELGON: LOCAL NGO AND KENYAN NATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met with the Executive Director of the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU),a Kenyan human rights organization, who led an investigative team on a week-long fact-finding trip to the Mount Elgon region. The findings of the team corroborate earlier allegations made by local and int [...] | 2008-05-27 06:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1336 | AG MINISTER RUTO VOWS TO REMOVE DUTIES ON WHEAT IN MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Kenyan Minister for Agriculture William Ruto promised the Ambassador on May 8, 2008 that he would remove the 35% tariff on imported wheat as a way to ease inflationary pressures on bread prices. The Minister also agreed to work closely with the Kenyan Ministry of Science and Technolog [...] | 2008-05-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1354 | JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON [...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...] | 2008-05-30 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO |
08NAIROBI136 | KENYA ELECTIONS: EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY OBSERVATION MISSION [...] On Saturday, January 12 the East African Community Observer Mission issued the following report on the Kenyan General Elections. Begin text: THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY OBSERVER MISSION REPORT KENYA GENERAL ELECTIONS DECEMBER 2007 INTRODUCTION ------------ The following is the East [...] | 2008-01-15 08:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1363 | Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise [...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...] | 2008-06-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI1365 | SECOND FRIENDS OF EASBRIG MEETING SHOWS CONTINUED [...] This is an action message. Action request at para 11. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Eastern African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) hosted its second "Friends of EASBRIG" meeting on May 22 (ref B described the first). The meeting was notable for its increased participation and the level of [...] | 2008-06-03 15:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL KEAI XW |
08NAIROBI1373 | KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The bad news on the corruption front in Kenya is that the new coalition government has given some of the country's most egregious thieves a new lease on life and strengthened their already strong sense of impunity. Meanwhile, Kenya's legal system continues to stymie vs. deliver j [...] | 2008-06-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1384 | KENYA BRACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Kenya will hold parliamentary by-elections on June 11 to fill five of six vacant parliamentary seats. The largest parliamentary blocs, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),hope to gain seats, but each of the races is tight. The results are unlikely [...] | 2008-06-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1414 | KENYA LAUNCHES CHILD HELPLINE TO FIGHT CHILD ABUSE, LABOR [...] Summary: The Ministry of Gender and Children's Affairs and Childline Kenya officially launched the 116 Child Helpline joint initiative on May 31, 2008. Children and others can call toll-free on any landline or cell phone to report cases of child abuse, labor or trafficking and receive counseli [...] | 2008-06-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KE |
08NAIROBI1422 | ODM MINISTER AND ASSISTANT MINISTER KILLED IN [...] On June 10 at approximately 1400, Minister of Roads Kipkalya Kones and Assistant Minister for Home Affairs in the Office of the Vice-President Lorna Laboso, were killed when their light aircraft crashed into the side of a hill near Narok (Rift Valley Province) during bad weather. Two other peo [...] | 2008-06-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAIR KE |
08NAIROBI1449 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR SMALL ARMS FOREIGN [...] The Government of Kenya has been a close partner for the U.S. in many areas, including in military cooperation. They have provided important support in the Global War on Terror in spite of the risk they face, and it is in our interest to help them modernize their military forces to better prov [...] | 2008-06-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW |
08NAIROBI1453 | TEXT OF HEADS OF MISSIONS STATEMENT ON KENYAN [...] As reported in reftel, the Ambassador joined with other Nairobi-based Heads of Missions in issuing a statement on the June 11 parliamentary by-elections. To follow is a text of the statement. 2. Begin text: Heads of Missions: Statement on 11 June by-elections We, the undersigned Heads o [...] | 2008-06-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1456 | KENYA INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] Summary: Forced labor is insignificant in Kenya in the production of manufactured goods. There is virtually no child labor in the formal manufacturing sector. The number of child workers in Kenya dropped by over 47% in five years, from 1.9 million in 1999 to 1 million in December 2005. Over [...] | 2008-06-16 04:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI1461 | KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR PM ODINGA'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. The June 16-19 visit of Prime Minister Odinga will highlight U.S. support for the coalition government, bolster the authority of the office of the Prime Minister to supervise and coordinate the government, and provide us an important opportunity to press for results on institutiona [...] | 2008-06-16 07:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KE US |
08NAIROBI148 | KENYA: JANUARY 15, 2008 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) AS OF 01/15 1900 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY: NATION-WIDE, CALM BUT TENSE. NO INCIDENTS REPORTED. POLICE REMAIN DEPLOYED AND ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN NAIROBI AROUND THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING WHERE THE NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENED TODAY TO ELECT A SPEAKER AND DEPUTY. MAJOR TRAFFIC DISR [...] | 2008-01-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF |
08NAIROBI1480 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL NELSON [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Nelson. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Lorrai [...] | 2008-06-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1486 | COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...] | 2008-06-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE |
08NAIROBI1487 | COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...] | 2008-06-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE |
08NAIROBI1488 | NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR AVIATION SECURITY; KENYA [...] (SBU) As a post rated critical for terrorism in a key aviation hub for all of Africa, Nairobi already has multiple programs in place to improve aviation security in Kenya. The failed 2002 terrorist effort to shoot down an Israeli charter jet with a MANPAD and the ensuing collapse of tourism fo [...] | 2008-06-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI1500 | COALITION GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES VISION 2030 MEDIUM [...] On June 10, President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, and Vice President Musyoka launched the Medium Term Plan (2008-2012) of Vision 2030, Kenya's ambitious development blueprint outlining economic, political, and social reforms and goals. Although it was drafted well before the post- electio [...] | 2008-06-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1505 | KENYA REDUCES TARIFFS ON WHEAT AND CORN IMPORTS [...] Summary: Kenya has reduced its duties on imported wheat from 35 percent to 10 percent and plans to import 297,000 tons of corn duty free. Corn normally is assessed a 50 percent import duty. This fulfills a commitment made by the Minister for Agriculture William Ruto to the Ambassador during a [...] | 2008-06-19 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON EAID EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1506 | DEMARCHE REPLY: SEEKING CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR UNSCR [...] (S) On June 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations and Conferences Ambassador Kinyanjui told Acting PolCouns that he had relayed reftel request to the Office of the President, but it would take some time for him to receive a reply. He requested that we che [...] | 2008-06-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM KE SO |
08NAIROBI1520 | KENYA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP (GMP) INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Nairobi is already implementing several maritime security initiatives with GOK agencies that would appear to fit under the GMP initiative, and uses the coastal security subcommittee of the CT Working Group to coordinate across the various Mission agencies. However, th [...] | 2008-06-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP |
08NAIROBI1579 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...] | 2008-06-27 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1593 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ACCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kenyan Government and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) are now engaged in a public debate over the ICTR's criticism of what they see as a lack of substantive cooperation in the search for fugitive Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga. While the ICTR [...] | 2008-06-30 07:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KE RW |
08NAIROBI1612 | Somalia - TFG Will Co-Sponsor UNSCR Listing of al-Shabaab [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO |
08NAIROBI1642 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...] | 2008-07-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI1657 | KENYA IDP RETURN OPERATION OVERVIEW [...] (U) The pace of internally displaced person (IDP) returns from host communities and formal camps has slowed significantly following an initial surge of predominately agricultural IDP returns to pre-crisis areas. The Government of Kenya (GOK) stated during the month of June that all formal IDP [...] | 2008-07-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1658 | SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) MEETS WITH PRIME [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met on June 30 with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The two discussed continuing USG-GOK cooperation in combating terrorism and security threats to Kenya presented by ongoing lawlessness in Somalia. Odinga discussed his recent trip to Washington and the nee [...] | 2008-07-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1659 | KENYA TAKES STRONG STAND AGAINST ZIMBABWE [...] (U) In early June during a visit to South Africa, Prime Minister Raila Odinga denounced the deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe after the March 29 elections. He was the first Kenyan official to do so publicly. He continued to speak out in public events and meetings with senior USG [...] | 2008-07-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE ZI |
08NAIROBI1684 | July 4 Reception Advances Support for Coalition Government [...] (U) Embassy Nairobi's tremendously successful July 4 reception was highlighted by the joint appearance of Prime Minster Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka. More than 2,000 guests witnessed the political rivals joining the Ambassador on the podium for speeches, all of which focused on su [...] | 2008-07-09 06:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1692 | MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) Minister of Finance Amos Kimunya resigned on July 8, capping a week of intense speculation about his political future stemming from his role in the cut-rate sale of the Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi. The hotel, built with proceeds from the 1990s Goldenberg corruption scandal, had become [...] | 2008-07-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR KE LY |
08NAIROBI1698 | GOK BILL OUTLINES ROADMAP TO NEW CONSTITUTION [...] The Ministry of Justice recently published the Constitution of Kenya Review Bill of 2008, outlining the process for writing and adopting a new constitution. The new constitution could take as long as 24 months to enter into force, not the 12 months agreed at the Kofi Annan-led mediation eff [...] | 2008-07-11 04:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1725 | Prime Minister's Visit Advances U.S. Policy [...] (U) Prime Minister Odinga's June 16-19 visit to the U.S. was a huge success and advanced U.S. policy to support the coalition government, to bolster the PM's role to supervise and coordinate the functions of government, to press for institutional reforms, and to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partne [...] | 2008-07-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KE ZI |
08NAIROBI1726 | Text of PM Odinga's CSIS Speech [...] (U) Below is the text of Prime Minster Odinga's June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic International Studies. The speech was delivered at CSIS' Statesman's Forum during Odinga's June visit to Washington. End summary. 2. (U) Begin Text. PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA: Thank you. Thank y [...] | 2008-07-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI1732 | SOMALIA - FURTHER NUTRITIONAL DECLINE [...] Increased levels of malnutrition and food insecurity have deepened the humanitarian crisis across Somalia. Chronic emergency levels of malnutrition are exacerbated by rising food prices, below-normal April-June (gu) rainfall, poor rainfall distribution, market disruptions, protracted conflict [...] | 2008-07-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
08NAIROBI1753 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI1776 | SOMALIA - TFG COMMITTEES TO IMPLEMENT DJIBOUTI [...] (C) On July 18, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) nominated its representatives for the committees outlined in the June 9 Djibouti Agreement (Ref A) reached between the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS). Article 9 of the Agreement called for a High Lev [...] | 2008-07-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SO |
08NAIROBI1780 | GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya has no immediate plans to recognize Kosovo. SLUTZ [...] | 2008-07-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV KE |
08NAIROBI1781 | CO-SPONSORSHIP OF UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya is not interested in co-sponsoring a UNSCR 1267 listing request of al-Shabaab. Andanje said that such a course [...] | 2008-07-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO KE |
08NAIROBI1809 | DIVERSION REQUEST FOR CASE KE-B-UAD [...] The following letter was sent to the Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy at U.S. Central Command, the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency by COL David McNevin, the U.S. Defense Representative to Kenya. It is a follow up of reftel country team as [...] | 2008-07-28 10:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW |
08NAIROBI1815 | PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (U) CODEL Price has cleared on this cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In separate meetings held on July 3, CODEL Price heard from both President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga that constitutional reform is one of the Grand Coalition Government's top priorities. Prime M [...] | 2008-07-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KBIO KE ZI |
08NAIROBI1821 | KENYAN ELEPHANT EXPERTS REGRET CITES DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, the CITES Standing Committee granted China permission to import ivory from stockpiles held by Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe despite opposition from members of the African Elephant Coalition (AEC) and Australia. In the face of arguments from Kenya, Mal [...] | 2008-07-29 08:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KE PGOV PREL SENV |
08NAIROBI1838 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION BEGINS HEARING [...] (SBU) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (the Waki Commission) has begun hearing testimony from security officials, and civil society organizations. The heads of the main Kenyan security agencies have testified. Each attempted to portray, with varying degrees of success, h [...] | 2008-07-30 10:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI184 | KENYA: JANUARY 16, 2008 STATUS REPORT [...] AS OF 01/16 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: HEAVY RAIN AND ODM'S SUCCESS YESTERDAY IN ELECTING ITS CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT MAY HAVE TAKEN SOME STEAM OUT OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS TODAY. IN NAIROBI, DEMONSTRATORS BEGAN TO MOBILIZE AROUND 1400; POL [...] | 2008-01-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF |
08NAIROBI185 | PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA [...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...] | 2008-01-17 04:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1851 | Tapping Water in Kenya's Arid North Eastern [...] In Kenya's arid North Eastern Province, livelihoods have centered on pastoralism (the practice of herding livestock) for hundreds of years. The traditionally lucrative and relatively stable pastoralist lifestyle which relies on a nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyle came under severe threat at [...] | 2008-07-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREF SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI1854 | Tapping Water in Kenya's Arid North Eastern [...] In Kenya's arid North Eastern Province, livelihoods have centered on pastoralism (the practice of herding livestock) for hundreds of years. However, decades of gradual sedentarization (a shift from nomadism to permanent settlement) have created new dependencies and a more fragile ecosystem. [...] | 2008-07-31 06:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREF SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI186 | PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA [...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...] | 2008-01-17 04:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1880 | Somalia - New Rumors of Ethopian Withdrawal [...] (C) On July 31, President Abdullahi Yusuf told Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates he suspected Ethiopia was preparing to withdraw its troops soon. According to Yusuf, Ethiopian troops, possibly as many as forty truckloads, left their bases at the former pasta factory and football stadium in [...] | 2008-08-01 05:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI1885 | SOMALIA - PM HUSSEIN ATTEMPTS TO OUST MOGADISHU'S [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein issued a public recommendation to remove Banaadir governor and Mogadishu mayor Muhammad Umar Habeb, aka Mohammad Dheere, on July 29. President Yusuf, who rejected the maneuver as illegal, told us the Prime Minister didn't consult the President [...] | 2008-08-01 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI1886 | SOMALIA - UNEASINESS AT PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of telephone calls from President Yusuf, reinforced by multifarious other reports and rumors July 31, suggest a shaken Villa Somalia unnerved by and uncertain of Ethiopian intentions. The ongoing rift between Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, with the latter [...] | 2008-08-01 12:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI1892 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUGUST [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Rachel [...] | 2008-08-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1906 | SOMALIA - A POLITICAL STALEMATE [...] (C) Days after several ministers supporting President Abdulahi Yusuf resigned in protest from Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein's cabinet (reftels A and B),our contacts tell us the political fight between the Prime Minister and President Yusuf has evolved into a resentful, but less bellicose [...] | 2008-08-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI192 | KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES [...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...] | 2008-01-17 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1958 | SOMALIA - PARLIAMENT MOVES TO UNSEAT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 12, Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament submitted a petition to the Speaker to table a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein. Although this motion has been in the works for weeks, it gained momentum as a result of high level pressure [...] | 2008-08-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI196 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN KENYA - USAID ASSESSMENT IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 15:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI1961 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...] | 2008-08-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE |
08NAIROBI197 | KENYA: JANUARY 17, 2008 [...] AS OF 01/17 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: AROUND 1400 HOURS, SEVERAL ODM LEADERS ATTEMPTED TO LEAD A GROUP OF PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS INTO UHURU PARK AND WERE STOPPED BY POLICE, WITH TEAR GAS. THE DEMONSTRATORS RETREATED. LARGE BUT PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN ELDORET; MOMBA [...] | 2008-01-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV |
08NAIROBI198 | KENYA ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT COMPOSITION - A [...] (SBU) Unlike Kenya's contentious presidential election, the parliamentary elections proceeded relatively smoothly and with a clear and credible outcome. With 207 of 210 constituencies reporting (3 constituencies will be re-run),Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won 99 of the 207 [...] | 2008-01-17 16:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI199 | KENYA: DID KIBAKI REALLY STEAL THE ELECTION? [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's hotly contested December 27 presidential election has been controversial on a number of levels, and many observers still question who actually won. When we looked at any and all available data to try to answer that question, we found evidence of rigging on both sides an [...] | 2008-01-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL KE |
08NAIROBI200 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: WORKING FOR A SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary. With strong support through the Secretary's calls and A/S Frazer,s recent visit, we are continuing intensive efforts to facilitate dialogue between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga in order to achieve a political resolution of the post-electoral crisis. If achieved, this will b [...] | 2008-01-17 19:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2021 | SOMALIA - PIRACY SPIKES, COALITION NAVIES BEGIN [...] (S/REL CMFC) Summary: U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has assigned an international task force of warships to patrol the Gulf of Aden after five commercial vessels were attacked off Somalia's coast since August 19, resulting in three hijackings within the last 24 hours. NAVCENT w [...] | 2008-08-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI2032 | Somalia - Clan Militias Battle to Control Kismayo [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, a loose coalition of clan militias, cooperating with remnants of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and some al-Shabaab elements drove warlord and Member of Parliament Barre "Hirale" out of Kismayo, southern Somalia's major port city. Upwards of 100 fighters a [...] | 2008-08-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO |
08NAIROBI2041 | KENYA HITS TURBULENCE ON APPROACH TO "SAFE SKIES" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) must immediately hire at least three qualified aviation inspectors if Kenya is to potentially achieve FAA Category One status within 12-18 months. Despite the high salaries demanded by these inspectors, Prime Minister Odinga and Transpor [...] | 2008-08-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI2053 | SOMALIA - President and Prime Minister Face Hostile [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After signing an August 26 agreement in Addis Ababa to reconcile internal political conflicts, President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein returned to Baidoa to brief parliament on the accord. While the two senior officials convinced their respective camps to support the [...] | 2008-09-02 11:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO |
08NAIROBI2057 | Somaliland: Revised Travel Request for US Mission Officers - [...] (S) This is a revised country clearance request for travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland (Ref A and B). Per Ref C, the Department approved the travel for August 7. Post requests clearance for US Mission officers to travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland on September 9. The travel and security plan remain a [...] | 2008-09-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI2061 | SOMALIA - Leahy Vetting Request for Interdicting Terrorist [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following members of the Somali security forces nominated to participate in a USG-sponsored Interdicting Terrorist Activities Course from September 22 to October 3, 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assi [...] | 2008-09-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO |
08NAIROBI209 | KENYA ELECTIONS: COMMONWEALTH OBSERVATION GROUP REPORT [...] On January 17, the Commonwealth Observation Group issued its report on the 2007 Kenyan General Elections. To follow is an excerpt of the report containing the group's conclusions. The complete text of the report is available (ref). Begin text: CONCLUSIONS ----------- The December 27 e [...] | 2008-01-18 09:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI211 | KENYA STATUS REPORT: JANUARY 18, 2008 [...] (SBU) AS OF 01/18/08 1700 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: POCKETS OF CONFRONTATION CONTINUED IN NAIROBI (KIBERA AND MATHARE) AND KISUMU (AND OUTSKIRTS) BETWEEN POLICE AND CIVILIANS, CHARACTERIZED IN LARGE PART BY GROUPS OF YOUNG MALES BURNING TIRES, VEHICLES AND RUBBISH AND SETTI [...] | 2008-01-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KE PGOV |
08NAIROBI213 | KENYA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 18 January 2008 to review Tripwires for Nairobi and approve a separate set of Tripwires for Chief Of Mission (CoM) facilities in Kisumu. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) EAC reviewed the t [...] | 2008-01-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2136 | ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (U) On September 9, Deputy Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anthony Andanje, Head of the Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Until recently, Andanje served at teh Kenyan Mission to the UN as Kenya's representative to t [...] | 2008-09-10 05:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN KE |
08NAIROBI2139 | 10 SEPTEMBER 2008 WALK-IN REPORTS POSSIBLE URANIUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 09 September 2008, at approximately 1215, two individuals visited Embassy Nairobi claiming to have possession of uranium at their residence in Kenya. Reporting Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) concluded that the individual had no information of an imminent threat t [...] | 2008-09-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER |
08NAIROBI2140 | PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...] | 2008-09-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE |
08NAIROBI2158 | Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...] | 2008-09-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2164 | Somalia - Youth Enrichment Program on the Border [...] Following on the success of the inaugural Somalia Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) in April (reftel),the Somalia Unit, including the embedded MIST team, conducted a second YEP in the border town of Mandera from August 25-28. Forty-five mostly Marehan clan Somali youth came across the border to [...] | 2008-09-12 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SO |
08NAIROBI2174 | TERRORISM CONVICTION OVERTURNED, SUSPECT RELEASED [...] (U) According to multiple news reports, Omar Said Omar, the only suspect convicted of a crime in connection with the 2002 attacks on an Israeli owned hotel and airliner near Mombasa, Kenya, was released from prison today after his conviction was overturned by the High Court of Kenya. In 2005 [...] | 2008-09-17 04:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PINS PTER |
08NAIROBI2182 | Somalia - International Contact Group Meeting [...] On September 16, the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Djibouti. Formerly co-chaired by the United States and Norway, the ICG is now chaired by United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. This was the first ICG meeting [...] | 2008-09-17 10:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO |
08NAIROBI2200 | KENYA'S REFORM CHALLENGE [...] (U) On September 17, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga received the final report from the commission investigating the conduct of Kenya's 2007 elections. Kofi Annan was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi on September 18 to receive the report as well. This report is the first to em [...] | 2008-09-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI2225 | Somalia: Atmospherics During Somalia Program in Kenya [...] (C) Summary: The Somalia Unit, including the embedded Military Information Support Team (MIST),conducted a Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) from August 25-29, 2008 in Mandera, on the Kenya-Somalia border (reftel). While the program was an unqualified success in changing negative attitudes towa [...] | 2008-09-22 09:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI2231 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND RESPONSE TO A/S FRAZER'S PIRACY [...] Post forwarded A/S Frazer's reftel letter urging more be done on piracy to Mohamed Muse Hersi, President of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Hersi's response follows in paragraph 3. 2. Separately, poloff shared A/S Frazer's letter with Ali Abdi Aware, Puntland's foreign relatio [...] | 2008-09-22 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EWWT FR PGOV PINS PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2232 | Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO |
08NAIROBI2233 | Somalia - No Cease Fire in Joint Communique [...] From October 17-21 Transitional Federal Government and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia joint High Level and Security committees met in Djibouti to advance implementation of June 9 peace agreement. At the conclusion of the meetings, the parties issued a communique, the text of which [...] | 2008-09-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EAID EWWT SO |
08NAIROBI2247 | AFRICANS TO PUSH FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] Representatives from 20 African governments attended a conference in Nairobi September 3-4 to discuss the need for an international arms trade treaty. While acknowledging the need for implementation of a number of existing regional agreements, participants broadly agreed that an international [...] | 2008-09-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETRD ETTC MASS PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2253 | MT. ELGON: STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) In late July, the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a second, more detailed report alleging security forces' involvement in serious human rights violations during the joint military-police operation against the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF) in Mt. Elgon in March-April 200 [...] | 2008-09-24 15:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MASS KPKO KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI2256 | AFRICANS TO PUSH FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY [...] Representatives from 20 African governments attended a conference in Nairobi 3-4 September to discuss the need for an international arms trade treaty. While acknowledging the need for implementation of a number of existing regional agreements, participants broadly agreed that an international [...] | 2008-09-25 09:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KE |
08NAIROBI2257 | Somalia: Border Security Near Mandera, Kenya [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Somalia Unit spent nearly ten days on the Kenya-Somalia border in late August 2008. Although the border remains officially closed, we experienced first-hand the border security challenges Kenya has with Somalia. We also heard several anecdotes demonstrating the por [...] | 2008-09-25 11:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI2277 | NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA KE |
08NAIROBI2285 | SOMALIA - REQUESTING DEPARTMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (S/NF) Reftel describes Embassy officers' successful visit earlier this month to Hargeisa, in the Somaliland region of Somalia. Post believes it is important to continue careful, well-planned travel to northern Somalia to advance our political and development agenda. We therefore request De [...] | 2008-10-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA AMGT ASEC PREL PTER SO |
08NAIROBI2290 | WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS? [...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...] | 2008-10-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU |
08NAIROBI2312 | Somalia: TFG Clarifies South Ossetia, Abkhazia Stance [...] (SBU) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Jama said in an October 7 press conference that the TFG had no plans to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Jama stated that the Somali Ambassador to Moscow had been recalled to Somalia to explain any statements that were [...] | 2008-10-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2319 | Somalia - Journalist Detained in Baidoa [...] (SBU) In an apparent instance of media harassment, a Somali journalist was arrested in Baidoa on October 4, apparently for reporting on two recent events in Baidoa. He was held for approximately twenty-four hours in reportedly dismal conditions and has since been released on bail, but was inst [...] | 2008-10-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI232 | PRESIDENT YUSUF'S CONCERN OVER RIYALE'S U.S. VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abullahi Yusuf dispatched an envoy from London to express his strong concern to Ambassador Ranneberger and Special Envoy Yates over the visit of Somaliland President Riyale to Washington. Yusuf considers the visit's timin [...] | 2008-01-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | AU PREL PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2326 | KENYA'S FLIGHT TOWARDS FAA "CATEGORY-1" STALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: A plan by Prime Minister Odinga to provide the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) with resources to quickly hire and retain inspectors to certify Kenya Airways' (KQ) fleet is languishing in Cabinet. KCAA needs these inspectors onboard now to certify KQ's Boeing 737s, 767s, a [...] | 2008-10-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI233 | Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 30. 2. (C) Post requests Department approval and country clearance for a Mobile Security Deployments (MSD) Advance Team to travel to Hargeysa, Somaliland. The MSD Team will conduct a security assessment for future travel by Assistant Secretary [...] | 2008-01-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | OTRA AMGT ASEC PTER PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2333 | TARGETED ATTACKS IN BAIDOA [...] (SBU) The last three months have seen the number of armed attacks targeting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) parliamentarians or their perceived allies increase in Baidoa, the seat of the TFG's parliament, and in Mogadishu. There have been high-profile attacks in the southern coastal town [...] | 2008-10-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PTER SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2334 | NGOs and USG Discuss Civil-Military Relations in the [...] On July 15, USEmbassy Nairobi jointly with the NGO umbrella organization InterAction and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa held a one-day conference in Nairobi to discuss the evolving civil-military cooperation framework -- also known as Diplomacy, Development, and Defense (3D) -- in [...] | 2008-10-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS EAID PINS SOCI KE XA |
08NAIROBI234 | ELECTION CRISIS -- ANTI-U.S. GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Throughout last week, the government,s office of public communications placed prominent advertisements in the print and broadcast media accusing the U.S. and others of contributing to violence. The advertisements varied in text, but evoked similar themes. All were entitled "Setting the R [...] | 2008-01-22 16:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI235 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE SPEAKER OF [...] (C) I met with the new Speaker of the Parliament, Kenneth Marende, on January 18 to congratulate him on his election and to discuss the role he can play to help resolve the election crisis. 2. (C) I briefed Marende on U.S. efforts to assist in resolution of the crisis. Marende noted that i [...] | 2008-01-22 16:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2366 | COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE PRESENTS [...] On September 15, the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) -- which was formed as part of the Kofi Annan-mediated settlement of Kenya's post-election crisis (reftel) -- presented its report to President Mwai Kibaki. Kibaki then ordered the report to be released immediately. [...] | 2008-10-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2368 | Somalia - Puntland Success in Anti-Piracy Operation [...] On October 14, security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland Region completed a successful operation against pirates operating off Somalia's coast. On October 9, pirates seized the Panamanian-flagged vessel "The Wail" while it was en route from Oman to the Bossaso port in Puntland. [...] | 2008-10-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EWWT PTER PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2369 | SOMALIA - JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE TRAINING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The joint TFG-ARS Joint Security Committee (JSC) is participating in a conflict management workshop in South Africa from October 11-17. The training session was organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) to prepare the JSC members for the next round of meetings of t [...] | 2008-10-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI2375 | JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON COMMISSION OF [...] As per reftel, Post has signed the following joint Heads of Missions statement on the Commission of Inquiry on the Post-Election Violence, which was released to local media on October 16. Begin text: We, the undersigned Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nairobi, welcome the publicatio [...] | 2008-10-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI238 | EC AMBASSADOR MICHEL'S VISIT [...] (C) EC Commissioner Louis Michel made a one-day visit January 19 to press for a political solution to the electoral crisis. According to the French Ambassador (who is representing the EU presidency in the absence of Slovenia),Michel had consulted with Kofi Annan before visiting in order to e [...] | 2008-01-22 17:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE FR SI |
08NAIROBI2380 | SOMALIA - TFG APPREHENSION ABOUT UPCOMING IGAD [...] (C) In an October 15 meeting, visiting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalam Adan worried about Ethiopia's plans for the October 27 - 29 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Summit on Somalia. Adan reported that the TFG and transitional parl [...] | 2008-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER SO |
08NAIROBI239 | KENYA,S ELECTORAL CRISIS -- PUSHING KIBAKI-ODINGA [...] (C) Summary. In the lead-up to Kofi Annan,s expected arrival January 22, we have continued to press for President Kibaki and Raila Odinga to use that opportunity for a face-to-face meeting and to launch a meaningful political dialogue. Achieving that would go a long way towards calming tensio [...] | 2008-01-22 17:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI240 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE ROLE OF THE [...] (U) With the election crisis taking an ever greater toll on business interests (see reftel),the business community has become increasingly engaged in lobbying for a political solution. While it is hard to determine precisely what impact this will have, the voice of the business community is [...] | 2008-01-22 19:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2401 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT [...] (U) The Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) submitted its report to President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on October 15 (Ref A). The report proposes the establishment of a special tribunal to try high-level organizers of post-election violence. It also p [...] | 2008-10-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2429 | SOMALIA - World Food Program Requests Private Security for [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 1,250 metric tons of food were stolen on September 25, the World Food Program (WFP) Somalia Office has requested that the USG ask the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to rescind its ban on transporters providing their own armed security personnel. USAID Food for Pea [...] | 2008-10-24 04:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ECON SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2441 | SOMALIA - REFUGEES SWELL DADAAB CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of 45,000 new Somali refugees since January 2008 to the three Dadaab refugee camps in Eastern Kenya has exacerbated tensions between the local community and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) over jobs, service contracts and the environmental [...] | 2008-10-28 08:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PREF EAID SO KE |
08NAIROBI245 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN - A NEW [...] Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi on January 22 with the strong public backing of the United States, the African Union, the European Union, and the United Nations. He gave a press conference upon arrival in which he evinced a no-nonsense, serious and determined approac [...] | 2008-01-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2468 | SOMALIA - INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CANDIDATE [...] As requested reftel, we asked our contacts about Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, candidate for the International Court of Justice. Yusuf, a lawyer, left Somalia in the 1960s. He joined the UN and reportedly worked for many years in the United States. He is now retired, but has continued to work as [...] | 2008-10-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC UNGA SO |
08NAIROBI2469 | SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT URGES TFG ACTION ON DAY ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 28 - 29 IGAD Extraordinary Council and Summit Meeting on Somalia was largely behind closed doors on its opening day. In presentations between closed sessions with Somalia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and parliamentarians, the Kenyan Foreign Minister, IGAD [...] | 2008-10-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI SO ET |
08NAIROBI2513 | ATTACKS IN PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND [...] Earlier today, in seemingly coordinated attacks, bombs exploded at public and foreign facilities in Bosaaso, Puntland and Hargeysa, Somaliland. In Bosaaso, two Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS) facilites were hit. In Hargeysa, the Ethiopian mission, the UNDP office and the Somaliland Presi [...] | 2008-10-30 03:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL CASC SO |
08NAIROBI2519 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The final number of casulties from the October 29 suicide car bombs in northern Somalia's Somaliland and Puntland regions have not yet been confirmed. In Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, reportedly three car bombs killed 29 and injured scores more. In Bossaso, Puntland's [...] | 2008-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS |
08NAIROBI2520 | SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT ISSUES TIMELINE IN EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Like day one (reftel),the October 29 closing session of the IGAD Extraordinary Summit on Somalia featured protracted, closed-door negotiations, and pointed criticism of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The Summit communique (para 9),established a timeline fo [...] | 2008-10-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI SO ET |
08NAIROBI2521 | SOMALIA - CARE Suspends Programs, May Close [...] (SBU) Summary. From October 21-22, the UN Special Representative to the Secretary General for Somalia (SRSG) chaired a meeting in Stockholm to prepare for an international conference on reconstruction and development. Priority was given to supporting the Djibouti process with flexible fundin [...] | 2008-10-30 16:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2522 | The "One-Two" Punch to Kenya's Economy [...] (SBU) Still recovering from the blow of post-election violence, the Kenyan economy is now being hit by the global financial crisis. This "one-two" punch spells trouble for Kenya's economic prospects at least over the short-term. Indicators of less than optimal growth include declining remitta [...] | 2008-10-31 08:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR KE |
08NAIROBI2527 | SOMALIA: PUNTLAND, SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Security remained tight in Somaliland October 31 following the October 29 suicide bombings (reftels). A curfew remained in place, the land borders remained closed, and security was enhanced at key buildings in the capital, Hargeisa. Somaliland authorities report some progress in [...] | 2008-10-31 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS |
08NAIROBI2543 | SOMALIA - ARS Chairman Leads Delegation into Somalia [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 1, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS),led an eight-person delegation into Somalia. Encouraged by A/S Frazer during a recent meeting in Nairobi to demonstrate leadership on the ground (Ref A),the ARS Chairma [...] | 2008-11-04 04:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2551 | POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION REPORT: [...] (U) Two weeks after release of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) report (refs A and B),Kenya's political leaders continue to publicly grapple with fallout. Of particular contention is whether to implement the report's recommendations for a special tribunal to try [...] | 2008-11-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2552 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting with the Ambassador on the eve of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's Somalia Summit (ref a),Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf welcomed, and pledged support for the Djibouti Agreement's cease-fire and unity government de [...] | 2008-11-05 00:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO |
08NAIROBI2553 | SOMALIA - Business and Investment Council Shares U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 the chairman and members of the Djibouti-based Somali Business and Investment Council (SBIC) told us that key business leaders are ready to support the peace process in Somalia and begin a new chapter in relations with the U.S. Government. The businessmen welcome [...] | 2008-11-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SO |
08NAIROBI2554 | SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, SPEAKER [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his departure for London to present a new cabinet for approval by President Yusuf, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" described continuing strife within the Transitional Federal Government leadership and efforts by President Yusuf to block progress in the [...] | 2008-11-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SO |
08NAIROBI2555 | SOMALIA: SOMALILAND ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS [...] On November 4, Embassy received a letter from the Somaliland Administration President (text below) that requests international community assistance in the wake of the three October 29 suicide bombings in Hargeisa (reftel). The letter solicits assistance in fighting terrorism, including trackin [...] | 2008-11-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV PTER SO |
08NAIROBI2562 | SOMALIA - REACTION TO OBAMA WIN [...] Somali contacts expressed deep admiration for the United States in the aftermath of the November 5 U.S. election. A wide range of Somalia Unit contacts called and wrote to congratulate the United States on a peaceful and historic election. Contacts' comments ranged from statements of esteem [...] | 2008-11-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO PINS SO |
08NAIROBI2563 | NEW ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST KENYAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KE |
08NAIROBI2564 | SOMALIA - CARE CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations continue between al-Shabaab spokesman Mukhtar Robow and humanitarian relief organization CARE over whether CARE can continue to feed one million people in southern and central Somalia. In October, Robow told CARE to leave Somalia or face attack (reftel). CARE sa [...] | 2008-11-10 17:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PINS PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2579 | SOMALIA - Deputy Prime Minister Questions TFG Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the margins of the IGAD summit in Nairobi, A/S Frazer met with TFG Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalam Adan. Abdisalam noted the fragility of the TFG and the ARS and the importance of strengthening both institutions and the Djibouti process that binds them. The DPM emphasi [...] | 2008-11-13 04:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2580 | SOMALIA - A/S Frazer Meeting with ARS Leaders [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed the importance of a political solution as the foundation for increasing security and addressing Somalia's humanitarian crisis with leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif indicated [...] | 2008-11-13 05:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SO |
08NAIROBI2581 | SOMALIA: MELES'S POST-IGAD EXPECTATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Immediately on the heels of the October 28 - 29 IGAD Extraordinary Summit on Somalia, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed with Prime Minister Meles the way forward with the faltering Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its merger with the Alliance for the Reliberatio [...] | 2008-11-13 05:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SO ET |
08NAIROBI2586 | SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" told Ambassador November 11 that President Yusuf had come under pressure and appeared to be showing increased flexibility in their discussions on the composition of an interim cabinet (reftel),bu [...] | 2008-11-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SO ET |
08NAIROBI2588 | U.S. ELECTION DAY IN KENYA [...] Summary. Kenyans see President-elect Barack Obama as their "favorite son," and are delighted by his election. The Ambassador hosted an early morning November 5 event attended by over 2,000 Kenyans to watch the results, and issued a statement highlighting the transparent and peaceful nature of [...] | 2008-11-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI2594 | KENYA TO HOST 2009 AGOA FORUM BETWEEN AUGUST 9-14 [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Please See Action Request - Para 15. 3. Summary. Kenya proposes hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi, between August 9-14. The preferred venue is the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) in downtown Nairobi. Deputy Pri [...] | 2008-11-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI2596 | SOMALIA - PIRACY CONTINUES AS INTERNATIONALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT PGOV PREL SO UP |
08NAIROBI2597 | SOMALIA: OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE [...] Please pass the following congratulatory message in para 2 to the President-elect Barack Obama, from the President of the Transitional Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia. 2. Begin text: His Excellency Barack Obama President-elect of the United States of America Washington, [...] | 2008-11-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC OVIP PREL |
08NAIROBI2598 | SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER FAIL TO [...] (C) Summary: As forecast reftel, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President and Prime Minister failed November 15 - 16, without really trying, to compromise in their continuing disagreement about the composition of the TFG cabinet. Each publicly blamed the other for the failure [...] | 2008-11-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI SO ET |
08NAIROBI2600 | SOMALIA - MERKA, OTHER LOWER SHABELLE TOWNS CHANGE HANDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-17 05:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2602 | SOMALIA - ARS LEADERS READY FOR RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) seek to consolidate support from their recent mission in Somalia and are committed to the Djibouti Process and a unity government, even as internal strife threatens to implode the Transitional Federal Government (TFG [...] | 2008-11-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS SO |
08NAIROBI2605 | KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES [...] (SBU) GOK MOVES APACE ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS 2. (SBU) CIVAIR AUTHORITY RAMPING UP FOR FAA CATEGORY 1 3. (SBU) ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CONCEDES WEAKNESSES 4. (SBU) KENYA RAILWAYS: STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON TRACK 5. (SBU) MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS SUGGEST SLUGGISH GROWTH 6. (SB [...] | 2008-11-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR EAIR ASEC |
08NAIROBI2610 | A TALE OF TWO EL WAKS [...] (SBU) El Wak, Kenya lies just across the border from El Wak, Somalia. Both towns are dominated by the Garre clan, which is now engulfed in a violent struggle for dominance over the Murulle clan. The conflict has spread into Somalia and has exacerbated relations between the Garre and Marehan, [...] | 2008-11-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KE SO |
08NAIROBI2612 | SOMALIA - SUPERTANKER HIJACKED; BRITS TURN 8 [...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Somali pirates hijacked their largest ship yet, the crude oil supertanker Sirius Star, and have anchored it off Hobyo, Somalia, a known Indian Ocean pirate base. So far this year, Somalia pirates have captured and ransomed 38 ships. Separately, on November 18 [...] | 2008-11-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2613 | MARTHA KARUA ELECTED AS NARC-KENYA PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14, a convention of 2,000 delegates of the National Rainbow Coalition - Kenya (NARC-Kenya) elected current Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua as its Chairperson. Karua has made no secret of her desire to contest the 2012 K [...] | 2008-11-19 08:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2614 | EU THREATENS TO WITHHOLD AID [...] (C) At a press conference November 17 on the occasion of "European Development Days," French Ambassador Elisabeth Barbier and EC Head of Delegation Eric van der Linden were questioned on European views with regard to implementation of the Waki Commission recommendations. Headlined the followin [...] | 2008-11-19 08:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI2618 | SOMALIA - Diaspora Business Thrives in Dubai [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is the first of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora. Though Somalia remains mired in conflict, the country's private sector boasts successful operations in a variety of sectors including livestock, telecommunications, shipping, transportation, import and exports of [...] | 2008-11-20 07:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE |
08NAIROBI2619 | SOMALIA - Political Perspectives from Dubai [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the second of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora (Reftel). The Somali community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) drives Somalia's economy, and is intimately involved in its political landscape. Commercial ties within the Dubai business community are cross-cl [...] | 2008-11-20 09:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE |
08NAIROBI2626 | NAIROBI EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 19 November 2008 to discuss recent events in El Wak, Kenya and recent reports of alleged al-Shabaab activity in country and their impact, if any, on Post operations, [...] | 2008-11-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2643 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF: I AM A DEMOCRAT, NOT A [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, Special Envoy Yates met with an intractable President Yusuf, who made it clear that he was unable to work with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and was more interested in assigning blame than moving forward on a peace process. Yusuf termed the Prime Minister's [...] | 2008-11-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2644 | SOMALIA - YUSUF AGREES TO SEEK COMPROMISE WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-on to their November 20 meeting (reftel),Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates pressed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf to drop his legalistic objections to cooperation with TFG Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde." Yusuf initia [...] | 2008-11-21 16:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2652 | SOMALIA - PM and President Disagree on Cabinet [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 16 press conference, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" announced the new cabinet members he submitted to President Yusuf (see paragraphs 6-8). President Yusuf has rejected the Prime Minister's cabinet on legal grounds. [...] | 2008-11-24 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2660 | EL WAK RESIDENTS ACCUSE KENYAN SECURITY FORCES OF [...] (C) Summary. 34 residents of El Wak, North Eastern Province, interviewed by Embassy Officers have alleged that Kenyan security forces, primarily police, engaged in human rights abuses as part of an operation in late October to confiscate illegal arms. The pattern of operations -- and allega [...] | 2008-11-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI2661 | SOMALIA - UN DETAILS PIRACY CONFERENCE PLANS [...] Summary: The UN's Somalia political office on November 25 outlined its plans for a Nairobi conference on Somali piracy December 10-11. The UN has invited high level representation from over 50 countries (including the United States, previously forward via separate email) and international o [...] | 2008-11-26 04:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2667 | KENYANS MOVE AHEAD ON NEW PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the UK's Royal Navy seized eight Somali nationals in international waters off the coast of Yemen after the British responded to a distress call from a Danish ship that the Somalis had attempted to board. After proceeding to Mombasa, Kenya, the British relinquishe [...] | 2008-11-26 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS UK SO DA |
08NAIROBI2671 | DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN KENYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21, the British High Commission convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting in Nairobi to discuss the state of the drug problem in Kenya. The meeting was attended by representatives of one of Kenya's three police services, the director of the Kenyan government's anti-drug [...] | 2008-11-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS SNAR UK UG KE |
08NAIROBI2673 | SOMALIA - November 24 Joint Security Committee Communique [...] (U) Summary and Comment: At the conclusion of their November 20-24 talks in Naivasha, Kenya, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Joint Security Committee (JSC) issued a communique, the text of which appears in paragraph 3. The JSC agre [...] | 2008-11-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2676 | NAIROBI CORE EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RECENT THREAT REPORTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 28 November 2008 to discuss recent reporting contained in RefTel regarding a threat to the Lamu Festival taking place in Lamu, Kenya from 28 to 30 December 2008 and [...] | 2008-11-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2679 | SOMALIA - PM Installs New Banadir Government [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, a Transitional Federal Government-appointed committee elected a new Banadir administration, in accordance with an IGAD-imposed deadline and more than two months after Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein dissolved the former administration on September 12 in a bitter [...] | 2008-11-28 03:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2681 | SOMALIA - Agreement to Structure Unity Government and [...] (SBU) Summary: At the latest round of Djibouti Agreement talks on November 25, the moderate islamist Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) agreed on plans for a unity government. The text of their communique is in paragraph 5. The parti [...] | 2008-11-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SO DJ |
08NAIROBI2690 | SOMALIA - Harassment of Two Media Outlets [...] (SBU) The week of November 24 witnessed two incidents of apparent media harassment in Somalia. Early in the week, the Director of Warsan Radio was arrested by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces for "giving out misleading information about the TFG." The charges appear to stem from co [...] | 2008-12-01 16:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2696 | PARTIES SCRAMBLE TO COMPLY WITH POLITICAL PARTIES [...] Kenya's notoriously disorganized political parties are scrambling to comply with a series of administrative, organizational, and financial requirements imposed by the Political Parties Act (the Act) before the December 31 deadline. The Act aims to bring much-needed order to Kenya's party sys [...] | 2008-12-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2701 | KENYA - ADDITIONAL AMISOM TROOP PLEDGES [...] (C) Post delivered reftel para 4 points on November 28 to Ben Ogutu, MFA Director for Political Affairs. While there has been no definite decision on providing troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),Ogutu opined that press reporting on alleged Kenya troop contributions "did n [...] | 2008-12-02 14:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MASS MARR PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2702 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF CRITICIZES UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Transitional Federal Government President Yusuf called Special Envoy Yates on December 1 to condemn the proposals from the November 26 Djibouti meetings (ref A) as "unworkable." He also complained about Ethiopian troops' alleged recent actions at Villa Somalia and stated that [...] | 2008-12-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SO ET |
08NAIROBI2703 | SOMALIA - TFG, ARS, CIVIL SOCIETY DISCUSS FUTURE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) held a workshop on federalism and decentralization in Nairobi from November 27 to 29. The conference drew together high level, cross-clan and cross-regional representation from Somali sc [...] | 2008-12-02 16:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2710 | GOK EFFORT TO PRESERVE VITAL FOREST HITS POLITICAL [...] The Kenyan government's (GOK) attempt to preserve and restore the environmentally and economically important Mau Forest Complex (the Mau Forest) by evicting legal and illegal settlers (reftel) has caused political problems within Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) p [...] | 2008-12-04 06:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG SENV SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI2715 | KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: LATE NOV/EARLY DEC '08 [...] (SBU) CENTRAL BANK PREPS FOR ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 2. (SBU) DEMAND FOR KENYAN TEA FALLS SHARPLY 3. (SBU) TEA WORKERS GET PAY HIKE; GOK FORMS LABOR BOARD 4. (SBU) INTERPOL-KWS MAKE PROGRESS ON POACHING 5. (SBU) PM CONTINUES PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT 6. (SBU) CORRUPTION: FORMER FINANCE [...] | 2008-12-04 12:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR |
08NAIROBI2716 | KENYA ASPIRES TO BUILD A NUCLEAR PLANT BY 2015 [...] As reported in ref B, although it has no known fissionable material, Kenya aspires to build its first medium-sized 1,000 MW nuclear plant by 2015 as part of a multifaceted strategy to boost power production. The Government of Kenya (GOK) will appeal to the private sector to finance the plant' [...] | 2008-12-04 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY EINV SENV BEXP BTIO KE |
08NAIROBI2718 | SOMALIA - Somaliland: "Terror Attacks Will Not Deter Us" [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullahi Mohamed Duale and Minister of Planning Ali Ibrahim Mohamed told us that despite the recent terror attacks, Somaliland will not veer from its democratic path. Ministers Duale and Mohamed said that Somaliland author [...] | 2008-12-04 15:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PNAT SOCI ECON SO |
08NAIROBI2719 | SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER REBUFFED BY SPEAKER IN [...] (C) Summary: A dejected Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Hussein told us December 3 that his one-day trip to Mogadishu and Baidoa in a bid to win parliamentary confirmation of his transitional cabinet and the November 26 Djibouti unity government communique had been rebuff [...] | 2008-12-04 17:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID SO ET |
08NAIROBI2721 | PROMOTING PEACE IN KENYA'S UPPER EASTERN PROVINCE [...] Kenya's remote upper Eastern Province is caught in a cycle of violence driven by competition over scarce resources and characterized by inter-tribal revenge killings and livestock raiding. Local politicians have a history of quietly supporting these activities, which has made grassroots effor [...] | 2008-12-05 05:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM ASEC PHUM SENV KE ET |
08NAIROBI2722 | NO SALES OF KENYAN RUBIES TO BURMA [...] Summary: According to three senior Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources officials, Kenya does not export rubies to Burma. End Summary. 2. In separate December 4 meetings with Kenya's Commissioner of Mines and Geology Lojomon Biwott, acting Chief Geologist Shadrack Kimomo, and Ward [...] | 2008-12-05 09:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EMIN ECON PREL PGOV EFIN BM KE |
08NAIROBI2736 | EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 AFRICOM 1206 MARITIME [...] Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports AFRICOM's proposal to help the Kenyan Navy build its maritime capacity to counter the threat posed by terrorist organizations operating from Somalia. 2. Kenya's naval capacity has always been weak, and Kenya's overall security has suffered as a resu [...] | 2008-12-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PTER PREL KE SO |
08NAIROBI2737 | SOMALIA - POST SUPPORT FOR 1206 PROPOSAL [...] PROPOSAL NAME: SOMALI JOINT SECURITY FORCE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING POC FOR THIS MESSAGE IS JOSEPH F. TRIMBLE, POLITICAL OFFICER, EMBASSY NAIROBI SOMALIA UNIT, PHONE: 254-20-363-6185, CELL: 254-721-617-500, FAX 254-20-363-6329, EMAIL: TRIMBLEJF@STATE.(SGOV).GOV. SECONDARY POC IS CDR SCOTT [...] | 2008-12-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR KTIA PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2738 | EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Kenya to help this nation build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. 2. (C) The [...] | 2008-12-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PTER KE SO |
08NAIROBI2740 | Kenyan Prime Minister says "Mugabe Must Go" [...] Speaking at an international press conference on December 7 in Nairobi, Prime Minister Raila Odinga called Robert Mugabe's government a "vile dictatorship" that must be stopped. Odinga urged the African Union to send troops to end the humanitarian crisis, or allow the UN to do so. "The inter [...] | 2008-12-09 06:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI2745 | SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR A/S KIMMITT'S PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes your visit to Nairobi for the UN/Government of Kenya Conference on Piracy. The conference is an opportunity to help shape the international community's response to Somali piracy. The conference conclusions may also feed Washington deliberations in advance of the planned Ne [...] | 2008-12-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PGOV PREL OVIP SO |
08NAIROBI2747 | GOK PREPARES TO OUST ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] On November 27, the Cabinet approved a draft constitutional amendment which will disband the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and remove all 22 current ECK commissioners. If, as expected, Parliament approves the measure before it recesses on December 18, the ECK will be replaced by an Int [...] | 2008-12-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2755 | SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB GAINS BUT BATTLES CONTINUE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite partnering with the moderate Islamist Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) to create a unity government, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been unable to influence security on the ground. TFG control in Somalia is limited to pockets of Mog [...] | 2008-12-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV EAID PINR PHUM SOCI MOPS MARR SO ET |
08NAIROBI2759 | SOMALIA - ARS Delegation Arrives in Mogadishu, Rallies [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and more than twenty other ARS leaders arrived in Mogadishu. This is expected to be a permanent relocation. Sheikh Sharif was encouraged to make the journey by supporters, who urged immediate action on the ground in light of re [...] | 2008-12-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI276 | KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS - GENDER-BASED [...] As in all situations where law and order breaks down, there has been an increase in violence of all sorts, including rape. The Nairobi Women's Hospital Rape Center (NWHRC) reports a nearly 100% increase in the number of women coming in for care since the outbreak of violence in late December [...] | 2008-01-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI2760 | HEIGHTENED INSECURITY AT DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) On December 8 around 8:40 a.m a German development aid organization (GTZ) ambulance was attacked by gunmen. The GTZ ambulance was traveling from the Dadaab NGO compound to Hagadera refugee camp with 7 people on board. The UN-mandated government of Kenay (GOK) police escort for all vehic [...] | 2008-12-11 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PGOV PREF PREL |
08NAIROBI2767 | SOMALIA - BAIDOA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: A five-day face-off in Baidoa, the seat of the parliament, between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Adde continued December 11 with the estranged leaders showing no willingness to compromise. Yusuf and Nur Adde have reporte [...] | 2008-12-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI2768 | PRESIDENT SIGNS TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND RECONCILIATION [...] On November 28, President Mwai Kibaki signed into law the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Act (the Act). The Act creates a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to establish a complete record of violation of human and economic rights from the time of Kenya's independence in [...] | 2008-12-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI2769 | SOMALIA - Humanitarian Response [...] (SBU) Summary. As conditions in Somalia continue to deteriorate, aid agencies are grappling with fundamental humanitarian dilemmas. Although the crisis has worsened it is not, nor will it likely become, a famine. Nevertheless, the latitude to operate in Somalia is shrinking, blurring the lin [...] | 2008-12-11 22:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SO |
08NAIROBI277 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - INTERNATIONAL HUMAN [...] Summary: The post-election violence that has killed over 700 people and displaced an estimated 250,000 more has drawn the attention of international human rights groups and institutions. Human Rights Watch currently has a research team in country to collect information and analyze events and [...] | 2008-01-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2776 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO SACK PM FOILED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf's effort to fire the Prime Minister on December 14 has triggered a backlash from the transitional Parliament in Baidoa where, on December 15, a reported 143 parliamentarians passed a vote of confidence in the Prime [...] | 2008-12-15 13:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2779 | SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...] | 2008-12-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI278 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM HOLDS MOSTLY [...] The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) on January 23 held public funerals in Nairobi, Kisumu (Nyanza Province),and Kakamega (Western Province) for victims of Kenya's post-election violence. These deaths were all alleged by ODM to be the result of police action, and not civilian on civilian vi [...] | 2008-01-25 09:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI2780 | SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...] | 2008-12-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI2781 | SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S DECEMBER 18-20 [...] Your December 18-20 meetings with Somalia and Somaliland politicians, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative as well as NGO and private sector representatives come at a time when some progress in the UN-led Djibouti Peace Process is being undercut by continued feuding among the Tran [...] | 2008-12-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI2782 | SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...] | 2008-12-16 04:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI279 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: MINISTER OF INTERNAL [...] On January 24 we received Minister of Internal Security George Saitoti's response to the Ambassador's letter of January 17 (reftel) requesting; 1) a precise statement of the Rules of Engagement currently in effect for Kenyan security forces in dealing with unarmed peaceful demonstrators; 2) a [...] | 2008-01-25 09:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2790 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GARISSA ELICITS CANDID [...] The Ambassador recently travelled to Garissa, the provincial center of Kenya's predominantly Muslim North Eastern Province, to talk to the community about a range of issues. Feedback from the (mostly) Kenyan Somali community was generally positive toward the United States. There was great ap [...] | 2008-12-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM SOCI PHUM KE SO ET |
08NAIROBI2793 | GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS [...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...] | 2008-12-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG |
08NAIROBI2806 | SOMALIA - Ambassador Hosts Humanitarian Roundtable [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Ranneberger hosted a roundtable meeting at Embassy Nairobi on December 10 with some of USAID's Somalia implementing partners. The discussion focused on the increasingly challenging operating environment in which aid assistance is being delivered in Somalia and the r [...] | 2008-12-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2807 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OUST PRIME [...] (U) Continuing his effort to oust Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde," on December 16 President Abdullahi Yusuf nominated Mohammed Mahmud Guled "Gamadheere" prime minister. On December 15 Yusuf tried to sack the prime minister, but was rebuffed by the parliament in the form of a stro [...] | 2008-12-16 15:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
08NAIROBI281 | KIBAKI-ODINGA TAKE FIRST STEP TOWARD DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. A meeting between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga facilitated by Kofi Annan on January 24 sent a very positive message to the Kenyan people and will help end violence. The agenda and modalities for subsequent dialogue have not yet been worked out. The process of dialogue will [...] | 2008-01-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2839 | KENYA -- 2009 AGOA FORUM UPDATE [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. Pending confirmation from the Office of the President, Kenya is now likely to propose hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi during the August 3-7 timeframe versus the originally proposed timeframe of August 9-14. The preferred [...] | 2008-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2842 | LACEY AMENDMENTS WILL HELP KENYA PROTECT ITS DWINDLING [...] (U) As instructed ref A, upon receipt, post provided Lacey Act amendments to the Kenyan Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, National Environment Management Authority, and Forest Service, pointing out that the new regulations will help backstop Ken [...] | 2008-12-19 05:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD KCRM EINV BTIO ENRG KGHG ECON KE |
08NAIROBI2850 | PROTESTS OVER RESTRICTIVE MEDIA BILL [...] Parliament passed a Media Bill on December 10 which, if signed by President Mwai Kibaki, would potentially subject the independent media to intrusive government interference. The Media Bill was presented to Parliament and the public as a series of amendments to the Communications Act of 1998. [...] | 2008-12-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI2851 | PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION, OUSTS ELECTORAL [...] Parliament on December 16 passed the Kenya Constitution Amendment Bill of 2008 (the Amendment). The Amendment follows the recommendations of the Kriegler Commission (Reftel B) and abolishes the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK),which was widely discredited for its mishandling of Kenya's 2 [...] | 2008-12-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI2862 | NADR-FUNDED PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Mission wishes to propose the following project for funding under NADR in support of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI): - Title of project: Preventing Attacks on Soft Targets (PAST) - Implementing agency or organization: DS/ATA - Description of program, to incl [...] | 2008-12-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER TZ KE ET |
08NAIROBI2864 | INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY POLICE [...] Celebrations of Kenya's 45th Jamhuri (Independence) Day in Nairobi on December 12 turned slightly chaotic when police cracked down on protesters who disrupted President Mwai Kibaki's speech. Civil society aimed to use the event to highlight widespread discontent about skyrocketing food price [...] | 2008-12-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI2865 | PRESIDENT, PM SIGN PACT TO FORM POST-ELECTION [...] President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga signed on December 17 an agreement to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV),also known as the Waki Commission (Reftels). The agreement tasks a Cabinet sub-committee to draft legisl [...] | 2008-12-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI2867 | NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KY |
08NAIROBI2869 | UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI [...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...] | 2008-12-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA |
08NAIROBI2871 | SUMMARY REPORT ON CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON THE [...] Key regional partners participated in a workshop November 11-14 in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss priorities for the implementation of the Global Food Security Response in Eastern and Southern Africa. This is part of a broader, multi-donor response to the global food crisis in support of the Afri [...] | 2008-12-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE |
08NAIROBI2872 | KENYA'S STAGNATING ECONOMY [...] (U) Economic growth registered 2.1 percent in the third quarter, falling over one percent from the second quarter rate of 3.4 percent. Continuing double-digit inflation (particularly for food and fuel),declining agricultural production, and a struggling tourist sector (still recovering from [...] | 2008-12-24 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
08NAIROBI2878 | MAIZE FLOUR CRISIS IN KENYA: THE UNSTABLE POLITICS OF [...] (U) Rising maize flour prices, up 119 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, combined with the Kenyan staple's reduced availability and higher prices for other staple foods, are putting approximately 5 million Kenyans at risk of "severe hunger and destitution," according to a recent Mini [...] | 2008-12-29 11:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD EAID BEXP PINR PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI2879 | SOMALIA - TFG PRESIDENT RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf ended months-long stand-off with the Prime Minister and, probably, closed the final chapter on his almost forty years in Somali politics by resigning on December 29. With Yusuf's resignation, Parliament Speaker Shei [...] | 2008-12-29 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MARR SO ET |
08NAIROBI2883 | SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR A UNPKO [...] (C) Summary: A decision to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Somalia offers the best, and probably only, opportunity to preserve and advance the important and hard-won gains our policy has made in Somalia. Specifically, the Djibouti Process is making serious steps towa [...] | 2008-12-29 16:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAID SOCI USUN SO ET |
08NAIROBI2891 | SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER, SPEAKER, MEDIA REACT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In remarks to the media following Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf's December 29 resignation (reftel),the TFG Prime Minister and Speaker offered generally muted praise to the President for leaving office and thanks to the international community for the ro [...] | 2008-12-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2892 | Somalia - Two Recent Media Outlet Closures [...] (SBU) Islamists allegedly forced the closure of two radio stations in Somalia in mid-December, both reportedly for playing music of which they did not approve. Radio Markabley was closed from December 10 for two days. HornAfrik's Kismayo office was closed on December 13 and remains closed as [...] | 2008-12-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV SO |
08NAIROBI2899 | Somalia - A Primer on the Puntland Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: The semi-autonomous region of Puntland will hold presidential elections on January 8, 2009. The President will be elected by the Parliament. Following the disputed elections of 2001/2002 and the departure of then Puntland President Abdullahi Yusuf for the Transitional Federal [...] | 2008-12-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2900 | Somalia - Violent Uprising Against Al-Shabaab [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 27, local residents and militias, loosely led by Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a (ASWJ),a group of moderate Islamic scholars, have clashed with al-Shabaab in response to al-Shabaab takeovers of central Somali towns and the subsequent desecration of graves in central Somali [...] | 2008-12-31 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS PTER SO |
08NAIROBI2901 | SOMALIA - A/S FRAZER TELLS PRESIDENT YUSUF TO GET [...] (C) Summary: In two brief meetings while transiting Nairobi December 22, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Frazer told Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf that she did not disagree with his dire portrayal of worsening security in Somalia, and agreed that Alliance for t [...] | 2008-12-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI MARR MOPS SO ET |
08NAIROBI299 | DOCUMENTS RE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON THE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE PGOV PHUM PREL |
08NAIROBI309 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: ODM MP SLAIN - VIOLENCE [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement MP for Embakasi (Nairobi),Melitus Were, was murdered by two gunmen as he was driving up to his home just after midnight on January 29. In the current crisis, the perception that this is a politically-motivated killing has taken hold. Were was a L [...] | 2008-01-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI310 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: EXPLAINING RIFT VALLEY [...] The central region of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, known as "Kalenjin land" after its indigenous inhabitants, is the scene of the worst violence since the election crisis began in late December. Kenya's history of ethnic politics, land pressures, and shifting political alliances explain the [...] | 2008-01-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI311 | KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: VIOLENCE FLARES IN [...] (SBU) Late on January 24, a fresh round of violence erupted in Nakuru, Naivasha, and Tomboroa -- all Rift Valley Province towns near the border of Kikuyu-dominated Central Province. The highest death toll was in Nakuru, where clashes between rival armed gangs armed with machetes, spears, bows [...] | 2008-01-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI312 | KENYA: A/S FRAZER,S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer, joined by Ambassador Ranneberger, met with President Mwai Kibaki on January 5 and January 7 to seek a path towards ending the political crisis stemming from the disputed December 27 presidential election results. She carried with her Secretary Rice's [...] | 2008-01-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI330 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minster of Internal Security and Minister of Foreign Affairs asking for an investigation of threats against human rights activists. Begin text. Hon. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Moses Wetangula Minister o [...] | 2008-01-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI331 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AMBASSADOR'S LETTER TO MINISTER [...] On January 30, the Ambassador sent the following letter to the Minister of Internal Security and the Orange Democratic Movement's Secretary General. Begin text. SIPDIS Hon. Prof. George Saitoti Minister of Internal Security Hon. Prof. Anyang Nyong'o ODM Secretary General Dear Sirs: [...] | 2008-01-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI339 | KENYA - JANUARY 31 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM - opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kissi). Moache was arrested and will be transferred to Nakuru [...] | 2008-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI341 | APPROVAL REQUEST FOR TRAVEL TO SOMALIA [...] (C) Action Request: Post seeks Department approval and country clearance for travel of the following DS security personnel and delegation members to Hargeysa, Somaliland on February 2 and 3. Ambassador Ranneberger, Ambassador Yates, and Regional Security Officer Robert Whigham concur with the [...] | 2008-01-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | OTRA AMGT PGOV PREL KE SO |
08NAIROBI353 | KENYA: PRIVATE SECTOR SAYS THE ECONOMY WILL SHRINK IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The private sector is warning that the Kenyan economy will likely shrink in 2008, having already lost tens of billions of shillings in January, and with losses that could reach Ksh260 billion (over $4 billion) and 500,000 jobs in the first half of the year. Claims by Government [...] | 2008-02-01 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
08NAIROBI354 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The talks continue, but there are signs that the PNU continues to search for means of peeling away ODM members of parliament, encouraging ODM schisms and otherwise finding a way out that does not involve actual power sharing with Raila Odinga. The ODM tried unsuc [...] | 2008-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI355 | KENYA: GOVERNMENT BORROWING AND COSTS WILL RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Kenya (GOK) officials are trying to maintain confidence and prevent financial panic by claiming the current crisis will be short-lived and thus will not have a major impact on the GOK's revenue, spending, borrowing, or interest rates. However, the bids at the Janu [...] | 2008-02-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI356 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: SECOND OPPOSITION MP [...] On January 31, Orange Democratic Movement (ODM-opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District, Rift Valley) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kisii). The police maintain this was a "crime of passion," with C [...] | 2008-02-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI357 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - PROCESS OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans welcomed the political dialogue launched by Kofi Annan on January 29 as a desperately needed step towards ending violence and achieving a resolution of the crisis. Annan has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as his chief mediator. The visit of Ban Ki-moon provided support for the m [...] | 2008-02-01 19:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
08NAIROBI370 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: PNU AND [...] Summary: The Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed a framework for further negotiations to resolve Kenya's electoral crisis. The parties signed several documents, all of which were witnessed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his capacity as [...] | 2008-02-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI371 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: FEBRUARY 4 AGREEMENT [...] On February 4, PNU and ODM issued the following public statement. Begin text. Public Statement Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Mediated by H.E. Kofi Annan and the Panel of Eminent African Personalities Feb 4, 2008 Preamble: Goal: To ensure that the National Dialogu [...] | 2008-02-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI378 | KENYA: LINKING VISAS TO VIOLENCE [...] (C) To follow up on recent statements by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and the Ambassador indicating that the Department will review the visa eligibility of Kenyan politicians and businessmen suspected of supporting, inciting, or perpetrating violence in Kenya, Post delivered eight letter [...] | 2008-02-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI380 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - STATE OF PLAY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Having reached agreements regarding violence and humanitarian issues, the Annan-mediated talks between the government and ODM today started focusing on elements of a political solution. Annan wants to achieve this by February 13. The two sides start this discussion with diamet [...] | 2008-02-05 19:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI383 | KENYAN CEOS CALL FOR PEACE, RECONCILIATION, REFORMS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Over 300 CEOs from firms employing 12 million Kenyans met on February 5 to issue a strong statement on the need for peace, security, reconciliation, reconstruction, and reform for Kofi Annan to deliver to Government-ODM negotiators. Although the final text (para 8) of the CEO su [...] | 2008-02-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE |
08NAIROBI384 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 6 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted in ref C, the Kofi Annan-lead negotiations entered their most critical and difficult phase today as the parties began talks on power-sharing. The parties begin these discussions far apart and continued interference by hardliners from each camp threaten to [...] | 2008-02-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI414 | KENYA INFLATION ACCELERATES IN 2008 [...] Summary: Inflation in Kenya fell in the last quarter of 2007 and dropped to 9.76% for the year as a whole. Unfortunately, the violence that erupted after the December 27 election is undoing these gains. The unrest blocked or hindered transportation across the country, creating scarcities and [...] | 2008-02-08 10:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI417 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 8 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted ref B, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi entered their most critical and difficult phase February 7, as the parties began talks on power-sharing. We spoke with one ODM negotiator at their 1430 break and were told that the parties were making si [...] | 2008-02-08 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI419 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: NEARING THE CRUNCH POINT [...] (C) Summary. Now that Kenya's peace talks have begun to focus on political issues, they are expected to rapidly reach the crunch point regarding power-sharing. There are constructive developments that mitigate in favor of progress, but also indications that achieving this will be extremely d [...] | 2008-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
08NAIROBI420 | KENYA: MORE VISA WARNING LETTERS SENT [...] (C) Reftel reports on the February 5 conveyance of eight letters to Kenyan individuals warning the latter that indications they may be involved in supporting, inciting, and perpetrating inter-ethnic violence in Kenya are relevant to their eligibility for U.S. visas. 2. (C) On February 8, [...] | 2008-02-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI444 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: AT THE CRUNCH POINT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following his meeting with Kibaki and Odinga on February 9, Annan announced that the two sides had agreed on the need for a political solution. The talks will reconvene February 11 to discuss details. The two sides remain far apart regarding what power-sharing should entail. [...] | 2008-02-11 10:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI446 | Somalia - Tour d'Horizon with the Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia's Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein offered his perspectives on establishing security in Mogadishu, reconciliation, training troops, selecting ministers, and focusing on transitional tasks during a February 8 lunch meeting. The Prime Minister reviewed many of the same [...] | 2008-02-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EAID SO |
08NAIROBI447 | KENYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TOO OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan newspapers disregarded the sugar-coating in Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndung'u's claims that the impact of post-election violence would most likely be confined to the first quarter. They highlighted his admissions that there could be a major slowdown, th [...] | 2008-02-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD EINV KE |
08NAIROBI450 | KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: $6.5 MILLION IN FUNDING [...] (U) Kofi Annan's negotiating team, headed by the African Union Secretariat and supported by UNDP, called a meeting of donors on February 9 to discuss their funding requirements over the next six months. (The parties to Kenya's current political crisis have agreed on a time-table of up to a yea [...] | 2008-02-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI462 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 12, the Ambassador sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula urging the government of Kenya to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible after it declares independence. The mission followed up with a formal diplomatic note. 2. (C) Given the nature of the curre [...] | 2008-02-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU |
08NAIROBI472 | KENYA PRIVATE SECTOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Private Sector Alliance met with foreign mission reps on February 6 to brief them on the February 5 CEOs statement to politicians, and to ask the European missions to clarify their public position on aid cutoffs and to revise their travel advisories. They confirmed the [...] | 2008-02-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ELAB ETRD EIND EINV KE |
08NAIROBI473 | Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...] | 2008-02-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI477 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 13 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The Kofi Annan-led negotiations made limited progress on Monday, February 11, as both sides were busy consulting with MPs who were assembled in Nairobi in advance of an informal session of parliament scheduled for the following day. (Comment: We consider this con [...] | 2008-02-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI486 | TALKS FOCUS INTENSIVELY ON POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. Since February 11 the two sides have been engaged in intensive and relatively constructive discussions of modalities for a political solution. Off-site discussions hosted by Annan sincQFebruary 12 adjourned the afternoon of February 14 without an agreement. The talks are expec [...] | 2008-02-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI493 | KENYA: PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION [...] The text of the U.S.-Kenya Partnership Presentation was first reported via reftel in January 2007. It is repeated below for your information. In preparing the Secretary for her trip to Nairobi on Monday, the presentation serves as a reminder that, the current political crisis notwithstandin [...] | 2008-02-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI495 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] | 2008-02-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI496 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: KOFI ANNAN PRESS [...] At a press conference held on February 15, Kofi Annan, as expected, put a positive spin on the negotiations. However the agreement signed restates progress made to date, but makes clear that there is no real progress on the core issue of power-sharing. 2. To follow is the text of an agree [...] | 2008-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI499 | Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) is increasingly distancing itself from extremist leaders of some Shabaab factions and is receiving considerable attention from the international community as an organized opposition block to the TFG. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister H [...] | 2008-02-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SO |
08NAIROBI506 | Somalia Prime Minister's European Travel and Security [...] (C) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador February 15 on his trip to Brussels and Paris. He also outlined his recent efforts at reconciliation, and spoke of his concerns about security in Mogadishu and those tasked to ensure it. End Summary. ----------------------------- E [...] | 2008-02-20 07:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
08NAIROBI507 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] KENYA DOES NOT HAVE ANY FACILITIES OR RESOURCES THAT WOULD FIT THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES (CI/KR) VITAL TO THE U.S. AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF REFTEL. 2. KENYA DOES NOT HAVE AN INTEGRATED NATIONAL PLAN FOR PROTECTION OF CI/KR. THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS [...] | 2008-02-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KE PTER EAGER |
08NAIROBI514 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 20 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: On the heels of the Secretary's successful visit, which is being reported in septels, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi resumed in earnest on February 19. Annan says that the parties are close to a deal on political power-sharing and we are optimistic t [...] | 2008-02-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI515 | KENYAN TALKS MOVE FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Secretary's February 18 visit has propelled the talks forward. Discussion of the structure of a coalition government has begun. However, Raila Odinga remains concerned that the government is seeking a minimalist outcome and threatened to resume mass action within a week i [...] | 2008-02-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI516 | Somalia -- Former PM Gedi Concerned about Debt, Reputation [...] (C) SE Yates met with former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi February 12 to review current developments in Somalia and the status of Gedi's asylum request. Gedi spent considerable time spinning self-serving refutations of allegations that while Prime Minister he engaged in corrupt practices an [...] | 2008-02-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ET |
08NAIROBI518 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On February 21, the Ambassador raised the issue of Kosovo's independence directly to Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula. He urged Wetangula to recognize Kosovo's independence as quickly as possible. 2. (C) Wetangula and other Government ministers remain deeply engaged in negotiations wit [...] | 2008-02-21 09:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KE |
08NAIROBI521 | BEEF, BREAD, AND BUTTER GETTING SCARCER AND PRICIER IN [...] (U) Summary. Agricultural analysts predict that Kenya may suffer food shortages by late 2008 if post-election violence does not stop. Government stockpiles of corn will suffice for the next seven months, but observers note that many farmers in the upper Rift Valley have been unable to work t [...] | 2008-02-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD ELAB PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI531 | CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] | 2008-02-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI532 | CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...] | 2008-02-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI544 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised version of reftel with additional personnel, new dates, more detailed travel information, and a revised and expanded security plan. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 24 for action reques [...] | 2008-02-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI545 | KENYA TALKS - KEY ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary. Although both sides agreed to creation of a prime minister position following the Secretary's February 18 visit, the talks have bogged down over the authority the PM will be given and over related issues, including formation of a cabinet. Gordon Brown spoke with Kibaki Februar [...] | 2008-02-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PDEM KE |
08NAIROBI547 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - KOFI ANNAN'S FEBRUARY [...] On February 25, Kofi Annan issued the following press statement after meeting with both Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. Begin Text. KENYA NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION Press Statement By Kofi Annan After four hours of intense negoti [...] | 2008-02-26 05:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI566 | Somalia -- TFG Divided at the Top [...] (C) SUMMARY. Differences between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein threaten to halt the recent progress made by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. The primary issue is how to pursue the process of reconciliation while at the same time addressing the thre [...] | 2008-02-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI574 | KENYA: BEHIND A CALM FACADE, HARDLINERS PREPARE FOR MORE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Kenya has been tense but remarkably calm since the end of January, thanks in large part to the progress being made in the Kofi Annan-mediated peace talks and the visit of the Secretary. Tensions remain very high, however, and behind this calm facade lurks the potential for more fer [...] | 2008-02-27 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI581 | KENYA: WARY INVESTORS PREFER SHORT TERM GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Confronted by insufficient demand for five-year bonds in the February 14 auction from investors deterred by political uncertainty and fears of rising inflation, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shifted its strategy and offered a Ksh7 billion bond (over $100 million) with a choice of on [...] | 2008-02-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI585 | KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: ODM CALLS OFF [...] (U) The opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) announced that it was calling off nationwide demonstrations planned for February 28 to protest the lack of progress in the negotiations to resolve Kenya's ongoing political crisis. The announcement was made by ODM leader Raila Odinga after h [...] | 2008-02-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI588 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 26, the Ambassador intervened directly with Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula regarding reftel demarche and emphasized the importance of helping Cuba work toward a peaceful process of meaningful change that will lead to a democratic end. 2. (U) Kenya generally has [...] | 2008-02-28 07:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE CU |
08NAIROBI59 | KENYA ELECTIONS: TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI?S SPEECH ON [...] The following is the text of the speech Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki read in English to journalists at Nairobi's State House by Kenyan privately-owned TV station NTV on 3 January. Begin text. Fellow Kenyans, I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in purs [...] | 2008-01-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI598 | Kenya's Mayoral Elections Show ODM Strength, [...] Summary: On February 25, Kenyan city councils nationwide held mayoral elections. Comporting with the sordid tradition of such elections in Kenya, tales of blatant vote-buying and graft abounded on all sides. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won a plurality of council seats nationwide du [...] | 2008-02-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI6 | KENYA ELECTIONS: GOK PRESS STATEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF LIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI601 | KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 [...] On February 28, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a much awaited power-sharing agreement in Nairobi, paving the way for a coalition government. The text of the agreement and its proposed companion legislation, which will be considered by Parliament when it conve [...] | 2008-02-28 18:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI609 | Somalia -- Reconciliation at the Top [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum spent February 27 in Baidoa primarily in an effort to bridge the schism between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein (Ref A),but also to iron out concerns on the bilateral GOE-TFG relationship. Tactics for accomplishing greate [...] | 2008-03-01 11:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ET SO |
08NAIROBI621 | Somalia - Inquiries on Air Strike Reports [...] (S) Post has received several inquiries from media outlets and other diplomatic missions regarding reports of air strikes in Dhoble, Somalia on night of March 2 or early morning March 3. Most press reports cite local residents allegations that "missiles" were launched by a U.S. plane. Press r [...] | 2008-03-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI641 | KENYA'S POLITICAL ACCORD AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have a positive public tone regarding their commitment to implement the coalition agreement. When I met with them separately on March 3 to lay out U.S. plans and to discuss next steps, they were upbeat. Sorting out the disposition of cabinet [...] | 2008-03-05 09:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI653 | SECURITY UPDATE: NORMAL CALM IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary. The security situation in Kenya is normal calm, and there have been no reports of election-related violence since well before the February 28th power-sharing agreement reached between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga. On March 4, media reported violence in Kenya's Mt. Elgon [...] | 2008-03-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI656 | KENYA CHANGES ITS BUDGET PRIORITIES AND TIGHTENS ITS BELT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is appropriately making plans to shift its budget focus to reconstruction and recovery in the wake of the post-electoral political crisis and resulting civil unrest. Enormous resources will be required, with over $14.3 million already set aside initi [...] | 2008-03-06 12:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI KE |
08NAIROBI680 | Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society [...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...] | 2008-03-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI682 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FOR PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill of 2008. This proposed constitutional amendment will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. THE CONSTITUTION OF KENYA (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2008 A Bill for an Act of [...] | 2008-03-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI693 | TEXT OF NATIONAL ACCORD AND RECONCILIATION BILL [...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill of 2008. This Bill will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. A Bill for An Act of Parliament to give effect to the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of [...] | 2008-03-11 10:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI706 | MOUNT ELGON CLASHES: KENYA'S ARMY STEPS IN [...] (C) Summary: On March 10, Kenya's military deployed to Mount Elgon, which has been the center of a violent land dispute since 2006. Previous efforts by the police to quell the violence have been unsuccessful. The settlement of the post-election political dispute between President Kibaki and [...] | 2008-03-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KE |
08NAIROBI723 | KENYA HUMAN RIGHTS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF UN [...] (C) Poloff met with representatives of the UN Office for the High Commissioner Human Rights (OHCHR) investigative team, which recently ended a three-week fact-finding mission to investigate post-election violence in Kenya (ref a). The representatives outlined the team's preliminary conclusions [...] | 2008-03-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI726 | Somalia Cancels Plans for Prime Minister to Attend Damascus [...] (C) During a March 10 meeting with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf (to be reported septel),SE Yates carried out reftel instructions to discourage the Somali government from sending a high level delegation to the Damascus Summit. 2. (C) President Yusuf replied, "I got your message." Yusu [...] | 2008-03-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI734 | Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf [...] (S) Summary: President Yusuf confirmed that he had endorsed the draft TFG Reconciliation Strategy prepared by the Prime Minister and Cabinet during meeting with Special Envoy March 10. He asked again for our support to assist the TFG to accomplish the tasks stipulated in the Transitional Fede [...] | 2008-03-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL SO |
08NAIROBI76 | KENYA: JANUARY 8 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) As of 01/08 1700 hours (Nairobi time): Security: Nation-wide, calm but tense. No skirmishes reported. ODM "postponed" planned rally for today and has indicated it may hold one on Thursday, pending outcome of international mediation of a political settlement. Police remain in force in w [...] | 2008-01-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KE PREF |
08NAIROBI762 | KENYA: SAFARICOM IPO GETS GREEN LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: With all elements of the new Kenyan coalition government in agreement, Kenya's Minister of Finance has given the green light for the launch on March 28 of the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the country's history. The government will sell to the public $770 million in [...] | 2008-03-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI763 | KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...] | 2008-03-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI786 | KENYA'S PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION AND ADOPTS [...] Kenya's grand coalition government is now a legal reality. On March 18, Kenya's parliament adopted the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill (reftels a and c),which create a prime minister position and further secure the power-sharing agreement betwee [...] | 2008-03-19 15:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI792 | KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] | 2008-03-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI794 | International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on Gender [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various [...] | 2008-03-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI796 | Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf [...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates met with President Yusuf to discuss reconciliation efforts, the humanitarian situation, the fight against terrorism, and security concerns. The President agreed to take action on appointing a single point-of-contact in the TFG on humanitarian issues, a lo [...] | 2008-03-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UNSC PREL SO |
08NAIROBI798 | CORRECTED COPY: KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] | 2008-03-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI8 | KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERIM REPORT OF PAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI803 | Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit [...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...] | 2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US |
08NAIROBI804 | MT. ELGON MILITARY OPERATION CONTINUES, CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan military forces continue to support police attempts in the Mt. Elgon region to eliminate the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),an informal militia drawn from the Soy subclan of the Kalenjin tribe that may number in the thousands. As of March 18, Kenyan security forces had [...] | 2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE TZ SU |
08NAIROBI811 | SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] | 2008-03-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG KE |
08NAIROBI812 | SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] | 2008-03-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KE |
08NAIROBI813 | International Women's Day and Mission Efforts on [...] On March 11 the Ambassador hosted a reception for 500 prominent Kenya women to celebrate International Women's Day. The event and the Ambassador's remarks were widely covered by the media. Guests included women from civil society, the private sector, government, Parliament, and various walk [...] | 2008-03-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KE |
08NAIROBI815 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A [...] (C) On March 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the designation of al-Shabaab as a terrorist organization to Stella Sokoto, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Officer, Americas Desk. Sokoto said she would direct our request that the Government of Kenya consider taking similar actions [...] | 2008-03-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KCRM KE SO |