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09BEIJING412 | NGO SHAMES FOREIGN MINISTRY TO PROTECT HISTORIC [...] (C) A plucky Beijing-based NGO, the China Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP),has publicly criticized the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for failing to abide by cultural preservation laws in the renovation of an historic property in Beijing. CHP claimed victory after the MFA agreed in Nov [...] | 2009-02-18 07:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI CH KPAO |
09BEIJING416 | MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN, U.S.-CHINA [...] ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN a. "The U.S.' selfish bill makes the world feel cold" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/18): "Along with the approval of the U.S.' economic stimulus plan, 787$ billion, the disputable 'buy American' bill has [...] | 2009-02-18 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING419 | TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF [...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...] | 2009-02-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH |
09BEIJING422 | CHINA/REBALANCING: BARRIERS TO BOOSTING RURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption, mismanagement and an inefficient central-local government budgetary system in rural China bode ill for Chinese Government plans to ease the economic slowdown in part through measures to spur rural demand. Two rural Shanxi Province communities provide examples of h [...] | 2009-02-19 03:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING425 | CHINA ANNOUNCES MACHINERY INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced February 4 a plan to support China's machinery industry, part of the government's campaign to bolster the country's slowing economy. The plan aims to support the domestic machinery industry and reduce reliance on imported parts without running aw [...] | 2009-02-19 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EMIN ECON CH |
09BEIJING429 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, [...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S.-China military discussions will not avoid speaking about the arms sales to Taiwan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/19): "A Chinese military official has recently said that China will request th [...] | 2009-02-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING431 | FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...] | 2009-02-19 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK |
09BEIJING432 | PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM [...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...] | 2009-02-19 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS |
09BEIJING433 | IS CHINA COMPLYING WITH THE G-20 PROMISE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have been quoted broadly both in domestic and international press criticizing "buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package legislation. At the same time, they have pledged that China will not adopt "buy China" provisions and will meet its G-20 Summit [...] | 2009-02-19 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND CH |
09BEIJING434 | HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA RESPONDS ON WANG BINGZHANG CASE [...] (C) In response to U.S. expressions of concern about imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang on February 17 (reftel),an MFA Human Rights Division official on February 19 provided information about Wang's case, noting that MFA hopes the United States will view China's quick response as a [...] | 2009-02-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING439 | CHINA SHARES NPT PREPCOM AND REVCON PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff discussed reftel questions regarding China's priorities for the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director [...] | 2009-02-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC AORC DCG ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV UNGA |
09BEIJING440 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, JAPAN, FIANNCIAL [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "Secretary Clinton comes to China to talk" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/20): "Secretary Clinton will arrive in Beijing today. During her visit to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, global media seems n [...] | 2009-02-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING443 | CHINA ANNOUNCES SHIPBUILDING SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced a shipbuilding industry support plan on Feb. 11, the fifth of ten such plans for key industries designed to help sectors hit hardest by the economic slowdown. The plan includes a three-year moratorium on approval of new shipyards, but observers d [...] | 2009-02-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING448 | Graduate Unemployment in China: Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese government blames rising unemployment on the global financial crisis, but in the case of college graduates the crisis has only exacerbated a preexisting problem. Graduate unemployment began to rise in 2003, as a result of policies to expand enrollment, while reform [...] | 2009-02-23 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
09BEIJING458 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, TAIWAN [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "The bottom line and the height of Secretary Clinton's 'trial' visit" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/23): "In view of the continuous efforts by the Bush administration on these [...] | 2009-02-23 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING460 | CHARGE DELIVERS REVISED COCA II AGREEMENT TO CHINESE MFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with MFA Department of Administration Director General Li Chao, the Charge delivered the revised COCA II agreement, walked the MFA through the talking points and left a non-paper detailing changes to the draft agreement received in ref A. The Charge tol [...] | 2009-02-23 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT CH |
09BEIJING467 | MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, FINANCIAL [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "One sentence of Secretary Clinton's is worth further contemplation" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(02/24): "Secretary Clinton said, during her trip to Japan that 'through strengthening relations with our [...] | 2009-02-24 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING469 | February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...] | 2009-02-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING470 | RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER [...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...] | 2009-02-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS |
09BEIJING471 | ChinaQs NDRC Urges Expanded Fiscal Stimulus, [...] (SBU) Summary. Rapidly increasing government spending and a decline in tax revenue caused by the economic slowdown will drive ChinaQs central and local government fiscal deficits to about 2.5 percent of GDP in 2009, compared to about 0.5 percent in 2008 and the highest level since 2002. Nati [...] | 2009-02-25 00:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CH |
09BEIJING477 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...] | 2009-02-25 06:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING478 | CHINA REACTS TO IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA's recent reports on Iran and Syria to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Zhang Shen on February 25. As instructed, PolOff requested China's support for a strong P5 1 statement demanding Iran's full and [...] | 2009-02-25 07:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM KNNP IAEA MNUC TRGY IR SY CH |
09BEIJING482 | MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. POLITICS [...] FINANCIAL CRISIS a. "Whomever saves the most energy, will be the first to recover from the crisis" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/25): "Energy conservation is not only about saving energy; it drives internal consumption and alle [...] | 2009-02-25 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING483 | TIBET TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS LIKELY [...] (C) PRC authorities are barring most foreigners from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and many Tibetan areas outside the TAR, though the Chinese government has made no official announcement of this policy. One American contact with a long- standing TAR travel permit was recently [...] | 2009-02-25 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING484 | PRESERVING JOBS TAKES PRECENDENCE [...] (SBU) Spurred by concern over social instability, the Chinese government has responded rapidly to a deteriorating job market, and has made "stabilizing employment" a top economic priority. The main thrust of central and local government measures is to keep people on the job, even if it means [...] | 2009-02-26 01:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING498 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Shelving stereotypes a must for cooperation" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/06): "...Concerted cooperation between China and the U.S. depends fundamentally on whether the two countries can transcend the stereotypes mentally of international re [...] | 2009-02-26 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING499 | February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...] | 2009-02-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING509 | CHINA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Please find post's contribution to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph designations are keyed to reftel A questions China's TIP Situation --------------------- A. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) serves as our main source for information on TIP related statist [...] | 2009-02-27 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
09BEIJING513 | CHINA: RISKS OF RAPID CREDIT GROWTH INCLUDE NPLS, [...] (C) Summary. Monetary policy will play a necessary but less important and less visible role than fiscal policy in addressing China's cyclical downturn, according to People's Bank of China (PBOC) Monetary Policy Director General Zhang Xiaohui. With the CPI at one percent in January, expectati [...] | 2009-02-27 08:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL CH |
09BEIJING514 | MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS, GARY LOCKE, U.S.-CHINA [...] HUMAN RIGHTS a. "Human rights report decried" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/27): "China yesterday denounced U.S. criticism of its human rights record in an annual report, saying Washington should first put its own house in order. 'We urge the U.S. to examine its o [...] | 2009-02-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING515 | CHINA APPROVES ELECTRONICS/ IT INDUSTRIES SUPPORT [...] (SBU) China's State Council on February 18 approved a RMB 600 billion (USD 88 billion) industrial support plan for its electronics and information technology (IT) industries, the sixth of ten industry-specific plans to bolster sectors affected by the economic downturn - and the first to includ [...] | 2009-02-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
09BEIJING517 | PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU [...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to China´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...] | 2009-02-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
09BEIJING518 | HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...] | 2009-02-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL |
09BEIJING519 | ZARDARI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE CHINA-PAKISTAN TIES [...] (C) Pakistani President Asif Zardari's February 20-24 visit to Hubei Province and Shanghai was aimed at expanding bilateral economic cooperation and promoting investment, especially in the financial, agricultural, hydroelectric, and water conservation sectors. The two sides inked a Pakistan-C [...] | 2009-02-27 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH PK AF IN |
09BEIJING520 | PRO-REFORM JOURNAL DIRECTOR REPLACED, POLITICAL [...] (C) In response to renewed pressure from central authorities, the envelope-pushing pro-reform journal Yanhuang Chunqiu has removed its director, Du Daozheng, according to an Embassy contact with direct access to Du and other journal managers. The journal resisted pressure to purge Du in Novem [...] | 2009-02-27 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING526 | AFM LIU JIEYI PRESSES TIMING CONCERNS ON 2009 PRC [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney noted the positive direction in U.S.-China relations, and said the just-concluded Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCTs) were a good beginning. Both agreed on the impo [...] | 2009-03-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PTER CH |
09BEIJING527 | PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...] | 2009-03-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP |
09BEIJING529 | China/Forex Energy Fund: Still "Just an Idea" [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Official Chinese media reported that China's National Energy Administration (NEA) had in early February submitted a proposal to use foreign exchange reserves to help Chinese companies acquire overseas resource assets. NEA's Oil and Gas Division Director, however, said NE [...] | 2009-03-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
09BEIJING530 | MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE TALKS, WTO, U.S.-JAPAN-CHINA [...] DEFENSE TALKS "No barriers to U.S.-China military exchanges have been removed" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(3/02): "In the military exchanges, the U.S. is more interested in obtaining specific military info [...] | 2009-03-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING531 | NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5: [...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...] | 2009-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09BEIJING535 | PRC RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN [...] (C) The U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) during the March HRC session is "good news," MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing told PolOff March 2. Respon [...] | 2009-03-03 04:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIJING544 | MEDIA REACTION: BUYING AMERICAN, GARY LOCKE, FINANCIAL [...] BUYING AMERICAN "Buying American is just a tempest in a tea pot" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth (03/03): "After passing through nine doors and two security guard posts, we were allowed access to the press confere [...] | 2009-03-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING545 | March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...] | 2009-03-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH |
09BEIJING548 | CHINA URGED NOT TO DELIVER A NATIONAL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche urging China to not deliver a national statement on Iran at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting to MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Shen Jian on the morning of March 4. Shen noted previous receipt [...] | 2009-03-04 06:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EMIN TRGY ETTC MNUC KNNP PREL CH IR |
09BEIJING55 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] ISRAEL "Chinese people are sympathetic to the miserable Gaza strip" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/08): "China is paying close attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict. This conflict arises much more attention from ordinary Ch [...] | 2009-01-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING552 | MEDIA REACTION: NATO, U.S. POLITICS, CHINA'S NUCLEAR [...] NATO "NATO wants to borrow China's 'Wakhan Corridor'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/04): "A Chinese military officer has said that it is impossible for China to open the Corridor to NATO in order to also help support military a [...] | 2009-03-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING556 | China/G-20: Six Wants, Two Don't Wants, and a [...] Summary. According to the British Embassy official responsible for engaging China in preparation for the G-20 summit, China hopes to support initiatives designed to promote growth, combat protectionism, help low-income countries, reform international financial institutions, encourage financi [...] | 2009-03-04 10:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
09BEIJING557 | CHINA/G-20: OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS [...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the London G-20 Summit, China has clarified that its objectives include: deterring trade and investment protectionism; promoting real economic growth; deflecting public blame for the crisis; protecting its investments; and expanding China's international role. [...] | 2009-03-04 10:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN CH |
09BEIJING558 | CHINA/G-20: MFA DISCUSSES LONDON SUMMIT OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials stated that, given worsening conditions, the Chinese desire a results-oriented G-20 London Summit. China perceived London pushing three themes for the summit: fighting protectionism, promoting employment and green recovery. [...] | 2009-03-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
09BEIJING559 | PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS [...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...] | 2009-03-04 12:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW |
09BEIJING560 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...] | 2009-03-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING57 | DASD SEDNEY'S MEETING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (C) Vice Minister of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Department (CCID) Zhang Zhijun told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney December 18 that China "treasures" its relationship with the United States and considers the U.S.-China relations [...] | 2009-01-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS CH AF XD SO RS TW KN IZ XA |
09BEIJING570 | CHINA MISSION 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A seeking Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 Review. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that China continue to be placed on the Priority Watch List with Section 306 monitoring. A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on January 26, 2009 found [...] | 2009-03-05 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH |
09BEIJING575 | March 5 MFA Press Briefing: Sudan, Afghanistan, Tibet [...] Key points at the March 5 MFA press briefing: -- China regrets the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir and wishes the relevant parties would consider the possible "repercussions" of their actions. -- China, as a permanent memb [...] | 2009-03-05 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SU AF CH |
09BEIJING576 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, RUSSIA, GAZA, TIBET [...] CHINA'S DIPLOMACY "What concepts does China have that would change the world?" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/05): "Recently, 'the summit on Chinese and western intellectuals' to discuss China's model and its international influ [...] | 2009-03-05 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING577 | CHINA INTRODUCES NEW MEASURES TO BOOST CONFIDENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 28 China's National People's Congress (NPC) adopted an amended Insurance Law as part of the government's efforts to boost credibility and consumer confidence in the industry. This long-awaited amendment will take effect on October 1. The new law includes measures to r [...] | 2009-03-05 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD EFIN ECON CH |
09BEIJING579 | PRC: COW'S TONGUE CLAIM NOT LICKED, DESPITE [...] (C) China expects the South China Sea (SCS) sovereignty dispute arising from a maritime baselines bill recently passed in the Philippines Congress will not ratchet up tension in the region and will not affect China's SCS claim, according to an MFA official. China will continue its "shelve dif [...] | 2009-03-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC |
09BEIJING58 | PRC: DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES MIL-MIL, IRAN, TAIWAN [...] (S) In a December 19 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney emphasized the need for improving U.S.-China military-to-military relations and stressed that single issues should not interfere with dialogue between the United States an [...] | 2009-01-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM PTER CH TW IR PK IN KN |
09BEIJING580 | PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...] | 2009-03-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW |
09BEIJING583 | CHINA ANNOUNCES LIGHT INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced on February 19 a light industry support plan, the seventh of ten plans to help the country's key industries. Like the other plans, the light industry support plan seeks to promote domestic consumption and encourage industry consolidation. The pl [...] | 2009-03-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING585 | INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLANS - CHINA ADDS LOGISTICS, DROPS REAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced on February 25 that the tenth and final industry support plan would focus on logistics, not real estate and construction. This is the only plan targeting the service sector, and seeks to reform a severely fragmented and inefficient industry. Obs [...] | 2009-03-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON EAIR ELTN EWWT CH |
09BEIJING588 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES, U.S. POLICY, [...] CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES "China's military officer talks about China's defense budget" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/06): "Recently, China announced that it will increase its defense budget by 14.9%. This arouses great suspici [...] | 2009-03-06 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING589 | NPC PRESS BRIEFING ON CHINA'S ECONOMY BY PBOC, [...] (SBU) Summary. At a March 6 press conference held in conjunction with the ongoing National People's Congress annual meeting (refs),People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Minister of Finance (MOF) Xie Xuren, and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang [...] | 2009-03-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK TW |
09BEIJING59 | CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) PolOff January 9 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division Officer Tang Mengxiao reftel points urging China to oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board. Tang offered no immediate response but promised to convey U.S. [...] | 2009-01-08 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH |
09BEIJING590 | CHINA--"BUY LOCAL" POLICIES ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some Chinese provincial and sub- provincial governments are responding to the economic slowdown by adopting "buy local" measures designed to boost consumption of their locally- produced products. Measures have included consumer incentives as well as directives or preferences fo [...] | 2009-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ETRD CH |
09BEIJING592 | CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A [...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...] | 2009-03-09 02:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV |
09BEIJING600 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF USNS [...] (C) On March 8 in the South China Sea international waters near the PRC's Hainan Island, five Chinese ships harassed and interfered with a U.S. survey vessel, the USNS Impeccable, conducting routine operations (reftel). In response, the Charge d'Affaires protested Chinese actions to MFA Americ [...] | 2009-03-09 09:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH |
09BEIJING601 | SAO DELAYS LOSE SALES AND COST AMERICAN JOBS FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. aviation companies point to current SAO processing times of 16 weeks or longer as an unreasonable threat to U.S. exports, U.S. jobs, and the chances of recovery for their communities in the U.S. The industry has grown remarkably over the past 5 years in China, and has succe [...] | 2009-03-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS OEXC ECON EAIR CH |
09BEIJING602 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CHINA'S MILITARY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China should grasp the second strategic cooperation opportunity" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/09): "Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs will visit the U.S. from March 9 [...] | 2009-03-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING604 | PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS |
09BEIJING605 | TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...] | 2009-03-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH |
09BEIJING606 | CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...] | 2009-03-09 11:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH |
09BEIJING607 | FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...] | 2009-03-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS |
09BEIJING612 | MEDIA REACTION: DIAOYU ISLAND, CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, FINANCIAL [...] DIAOYU ISLAND "Diaoyu Island issue, why is the U.S. ambiguous on this issue?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(03/09): "For the U.S. government, their ambiguity on Diaoyu Island is in their own interests. But now, the U.S. government i [...] | 2009-03-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING613 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...] | 2009-03-10 10:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK |
09BEIJING614 | JILIN GOVERNOR FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMY AND U.S. [...] (C) Jilin Governor Han Changfu focused on his province's plans for coping with the global financial crisis and attracting U.S. investment during a March 9 lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC). Jilin was experiencing an economic downturn [...] | 2009-03-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI CH |
09BEIJING615 | March 10 MFA Press Briefing: U.S. Naval Vessel Incident, FM [...] Key points at the March 10 MFA press briefing: -- "The USNS Impeccable violated international and Chinese law and conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea without China's permission." -- The "open policy of Tibet has not changed" but it is "up to the loc [...] | 2009-03-10 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM SU ZI CH |
09BEIJING623 | CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...] | 2009-03-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS |
09BEIJING625 | CHINA/RUSSIA: OIL-FOR-LOANS DEAL STILL IN THE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...] | 2009-03-11 07:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN CH RS |
09BEIJING628 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, TIBET, CHINA POLICY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "U.S. companies' moves to export helicopter engines to China, receives doubts" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/11): "American company, Honeywell, recently said that it will export engines to a Chinese manufac [...] | 2009-03-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING629 | CHINA/SUDAN: PRC ENVOY URGES RESTRAINT, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: China is concerned about the expulsion and closure of NGOs operating in Sudan and the negative impact on the humanitarian situation but believes the impact will not be as serious as described by Western media reports, MFA Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin told PolMinCouns March [...] | 2009-03-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPKO CH SU |
09BEIJING631 | EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 11 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns expressed concern about human rights violations in China's Tibetan areas and urged China to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representativ [...] | 2009-03-11 11:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV CH |
09BEIJING632 | TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...] | 2009-03-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH |
09BEIJING633 | CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN [...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...] | 2009-03-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH |
09BEIJING643 | CHINA ACTS TO BOOST EXPORTS, SUBSTITUTE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past few months, China has implemented an array of measures at the national level designed to boost exports, promote use of domestic products and dampen demand for imports (Ref A). In some sectors (textiles, steel, light industry and petrochemicals, and machinery),the [...] | 2009-03-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN WTRO CH |
09BEIJING644 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DIPLOMACY, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. to offer more carrots, fewer sticks abroad" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/12): "Smart power replaces the lineal trade-off model of hard power, or the threat of actual use of bullets or other armed military force, with soft power, or t [...] | 2009-03-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING645 | CHINESE MFA ON IMPECCABLE INCIDENT [...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires spoke with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi March 12 to underline the importance of the U.S.-proposed telcon between Chief of Naval Operations ADM Roughead and his PLA Navy counterpart ADM Wu Shengli to discuss the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chi [...] | 2009-03-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH |
09BEIJING646 | COMMUNISTS AND ISLAMISTS MAKE FOR STRANGE [...] (C//REL ACGU) Summary: Some Chinese academic and third-country diplomatic contacts believe the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and major Pakistani Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) strengthens the Chinese position in Xinjiang Prov [...] | 2009-03-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER PARM ETRD PK AF CH |
09BEIJING648 | TIBETAN QINGHAI: FOREIGNERS BANNED, ARMED POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: All Tibetan areas in Qinghai are closed to foreigners, PolOffs were told by local security officials during a March 10-11 trip to the province, even as enforcement was uneven and confusion reigned over exactly which locations were off-limits. Journalists and other foreigners wer [...] | 2009-03-12 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH |
09BEIJING649 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...] | 2009-03-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING65 | CHINA WILL NOT OPPOSE IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] (C) China will not oppose Iran's candidacy to be President of the UNDP Executive Board, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Economic Division officer Tang Mengxiao told PolOff January 9 in response to U.S. concerns raised by PolOff January 8 (reftels). According to Tang, [...] | 2009-01-09 08:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID AORG IR UN CH |
09BEIJING656 | CHINESE COMMENTS ON NGOS'SWORDFISH PETITION [...] (U) As requested in REFTELS, Post transmitted on February 23 the text of the letter from Assistant Administrator for Fisheries Jim Balsiger, inviting the Bureau of Fisheries at the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture to comment on a recent petition by two NGO groups concerning swordfish fisheries. [...] | 2009-03-13 04:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV OTRA CH |
09BEIJING66 | CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY: PRC WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: China will participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) but would like to see member states take a cautious approach, MFA Department of International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff January 9 in response to reft [...] | 2009-01-09 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH SO |
09BEIJING661 | CHINA ANNOUNCES NONFERROUS METALS INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced on February 25 a nonferrous metals industry support plan, the ninth of ten plans to help the country's key industries. The plan aims to control production volumes and support technical innovations within the nonferrous metals sector, which includ [...] | 2009-03-13 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING662 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NAVAL DISPUTES, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The Foreign Minister's meeting tests the patience of China and the U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/13): "At this sensitive moment in the U.S.-China relationship, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's [...] | 2009-03-13 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING664 | NPC CLOSES MARCH 13 WITH PASSAGE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The 2009 NPC closed March 13 with a brief final ceremony at which delegates approved by overwhelming margins the various "work reports" presented earlier in the NPC session. Although the vote totals revealed that opposition from delegates to the government's reports has increased slightly [...] | 2009-03-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH |
09BEIJING665 | CHINA ANNOUNCES PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's State Council announced a petrochemical industry support plan on February 19, the eighth of ten such plans intended to help key industries weather the economic crisis. Similar to the other revitalization plans (reftels),the petrochemical industry support plan seeks to s [...] | 2009-03-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EIND ETRD CH |
09BEIJING666 | PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...] | 2009-03-13 18:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR |
09BEIJING67 | MEDIA REACTION: NEGROPONTE'S VISIT, PAULSON'S COMMENTS, [...] NEGROPONTE'S VISIT "Bush sends an envoy to China for a farewell tour: Negroponte says: U.S.-China relations is the legacy of the Bush administration" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/09): "Eight years ago, no one could imagine tha [...] | 2009-01-09 08:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING671 | China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application [...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...] | 2009-03-16 05:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH |
09BEIJING676 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADB SAFEGUARD REVIEW [...] (SBU) On February 25, Embassy officers discussed Asian Development Bank issues with Ministry of Finance (MOF) International Department Director General Zheng Xiaosong and other MOF officials (septel). Concerning safeguards in general, Zheng said the ADB should be more flexible and allow the u [...] | 2009-03-16 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN ADB CH |
09BEIJING677 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, TIBET, ASIAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "U.S. and China talk about cooperation amid noises" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/16): "On March 15th, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi ended his visit to Washington. He received [...] | 2009-03-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING679 | PRC/IRAN: REPORTED SOUTH PARS LNG DEAL NOT [...] (C) Citing Iranian media, international and Chinese media outlets are reporting that a consortium of three unnamed Chinese oil and gas companies have signed a USD 3.2 billion deal with Iran to produce 10.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year in Iran's South Pars gas field. Det [...] | 2009-03-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV ENRG PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL |
09BEIJING68 | PRC VFM HE YAFEI IN INDIA: STILL SEEKING TO REDUCE [...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's January 5-6 trip to India focused on encouraging India to ease tensions with Pakistan, MFA Asian Affairs Department DDG Sun Weidong told PolMinCouns January 9. Given Pakistan's willingness to cooperate on counter-terrorism efforts, China hope [...] | 2009-01-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER AF PK IN CH |
09BEIJING682 | LABOR ISSUES AT THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS [...] Summary: Labor issues, especially unemployment, were a major theme of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and National People's Congress (NPC) meetings that began on March 3. Senior government officials cited a severe unemployment problem, with over 20 million rur [...] | 2009-03-17 05:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV CH |
09BEIJING684 | CHINA CEMENTS TIES WITH COSTA RICA THROUGH TRADE [...] (SBU) Costa Rica is reaping economic benefits from China for its 2007 decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, including talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) announced during President Hu's 2008 visit and the planned construction of a new soccer stadium. Cos [...] | 2009-03-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV CH CR |
09BEIJING686 | Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in [...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...] | 2009-03-17 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA |
09BEIJING687 | Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...] | 2009-03-17 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA |
09BEIJING689 | MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES, U.S.-CHINA [...] TIBET "Misrepresenting Tibet a disingenuous strategy" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/17): "More and more young Chinese people have paid attention to the vast and sacred land of Tibet. Unblocked access to the Internet, television and newspaper coverage about the aut [...] | 2009-03-17 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING690 | CHINA WILL ATTEND AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE, "STANDS [...] (C) China "stands ready" to cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan and intends to participate in the March 31 International Conference on Afghanistan, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Li Jun told PolOff March 17 in response to reft [...] | 2009-03-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF PK UN CH |
09BEIJING691 | PRC SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAIT FREE TRADE. [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou is anxious to conclude an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with China in advance of the establishment of the China-ASEAN free trade zone in January 2010, local Taiwan experts told Emboffs. Should an agreement not be reached, Taiwanese [...] | 2009-03-17 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD CH |
09BEIJING692 | MARCH 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREAN PREMIER VISIT, [...] Key points at the March 17 MFA press briefing: -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il arrived in Beijing today, March 17, for an official visit. -- China is "concerned" about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which is "complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors." China h [...] | 2009-03-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS PREL PARM SU PG ES BU PK JP |
09BEIJING693 | CHINA/DOMESTIC DEMAND: DON'T BET ON RURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Slumping rural income growth due to both lower agricultural prices and remittances, and a still-inadequate rural social safety net hamper Chinese Government efforts to boost rural consumption. Consumer spending coupons and rebates have had only a limited impact. Despite an em [...] | 2009-03-17 16:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR CH |
09BEIJING698 | CHINA MAINTAINS "CONSISTENT POSITION"; WILL NOT [...] (C) China maintains its "consistent position" of not recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, MFA European and Central Asian Affairs Department Caucasus Division Deputy Director Zhang Hongjian told PolOff March 18 in response to reftel points urging China to reject and conde [...] | 2009-03-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS UNGA CH GG RS |
09BEIJING699 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT AFRICAN [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel points to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Yang Zhiyu March 18, urging China to support the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). Yang offered no substantive response but said he would forward the informa [...] | 2009-03-18 08:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO CH SO |
09BEIJING701 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE [...] PAKISTAN "Chaotic Pakistan worries the world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/18): "The Pakistani government has recently resumed the position of the Chief Judge. The former Premier, Sharif, has requested that the protesting ceas [...] | 2009-03-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING702 | COCA-COLA,S BID FOR JUICEMAKER HUIYUAN BEATEN TO A [...] (SBU) China,s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced March 18 that it would not permit Coca-Cola,s proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of Huiyuan, China,s largest fruit juice maker. In its short public announcement on the rejection, MOFCOM cites concerns that Coca-Cola would be able to use its [...] | 2009-03-18 22:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH |
09BEIJING71 | Federal Reserve Visit to Beijing: Impact of Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: In December 11-12 meetings in Beijing, Chinese and foreign financial sector representatives told San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Senior Vice President Steven Hoffman that they expect ChinaQs cyclical downturn to increase non-performing loan volumes and reduce bank earnings, bu [...] | 2009-01-11 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CH |
09BEIJING712 | MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, TIBET, U.S. TREASURY BONDS [...] TAIWAN "U.S. media suggest the 'crack down' on export of Chinese weapons" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/19): "Recently the U.S. media's 'World Politics Review' issued an article talking about the world economic crisis further p [...] | 2009-03-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING713 | March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...] | 2009-03-19 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES |
09BEIJING724 | CHINA URGED TO HALT LIMMT'S CONTINUED PROLIFERATION TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 08:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL PGOV ETTC CH IR |
09BEIJING727 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, COCA-COLA'S [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Gates suddenly weakens the threat of China and Russia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/20): "The U.S. Defense Secretary Gates has suddenly suggested that there is no reason to send more war ships as escor [...] | 2009-03-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING728 | PREMIER WEN'S COMMENTS ON U.S. TREASURIES: PROTECT [...] (C) Since Premier Wen Jiabao's March 13 remarks at a press conference that China was "concerned" regarding the security of its U.S. Treasury holdings and other investments (ref),other Chinese contacts have clarified and interpreted his comments. At the G-20 ministerial meeting in London, the head [...] | 2009-03-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH |
09BEIJING751 | AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: CHINA'S INPUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO CH PK AF |
09BEIJING752 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, [...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama admini [...] | 2009-03-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING754 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama adminis [...] | 2009-03-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING755 | U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...] | 2009-03-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO |
09BEIJING760 | CURRENCY SWAP PLAN SHOWS RIVALRY, COOPERATION [...] (C) Japanese and Korean Embassy officials in Beijing agreed that ASEAN 3 currency swaps agreement remains more show than substance, despite the February 22 announcement by ASEAN 3 (China, Korea, Japan) Finance Ministers that the Multilateral Chiang Mai Initiative (CMIM) fund will be increased [...] | 2009-03-24 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD CH |
09BEIJING761 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHINA ON TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP [...] (SBU) On March 23, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division official Song Jia reftel points encouraging China to urge the Burmese government to maintain the Tripartite Core Group's existing authorities and to impose no further conditions [...] | 2009-03-24 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PHUM BM CH |
09BEIJING762 | TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER" [...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...] | 2009-03-24 08:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW |
09BEIJING764 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINESE MILITARY, FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. [...] CHINESE MILITARY "China's naval strategy needs an adjustment" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/24): "For the past month China's water territory has been frequently disturbed. The U.S. Navy's Impeccable invaded the South China Sea [...] | 2009-03-24 09:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING765 | JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...] | 2009-03-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA |
09BEIJING766 | RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH [...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...] | 2009-03-24 11:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CH |
09BEIJING767 | MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...] | 2009-03-24 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF |
09BEIJING776 | MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 08:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING777 | Shandong's Economy Hit by Economic Slowdown but Still [...] (SBU) Summary: Shandong Province, China's second largest in terms of GDP and population, has witnessed a significant drop in trade and foreign investment during the first two months of 2009, according to contacts in Jinan and Qingdao who recently met with EconOff. However, contacts asserted t [...] | 2009-03-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH KS |
09BEIJING778 | SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...] | 2009-03-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF |
09BEIJING780 | DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...] | 2009-03-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH KS |
09BEIJING781 | CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...] | 2009-03-25 12:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV CH |
09BEIJING794 | SOUTH KOREA INVITES CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] On March 26, PolOff joined Lee Heon, Director at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in extending an invitation to China to attend a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop and Exercise Planning [...] | 2009-03-26 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER PGIC MNUC KGIC KS CH |
09BEIJING795 | CAAC REJECTS FEDEX SUMMER SCHEDULE, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 25, Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) officials told Econ M/C that the conditional operating approval for FedEx,s Guangzhou hub is justified under the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement (ATA) as a technical measure given airspace constraints between Zone 1 airpo [...] | 2009-03-26 06:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA CH |
09BEIJING801 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING807 | MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...] | 2009-03-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW |
09BEIJING808 | Response to Request on Green Investments in [...] (SBU) Summary. Since November 2008, China has announced a RMB four trillion (USD 585 billion) fiscal stimulus package as well as ten industrial sector revitalization plans, the latter largely without specific funding. Various parts of the stimulus program and some of the sectoral plans inclu [...] | 2009-03-26 23:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG CH |
09BEIJING809 | PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reading unenthusiastically from prepared remarks, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested to the A/DCM DOD's annual report to Congress on China's military power. Zheng criticized the report as containing "erroneous and unfounded" accusations [...] | 2009-03-26 23:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PM PREL CH |
09BEIJING817 | SAOs: U.S. Companies Highlight Harm to U.S. Exports; Jobs [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents and CEOs of U.S. high-tech exporters met with the CDA to express their concern that four-month-long waits for visa issuances are having a serious negative impact on American exports, and to discuss possible solutions. A delegation of former American Chamber of Commerc [...] | 2009-03-27 06:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA |
09BEIJING820 | MEDIA REACTION: CURRENCY, CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH [...] CURRENCY a. "Enlarge the influences of the RMB and promote China's RMB internationally " 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/27): "While the U.S. dollar crisis it is a good time to reform the international currency syst [...] | 2009-03-27 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING822 | PRC: EMBASSY NOTIFIES MFA ON R/V MARCUS LANGSETH [...] (C) On March 27, the Acting Political Minister Counselor conveyed ref A points offering assurances regarding the R/V MARCUS LANGSETH's research voyage in the South China Sea to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department U.S. Division Director An Gang. An Gang zeroed in on the language [...] | 2009-03-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH |
09BEIJING827 | PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...] | 2009-03-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL CH |
09BEIJING828 | TIBET: ON EVE OF "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY," HEAVY [...] (C) On the eve of China's "Serf Emancipation Day" on March 28, PRC security forces continued to blanket Tibet and the predominantly Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan provinces to preclude outbreaks of mass unrest. Following the relatively uneventful passage of the 50th anniversary of [...] | 2009-03-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING829 | China: Fiscal Stimulus and Monetary Loosening [...] (SBU) Many Chinese economic contacts remain optimistic China can attain eight percent GDP growth in 2009, although some local and foreign economists recently have lowered their forecasts to 6-7 percent or even lower. The World Bank expects no contribution to real GDP growth from net exports, w [...] | 2009-03-29 23:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CH |
09BEIJING830 | CHINA'S TRANSPORT MINISTRY REORGANIZED: NO [...] (U) SUMMARY: China's State Council formally approved the reorganization of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) on March 16th. This is the first major organizational change since the MOT was created as a super-ministry in March, 2008, combining the former Ministry of Communications (MOC),the Civ [...] | 2009-03-29 23:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EWWT ELTN ECPS CH |
09BEIJING834 | COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...] | 2009-03-30 04:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO |
09BEIJING841 | COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...] | 2009-03-30 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO |
09BEIJING843 | MEDIA REACTION; G20, MILITARY POWER REPORT [...] G20 a. "China shouldn't sing too loudly at the G20" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/30): "China should become the strength supporting the reform and reconstruction of the international financial system. But thi [...] | 2009-03-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING847 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 06:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING855 | EAP DAS NORRIS AT MFA: G20, DPRK, HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (S) It is important that our two Presidents show consensus on combating the global economic crisis following their April 1 meeting on the margins of the London G20 summit, MFA Director General for North American Affairs Zheng Zeguang told EAP DAS John Norris March 31. China continues to "work [...] | 2009-03-31 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM ECON KGHG MARR PHUM CH KN KS SU AF |
09BEIJING856 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK LAUNCH [...] (S) On March 31, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John Norris delivered ref A points pressing China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang (see ref B for ful [...] | 2009-03-31 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PARM MNUC CH RU KNNP KN KS |
09BEIJING858 | MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...] | 2009-03-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE |
09BEIJING859 | CHINA'S MFA REASSIGNS INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) On March 31, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Yi informed PolOff that all specific cases of proliferation concern related to Chinese firms, including missile and nuclear cases, would now be under the purview of the MF [...] | 2009-03-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCR MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC CH |
09BEIJING860 | NDRC Comments on Proposed Structure of the U.S.-China [...] (SBU) On March 30, ESTHcouns met with Ma Xin, Director General of the Department of International Cooperation at the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),to hear NDRC's assessment of the recent visit to Washington of NDRC Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua, and also learn of NDRC's views o [...] | 2009-03-31 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG CH |
09BEIJING861 | CHINA INFORMED OF EFFORTS BY CHINESE FIRMS TO [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel A and B demarches and nonpapers urging China to investigate and prevent the supply of material and testing equipment for use in Pakistan's ballistic missile production program to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Biological and Chemical Weapons Division De [...] | 2009-03-31 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCR ETTC CH PK |
09BEIJING869 | CHINA STILL EXAMINING KOSOVO BRIEF QUESTION [...] (U) China was researching the question of filing a brief with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the question of Kosovo independence, MFA Treaty and Law Department Public and International Law Division Attache Li Bingzhuo told PolOff April 1. Li was responding to reftel points, prese [...] | 2009-04-01 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV |
09BEIJING87 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. and China enter a new era of balance" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/12): "In the 21st century, the balance and strength of the U.S.-China relationship has gradually been built. In the past two cent [...] | 2009-01-12 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING870 | CHINA ASKED SOUTH AFRICA TO BAR DALAI LAMA FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China had appealed to South Africa to bar the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference at "this particularly sensitive time," a South African diplomat in Beijing told PolOff March 31. While acknowledging the backlash had been more severe than expected, our contact said South [...] | 2009-04-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KTEX ETRD CH SF SU ZI |
09BEIJING871 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20 Summit, U.S.-China relations, [...] G-20 Summit "The London Summit should be active as well as practical-- Commentary by Professor Shi Jianxun" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban)(04/01): It is very selfish and irresponsible of U.S. to misuse the [...] | 2009-04-01 10:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING872 | NPC DELEGATE DISCUSSES MIGRANT LABOR, GRADUATE [...] (C) A rural Anhui Province delegate to the National People's Congress (NPC) recently told PolOff that his locality was trying to find jobs for more than 130,000 unemployed migrants returned from cities and coastal areas. Despite efforts to encourage them to start businesses or obtain vocationa [...] | 2009-04-01 11:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CH |
09BEIJING880 | CHRISTIANITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS "MORE OPEN" TO [...] (C) Summary: Most Peking University students had an "objective" attitude toward Christianity, suggesting that religious tolerance had "increased" in China, according to a recent survey conducted by a professor at the university. The professor told PolOff his survey found that four percent of [...] | 2009-04-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH HK TW |
09BEIJING884 | RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) China welcomed U.S. willingness to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff April 2 in response to reftel points on the U.S. decision to seek electi [...] | 2009-04-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIJING885 | APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...] | 2009-04-03 00:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE |
09BEIJING886 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S. Military [...] G-20 "The focus of the G20 should not only be on how to handle the financial crisis" a. Shanghai based News Agency under Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (04/02): While we are paying so much attention to the solutions to the financial crisis at the G- [...] | 2009-04-03 00:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING895 | CHINA DONE BIDING ITS TIME? PRC SCHOLARS WRESTLE [...] (C) As China considers its broader role in addressing the global economic crisis and reflects with lingering pride on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it also grapples with the relevance and desirability of maintaining its traditional "low-key approach" to foreign policy matters and its oft-stated (an [...] | 2009-04-03 07:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH |
09BEIJING896 | MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-Russia relations, U.S. dollar [...] G-20 a. "The outcomes of the G-20 are beyond all expectations" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/03): Many agreements were reached in London. The global stock markets consequently rose. Senior journalist Ding Gang from People's Dail [...] | 2009-04-03 07:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING903 | CHINA/EITI: CHINESE ACADEMIC STRESSES NEED TO BUILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and academics lack a clear understanding of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),according to Dr. He Wenping, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In He's view, Chinese officials will not support the EITI unless they can be co [...] | 2009-04-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EPET EMIN KCOR CH |
09BEIJING904 | LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON [...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...] | 2009-04-03 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CH |
09BEIJING905 | NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO [...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...] | 2009-04-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK |
09BEIJING908 | SINO-BURMESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS - PIPELINES NOT [...] (SBU0 Chinese scholars seemed unconcerned with the political situation in Burma and focused primarily on the economic relationship between the two countries during recent meetings with EmbOffs. The high cost of food and energy in Burma is inflaming the country's volatile political situation a [...] | 2009-04-07 01:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BM CH |
09BEIJING913 | NORTH AFRICAN DIPLOMATS ANGRY ABOUT "CHINA INC." [...] (C) SUMMARY: North African diplomats based in Beijing told EconOff that China's relations with the region are under stress caused by explosive growth in China's exports to the region. China's trade with the five countries in the region grew by 590 percent from 2001 to 2007. North African cou [...] | 2009-04-07 06:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EAID PREL CH AU |
09BEIJING922 | MEDIA REACTION: Obama's Nuclear Speech, North Korea, [...] Obama's Nuclear Speech "Obama's 'nuclear weapon-free world' is easier said than done" The official Communist Party international news publication Guangming Daily(Guangming Ribao) (04/07): Calls for a nuclear-free world existed for a long time before President Obama talked about it in his [...] | 2009-04-07 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING923 | APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...] | 2009-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW |
09BEIJING938 | MEDIA REACTION: Global financial crisis, Obama in Turkey, [...] Global financial crisis a. "West moots China-U.S. 'co-governance' concept to woo China" The China Radio International-sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(04/08) opined: Hu Jintao's meeting with President Obama in London caused another G-2 rush. In fact, the G-2 concept w [...] | 2009-04-08 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH |
09BEIJING939 | PRC RESPONSE ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Human Rights Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun delivered a formal response April 7 to our earlier demarche notifying China that the United States will seek election to the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). Yao said that since China and th [...] | 2009-04-08 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC UN CH |
09BEIJING940 | CHINA ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Chinese MFA official said China is "still considering" the U.S. request for nonlethal supply transit through China to Afghanistan and recognizes the importance of counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. The Chinese have reviewed and are discussing the U.S. Pakistan/Afghanistan [...] | 2009-04-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS CH |
09BEIJING950 | MEDIA REACTION: Obama in Iraq, Shanghai 2010 World Expo, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON |
09BEIJING951 | CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY [...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...] | 2009-04-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN |
09BEIJING952 | PRC/DPRK: POST-LAUNCH ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE [...] (C) The Chinese are telling the P-3 countries, Japan and the ROK the same thing about the DPRK's missile launch: it might have been a satellite launch (technical data are ambiguous) and therefore we cannot conclude that it was a UNSCR violation, pass another resolution or apply additional or e [...] | 2009-04-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH |
09BEIJING953 | APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...] | 2009-04-09 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR |
09BEIJING955 | CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS [...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...] | 2009-04-10 00:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV |
09BEIJING96 | DUTCH INVITE CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On January 13, PolOff accompanied Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue. Van [...] | 2009-01-13 06:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MNUC MARR MASS CH RS NL |
09BEIJING960 | MEDIA REACTION: McCain Visit, President Obama, Ren Min Bi [...] McCain Visit "McCain said that China has become a "superpower" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/10): McCain arrived in Beijing on 8th for his Asian "survey trip". He indicated during a press conference on April 9th that China had [...] | 2009-04-10 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON |
09BEIJING97 | CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...] | 2009-01-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA |
09BEIJING970 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Policy, ASEAN Summit & Protests in [...] U.S. POLICY "For the first time, the U.S. simulates an Economic World War" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/13): The Pentagon simulated a military drill on the theme of economic security. Many economic experts were involved in th [...] | 2009-04-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON |
09BEIJING972 | PRC/IRAN: BEIJING URGES TEHRAN TO RESPOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have urged Iran to respond positively to an invitation to meet with the P5-plus-1 grouping, according to the MFA. The Chinese told the Iranian Ambassador to China April 9 that the United States reiterated Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and that I [...] | 2009-04-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING973 | CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...] | 2009-04-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH |
09BEIJING980 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "American media sensationalized the so called Chinese 'toxic construction materials'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/14): "Since the American media reported about the "toxic, made-in-China, drywall", the re [...] | 2009-04-14 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON |
09BEIJING981 | CHINA INFORMED OF LIMMT ALIAS DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche notifying China of the April 7 designation under E.O. 13382 of six entities associated with the Chinese LIMMT Economic and Trade Company and LIMMT's manager Karl Lee by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to MFA Arms Control an [...] | 2009-04-14 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR PREL ETTC CH IR |
09BEIJING982 | FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...] | 2009-04-14 09:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH |
09BEIJING983 | APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...] | 2009-04-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI |
09BEIJING989 | Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap, [...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...] | 2009-04-15 05:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX |
09BEIJING991 | NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...] | 2009-04-15 05:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY |
09BEIJING992 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...] | 2009-04-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH |
09BEIJING995 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, DPRK [...] CHINA POLICY "China's [effort] to improve their human rights is not a show for the west" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/15): "Human rights related issues always touch a sensitive nerve in communications between China and wester [...] | 2009-04-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON |
09BEIJING996 | PRC/DPRK: AMBASSADOR YANG HOULAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan told Staffdel Jannuzi April 15 that China was happy with its close coordination with Washington in the UN Security Council and the Six-Party Talks. Beijing sent several messages to Pyongyang trying to dissuade North Korea from conducting a [...] | 2009-04-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH |
09BEIRT96 | LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT100 | LEBANON: HOARDING OF GASOIL CAUSES SHORTAGES (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Alain Tabourian publicly said on January 21 that the gasoil shortage will drop with the arrival of three tankers in the next two days. A senior MEW source told us the GOL has been distributing about 12 million liters of gasoil daily to the market, while [...] | 2009-01-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1000 | HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...] | 2009-09-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1001 | LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA [...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...] | 2009-09-09 13:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT1002 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AL LE |
09BEIRUT1005 | HARIRI WITHDRAWS AS PM-DESIGNATE AND BLAMES THE [...] (C) Saad Hariri withdrew as prime minister-designate on September 10 and announced that he was stepping down in the interests of the nation to break the cycle that prevented his forming a national unity government. Caretaker PM Fouad Siniora told us the move is an attempt to relaunch negotiat [...] | 2009-09-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1006 | LEBANESE MADOFF LOSES $1.6 BILLION IN INVESTOR FUNDS [...] (U) Local and international media have reported extensively on the case of Salah Ezzedine, dubbed the Lebanese Bernard Madoff, after he declared bankruptcy and gave himself up to the authorities. Reports noted that Ezzedine may have lost as much as $1.6 billion in investor money, mainly due to [...] | 2009-09-11 06:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD KFLU SENV LE |
09BEIRUT1007 | QATARI OFFER TO BREAK LEBANESE LOGJAM ROUNDLY [...] (C) Late September 10 after Saad Hariri's withdrawal as prime minister-designate (reftel),reports spread rapidly that Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al Thani had offered to host the Lebanese for another Doha conference to resolve their issues. Some contacts, thinki [...] | 2009-09-11 10:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM LE QA |
09BEIRUT1008 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF FY 2010 1206 REQUEST [...] (U) Embassy Beirut fully supports the FY10 section 1206 proposal as submitted by the Office of Defense Cooperation ODC) Lebanon. This proposal, which addresses Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),Special Operations Forces (SOF),Counter Terrorism (CT) and Weapons Support, reinforces the mission's st [...] | 2009-09-14 05:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MASS LE |
09BEIRUT101 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT SPECIAL [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador that he expected the four Lebanese judges on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to spend approximately two weeks in The Hague in March to approve the procedural code for the Tribunal. He also believed the four generals, currently [...] | 2009-01-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS KTIP SOCI |
09BEIRUT1012 | SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S SEPTEMBER 16 [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your September 16 visit. Your meeting with President Sleiman will reinforce the message that we value his views and that we recognize that Lebanon has its own issues and agenda in the context of a comprehensive Middle East Peace. Lebanese interest in the progress [...] | 2009-09-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE |
09BEIRUT1021 | HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY [...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...] | 2009-09-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1022 | UNIFIL COMMMANDER ON SEPTEMBER 11 ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Forces from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),cooperating with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),responded quickly by increasing patrols following the launch of rockets from Lebanon into Israel on September 11, according to UNIFIL Commander Gen. Claudio Graziano. Graziano confirmed [...] | 2009-09-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNAUS IS LE |
09BEIRUT1023 | IMF MISSION IN BEIRUT EVALUATES SECOND QUARTER [...] (SBU) On September 10, Domenico Fanizza, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Division Chief for Middle East and Central Asia, met with caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah to discuss macroeconomic performance in the second quarter of 2009. Fanizza is leading an Emergency Post-Conflict Assis [...] | 2009-09-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1041 | ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA [...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...] | 2009-09-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL |
09BEIRUT1042 | LEBANON RECEIVES $298 MILLION IN IMF SPECIAL DRAWING RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Lebanon received the equivalent of $298 million in foreign currency reserves through the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) as part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program aimed at boosting country reserves to combat the world economic crisis. As a result, Lebanon's ne [...] | 2009-09-24 05:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BTIO ECON EFIN EINT PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1043 | LEBANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a mid-September round of calls by the Ambassador, Lebanese religious leaders expressed pessimism about political progress and ruled out deconfessionalization of Lebanon's political system. Sunni Mufti Qabbani accused Hizballah of undermining the state, and his Shia counter [...] | 2009-09-24 05:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM SCUL KISL LE VT |
09BEIRUT1044 | A RECIPE FOR STALEMATE: THE INHERENT WEAKNESSES OF [...] (C) As Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri returns to his task of forming a government, many Lebanese are asking themselves whether any resulting cabinet will be truly able to address Lebanon's many challenges. Both sides of the political divide agree that the current political system preclu [...] | 2009-09-24 05:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1045 | LAF COMMANDER KAHWAJI CONFIDENT OF MURR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr will be re-appointed to the same position in the next cabinet, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwaji told visiting LTG William Webster and the Ambassador on September 18. Kahwaji continued to be concerned that the current delay [...] | 2009-09-24 05:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS MARR KPKO MCAP IS LE |
09BEIRUT1051 | DEFMIN MURR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has no new strategy to form the government since his renomination on September 16, caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador September 23. Murr said he advised Hariri to make President Michel Sleiman a "real partner" in the government f [...] | 2009-09-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KPKO MARR PINR PINS SY IT SP LE |
09BEIRUT1053 | ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE [...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...] | 2009-09-25 05:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS |
09BEIRUT1058 | GEMAYEL PREDICTS NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's government formation crisis is the result of external interference but should not be solved through additional meddling, Kataeb party leader and former Lebanese President Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador. Although he discounted most formulas currently under discussion [...] | 2009-09-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1059 | HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...] | 2009-09-25 14:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS LE |
09BEIRUT106 | LEBANON: MIKATI EXPECTS TO RUN WITH HARIRI [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his talks with Saad Hariri on an electoral alliance in Tripoli were going well, and he expected he and Hariri would run jointly in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He believed the National Dialogue w [...] | 2009-01-27 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR SY SA |
09BEIRUT1066 | GOL NOT LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 12:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC LE IR |
09BEIRUT107 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN FIRMLY SUPPORTS ARAB [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman reiterated his support for the Arab Peace Initiative (API) in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. He speculated that, although the Arab League was divided in its position on the API, the Kuwaitis and the Saudis could easily persuade some Arab League members t [...] | 2009-01-27 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT1079 | SLEIMAN SEEKS TO PROVIDE EXIT TO A CORNERED HARIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sleiman's confidants report that the is taking controversial positions in the press in an attempt to open an escape hatch for Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in the stalled cabinet negotiations. Abi Assi defended the president against recent press attacks and floa [...] | 2009-10-01 14:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT108 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14 [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...] | 2009-01-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT1081 | ATMOSPHERE POSITIVE, CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STILL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's conclusion of the second round of consultations on October 1 was accompanied by positive expectations that a cabinet could be formed soon. However, in separate meetings the same day, caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, caretaker Finance Minister [...] | 2009-10-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA IR EG |
09BEIRUT1087 | INVALIDATION OF ZAHLE ELECTIONS COULD DISADVANTAGE [...] (C) Reports are circulating of the possible invalidation of the election of three members of parliament from the Zahle district. Should the Constitutional Council approve the pending petitions, the majority would lose likely lose ground and opposition-aligned former Zahle MP Elie Skaff would [...] | 2009-10-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT1088 | HARIRI AWAITS REGIONAL EVENTS BEFORE NEGOTIATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's political atmosphere appears improved following a week of talks with parliamentary blocs, but progress still awaits the expected Saudi-Syria rapprochement, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador on October 2. Hariri reported that he had sought to draw [...] | 2009-10-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS SY SA LE |
09BEIRUT109 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER ON THE FOUR GENERALS, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SYRIA-LINKED INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare explained to the Ambassador in a January 26 meeting the issues surrounding the release or transfer to The Hague of the four generals currently in Lebanese custody in connection with former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination. According to Bellemare, the [...] | 2009-01-27 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT110 | LEBANON: NATIONAL "DIALOGUE" ACTUALLY [...] (C) Former president and Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador the January 26 National Dialogue session was another opportunity to hear "very important monologues." Gemayel said his attempts in the session to push Hizballah representative MP Mohammad Raad to reveal Hizballah's "true [...] | 2009-01-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY |
09BEIRUT1104 | NAHR AL-BARID REMAINS CALM AWAITING DECISION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Relief and Works Agency Director (UNRWA) Salvatore Lombardo and Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Director of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC),remain cautiously optimistic that the State Shura Council will decide on October 13 to permit resumption of reconstruction [...] | 2009-10-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KPAL PHUM JO IS LE UN |
09BEIRUT1107 | INCREASED BANK DEPOSITS: BLESSING OR CURSE? (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (U) As Lebanon reports a $14 billion increase in bank deposits in the first eight months of 2009, prominent local economists have publicly characterized increased deposits as a double-edged sword for local banks. Head of Research at Byblos Bank Nassib Ghobril noted that since depositors contin [...] | 2009-10-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN EIND PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1108 | LEBANON GEARS UP FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon, which expects to be elected to the Asia group's non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council on October 15, will decide its positions on UNSC issues through consultation among the president's office, the prime minister's office, and the foreign ministry. Its votes will [...] | 2009-10-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AL LE IR |
09BEIRUT1109 | NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERICAL GATHERING HAS [...] (C) The newly launched Shia Independent Clerical Gathering (ICG) celebrated several significant benchmarks within its first month, such as hosting a successful iftar during Ramadan and gaining the "moral backing" of Shia parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, independent Shia political activist Lo [...] | 2009-10-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PTER LE |
09BEIRUT111 | LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD [...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...] | 2009-01-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1117 | HARIRI SUMMONS SUNNI POWER, BUT REVEALS [...] (C) Lebanese contacts from across the political spectrum perceive Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's emphasis on the constitutional authorities of the prime minister as a strong defense of "Sunni power." However, Hariri's redesignation without support from either of the country's Shia par [...] | 2009-10-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT1118 | IMF PROPOSES INCLUDING REMITTANCES IN GDP CALCULATIONS [...] (U) An IMF working paper has suggested adding remittances to Lebanese GDP as a way to create a more accurate representation of debt sustainability. With gross remittance inflows to Lebanon estimated at around 20% percent of GDP in 2008 (making the country one of the largest recipients of remit [...] | 2009-10-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1130 | THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON AS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is still a political football, with opposition-aligned figures striving to discredit it and the majority pledging its support for the STL's mission of bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik [...] | 2009-10-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS UNSC PTER PREL SOCI PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT1131 | MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION AGREE GOVERNMENT TO FORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese cabinet could be formed within days, sources from the majority and minority agree, though all note that several imporant details remain unresolved. In the wake of the Syrian-Saudi summit last week, negotiations have progressed considerably and the opposition has back [...] | 2009-10-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT114 | LEBANON: 2008 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) The 2008 End Use Monitoring Report for INL programs in Lebanon, formatted as directed by Reftel, follows: PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Virginia Sher Ramadan, +961-04/542600 ext. 4368, ramadanvs@state.gov Inventory System: Post records the distributio [...] | 2009-01-28 11:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AFIN |
09BEIRUT1147 | LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...] | 2009-10-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT1148 | PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD LE |
09BEIRUT1149 | UPBEAT HARIRI SAYS CABINET NEGOTIATIONS REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was optimistic that the week ahead would be "decisive" for cabinet formation. Discussions over the telecommunications portfolio with Christian opposition figure Michel Aoun continued, however, and Hariri suggested that he might [...] | 2009-10-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EFIN EAID PTER MARR MOPPS LE |
09BEIRUT1152 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF FY 2010 1206 REQUEST [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut fully supports the FY10 section 1206 proposal as submitted by the Office of Defense Cooperation ODC) Lebanon. This proposal, which addresses Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),special operations forces (SOF),counter-terrorism (CT) and weapons support, reinforces the mission's [...] | 2009-10-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MASS LE |
09BEIRUT1153 | RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN SOUTH LEBANON REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security incidents in southern Lebanon have dominated the press for the last week, obscured by a haze of rumors, contradictory information and propaganda. On the evening of October 12, a mysterious incident occurred in or near the house of an alleged Hizballah official in the vi [...] | 2009-10-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPKO UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT1155 | LEBANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 15:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI LE |
09BEIRUT116 | LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...] | 2009-01-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1164 | UNSCOL CHIEF OF STAFF UNDERSCORES UNIFIL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNIFIL was not hindered in its investigation of the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides asserted on October 21. He also said that the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report to the UN Security Council would reflect "cl [...] | 2009-10-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS UN KPKO IS LE |
09BEIRUT1169 | HARIRI DESCRIBES CHALLENGES FACING LEBANESE ARMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) had made "impressive" progress, it still requires training and equipment in order to undermine non-state actors, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting DASD Colin Kahl and delegation on October 22. Kahl pushed for development [...] | 2009-10-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT117 | LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...] | 2009-01-28 16:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT1175 | LEBANON PROGRESSING ON UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] (U) Lebanon has made substantial progress towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),according to a recent report by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The report highlighted improvements in the areas of education, reduction of child and mother mortality rates, gender equali [...] | 2009-10-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT1176 | LAF OFFICERS DESCRIBE CHALLENGES IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A formal strategy paper would be a critical tool to maintain Congressional support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),DASD Colin Kahl explained to LAF commander General Jean Kahwagi on October 22. Kahwagi portrayed the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident as perplexing, but reporte [...] | 2009-10-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE |
09BEIRUT118 | LEBANON: UNIFIL URGES COMMITMENT TO ENHANCED [...] (C) UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander General Claudio Graziano hosted an ambassadorial-level briefing for all UNIFIL contributing countries January 27 to update UNIFIL's bilateral partners on UNIFIL capabilities, a timeline of recent events, and lessons learned in the aftermath o [...] | 2009-01-28 18:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS |
09BEIRUT1180 | ROCKET FROM LEBANON HITS NORTHERN ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 27, one Katyusha rocket was launched from Lebanon into an uninhabited region near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) promptly retaliated with an artillery barrage into an uninhabited area. There were no reports of inj [...] | 2009-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS MCAP KPKO UN IS LE |
09BEIRUT1181 | LEBANON REQUESTS ICAO VOTE IN EXCHANGE FOR IMO AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche regarding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on September 30 and ref B demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) (ref B) on October 23 to both MFA Americas desk officer Reina Charbel and Acting Director General of the MFA Depart [...] | 2009-10-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KJUS KUNR PHSA PREL UNGA |
09BEIRUT1182 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENFORCING THE WEAPONS-FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche detailing U.S. concerns on GOL enforcement of a weapons-free zone in south Lebanon, Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr, Advisor to President Sleiman Naji Abi Assi, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi acknowledged the negative [...] | 2009-10-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC LE IS |
09BEIRUT1183 | BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY" [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...] | 2009-10-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE |
09BEIRUT1186 | HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...] | 2009-10-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PINS PREL |
09BEIRUT1188 | HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...] | 2009-10-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SY LE |
09BEIRUT1194 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S NOVEMBER 9-10 VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission in Beirut welcomes your November 9-10 visit. Your visit is the first by a U.S. Congressional delegation to Lebanon since the June 7 parliamentary elections. Your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, caretaker PM Fouad S [...] | 2009-11-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE |
09BEIRUT1195 | DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIG SCREEN (ECONOMIC WEEK [...] (SBU) On October 24, an Lebanese environmental NGO, the League of Independent Activists (IndyAct),hosted a screening of the drama documentary, "The Age of Stupid," highlighting the dangers of climate change, in collaboration with the British Embassy, the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, [...] | 2009-11-03 06:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SENV LE |
09BEIRUT1197 | RUMORS OF CABINET FORMATION PREMATURE [...] (C) Reports in the Lebanese press that a cabinet would be announced on November 3 appear to have been premature. On November 3, Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, told us that the PM-designate undertook expedited negotiations with Michel Aoun, head of the Change an [...] | 2009-11-03 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY |
09BEIRUT1199 | 2009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and report to MFA Americas Desk Officer Reina Charbel on October 26. Charbel advised that the report would be shared with relevant GOL offices and said that the GOL remains committed to the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. 2. (SBU) React [...] | 2009-11-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO LE |
09BEIRUT1200 | LEBANON TO SUPPORT GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS LE |
09BEIRUT1201 | ISF POLICE STATION OPENED IN NAHR AL-BARID CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government intends to begin policing inside Palestinian refugee camps for the first time since 1969, starting with the Nahr al-Barid camp, thanks to a USG pledge to fund the construction of a police station and train the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in community pol [...] | 2009-11-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PTER KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT1205 | LEBANON: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Lebanon is not a major illicit drug producing or drug-transit country. The Lebanese government reported ongoing cannabis cultivation in 2009, and increased drug use particularly among the young, due to greater availability and reduced price of most drugs sold in Lebanon. During 2009, L [...] | 2009-11-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NAS LE |
09BEIRUT1206 | ANOTHER WAVE OF OPTIMISM ON CABINET FORMATION [...] (C) In the wake of a flurry of activity, including a visit by caretaker Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil to Damascus, the Lebanese political class seems convinced once again that a new cabinet will be formed in the next few days. Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad [...] | 2009-11-06 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY |
09BEIRUT1207 | REFUGEES FACE ARBITRARY DETENTION AND A BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Christians form a rapidly growing proportion of Lebanon's refugee population, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Beirut. Iraqis are registering more quickly with the UNHCR, but they face bureaucratic obstacles to processing them for r [...] | 2009-11-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG EAID IZ LE |
09BEIRUT1210 | HARIRI PUTTING FINAL TOUCHES ON CABINET FORMATION [...] (U) The last holdout in the opposition, Change and Reform bloc head Michel Aoun, has assented to Prime Minister-designate Hariri's cabinet formation proposal. Following a meeting of the opposition leaders on November 6, Aoun announced on November 9 that his bloc would be represented by Charbel [...] | 2009-11-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS LE |
09BEIRUT1214 | NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...] | 2009-11-10 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT1220 | EU PROVIDES MORE THAN 43 MILLION EUROS TO PROMOTE REFORM [...] (SBU) The European Commission (EC) announced that it will provide Lebanon with 43 million euros in grant assistance under its 2009 Annual Action Plan, most of it to be spent on economic reform. Out of this, 8 million euros will go to support Paris III reforms, including supporting Lebanon's WT [...] | 2009-11-13 07:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1225 | KATAEB AND MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT COMPLAIN OF NEGLECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saad Hariri provoked a crisis in the Kataeb party by allotting it the social affairs ministry instead of the education ministry, Kataeb Vice President Salim el Sayegh told us. Kataeb will remain in the majority but not in the March 14 secretariat, he added. El Sayegh alleged tha [...] | 2009-11-16 16:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA |
09BEIRUT1226 | BORDER CONTROL PLAN STILL LACKING SAY DONORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams reviewed with international donors on November 4 the very limited progress on border management since their last meeting in June, and attributed it primarily to the lack of a Lebanese government. Noting that border man [...] | 2009-11-16 16:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS SY LE |
09BEIRUT1229 | ECONOMIC REFORM PROSPECTS IN LEBANON'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some worried that the long and contentious government formation process would result in an ineffectual cabinet, the new ministers include a surprising number of relatively apolitical technocrats. With regard to the USG's key economic reform priorities in Lebanon (ref A),Em [...] | 2009-11-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT1230 | LEBANESE RESPONSE ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Charge delivered points in reftels to presidential diplomatic advisor Naji Abi Assi on November 16, asking for Lebanese support in opposing the no-action motion on Iran. Abi Assi indicated that he would bring the U.S. demarche to the attention of Lebanese Permrep Nawaf Salam, but implied t [...] | 2009-11-17 15:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA LE |
09BEIRUT1231 | NEW MINISTERIAL STATEMENT LIKELY TO BE RETREAD OF [...] (C) Ministers working on the committee drafting the new ministerial statement tell us that the final document will most likely resemble the text of the previous statement, accepted in 2008 following the Doha agreement. "There is a kind of understanding among all parties to use the same formul [...] | 2009-11-17 16:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA |
09BEIRUT1235 | 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: This 2009 TIP Interim Assessment for Lebanon is submitted in response to action request in reftel. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) made limited progress in addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, partially because of parliamentary inaction before the June 2009 elections a [...] | 2009-11-18 10:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG LE |
09BEIRUT1237 | LEBANON HOSTS MAJOR ITU CONFERENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Less than three years after its establishment, Lebanon's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the International Telecommunications Union's Global Symposium for Regulators in Beirut November 9-11. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Co [...] | 2009-11-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ACOA PTER PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1238 | THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...] | 2009-11-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE |
09BEIRUT1239 | UNIFIL WANTS TO APPLY GHAJAR MODEL TO SHEBAA FARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: July's explosion of a Hizballah arms depot in Khirbet Selim raised questions about the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) attitude, but the LAF has applied the lessons learned from the incident, according to UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Director of Political and Civil Affairs Mi [...] | 2009-11-19 07:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC PBTS LE IS |
09BEIRUT124 | LEBANON: AOUN SETTING THE STAGE TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun complained that Sunni Future Movement leader Saad Hariri planned to pay to fly in expatriate Christian voters to vote against Aoun in the June parliamentary elections. Aoun dismissed the idea tha [...] | 2009-01-29 15:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN LE SY |
09BEIRUT1242 | LEBANON UNPREPARED TO ADDRESS SHEBAA WATER ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese government officials argue that Israel's insistence on retaining the disputed Shebaa Farms stems not from border security concerns but from interest in water rights. Lebanese contacts opine that, given water shortages in the region and increasing worries that global war [...] | 2009-11-19 15:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL ECON PBTS PGOV LE IS |
09BEIRUT1243 | MARKING THE BLUE LINE: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon's (UNIFIL) 121-kilometer Blue Line (BL) marking program is moving along, albeit slowly, with 25 of the proposed 198 markers now in place. UNIFIL officials maintain that despite the slow pace, the demarcation prevents inadvertent violations of UN [...] | 2009-11-20 06:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PTER PINR MOPS KPKO UNSC IS LE |
09BEIRUT1247 | GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...] | 2009-11-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE |
09BEIRUT1249 | EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...] | 2009-11-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE |
09BEIRUT125 | LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...] | 2009-01-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT1250 | MONITORING OF 2009 G/TIP FUND GRANTED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, emboffs conducted a site visit with G/TIP visitor Rachel Yousey to the Caritas Safe House, which is part of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center's "Protection and Assistance for Victims of Trafficking" USG-fund [...] | 2009-11-25 16:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM LE |
09BEIRUT1251 | PM HARIRI PLEDGES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPERITY [...] (U) PM Saad Hariri, speaking at the 2009 Annual Arab Banking Conference November 19 in Beirut, noted that his recently formed cabinet was not only a national unity cabinet politically but also a "social and economic development unity cabinet" that reflected the ambitions of the Lebanese. He st [...] | 2009-11-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT SENV PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT126 | LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY WORK STALLED, SAYS [...] (C) On January 29, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador that internal Government of Lebanon (GOL) discussions on border security had effectively stalled. The Prime Minister had taken this on personally and is the only who can move the complex issue forward. Turning to election [...] | 2009-01-30 09:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PTER PINR KTIP PBTS MOPS LE IS SY |
09BEIRUT1260 | H1N1 IN LEBANON DECLARED AN EPIDEMIC (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Minister of Public Health Mohammad Khalifeh announced November 25 that Lebanon had moved to the epidemic stage of H1N1, as test results showed that 80% of people with the flu were carrying the H1N1 strain. However, he reiterated that the virus was not fatal, noting that most patients were [...] | 2009-12-01 07:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PHUM SOCI PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1261 | EMBASSY BEIRUT NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Post nominated the following ten individuals for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit: - Mr. Fawaz Hamidi, General Manager, Business Incubation Association Tripoli and Northern Lebanon (BIAT); - Mr. Nicolas Rouhana, Business Development & Communication Director, Berytech Technologic [...] | 2009-12-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT1267 | HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...] | 2009-12-03 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE |
09BEIRUT1271 | CABINET STATEMENT SIGNED, HARIRI FACES BUMPY ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet finally settled on its ministerial statement -- a policy roadmap -- on December 2, but the second-guessing about how Prime Minister Saad Hariri reached that point is already well underway. Embassy interlocutors argue that Hariri made several missteps durin [...] | 2009-12-03 18:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL LE |
09BEIRUT1277 | LEBANESE REACTION TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi welcomed details about Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and the U.S. reaction to it. Abi Assi also told Charge on December 1 that Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen was scheduled to visit Beirut on December 7. He opined [...] | 2009-12-04 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG UNSC ENRG LE IS |
09BEIRUT1280 | MINISTERIAL STATEMENT GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper An-Nahar printed today the full Arabic text of the ministerial statement text that will be debated by parliament beginning December 8. Following is the Embassy's informal translation of Articles 5-8, which deal with UN Security Council Resolu [...] | 2009-12-04 16:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER UNSC LE IS |
09BEIRUT1285 | GOL REFINANCES $500 MILLION IN EUROBONDS (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) On December 3, the GOL successfully issued $500 million in Eurobonds to replace an equal value of maturing Eurobonds. The issue consisted of two tranches: a five-year $250 million bond at a 5.875% coupon and a 15-year $250 million bond at a 7% coupon. Both issues were over-subscribed an [...] | 2009-12-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1286 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LEBANON NOTIFIED OF CENTCOM 2010 GULF [...] Post notified Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Nahas and Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Dr. Kamal Shehadi on December 3 that the 2010 Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) will be held inAmman, Jordan, on February 21-23, 2010, and requsted that they s [...] | 2009-12-08 08:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS PGOV EINT PREL LE |
09BEIRUT1289 | PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON STATUS OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For over a year, U.S. military engagement activities in Lebanon have been expanding rapidly in number and scope. In addition to the growing list of short-term engagements, in early 2010 the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) will inaugurate a compreh [...] | 2009-12-09 17:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL OPDC LE |
09BEIRUT129 | LEBANON: WITH CODEL SMITH, D.M MURR SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) CODEL Smith, accompanied by Ambassador and PolEconOff met with Defense Minister Elias Murr at his residence January 30. CODEL members were House Armed Service Committee members Adam Smith (D-WA),Susan Davis (D-CA),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Glynn Nye (D-VA),Frank Kravotil (D-MD); C.A. [...] | 2009-02-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT1290 | MARCH 14'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Disillusionment among March 14 Christians is expanding. March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid recently expressed deep concern about the direction of the movement, fearing Syrian pressure on March 14 leader and Prime Minister Saad Hariri would lead to its disbandment. Publicly [...] | 2009-12-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SA SY LE |
09BEIRUT1298 | LEBANON LOOKS TO TURN "GREEN," ACTION AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, popular efforts on environmental issues in Lebanon have received significant local media attention and the newly-formed Lebanese government seems to have taken notice of the public push. Prime Minister Saad Hariri wi [...] | 2009-12-10 17:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL LE |
09BEIRUT1299 | LEBANESE PRESIDENT SLEIMAN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Michel Sleiman and his delegation look forward to their discussions with President Obama and other U.S. officials during their December 12-16 visit to Washington. President Sleiman -- who will be accompanied by Defense Minister Elias El Murr, Foreign Minister Ali Al Cha [...] | 2009-12-10 19:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNSC OVIP LE |
09BEIRUT130 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS CODEL SMITH USG SHOULD DEAL [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Michel Sleiman urged the U.S. to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Solving the conflict, he said, would benefit Lebanon greatly because of the significant Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon. Lebanon's relations [...] | 2009-02-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT1305 | HARIRI'S CABINET WINS HISTORIC VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Saad Hariri's cabinet and its ministerial statement won an overwhelming vote of confidence from the Lebanese parliament late on December 10. In the final vote 122 out of 128 MPs voted to support the new government, six months after elections brought the parliament [...] | 2009-12-11 16:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR KISL LE |
09BEIRUT1318 | HARIRI'S DAMASCUS TRIP COMPLICATED BY SYRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed on December 10 that the GOL had received "warrants" for 23 former and current Lebanese officials and journalists to appear before the Syrian judiciary. The warrants were issued in connection with a case brought in a Syrian court b [...] | 2009-12-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS LE SY |
09BEIRUT1319 | ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS TARGET COPENHAGEN (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) A group of Lebanese parliamentarians, Lebanese NGOs, and the local UNDP office issued the "Beirut call to Copenhagen" calling on world leaders to approve an "ambitious, binding and fair agreement in Copenhagen" to face the dangers of climate change (reftel). The head of local environment [...] | 2009-12-15 05:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SENV SCOM PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT133 | LEBANON: LEBANON MEETS USG BENCHMARK FOR PARIS III SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On January 23, the cabinet passed a gas excise floor of LL 470 (approximately 31 cents) per liter, uncapping the price of gas at the pump and tying it to international oil prices, senior staffer at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Zeina Kassem told EconOff January 29. In line with this de [...] | 2009-02-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1334 | SYRIAN ALLIES SEEK "CANCELLATION" OF UNSCR 1559 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria's allies in Lebanon have launched a campaign for the "cancellation" of UN Security Council resolution 1559. Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri claimed to the Ambassador that following the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon and the election of Michel Sleiman as president, there i [...] | 2009-12-21 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS SY |
09BEIRUT1336 | DEFMIN MURR PLANS SHAKE-UP IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's message to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on the importance of UNSCR 1701 was loud and clear, Defense Minister Murr told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Murr reported he would underscore this m [...] | 2009-12-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS |
09BEIRUT134 | LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL SMITH [...] (C) Highlighting the fight against Islamic extremists, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told Codel Smith that the LAF had "changed the game" in its fight against terrorism in Lebanon by taking a more offensive approach. Kahwagi stressed that Islamic extremists had ga [...] | 2009-02-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT1347 | LAF AND UNSCOL DESCRIBE PREPARATIONS FOR GHAJAR [...] (C) Summary: Preparations for the handover of Ghajar village were very sensitive to the GOL, General Abdulruhman Shehaitly, LAF representative to the tripartite, reported, and the LAF planned to deploy a unit of four in the village, along with UNIFIL forces, after its return from Israeli contr [...] | 2009-12-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS MARR KPKO LE IS |
09BEIRUT135 | Lebanon -- The Daily Star is Back [...] Summary: English-language Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star returned to publication on February 2, after having been closed since January 14 in a dispute over unpaid loans with the Standard Chartered Bank. End Summary. 2. The publisher of the Daily Star, Jamil Mroue, told Arab nationalis [...] | 2009-02-03 06:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT1351 | HARIRI'S DAMASCUS VISIT HERALDS NEW "PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: Prior to his December 19-20 visit to Damascus, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that he "must go to Damascus to better relations," and he cast the visit as "a new form of achieving sovereignty and independence." Following the visit, the PM's chief of staff [...] | 2009-12-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS PINR KPAL LE SY |
09BEIRUT1353 | MENAFATF NOVEMBER 2009 BEIRUT LEBANON PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF X) and working group meetings from November 8-12 at the Riviera Hotel in Beirut. Treasury Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Director for Global Affairs Brian Grant he [...] | 2009-12-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1354 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ODC MILITARY [...] (U) In accordance with provisions of the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, we have carefully reviewed the human rights record of the following candidates. We found no evidence of gross human rights violations for these individuals. 2. (U) The following Lebanese Armed Forces personnel a [...] | 2009-12-29 06:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PMIL PHUM LE |
09BEIRUT1355 | RENEWED GOL COMMITMENT TO WTO ACCESSION IN 2010 (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Christopher Wilson briefed GOL officials and parliamentarians on the status of Lebanon's WTO negotiations during a one-day visit to Beirut December 17. Wilson said the USG sees a real opportunity for Lebanon, with a new cabinet in place, to move towar [...] | 2009-12-29 06:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EWWT SENV PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1358 | PM HARIRI URGES INCREASED MILITARY AID [...] (S) Summary: The U.S. must fully support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to enable it to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Lebanon wo [...] | 2009-12-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL MARR MASS IS LE |
09BEIRUT1359 | GEAGEA COMPLAINS OF MARCH 14 ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary: Syria is pushing hard to annul UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1559, and the U.S. should publicly reiterate its support for all resolutions relating to Lebanon, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador. Geagea also complained that Saudi Arabia was pushing Pr [...] | 2009-12-29 16:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY UNSC SA LE |
09BEIRUT1366 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit to Lebanon, which will offer a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of scientific issues, from climate change to communications policy, at the highest levels of the GOL while raising general awareness among the public at large. Although Leban [...] | 2009-12-31 08:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ESTH EINT PGOV KGHG KIPR TSPL LE |
09BEIRUT1367 | LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...] | 2009-12-31 09:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY |
09BEIRUT137 | LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS [...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...] | 2009-02-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI KPAO PREL LE |
09BEIRUT139 | LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...] | 2009-02-03 16:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT140 | LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...] | 2009-02-03 18:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT141 | LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...] | 2009-02-04 16:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT143 | Media Ethics in the Lebanese Media [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 06:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT147 | Lebanon: Murr TV (MTV) To Resume Broadcasting [...] (U) Summary: MTV announced it will resume broadcast on March 31, 2009, seven years after its coerced closure. Michel El Murr, the CEO, denied that the Lebanese Forces "or any other foreign or domestic party" was behind the reopening. March 14 contacts, however, have been pushing for the reop [...] | 2009-02-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT148 | LEBANON: MICHEL MURR ON THE INDEPENDENTS [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting, MP and self-styled independent list kingmaker Michel Murr told the Ambassador that he, and not his son, Defense Minister Elias Murr, would run for a seat in the Metn district in the June parliamentary elections. Murr appeared confident about his list's chances in [...] | 2009-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT153 | LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON WIRETAPPING, BUDGETARY [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador that applying existing laws was the "easy solution" to the current fiery disputes over wiretapping and the budget for the Council of the South. However, he was not optimistic that this would occur. On the parliamentary elections, Berri [...] | 2009-02-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT154 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Tripoli, once a vibrant and vital economic hub, is one of seven electoral districts in the North Lebanon administrative a [...] | 2009-02-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT155 | LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES [...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...] | 2009-02-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT157 | LEBANON: ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF COMMITS TO MORE [...] (C) Dennis Hadrick, Program Manager in the Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA),received a verbal commitment from LAF Chief of Staff, Major General Shawki al-Masri, that the LAF will destroy 10 more Man Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) missiles stored in a LA [...] | 2009-02-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT158 | LEBANON: BUDGET DELAYED BY DISPUTE OVER COUNCIL FOR THE [...] (SBU) On January 29, the cabinet postponed discussions of the 2009 budget draft for ten days until the return of President Sleiman from an official visit to Bahrain and the UAE. This should allow time for politicians to resolve the issue of the budget allotment to the Council for the South, wh [...] | 2009-02-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT159 | LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE CHOUF [...] (SBU) This is the second in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Chouf is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary sea [...] | 2009-02-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT161 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE [...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...] | 2009-02-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
09BEIRUT169 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE METN [...] (U) This is the third in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Metn is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary seats in [...] | 2009-02-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT170 | LEBANON: GAZA CONFLICT EXPOSES CHALLENGES FOR [...] (C) Hizballah successfully used the Gaza conflict to reinforce its own standing by talking tough against Israel but not drawing Lebanon into a second, and probably unpopular, war (reftel). However, the conflict exposed several challenges Hizballah faces, as it seeks to consolidate its strengt [...] | 2009-02-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
09BEIRUT172 | LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH CALLS LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a February 11 meeting with visiting USAID Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah called the current Lebanese government "dysfunctional," and expressed exasperation with the lack of progress on political and economic reform. He saw little [...] | 2009-02-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN LE |
09BEIRUT177 | LEBANON: UNSCOL OPTIMISTIC ISRAEL WILL WITHDRAW [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams returned from consultations in Israel pleased with the thorough discussions he had, he told the Ambassador February 10. Williams was hopeful Israel would withdraw from Ghajar prior to the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June [...] | 2009-02-13 17:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT178 | CODEL KERRY VISIT TO LEBANON: KEY MESSAGES [...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, welcome to Lebanon. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce our message of strong, continued bipartisan U.S. support for a sovereign Lebanon. You are the first Senator to visit since President Obama took office and your visit comes a few days after the [...] | 2009-02-13 18:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT179 | LEBANON: SINIORA -- WE WILL COMPLY QUICKLY WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora on February 12 expressed GOL intentions to comply quickly to all requests that may come from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, including the transfer to the Hague of the four incarcerated generals, if the STL requests it. In a meeting with the Ambassador, visiting U [...] | 2009-02-17 07:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT182 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 17, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 11:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT184 | LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS IMF PLEASED WITH LEBANON'S GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) In a February 11 meeting with the USAID Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East George Laudato and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said a recent IMF delegation, led by IMF Deputy Managing Director Murilo Portugal, was pleased with Lebanon's growth in 2008, e [...] | 2009-02-17 14:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT185 | LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY WANTS ITS OWN [...] (C) In a February 15 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Perry Cammack and the Ambassador, Armenian Tashnaq party leaders stressed that their primary goal was the establishment of an independent Armenian bloc in parliament, an objective which would be facilita [...] | 2009-02-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE SY IS SA |
09BEIRUT186 | LEBANON: HARIRI ON MARCH 14 ELECTION PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri -- receiving the Ambassador on February 13, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- claimed that the March 8 opposition was working to discredit investigative information on his father [...] | 2009-02-17 17:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT188 | LEBANON: TWO SHIA MINISTERS DISCUSS SLEIMAN'S [...] (C) Shia Ministers of Administrative Reform Ibrahim Shamseddine (independent) and Health Mohammad Khalifeh (Nabih Berri's Amal) were mildly critical of President Sleiman during separate meetings February 11 and 12. Both claimed Sleiman had "lost an opportunity" to set a clear vision for the g [...] | 2009-02-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT190 | Lebanon: Power Struggle Over LBCI [...] (U) Summary: Long standing problems between the Chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI),Pierre El Daher, and the Lebanese Forces Party escalated over the last two weeks. The result was that CEO Pierre El Daher blamed Lebanese security forces of failing to car [...] | 2009-02-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT195 | LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD; [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...] | 2009-02-19 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE |
09BEIRUT196 | LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY" [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...] | 2009-02-19 16:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT197 | LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME [...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...] | 2009-02-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
09BEIRUT198 | LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY ENGAGES PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry, President Michel Sleiman called upon Kerry to "take care of the Lebanese people," to support Arab reconciliation, and to press Israel to accept the Arab Initiative for Palestinian-Israeli [...] | 2009-02-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT199 | LEBANON: MARCH 2 SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE, GOL [...] (SBU) DCM delivered Ref A demarche to PM Fouad Siniora's assistant, Rola Noureddine, on February 18. Noureddine had no substantive response. 2. (SBU) Per Ref B, Lebanon continues to provide assistance to Gaza. Ambassador Khalil Mekkawi, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Commi [...] | 2009-02-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
09BEIRUT20 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Supervisory Training course, scheduled to begin January 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 32 proposed trainees incl [...] | 2009-01-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT200 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: SIDON [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) South Lebanon is divided into two "muhafazas" (administrative areas): Nabatieh and South Lebanon. The heavily Sunni city [...] | 2009-02-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT201 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: WEST BEKAA-RASHAYA [...] (U) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("quda") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) West Bekaa-Rashaya is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon. No single confessional group dominates this district, which l [...] | 2009-02-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT203 | LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY AND PM SINIORA DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 18 luncheon with Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed Lebanon's desire for engagement with Syria, and support for U.S. engagement, on the condition that Syria recognize Lebanon's sovereignty and deliver on previous promises. He assessed that the Iranian [...] | 2009-02-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IR SY IS WE |
09BEIRUT204 | LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK ON [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he was "very satisfied" with the military-to-military relationship with the U.S. At the same time, he lamented the slowness with which U.S. equipment assi [...] | 2009-02-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT205 | LEBANON: AOUN'S ALLIES DEFEND HIS VISION, PLEAD [...] (C) In a series of meetings with the Embassy in recent weeks, opposition Christian MPs from Michel Aoun's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc were calm, focused, and confident about their prospects in the June parliamentary elections. They rejected the concept of "independent" or "centrist" c [...] | 2009-02-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT207 | LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK [...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...] | 2009-02-23 09:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
09BEIRUT209 | LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) On February 20, Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Trade, told EconOff that Lebanon has no new offers to bring to Geneva on goods (as budget considerations prevent lifting tariffs) or services (where lawyers groups resist opening up legal services) during the upco [...] | 2009-02-23 14:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT21 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training courses 6 and 7, scheduled to begin January 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 314 proposed tra [...] | 2009-01-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT210 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: MINNIEH-DINNIEH [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Minnieh-Dinnieh, an impoverished and overwhelmingly Sunni district, is one of the seven electoral districts in the North [...] | 2009-02-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT214 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 11:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT222 | LEBANON: TOOLS OF PATRONAGE: LEBANON'S "COUNCILS [...] (C) The four "Majalis and Sanadeeq" (Councils and Funds) under the Lebanese Prime Minister's office are widely known to be the epitome of patronage in Lebanese administration. This cable takes a closer look at the function of the Council for the South (CFS),the Fund for the Displaced (FFD),t [...] | 2009-02-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT229 | LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ALEY [...] (SBU) This is the seventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Aley is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are five parliamentary seats in [...] | 2009-02-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT230 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED ABOUT CT COOPERATION, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT231 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED BY CT COOPERATION, US [...] (C) President Sleiman discussed recent US-Lebanese cooperation on counter terrorism and was pleased that the U.S. had approved the provision of Raven UAVs to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Embassy renews our suggestion that, if possible, Sleiman be invited to Washington before the June 7 Lebanese [...] | 2009-02-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT232 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON GAZA, GHAJAR [...] (C) During a February 25 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora shared his plans to attend the March 2 Sharm el Sheikh Gaza reconstruction conference. In addition to meeting with other regional leaders on Gaza, Siniora said he also hoped to present the GOL's experiences in Nahr al-Barid Pale [...] | 2009-02-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT233 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LOOKING STRONGER; OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Following the very successful February 14 rally commemorating former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination, March 14 leaders have expressed confidence about March 14's prospects for winning the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. The widely attended February 14 rally, a major succ [...] | 2009-02-26 17:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT234 | LEBANON: SOME "INDEPENDENT" SHIA CONTACTS [...] (C) A number of "independent" Shia contacts have shared with us their exasperation with majority leader Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition. They say that the non-Hizballah Shia community was one of the initial supporters of the principles of March 14 -- Lebanese independence and sovereignty -- b [...] | 2009-02-26 18:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE IZ |
09BEIRUT235 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR SIGNS LETTERS OF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a February 26 meeting that he had signed all seven pending Letters of Agreement needed to ensure the timely delivery of several items of U.S. military assistance before the June 7 parliamentary elections. Murr expressed appreciation for c [...] | 2009-02-26 18:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS AE LE |
09BEIRUT239 | LEBANON: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) In 2008, political and security instability in Lebanon continued to stand in the way of the ratification of pending IPR-related legislation. Most of Lebanon's IP legislation is TRIPS-compliant, with the exception of what relates to pharmaceuticals and undisclosed information. However, a [...] | 2009-02-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT24 | LEBANON: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Since 2005 there have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts of prominent Lebanese figures, including former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The attacks targeted Lebanese political and military figures and journalists, many of whom were critical of Syrian interference in Lebanon. [...] | 2009-01-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER LE |
09BEIRUT240 | LEBANON: THREE SUSPECTS RELEASED FOUR DAYS BEFORE [...] (C) Examining Magistrate Saqr Saqr released on bail three suspects in the Hariri assassination case on February 25. They had been incarcerated since late 2005 and early 2006. All three could still be charged and prosecuted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),scheduled to begin March  [...] | 2009-02-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT242 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 2, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 10:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT245 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ZAHLE [...] (SBU) This is the eighth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Zahle is a confessionally diverse district with a population that is 60 percent Christian, 25 percent Sunni and 14 perce [...] | 2009-03-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT247 | LEBANON: BODY THAT DECIDES ELECTORAL DISPUTES OFF [...] (SBU) After a contentious battle in parliament to nominate five members to the ten-member Constitutional Court, cabinet ministers -- expecting a similar battle -- have thus far avoided discussions to name the Court's remaining five members. As the June 7 election draws closer, the absence of [...] | 2009-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT249 | LEBANON: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT WTO WORKING PARTY, BUT [...] (SBU) On March 1, Zouha Sakr, head of the MEPI-funded WTO accession project at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET),told EconOff Lebanon's February 27 working party meeting in Geneva had gone reasonably well, considering Lebanon had little new information to report. She described the comm [...] | 2009-03-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT25 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...] | 2009-01-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT251 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BEIRUT [...] (SBU) This is the ninth in a series of snapshots we are producing for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Beirut, with three districts and a total of 19 seats, 18 currently held by March 14 MPs, has the status of a "muhafaza" [...] | 2009-03-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT255 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 4, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 11:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT258 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KESERWAN [...] (SBU) This is the tenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Keserwan is the symbolic capital of the Maronites in Lebanon. Its population is 90 percent Maronite (and 98 percent Christ [...] | 2009-03-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT262 | LEBANON: WA'AD -- EXAMPLE OF HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) The U.S. Government,s January 6 decision to designate Hizballah's Wa'ad construction company was met with muted reaction in Lebanon, likely because of the similar designation in 2007 of Hizballah's construction company Jihad el-Bina as well as the local media's preoccupation in early Janua [...] | 2009-03-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT263 | LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...] | 2009-03-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE |
09BEIRUT264 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BAABDA [...] (SBU) This is the eleventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Baabda, the home of the Presidential Palace, is one of the most confessionally diverse districts in Lebanon. Christian [...] | 2009-03-05 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT266 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...] | 2009-03-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE |
09BEIRUT267 | LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...] | 2009-03-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT268 | LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...] | 2009-03-08 09:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
09BEIRUT269 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora cautioned visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador against U.S. engagement with Syria without conditions. He believed Syria wo [...] | 2009-03-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT270 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...] | 2009-03-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT271 | LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS WITH FELTMAN,SHAPIRO ON [...] (C) On March 6, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams provided a briefing for visiting Acting A/S of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro. Referring to his upcoming meeting with the Security Cou [...] | 2009-03-08 18:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
09BEIRUT272 | LEBANON: IMF SAYS GOL MET 2008 TARGETS BUT 2009 WILL BE [...] (SBU) On March 3, IMF Resident Rep Edward Gardner told EconOff the GOL could have implemented more reforms, even in the difficult political context, but instead used politics as an excuse for delay. "They constantly say the situation is too bad, but the reality is that it is always bad," he si [...] | 2009-03-10 10:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT273 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT274 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] (U) This is the twelfth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Koura, with a population that is 65 percent Greek Orthodox and 85 percent Christian, is expected to be the site of tough [...] | 2009-03-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT277 | LEBANON: SHIA AND SUNNI MUFTIS WITH AA/S FELTMAN [...] (C) In separate meetings March 8, Lebanese Shia Mufti and head of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan and Sunni Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and No [...] | 2009-03-11 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT278 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE CONCERNS, [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi, NEA Acting A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro, and the Ambassador heard Audi express his wish for an independent and sovereign Lebanon, but also his significant doubts about the f [...] | 2009-03-11 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT279 | LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO [...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...] | 2009-03-11 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT28 | LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED [...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...] | 2009-01-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT280 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: JBEIL [...] (SBU) This is the thirteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Jbeil (also known as Byblos) is a majority Christian district with a significant Shia (19 percent) minority. Free Pat [...] | 2009-03-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT281 | LEBANON: LEADER CLOSE TO SYRIA COMMENDS FELTMAN [...] (C) Former prime minister Najib Mikati, who once had (and whose family still has) a close relationship with Syrian president Bashar Asad, commended visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro on March 6 for planning t [...] | 2009-03-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR LE |
09BEIRUT282 | LEBANON: MP HARB WITH FELTMAN, SHAPIRO: ELECTION [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Christian MP Butros Harb, NEA A A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa, and the Ambassador heard Harb caution that, while Syria's "style" had changed, it was still involved in Lebanon's electoral processes by selecting candidates, ve [...] | 2009-03-12 08:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT283 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT, WITH FELTMAN AND SHAPIRO, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt thanked visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador for continued U.S. support for Lebanon. Acting A/S Feltman reaffirmed the U.S. position that Lebanon's sovere [...] | 2009-03-12 08:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY IR RS |
09BEIRUT285 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ASSURES AA/S FELTMAN THAT [...] (C) Visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro recounted to DefMin Elias Murr on March 15 their visit to Damascus the day before, commenting on Syrian interest in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Mur [...] | 2009-03-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT288 | LEBANON: WHAT IS IMPACT OF THE DISAGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) There has been speculation in the media and among political observers about disagreements within the March 8/Aoun opposition coalition as its members prepare candidate lists for the June 7 parliamentary elections. There have been claims of disagreements between Christian opposition leader [...] | 2009-03-12 16:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT29 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LEBANON [...] (C) According to a diplomat from the French Embassy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's January 6 visit to Lebanon was bogged down by the events in Gaza. Little attention was given to Lebanese-specific issues, including Ghajar and Sheba'a Farms. Sarkozy met with government officials, but did [...] | 2009-01-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR LE SY |
09BEIRUT30 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF JANUARY 8, 2009 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 8, 2009, Charge chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the Embassy,s security posture in light of the current situation in Gaza and the incident in which rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel earlier that day. [...] | 2009-01-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
09BEIRUT303 | LEBANON: FRANCE TO PRESSURE LEBANON ON TELECOM [...] (SBU) Frederic Kaplan, French Embassy economic officer, and Chris de Clercq, UNDP Program Manager at the Finance Ministry, told us separately that a French team will be in Beirut in May to review and assess Paris III reforms and apply pressure on the GOL to move forward on mobile telecom privat [...] | 2009-03-16 11:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT304 | LEBANON: SINIORA NOT OPPOSED TO NEW UNITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 18:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PREF IS SY QA MU LE |
09BEIRUT305 | LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO [...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...] | 2009-03-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT306 | LEBANON: CHURCHES LAUNCH POLITICAL CONDUCT CHARTER [...] (U) On March 5, a group of church leaders in Lebanon released a charter for political conduct in advance of the June 7 parliamentary elections. The charter calls for support for the sovereignty of the state, regulating relations with Syria and the Palestinian Authority, and the separation of [...] | 2009-03-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT316 | LEBANON: COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES [...] Date: January 29, 2009 Post: Beirut Country: Lebanon Company: ACE Hardware Company Headquarters (state, zip code): IL 60523 Issue/project: Opening of ACE Hardware's first store in Lebanon. Specific Actions Taken: ACE Hardware applied for a construction permit on October 25, 2007 to build it [...] | 2009-03-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON EINV FIN LE |
09BEIRUT318 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...] | 2009-03-18 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE |
09BEIRUT32 | LEBANON: REQUEST FOR REINSTATEMENT OF NESA UGRAD [...] Post urges the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to reverse its decision to cancel the one-semester option for the FY09 Near East and South Asia Undergraduate (NESA UGRAD) Exchange Program for students from Lebanon. Embassy Beirut understands that six NESA UGRAD students abandoned the [...] | 2009-01-09 10:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO SCUL LE |
09BEIRUT321 | LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH ON 1701, PRE-ELECTION ANTICS [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah lamented the fact that Lebanon had not presented its case to the international community better on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Ghajar village. He said UN reports on UNSCR 1701 had fallen short f [...] | 2009-03-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINR ENRG LE |
09BEIRUT322 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT323 | Lebanon: Leahy Vetting For Participants in INL's Lebanon [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Training Program, 3rd Supervisory course, scheduled to begin in March 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 28 propose [...] | 2009-03-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT325 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CHATAH: NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) In various public presentations in recent days, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah has been blunt about his frustration with the GOL's progress on implementing structural reforms. At a Paris III donor meeting March 18, Chatah said the national unity government has proven an ineffective mod [...] | 2009-03-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT328 | LEBANON: FINMIN SAYS UNITY GOVERNMENT BAD FOR REFORM [...] (U) At a Paris III donor meeting on March 18, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the national unity government has proven to be an ineffective model, as even the smallest decisions are politicized. The resulting government paralysis has held back the disbursement of nearly $500 million in P [...] | 2009-03-23 10:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT333 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT335 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S DEA [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Pen-link training Program, scheduled to begin in June 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 14 proposed trainees includes iden [...] | 2009-03-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT336 | LEBANON: CHIPPING AWAY AT AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) In January 2008, we analyzed Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's popularity among his Lebanese Christian supporters (ref E),which was strong despite his political alliance with the terrorist Shia organization Hizballah. One year-plus later, and 11 weeks before the June 7 parliame [...] | 2009-03-23 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT337 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENT LOWERS VOTING AGE FOR 2010 AND [...] (U) In a busy March 19 session, parliament approved a draft law to amend the constitution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18; however, it will not be effective in time for the June 7 parliamentary elections. Parliament also deferred a draft law requiring unanimity to amend constitutional l [...] | 2009-03-23 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT347 | LEBANON: SHIA FAMILIES READY TO TAKE ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Duraid Yaghi, a prominent Shia from Baalbeck and second-in-command in Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party, praised President Obama's March 20 message to Iran, believing it would corner the extremists into a dialogue with the United States. He expressed his readiness to run against [...] | 2009-03-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT349 | LEBANON: UN CONCERNED THAT LACK OF CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) In a March 23 meeting with foreign Ambassadors, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams stressed the need for a working Constitutional Council, the body that is to adjudicate election disputes. Williams said he feared that the lack of a functioning Council could lead to seri [...] | 2009-03-25 15:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT350 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BATROUN [...] (SBU) This is the fourteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the Jun 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Batron is a small district with only two seats, both dsignated for Maronite Christians and both currently held by Marc [...] | 2009-03-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT351 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH, [...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...] | 2009-03-26 14:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR |
09BEIRUT358 | LEBANON: FINMIN AGREES: USE USG CASH TRANSFER TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 below. 2. (SBU) In a March 27 phone call with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah agreed that the USG use its $50 million cash transfer disbursement, which was triggered by GOL reform of its gas excise tax, to pay World Bank [...] | 2009-03-27 14:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PTER LE |
09BEIRUT359 | LEBANON: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ON IRAQI [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Stephane Jaquemet on March 25, who described the current condition of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Jaquemet reported that he hoped to work with the Government of Lebanon (GOL) to amend its immigration l [...] | 2009-03-27 17:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF LE SY SU IR ICJ |
09BEIRUT368 | LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...] | 2009-03-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF |
09BEIRUT369 | LEBANON: FINALLY, POLITICAL CONSENSUS ON CENTRAL BANK [...] (U) On March 26, cabinet appointed four Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) vice governors after the positions had remained vacant for more than six months because of lack of political consensus on filling them. These positions are traditionally filled by people close to major political leaders on a [...] | 2009-03-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT370 | LEBANON: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) It is post's assessment that Lebanon's budget easily meets the standards of transparency set under Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009. 2. (SBU) The GOL makes all its budgets available online, including both [...] | 2009-03-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID LE |
09BEIRUT371 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 31, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 13:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR ORC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT373 | LEBANON: WE SHOULD MAINTAIN THE U.S. SUPPORT TO [...] (C) In all but the most pessimistic post-election scenarios, a robust program of U.S. assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will serve to further our policy goals in Lebanon and the region. Without continued support, the LAF will be unable to address the challenges of terrorism, bord [...] | 2009-03-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PBTS PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT379 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BAALBECK-HERMEL [...] (U) This is the fifteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the lead-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Located in northeast Lebanon, Baalbeck-Hermel is Lebanon's largest electoral district. Baalbeck is known for its agricultural [...] | 2009-04-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT383 | LEBANON: CLOSE RACE LIKELY IN BEIRUT FIRST DISTRICT [...] (C) Beirut's first district will witness a close race between March 14 and opposition candidates in the June 7 parliamentary elections. This newly-formed district has five seats, each designated for a separate Christian sect. While March 14-aligned candidates Nayla Tueni and Michel Pharaon a [...] | 2009-04-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT385 | LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR--WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF CASH [...] (SBU) In a March 27 meeting with international donors, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director Salvatore Lombardo stressed the dire financial situation that UNRWA faces. Regarding Nahr al-Barid reconstruction, he said the land [...] | 2009-04-02 14:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT39 | LEBANON: PUBLIC STATEMENTS URGE RESTRAINT, 1701, [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 rocket-launching from southern Lebanon into northern Israel and subsequent Israeli response, Lebanese leaders have urged restraint by actors on both sides. In official statements and press interviews, key political figures have been moderate in tone, emphasizing t [...] | 2009-01-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT396 | LEBANON: SUGGESTED USG MESSAGING IN THE RUN-UP TO [...] (C) With two months to go before the June 7 parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Both the majority March 14 coalition and the Hizballah-led opposition express confidence that they will win. In the key Christian swing districts, nervous voters are looking to see who ca [...] | 2009-04-06 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT398 | LEBANON: ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM FOCUSES ON LEBANON'S [...] (U) On April 2, the 17th annual Arab Economic Forum opened in Beirut. Speakers included PM Siniora, Future Party Leader Saad Hariri, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, and several prominent business and financial figures. Their remarks focused on the repercussions of the global economic cris [...] | 2009-04-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT400 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...] | 2009-04-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE |
09BEIRUT401 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 IS UNITED, SAYS HARIRI [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador April 3, the day after an off-the-record meeting of March 14 leaders, Sunni leader Saad Hariri said the March 14 coalition had agreed on candidate lists in several key districts, including Chouf, Aley, and Baabda, but work remained to be done. Hariri said Druze [...] | 2009-04-06 15:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT403 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin in April. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 100 proposed trainees includes [...] | 2009-04-07 07:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT404 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin April 6, 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 184 proposed trainees incl [...] | 2009-04-07 07:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT412 | LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 06:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL |
09BEIRUT416 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST [...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...] | 2009-04-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT417 | LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI [...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...] | 2009-04-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL |
09BEIRUT418 | LEBANON: CANDIDATES REGISTERED... WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) Registration of candidates for the June 7 parliamentary elections officially closed at 11:59 pm April 7. The official count of registered candidates reached 702, for the 128 seats in cabinet. Only eight of these are women; Nayla Tueni in Beirut and Education Minister Bahiya Hariri in S [...] | 2009-04-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AID LE |
09BEIRUT42 | LEBANON: 2009 BUDGET DRAFT PROJECTS THREE PERCENT GROWTH [...] (U) In a press conference on January 5, Minister of Finance (MOF) Mohammad Chatah indicated that the MOF has submitted to the Cabinet a revised 2009 Budget draft based on new economic projections. The MOF lowered Lebanon's projected GDP growth for 2009 to three from five percent, in light of th [...] | 2009-01-12 11:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT421 | LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH PROMOTES 1949 ARMISTICE AS [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the principles of March 14 are still championed by the majority of Lebanese, but the inability of the March 14 moderate coalition to create institutions that represent those principles has been a "major failur [...] | 2009-04-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN LE IS |
09BEIRUT422 | LEBANON: GOL SIGNS 45 MILLION EURO LOAN WITH [...] (U) The GOL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) March 12 with the Export Development Bank of Iran for the reactivation of a 45 million euro loan signed in 2003. The Ambassador queried Finance Minister Chatah on this development April 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) The visit of Lebanese P [...] | 2009-04-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER LE IR |
09BEIRUT424 | LEBANON: ELECTORAL PLATFORMS INCLUDE ECONOMIC ISSUES FOR [...] (U) During the week of April 6, three of the major political parties launched their electoral platforms to rally voters for the June 2009 parliamentary elections. For the first time, these electoral platforms tackled economic and social issues. While Lebanese Forces (member of the March 14 co [...] | 2009-04-13 07:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT426 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WEARY, BUT STILL WITH MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 coalition leader Walid Jumblatt confirmed to the Ambassador April 9 that he was unhappy about "abandoning" two Christian candidates in Aley and Baabda districts, in favor of ones supported by fellow March 14 Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel. Geagea and Gemayel wer [...] | 2009-04-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LE |
09BEIRUT427 | LEBANON: TRIPOLI: HARIRI'S CANDIDATE LIST NEARLY [...] (C) March 14 coalition-allied Tripoli MPs Moustafa Allouch and Mosbah al Ahdab, in separate meetings, told the Ambassador that Saad Hariri's candidate list for the district was nearly complete. Allouch, with good grace and laughter, called himself "a victim," but said he was not upset to be d [...] | 2009-04-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT428 | LEBANON: REMITTANCES STEADY, FEW RETURNS OF LEBANESE [...] (U) While Lebanon's economy and banking sector made it through the international financial crisis relatively unscathed in 2008, many have worried about the potential impact of Lebanese expatriates losing their jobs in the Gulf and either returning to flood the Lebanese job market, or cutting ba [...] | 2009-04-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB PREL LE |
09BEIRUT433 | LEBANON WILL FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah (Lebanon's World Bank Governor) and Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh (Lebanon's IMF Governor) during separate meetings April 8. 2. (SBU) Chatah expressed enthusiasm for Kosovo's membership, but cautioned th [...] | 2009-04-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL LE KV |
09BEIRUT434 | LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL, GHATTAS KHOURY ON MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on April 14, Kataeb head Amine Gemayel of the March 14 coalition opposed the formation of a national unity government with a blocking third after June 7 elections. According to Gemayel, March 14 coalition leaders had agreed upon "95 percent" of electoral lists. [...] | 2009-04-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT436 | LEBANON WILL FOLLOW ARAB LEAGUE LEAD ON KOSOVO MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah (Lebanon's World Bank Governor) and Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh (Lebanon's IMF Governor) during separate meetings April 8. 2. (SBU) Chatah expressed enthusiasm for Kosovo's membership, but cautioned th [...] | 2009-04-16 09:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL LE KV |
09BEIRUT438 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS CODEL CARNAHAN JUNE 7 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Congressional members Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA) that Lebanon was committed to hold "completely transparent" parliamentary elections on June 7. He [...] | 2009-04-16 09:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS IR |
09BEIRUT439 | LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER WITH CODEL CARNAHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS |
09BEIRUT440 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARAB PEACE WITH [...] (C) Meeting with President Sleiman April 9, visiting Congressional Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA),accompanied by the Ambassador and Poloff, stressed U.S. support for Lebanon's independence and sover [...] | 2009-04-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT441 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 16, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL |
09BEIRUT442 | LEBANON: POST TERRORISM FINANCE CONTACT [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: -PolEconOff Megan McCulloch -Contact information: telephone 961 4 542 600, extension 4251; unclassified email mccullochML@state.gov; classified email mccullochML@state.sgov.gov 2. (SBU) Post looks forward to reporti [...] | 2009-04-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09BEIRUT443 | LEBANON: MIKATI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador April 14 that he had compromised with March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri on the candidate list in Tripoli, saying it was far better for the two to work together rather than compete at the expense of the Sunni-dominated community. Mik [...] | 2009-04-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY EG |
09BEIRUT444 | LEBANON: USAID'S OFFICE OF TRANSITION INITIATIVES [...] Post requests a one year extension to 2011 and additional funding for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives, which is currently scheduled to conclude in August 2010 following the municipal elections of June 2010. Maintaining USAID/OTI's program for an additional year would allow the US Mis [...] | 2009-04-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID LE |
09BEIRUT445 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...] | 2009-04-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE |
09BEIRUT451 | LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTRY COMMITTED TO LIBERALIZATION AND [...] (U) On April 15, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inaugurated the two-day 9th Arab Telecom & Internet Forum in Beirut with the participation of Telecom Ministers from Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Bassil said Lebanon has a clear policy for the telecom sector, consisting [...] | 2009-04-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR |
09BEIRUT46 | LEBANON: NEW ADVOCATES FOR LEBANESE DETAINEES IN [...] (C) On January 5, 2009 a group of Lebanese (many of whom are former detainees in Syria) launched a new organization. "The Association of the Lebanese Political Detainees in Syria" was formed to resolve the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons and garner support for those already rele [...] | 2009-01-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT463 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER WILL TAKE STL'S CUE ON FOUR GENERALS' DETENTION [...] (C) In an April 22 meeting, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed that the GOL had transferred all of its files related to former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination and the ensuing political assassinations to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). He expects to learn by April 27 whether STL [...] | 2009-04-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC AE SY LE |
09BEIRUT465 | LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT466 | LEBANON: FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING TO ELECTION [...] (C) Over the weekend of April 18-19, pro-opposition New TV aired footage of March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt making comments criticizing his March 14 allies Samir Geagea and Saad Hariri, while simultaneously insulting all Maronite Christians and the Sunni fighters who battled Hizballah dur [...] | 2009-04-23 19:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER LE |
09BEIRUT467 | LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) On April 22, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Senior Political Officer Diego Zorrilia evaluated the current state of Lebanese efforts on improving border security as purely "organizational," without significant tangible progress on the ground. Zorrilla described GOL intentions t [...] | 2009-04-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT469 | LEBANON DEMARCHE RESPONSE: LOAN AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C) On April 21, the Ambassador, accompanied by EconOff, delivered Ref A demarche to Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah. The Ambassador used demarche talking points to urge the Minister to cancel the GOL,s loan with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI). 2. (C) Chatah said he would take [...] | 2009-04-24 14:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PREL PARM XF LE |
09BEIRUT470 | LEBANON: HARIRI DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS "MISTER FIX [...] (C) March 14 Sunni leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and DCM April 23 that although relations within the March 14 leadership currently were not at their best, Hariri and his allies would find a solution. Referring to himself as "Mister Fix-it," Hariri said disgruntlement with Druze leade [...] | 2009-04-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT471 | LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS DOWNBEAT ON GHAJAR, MARCH [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on April 23, expressed dismay at what he saw as a missed opportunity for progress on Ghajar. Williams assessed that new governments on both sides of the border would be less committed to the [...] | 2009-04-24 14:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE IS EG |
09BEIRUT472 | LEBANON: FEW SHIA ALTERNATIVES TO HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The Arabic Islamic Council (AIC) emerged in 2006 as a self-declared Arab alternative to Hizballah. AIC attracted the attention of Lebanese and Arab media because of its claims of "promoting a culture of peace and Arab unity" as opposed to Hizballah's culture of "armed resistance" and ties [...] | 2009-04-24 14:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IR LE |
09BEIRUT473 | LEBANON: UNEMPLOYMENT EXCEEDED 9% IN 2007 AND MAY RISE IN [...] (U) During the week of April 20, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) published its latest survey on household living conditions showing that unemployment increased from 8% in 2004 to 9.2% in 2007. The increase was mostly attributed to the July 2006 war against Israel, when over 45,0 [...] | 2009-04-26 04:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR |
09BEIRUT478 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 27, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 11:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT479 | LEBANON: NO PROGRESS ON ISSUE OF LEBANESE [...] (C) In August 2008, we reported on the situation of the reported 600-plus Lebanese detainees in Syria and noted the possibility that there might be progress on this issue with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria, among other factors (Ref B). However, eight m [...] | 2009-04-27 13:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY |
09BEIRUT482 | LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON ELECTIONS, JUMBLATT, [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he had come to agreement with Majority Leader Saad Hariri on a way forward in the Beirut 2 electoral district, but was still at an impasse with his opposition Christian ally Michel Aoun on candidates in Jezzine [...] | 2009-04-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON LE |
09BEIRUT485 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA: MOVEMENT ON GHAJAR CAN [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador on April 27 that he believed an Israeli announcement on withdrawal from Ghajar could still have a positive impact on Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Praising the April 26 visit of Secretary Clinton to Lebanon and the clear U.S. commitment to Lebano [...] | 2009-04-28 13:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IS LE |
09BEIRUT490 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT REMAINS WITH MARCH 14 DESPITE [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador April 29, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gave no indication he is planning to abandon the March 14 ship, despite recent overtures to opposition Speaker Nabih Berri. March 14 had much work to do to win the June 7 parliamentary elections, he admitted, listing several pro [...] | 2009-04-29 17:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IS SA LE |
09BEIRUT493 | LEBANON: SIDON PARLIAMENTARY RACE SYMBOLIC FOR [...] (SBU) Pollsters expect the March 14 Sidon parliamentary slate of Minister of Education Bahia Hariri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to defeat opposition candidate Ossama Saad, but the race between Siniora and Saad will be close. Although only one seat is being contested in Sidon, the victor w [...] | 2009-04-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT495 | LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR SAYS NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) In a April 29 meeting with the Ambassador, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director, Salvatore Lombardo, said he was worried about ongoing delays on the GOL side regarding reconstruction efforts for the destroyed Palesti [...] | 2009-04-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT496 | LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...] | 2009-04-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT497 | LEBANON: GOL TO SUPPORT U.S. BID FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LE |
09BEIRUT498 | LEBANON: POLITICAL ELITE ATTEND AUB PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Leading figures from Lebanon's political and business communities turned out for the formal inauguration of the new president of the American University of Beirut (AUB),Peter F. Dorman, on May 4. Ambassador and Poloff attended, with ACS Chief in cap and gown representing Columbia Univers [...] | 2009-05-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH EAID OEXC OPRC PGOV SCUL KMPI LE |
09BEIRUT500 | LEBANON: FOUR GENERALS' RELEASE: HIZBALLAH DEMANDS "JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY" [...] (C) In a May 1 speech following the release of the four generals detained in connection with Rafiq Hariri's assassination, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah implied that he would now be wary of future STL decisions because he faults the international court for the generals' prolonged detention. Nasrallah als [...] | 2009-05-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT501 | LEBANON: GEAGEA ON GHAJAR, GENERALS, AND [...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Israel should stress the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as justification for a withdrawal from Ghajar village. He believed that while the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) authorization for the release of fo [...] | 2009-05-05 18:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IS SY |
09BEIRUT502 | LEBANON: GOL TAKES PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWINE FLU (ECONOMIC [...] (U) GOL officials have quickly begun taking necessary precautions to deal with the potential swine flu pandemic. No cases of swine flu have been reported in Lebanon. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has already banned the import of pigs and pork products (except canned and smoked products),[...] | 2009-05-06 05:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT512 | LEBANON: GHAJAR: UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO ON [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting at UNIFIL HQ, General Claudio Graziano, Force Commander for UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),emphasized that the current UNIFIL proposal for Israeli withdrawal from northern Ghajar is "unchangeable," in his view. He noted that the June 7 parliamentary elections wil [...] | 2009-05-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT515 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SLEIMAN LOOKS AT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with President Michel Sleiman, visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reiterated continuing U.S. support for Lebanese sovereignty and independence and for the voices of moderation within Lebanon. Sleiman predicted that the June 7 parliamentary elections woul [...] | 2009-05-09 10:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT516 | LEBANON: ELECTRICITY FROM EGYPT EXPECTED TO RELIEVE POWER [...] (U) On April 27, Lebanon started receiving 50 megawatts (MGW) electricity from Egypt as a start, following the signing of an agreement in February 2009 whereby Egypt would sell Lebanon between 150 and 450 MGW electricity through the power grid passing through Jordan and Syria. The additional e [...] | 2009-05-11 05:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT517 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA FEARS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 8, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea proposed to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the U.S. lend "silent support" to March 14 in the weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections. He specifically advised us to stop expressing support for "moderates." Admitting the March 14 coal [...] | 2009-05-11 06:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT518 | LEBANON: WITH NEA DAS HALE, FM SALLOUKH SAYS [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed Middle East peace and the Administration's commitment to working toward comprehensive peace with a sense of urgency. Salloukh dismissed Israeli comments about the need for "economic peace" befor [...] | 2009-05-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF UNSC MARR MOPS IS |
09BEIRUT522 | LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Armenian opposition Tashnaq MP Hagop Pakradunian expressed his party's support for President Michel Sleiman and said the party will side with Sleiman in case of a dispute between the president and Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun who is their political ally for the election [...] | 2009-05-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT523 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR U/S STUART LEVEY'S VISIT [...] (SBU) You arrive three weeks before Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, in which the current moderate March 14 majority faces a tough battle against the Hizballah-led opposition. The race is still too close to call, but the outcome will hinge on the electoral results in a few key Christ [...] | 2009-05-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP EAID PTER LE |
09BEIRUT525 | FY10 IVLP CANDIDATES FOR LEBANON [...] The following is the mission's FY10 slate of 21 candidates for multi-regional (MRP) and regional projects (RP),including one nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. Nominees have Country Team approval and Front Office clearance. 2. Nominees by program: -Combating Tr [...] | 2009-05-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO LE |
09BEIRUT527 | LEBANON: NDI DELEGATION HEADED BY MADELEINE [...] (SBU) Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited Beirut May 5-8 as the co-chair of a high-profile team (with former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark) to assess preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections on behalf of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The delegat [...] | 2009-05-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM LE |
09BEIRUT53 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO [...] (C ) Defense Minister Elias Murr on January 13 asked that the USG convey to Israel what the GOL is doing to prevent another rocket attack against Israel from Lebanese territory. Murr said he had directed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to cooperate with UNIFIL to control southern Lebanon and p [...] | 2009-01-13 15:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS SY IR IS LE |
09BEIRUT530 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP HARB FEARS IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 11 meeting, March 14 MP Boutros Harb told Ambassador that the Iranian presence, through Hizballah, created a situation in Lebanon worse than when Syria was in control. He warned that Lebanon could not survive in this present state of affairs. Harb called Free Patriotic Movement [...] | 2009-05-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY IS IR LE |
09BEIRUT531 | LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER WANTS SAAD HARIRI AS THE [...] (C) Economy and Trade Minister and MP Mohammed Safadi declared that current majority leader Saad Hariri should be the next PM, regardless of whether Hariri's March 14 coalition or opposition March 8 holds the majority after the June 7 parliamentary elections. Safadi, who is allied with Hariri [...] | 2009-05-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT534 | LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...] | 2009-05-14 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT535 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...] | 2009-05-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT536 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS: GEMAYEL TELLS NEA DAS HALE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed with former President Amine Gemayel the June 7 parliamentary elections and the possible consequences of a Hizballah-controlled government. Gemayel's son Sami assessed the election as a "tough race," and claimed Hizballah had "limit [...] | 2009-05-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT537 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...] | 2009-05-14 08:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SA |
09BEIRUT538 | LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI EXPRESSES FEAR OF [...] (C) Orthodox Christian Archbishop Audi, meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Hale on May 9, at turns decried the political season in Lebanon; emphasized the need for Lebanese to be beholden to the state and its institutions; expressed his fear that the Shi'a population, with Hizballah [...] | 2009-05-14 11:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT539 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AIR FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) At a May 9 dinner hosted by March 14 MP Nayla Mouawad, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed June 7 parliamentary election outcomes and consequences. Minister of State Nassib Lahoud critiqued March 14 campaign failings and adamantly denied any possibility he would participate in March 14 p [...] | 2009-05-14 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT540 | LEBANON: ZAHLE A KEY DISTRICT IN BATTLE BETWEEN [...] (C) Zahle will be a key district in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections; the next majority in parliament depends, in part, on who wins in Zahle. As of May 14, neither March 8 nor March 14 had officially announced their candidate lists, at a time when nearly all of the districts have d [...] | 2009-05-14 11:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT541 | LEBANON: UNSCOL DOWNBEAT ON MARCH 14'S CHANCES [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams raised with NEA DAS Hale and Ambassador the idea of delaying any possible Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar village until after the Lebanese election on June 7, so as to avoid opponents of the Siniora government using the charge that Israel is t [...] | 2009-05-14 11:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT544 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: VOTERS DO NOT LINK AOUN WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Christian voters do not understand that a vote for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is a vote for his ally, Hizballah. He said it was imperative that March 14 leaders communicate this message before the June 7 par [...] | 2009-05-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT546 | LEBANON: PATRIARCH'S DISPLEASURE WITH AOUN'S [...] (C) In a May 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir declared that Free Patriotic Party (FPM) leader Michel Aoun's ambitions were too "hard to satisfy," and complained that Aoun wanted to be Lebanon's president "at any price." Sfeir also condemned Aoun for [...] | 2009-05-14 15:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT547 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIRMS MARCH 14 HAS WHAT IT [...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that the members of the coalition's leadership were now all "satisfied" that they would receive adequate financing for their electoral campaigns after his May 9-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. Hariri said his March 14 colleagues would hav [...] | 2009-05-14 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SA |
09BEIRUT548 | LEBANON: PSP LEADER WALID JUMBLATT CONFIRMS HIS [...] (C) At a dinner hosted in honor of visiting NEA DAS Hale, March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said there were still some problems with March 14 candidate lists, notably in Beirut I and Keserwan Jumblatt reaffirmed his commitment to March 14 and disclosed that a meeting for the coalition would [...] | 2009-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT550 | LEBANON: UNSCOL SAYS ISRAELI HANDOVER OF STRIKE [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh briefed the Ambassador about the recent Israeli hand over of cluster bomb strike data to the GOL and provided a readout of Williams' May 8 - 10 trips to Israel and Turkey. Williams said issue number one f [...] | 2009-05-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IR IS LE |
09BEIRUT551 | LEBANON: FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT LEADER MICHEL [...] (C) In two separate May 14 meetings, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) candidate Alain Aoun and senior advisor to Speaker Berri (Amal) Ali Hamdan confirmed that the public rift between FPM leader Michel Aoun and Speaker Berri was not resolved. Nevertheless, on May 14 FPM and Amal ministers voted [...] | 2009-05-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT552 | LEBANON: 2009 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to acting Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) Fouad Fleifel on May 7. In addition, Post sent the Special 301 report and comments to senior and working level contacts at the Ministries of Culture, Health, Finance, Justice, and Adm [...] | 2009-05-18 04:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT556 | LEBANON: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY EXPRESSES PRAISE FOR [...] (U) Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Beirut on May 15. He met with Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah, the four Central Bank Vice Governors, Chairman of the Banking Control Commission Walid Alameddine, and members of the banking com [...] | 2009-05-18 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT558 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR AND LAF KAHWAJI UNWORRIED [...] (C) In separate meetings with visiting U.S. Special Operations Commander Admiral Eric Olson and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji expressed appreciation for U.S. military aid to Lebanon, calling it crucial to the continued improvement of Lebanon's armed [...] | 2009-05-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT56 | LEBANON STARTS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA; LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) Lebanon has begun disbursing its $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza, sending a first shipment of medical supplies and blankets via Jordan on January 3. Subsequent deliveries will depend on needs submitted by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza. The Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue C [...] | 2009-01-14 08:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL LE GZ |
09BEIRUT560 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - May 19, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT562 | LEBANON: NASRALLAH SPEECHES COULD HELP MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador, was optimistic about March 14's chances in upcoming parliamentary elections. He noted that coalition leaders had agreed upon lists in all but one district, Beirut 1. Discussing Hizballah Secretary Gener [...] | 2009-05-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT563 | LEBANON: NASRALLAH UPS ELECTORAL ANTE IN FIERY [...] (C) Three weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah appeared in two televised speeches on May 15 and May 18. His speeches glorified the events of May 7, 2008 and highlighted Hizballah's preparations for any future conflict with Israel. Nasrallah taunted [...] | 2009-05-19 18:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE |
09BEIRUT564 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009 [...] (U) At 1000 hours on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, DCM convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting. Present were DCM, POL, MGMT, INL, RAO, LEGATT, MLE, PD, USAID, CONS, RSO, DAO and ODC. 2. (U) The purpose of the EAC, per reftel, was to assess the impact on security of US government faci [...] | 2009-05-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
09BEIRUT565 | LEBANON: LEBANESE YOUTH COALITION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) On Saturday My 9, 2009, a new anti-corruption movement, the "ebanese Youth Coalition against Corruption" (LYCAC was launched in Beirut. This coalition was launched by the Youth Civil Society & Leadership (YCSL) program as a joint initiative between the Lebanese Transparency Association (L [...] | 2009-05-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI LE |
09BEIRUT569 | LEBANON: MINISTER OF INTERIOR CONFIDENT ON [...] (SBU) In a May 19 meeting hosted by UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud, the lead GOL official responsible for elections, provided a detailed update to the donor community on the preparations for the June 7 parliamentary elections. [...] | 2009-05-20 17:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR LE |
09BEIRUT570 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN: ONE YEAR IN OFFICE [...] (C) During his first year in office, President Michel Sleiman has emerged as a popular leader who has sought a "middle road" to defuse Lebanon's confessional tensions. Since his May 25, 2008 swearing in, Sleiman has worked to polish Lebanon's international stature. Lebanon and Syria establish [...] | 2009-05-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT571 | LEBANON: AOUN HAS LOST METN VOTES, MICHEL MURR [...] (C) Metn political heavyweight Michel Murr, meeting with the Ambassador on May 20, expressed confidence that March 14 would win the upcoming parliamentary elections, although he expected the result to be close. Murr disclosed that President Sleiman was feeling frustrated with Lebanon's electo [...] | 2009-05-20 19:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT577 | LEBANON: NASRALLAH DEFENDS HIMSELF, PRAISES [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah delivered two speeches on May 22 and May 25 to mark the ninth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon. His speeches attempted to respond to critics of his recent comments praising Hizballah's actions in May 7, 2008 events and calling for the [...] | 2009-05-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SA |
09BEIRUT578 | LEBANON: ON ELECTION DAY, WILL MOBILE NETWORK BE [...] (SBU) Following the reduction in mobile fees and charges by Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT),Lebanese consumers have rushed to acquire new mobile lines, now more affordable to low income users. Advisor to MOT Minister Antoine Boustani told us the two private companies managing the GOL-own [...] | 2009-05-27 08:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT580 | LEBANON: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov made a one-day visit to Lebanon May 25. Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Alexander Chvykov told the DCM on May 27 that the trip had three purposes: discuss bilateral relations, express support for Lebanon's stability ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections and [...] | 2009-05-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PINR PREL SA RU |
09BEIRUT584 | LEBANON:HIZBALLAH DOES NOT WANT WAR, LAF CHIEF [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed disarming Hizballah was not simply an internal Lebanese problem, but a regional and international problem, dealt with best through political and diplomatic efforts. Israel's continued occu [...] | 2009-05-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT585 | LEBANON: WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, MARCH 14 PUTS ON A [...] (C) In a strong last-minute show of unity, just 12 days before the June 7 parliamentary elections, March 14 leaders met at the Bristol Hotel on May 26, presenting a joint communique outlining the coalition's positions on key issues. The communique expressed support for UNSCR 1701 and the Spec [...] | 2009-05-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR LE |
09BEIRUT587 | LEBANON: ELECTION DISPUTE BODY FINALLY NAMED [...] (C) The Lebanese cabinet on May 27 appointed the final five members to the Constitutional Council, completing the formation of the body that will consider disputes over the June 7 parliamentary election results. This was a critical step to ensure the upcoming elections are seen as free and fa [...] | 2009-05-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT590 | LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, SINIORA PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In a discussion May 27 with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora blamed Israel for many of the region's problems and pushed for U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional problems, including I [...] | 2009-05-29 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPAL IR LE SY |
09BEIRUT592 | LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...] | 2009-05-29 14:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT593 | LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO [...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...] | 2009-05-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE |
09BEIRUT594 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAY [...] (C) On a popular political talk show televised live May 28, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt called on March 14 leader Saad Hariri to seek only the truth, and not justice, from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, believing that justice that incriminates Hizballah could spark "internal sedition"; i.e. [...] | 2009-05-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR LE |
09BEIRUT595 | LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES [...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...] | 2009-05-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE |
09BEIRUT596 | LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, PM Siniora thanked the United States for its support for Lebanon's institutions, sovereignty and independence. He added that Lebanon supports Israeli-Palestinian peace, but not if the ultimate solution involves permanent resettlement of [...] | 2009-05-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAL UNSC IR IS LE |
09BEIRUT597 | LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT TELLS SPEAKER BERRI U.S. [...] (C) Vice President Biden told Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri that his May 22 visit to Lebanon was designed to send a strong message from the Obama administration that the U.S. supports a sovereign, independent Lebanon with strong institutions and was committed to achieving a compre [...] | 2009-05-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT598 | LEBANON: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, [...] (C) Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, accompanied by the Ambassador, reaffirmed to Lebanese interlocutors at the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Banking ControlCommission, Ministry of Finance, and private sectr bankers that the U.S. valued its coopera [...] | 2009-06-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR |
09BEIRUT599 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN'S POST-ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman, in an energetic May 27 speech to mark the anniversary of his first year in office, called for action on a broad domestic agenda, to be led by him if, he implied, the new government is too divided to get anything done. His words and tone previewed a potentially mo [...] | 2009-06-01 14:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT60 | LEBANON: GOL RESPONDS CALMLY BUT FIRMLY TO SECOND [...] (C) On the morning of January 14, unknown persons in the Arqub region in south Lebanon launched rockets towards Israel, after which the there was artillery fire from Israel to the suspected launch area. This is the second rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel in one week. The second attack [...] | 2009-01-14 18:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT601 | LEBANON: IMF DENIES DISCUSSIONS WITH HIZBALLAH ON NEW [...] (SBU) An IMF press statement clarified that the IMF February-March 2009 mission to Beirut met with major political parties, including Hizballah, as part of outreach activities within the scope of Article IV consultation discussions but did not make any agreement with Hizballah on a loan deal. [...] | 2009-06-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT605 | LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...] | 2009-06-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK |
09BEIRUT606 | LEBANON: OPPOSITION CANDIDATES ACCUSE SLEIMAN OF [...] (C) Not surprisingly, opposition candidates have accused President Sleiman of "interfering" in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections. Sleiman was accused of interfering in several Christian districts against candidates of Michel Aoun, a candidate who is aligned with Aoun complained to us [...] | 2009-06-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT617 | LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC [...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...] | 2009-06-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT622 | LEBANON: MARCH 14: "CHRISTIAN MOMENTUM MOVING TO [...] (C) A group of March 14 candidates gathered at lunch a few days before the June 7 vote told us securing the majority of the Christian vote -- keeping opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun from getting it -- remains the key to March 14 victory in the elections. They complained that the Super [...] | 2009-06-05 10:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR LE |
09BEIRUT623 | LEBANON: PREPARATIONS FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) In the final UN-sponsored election forum before the June 7 election, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams told the donor community that the current security situation in the country appeared good, but noted it would not be a surprise to see an increase in tensions be [...] | 2009-06-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR LE |
09BEIRUT624 | LEBANON: CAMPAIGN ISSUE: THE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Both the March 14 coalition and the opposition are seeking to capitalize on the possible economic impact of the international community's reactions to the June 7 parliamentary elections to gain votes. March 14 leaders have floated the idea that an opposition-led Lebanese government would [...] | 2009-06-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MARR LE SY |
09BEIRUT627 | LEBANON: OPINION-MAKER REACTION: "PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador gathered a group of eight influential opinion-makers June 4 for a roundtable discussion following President Obama's speech from Cairo University. The group agreed that the speech was "culturally sensitive" and a positive first step to engagement with the Arab world. However [...] | 2009-06-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS |
09BEIRUT629 | LEBANON: HEAVY TURNOUT AS POLLS OPEN COUNTRY-WIDE [...] (SBU) Lebanon's 2009 parliamentary elections began in an atmosphere of relative calm today, with heavy voter turnout and an atmosphere of anticipation and excitement. Security forces are deployed country-wide, manning checkpoints, controlling minor security incidents, and conducting thorough [...] | 2009-06-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LE SY |
09BEIRUT63 | LEBANON: ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) The international financial crisis is not expected to affect the results of ongoing bilateral assistance programs in Lebanon. As highlighted in detail in Ref B, Lebanon has sofar managed to avoid most of the impact of the global financial crisis. Lebanese banks have minimal lQks to forei [...] | 2009-01-15 12:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT630 | LEBANON: HIGH TURNOUT; POLLS CLOSE AND THE WAITING [...] (SBU) Polls for the June 7 parliamentary elections closed at 1900 and vote-counting commenced. Voter turnout was quite high. The Interior Ministry estimated that turnout reached 52 percent, 20 percent higher than the turnout in the last parliamentary elections in 2005. Voters complained of [...] | 2009-06-07 18:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LE SY |
09BEIRUT631 | LEBANON: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST MARCH 14 WINS [...] (SBU) Preliminary, unofficial results from IFES, political party representatives, and media outlets indicate that Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition and pro-March 14 independents won the majority in the June 7 parliamentary elections with as many as 71 out of 128 seats. From his Qoreitem residen [...] | 2009-06-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT632 | LEBANON: SECRETARY LAHOOD CONGRATULATES SLEIMAN ON [...] (C) In a June 7 election day meeting with Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, President Michel Sleiman was pleased to see elections taking place peacefully in one day. He predicted the difference between majority and opposition would be only two or three seats, and said the close elections [...] | 2009-06-08 12:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IS |
09BEIRUT633 | LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT634 | LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S [...] (C) By mid-day on June 8, Interior Minister Baroud completed the official announcements of the names of the 128 winning candidates in the June 7 elections. The announcements confirmed that 71 seats went to the March 14-led coaltion and 57 to the current opposition, so March 14 kept its parlia [...] | 2009-06-09 07:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT639 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH CONCILIATORY, EXCEPT TO U.S., [...] (C) Lebanese interlocutors and international observers expressed general praise for the conduct of the elections and hope for more electoral reform. Hizballah's SYG Hassan Nasrallah, in a post election speech on June 8, congratulated "the winners," but cautioned that while they hold the major [...] | 2009-06-10 06:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT643 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...] | 2009-06-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT644 | LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...] | 2009-06-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT645 | LEBANON: GEAGEA ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref A) as a "big manifestation of democracy in the Middle East." Satisfied with the outcome of the results, Geagea said March 14 must now move away [...] | 2009-06-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IS SY |
09BEIRUT646 | LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG [...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...] | 2009-06-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT647 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S [...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...] | 2009-06-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR |
09BEIRUT653 | LEBANON: ELECTION ANALYSIS: HOW DID THE LEBANESE [...] (C) A district-by-district analysis of the results of the June 7 parliamentary elections reveals that voters of all confessions voted mostly for full slates of candidates, rather than for individual candidates. Sunnis, Shia, and Druze voted solidly for their respective political blocs, and i [...] | 2009-06-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT654 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL SAYS MARCH 14 MUST STAND FIRM [...] (C) In a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel stressed that March 14 must be strong in opposing a blocking third for the opposition in the new cabinet, even if government formation takes longer as a result. He worried that some of his March 14 allies would be [...] | 2009-06-11 14:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT655 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS S/E MITCHELL SHOULD FOCUS [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, advised that Special Envoy George Mitchell should secure a freeze on Israeli settlements in order that President Obama's peace efforts succeed. Asked about Lebanon's role in regional peace, he half-joked "We cannot aff [...] | 2009-06-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT656 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SYG TO PUSH FOR STRONGER [...] (C) Following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref B),March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Souaid is intent on carrying on the work of the Secretariat, which held its first post-election meeting on June 10. Souaid believed the elections proved opposition Christian leader M [...] | 2009-06-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT658 | LEBANON: EGYPT WILL SUPPLY LEBANON WITH NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Minister of Energy and Water Alain Tabourian announced the signing on April 30 of an agreement with Egypt, whereby Egypt will supply Lebanon with a total of 600 cubic meters of natural gas per year. This agreement is part of the regional power grid project, which includes Lebanon and Egypt [...] | 2009-06-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT659 | LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL [...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...] | 2009-06-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT66 | LEBANON: URGING GOL ACTION TO STEM UNSCR 1701 [...] (U) Action request: see para 7 2. (C) Per instructions in reftel, Charge and other emboffs on January 15 conveyed to senior GOL and political officials points about the risks of continued rocket attacks directed at Israel from Lebanese territory. Charge spoke to senior aides to the Preside [...] | 2009-01-15 16:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR LE |
09BEIRUT662 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 15, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 11:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT664 | LEBANON: CABINET FINALLY APPROVES 2009 BUDGET; SENDS TO [...] (SBU) After almost six months of heated discussions, the cabinet approved the 2009 budget during its June 12 session. The budget projects a deficit of approximately 30% of spending and around 10% of GDP. The budget includes appropriations for the Council of the South of around $40 million -- [...] | 2009-06-15 13:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT665 | LEBANON: IRENA DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarches June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Organizations Walid Haidar. Haidar noted that Lebanon will attend the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) preparatory meeting June 28-30 in Egypt. Lebanese representatives have [...] | 2009-06-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV |
09BEIRUT668 | LEBANON: REACTION TO PM NETANYAHU'S JUNE 14 SPEECH [...] (C) Lebanese reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's June 14 speech was mostly negative (Ref A). President Sleiman termed the Netanyahu speech as "hard lined" in a statement issued June 15, while PM Siniora termed it "extremely dangerous." The only positive acknowledgment note [...] | 2009-06-17 05:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC LE IS |
09BEIRUT670 | LEBANON: TOYING WITH NABIH BERRI OVER SPEAKER [...] (C) There have been calls by some in March 14 for Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri not to be reelected to his post unless he commits to conditions, such as promising not to close the Parliament arbitrarily as he did for 18 months pre-Doha. Senior March 14 leaders like Hariri and Jumblatt app [...] | 2009-06-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PINR PREL SY |
09BEIRUT671 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE: SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT672 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HAGUE CODE OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche requesting Lebanese support for nonproliferation efforts by subscribing to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to Majid Ramadan, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on May 14. On June 17 Hazem Ab [...] | 2009-06-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT674 | LEBANON: BERRI SAYS SPEAKER ELECTION AT END OF JUNE [...] (C) In a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, a relaxed Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri expressed satisfaction regarding the recent legislative elections and predicted cabinet formation would occur smoothly and quickly. Berri has made clear publicly and privately that he supports Saad Harir [...] | 2009-06-17 15:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE IR |
09BEIRUT679 | LEBANON: NASRALLAH CRITIQUES LEBANESE ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah gave a lengthy speech the evening of June 17 in which he critiqued Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. While Nasrallah accepted the defeat of the Hizballah-led opposition, he claimed the opposition had maintained the largest share of popular, moral and [...] | 2009-06-19 12:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV LE IR |
09BEIRUT68 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE DRUG [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the DEA Training course, scheduled to begin December 15, 2008. Also included is a participant in the March 2009 Police Visitor's Program. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory res [...] | 2009-01-16 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT685 | LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009 [...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...] | 2009-06-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE |
09BEIRUT687 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR PREDICTS HE'LL KEEP DEFENSE [...] Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador and Poloff June 19 he predicted the upcoming cabinet formation process would be quick. Murr believes he will remain as Defense Minister. Looking ahead, Murr said his priority was to ensure the Lebanese Armed Forces were prepared for [...] | 2009-06-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR LE |
09BEIRUT690 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT691 | DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Lebanon will take a moderate position at the AL ministerial and advocate for the Arab Peace Initiative, as it has in the past, the diplomatic advisor to President Michel Sleiman (Naji Abi Assi) and chief aide to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (Rola Noureddine) told DCM in separate conversat [...] | 2009-06-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID XF LE |
09BEIRUT692 | LEBANON: HOW THE USG CAN PROMOTE ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) One of our key priorities at U.S. Embassy Beirut is to support Lebanon's state institutions and the extension of the state's authority throughout all of Lebanon's territory. The upcoming formation of a new Lebanese government offers us an opportunity to re-engage on fundamental reform iss [...] | 2009-06-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECPS ENRG PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT693 | LEBANON: THE RISE OF A NEW CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT? [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 MP Michel Pharaon said Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was pressuring March 14's independent Christians to join his voting bloc in parliament. Pharaon noted that many independent Christians opposed Geagea and were looking for an alte [...] | 2009-06-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL LE SY |
09BEIRUT694 | LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. UNIFIL official on June 11 told PolOff that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel since last semi-annual report (Ref B). UNIFIL s [...] | 2009-06-24 04:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO LE |
09BEIRUT698 | LEBANON: OUTGOING PM SINIORA COMMITS TO BORDER [...] (C) On the last full day of his government's mandate before it became a caretaker government, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora confirmed to international donors June 19 Lebanon's continuing and firm commitment to secure the eastern border with Syria. Urging international donor support for the ext [...] | 2009-06-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS EAID IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT7 | LEBANON: SINIORA URGES UNSC ACTION USING 1701 MODEL [...] (C) On January 2, PM Siniora convoked Ambassadors and Charges from UNSC members represented in Beirut and urged UNSC action to produce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. He suggested the Council use UNSCR 1701, which marked the end of 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, as a model. He argued that Isr [...] | 2009-01-02 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS |
09BEIRUT702 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID [...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit which comes three weeks after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition retained the parliamentary majority by an unexpected margin, and has a 71-57 edge over the opposition in the new parliament. The g [...] | 2009-06-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT704 | LEBANON: EMBASSY DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 23, per reftel instructions, Poloff delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Surete Generale's (Immigration) Director of the Nationalities, Passports, and Foreigners Department General Siham Harake. We informed Harake that Lebanon had been downgraded to a Ti [...] | 2009-06-25 15:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KPAO KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
09BEIRUT705 | LEBANON: HARIRI FORMS NEW BLOC, BERRI RE-ELECTED [...] (C) On June 24, Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri announced the creation of the new "Lebanon First" parliamentary bloc, including some 34 Future Party MPs and allies plus seven prominent independents. We are seeing movement on a number of pro-March 14 MPs who were elected as independe [...] | 2009-06-25 15:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT713 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT: "NASRALLAH DIVULGED NO SECRETS" [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on June 25, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt commented that neither Speaker Nabih Berri nor majority leader Saad Hariri were "completely happy" with the conduct of their coalition members during the vote to choose the Speaker earlier that day. [...] | 2009-06-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT714 | LEBANON: MIKATI "CONCERNED" ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF [...] (C) In a June 24 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and recently elected MP Najib Mikati worried that if parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri became Prime Minister, he would compromise on economic reform and Hizballah's arms while facing difficulties from Syria. Mikati bel [...] | 2009-06-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF ECON KPAL KCOR UNSC LE IR |
09BEIRUT715 | LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Presumptive PM-designate Saad Hariri confirmed to the Ambassador June 26 that he had met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah the previous day. Nasrallah did not request any "guarantees" from the new government, and Hariri did not offer any, Hariri said. Although mandatory bl [...] | 2009-06-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR LE IR |
09BEIRUT716 | LEBANON: INDUSTRIALISTS LOBBY TO INCLUDE ALL LEBANESE [...] (SBU) As part of the USTR's evaluations of ongoing country practices for the general system of preferences (GSP),the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) submitted a petition to include all Lebanese exports to the U.S. under the GSP program. In 2008, Lebanese exports to the U.S. were [...] | 2009-06-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV ETRD KFLU SY LE |
09BEIRUT723 | LEBANON: HARIRI BECOMES PM-DESIGNATE, BUT TENSIONS [...] (C) Saad Hariri formally became Prime Minister-designate on Saturday, June 27. Opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah have neither endorsed Hariri nor committed to participating in the government Hariri will now try to form. However, Aoun continues to insist that a unity gover [...] | 2009-06-29 12:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT724 | LEANON: GEAGEA: DON'T GIVE SYRIA A ROLE IN [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said although Majority Leader Saad Hariri's formation of the new Lebanon First parliamentary bloc was "not good," March 14 was not dead. Collaboration between Hariri and himself remains strong, Geagea averre [...] | 2009-06-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY |
09BEIRUT733 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 30, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT743 | LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE MENTIONS ECONOMIC REFORM (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) In a June 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said that, as head of the new government, in parallel with his efforts to build up Lebanon's security services, he plans to pursue economic reforms, streamline business procedures, and [...] | 2009-07-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EAIR PGOV KFLU SENV LE |
09BEIRUT746 | LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS TO MEET IN DAMASCUS ONLY [...] (C) PM-designate Saad Hariri has been under (well-intentioned) pressure from the Saudi leadership for a week to agree to participate in an as-yet unscheduled Saudi-Syria summit in Damascus. He told the Ambassador July 6 that he is willing to do so, along with President Sliman, to support Saud [...] | 2009-07-06 17:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE |
09BEIRUT758 | LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST [...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...] | 2009-07-08 16:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY SA |
09BEIRUT764 | LEBANON: SAFADI DESCRIBES FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Tripoli Sunni leader and caretaker Minister of Economy Mohammad Safadi said the Saudis had made a serious negotiating mistake in accepting the Syrian demand for a pre-government formation meeting of Lebanese political leaders with the Saudi King and [...] | 2009-07-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SY SA FR QA LE |
09BEIRUT767 | LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE HARIRI TELLS INL A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson and the Ambassador July 1 that the Internal Security Forces (the police) have been "very successful" in recent years, but more recruits, training, and equi [...] | 2009-07-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT768 | LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER BAROUD AND A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson, caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud believed that technical preparations for securing Lebanon's border with Syria were moving forward, but that real security would require clea [...] | 2009-07-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PTER SNAR SMIG KCOR LE SY |
09BEIRUT77 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA; [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...] | 2009-01-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT771 | LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...] | 2009-07-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE |
09BEIRUT779 | LEBANON: OPIC/CITI EXTEND ADDITIONAL LOAN FACILITY TO [...] (SBU) On July 10, Citi Country Officer for Lebanon Walter Siouffi told us that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Citi signed a $40 million 15-year term loan facility for Byblos Bank (one of Lebanon's top three commercial banks) this week. This amount will be used for lendi [...] | 2009-07-14 04:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT78 | LEBANON: SINIORA ASSURES GOL OPPOSED TO ROCKET [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora assured Charge that the GOL was united in its condemnation of rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon. He said he had ordered the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to coordinate with UNIFIL on patrolling the border area and preventing further [...] | 2009-01-16 17:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE |
09BEIRUT786 | LEBANON: GERMAN AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Lebanese reaction to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's July 7 visit to Beirut, followed by a July 10-11 visit by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was muted. Lebanese contacts asserted that while the show of support was appreciated, the visits amounted to little mor [...] | 2009-07-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE GM FR |
09BEIRUT8 | LEBANON: GOL CONSIDERING SETTING A FLOOR FOR GAS EXCISE TAX [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah told us on December 31 that he is discussing the gas excise tax with PM Siniora and Energy Minister Alain Tabourian. Chatah supports setting a fixed excise tax, regardless of the price of gas. (Note: Chatah December 24 mentioned to Embassy staff a 350 Le [...] | 2009-01-05 08:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT805 | LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS PETRAEUS ASSISTANCE FOR LAF [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Commanding General U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri said he had begun consultations on government formation, and though the opposition and the Syrians would make the process difficult, he was confident he [...] | 2009-07-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON OVIP MASS MCAP LE SY SA |
09BEIRUT808 | LEBANON: BUSINESS IS BOOMING, SO WHO NEEDS A [...] (SBU) With the summer tourist season in full swing, business in Lebanon is booming, despite the lack of a government and contrary to international trends. Businesspeople's attitudes toward the cabinet formation process range from mild curiosity to relative indifference to utter disdain. While [...] | 2009-07-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT809 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 FIGURES STILL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) March 14 contacts this week were cautiously optimistic that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun on the formation of a government. However, they said, it was unrealistic to expect a new cabinet be [...] | 2009-07-17 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT813 | LEBANON: FINANCIAL SECTOR JOINS TOGETHER TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) and the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) jointly established a new committee to enhance corporate governance in the Lebanese banking sector. Amin Awad, a member of the Banking Control Commission (BCC),told us this committee was created in response [...] | 2009-07-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT814 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees includes [...] | 2009-07-20 07:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT815 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 109 proposed trainees includes [...] | 2009-07-20 07:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT816 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Training program, the fifth Instructors Course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 25 propo [...] | 2009-07-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
09BEIRUT818 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA TO PETRAEUS: PUSH SYRIA TO GET [...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Commander General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus and the Ambassador June 30 that he was "quite satisfied" with the outcome of Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora said that the Lebanese had voted fo [...] | 2009-07-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MASS MARR MOPPS LE SY IR |
09BEIRUT819 | LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...] | 2009-07-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE |
09BEIRUT82 | LEBANON: LEBANON BEGINS DISBURSING ASSISTANCE TO GAZA [...] (SBU) After the Lebanese Cabinet's $1 million assistance pledge to Gaza on December 30 (reftel),Lebanon sent its first shipment of in-kind assistance to Gaza by plane via Jordan on January 3. The shipment consisted of 17 tons of medical supplies and equipment and 2,060 blankets. Ambassador Kh [...] | 2009-01-20 11:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT820 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS PETRAEUS CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),President Michel Sleiman noted that he was relatively optimistic and said he expected cabinet formation to last somewhere between ten days and two weeks. Sleiman remarked that Lebanon faced a n [...] | 2009-07-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
09BEIRUT821 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS NEW [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr affirmed to visiting CENTCOM Commanding General David Petraeus in a June 30 meeting that the strong U.S.-Lebanese military partnership will grow stronger under the new Lebanese government. Murr said the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) work on a Five Year Plan would [...] | 2009-07-20 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SA SY LE |
09BEIRUT822 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ON THE DEFENSE WHILE STRIVING [...] (C) In a series of public addresses over the last week, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah has raised the rhetoric of a possible war with Israel while simultaneously offering conciliatory words to PM-designate Saad Hariri as he attempts to form a government. March 14 figures welcome Nasrallah's [...] | 2009-07-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE |
09BEIRUT83 | LEBANON: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON A.Q. KHAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG public announcement on January 12 that sanctions were imposed on thirteen people and three private companies for engaging in activities related to the global A.Q. Khan proliferation network to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk a [...] | 2009-01-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN GM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LE |
09BEIRUT833 | LEBANON FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut contacted Lebanese stakeholders - including youth, civil society partners, and political interlocutors - to solicit feedback about specific recommendations and suggestions to achieve priorities outlined by President Obama during his June 4 speech in Cairo, (ref A). Co [...] | 2009-07-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL |
09BEIRUT837 | LEBANON: TOURISM IS BUSTLING IN BEIRUT, BUT ONLY [...] (U) Beirut's record-setting summer tourism has bolstered business and crowded the capital city, but the benefits have not extended far past the city limits. Lebanese expatriates frequent dining establishments in some peripheral cities, but the historical GOL focus on infrastructure developmen [...] | 2009-07-24 18:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENRG PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT838 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS UNFAZED BY DRAWN-OUT [...] (C/NF) March 14 leaders in separate meetings grumbled about coalition dynamics but reiterated their belief that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and its allies on the formation of a government. All admitted, however, that recent incidents in [...] | 2009-07-24 18:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT84 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 OUTLINES ROAD MAP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) With parliamentary elections a little over four months away, the March 14 Secretariat has outlined a three step "road map" focusing on increased activity by the Secretariat to coordinate the coalition's activities and messages, a second political convention to announce March 14's political [...] | 2009-01-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT843 | LEBANON: JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY FOR PM-ELECT (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Senior economic advisor to PM-elect Saad Hariri and potential finance minister in the next cabinet, Dr. Nadim Munla, said Hariri plans to focus on job creation and to enact a program creating at least 200,000 jobs over the next five years. Munla said on July 21 that Hariri was considerin [...] | 2009-07-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT850 | COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW [...] (C) Advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Nader Hariri, confirmed that an agreement has been reached over Shia representation in the presidential bloc in the next cabinet. Hariri emphasized that the consensus candidate would not be a "king minister," but rather a member of the Pre [...] | 2009-07-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT851 | HIZBALLAH PUBLICLY RECRUITING COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR [...] (C) Publicly-available brochures and radio advertisements in early July confirm Hizballah is actively recruiting college students to participate in a "summer camp." The camp's activities include cultural, educational, religious and political discussions and activities. In addition, one "boys [...] | 2009-07-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT859 | LEBANON: SOME GOL OFFICIALS ADMIT 1701 VIOLATION [...] (C) Several GOL officials expressed their confidence July 24-25 to visiting National Security Council Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro that the opposition would drop its demand for a blocking third and that the cabinet would be formed, though no one could commit to [...] | 2009-07-29 08:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT864 | LEBANON: RESPONSE TO JORDAN REGIONAL BIOMETRIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PTER JO IS LE |
09BEIRUT865 | COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 13:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT866 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT TO LESSEN POLITICAL [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid said that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretariat's leadership had agreed to decrease the coalition's political coordination activities to focus on grassroots mobilization. Lebanese public opinion is now more than ever with March 14, [...] | 2009-07-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT867 | LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...] | 2009-07-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT868 | PRESIDENT'S CABINET BLOC NEARLY SETTLED, BUT OTHER [...] (C) The President's ministerial bloc will contain five ministers and is nearly decided upon, according to presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi. Negotiation over portfolio distribution continues, but the issue of the blocking third is moot because it has been agreed that no "controversial" deci [...] | 2009-07-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT87 | LEBANON: SIGNING ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG announcement of the U.S.- IAEA "Additional Protocol" ratification to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Nada Akl, First Secretary in the Department of International Organiza [...] | 2009-01-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA MNUC NPT PARM PGOV |
09BEIRUT873 | HARIRI WELCOMES E.O. 13441 RENEWAL AND CRITICIZES [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri declared himself "quite happy" about renewal of the E.O. 13441 designation and did not consider it a barrier to cabinet formation. Lebanese negotiations with Israel are out of the question until "Israel solves [...] | 2009-08-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNGA LE |
09BEIRUT874 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO GIVE JUMBLATT [...] (C) March 14 coalition leaders in separate meetings revealed most were unsurprised by Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader and MP Walid Jumblatt's reassessment of his alliance with the majority bloc, and all stressed their decision to leave space to allow Jumblatt to rejoin the coalition s [...] | 2009-08-03 16:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT876 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 09:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA LE |
09BEIRUT878 | PRESIDENT SLEIMAN PRAISES ARMY, CRITICIZES ISRAEL, [...] (C) In his speech commemorating the 64th Army Day, President Michel Sleiman praised the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) while criticizing the delay in forming a cabinet. He called for constitutional reform if it would close "loopholes" and facilitate better institutions. Sleiman stated early tha [...] | 2009-08-04 10:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS LE |
09BEIRUT88 | LEBANON: RIVALRY WITHIN THE PLO, PM'S LIAISON SAYS [...] (C) Highlighting that the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are "calm for now," the GOL's chief liaison for Palestinian issues, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC) Khalil Makkawi, stressed that PM Sinoria had done a good job communicating with Palestinians during the Isr [...] | 2009-01-21 17:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT886 | LEBANON: POLITICAL CONSENSUS IS CORNERSTONE FOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) During a series of meetings with EconOff July 21-22, government officials and prominent economic consultants stressed that politics had stalled reform and privatization. They believed political leaders wanted to preserve their vested interests in any future privatization. PM-elect Saad [...] | 2009-08-06 04:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EIND ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV SENV LE |
09BEIRUT887 | WILL HARIRI HEAD A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Despite Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt's August 5 comments pledging he would stand by Saad Hariri in the government formation process, Hariri will not in the end head a majority government, predicted caretaker Ministers Mohammed Chatah (Finance) and Ziad Baroud (In [...] | 2009-08-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT892 | SAUDI AMBASSADOR: JUMBLATT RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY [...] (C) Saudi Information and Culture Minister Abdulaziz Khoja sent a strong message to Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt on August 4 that his actions did not serve Lebanon's national interests, and Jumblatt responded immediately and positively to Saudi King Abdullah's entrea [...] | 2009-08-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA |
09BEIRUT894 | LEBANON: COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES, FEBRUARY-JUNE 2009 [...] Date: February 2009 Post: Beirut Country: Lebanon Company: LTM International Inc. Company Headquarters (State & zip code): FL 34202 Issue/project: Sale of $32,000 worth of apparel. Specific Actions Taken: CS Beirut, in cooperation with the New York Export Assistance Center (NYEAC),connecte [...] | 2009-08-10 07:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON EINV LE |
09BEIRUT895 | DUE DILIGENCE ON BEIRUT'S NOMINEE FOR THE [...] (SBU) The following are answers to the due diligence questions posed in reftel: A) Post sees no risk of U.S. embarrassment resulting from the selection of Cisco for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence. Many of Cisco's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in Lebanon were [...] | 2009-08-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV LE |
09BEIRUT898 | MARADA LIEUTENANTS DEFEND MEMBERSHIP IN MARCH 8 [...] (C) The Marada Party's alliance with Hizballah in the March 8 Coalition is based on the premise that the Shia party cannot be disarmed by force and must be dealt with in the context of the root causes that feed it, asserted Marada party figures Raymond (Rony) Arayji and Richard (Richy) Haykal. [...] | 2009-08-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT899 | ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah responded that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Bank assistance program to improve Lebanon's budget [...] | 2009-08-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL LE |
09BEIRUT903 | UNIFIL'S FC GRAZIANO CALLS FOR STRONGER GOL [...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano dismissed recent criticism of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),emphasizing that it did not have the political "umbrella" to act decisively during last mont [...] | 2009-08-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PTER UNSC PINR PREL IS LE |
09BEIRUT904 | JUMBLATT ASSURES HARIRI HE WILL SUPPORT THE [...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt on August 12 confirmed that his bloc remains within the "15" (majority) in the 15-10-5 Cabinet formula, reiterating what he told Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri the night before. Both Siniora and caretaker Minister of State Nassib Lah [...] | 2009-08-12 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA |
09BEIRUT905 | LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...] | 2009-08-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT906 | LEBANON: HEALTH MINISTRY CONSIDERS SWINE FLU ITS PRIORITY, [...] (SBU) On August 4, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Walid Ammar told us he does not consider IPR a major priority for the MOPH. Instead of focusing on stricter rules on IPR for WTO accession to protect the interests of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Ammar asked [...] | 2009-08-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELTN EINV ENRG ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT909 | APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT [...] (U) The following are Post's comments in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) The American University of Beirut (AUB),one of the most reputable universities in Lebanon and the region, is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution, with over 7,000 students currently enrolled. Many of Leban [...] | 2009-08-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT91 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WORRIED HAMAS PLANS TO USE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 21, March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri expressed concern the past weeks' events in Gaza could lead to Hamas using Lebanon's Palestinian camps to confront Fatah and Israel. Hariri urged the new U.S. administration to "do something" about the Pales [...] | 2009-01-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT910 | MARCH 14 TAKES ON WATER AS THE CREW AWAITS THE [...] (C) Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel is pushing hard for two (unspecified) ministerial seats, according to the Hariri camp. His unhappiness with the cabinet formation process thus far has led to rumors that he may withdraw from March 14. Meanwhile, March 14 secretariat officials insist it i [...] | 2009-08-13 17:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SA SY |
09BEIRUT911 | WILL THE REAL SYRIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim has been essentially absent from the political scene since his March 2009 appointment, supplanted by various informal interlocutors, most recently Lebanese Druze opposition leader Wiam Wahhab. Damascus' use of such intermediaries increases its [...] | 2009-08-14 07:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT912 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT913 | DRUZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: ARSLAN ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Opposition Druze leader Talal Arslan was not surprised by majority Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's apparent move away from the majority March 14 coalition in recent days, according to Arslan advisor Saleem Hamadeh, although he added that Jumblatt was still supporting Saad Hariri. Jumblatt wa [...] | 2009-08-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT914 | DRUZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: ARSLAN ADVISOR ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT915 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT917 | LEBANON: CAN SLEIMAN MUSCLE DECENTRALIZATION? [...] (C) Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, moving forward on his August 1 Army Day calls for constitutional reforms and full implementation of Taif, convened in early August a small meeting of municipal leaders to discuss decentralization. Although the president appears serious in his efforts to pu [...] | 2009-08-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT918 | LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS A TOP [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche encouraging central government budget transparency to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah declared that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Ba [...] | 2009-08-17 12:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV LE SOCI |
09BEIRUT92 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH HIZBALLAH: MAJOR [...] (C) In his January 21 meeting with Hizballah MP Mohamad Raad, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt reportedly expressed his fundamental disagreement with Hizballah over Hizballah's relationship with Syria, Hizballah's arms, and the Special Tribunal. As such, he was not interested in a political relati [...] | 2009-01-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT920 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR: DESPITE BOOMING ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri nee [...] | 2009-08-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT921 | AOUN REJECTS HARIRI'S INVITATION, GEMAYEL [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun dismissed charges that he was obstructing progress on government formation and declared he would not accept Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's lunch invitation if the latter does not put an end to attacks by his allies on the FPM leader. Aoun [...] | 2009-08-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT922 | NASRALLAH ATTEMPTS TO EASE FEAR, BUT PUBLIC [...] (C) Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah asserted Hizballah would take defensive action against Israel, if Lebanon was attacked, and called for national unity in his August 14 speech commemorating the third anniversary of the July 2006 war between Hizballah and Israel. Attendees at the [...] | 2009-08-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE IS |
09BEIRUT933 | LEBANON: HARIRI SEES NO END IN SIGHT TO POLITICAL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri described Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun as a "disaster" and insisted that he had told the FPM leader several times he would not acquiesce to reappointing Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil as Minister of Telecommunications. Hariri admitt [...] | 2009-08-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT944 | SLEIMAN: LAF/UNIFIL COORDINATION ESSENTIAL TO [...] (C) Although the situation in south Lebanon has cooled, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) must coordinate effectively with UNIFIL to prevent Hizballah from using future disturbances as a pretext to launch a strike against Israel, President Michel Sleiman emphasized to the Ambassador and DCM. S [...] | 2009-08-21 15:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PINR PREL SA SY |
09BEIRUT946 | GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEADLOCKED OR DEAD END? [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea insisted that the most effective solution to the current political crisis would be for the Saudis to appeal to the Syrians to pressure Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah to break the current political deadlock. The LF le [...] | 2009-08-21 17:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY SA |
09BEIRUT95 | Lebanon: Media Reaction - January 23, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT953 | MOBILE TELECOM PRIVATIZATION HELD HOSTAGE TO [...] (C) Once the Lebanese cabinet is formed and the USG begins to work with the GOL to reform and build up its state institutions, we must also push the Lebanese leadership to move certain sectors out of the public realm through privatization. The most logical place for the GOL to begin would be [...] | 2009-08-25 06:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT957 | LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS LEBANON STILL NEEDS [...] (SBU) The Lebanese economy is booming, with tourists pouring in, hotel occupancy rates high, bank deposits rising, and growth set to beat all forecasts. Nonetheless, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador August 14 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri need [...] | 2009-08-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT KFLU PGOV SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT959 | ACTIVE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT POLITICALLY AND [...] (C) Although press reports have speculated that Lebanese President Michel Sleiman considered calling into session the caretaker cabinet headed by caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, constitutional experts and other Embassy contacts say public conjecture on the issue is a mere political man [...] | 2009-08-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT96 | LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora in a January 23 meeting with Ambassador urged the new U.S. administration to take a strong role in Middle East peace negotiations. Specifically, he advocated U.S. direct or indirect efforts to encourage the Syrians to "realize it was in their best interests" [...] | 2009-01-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT962 | PHILANTHROPY AND POLITICAL GAIN MIX IN TRIPOLI [...] (C) The August 20 celebration of the opening of the municipal palace in Mina -- a small, mainly Orthodox town in Tripoli -- was an over-the-top homage to Sunni billionaire, former prime minister, and current MP Najib Mikati. While some have noted Mikati's "philanthropic intelligence" in his [...] | 2009-08-27 12:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON LE |
09BEIRUT966 | OPPOSITION CRITICIZES HARIRI'S NEGOTIATION TACTICS [...] (C) Although many speculate that cabinet formation is being held up by external Syrian or Iranian influence, opposition figures claim that the reason for the delay is Hariri's refusal to provide a counteroffer to General Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement's original proposal on the ministri [...] | 2009-08-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT967 | LEGAL CHALLENGE ADDS DELAYS TO NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) Two years after the near-complete destruction of the Nahr al-Barid Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, reconstruction efforts by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) are being thwarted by a legal challenge from Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun. On August 26, a Lebanes [...] | 2009-08-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV KPAL UN LE |
09BEIRUT971 | IRAN PUSHES INTO LEBANESE DEMINING OPERATIONS [...] (C) The demining NGO Mine Advisory Group (MAG) has confirmed the launch of a new Iranian demining NGO in south Lebanon. The Iranian NGO Peace Generation Organization for Demining (PGOD) is starting with a small presence. In addition, MAG director Christina Bennike reaffirmed that some of her [...] | 2009-08-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS MCAP PM IS LE IR |
09BEIRUT972 | JUMBLATT OBSESSED WITH AVERTING DRUZE-SHIA [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's close advisors, as well as his Druze competition, believe that Jumblatt is obsessed with averting a Druze-Shia conflict. Contacts suggest that one-third of the Druze "like" Jumblatt personally and will follow (some say "obey") his lead; one-third support Jumbl [...] | 2009-08-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT973 | WITH CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STALLED, HARIRI HINTS AT [...] (C) The press and nearly all Embassy contacts have declared a stalemate in the government formation process, despite a series of public statements by major political leaders that briefly indicated a move to break the deadlock. Notably, wayward Druze leader Walid Jumblatt came out strongly in s [...] | 2009-08-28 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY SAIR IS |
09BEIRUT974 | DEFMIN MURR FRUSTRATED WITH HARIRI BUT SAYS [...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador on August 28 that the Lebanese cannot expect "better than Saad Hariri these days." However, he continued, Prime Minister-designate Hariri needs to be viewed as "strong." Murr assessed that the planned August 31 meeting of major [...] | 2009-08-31 15:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS IT |
09BEIRUT980 | BERRI SUPPORTS NEW SHIA RELIGIOUS GROUP WHILE [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri supported the launch of a new, "moderate" Shia clerical establishment, the Independent Clerical Gathering, on August 20. Subsequently, on August 31, in his annual address on the anniversary of the disappearance of Shia cleric Imam Musa al-Sadr, Berri calle [...] | 2009-09-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE IS |
09BEIRUT984 | HARIRI AND AOUN: WHO WILL BLINK FIRST? [...] (C) All signs indicate that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is planning to break the deadlock over cabinet formation by proposing a cabinet list to the President without further consultation with the opposition. Advisor Nader Hariri described Saad's August 31 meeting with opponent Free P [...] | 2009-09-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT986 | LEBANON: SWINE FLU WILL NOT DISRUPT THE BEGINNING OF THE [...] (U) Following a meeting with Minister of Education Bahia Hariri on August 26, Minister of Public Health Mohammad Khalifeh announced that the number of swine flu cases had reached approximately 600, up from 500 last week. Hariri and Khalifeh insisted the GOL would not delay the upcoming school [...] | 2009-09-03 05:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD KFLU PGOV SCUL LE |
09BEIRUT987 | SLEIMAN URGES GOVERNMENT FORMATION BEFORE UNGA, [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Naji Abi Assi and independent Christian MP Boutros Harb told the Ambassador in separate meetings September 2 that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri needed to take a next step in the government formation process. Abi Assi contended the problem was local, while Harb [...] | 2009-09-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT988 | HARIRI WILL PRESENT CABINET PROPOSAL WITHOUT [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador September 3 that he intends to present a national unity government cabinet proposal to President Sleiman within the next ten days. He confirmed that that negotiations with opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and his Free Patriot [...] | 2009-09-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR LE |
09BEIRUT99 | LEBANON: POLITICAL WILL KEY TO FURTHER PROGRESS ON IPR [...] (SBU) Most Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) experts tell us current Lebanese legislation is generally adequate and WTO compliant, while Lebanon's biggest IPR problem is enforcement. IPR industry contacts say courts should impose more stringent fines on violators. IPR infringement in the pha [...] | 2009-01-26 16:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT994 | CAN THE MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COOPERATE ON [...] (C) While Lebanon's political leaders share broad consensus about what economic reforms the country needs to undertake once a new government is formed, they differ on how to achieve them. Within the new parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri's Future Movement has a solid economic reform plan, th [...] | 2009-09-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE |
09BEIRUT995 | UNIFIL-LED CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS TRAINING A [...] (C) The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) training program aims to develop the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) "soft power" in the form of better community relations and services. COL John Molloy, who heads the program, believes the optimal long-term goal of [...] | 2009-09-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL MARR KPKO UN IS LE |
09BEIRUT996 | LEBANESE PRESS JUMPS ON STORY OF POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH MONEY [...] Summary: Since August 31, several Lebanese newspapers have been reporting on Salah Ezzeddine declaring bankruptcy. Business tycoon Ezzedine was perceived as a trustworthy businessman because of his Hizballah connections. His bankruptcy caused severe financial damage to Shi'a investors from [...] | 2009-09-08 05:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE |
09BELFAST14 | TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY DISSIDENT [...] (C) A March 7 gun attack by dissident republicans near Antrim which left two British soldiers dead, and injured four others, is the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Omagh bombing. The attack was carried out by the Real IRA, a small dissident group formed by IRA member [...] | 2009-03-09 14:03:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV UK EI |
09BELFAST17 | NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...] | 2009-03-09 18:10:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL EI UK |
09BELFAST21 | SCENESETTER FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY VISIT BY NORTHERN IRELAND'S [...] (C/NF) The visit to Washington by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness comes on the heels of recent attacks by dissident republicans which have left two soldiers and one police officer dead. This visit will allow senior U.S. officials to express their sym [...] | 2009-03-12 13:45:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EINV UK EI |
09BELFAST29 | SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS DISCUSSES RECENT VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) During an April 27 meeting with Belfast Consul General, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams discussed his mid-April trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. During his meetings with Hamas leaders, Adams made clear he did not support violence. He also met with residents of the Israeli [...] | 2009-04-28 16:13:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UK EI IS KPAL PTER |
09BELFAST30 | NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...] | 2009-05-01 15:05:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL EI UK |
09BELFAST36 | NORTHERN IRELAND EU ELECTION RESULTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is reeling from a major electoral shock after a significant number of its traditional supporters defected to the Traditional Unionist Party (TUV) and the Conservative/Unionist Party (formerly the Ulster Unionist Party) in the EU elections. The split am [...] | 2009-06-09 16:15:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK EI |
09BELFAST5 | NORTHERN IRELAND LEADERS THANK SPECIAL ENVOY DOBRIANSKY [...] (C) Summary: On January 7-8, Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Ambassador Paula Dobriansky made farewell calls on Northern Ireland political leaders. Everyone paid tribute to the Special Envoy for her efforts during the past two years and praised the role the United States has played in brin [...] | 2009-01-13 13:12:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UK EI |
09BELFAST50 | NORTHERN IRELAND DEVOLUTION DELAYED BUT ON TRACK [...] (C/NF) Summary. Northern Ireland's political leaders, together with HMG's Northern Ireland Office, are united in their conviction to move forward on the devolution of policing and justice. An attempt by hard-line unionist Jim Allister to siphon off support from First Minister Peter Robinson's [...] | 2009-07-10 11:25:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI UK EI |
09BELFAST6 | PROPOSED PAYMENTS TO VICTIMS OF NORTHERN IRELAND'S TROUBLES [...] (C) Summary: The public release on January 28 of The Consultative Group on the Past's report sparked controversy among Northern Ireland's politicians and victims groups. The Group, appointed by the British government in 2007, had a mandate to explore ways to deal with Northern Ireland's lega [...] | 2009-01-30 16:02:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EI UK PGOV |
09BELFAST79 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BELFAST - MARCH- AUGUST 2009 [...] Country Conditions: As part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland is a developed industrialized country with a well-established infrastructure. Like the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is suffering as a result of the global credit crunch and economic downturn. The unemployment rate in N [...] | 2009-09-30 14:05:00 | Consulate Belfast | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC UK |
09BELFAST88 | NORTHERN IRELAND FIRST MINISTER ROBINSON AND DEPUTY FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary: Despite strong complaints regarding the behavior of the other and their respective parties, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness both agree that the financial piece of devolving policing and justice powers is complete, and a [...] | 2009-11-03 17:12:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR UK EI |
09BELFAST9 | ENSURING THE PEACE IN NORHTERN IRELAND: KEY USG OBJECTIVES [...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a joint message from Embassies Dublin, London, and Consulate Belfast. It outlines key objectives for continuing USG involvement in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the completion of the successful peace process that began with the Good Friday Agreement. Finalizing t [...] | 2009-02-20 18:25:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON UK EI |
09BELGRADE1002 | SERBIA: MUNITIONS PLANT EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN [...] (U) A September 3 explosion at a Serbian munitions factory killed seven. It is not yet known whether the explosion affected the portion of the factory that produces military munitions, including supplies for Iraq and Afghanistan. End Summary. Explosion Rocks Plant --------------------- [...] | 2009-09-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR |
09BELGRADE1004 | SERBIA: RESETTLEMENT A RARE ROMA SUCCESS STORY [...] (U) In a well planned and coordinated effort, local authorities in Belgrade on August 31 resettled without incident approximately 160 Romani families living in an illegal settlement under the Gazela bridge in downtown Belgrade. The resettlement, executed on the eve of the new school year, cl [...] | 2009-09-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE1010 | SERBIA AND IMF - DECISION POSTPONED ON SECOND TRANCHE [...] (SBU) The IMF and Serbia postponed on September 1 any decision regarding the disbursement of Serbia's second tranche of IMF funds until at least late October. The IMF expects that this delay will give the government time to prepare its proposed 2010 budget and to show how Serbia intends to imple [...] | 2009-09-09 10:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE1020 | SERBIA: RESPONSE TO UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD UNGA SR |
09BELGRADE1026 | COMPLETION OF PROJECT XJ-DR-0204, CMR [...] Post would like to inform OBO the subject project is 100% completed. 2. Post appreciates continued OBO support. BRUSH [...] | 2009-09-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ABUD ASEC AFIN |
09BELGRADE1030 | SERBIA: KRUPANJ A NATIONALIST VESTIGE OF CONTRADICTION AND [...] (SBU) Serbia's small western municipality of Krupanj highlights how economic destitution and the lack of a national vision have spawned a muddled relationship between citizens and nationalist parties in local government. All roads literally end in Krupanj as does, apparently, all logic. Thou [...] | 2009-09-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE1032 | SERBIA: AGRICULTURE MINISTER TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD UNGA SR |
09BELGRADE104 | SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTRY STATE SECRETARY IVANOVIC TOUR [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging February 3 meeting, Serbian Ministry for Kosovo State Secretary Oliver Ivanovic, a moderate Kosovo Serb, expressed conditional support for cooperation with the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA),characterized the recently-formed Kosovo Security Force (KSF) as "a group of wel [...] | 2009-02-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV SR |
09BELGRADE1080 | SERBIA: PRIDE PARADE CANCELLED AS GOVERNMENT LOSES NERVE [...] (SBU) Organizers for the September 20 Belgrade Pride Parade reluctantly cancelled the event at the last minute after the government, citing security concerns, banned the event at its desired location and proposed what the organizers deemed unacceptable alternative venues. Although government [...] | 2009-09-22 07:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE1084 | SERBIA: FROM FURNITURE TO FILMS, GOVERNMENT FUMBLES FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Serbia is missing out on potential investment opportunities from interested foreign investors. Despite the obvious need for new foreign investment in this difficult economic environment, the government's investment strategy is mishandled, haphazard and lacks central coordination, result [...] | 2009-09-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE1088 | SERBIA: EXPLOSION AT MUNITIONS PLANT CAUSES MINOR DELAYS IN [...] (SBU) Nebjosa Svjetlica of the Ministry of Defense's international cooperation office confirmed to us on September 15 that the September 3 explosion at the Prvi Partizan munitions plant (Ref A) would have no long-term impact on production as there was no damage to production lines or equipment [...] | 2009-09-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL IZ AF SR |
09BELGRADE1092 | SERBIA: ACQUITTAL IN DEATHS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN BYTYQI [...] (SBU) On September 22, two Serbian police officers tried in the Serbian Special Court for War Crimes were acquitted of all charges related to the 1999 killings of three American citizens. The Presiding Judge explained that the prosecution's evidence did not support either the charge of depriv [...] | 2009-09-23 14:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KAWC SR |
09BELGRADE1094 | SERBIA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITY [...] (U) The Serbian diaspora community in the United States is geographically disparate and not unified on policy issues. The community has not yet made substantial investment in Serbia or been successful in interacting with the host country on political issues. End Summary. SERBIAN DIASPORA C [...] | 2009-09-23 17:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SMIG SR |
09BELGRADE1112 | SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...] | 2009-09-25 17:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL SR |
09BELGRADE1136 | SERBIA: JAT STRIKE ENDS, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Flights of JAT Airways, the Serbian flag carrier, were grounded between September 30 and October 2 due to a strike by mechanics at JAT Tehnika, the former maintenance arm of the effectively bankrupt national airline. The cause of the strike was unpaid debts between the two state companie [...] | 2009-10-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV SR |
09BELGRADE1144 | SERBIA: RESTITUTION LAW PROMISED BY YEAR END AMID GROWING [...] (SBU) The Government of Serbia has promised that it will adopt a long-awaited restitution law for nationalized property by the end of the year. In preparation, the Government hosted a conference, co-sponsored by the Council of Europe and European Commission, to review restitution laws and "le [...] | 2009-10-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIDE KPRV CASC EAID SR |
09BELGRADE1166 | THE SHIFT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: IS SERBIA BECOMING MORE [...] (SBU) A series of traumatic events in Serbia in recent weeks, including the cancellation of a Pride Parade and the brutal murder of a French tourist, has prompted a new level of introspection among the Serbian public regarding shared values and the country's Euro-Atlantic orientation. Despite [...] | 2009-10-09 10:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PGOV KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE1168 | SOUTH SERBIA: A POLITICAL PRIMER [...] (SBU) South Serbia, an economically depressed and politically charged portion of the country that borders Kosovo and Macedonia, is home to 60,000-80,000 ethnic Albanians. The region continues to bear scars from armed conflict between Serbian security forces and the Liberation Army of Presevo [...] | 2009-10-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR |
09BELGRADE12 | GAS CRISIS BEGINS TO BITE SERBIA [...] With the cutoff of gas supplies from Serbia's sole gas import pipeline from Hungary on January 6, Serbia is effectively without natural gas until the end of the Russia-Ukraine dispute. Deliveries of gas to Serbia ended on January 6 as an Orthodox Christmas Eve present from Moscow. Most Serbi [...] | 2009-01-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE1210 | Serbia To Support U.S. IMO Candidacy [...] SBU) In response to the demarche requested in reftel, Serbia declared in a diplomatic note that it will support the candidacy of the US for re-election in the IMO council under Category A during the 26th session of the IMO Assembly in London from 23rd November to 4th December 2009. BRUSH [...] | 2009-10-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SR |
09BELGRADE1222 | SERBIA: WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) Ambassador Rapp has cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In meetings with President Tadic and other Serbian government officials on October 16, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp received updates on the search for International Criminal Tribun [...] | 2009-10-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KAWC SR |
09BELGRADE1228 | SERBIA'S PENDING PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Serbia is moving forward in cutting its bloated state bureaucracy in an effort to pacify the IMF's calls for Serbia to shrink its budget deficit. In its first step, the Serbian Government adopted a draft law that cuts state administration by 10% and sent it to the Parliament with the pr [...] | 2009-10-23 12:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE1240 | FIRST CONFIRMED SERBIAN H1N1 DEATH [...] (SBU) Serbia confirmed its first fatality due to H1N1 influenza, on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. The victim was a 46 year old woman from Kraljevo, hospitalized in the central Serbian city of Kragujevac. According to the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, there are 134 confirmed cases of [...] | 2009-10-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KFLU AEMR PREL CASC AMGT SR |
09BELGRADE125 | ANOTHER FACE OF SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Prime Minister Cvetkovic, the Ambassador underscored U.S. frustration with the Serbian the government's inflexible approach to Kosovo issues and proposed a new emphasis on economic issues in our bilateral relations. Cvetkovic expressed interest in me [...] | 2009-02-10 12:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE1258 | SERBIA SURVIVES MEDVEDEV VISIT, BUT MUST DEAL WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG ECON SR RS |
09BELGRADE1266 | SERBIAN SOCCER FANS: HOOLIGANS OR GANGSTERS? [...] (SBU) The recent death of French national Brice Taton in Belgrade after being beaten by Serbian soccer hooligans has prompted Serbian authorities - and society - to reexamine the murky ties Serbia's two major soccer clubs (Partizan and Red Star) and their fan clubs have with organized crime. G [...] | 2009-10-29 14:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KCOR KCRM KPRV PINR SNAR SR |
09BELGRADE1268 | SERBIA: STILL UNDECIDED ON IRAN VOTES IN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic told Poloff on October 27 that Serbia has yet to decide whether it will support Canada's annual resolution in the UN General Assembly Third Committee condemning the human rights situation in Iran (reftel). Serbia also remains u [...] | 2009-10-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN SR |
09BELGRADE1284 | SERBIA'S JUDICIAL REFORM PROCEEDS DESPITE CONTINUING [...] (SBU) Serbia's National Assembly passed in late 2008 an ambitious judicial reform package in line with requirements in the 2006 Constitution, and the government immediately began the process of implementing the new laws. The laws are intended to increase judicial independence and efficiency a [...] | 2009-11-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE1296 | SERBIA PLANS TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) In response to our November 3 demarche, MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic informed Poloff on November 4 that Serbia likely will support an emerging Egypt-led draft resolution on the Goldstone Report in the UN General Assembly (reftel) . 2. (SBU) Express [...] | 2009-11-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER KPAL IS SR |
09BELGRADE13 | SERBIA: LOOKING FOR PROGRESS ON SIX POINTS [...] (SBU) Serbia's Ministry for Kosovo continues to expect the international community to foster progress on the Six Points. Without that progress, Serbia believes that it will be impossible to reassure Kosovo Serbs of their security and further cooperation with EULEX will stall. The Ministry's l [...] | 2009-01-08 17:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SR KV |
09BELGRADE1314 | SERBIA AND ELECTRICITY: KEEPING NORTH OF KOSOVO IN THE DARK [...] (SBU) In response to demarche points on electricity in Kosovo (ref A),Serbia will continue discussing a future energy services company (ESCO) for the north of Kosovo, but is not inclined to permit KEK to provide power to the north while talks are ongoing. Serbia is determined to leverage the [...] | 2009-11-06 11:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09BELGRADE1316 | SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION [...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...] | 2009-11-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR |
09BELGRADE1330 | Serbia's Flying Circus: Opening JAT to Competition [...] (SBU) After an early October strike by aircraft maintenance firm JAT Tehnika that grounded JAT airline planes (Ref A),Serbia's civil aviation officials are picking up the pace to open the market to foreign competition and expand airport facilities. Foreign carriers, especially discount airlin [...] | 2009-11-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV JAT SR |
09BELGRADE1332 | Serbia Declares H1N1 Epidemic [...] (U) On November 11 the GOS responded to mounting public and media concerns about H1N1 influenza and formally declared an epidemic. H1N1 is widespread in a number of Serbian cities; however, the majority of cases are not severe, with nine deaths reported thus far out of 258 confirmed cases. Th [...] | 2009-11-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR KFLU AMGT PREL CASC PINR SR |
09BELGRADE1334 | SERBIA AND IMF REACH AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On November 4, the Serbian government and the IMF reached agreement on the second review of the country's $4 billion Stand By Arrangement. The IMF concluded that Serbia had met most of the economic targets, except the fiscal deficit which they agreed to expand for 2009 to 4.5% of GDP an [...] | 2009-11-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE1344 | SERBIA: NO DECISION YET ON IRAN VOTES [...] (SBU) MFA State Secretary Mirko Stefanovic told Charge on November 13 that Serbia is well aware of the importance of the upcoming Iran votes in the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee but that it still has not reached a decision on how it will vote on the no-action motion and country-specifi [...] | 2009-11-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA SR |
09BELGRADE1354 | SERBIA: PATRIARCH PAVLE PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) Patriarch Pavle, the revered 95-year old head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),passed away in his sleep on November 15. His death after more than two years of hospitalization triggered an outpouring of emotion, and the government announced three days of mourning to be followed b [...] | 2009-11-16 16:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV |
09BELGRADE1356 | SERBIA: PATRIARCH PAVLE PASSES AWAY [...] (SBU) Patriarch Pavle, the revered 95-year old head of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),passed away in his sleep on November 15. His death after more than two years of hospitalization triggered an outpouring of emotion, and the government announced three days of mourning to be followed b [...] | 2009-11-16 18:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV |
09BELGRADE1362 | SERBIA WILL BE ABSENT ON IRAN VOTES [...] (SBU) MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic told Charge on November 17 that Serbia has decided to be out of the room during the upcoming Iran votes in the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee (reftel). 2. (SBU) According to Stefanovic, who informed the Iranian Charge of Serbia's s [...] | 2009-11-17 16:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA SR |
09BELGRADE137 | SERBIA: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Serbia's TIP Situation -------------------------- A. Both the office of the National Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Persons and the Agency for Coordination of Protection of Trafficking Victims, as well as other government ministries and agencies, provide information about traffic [...] | 2009-02-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SR |
09BELGRADE138 | SERBIA: FRESH CONTROVERSY OVER DRAFT VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) The draft Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation of the autonomous province, remains the subject of controversy and political manipulation. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians have accused President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) of stalling due to internal divisions, bringing the [...] | 2009-02-13 16:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE1388 | SERBIA: NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade would like to nominate Majda Puaca for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (Ref A). An interagency group at post met to consider nominees and unanimously endorsed Puaca's nomination. Post informed Ms. Puaca of its intentions, and she would enthusias [...] | 2009-11-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE140 | SERBIA INFORMED OF APRIL GICNT WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC SR |
09BELGRADE141 | SERBIA ASKED ABOUT NPT RELATED ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 09:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA |
09BELGRADE1430 | SERBIA'S FORGOTTEN EAST: DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE [...] (SBU) Bor, located in eastern Serbia's Timok region, is one of the poorest and most polluted cities in Serbia. Its economy is tied to the fortunes of RTB Bor, a bankrupt state-owned copper mining and smelting company. The company (which has expressed interest to purchase newer American equipme [...] | 2009-12-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EMIN SR |
09BELGRADE1438 | SERBIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) Serbia's National Assembly passed the Vojvodina Statute and Law on Transfer of Competencies on November 30, ending a year of controversy between ultra-nationalists who claim the Statute is a step toward secession of the autonomous province and proponents of increased autonomy. After som [...] | 2009-12-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SR |
09BELGRADE1454 | SERBIA WELCOMES INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (SBU) On December 4, A/DCM and PolCouns presented Ref A diplomatic note and draft extradition treaty text to MFA Political Director Borislav Stefanovic. (Copy of note forwarded to L/LEI in Ref B email.) We also transmitted an information copy to MOJ State Secretary Slobodan Homen. 2. (S [...] | 2009-12-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KTIA SR |
09BELGRADE1478 | SERBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES FIRST JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) The Serbian National Assembly November 30 confirmed the first round of judges and public prosecutor selections required by judicial reform legislation. The judge and prosecutors appointed to several high-profile positions are highly respected professionals. Rumors persist that there ar [...] | 2009-12-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE148 | SERBIA'S EASTERN CITIES: GLOOMY FORECOAST WITH BOUTS OF [...] (SBU) Eastern Serbia may represent a preview of things to come for all of Serbia due to lack of investment and slow privatization. Despite their bleak economic outlook, three of Eastern Serbia's largest cities - Pirot, Zajecar and Bor -- have competent mayors who work closely with authorities [...] | 2009-02-18 15:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV SR |
09BELGRADE1482 | SERBIA: SLOWLY CREATING A RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG SR |
09BELGRADE1484 | SERBIA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP RECOMMENDED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Belgrade nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Governme [...] | 2009-12-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE SR |
09BELGRADE149 | SERBIA: KOSOVO ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH RHETORIC AND SNOW, [...] (SBU) The February 17 one-year anniversary of Kosovo's declaration of independence passed in Serbia without incident, although politicians of all persuasions used the opportunity to display their "patriotic" credentials as defenders of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The visit [...] | 2009-02-18 15:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV SR |
09BELGRADE1508 | Belgrade request for legal action - 10 Jevrema Grujica [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7 for action. 2. Per ref A, post proposes positive legal action to pursue the USG's interests in a house located at 10 Jevrema Grujica Street in Belgrade, Serbia. Post signed a long-term lease and title transfer agreement for this property [...] | 2009-12-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT |
09BELGRADE1512 | SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) is the largest and most influential religious institution in Serbia. It also is the most privileged of the seven "traditional" religious communities recognized by the 2006 law on religion. Public opinion polls consistently demonstrate that the Church i [...] | 2009-12-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF SR |
09BELGRADE1516 | Serbia: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Belgrade??????s submission for the 2009 Serbia Country Report on Terrorism. 2. Serbia's law enforcement and security agencies, particularly the Customs Administration, Criminal Police, Border Police, Security Information Agency, and other security service [...] | 2009-12-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL SR |
09BELGRADE152 | SERBIA: PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (SBU) President Tadic has named General Miloje Miletic as the new Army Chief of Staff (CHOD),filling a position vacant for over six weeks since the resignation of General Zdravko Ponos. Miletic is expected to follow the direction of the Ministry of Defense rather than pushing the policy envel [...] | 2009-02-19 14:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL PINR SR |
09BELGRADE1534 | FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a Response to Action Request that solicited and provided instructions for preparing criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response encompasses proposals f [...] | 2009-12-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS SNAR SR |
09BELGRADE154 | SOUTH SERBIA: SEVEN MONTHS LOST [...] (SBU) Two months into 2009 and seven months following the formation of mono-ethnic local governments in the South Serbian municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo, the political process in the region is at a virtual standstill and the future of economic development remains hostage to petty polit [...] | 2009-02-23 07:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR |
09BELGRADE1566 | SERBIA: PARLIAMENT PASSES 2010 BUDGET IN LINE WITH IMF PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on December 21 adopted the government's 2010 budget, totaling nearly $11.5 billion in spending. While the 2010 budget is nearly a 7% increase from the 2009 budget in nominal terms, it is to be the start of a multi year budget reform process expected to decrease th [...] | 2009-12-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE157 | SERBIAN PARLIAMENT TAKES SMALL STEP TOWARD EFFICIENCY [...] (SBU) The ruling majority approved changes to Parliament's Rules of Procedure on February 17 that will limit the opposition's ability to block the legislative process by capping debate time and otherwise restricting members' ability to diverge from the agenda. Members of Parliament from Presid [...] | 2009-02-23 07:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE1596 | SERBIA: HELICOPTER CONTRIBUTION TO UNAMID [...] (U) Response to reftel demarche and information request (see paragraph 4). 2. (SBU) Charge met with MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic on December 22 and with Assistant Minister Zoran Vujic to discuss reftel request for a Serbian contribution to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMI [...] | 2009-12-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO SR MARR |
09BELGRADE1602 | SERBIA: ROUNDTABLES WITH MUSLIM ENTREPENEURS [...] (U) During two embassy-led roundtables with local Muslim entrepreneurs (as per reftel A),participants expressed their support for President Obama's Muslim outreach initiative but remained primarily concerned about the depressed local economic situation hindering business opportunity and the [...] | 2009-12-31 08:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OEXC PREL SCUL SOCI SR |
09BELGRADE1604 | SERBIA ASSUMES CEFTA PRESIDENCY, BUT KOSOVO POLICY LIKELY TO [...] (U) Two years after ratifying the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),the 30 million person free trade market is a key Serbian market, with which Serbia has a trade surplus and a trade volume second only to the EU. For it to further prosper as a market, CEFTA needs to address addit [...] | 2009-12-31 12:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL SR KV |
09BELGRADE165 | SERBIA REACTS TO FIRST KOSOVO WAR CRIMES VERDICTS [...] (SBU) Reactions in Serbia were swift and strong to the February 26 convictions by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) of five former Yugloslav or Serbian officials for crimes against humanity in Kosovo in 1999. While human rights NGOs were happy with the five [...] | 2009-02-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWAC ASEC SR |
09BELGRADE17 | NEW SERBIAN ANTI-TIP COORDINATOR DISCUSSES PLANS [...] (SBU) Serbia appointed a new Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, Mitar Djuraskovic, in November. Djuraskovic, a police officer with anti-trafficking experience, quickly developed a plan for 2009, which includes improving the current anti-trafficking institutional framework and planning for the next [...] | 2009-01-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM PHUM SR |
09BELGRADE172 | SERBIA: DELIVERY OF IRAQ POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL IZ SR |
09BELGRADE173 | SERBIA'S YEAR OF UNREALIZED FEARS AND UNFULFILLED [...] (SBU) One year after Boris Tadic's reelection as president of Serbia, the country has achieved several notable successes. Rather than succumbing to nationalism in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, its citizens elected a new government that declared European Union membership it [...] | 2009-03-01 11:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE184 | Serbia: January Economic Data Highlights Sharp Downturn [...] (SBU) Newly released data from January showed the sharp downturn in the Serbian economy as the financial crisis affected the currency, trade, and production. While layoffs have not yet made headlines in Serbia, the data show that Serbia is not insulated from the global crisis and the governmen [...] | 2009-03-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE185 | SERBIA: BELGRADE'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] Belgrade is Serbia's economic center, accounting for over 30% of the country's GDP and workforce. Among the international and domestic companies headquartered in the capital are Belgrade's public utility companies which are divvied up along party lines. The city government is a coalition of p [...] | 2009-03-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE19 | SERBIA: PARTICIPATION IN RCC ON TRACK [...] (SBU) The Serbian government is redefining institutional structures and priorities to actively participate in the Sarajevo-based Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). Serbia's deputy RCC national coordinator told us that Serbian ministries are beginning to coordinate and de-conflict prospective [...] | 2009-01-12 06:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID BK SR |
09BELGRADE191 | SERBIA ISSUES WARRANTS FOR BOSNIAN LEADERS FOR WAR CRIMES [...] (SBU) Based on an apparent leak, the Serbian press has reported that the Serbian War Crimes Court has opened an investigation and issued arrest warrants against former Bosnian leaders, including former members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency, for a 1992 attack on the Yugoslav Army as [...] | 2009-03-06 06:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWAC SR |
09BELGRADE199 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE SPRING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
09BELGRADE20 | RECALL 09 BELGRADE 20 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE208 | SERBIA: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WOES [...] (U) After intense negotiations and threat of worker protest, on February 11, the government, labor unions, and employers' union decided to postpone doling out $1.7 to $2.6 billion in allowances to workers during the economic crisis. In November, the three parties signed annexes to Serbia's new [...] | 2009-03-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE21 | Gas Crisis: EU Countries Come To Serbia's Aid [...] Heat is coming back to Serbia thanks to European assistance. On January 8, Hungary and Germany responded positively to Serbia's request for urgent gas deliveries. On January 9, Austria also agreed to supply Serbia with gas. Gas from Hungary started to flow in the late afternoon of January 8 [...] | 2009-01-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE210 | SERBIA: Serbia: How the Economic Crisis could Lead to a [...] (SBU) Politicians in Serbia are facing the increasingly sober reality that the global economic crisis will hit Serbia hard this year. After initially trying to duck under the economic crisis wave, the political leadership is now resigned to the fact that Serbia must address the economic challe [...] | 2009-03-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EFIN EINV PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE212 | SERBIA: TADIC TARGETS ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (SBU) President Tadic has declared that the Serbian government will take on entrenched organized crime groups in order to break their linkages with business and the state, and thereby enable Serbia to cope with the economic crisis. The message, which marks a distinct shift in the government's [...] | 2009-03-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS KV SR |
09BELGRADE217 | SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ASSERTS ITSELF IN SERBIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) With the May session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) approaching, 94 year-old Patriarch Pavle remains hospitalized and incapacitated. As during the November session, debate about Pavle's succession, and perhaps another movement to unseat him, likely w [...] | 2009-03-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV |
09BELGRADE232 | SERBIA INFORMED OF APRIL GICNT MEETING IN KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SR |
09BELGRADE236 | SERBIA: MAYOR DJILAS OUTLINES BELGRADE'S PRIORITIES [...] Mayor Djilas told Ambassador his foremost priority was to implement social programs for Belgraders amid this tough economic period. Due to the financial crisis, infrastructure projects have slipped to second place on Djilas's priority list. Djilas believed both of these tasks would be diffic [...] | 2009-03-19 06:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE245 | Serbia's "Davos" at Kopaonik Mountain [...] At the annual gathering of economists known as the "Serbian Davos" at the Kopaonik ski resort, government economic ministers accompanied by the President Tadic, openly voiced concerns over the worldwide crisis hitting Serbia. In the course of the gathering, the government reached consensus on [...] | 2009-03-23 06:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE246 | SERBIA: RUSSIANS STIR THE POT [...] (SBU) Russia's ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin has recently taken a much more aggressive approach to Kosovo by advocating partition during recent speeches and interviews and condemning the 1999 NATO bombardment. The takeover of Serbia's national oil industry by Russian giant Gazprom has [...] | 2009-03-23 06:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RU KV SR |
09BELGRADE251 | SERBIA: UNCERTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH GAZPROM [...] (SBU) Serbia's energy marriage with Gazprom centered on the sale of state oil firm NIS at the beginning of this year had a rocky start and Serbs are increasingly unsure how Gazprom's interests fit with Serbia's. Gazprom's initial actions since taking over NIS raise questions about the company' [...] | 2009-03-24 06:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE254 | SERBIA/SLOVENIA: TURNING THE PAGE IN BILATERAL [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ljubljana. Summary ------- 2. (C) The early March visit of Slovenian PM Pahor to Belgrade marked a new step forward in the bilateral relationship. Sidestepping Kosovo, Pahor's meetings with Serbian President Tadic and PM Cvetkovic resulted in [...] | 2009-03-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI SR |
09BELGRADE258 | SERBIA: DELIVERY OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING MILADIN [...] (SBU) We delivered diplomatic note numbered 037/09 per Ref A instructions on March 24 to MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic. 2. (SBU) In response, Stefanovic presented a diplomatic note in English numbered 963 and dated March 24, 2009. (A scanned copy of both notes has been forwarded [...] | 2009-03-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PREL OPDC EAID SR |
09BELGRADE269 | SERBIA INFORMED OF HCOC BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SR |
09BELGRADE270 | SERBIA INVITED TO SOUTH EAST EUROPE STOCKPILE REDUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS SR |
09BELGRADE272 | SERBIA AND THE IMF REACH NEW STAND-BY ARRANGMENT [...] (SBU) On March 26, the IMF and Serbia agreed to a 27-month, $4 billion Stand-by Arrangement (SBA). Fueled by the worsening global crisis, the arrangement replaces the precautionary SBA Serbia approved in January 2009. As a part of the SBA, the IMF calls on Serbia to contain its 2009 fiscal d [...] | 2009-03-27 16:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE275 | VOJVODINA SERBIAN ORTHODOX BISHOP SAYS CHURCH NEEDS TO [...] (SBU) Bishop Irinej Bulovic, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Novi Sad and Backa in Vojvodina, spoke to the Ambassador March 25 about the future of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Irinej highlighted the importance of electing a new Patriarch and reaching out to other religious communities. Irinej's w [...] | 2009-03-30 11:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SR |
09BELGRADE276 | SERBIA CONTINUES TO DELAY ADOPTION OF VOJVODINA STATUTE [...] (SBU) The Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation for the Serbia's only remaining autonomous province (and one of the most prosperous parts of the country),remains off the National Assembly's agenda. The statute is foreseen in Serbia's Constitution, but nationalist groups continue to cr [...] | 2009-03-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR |
09BELGRADE280 | SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTER BOGDANOVIC CALLS FOR DIALOGUE AND [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic told Ambassador March 27 that dialogue is the only way to address and eventually resolve everyday problems faced by Kosovo Serbs, singling out his recent talks with EULEX Head Yves de Kermabon and Kosovo Electric Company representatives. Bogd [...] | 2009-03-31 15:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV SR |
09BELGRADE282 | SERBIA: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 06:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE292 | SOUTH SERBIA: ALBANIANS, GOVERNMENT AGREE TO ETHNIC BALANCE [...] (SBU) Following several months of on-again, off-again discussions, representatives of the Serbian government and the South Serbia Albanians on March 27 signed an OSCE-mediated agreement on reconfiguration of the Coordinating Body for South Serbia, a government institution formed in the aftermat [...] | 2009-04-03 14:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR |
09BELGRADE304 | SERBIA: ECONOMIC CRISIS COULD UNDERMINE STABILITY [...] (C) Serbia,s Sandzak, the ethnically mixed region of Serbs and Bosniaks in the southwest part of the country, could face political instability as Serbia's economic situation grows darker. These days, observers find the region calmer than it has been for years. But that calm could be illusory [...] | 2009-04-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE306 | SERBIA EAGER FOR EU VISA LIBERALIZATION BUT FACES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Serbian government is pursuing visa liberalization with the European Union with more coordination and momentum than any other policy goal, motivated by enormous public desire for visa-free travel to Europe. The government and Parliament have completed the vast majority of tasks list [...] | 2009-04-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SR |
09BELGRADE31 | SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRIKES CONCILIATORY NOTE, BUT [...] (SBU) In an address to Serbian ambassadors gathered in Belgrade, Foreign Minister Jeremic called for cooperation based on international law during a time of shifting balances of power. He identified Kosovo, European integration, and the Western Balkans as Serbia's top foreign policy prioritie [...] | 2009-01-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE32 | SERBIA DELAYS CHANGES TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (SBU) Serbia will not implement the proposed 2006 amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) that would have introduced improvements to criminal investigations. Instead, the government continues to work on a complete revision of the CPC which will introduce more reforms. At the same time [...] | 2009-01-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP KCRM KJUS SOCI SR |
09BELGRADE325 | SERBIA/ROMANIA: TADIC VISIT SHOWCASES "MODEL [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly with Embassy Bucharest. Summary ------- 2. (C) Serbian President Tadic's recent visit to Bucharest highlighted Serbia's bilateral relationship with Romania as the most positive of Belgrade's relationships with its neighbors. Romania's position aga [...] | 2009-04-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RO SR |
09BELGRADE34 | SERBIA NOT FANNING INSTABILITY IN BOSNIA [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Belgrade and Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) Despite close relations between Belgrade and Banja Luka, in recent months President Boris Tadic has been publicly taking a strong stand to encourage all parties to respect the territorial int [...] | 2009-01-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK SR |
09BELGRADE345 | SERBIA TO GIVE FULL CONSIDERATION TO U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] During an April 21 meeting with PolChief, MFA Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Jovan Mirilovic promised that Serbia would give full attention and consideration to the United States' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). He indicated, however, that Serbia [...] | 2009-04-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SR |
09BELGRADE346 | SERBIA INVITED TO JUNE 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 04:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL PTER KGIC SR |
09BELGRADE348 | SERBIA RESPONSE: DEVELOPING FOLLOW-UP DATA ON COESPU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS IT PKO SR |
09BELGRADE349 | SERBIA RESPONSE: DEVELOPING FOLLOW-UP DATA ON COESPU [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel request for assistance to Interior Ministry International Cooperation Bureau head Drazen Maravic on April 3. Maravic told us the Ministry was discussing increasing police involvement in European peacekeeping operations and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic had already co [...] | 2009-04-24 13:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS IT PKO SR |
09BELGRADE352 | SERBIA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CLOSE THE BUDGET GAP [...] (SBU) The Serbian government revised downward the budget to reflect the stark economic contraction and the requirements of the IMF to move ahead with an expanded $4 billion program. At its April 16 session the government adopted a rebalanced 2009 budget which included deep expenditure cuts in [...] | 2009-04-24 13:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE356 | SERBIA RESPONSE: DEVELOPING FOLLOW-UP DATA ON COESPU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS IT PKO SR |
09BELGRADE357 | SERBIA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION A MIXED [...] (SBU) As Serbia marked International Roma Day on April 8 in its capacity as president of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, its record on addressing the plight of Europe's largest ethnic minority remained spotty at best. Continued reports of discrimination, hate speech, and physical viole [...] | 2009-04-24 13:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE358 | SERBIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SR |
09BELGRADE36 | SERBIA: HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM TADIC [...] (SBU) In conversations with the Ambassador on January 11 and 12, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and National Security Council chief Miodrag Rakic distanced themselves from inflammatory comments made by President Tadic following violent incidents in Mitrovica (reftel). In response to the Ambassa [...] | 2009-01-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KPKO KV SR |
09BELGRADE363 | SERBIA: HIGH-FLYING BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS BUILDS BRIDGES [...] (SBU) In an April 21 meeting, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas - a strong candidate to be a future Prime Minister - shared with the Ambassador his achievements in his first seven months in office in both the infrastructure and social spheres, the political challenges he faces due to his efforts to [...] | 2009-04-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SR |
09BELGRADE366 | SERBIA: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN SANDZAK REGION [...] (SBU) Municipal governments in the Sandzak, the southwestern, predominantly Muslim, region of Serbia, are facing budget shortfalls, economic stress, and the threat of political instability as Serbia's economic crisis unfolds. Novi Pazar Mayor Djerlek is facing growing opposition within his ow [...] | 2009-04-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE374 | SERBIA: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Per reftel, Embassy Belgrade's 2008 End Use Monitoring Report follows. 2. PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Robert Norris, +381.11.306.4836, U.S. Embassy Belgrade, Kneza Milosa St. 50, Belgrade, Serbia Inventory System: ICITAP does not use and automate [...] | 2009-04-29 16:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN SR |
09BELGRADE379 | SERBIAN WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR WANTS MORE REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told the Ambassador on April 27 that there is good cooperation with Croatia and Montenegro, but he would like more cooperation with others -- particularly Bosnia -- in order to solve and prosecute war crimes cases more effectively. End Summ [...] | 2009-04-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWAC SR |
09BELGRADE380 | SERBIA: MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FEELING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A recent series of changes in local government highlight the fragility of narrowly divided local governing coalitions, as well as efforts by the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and Democratic Party (DS) to exploit these divisions for political gain. Changes in governments in Kraljevo, L [...] | 2009-04-30 17:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE383 | SERBIA: 2009 BUDGET REBALANCE ADOPTED [...] The Serbian Parliament adopted a rebalanced 2009 budget on April 29. The rebalance reflected the deteriorating economic situation and adjusted for lower than projected 2009 revenues and expenditures, due to falling revenue collection by the government. The central government deficit increase [...] | 2009-04-30 18:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE386 | SERBIA PULLS OUT OF NATO EXERCISE IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Serbia's government decided on April 30 not to participate in an upcoming NATO/PFP exercise in Georgia. The decision was a direct result of pressure from Russia on Serbia, and was taken despite Serbia's previous intention to participate in the exercise. Serbia's last minute pull-out fro [...] | 2009-05-04 17:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV RU GG SR |
09BELGRADE39 | SERBIA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Reftel requested post input for Serbia, as a recipient of trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, on efforts to combat child labor. Serbia is upholding its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. END SUMMARY. INCIDENCE AND N [...] | 2009-01-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PHUM SOCI SR MW |
09BELGRADE393 | SERBIA: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Per reftel, Embassy Belgrade's 2008 End Use Monitoring Report follows. 2. PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Robert Norris, +381.11.306.4836, U.S. Embassy Belgrade, Kneza Milosa St. 50, Belgrade, Serbia Inventory System: DOJ/OPDAT and DOJ/ICITAP do not [...] | 2009-05-06 11:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN SR |
09BELGRADE399 | SERBIAN GOVERNMENT HUNTING FOR MLADIC [...] (C) The Serbian government continues to publicly emphasize its efforts to capture war crimes indictee Ratko Mladic, and Serbian officials responsible for cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) privately tell us the current government is very supportive [...] | 2009-05-06 17:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWAC SR |
09BELGRADE402 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: We eagerly anticipate your May 20 visit to Belgrade as an opportunity to refocus Serbia's leadership on the key tasks of Euro-Atlantic integration and economic development. The Serbian government has the potential to be a constructive partner and a force for regional [...] | 2009-05-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE404 | SERBIA: H1N1-RELATED PORK BAN STILL IN PLACE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON SR |
09BELGRADE42 | SERBIA INFORMED OF RATIFICATION OF IAEA ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 08:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IAEA PREL MNUC PGOV SR KNNP PARM |
09BELGRADE420 | EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH, [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS had a follow-up meeting with Border Police High Commissioner Zoran Lasica regarding the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System; this system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras [...] | 2009-05-14 16:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK |
09BELGRADE421 | SERBIA: CONVICTIONS IN SUVA REKA WAR CRIMES TRIAL [...] (SBU) The Belgrade District Court's War Crimes Trial Chamber on April 23 convicted four former policemen and sentenced them to a total of 68 years in prison, and acquitted three others, in the trial for war crimes against civilians in Suva Reka, Kosovo, in March 1999. The trial of seven Serbia [...] | 2009-05-14 17:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWAC SR |
09BELGRADE429 | SERBIA: DELTA'S FINANCIAL WOES [...] (SBU) Six months after opening the region's third largest shopping mall in Montenegro, Delta Holdings, owned by controversial Serbian billionaire Miroslav Miskovic, has landed in financial turmoil amid the deepening economic crisis. Ambitious real estate projects are now on hold, payments to [...] | 2009-05-19 11:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE433 | SERBIA: LABOR PROTESTS INCLUDE HUNGER STRIKES AND [...] The desperate and radical acts of two workers' protests in Serbia drew considerable media attention in early May. A group of workers from the privately-owned Partizan Leather Company in central Serbia went on an 18-day hunger strike demanding back wages. The leader of the socially-owned Rask [...] | 2009-05-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE436 | MEDIA REACTION TO VPOTUS VISIT TO SERBIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 06:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SCUL KPAO SR BK MW YI |
09BELGRADE464 | SERBIA: APPLICATION FOR FY 2009 PRM JULIA V. TAFT FUND TO [...] Embassy Belgrade proposes granting $20,000 of the FY 2009 PRM Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees toward the creation of a Women's Info Center for female IDPs in a selected municipality in Serbia (Obrenovac or Smederevo). The project fills a critical gap in assistance to female internally displace [...] | 2009-05-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM SR |
09BELGRADE467 | SERBIA: PATRIARCH REMAINS BUT SYNOD REVAMPED [...] (SBU) During its annual spring session from May 14-22, the Holy Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) stood firm in its stance that ailing Patriarch Pavle should fulfill his lifetime appointment. The Sabor also confirmed that Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and [...] | 2009-06-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV |
09BELGRADE469 | SERBIA: ARREST OF POWERFUL BALKAN ORGANIZED CRIME FIGURE [...] (SBU) Following President Tadic's March promises to crack down on organized crime (Ref A),on April 27 the Serbian police arrested notorious organized crime figure Sreten Jocic, better known as Joca "Amsterdam," for the October 2008 murder of Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic. Jocic was arrested [...] | 2009-06-01 16:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWAC SR |
09BELGRADE480 | SERBIA/BOSNIA: INZKO VISIT UNDERSCORES OBSTACLES [...] (U) This cable was cleared with Embassy Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) High Representative Inzko,s visit to Belgrade in early May refocused current challenges in bilateral relations between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In meetings with top Serbian officials, Inzko elicited Ser [...] | 2009-06-04 16:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK SR |
09BELGRADE489 | Serbia: First Quarter 2009 Results - Crisis Continues, [...] (SBU) Serbia's first quarter 2009 macroeconomic figures show further economic deterioration. However, with his usual economic optimism Deputy Prime Minister Dinkic claimed that Serbia had passed the low point of the crisis and would see "better and better news." Positive signs included the st [...] | 2009-06-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE49 | SERBS REWRITE HISTORY: MEDIA CAMPAIGN GEARS UP AS NATO [...] (SBU) March 24th will mark the tenth anniversary of the start of the NATO bombing campaign against the Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia. With two articles published in widely-read dailies on January 15, the Serbian media continues with its "Serbs as victims" theme, casting the Albanians as th [...] | 2009-01-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV SR |
09BELGRADE497 | SERBIA MODIFIES LAW TO PERMIT EXTRADITION OF NATIONALS [...] (SBU) A recent change to Serbian law necessitated by the European integration process has made the extradition of Serbian citizens possible under bilateral or multilateral treaties. Post recommends that we seize this opportunity to update or replace the existing 1901 extradition treaty with S [...] | 2009-06-11 11:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR |
09BELGRADE50 | SERBIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS AMBASSADORS TO UNITED STATES, [...] The Serbian government appointed a new Ambassador to the United States, current deputy chief of mission Vladimir Petrovic and a new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Feodor Starcevic. Both are close associates of Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, an indication of his personal interes [...] | 2009-01-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE506 | SERBIA: VISA LIBERALIZATION MAY BE PRESSURE POINT [...] (C) The Government of Serbia,s overwhelming desire to secure visa liberalization with the EU is a pressure point that could facilitate Serbia,s cooperation on Kosovo issues. According to EU Special Representative in Belgrade Sorensen, the GoS had lost its footing on Kosovo as a result of the [...] | 2009-06-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KVIR SR |
09BELGRADE507 | SERBIA: PRESEVO VALLEY ISLAMIC COMMUNITY RETAINS KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Despite strained relations between Belgrade and Pristina following Kosovo's February 2008 declaration of independence, the Islamic community in the South Serbian region of the Presevo Valley has been able to maintain its historically strong ties with the Kosovo Islamic Community. Accord [...] | 2009-06-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF KV SR |
09BELGRADE509 | SOUTH SERBIA: POLITICAL ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES AS [...] (SBU) The Coordinating Body for South Serbia is treading water just two months after the Serbian government and South Serbia Albanians pledged to work together to reanimate the body. Fallout from an OSCE-mediated agreement signed in March triggered the collapse of the Albanian ruling coalition [...] | 2009-06-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR |
09BELGRADE51 | Serbia: Gas Deliveries from Germany and Hungary Continue [...] Hungary and Germany continue to deliver gas to Serbia as the Ukraine-Russia gas dispute went unresolved. The government took proactive action and decided to allow for more fuel oil imports and an increase of its reserves in the event of a protracted dispute. Serbian officials continued to bla [...] | 2009-01-20 06:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE510 | SERBIAN DAILY PUBLISHES MLADIC DIARY EXCERPTS [...] (SBU) A local daily newspaper published on June 5 and 6 excerpts of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee Ratko Mladic's diary, containing notes on meetings and plans to bribe U.S. officials. Officials from the Serbian government and the ICTY confirm that t [...] | 2009-06-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWAC SR |
09BELGRADE511 | SERBIA: LOCAL ELECTIONS STRENGTHEN EX-RADICALS, RATTLE [...] (SBU) The results of June 7 local elections in two Belgrade municipalities strengthened the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) - led by ex-Radicals Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic - while leading to discord within the Democratic Party (DS) and the national governing coalition. Although the [...] | 2009-06-15 06:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE520 | SERBIA: Global Action on Food Security at the July G8 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 05:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL SR |
09BELGRADE523 | EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS continued technical correspondence regarding the software integration of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System. This system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras and night c [...] | 2009-06-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK |
09BELGRADE526 | SERBIA: Supports German Bid for IRENA Headquarters [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE527 | SERBIA ALREADY MISSING IMF TARGETS, REVISED ARRANGEMENT [...] (SBU) Just one month after approval of a $4 billion Stand By Arrangement with the IMF, it is already clear Serbia will be unable to meet the fiscal and GDP targets in the agreement and that a revised arrangement will be necessary by early fall. The National Bank of Serbia remains confident th [...] | 2009-06-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE536 | SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT [...] On May 29, the Serbian parliament passed legislation ratifying the Agreement between the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Cooperation in the Area of the Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Promotion [...] | 2009-06-19 07:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PARM SR |
09BELGRADE559 | SERBIA ADOPTS NEW LAW ON POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on May 12 adopted a new Law on Political Parties, the first in what is expected to be a set of laws reforming the political and electoral system. The law provides more rigorous conditions for establishing political parties and will result in the disappearance of sm [...] | 2009-06-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE569 | SERBIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for input, post suggests the following areas of concern that the U.S. delegation might wish to raise during the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM): -- Despite past HDIM interventions by the U.S. delegation and efforts at post, Serbia's res [...] | 2009-06-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM SR |
09BELGRADE579 | SERBIA - FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA CONFIRMED [...] Serbia confirmed its first case of H1N1 Influenza A, on June 25. According to media reports, the infected patient is a 29-year-old male who recently returned from Argentina. Predrag Kon, the chairman of the Health Ministry's working group on pandemic response, told the media that the patient [...] | 2009-06-25 11:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SR |
09BELGRADE587 | SERBIA SEES VISA LIBERALIZATION AS TOP GOAL [...] (SBU) Enabling Serbian citizens to travel to the European Union without visas is the government's most pressing task, according to Deputy Prime Minister/Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. He believes that the European Union will soon accept Serbia's proposed solution to the last unresolved item o [...] | 2009-06-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS SR |
09BELGRADE59 | SERBIA: EX-RADICALS ENTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST [...] (SBU) The local branch of the Serbian Progressive Party joined in forming the municipal government of Prijepolje and is positioned to install its local head as mayor of this multiethnic town in the Sandzak region of south-western Serbia. The agreement marks the first time that ex-Radical lead [...] | 2009-01-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE6 | SERBIA: DIFFICULT FALL APPROACHING AS LABOR PROTESTS GROW [...] (SBU) The worsening economic situation in Serbia has resulted in a growi ng ns in an effort to have their claims addressed by the government. At the hea rt o. Growing Discontent ------------------ 2. (U) Serbia has experienced an upswing in labor unrest and strikes over t he pt that [...] | 2009-08-07 13:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE607 | SERBIA: GAZPROM DRILLING DEEPER INTO ENERGY SECTOR [...] (SBU) Russia's energy giant Gazprom continues to make inroads into Serbia's energy sector, six months after it secured a deal giving it a majority stake in Serbia's state-owned petroleum company NIS. Through Gazprom, Russia is now following through on investments in both oil and gas and is co [...] | 2009-06-30 14:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE61 | SERBIA: NOTICE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST KHAN ASSOCIATES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN GR SR |
09BELGRADE63 | SERBIA: FRAGILE CALM IN NOVI PAZAR BELIES ENDURING [...] (SBU) The city leadership of Novi Pazar, situated in the heart of Serbia's southwestern predominantly Muslim Sandzak region, is actively confronting budget issues, encouraging religious conciliation, and seeking the attention of the government in Belgrade. The city's dueling Islamic communiti [...] | 2009-01-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE633 | SERBIA LARGELY IGNORES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MILOSEVIC'S [...] (SBU) The twentieth anniversary of Slobodan Milosevic's infamous speech at Gazimestan on the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo passed with little notice in Serbia, generating only a handful of press stories and one passing mention by President Tadic. Serbia's leaders appear to have mi [...] | 2009-07-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS SR |
09BELGRADE635 | SERBIA: DINKIC ON POLITICS AND ECONOMICS [...] (SBU) In a June 30 meeting with Charge, Deputy Prime Minister and Economics Minister Mladjan Dinkic railed against an ongoing media witch hunt targeting him, which he said was manipulated by the ruling Democratic Party. President Tadic needed to take decisive action to publicly support him, o [...] | 2009-07-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE637 | SERBIA: NEW GMO LAW NOT WTO COMPLIANT, GOVERNMENT PROMISES [...] (SBU) In May 2009, Serbia's parliament adopted a restrictive Genetically Modified Organisms law (GMO),which was not WTO compliant. The Charge expressed our concerns about the law to Serbia's Agriculture Minister Sasa Dragin (Democratic Party, DS) and to Economics Minister Mladjan Dinkic (G-17 [...] | 2009-07-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD USTR WTO ECON AL SR |
09BELGRADE643 | SERBIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 08:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SR |
09BELGRADE645 | SERBIA: REGIONAL SUMMIT TRUMPETS CQERATION BUT YIELDS [...] (C) Serbia hosted over a dozen Central European presidents at a June 19-21 summit focusing on regional cooperation in the realms of energy, economics and European integration. Though hailed as a success for Serbia's regional policy, the summit yielded little beyond symbolism and rhetoric. T [...] | 2009-07-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AL AU BK BU EZ HR IT KV LO MD MK MW PL |
09BELGRADE653 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SUBPOENA FOR MAIN HEARING IN THE [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: The Embassy requests L/DL guidance on how to respond to an improperly serviced criminal case subpoena. End summary and action request. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has received a subpoena in the role of "a party that suffered a damage" from the District Court of B [...] | 2009-07-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG AMGT PREL SR |
09BELGRADE655 | SERBIA UNAWARE OF ITSO DG'S PUSH FOR AUTHORITY TO INITIATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, post delivered the demarche on opposition to the initiation of arbitration against the USG to Second Secretary in the Directorate for Economic Multilateral Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sandra Vujinovic on July 7, 2009. Vujinovic said Serbia woul [...] | 2009-07-08 13:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON EFIN KTIA PREL TSPA SR |
09BELGRADE667 | SERBIA: PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (SBU) PDAS Thomas Countryman's July 8 visit was the first high-level visit following Vice President Biden's May visit to Belgrade. Though initial plans were for two meetings, the one day visit morphed into four ministerial level meetings, a TV interview in Serbian, and a small reception with [...] | 2009-07-13 13:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR SR |
09BELGRADE683 | SOUTH SERBIA: TWO ATTACKS PLACE REGION ON EDGE [...] (SBU) Two armed attacks against Serbian and Albanian police targets in South Serbia in recent days have threatened to exacerbate the tenuous relationship between the ethnic groups. Unknown assailants attacked a Serbian Gendarmerie vehicle on July 9 and a police apartment building housing Alba [...] | 2009-07-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SR |
09BELGRADE697 | SERBIA WELCOMES DECISION ON VISA LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) The Serbian government enthusiastically welcomed the European Commission's July 15 announcement that it would recommend visa liberalization for Serbia, as well as for Montenegro and Macedonia. President Tadic described the abolition of visas as the removal of the "last sanctions" on Ser [...] | 2009-07-17 11:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS SR |
09BELGRADE699 | SERBIA: CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Serbia's leadership expressed pleasure with the results of the U.S.-Russia presidential summit and defended Belgrade's partnership with Moscow as a high-minded exercise of placating Serbia's Russophile population while moving towards Europe. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Charge [...] | 2009-07-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS SR |
09BELGRADE703 | SERBIA: MORE THAN 100 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SR |
09BELGRADE713 | SOUTH SERBIA: RHETORIC RISES FOLLOWING ATTACKS BUT SECURITY [...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the South Serbian municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac was calm following July 9 and 14 attacks on police targets in the region. However, local Albanian leaders have voiced strong objections to what they describe as heavy-handed police actions in the af [...] | 2009-07-21 16:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR |
09BELGRADE719 | SERBIA: JAGODINA MAYOR PALMA RAISES PROFILE ON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Over the past year, Dragan Markovic "Palma," founder and president of United Serbia (JS),has emerged as an increasingly prominent voice on the national scene. Leveraging his success as mayor of Jagodina and developing his friendship with Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica [...] | 2009-07-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE725 | SERBIA: PROPOSED LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION TO IMPACT [...] (SBU) A draft law on Planning and Construction currently under debate in Parliament could significantly impact future restitution claims. Although there are several necessary positive elements in the legislation, including streamlining the construction permitting procedure and rationalizing th [...] | 2009-07-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR |
09BELGRADE75 | SERBIAN PARLIAMENT IN NEED OF REFORM [...] (SBU) Rather than serving as an effective counterweight to the executive branch, Serbia's parliament is so plagued by inefficiency and internal divisions that it has become an obstacle to the country's reform efforts and European Union aspirations. The governing coalition's narrow majority al [...] | 2009-01-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE751 | SERBIA: CIVIL AVIATION REFORM NOT TAKING OFF [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government's inability to pass key civil aviation legislation continues to stall the progress of Serbia's aviation industry. Without this legislation, the FAA Category 1 rating necessary for direct flights to the United States is still out of reach. Serbia's national carrier [...] | 2009-07-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EINV SR |
09BELGRADE759 | SERBIA: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ADOPTED [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament on July 8 adopted a Law on Regional Development that envisages the establishment of seven statistical regions, whose borders would be defined by a separate government decision. The main purpose of the law is to reduce the disparity of economic development of certai [...] | 2009-07-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE765 | SERBIA IN THE WAKE OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VISIT [...] (C) Vice President Biden's May 20 visit to Belgrade, during which he met with President Tadic, Prime Minister Cvetkovic, and Defense Minister Sutanovac, marked a "new beginning" in the bilateral relationship thanks to the core message that the United States recognized Serbia as an important regiona [...] | 2009-07-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SR MARR PGOV |
09BELGRADE771 | SERBIA: TWO NEW PARTIES ON THE HORIZON [...] (SBU) Two of Serbia's most prominent politicians in recent weeks announced plans to form new political parties. Sandzak Democratic Party (SDP) President Rasim Ljajic announced plans to form a new Social Democratic Party to occupy an open space on the center-left. G17 Plus President Mladjan D [...] | 2009-07-30 07:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE791 | SERBIA: MEDIA LAW THREATENS COALITION STABILITY [...] (SBU) The Serbian Assembly recessed for August on July 30, just one day before it was to vote on a slate of laws, including the controversial Information Law written by G-17 Plus. Government officials confirmed to us that the recess was the result of an agreement to postpone a showdown betwee [...] | 2009-08-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE799 | SERBIA: VOTE ON PROPOSED LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Serbia's parliament delayed voting on the controversial draft law on Planning and Construction, postponing it until August 31, after the parliament's summer recess. The law continues to be controversial due to its potential to negatively affect future restitution claims, causing the ire [...] | 2009-08-05 12:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR |
09BELGRADE801 | SERBIA: VOTE ON PROPOSED LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Serbia's parliament delayed voting on the controversial draft law on Planning and Construction, postponing it until August 31, after the parliament's summer recess. The law continues to be controversial due to its potential to negatively affect future restitution claims, causing the ire [...] | 2009-08-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR |
09BELGRADE803 | EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The technical correspondence for the complete definition of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package is getting close enough to develop an RFQ. This system should provide a "fused" situational pic [...] | 2009-08-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK |
09BELGRADE805 | EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The technical correspondence for the complete definition of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package is getting close enough to develop an RFQ. This system should provide a "fused" situational pic [...] | 2009-08-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK |
09BELGRADE817 | SERBIA/MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI VISIT TO BELGRADE REJUVENATES [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Skopje. Summary ------- 2. (C) The visit of Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Belgrade in late July signaled the end to the diplomatic freeze between the two countries and opened avenues for further cooperation. Just ov [...] | 2009-08-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK SR |
09BELGRADE823 | SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: SOME PROGRESS, CORE DISAGREEMENTS [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Podgorica and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although historic, linguistic, familial, and other ties closely intertwine the peoples of Montenegro and Serbia, relations between the governments remain clouded by disagreements [...] | 2009-08-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MW SR |
09BELGRADE825 | SERBIA: BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS REFLECTS ON FIRST YEAR IN [...] (SBU) In an August 13 meeting with the Charge, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas discussed his first year in office, his views on Serbia's relations with Russia and the upcoming visit of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, his opinion of local elections in the Belgrade municipality of Vozdovac, as [...] | 2009-08-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON RS SR |
09BELGRADE834 | SERBIA: GAS RESERVE FACILITY NOT YET READY FOR [...] (SBU) For 25 years, Serbia has been working to expand its sole underground gas storage facility, Banatski Dvor, to serve as a precaution against gas supply disruptions. The director of Serbia's state gas firm, Srbijagas, Dusan Bajatovic (of the Socialist Party SPS),publicly insists that the i [...] | 2009-08-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE836 | ORGANIZED CRIME FIGHT IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) Top Serbian officials publicly announced a campaign against organized crime and appear to be committed to fight it. Serbia has had some regional cooperation successes, and officials talk about further initiatives. A series of recently enacted laws, and several additional contemplated la [...] | 2009-08-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM SR |
09BELGRADE838 | SERBIA: DIFFICULT FALL APPROACHING AS LABOR PROTESTS GROW [...] (SBU) The worsening economic situation in Serbia has resulted in a growing number of labor protests in which workers are resorting to more radical tactics in an effort to have their claims addressed by the government. At the heart of these protests are workers frustrated with failed privatiza [...] | 2009-08-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE839 | (Jovanka Broz) Tito Speaks [...] (C) During a September 2 uninhibited one and a half hour conversation, former Yugoslav President Tito's widow, Jovanka Broz Tito dished to Charge on the Russians -- Tito never liked them, Slovenes -- they were never committed to the Yugoslav idea, and those who plotted and carried out her [...] | 2009-09-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR |
09BELGRADE840 | RECALL 09 BELGRADE 840 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 14:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK |
09BELGRADE841 | SERBIA GRAPPLES WITH RUSSIA RELATIONS IN ADVANCE OF MEDVEDEV [...] (C) As Serbia seeks to overcome mounting economic difficulties and move forward toward its primary goal of European Union membership, the government is struggling to strike the right tone in the bilateral relationship with Russia: President Tadic and his close advisors appear intent on giving the R [...] | 2009-09-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PGOV PREL EINT MASS RS SR |
09BELGRADE842 | EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY, 2009 [...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The initial set of technical systems definition requirements for the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package has been submitted for the further development of an RFQ. This system should provide a "fu [...] | 2009-08-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK |
09BELGRADE845 | SERBIA/TURKEY: TURKISH FM'S BELGRADE VISIT HERALDS NEW ERA [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ankara. Summary ------- 2. (C) The late July visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu to Belgrade marked a significant step forward in the bilateral relationship between Serbia and Turkey. Amid agreements on deeper economic co [...] | 2009-09-15 11:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TU SR |
09BELGRADE846 | SERBIA: FOCUS ON KOSOVO AND REFUGEES AT OSCE HDIM [...] (SBU) In an August 11 meeting, Poloff previewed for MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic and OSCE and CoE Directorate Counselor Vladan Soskic topics and concerns that might be raised by the U.S. delegation to the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HD [...] | 2009-08-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE SR |
09BELGRADE847 | SERBIAN MFA SEES IRAN THROUGH KOSOVO PRISM [...] (C) Summary: According to the Serbian MFA, until the International Court of Justice issues its advisory opinion Serbia will use its ties with Iran to seek continued support on Kosovo rather than pushing for engagement with the P5+1 on nuclear issues or condemning gross violations of human rig [...] | 2009-09-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR IR |
09BELGRADE851 | Serbia and China: Strengthening Relations, but Little [...] (C) Serbia is seeking closer ties to China as part of its recent emphasis on "four pillars" of foreign policy: the EU, U.S., Russia, and China. Other than China's support for Serbia on Kosovo, the relationship remains greatly imbalanced in China's favor. To highlight the importance of the rel [...] | 2009-10-05 06:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EINV CH SR |
09BELGRADE863 | Serbia: Security Aspects of Russian President Medvedev's [...] (C) Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's October 20 visit to Belgrade went according to a script agreed and announced well in advance, with two surprising exceptions: Belgrade's purported support for the Russian initiative to revamp European security, and an agreement to create a joint human [...] | 2009-11-27 09:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV SR RS |
09BELGRADE866 | RECALL 09 BELGRADE 866 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE867 | TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST HEARTLAND [...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia's nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of traditio [...] | 2009-08-14 08:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE868 | RECALL 09 BELGRADE 868 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 08:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE870 | RECALL 09 BELGRADE 870 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 09:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE872 | TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA- NATIONALIST HEARTLAND [...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia?s nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of tradit [...] | 2009-08-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SR |
09BELGRADE912 | SERBIAN ECONOMY: NEGATIVE GROWTH AND A DEBILITATING DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Serbia's poor macroeconomic indicators for the first half of 2009 reflect the growing negative impact of the global crisis and the inherent structural weaknesses of Serbia's economy, specifically its overdependence on a large public sector. GDP fell 3.5% year on year and estimates are that [...] | 2009-08-19 11:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE92 | SERBIA: JOINT VENTURES FOR NEW POWER PLANTS [...] (SBU) On January 20, state-owned Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) announced an international call for firms to submit an expression of interest in joint investments in the construction of two power plants. The tenders are likely to be contested between Russian and Western firms with vi [...] | 2009-02-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SR |
09BELGRADE934 | SERBIA: WITNESS RELUCTANCE LEADS TO SLOW PROGRESS ON BYTYQI [...] (SBU) The trial of two Serbian police officers for illegal detention that led to the killings of three American citizens is nearing its end. The long-awaited testimony of the most senior police official still alive from that time gave weight to the defendants' argument that they were just followin [...] | 2009-08-21 18:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE95 | Serbia: Global Crisis Begins to Pinch [...] End of year 2008 statistics show a slowdown in economic activity across Serbia. Faced with these downward trends, the Finance Ministry will likely revise 2009 GDP growth estimates down from 3.5% to 2%. The dinar is steadily declining, registering a 34% loss against dollar since October 2008. [...] | 2009-02-02 16:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR |
09BELGRADE950 | SERBIA WILL SUPPORT EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO HEAD [...] (SBU) Following through on a commitment from President Tadic to President Mubarak, Serbia intends to support the Egyptian candidate in the September 17 vote for the next Director-General of UNESCO. Given the nature of the promise, and its willingness to spurn Russia's candidate in favor of t [...] | 2009-08-26 10:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO SR |
09BELGRADE98 | SERBS AND RUSSIANS [...] (SBU) Serbia,s recent rhetoric about apparently strengthening their relationship with Russia is worrisome both for the harm it can do to Serbia itself, as well as for its destabilizing effect on Balkan integration into trans-Atlantic alliances. Serbian gratitude for Russia,s support for Serb [...] | 2009-02-03 15:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR |
09BELGRADE988 | BACK TO SCHOOL: SERBIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION STRUGGLES TO [...] Serbia's higher education system is academically diverse and decentralized, with institutions varying significantly in terms of enrollment numbers, tuition costs, graduation rates, and overall adaptability. While the reforms of the European Bologna Declaration facilitated greater student mobi [...] | 2009-09-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC OIIP SR |
09BELGRADE990 | SERBIA USES IRAQI MIGS TO SHOW ITSELF AS A TRUSTED PARTNER [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac has confirmed press reports that Serbia has six or seven MiG 21's and 10 MiG 23's which Yugoslavia received in 1989 from the Iraqi Government for refurbishment. According to Sutanovac, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki went public with the MiG stor [...] | 2009-09-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PREL IZ SR |
09BELGRADE996 | SERBIA: PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION LAW ENACTED [...] (SBU) On August 31, Serbia's parliament passed the Planning and Construction law, which will streamline construction permitting and clarify land ownership issues, but which has also been strongly opposed by domestic and international restitution claimants. Following the passage, Charge met with [...] | 2009-09-03 08:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIDE KPRV CASC EAID SR |
09BELGRADE998 | SERBIA ADOPTS CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) The National Assembly of Serbia adopted a controversial Media Law on August 31, which President Tadic signed the same day. The Law was adopted by a narrow majority of 125 votes with the help of opposition leader Cedomir Jovanovic's Liberal Democratic Party, which conditioned its support on [...] | 2009-09-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SR |
09BELMOPAN111 | BELMOPAN - ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime throughout Belize continues to remain a problem and has steadily risen over the past two years. Major crimes in Belize (defined as murder, rape, robbery, burglary, theft and carnal knowledge) increased in 2008 by 8.1% from 2007. Most disturbing [...] | 2009-03-20 21:13:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BH |
09BELMOPAN119 | WHA/CEN DIRECTOR WEBSTER'S MEETINGS IN BELIZE [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster met with Belize government officials, a Hand in Hand Ministries official, and American Chamber of Commerce board members on March 5 and 6 to discuss bilateral and regional issues including security and the Merida Initiative, the Guatemal [...] | 2009-03-25 22:22:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OAS BH |
09BELMOPAN120 | TOWARD MEANINGFUL REHABILITATION: HATTIEVILLE PRISON IN [...] (U) Summary. Hattieville Prison (also known as Belize Central Prison and the Kolbe Foundation) is Belize's only prison. With an inmate population of approximately 1,470--including men, women and youth, the prison provides on-site medical care, dental care via referrals, and mental health assess [...] | 2009-03-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
09BELMOPAN123 | 2009/2010 BUDGET FOR BELIZE INTRODUCES NEW FUEL TAX [...] On March 6, 2009, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented his second budget for FY 2009/2010 to the National Assembly. After projections of a budget surplus in 2008/2009, the new budget will result in a deficit of 1.7% for the next fiscal year. This turnaround reflects an increase in the governm [...] | 2009-03-30 20:01:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV BH |
09BELMOPAN147 | EMBASSY BELMOPAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Name and contact information for Embassy Belmopan Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (DTFCO) are below. TFCO until June 5, 2009 Susanne Kuester Acting Political/Economic Section Chief 501-822-4011 ext. 4113 kuestersg@state.gov k [...] | 2009-04-16 17:23:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09BELMOPAN164 | BELIZE: EAC PREPARATION AND STATUS UPDATE FOR H1N1 FLU - [...] Summary: The EAC convened on April 28 to review the information known about the H1N1 flu virus outbreak, and to review post's Tripwires for Pandemic Flu. The EAC decided to restrict travel of American personnel and their families to neighboring Mexico and Guatemala until further notice as a [...] | 2009-04-30 17:47:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR KFLU ASEC CASC AMGT BH |
09BELMOPAN171 | BELIZE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: HONDURAN INITIATIVE [...] (U) CDA met with MFA CEO Ambassador Alexis Rosado on May 5 and delivered the subject demarche. CDA informed Rosado that WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster had delivered the same demarche to Belizean Ambassador to the U.S. Nestor Mendez in the evening of May 4. 2. (C) Rosado sta [...] | 2009-05-05 22:13:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS BH CU HO |
09BELMOPAN185 | IDB 15 MM LOAN SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN BELIZE [...] The Inter-American Development Bank signed a loan agreement with the GOB on April 27 to provide USD 13.3 million (BZD 26.6 million) to expand the tourism industry in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. The Ministry of Tourism and the Belize Tourism Board as acting agencies will [...] | 2009-05-14 21:55:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN BH |
09BELMOPAN186 | USG FUNDED CULTURAL HERITAGE SITE OPENS [...] On May 7, 2009 the Serpon Sugar Mill Archaeological Reserve officially opened. CDA J.A. Diffily and Minister of Tourism Manuel Heredia cut the ribbon to commemorate the event. The event received wide TV coverage. This milestone sees the realization of a restoration project that was made pos [...] | 2009-05-14 21:55:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL BH |
09BELMOPAN200 | BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Officer on May 19 and the Financial Intelligence Unit Director on May 20. Post will report any substantive response. FEATHERSTONE [...] | 2009-05-21 19:57:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KNNP BH |
09BELMOPAN206 | EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE MISSES BELIZE [...] On May 28, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras, followed by a 4.8 magnitude aftershock. While the earthquake was felt in Belize, only minor shaking was experienced. No major damage has been reported by the Government of Belize, and only minor damage has been observed b [...] | 2009-05-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI REF EAID AEMR BH |
09BELMOPAN229 | BELIZE'S MONEY-GRAM MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONS [...] Recent GOB investigations into money laundering operations conducted through a MoneyGram sub-agency in Belize have revealed identity theft through the fraudulent use of the Belize City Council's drivers license database during the period October 2007 to December 2008. 2. Money Exchange In [...] | 2009-06-11 20:53:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN EINV BH |
09BELMOPAN238 | CHIEF JUSTICE QUASHES CASE AGAINST FORMER PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 21:59:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN BH |
09BELMOPAN25 | BELIZE FAREWELL CALLS TO FM AND PM: UNUSUAL [...] (C) Summary. During a candid farewell call with the Ambassador, the Foreign Minister/Attorney General (FM) stated that both he and the Prime Minister (PM) were unhappy with the performance of the Chief Justice (CJ). The FM also mentioned that he was certain the former Prime Minister and for [...] | 2009-01-21 22:38:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BH |
09BELMOPAN258 | BELIZE CONDEMNS THE REMOVAL OF HONDURAS' PRESIDENT ZELAYA [...] The GoB on 29 June 2009 issued a press release condemning the actions of the military in Honduras, which led to the forceful removal of Honduras' President Jose Manuel Zelaya. In so doing, the Government of Belize also refused to accept the installation of Roberto Micheletti by the Congress as [...] | 2009-06-30 22:00:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM HO BH |
09BELMOPAN277 | RESPONSE TO BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] Post has relied on the Statistical Institute of Belize and the quasi-governmental Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (BELTRAIDE) for information related to investment incentives granted to Belizean exporters under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. 2. The Belize Fiscal Incentive A [...] | 2009-07-15 21:31:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON OTRA BH |
09BELMOPAN298 | DENGUE OUTBREAK [...] Summary: Belize is experiencing an upsurge in cases of dengue fever with about 200 clinically-diagnosed cases in the last two months. The health authorities in the adjacent Mexican state of Quintana Roo (QR) are providing the GOB assistance to control the outbreak. End Summary. 2. The [...] | 2009-07-31 21:50:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN299 | SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL POWER IN BELIZE [...] Belize Electricity Limited (BEL),whose major shareholder is Fortis Inc. of Canada, is Belize's primary distributor of electricity. Since the beginning of the year, regulatory conflicts with the Public Utilities Commission continue to dominate BEL's focus. More recently, a shortage of supply [...] | 2009-07-31 21:51:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON EINV BH |
09BELMOPAN305 | CCJ MAY BECOME BELIZE'S FINAL APPELLATE COURT [...] On June 19, 2009, Prime Minister Dean Barrow proposed a bill to the House of Representatives for a constitutional amendment that would replace the Privy Council in London as the final appellate court for Belize with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). This proposal is in keeping with the obl [...] | 2009-08-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV XL BH |
09BELMOPAN314 | CITRUS GREENING THREATENS BELIZE'S CITRUS INDUSTRY [...] In May 2009, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) confirmed the presence of citrus greening in Belize. This disease represents a serious threat to an industry which significantly contributes to the Belizean economy in terms of foreign exchange earnings and employment in the rural s [...] | 2009-08-11 20:22:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EAGR PGOV BH |
09BELMOPAN320 | EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ACTIVITIES IN BELIZE: SUGAR, BANANAS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, the Head of the European Commission's (EC) Delegation to Belize, visited Belize from 20th to 24th July 2009 to promote several European Development Fund initiatives. More than Euro 46 million has been allocated to assist rural Belizean agricultural communi [...] | 2009-08-21 16:50:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN BH PGOV PREL |
09BELMOPAN332 | GOB ASSUMES CONTROL OF BELIZE TELEMEDIA LIMITED [...] On August 24, Prime Minister Dean Barrow first introduced the Belize Telecommunications Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives. The Bill was passed and certified by the Governor General August 25th. This Bill allows the Government of Belize to nationalize one of the largest private en [...] | 2009-09-04 20:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV BH |
09BELMOPAN348 | BELIZE FM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR [...] AMB and DCM called on FM Wilfred Elrington on September 17, immediately in advance of AMB's presentation of credentials to the Governor General, Sir Colville Young. Ambassador Adalbert Tucker, Director for Foreign Trade and Alfonso Gahona, Office Director for the Americas were also present. [...] | 2009-09-18 22:28:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BH |
09BELMOPAN349 | BELIZE PM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR [...] AMB and DCM met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow immediately after AMB presented his credentials to the Governor General on September 17. Barrow said the bilateral relationship is good and he has no complaints. On the business side, our relations are proceeding well. He very much appreciates [...] | 2009-09-22 22:08:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BH |
09BELMOPAN370 | THE BELIZE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM [...] Summary. In Belize, mental health services are provided to citizens and residents through the Belize Mental Health Program (BMHP),which is coordinated and supervised by the Ministry of Health. The system is newly emerging, serves approximately 15,000 patients, and had its own approved, gover [...] | 2009-10-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
09BELMOPAN391 | BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to GOB MFA North American Desk Officer Ayesha Borland on October 26. 2. (U) Ms. Borland reported that there would be no change from Belize's position in past votes regarding the resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK and indicated that Belize's positions on thes [...] | 2009-10-27 13:05:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BH PREL |
09BELMOPAN400 | FRAUD SUMMARY - BELMOPAN [...] Per Reftel B, U.S. Embassy Belmopan provides the following information for the period March, 2009 - September, 2009: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Fraud encountered during visa and American Citizen Services interviews remains at moderately low levels. Post saw a slight increase in NIV fraud. Be [...] | 2009-10-30 21:35:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BH |
09BELMOPAN407 | SHAKE UP IN THE PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY [...] John Briceo, leader of the People's United Party (PUP) has recently proposed changes to Senators representing the opposition and to the party's executive committee. The expanded membership has been justified as a measure to bridge the division that has permeated the party since his assumption [...] | 2009-11-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BH |
09BELMOPAN411 | FINANCIAL WOES AT THE BELIZE CITY COUNCIL [...] During the last week of September, the Belize City Council (CitCo) became embroiled in two financial and political crises. These situations have emanated from charges levied against the Mayor and members of the financial staff, and from demonstrations by workers and sanitation companies for pa [...] | 2009-11-06 19:10:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BH |
09BELMOPAN421 | BELIZE RESPONSE FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary. Although the issue of addressing trafficking in persons is given support from the highest levels of the Government of Belize (GoB) and Belizean Anti-Trafficking in Persons Committee (the Committee),continues to meet monthly, there is limited progress to report for the interim period [...] | 2009-11-12 20:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG BH |
09BELMOPAN424 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note on USG candidacy for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council to Ayesha Borland, Western Hemisphere Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 17. Director of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2009-11-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BH |
09BELMOPAN425 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE WORLD HEALTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO BH |
09BELMOPAN443 | Demarche Delivered: Opposing UNGA Resolutions with [...] (U) Per reftel, on November 24 PolOff delivered demarche to Government of Belize (GoB)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Ayesha Borland. Regarding opposition to UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias, Ms. Borland informed PolOff that the GoB had discussed the issue and woul [...] | 2009-11-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA KPAL IS BH |
09BELMOPAN444 | Demarche Delivered: Opposing UNGA Resolutions with [...] (U) Per reftel, on November 24 PolOff delivered demarche to Government of Belize (GoB)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Ayesha Borland. Regarding opposition to UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias, Ms. Borland informed PolOff that the GoB had discussed the issue and woul [...] | 2009-11-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA KPAL IS BH |
09BELMOPAN45 | BELIZE: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Per reftel, Post submits its updated report on child labor information for Belize for USDOL's use in preparing its congressionally-mandated report on child labor as required by the Trade Development Act of 2000. ------- Summary ------- 2. Child labor does exist in Belize but is not co [...] | 2009-01-30 20:46:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN463 | Demarche Delivered on "Defamation of Religions" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN UNGA BH |
09BELMOPAN485 | ZABANEH FAMILY PURCHASES PRIVATE UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2009, Dr. Louis Zabaneh stunned the Belizean education community with his surprise acquisition of Galen University. The Zabaneh family is purportedly involved in a number of illicit activities including money laundering and drug smuggling. Over the last year, the [...] | 2009-12-22 17:43:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN486 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOB ABOUT BTL NATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On December 15 the Ambassador, DCM, and Econoff met with Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) board member Alan Slusher. Waight and Slusher provided valuable information about the state of the economy, as well as information about the lead up to t [...] | 2009-12-22 22:39:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV BH |
09BELMOPAN49 | BELIZE: COURTESY CALL ON FM WILFRED ELRINGTON [...] The CDA and PolOff met with FM Wilfred Elrington on January 27 to assure him that despite the expected gap between Ambassadors, there would be no diminution in the relationship or the range of exchanges between the GOB and the USG. Elrington said he understood and expected to carry on business [...] | 2009-02-02 17:44:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
09BELMOPAN50 | CANE FARMERS' STRIKE THREATENS SUGAR INDUSTRY [...] On January 27, 2009, the Belize Cane Farmers Association initiated a general strike. The decision followed a one-day strike in which the cane farmers refused to deliver their cane to the factory at Tower Hill for processing. The controversy was caused by the introduction of a core sampler, a [...] | 2009-02-02 22:10:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ETRD PREL |
09BELMOPAN57 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER TO STAND TRIAL FOR THEFT [...] On February 10, 2009, Magistrate Earl Jones of the Municipal Court in Belmopan handed down a judgment finding that enough evidence had been submitted against former Prime Minister Said Musa for a prima facie case to be heard. As a result he ordered that Musa stand trial in the Supreme Court on [...] | 2009-02-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL BH |
09BELMOPAN66 | BELIZE - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to reporting questions in (paras 23-25) in ref A. --------------------------- The Country's TIP Situation --------------------------- 23A. (SBU) Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking oc [...] | 2009-02-19 21:39:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG BH |
09BELMOPAN80 | PREVIEWING BELIZE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS 2009: UDP LIKELY [...] Summary: After a landslide victory in the 2008 general elections, the United Democratic Party (UDP) is now preparing for the 2009 municipal elections amidst criticism for lacking a clear policy agenda and a weakened economy. The new Peoples United Party(PUP) leadership has declared its deter [...] | 2009-02-27 21:54:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN83 | BELIZE: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Belize was removed from the Special 301 Watchlist in 2008, but concerns remain in enforcement of IPR laws and prosecution of offenders. 2. (U) Belize and IPR Laws and Conventions: Belize has fulfilled its obligation under the World Trade Organization (WTO) to implement the Agreement o [...] | 2009-03-03 17:48:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BH |
09BELMOPAN87 | LOW VOTER TURNOUT AS BELIZEANS GO TO THE POLLS FOR [...] Summary. Embassy observers visited the Belize City, Orange Walk, and Belmopan districts to observe the municipal elections today. These district elections were generally well-organized and calm, and media reports indicate the mood was similar throughout the country. Voter turnout has been e [...] | 2009-03-04 22:44:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI BH |
09BELMOPAN88 | BELIZEAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: LOW VOTER TURNOUT FAVORED [...] Belize's March 4th municipal election resulted in another landslide victory for the incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP). The UDP won 61 of 64 contested seats. All elected mayors were from the UDP party, including in the Toledo District where the previous mayor was from the People's United [...] | 2009-03-05 22:23:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI |
09BELMOPAN92 | GRENADE ATTACK AT THE RESIDENCE OF BELIZE'S [...] (U) On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, the residence of Gregory Gibson, Belize,s Comptroller of Customs, was targeted by unknown assailant(s) who threw a grenade onto the third floor balcony. Comptroller Gibson currently resides at #2 Signa Street, Belama, Phase 1, Belize City. The incident occurred [...] | 2009-03-11 21:30:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PINR HO BH |
09BELMOPAN97 | CABINET RESHUFFLE OR POLITICAL PAYBACK? [...] Summary: Less than one week after the incumbent United Democratic Party (UDP) won a landslide victory in municipal elections, the Prime Minister (PM) has reshuffled his cabinet. These changes involve the removal of one Minister -- Marcel Cardona, changed portfolios for three more, and the rest [...] | 2009-03-13 17:14:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
09BERLIN1001 | H1N1 UPDATE: 11,493 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 390 new cases, bringing the total as of August 14 to 11,493. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. A dispute between the government and the health insurance companies over flu shot payments has been resolv [...] | 2009-08-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1002 | CDU AND CSU HOLD THE CARDS IN GERMANY'S COALITION [...] (C) With politicians returning from their annual summer vacation to face seven weeks of intense campaigning, speculation is rife about how Germany's coalition poker game will play out as the mainstream political parties jockey for position. Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CD [...] | 2009-08-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN1003 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY INFORMED ON US [...] (SBU) On August 12, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director, Markus Klinger, informing Germany of the US intention to submit a proposal for a "Chemical Micro-Reactor Systems Experts Group" at the September 2009 Australia Group (AG) Plenary in Pa [...] | 2009-08-14 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PARM PGOV PREL PINR TBIO KSTC FR GM |
09BERLIN1004 | GERMANY: UPDATED POINTS OF CONTACT FOR NPT-RELATED [...] Per ref A request, please note that the key points of contact for NPT-related issues in the German MFA remain Arms Control and Disarmament Office Director Nikolai von Schoepff (240-RL@diplo.de) and his deputy Stefan Kordasch (240-0@diplo.de). Both can be reached at tel. 0049-30-5000-4268. E [...] | 2009-08-14 17:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09BERLIN1007 | H1N1 UPDATE: 12,120 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 627 new cases, bringing the total as of August 17 to 12,120. The majority of new infections occurred abroad. The German government plans to order enough vaccine for 80 percent of its population. END SUMMARY 2. [...] | 2009-08-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1012 | H1N1 UPDATE: 12,830 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the past two days by 710 new cases, bringing the total as of August 19 to 12,830. The daily rate of increase has slightly declined. On August 19, the Cabinet approved a Health Ministry regulation on establishing p [...] | 2009-08-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1014 | H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over yesterday by 350 new cases, bringing the total as of August 20 to 13,180. Germany ranks first in confirmed virus infections among European countries. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 20 press briefing, the Na [...] | 2009-08-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1015 | GERMANY BACK ON TRACK TO RATIFY THE EU LISBON TREATY BY THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's Grand Coalition government should be able to revise the implementing legislation for the EU Lisbon Treaty as mandated by the German Constitutional Court before the September 27 Bundestag election. However, even if this happens, Germany may still not be in a position to [...] | 2009-08-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EUN GM |
09BERLIN1019 | G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: GERMANY STRESSES [...] (SBU) PolOff shared reftel information note and talking points regarding the 2009 G-8 BMENA Forum for the Future (FfF) with Deputy Head of MFA Division, Union for the Mediterranean and BMENA, Andreas Berg, who had already received the information note from the Italian Embassy. Berg's two main [...] | 2009-08-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KMPI KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV GM |
09BERLIN1020 | CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL RALLIES EAST GERMAN CDU [...] (U) Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union - CDU) used a high-level CDU gathering in Weimar on August 18 to rally eastern Germany's CDU for the upcoming state (August 30) and parliamentary elections (September 27). Merkel told her party that electoral success for Thuringian Min [...] | 2009-08-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN1021 | GERMANY: VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS AND PRELIMINARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM |
09BERLIN1022 | GERMANY INQUIRES ABOUT RADIOACTIVE COBALT-60 [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: German MFA contacts have asked the U.S. to provide information regarding the reported import by the U.S. of radioactive cobalt-60 contaminated stainless steel. Open source reporting indicated this material may have been u [...] | 2009-08-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM MUNC PARM PINR PREL PTER GM KNNP |
09BERLIN1023 | H1N1 UPDATE: 13,180 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased by 560 cases, bringing the total as of August 21 to 13,740. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 21 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a total of 5 [...] | 2009-08-24 05:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1025 | H1N1 UPDATE: 14,325 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased over the weekend by 585 cases, bringing the total as of August 24 to 14,325. Local health officials said that the recent Berlin World Championship in Athletics had no impact on the increase in H1N1 cases in the capital. [...] | 2009-08-25 05:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1030 | AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE: ESTABLISHING MINIMUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL FR GM |
09BERLIN1031 | AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL FR GM |
09BERLIN1032 | AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CLARIFYING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL FR GM |
09BERLIN1033 | AUSTRALIA GROUP NONPAPER DELIVERED: CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL FR GM |
09BERLIN1034 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AN IRANIAN PROCUREMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR SZ GM |
09BERLIN1035 | (S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-25 15:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA AE IR GM |
09BERLIN1039 | H1N1 UPDATE: 14,581 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 256 cases, bringing the total as of August 25 to 14,581. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 25 press briefing, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed a t [...] | 2009-08-26 11:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1046 | H1N1 UPDATE: 14,940 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany increased slightly by 359 cases, bringing the total as of August 26 to 14,940. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia proposes protection for pregnant women working with flu patients. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 26 press [...] | 2009-08-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1047 | H1N1 UPDATE: GERMANY PASSES 15,000 CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany has passed the 15,000 mark. On August 27, 319 new cases were reported, bringing the total to 15,259. German health authorities expect a second massive wave of infections in winter. END SUMMARY 2. (U) At its August 27 press [...] | 2009-08-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1048 | ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (U) Per reftel, we examined whether the work of the proposed National Science Foundation (NSF) grant would have adverse implications on U.S. foreign policy. From our review of the backgrounds and the work of the proposed organizations, we assess that there are no adverse implications for U.S. [...] | 2009-08-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KSCA OTRA NSF GM |
09BERLIN1049 | EADS SHAREHOLDER BREAKDOWN - DO THE FRENCH REALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Defense and Space Company (EADS) is often assumed to be dominated by French influence and EADS-Astrium, a subsidiary of EADS, has been accused by German industry of wielding this influence to the benefit of French competitors. However, while French industry represe [...] | 2009-08-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT RS CH GM |
09BERLIN1054 | MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GERMANY [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Japan) Outcome of Parliamentary Elections 3. (UN) Climate Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (Germany) Outcome of State Parliament Elections  [...] | 2009-08-31 11:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC |
09BERLIN1056 | H1N1 UPDATE: 15,878 CONFIRMED CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The number of confirmed H1N1 infections in Germany rose over the weekend to 15,878 cases on August 31. Opinion polls show that fewer Germans are interested in flu vaccination this fall/winter. Health authorities are planning an awareness campaign to encourage people to get vaccinat [...] | 2009-08-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM |
09BERLIN1066 | NETANYAHU FEELS SOME HEAT IN BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu August 27, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier both stressed the importance of a freeze on settlement construction to achieve a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. This, despite attempts b [...] | 2009-09-02 13:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GM IR |
09BERLIN1067 | GERMANY HAS NO OBJECTION TO UNODC'S OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN1068 | GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS STEADY [...] SUMMARY. There were once again mixed signals from the German labor market in August. According to the Federal Employment Agency, the number of seasonally adjusted unemployed in Germany which reflects the overall trend in the labor market fell very slightly(by 1,000) in August; the rate, how [...] | 2009-09-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EFIN PGOV GM |
09BERLIN1069 | GERMANY SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON G8 GLOBAL [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) While meeting with MFA desk officers Dr. Bernd Rinnert and Dr. Joerg Polster on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) matters (Ref A),they raised a series of points with Econoff related to the G8 Global Partner [...] | 2009-09-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN1070 | US 2009 MTCR PLENARY PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO GERMANY [...] (C) On September 1, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, regarding US "small group" proposals for the 2009 MTCR Plenary in Rio de Janeiro. Reck thanked the USG for the non-paper and said she would deliver it to the appropriate authorities [...] | 2009-09-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM |